Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 23 - 29 September 2021 Issue 1890

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Issue No. 1890 23 - 29 Sept 2021

LIFEGUARDS will be present on Orihuela Costa beaches each weekend until October 17, as well as the two weekdays of the October 12 national holiday. “We want beachgoers to enjoy our beaches in safety even after the holiday season finishes,” Beaches councillor Antonio Sanchez said.

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Green fingers ALMORADI’S Environment department has created six allotments at the Ecomuseo in the second phase of the local project.

These are for personal use, enabling residents to grow their own produce and learn more about traditional organic agriculture.

Applications should be made to the www.almoradi.es website.

Better roads THE Diputacion provincial council is investing €1.7 million on roads in 36 municipalities where upkeep is the responsibility of the town hall. Improvements costing €144,968 will be made to roads that link urbanisations, rural areas and town centres in Benijofar, Formentera del Segura and Algorfa.

Match point THE regional health department offered anti-Covid vaccinations to members of the public at last week’s First Division football match between Elche and Levante at the Martinez Valero stadium. Approximately 100 people, who were mainly from Elche and aged between 20 and 40, took up the offer.

Turn to page 2 » POPPY APPEAL: Graham Rhodes and Simon Roberts with an El Limonar pupil.

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Support for Royal British Legion THE Royal British Legion has presented El Limonar International School in Vil‐ lamartin with an award for its support.

Graham Rhodes, presi‐ dent of the Royal British Legion’s Orihuela Costa branch, and Community Support officer Sandie Coates, recently visited El Limonar to present the school with a framed cer‐ tificate thanking the teach‐ ers, staff and pupils for their fundraising work.

Each year El Limonar holds a collection for the annual Poppy Appeal, rais‐ ing €300 during 2020.

This, the Royal British Legion explained, will be used to provide support for former members of the armed forces or their de‐ pendents in Spain who have fallen on hard times or suffer from poor health.

The school’s director Si‐ mon Roberts, welcomed the Royal British Legion visitors, introducing them to the El Limonar pupils who are studying History and were the most in‐ volved in the fundraising campaign.

“We are very grateful for the help we have re‐ ceived from the school and want to emphasise that all the money raised in Spain remains in Spain, where we have many veterans,” Mr Rhodes told them.

As a community‐driven school, he was proud to have strong links with the Royal British Legion, Simon Roberts added.

“We have so much ad‐ miration for the work they do on behalf of the armed forces. Long may our asso‐ ciation with them contin‐ ue,” he said.

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Founder member honoured SIMON BATT was a founder member of the Marina Alta Model Railway Club when it was first established at its clubroom in 2017. Sadly, Simon passed away earlier this year after a prolonged period of ill health.

The club is proud to honour his memory by applying his name to one of the structures - a marine engineering factory - on their N gauge layout. This layout was itself donated to the club by a lady who had recently become widowed in 2017. At the time, the track and wiring were only partially complete and there was

MODEL RAILWAY: A credit to those who have worked on it. no scenery. It has since developed into a fully working layout with stations, shops, houses and industrial buildings - a credit to those who have worked on it.

The club also houses two 00 layouts, one of which is digitally controlled with sequences of train movements following computerised instructions. All three

layouts are under continuous development, often stretching the skills and experience of club members to their limit.

New members are always welcome, be they those who have been long-term modellers or those who are seeking a new and rewarding hobby.

More information about the Marina Alta Model Railway Club, including some videos as well as photos of the layouts, can be found on the club’s website at mamrc.weebly.com, on Facebook or by emailing mamrclub @gmail.com.

Rojales Pantomime Group say...

HIP, HIP, HOORAY as they met for their first rehearsal since 2019. The cast and crew are excited to be back and are looking forward to being able to entertain all you lovely people with the very funny pantomime Treasure Island - which is scheduled to be performed at the Cardinal Belluga Theatre in San Fulgencio at the beginning of

February next year.

Long John Silver with his trusted bird Polly and his dastardly, and not so dastardly pirates, sail away to the Caribbean looking for the hidden treasure. Who will be the first to claim the treasure, if indeed there is any to find?

There will be fun and mayhem and lots of audience participation... oh yes there will!!! The

Group were very pleased to welcome lots of new members to the first rehearsal and hope that they enjoy the experience and have lots of fun.

New members are still welcome to join us to either act, sing in the chorus, or simply help out backstage and rehearsals are held every Tuesday and Thursday at the Cultural Centre, Quesada at

6pm. If you feel like doing something different why not join us for a magical experience. Contact douglasmcclone@yahoo.co.uk for membership details. Or join us at the Cultural Centre in Quesada tonight, Thursday September 23 when auditions are being held.

We are all amateurs so don’t be shy you will be made very welcome… OH YES YOU WILL!!!!

Age Concern autumn fair T H E Age Concern Costa Blanc Sur autumn fair will be held at the centre on C/Paganini in La Siesta on October 2. Prize draw tickets are on sale for €1 at the shop in Torrevieja on the

corner of Concordia and Patricio Zamit just behind the bus station. There is a great range of prizes on offer.

The shop is open from 10am until 2pm Monday to

Friday and from 5pm until 7pm on Thursday evenings.

You can buy tickets, browse the range of quality goods and pick up your free copy of the Euro Weekly News.

Torrevieja Animal Shelter ANOTHER generous dona‐ tion of adult cat and kitten food. Also cleaning materi‐ als, disposable gloves and lots more from Pia in Catral, who has previously donated many times to the shelter.

Also to Babs from Quesa‐ da who delivered the dona‐ tion and, once again, gener‐ ously donated items herself.

Thank you both for your very generous and crucial dona‐ tions. For further informa‐ tion see Facebook ‐ Conce‐ jalía de Protección Animal de Torrevieja.

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NIBS EXTRA Rest easy TORREVIEJA’S Beaches department is restoring raised decking installed on rock-strewn coves where beachgoers can sit or sunbathe comfortably. This is their first upkeep since the platforms were installed 15 years ago and once work is completed at La Zorra, municipal workers will continue at the Los Trabajos cove.

Tracked down THE National Police’s Elchebased Specialised and Violent Crime unit (UDEV) was asked to trace a 62-year-old Hungarian, wanted for allegedly embezzling €5 million in a tax scam. Believed to be staying between Torrevieja and Santa Pola, he was located in Guardamar and subsequently transferred to Madrid, awaiting extradition.

Mild tremors SINCE the beginning of August, Alicante Province’s inland and coastal areas in Alicante Province have experienced a mild earthquake every two days, many of which went unnoticed by the local population. Seismic movement here is inevitable, experts explained, owing to contact between the European and African tectonic plates.

New school VICTOR GARCIA, the Generalitat’s director general for Schools Infrastructure, recently visited Santa Pola following the town hall’s request for solutions to structural problems at three local schools. Garcia also announced that the contract to build another school in Gran Alacant would be put out to tender in October.

AVE request ORIHUELA City Hall asked Spain’s rail operator RENFE for a more flexible timetable and extra AVE high speed trains linking the municipality with Madrid. The service, which was inaugurated earlier this year, was used by 10,341 passengers in July and August alone, Tourism councillor Mariola Rocamora pointed out.

Face-to-face THE 14,000 students who are enrolled at one of Elche’s Miguel Hernandez University’s five Alicante Province campuses returned to in-person classes on September 20. This will be the first time in 18 months that they will not have to alternate face-toface teaching with Zoom lectures and tutorials.

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City hall goes electric ORIHUELA City Hall is gradually renew‐ ing its fleet of vehicles with all‐electric models.

Its two latest acquisitions will be used by the waste‐collection depart‐ ment, announced Orihuela’s mayor Emilio Bascuñana.

“The government team is determined to provide the city with smart systems and to make it more sustainable,” he said.

“We are accepting the challenge of modernising Orihuela that we took on at the beginning of the legislative term.”

Photo credit: Orihuela city hall

NEW ACQUISITIONS: Orihuela’s mayor and councillors inspect the new vehicles.

Equipping the city’s public services to reduce greenhouse cases and pollu‐

A different kind of farming TWO men were arrested in Crevillent for fraudulently obtaining electricity with an illegal connection.

Guardia Civil officers investigating excessive energy consump‐ tion in the rural area expected to find a marihuana farm. What they discovered on locating the property was, as expected a farm, but this was an installation set up for mining cryptocurrency.

The eight computers that were used for the mining consumed extremely large amounts of energy, as did the air‐conditioning equipment that is needed to prevent them from overheating.

The cryptocurrency farm was using as much as a fully operative‐ industrial plant, Guardia Civil sources explained afterwards. Unlike the mining, which is not illegal, the illicit hook‐up was a criminal of‐ fence, they said.

The investigators also pointed out that cryptocurrencies like bit‐ coin are habitually used as payment for cyber crime and money‐ laundering.

The two arrested men, both Spanish and aged 30 and 53, were brought before the judge and released after being charged with defrauding electricity worth €24,600.

tants was part of that challenge, the mayor added.

More electric vehicles are due to ar‐ rive soon and will be allocated to the Local Police and the Emergency Ser‐ vices, Bascuñana revealed.

“Although this might look like a small step to take, acquiring these vehicles is the result of a great effort as well as a job well done,” he said.

“We would have been able to buy these cars some time ago but we had to wait until the central government al‐ lowed us to use our budget surplus,” Bascuñana explained.

Fish were uninterested CARP‐R‐US anglers and the Lime Bar recently cleared some paths and new pegs on the Riv‐ er Segura’s Eden 2 section.

Some of these were included in the rather underwhelming match on this stretch.

The river looked in good con‐ dition with a decent level and flow, but the fish just did not seem interested, said club sec‐ retary Steve Bell.

Most Carp‐R‐Us anglers found that from around

Impatience over IMSERSO delays ALICANTE Province hoteliers are concerned at an inevitable late start for IMSERSO’s subsidised holi‐ days for pensioners.

The central government’s delay in awarding contracts to the travel firms that organise the holi‐ days confirms fears that the first IMSERSO tourists will not be arriving in October as would happen in a normal year.

“This will leave a gaping hole of more than €6.6 million a month from October onwards, jeopardis‐ ing the jobs of around 5,000 people,” warned the Valencian Community’s hoteliers’ association, Hos‐ bec.

Sixty‐five Alicante Province hotels depend on A FILLING station for com‐ pressed natural gas is to be built in Elche’s Vallongas district.

The €680,000 cost will be met

by UTE Elche, recently awarded the city’s street‐cleaning con‐ tract, and the filling station will provide fuel for the fleet of 75 new rubbish‐collection and road‐sweeping vehicles.

These will be introduced be‐

IMSERSO during the winter months and, without clients, many could close.

The association’s secretary general Nuria Montes calculated that the IMSERSO breaks will begin at least a month later than usual.

“It could be even longer if one of the three com‐ panies that are bidding for the government con‐ tracts questions the conditions,” Montes said.

Should this occur, it would not be for the first time.

In 2015, the contracts were awarded in July but one of the companies lodged an appeal, holding up the programme for so long that the first IMSERSO tourists did not arrive until January 2016.

It’s a gas tween the end of this year and early 2022, municipal sources re‐ vealed. Hector Diez, Elche coun‐ cillor responsible for Street Cleaning, defended the choice of compressed natural gas.

“It’s cleaner than diesel or liquified petroleum gas (LPG)

and is less polluting,” Diez said.

It was also 40 per cent cheap‐ er than conventional fuels and its use would considerably re‐ duce noise levels, as the new ve‐ hicles make as little noise as electric lorries, he added.

Work on the new filling sta‐ tion should take two‐and‐a‐half months to complete and it is ex‐ pected to be in use by January.

11.30am onwards, bites just stopped.

Winner, and again proving that age is just a number, was Roy Buttress with 2.95 kilos.

Roy Dainty was second with 2.74 kilos while Jeremy Fardoe, who caught 2.35 kilos came third. Willy Moons with 1.31 ki‐ los was fourth.

“On behalf of the clubs who did the work on pegs here and in Bigastro, could we ask that anyone fishing these stretches spends a couple of minutes be‐ fore or after a session cutting back any reeds they see grow‐ ing between the pegs?” Steve asked.

“Or just take a walk along the paths to keep the undergrowth trampled down,” he suggested.

Further information can be found on the www.carp‐r‐ us.weebly.com website or the Carp‐R‐Us Fishing Costa Blanca Facebook page.

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Slowdown rumours scotched MAYORS in some of the 10 towns covered by the Torre‐ vieja Heath district accused Ribera Salud of a go‐slow.

There had been a notice‐ able drop‐off in material and human resources, they maintained, less than a month before the compa‐ ny’s outsourced concession comes to an end on October 15 and the Health district re‐ verts to the public sector.

Earlier this summer unions representing medical staff also complained that the high season Emergen‐ cies programme was slimmed‐down compared to other years, the mayors pointed out to local Spanish media.

The Health district man‐ agement denied that ser‐ vices were slowing down, although Guardamar’s may‐ or, Jose Luis Saez, said the town hall’s Health depart‐ ment had been forced to ask the Generalitat to re‐ store the Campico auxiliary centre.

Ribera Salud had decided not to renew Campico’s pri‐ mary care contract and users had to go into the cen‐ tre of Guardamar to see a doctor, Saez said. Rejecting the go‐slow claims, Ribera Salud declared that it had not reduced activities.

“We have offered the best possible attention dur‐ ing the concessionary peri‐ od and will continue to do so until the last day that management is in our hands,” the company insist‐ ed.

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YOUNG player’s big achievement. Charo Esquiva came third in the Rafa Nadal Tour de Mallorca Master junior tennis tour‐ nament held recently in Manacor.

This was the second time that the young player, who is from Bigastro and belongs to the Club de Tenis de Torrevieja, has done so well as she also took third place in the same pres‐ tigious Master last year.

This time there was even more merit in Charo’s success, as she was up against players who were a year older.

Rafa Nadal himself was present at the prize‐giving, where he congratulated the players and encouraged them all to con‐ tinue working hard at their tennis.

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Readers’ poll

Political correctness gone too far READERS have overwhelmingly voted to say they believe politi‐ cial correctness has gone too far.

Following the news that a recent collection by Spanish design house Balenciaga had been accused of cultural ap‐ propriation, the Euro Weekly News asked its readers what they thought.

A huge 96.6 per cent told us they believed we are all now too politically correct. Mean‐ while just 3.4 per cent said they only thought political cor‐ rectness had gone too far in some ways. The issue saw large numbers of readers get in touch to share their thoughts, with many enthusi‐

astically agreeing that it has gone too far.

Ian Forrest said: “Yes 100%.” Meanwhile, Annick Mizel said: “Yes, yes, yes.”

Spanish brand Balenciaga was earlier this month ac‐ cused of cultural appropria‐ tion after revealing its ‘Tropme‐L’oeil’ sweatpants which come complete with an exposed boxer short over the waistband, a fashion choice made famous during the 90s in hip‐hop culture. TikTok user @ mr200m__ posted a video where he commented on the sweatpants and said: “This feels racist. This feels very

SPANISH BRAND: Was accused of cultural appropriation.

racist, guys. “They have woven these boxers inside the trousers.”

The video has been viewed over 1.5 million times and was captioned: “You know when something feels racist @sxb‐ wxyy I have questions.”

Other users later agreed, with one saying: “Black men being discriminated against and devalued for sagging pants and Balenciaga is profit‐ ing off the style. Crazy how it’s ghetto until they put a price on it.”

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Gender violence case IN a suspected case of gender violence, a 25-year-old woman was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Torrecardenas University Hospital in the province of Almeria. It is alleged she was attacked by her ex-partner, who subsequently handed himself in to the police. The incident occurred at around 7am on Saturday, September 18.

The emergency services received a call reporting an attack had occurred by the roundabout that connects the Almeria neighbourhoods of El Alquian, El Toyo and Retamar.

They immediately mobilised patrols from the National Police and the Local Police to the given location,

along with an emergency ambulance.

The medical team confirmed to 112 that they were transferring a 25-year-old woman to the Torrecardenas University Hospital in Almeria. She was later admitted to the ICU and was described as being in a stable condition after the attack. The alleged

aggressor rammed into the victim’s car with his own vehicle. He then took her out of the car with the intention of attacking her in the road. The first police officers to arrive made him stop, at which point the man fled the scene.

He later turned himself in at the Provincial Police Station in Almeria.

Proceedings opened against Simon THE courts of Madrid have ordered that proceedings be opened against Fernan‐ do Simon, the director of the Centre for the Coordi‐ nation of Emergencies and

Health Alerts. They are in‐ vestigating if there was a crime of prevarication for how the coronavirus pan‐ demic was managed by him.

According to reports, a complaint was filed by the Christian Lawyers Associa‐ tion against “Fernando Si‐ mon and against the Presi‐ dent, Pedro Sanchez, the ministers Irene Montero, Margarita Robles and Fer‐ nando Grande‐Marlaska and against the former Vice‐ Presidents of the Executive Carmen Calvo and Pablo Iglesias and the former min‐ isters Jose Luis Abalos and Salvador Illa.”

The judge has made the decision to only open pro‐ ceedings against Simon though because “the proce‐ dural situation of the per‐ sons with immunity at the time when the complaint was filed in the Supreme Court was already resolved by the Supreme Court.”

The Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers had de‐ cided to initiate criminal proceedings against the Spanish Government due to how they handled the coro‐ navirus pandemic. The or‐ ganisation believes that the government did not take the pandemic seriously enough as it did not take sufficient measures despite being informed of how lethal the virus is.

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THE Guardia Civil has arrested a gang of 21 criminals accused of defrauding nearly 600 elderly and disabled people in Spain.

According to police, the gang made around €1.7 million from their crimes, with some victims los‐ ing up to €100,000.

The investigation identified 592 victims in La Rioja, Asturias, Avila, Barcelona, Burgos, Cadiz, Cantabria, Galicia, Granada, Leon, Malaga, Madrid, Navarra, Basque Country, Segovia, Soria, and Val‐ ladolid. Police have arrested and in‐ vestigated 11 men and 10 women after they allegedly used aggressive sales tactics to generate confusion

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Fraud gang arrested in the victims. In some cases, they left families bankrupt after taking payments of €30,000, €50,000 and up to €100,000. The criminal net‐ work used the black market to ac‐ quire identity packs of people who had bought book collections from other companies, or had been the victims of previous scams.

They told people who had pur‐ chased book collections from other companies the purchase contract required them to buy the new edi‐ tions, charging between €1,900 and €3,000. The gang even claimed

to be lawyers for the publisher and told one person to pay the debt owed to the company. The group also defrauded elderly and dis‐ abled people by posing as legal ad‐ visers and offering their services, of‐ fering an annual contract between €2,400 and €3,400. As part of their investigation, police carried out a total of five searches in companies and homes in Madrid, Getafe and Mejorada del Campo, seizing com‐ puters and computer equipment suspected of being used by the gang.

A commemorative lunch

THE Aircrew Association Costa Blanca, held a com‐ memorative lunch at La Cumbre restaurant on Wednesday September 15. It was exactly 81 years ago to the day that the tide of the Battle of Britain turned in favour of the allies and members and guests were able to acknowledge that momentous day in their custom‐ ary manner. The 80th anniversary in 2020 had to be cancelled due to the Covid restrictions.

After a welcoming address by the Association’s Chair‐ man, Max Maxwell, the Honorary Chaplain to the Asso‐ ciation, Father Marcus Ronchetti, said a highly appropri‐ ate grace in which he referred to and recognised the heroism and courage shown by The Few! After lunch, followed a successful auction of two rare

prints provided by the Association’s President, Tom Brown: ‘The Dambusters’ by Frank Wooten including a Certificate of Authentication, signed by the artist and six survivors and ‘Men and Machines’ by Gordon Davies featuring, appropriately for the occasion, a Hawker Hur‐ ricane and a Spitfire. Again, this print was signed by the artist and Flight Lieutenant Roger Hall DFC, the Spitfire pi‐ lot.

The two successful bidders, Hugh Parker for the Men and Machines and Eric Davies for The Dambusters were both extremely grateful to have acquired two high quali‐ ty prints!

It was a memorable occasion and members were de‐ lighted to be able to Commemorate The Battle again!

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Washing machine gift A NEW dad in Tucson, Arizona needed to support his family and set out to buy a second‐ hand washing machine and dryer. The machines were more than a new dad could af‐ ford so he told the seller he

had just had a new child, and asked if they could give him a discount.

Chris Blaze said: “I just went to buy a Samsung washer and dryer from a guy and he was asking $500. I told him I just

had a kid and if he could take $400 I’d be really grateful.”

The buyer kindly agreed to the new dad’s request and Chris headed off home with a new washer and a dryer. But Chris was in for a surprise when he got home, and hooked up the new kit.

Chris said: “I got home, hooked everything up and it worked great, I opened up the dryer and I was shocked to find the money sitting in there.” He continued, “I got a message from the seller say‐ ing ‘check the dryer, a gift for the new baby’.”

The new dad has been left feeling extremely grateful and this heart‐warming story shows that kindness is still alive and well in the world.

“A gift for the new baby.”

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Volcano Erupts THE island of La Palma in the Canary Islands suffered a vol‐ canic eruption on Sunday September 19 which has im‐ pacted life in the region.

Seismic activity began on September 14, followed by an earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale five days later.

Authorities put an evacuation plan in place in anticipation of the eruption of the island’s Cum‐ bre Vieja volcano.

The volcano erupted on September 19 causing lava to flow out of open fissures, with more appearing throughout the day. Work began to evacuate more people including tourists and to gather data on the ground to manage the situation.

The area was put on red alert and President Pedro Sanchez cancelled a planned trip to New York to fly to the island.

On September 20, the lava moved into highly populated ar‐ eas and around 10,000 people were evacuated. Citizens were also advised to stay away from

Credit: Involcan

LAVA: Involcan worker measuring temperature. the El Paso area.

A new fissure opened on the north side of the volcano on September 21, prompting more emergency measures. Images released showed houses en‐ gulfed in lava. The volcano emit‐ ted thousands of tons of sulphur dioxide and locals were warned of the risk of acid rain.

Measuring the poisonous gas will be key to predicting when the eruption might end.

On September 21, the lava approached the sea, increasing

the risk of toxic gases and explo‐ sions. Authorities have estab‐ lished an exclusion zone in the area manned by security forces on land and sea.

The Canary Islands’ govern‐ ment swiftly prepared a draft law to enable homes to be ur‐ gently rebuilt on the island.

This Cumbre Vieja volcano is one of the most active volcanoes on the archipelago, and has been responsible for two of the last three eruptions, in 1949 and 1971.

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The Balcony of the Mediterranean.

A WOMAN who fell after taking a selfie from an iconic Benidorm tourist spot has died in hospital.

The 26-year-old Ukrainian woman was left in a critical condition on Tuesday, September 14 after she fell from the Castle Viewpoint also known as the Balcony of the Mediterranean. According to health authorities, she was taking a selfie when she fell.

The woman was rescued from the water and evacuated to the General Hospital in Alicante after

Janssen second dose

E X P E R T S belonging to the vaccines committee, which is attached to the M inistry of health, are debating whether people who were vaccinated with the Janssen vaccine should be given a second dose. According to data from the Ministry of health, nearly two million people across Spain have so far received the Janssen vaccine.

According to reports, it has not yet been confirmed whether the debate has resulted in a formal proposal which would go before the Public Health Commission for further consultation.

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It appears that the reason for the discussions on the booster vaccinations for Janssen come down to the fact that there has been an increasing number of outbreaks in prisons.

At the last meeting of the vaccines committee it was discussed how contagions were increasing among prison inmates. This has been reported by both the autonomous communities and the prisons themselves. Prisoners are one of the groups in Spain that were injected with the single dose Janssen jab.

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Benidorm selfie tragedy suffering from various traumas and symptoms of drowning.

The woman went with a friend to the viewpoint which is one of most visited and photographed points in the Valencia region. She was taking a selfie on a railing and trying to get a shot of the beach in the background when she fell around 20 metres

down the cliff into the sea.

Lifeguards rushed to rescue the injured woman and manoeuvred her to some nearby rocks. They performed advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation manoeuvres before transferring her to hospital. Unfortunately, she passed away on Friday September 17.

Compulsory Covid pass in Italy ITALY is set to be the first European country to require all workers to have a Covid pass.

The controversial move would reportedly mean that only unemployed people and pensioners will be exempt from having a ‘green pass’.

If the move goes ahead Italy will be the first country in Europe to make coronavirus health passes mandatory for all staff. So far, a draft proposal has been presented by the Italian government but it is expected that from the start of October workers in both the public and private sectors will need to be able to show a digital vaccine certificate.

The government hope that the potential move would mean

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that more people would get vaccinated and that this will see the infection rate fall.

The government is worried that Covid cases could soar over the winter.

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FIRST authorised drug. The Ministry of Health has approved the use in Spain of the first drug made exclusively based on cannabidiol (CBD) ‐ one of the components of the cannabis plant ‐ after two years of clinical trials involving 714 people, and it is already used to treat pa‐ tients suffering from two forms of epilepsy. This new product ‐ ‘Epidyolex’ ‐ was presented on Tuesday, September 14, at a press conference held by the GW Pharmaceuticals laboratory, a world leader in cannabinoid‐based drugs and now part of Jazz Pharmaceu‐ ticals, but the first drug this company has marketed in Spain. Togeth‐ er with clobazam, the drug can be used for the treatment of seizures associated with Lennox‐Gastault syndrome (LGS), and Dravet syn‐ drome (DS), and will be dispensed in a hospital pharmacy.

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Madrid student party AROUND 25,000 students gath‐ ered at Madrid University on Friday, September 17, to cele‐ brate the start of the academic year with a botellón (bottle par‐ ty). Police said without a pre‐ pared operation, dissolving the crowd was “an almost impossi‐ ble task.”

Instead, officers limited themselves to checking that there were no incidents and guarded the entrances and exits to the subway. Images of the night party soon flooded social media, attracting thousands more to the event. Subway plat‐ forms were also full of young people.

BOTTLE PARTY: Around 25,000 students attended.

There were no major inci‐ dents and police never entered the premises. However, an am‐ bulance entered to treat some‐ one in an alcoholic coma in front of the Law School. The size of the crowds meant it took the

Afghan refugee donation THE Minister for Foreign Af‐ fairs Jose Manuel Albares, has announced that Spain will contribute €20 million in humanitarian assistance to the Afghan crisis, of which at least €7 million will be delivered this year.

Albares, who made the announcement during his speech at the Afghanistan Humanitarian Aid Confer‐ ence held by videoconfer‐ ence from Geneva, said Spain is committed to the Afghan people and the need to provide urgent aid “to avoid the drama of a hu‐ manitarian crisis of major

proportions.” The minister also praised the efforts of those assisting the many displaced people and vic‐ tims in the Afghan crisis and, in particular, those who have lost their lives in this effort. “It is essential to ensure that humanitarian actors can carry out their work in safety and security,” he said.

“We are not going to turn our backs on this crisis.

Spain will continue to work so that the many years in‐ vested in creating a better future for the country have not been in vain,” he added.

Airbnb camera trick

AN ex‐hacker took to TikTok to reveal the tricks to find hid‐ den cameras in Airbnb apart‐ ments. The accommodation platform is the most popular way to rent flats or rooms as a cheaper alternative to hotels.

However, there may be a sin‐ ister risk when using this type of service.

Thousands of complaints have come to light from cus‐ tomers who discovered cam‐ eras installed in the homes. In most cases, they were small cameras, hidden in order to record the guests covertly.

Marcus Hutchins, a British hacker who works as a cyber‐ security researcher, has re‐ vealed through his TikTok ac‐

count (@malwaretech), how to detect these devices.

The trick is to shine a bright light on any technological product that is in a suspicious position or oriented towards a specific place. A blue reflection is an indication where a cam‐ era is hidden. It is easier to dis‐ cover the cameras with the lights off.

The video earned more than 20 million views, with Hutchins confirming that “you are going to want to check any suspi‐ cious device or hole that is in front of the shower, the dress‐ ing room or the bed.” He advis‐ es checking locations such as fire alarms, plugs and alarm clocks.

vehicle 10 minutes to advance just over 20 metres to reach the student.

The first revellers arrived at the facilities around 11pm at night and the last ones left the campus at 7am.

Hitting pockets H O U S E H O L D S across Spain are already feeling the unprecedented rise in electricity prices. Both pri‐ vate customers and busi‐ nesses are being hit hard.

In August average elec‐ tricity bills grew by over 30 per cent compared to those seen in the same month in 2020. Many people have seen other prices increase too, not just their electricity bill.

High energy prices are the main reason that in‐ flation has also in‐ creased. This is true all across the European con‐ tinent.

In August, general con‐ sumer prices grew by over 3 per cent compared to those a year earlier.

Reportedly, 38 per cent of this increase is due to the rise in electricity prices.

According to estimates, most households in Spain spend about 3.6 per cent of their budget paying for electricity. Many com‐ mon expenses are linked to the consumer price in‐ dex (CPI). This includes rent, pensions, some salaries, road tolls and other municipal charges such as public parking.

This means high electrici‐ ty prices affect other ar‐ eas of daily life in Spain.

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SPAIN is fighting back against Netflix and the rise of video streaming. The number of stores that provide actual physical copies of movies in Spain runs only into the hundreds, but the stores are fighting back against the digital era.

According to industry figures there are now only around 300 video stores left in Spain as the majority of

Netflix fight people these days turn to Amazon Prime and Netflix to easily watch movies in their own home.

Some people are wary of digital platforms, and believe that they con‐ trol what people can see.

Marcia Seburo, owner of a store in Madrid commented that: “You are forced to see what the company wants you to see, you don’t have any autonomy.

They start boxing you in, they nar‐ row down your tastes. I have 50,000 titles here [in Ficciones], neither Net‐ flix or HBO together have as many as my catalogue.”

Readers’ poll

Readers’ opinions split A RECENT Euro Weekly News poll over whether health work‐ ers should be forced to have the Covid vaccine has split reader opinions, with some arguing in defence of human rights and others putting the needs of vul‐ nerable patients first.

The poll asking whether the jab should be mandatory for health workers, saw a narrow majority of 59.5 per cent of EWN readers saying they believe workers should be forced to have the vaccine to keep their jobs.

Meanwhile, a further 40.5 per cent said they believed it was up to the individual to choose

whether they had the jab.

The controversial issue of mandatory vaccines for some workers sparked a lively debate among EWN readers on Face‐ book following the news that France had fired 3,000 health care professionals who refused to be vaccinated. Many readers told the EWN they thought it was the responsibility of those looking after the vulnerable to protect their patients, with one man, Kenneth Carslund, saying: “If they want to work in that area yes. They are there to heal and protect. Not to in the worst case kill.”

Another reader, Denice

Carter, argued that other vac‐ cines are already mandatory for health workers. She said: “I had to have the flu jab when working for the NHS, so yes you should.

That’s what your job is all about, looking after others.” However, others took to Facebook to slam the decision of some countries to enforce vaccines, saying it failed workers’ human rights. Mark Hatchett said: “No, they shouldn’t have to, it’s their per‐ sonal choice to take it or not, same as every citizen’s choice.”

Countries including the UK, Italy and France have all made vac‐ cines mandatory for some health workers.

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Ryanair policy returns O N E of Ryanair’s most hated policies is set to re‐ turn.

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has hit inter‐ national travel hard. Due to the uncertainty, Ryanair brought in a customer‐friendly policy which gave customers the ability to change their depar‐ ture date for free. This zero‐fee policy is set to be scrapped at the end of September.

EU travel has rebounded and the return to nor‐ mality means Ryanair will bring back fees for all customers who want to change their flight date.

Passengers who book their flights before September 30 and fly before December 31, will not have to pay the fees. However, those who need to change their departure date beyond the 24‐hour grace period, will be hit with fees. Fees will begin at €35.

Fees could also occur if the new flight is more ex‐ pensive than the original, with the customer ex‐ pected to pay the difference.

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WEDDING ban. A man has banned children from his wedding but is allowing guests to bring their dogs. One mum took to Mumsnet forum to ask if she was being unreasonable for bat‐ tling her brother‐in‐law over his wish to not have his nephew at his own wedding.

The mum added: “To say we are stunned is an understate‐ ment, to say that dogs are welcome, but his own nephew is‐ n’t! “We are now facing two choices, we either decline to go at all, or try to speak to my [parents‐in‐law].”

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Spanish Sport Investment

PRESIDENT Pedro Sanchez has announced that the upcoming investment in Spanish sport will be “historic” and will exceed previous levels by 40 per cent.

Speaking to Olympians and Paralympians at a ceremony in Madrid, Sanchez said they are “the best representatives our country could have.”

Their results “confirm not only the strengths of our sport as a world power in many disciplines, but also give us good reason to believe that Span‐ ish Olympic sport is on the verge of a new cycle of success and expansion,” he said.

“Tokyo 2020 was the start of a new era in pub‐ lic policies to support Olympic and Paralympic sport in our country, with the largest budget ever allocated after Barcelona 92.”

“Between 2019 and 2023 we are going to dedicate €1 billion to sport, almost 40 per cent more than in the period 2015‐2018. We are able to make this commitment because we are the only European country that has made THROUGHOUT history, pan‐ demics have been a key driver of human population change, thanks to mortality and declining fertility rates. A new study shows Covid‐19 is no exception.

The research (Early Assessment of the Relationship Between the Covid‐19 Pandemic and Births in High‐Income Countries) reported that births declined by 8.4 per cent in Spain and by 7.1 per cent

Investment will exceed previous levels. sport one of the levers of economic recovery,” he added.

Sanchez also praised the sporting representa‐ tives as a “living expression of the richness and di‐ versity of our country, and an example of being welcoming and of integration. A living example of the value of sport in the face of discrimination, in‐ tolerance and extremism.”

The next Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held in Paris in 2024.

Covid birthrate decline in the United States.

In their research, Sanders and his co‐authors reported on the re‐ lationship between the Covid‐19 pandemic and births for 22 high‐ income countries. They found particularly strong declines in southern Europe: Italy (‐9.1 per cent), Spain (‐8.4 per cent) and

Portugal (‐6.6 per cent), while Denmark, Finland, Germany, and The Netherlands saw no decline at all.

Of the results, the authors wrote: “When compared to the large fall in southern Europe, the relative stability of [crude birth rates] in northern Europe points

THE Education at a Glance 2021 report, presented on September 16 by the Organisation for Eco‐ nomic Cooperation and Develop‐ ment (OCDE), revealed that 19.9 per cent of Spanish youths are neither in work nor education.

Italy took first place with a higher share of young people who neither work nor study at 24.8 per cent, while Greece, with 19.3 per cent, was third. Accord‐ ing to education and employ‐ ment experts, the coronavirus pandemic may explain why Spain has fallen behind other European countries, such as Germany, Nor‐ way and Sweden, where the per‐ centage of NEETs is far less, stand‐ ing at an average of 10 per cent.

“The pandemic destroyed many of the jobs that young peo‐ ple can easily access without need‐ ing training, particularly in the ser‐ to the role of policies in support of families and employment in re‐ ducing any impact on births.”

Author Seth Sanders said: “The bottom line is that there was a lot of variation across countries in the decline. We don’t address why, but we think a lot of it has to do with the degree of economic dis‐ ruption, coupled with the degree of social support in the absence of employment.”

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Youth not working

Many Spanish youths are neither in work nor education. vices sector,” said Nacho Sequeira, the managing director of Fun‐ dación Exit (Exit Foundation), an organisation dedicated to helping vulnerable youngsters join the workforce.

“The labour market is polarised.

There are highly trained people in sectors such as technology, while those in more difficult situations

are condemned to temporary work and constantly losing their job. This has intensified with the pandemic,” he added.

Many youngsters were also forced to work from home. Prob‐ lems with internet access in some rural areas of the country had a detrimental effect on their educa‐ tion.

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DREAM comes true. A family have been reunited with their long lost cat who had been missing for a staggering 10 years.

Luckily 12‐year‐old cat Forbes was spotted in Aberdeen, looking in need of some TLC and medical treatment. He was discovered only two miles from his family home, which he had gone missing from a decade ago.

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PFIZER is voluntarily recall‐ ing all batches of its anti‐ smoking drug Chantix ‐ which is marketed in Europe as Champix ‐ due to high levels of cancer‐causing agents called nitrosamines being detected in the pills.

According to a statement last Thursday, September 16, from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), this recall is for all 0.5mg and 1mg varenicline lozenge batches, stating their belief that prolonged ingestion of the drug can lead to a “po‐ tential increased risk of can‐ cer in humans, but there is no immediate risk for pa‐ tients taking this drug.”

As a result, on Friday, September 17, the FDA said

Pfizer recalls EU fishing approval anti-smoking treatment that patients taking the re‐ called drug “should continue to take their current drug until their pharmacist pro‐ vides a replacement, or their doctor prescribes a different treatment,” adding, “The health benefits of quitting smoking outweigh the can‐ cer risk from the ni‐ trosamine impurity in varenicline.”

Pfizer had initially paused the distribution of the drug in June and has already re‐ called several batches of the drug, with the company say‐ ing at the time that this dis‐ tribution pause was carried out as a precaution, pending further testing, but, Pfizer then extended the recall to additional batches of the an‐ ti‐smoking drug in August.

THE EU has adopted a proposal for sustainable fishing opportuni‐ ties for 2022 in the Mediterranean. The proposal promotes the sustainable management of fish stocks in the Mediterranean and the Black Seas and delivers on the political commitments made in the MedFish4Ever and Sofia Declarations.

Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevicius, said: “Sustainable fisheries management in all of the EU’s sea basins is our commitment and responsibility. While we have seen some improvement in recent years in the Mediter‐ ranean and Black Seas, we are still far from reaching sustainable lev‐ els and more effort is needed to achieve this goal. We are, there‐ fore, today making our proposal for fish catches in the two sea basins fully reliant on scientific advice.”

The ultimate objective is to reach the maximum sustainable yield ‐ the amount of fish that fishers can take out of the sea without compromising the regeneration and future productivity of the stock ‐ by January 1, 2025, at the latest.

THE Regional Ministry of Health and Fami‐ lies has reported that Listeria monocyto‐ genes has been detected in a batch of fresh goat’s and cow’s milk cheese from the com‐ pany Quesos Los Vázquez SL. The batch was distributed in Sevilla, Cadiz and Huelva.

According to the company from Castilleja del Campo (Sevilla) listeria was detected in a 250‐gram package of the cheese with an expiry date of 07.10.21. They have launched

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Post-Brexit Gibraltar delay THE UK’s Brexit intentions were made public five years ago and this also signalled Gibraltar’s wish to leave the European Union (EU).

However, after all this time, the region is still waiting for an interna‐ tional treaty that will ensure shared prosperity on both sides of the bor‐ der. Spain’s new Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, said that he considers the matter “a priority,” but there is still no proof of when the negotiation of that long‐awaited agreement will begin.

Numerous delays mean that Gibrexit is now stuck in technical talks between the 27 other coun‐ tries that make up the bloc.

Food alert the protocol for the withdrawal of the prod‐ uct, and they have notified their customers.

Anyone who has consumed this product and has presented symptoms compatible with listeriosis such as vomiting, diarrhoea or fever, should head to their health centre.

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Proof of status call

THE governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have called on their UK coun‐ terparts to offer some form of physical proof of settled or pre‐settled status to EU citi‐ zens.

According to the Scottish Government, “Currently, EU cit‐ izens who have secured settled

or pre‐settled status have no way of proving with physical documentation that they have the right to reside in the UK, po‐ tentially causing problems for their employment and access to services.”

Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland ministers have written a joint letter in which they have

Energy losses

ENERGY suppliers Iberdrola and Endesa lost €4.9 billion of market capital‐ isation in the space of two days after the Spanish government announced measures to control electricity prices in Spain.

The government approved a package of measures to lower electricity bills for consumers. This hit both Endesa and Iberdrola hard and their shares fell by 3.3 per cent and 2.4 per cent respectively on Wednesday, September 15. The Council of Ministers on Tuesday September 14 ap‐ proved a royal decree which limited electricity prices with a temporary re‐ duction of the excess remuneration that electricity providers receive, amongst other measures.

Investment bank Goldman Sachs questioned the move stating: “These measures appear to go against the current energy market design, and look like a step towards partial regulation of energy bills. As seen in 2013, this could be in breach of the EU Energy Directive.”

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voiced their concern over the lack of a physical form of proof.

The letter was sent to Kevin Foster, UK Minister for Future Borders and Immigration and it has been signed by Minister for Europe Jenny Gilruth, Wales’ Minister for Social Justice Jane Hutt, Northern Ireland First Minister Paul Givan and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill.

They believe a physical docu‐ ment, in addition to the existing digital proof, would give EU citi‐ zens additional security and re‐ assurance. They also believe that it would help prevent dis‐ crimination and help out em‐ ployers too.

The letter said: “We all have an obligation under the Euro‐ pean Union (Withdrawal Agree‐ ment) Act 2020 to ensure that EU citizens are treated fairly.”

Adding, “All other groups are given physical proof. It cannot be right to deny EU citizens the reassurance that is offered to other migrant groups.”

There are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way. Today, there are around three trillion trees and 400 billion stars.

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www.euroweeklynews.com MARKS & SPENCER blamed Brexit supply woes for its upcoming French store closures. The company announced they will close 11 of its French stores by the end of the year.

Managing director of M&S International, Paul Friston, commented that: “The lengthy and complex export processes now in place following the UK’s exit from the European Union are significantly constraining the sup-

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M&S Brexit woes

SUPPLY WOES: Following the UK’s exit from the EU. ply of fresh and chilled product from the UK into Europe

Harry and Meghan influence TIME magazine named Harry and Meghan among the 100 most influential people. The list includes 54 women and 46 men.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made the list along with US President Joe Biden, US Vice President Kamala Harris and former US president Donald Trump. The list is made up of people from across society and also includes Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, and singers Britney Spears and Billie Eilish.

Speaking about the list, Time magazine editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal said that all the people included were “extraordinary leaders from around the world working to build a better future.” Felsenthal also said that these people “in a year of crisis have leaped into the fray.”

Chef Jose Andres who founded the World Kitchen charity believes that Harry and Meghan are full of compassion. He said: “In a world where everyone has an opinion about people they don’t know, the Duke and Duchess have compassion for people they don’t know.” He added, “They don’t just opine, they run towards the struggle.”

and continuing to impact product availability for customers and the performance of our business in France.”

The nine stores based at railway stations and airports in France in partnership with Lagardere Travel Retail are expected to continue trading as normal. The M&S website in France will not be affected.

Friston added: “The supply chain complexities in place following the UK’s exit from the European Union, now make it near impossible for us to serve fresh and chilled products to customers to the high standards they expect, resulting in an ongoing impact to the performance of our business.”

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Spain continues to be a favourite destination for expatriates, including those making the most of their retirement years. There are many benefits to living here, but you need to navigate a foreign tax regime and understand how it affects you. And one key difference between UK and Spanish taxation is Spain’s imposition of a ‘wealth tax’.

Wealth tax and pensions Wealth tax is payable on the net value of most of your capital assets – real estate, investments, shareholdings, jewellery, art, cars etc.

There are some exclusions, and it is

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Spanish wealth tax - are your pensions included?

Wealth tax is effectively an annual tax on your capital assets, payable in addition to income and capital gains taxes. The value of your assets is added up as at 31 December, and if the total exceeds the available allowances, the excess is subject to wealth tax. Spanish residents are liable on worldwide assets, non-residents on Spanish assets.

The allowances are high, so it’s wealthier people who are affected by this tax – but whether or not your pension is included could make a significant difference. For UK nationals, Brexit has unfortunately had an impact here.

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exempt from wealth tax, a ruling by Spain’s Directorate-General for Tax concluded that non-EU pension plans do not qualify for the wealth tax exemption. Binding ruling V1049-19 of May 2019 states that: “the consolidated rights and economic rights of pension plans established in non-EU Members States may not benefit from the exemption”.

By Fiona Keogh, Private Client Manager, Blevins Franks

not payable on general household contents, pension rights (other than purchased annuities), certain shareholdings in family companies and business assets, and potentially for some antiques and art.

However, although pension plans are generally listed as one of the assets

This means that Spanish wealth tax now applies to a UK pension fund, from the point at which a member can take benefits. Your UK personal pension funds will be added to your other worldwide assets to calculate your annual tax liability.

You could try defending your pension plan with the tax authorities. Alternatively, consider transferring your funds into a Spanish or EU pension plan, such as an EU-based Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS).

Wealth tax rates and allowances Each individual benefits from a personal tax-free allowance of €700,000 (€500,000 in Comunidad Valenciana and Cataluña). Residents also have a €300,000 main home allowance.

Wealth tax rates vary in the Autonomous Regions: In Valenciana rates range from 0.25% to 3.5%; in Murcia from 0.24% to 3%; in Andalucía from 0.2% to 2.5%; in Cataluña from 0.21% to 2.75% and in the Balearic Islands from 0.28% to 3.45%. Madrid currently provides a 100% tax-free relief Tax planning If wealth tax or other Spanish taxes concern you, ask a specialist tax and wealth management adviser to review your tax planning and the way you own assets – there may be options to reduce your wealth tax liability. For example, there are compliant tax-effi-

cient investment structures that can allow you to reduce your income and wealth tax bills in Spain.

If you’re worried about the impact of your UK pensions, an adviser can talk you through the options. You could, for example, transfer your funds into a Spanish arrangement or EU-based QROPS that will qualify for the wealth tax exemption. Doing so could also unlock other benefits not usually available to UK pensions, such as currency and estate planning flexibility. The UK’s 25% Overseas Transfer Charge does not currently apply to EU transfers, so this is a good time to review your position.

Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; individuals should seek personalised advice.

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Minimum wage agreement

ON September 16, the Span‐ ish government and trade unions agreed to raise the minimum wage (SMI) by €15 a month. This raise is in the middle of the range that is recommended by experts, NEW STORES: Spain will have lower prices.

FRENCH company Hubside.

Store is set to expand in Spain, and they could save you mon‐ ey when you need a mobile phone or other device. This year, the chain hopes to ex‐ pand its presence to 30 stores.

By the end of 2023, that num‐ ber will rise to 100 sites across the country.

Hubside.Store is part of the French group Indexia. They are reinforcing their commitment to Spain by opening shops in “the main capitals of the na‐ tional market,” according to general manager Jean Pierre Galera. The store’s unique busi‐ ness model aims to sell and rent both new and recondi‐ tioned electronic devices.

The store believes in respon‐ sible consumerism. They also fight against planned obsoles‐ cence of electrical goods. The chain firmly believes in the re‐ conditioned market. Galera boasted: “We have a disruptive and innovative business model, we are the only retailer that of‐ fers new and reconditioned de‐ vices.”

They offer keen prices de‐ signed to turn customers away from the Internet. A statement said: “In order to achieve these objectives, the company will be opening new stores in several shopping centres in Madrid, and five new stores in the cities of Vigo, Sevilla, Vitoria, Oviedo and Zaragoza.”

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which is €12 to €19.

This increase will not have the backing of business or‐ ganisations who have reject‐ ed the increase, claiming that the Spanish economy could be damaged in these

Madrid chef honoured AVANT-GARDE Chef Dabiz Munoz of DiverXo in Madrid has won The Best Chef Top100 Award.

The awards, sponsored by Perlage, placed Chef Bjorn Frantzen of Frantzen in Stockholm in second. He also took the award for The Best Chef voted by Chefs. Andoni Luis Aduriz of Mugaritz in San Sebastian took a huge jump from his previous 45th position on last year’s list to third place. The Best Chef Sci‐ ence Award powered by LSG Group went to Joan Roca from Cat‐ alonia.

According to the organisers the award is a “distinction for the chef who is outstanding in relation to research, experimental techniques and transformation.” The Top 100 list included 13 Spanish chefs.

Munoz said the awards list will “help restaurants, but also the people of the country.” He added, “What comes to me, comes to Madrid, which to me is one of the most exciting cities in the world today for gastronomy.”

According to DiverXo’s website the restaurant provides diners with, “A journey through the hedonistic, greedy and creative world of Dabiz Munoz, avant‐garde cuisine in which everything is possible.” Menus start at €250 per person with pairing options beginning at €150.

early stages of recovery from the health pandemic.

However, the unions are positive about the agree‐ ment, saying the increase “takes place in a context of economic difficulty, of in‐ crease of the consumer price index and of the dis‐ proportionate increase of electricity, which totally and absolutely justify the in‐ crease.” They will also de‐ mand the minimum wage will be set at €1,000 per month next year.

Second Deputy Prime Minister, Yolanda Díaz,

asked the employers to “re‐ turn to the path of reunion.”

Díaz also criticised the atti‐ tude of the Employers’ As‐ sociation during the negoti‐ ations: “They entered asking for zero and came out ask‐ ing for zero ‐ that is not ne‐ gotiating.”

Experts recommended an increase of between €12 and €19 to start with to reach 60 per cent of the av‐ erage net salary. To get to this number, they have tak‐ en the average net salary of a full‐time worker from the most recent data available.

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GUARDIAN angel. The family of three‐year‐old Anthony ‘AJ’ Elfalak believe that he was kept safe by a Guardian Angel and the power of prayer after he went missing from the family home and spent three days in the Australian bush, escaping with only scratches, nappy rash and ant bites despite his ordeal.

A NSW Police helicopter recorded footage of the rescue and the devout Coptic Orthodox Christian family believe that when the boy was discovered an angel could be seen sitting on the rocks be‐ side him.

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Turtle flies south

AER LINGUS flew a 25kg endangered turtle that washed ashore in County Donegal back to Gran Canaria on September 15. It is hoped the creature will thrive in the warm Canary waters.

The loggerhead sea turtle, lovingly named Julius Caesar or JC because of his fighting spirit, was discovered by a local family on a Donegal beach in 2019, when he was only nine months old.

According to the World Wildlife Fund, Loggerhead sea turtles are “the living representatives of a

Turtle had a fighting spirit. group of reptiles that have existed on Earth and travelled our seas for the last 100 million years.”

JC had been recovering in the Exploris Aquarium, in Co Down.

They think he ended up in Ireland

ELON MUSK’S SpaceX launched the first-ever amateur space crew into orbit on Wednesday, September 15.

The four intrepid travellers blasted off in the Dragon capsule from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The flight marks a milestone for the space tourism market by the company, as the first in history with no professional astronauts on board.

The rocket will spend three days orbiting the Earth at an altitude of 357 miles, 100 miles higher than the International Space Station. Aboard the rocket is billionaire Jared Isaacman, 38,

after being “caught in the wrong current and swept along the Gulf Stream.

He was suffering from hypothermia, stunned by the cold water, and weighed just a few hundred grams.”

He now weighs 25kg, and could reach 100kg by the time he is fully grown.

French health workers

FRANCE suspended around 3,000 health workers for failing to get a Covid jab before the September 15 deadline. France’s health minister Olivier Veran announced the news on Thursday, September 16. Speaking to RTL radio he said: “Yesterday, some 3,000 sus‐ pensions were served on staff in health and social care facilities who had not yet entered into a vaccination course.”

The minister also highlighted: “The con‐ tinuity of care and the security of care and quality of care were assured yesterday in all hospitals and medico‐social facilities.”

He did explain, however, that some services such as coronary angiogram and MRI services were affected negatively

Amateur astronauts who invested an undisclosed sum in the trip. He made his fortune from a payment-processing company he founded aged 16.

The 29-year-old childhood cancer survivor, Hayley Arceneux, was also on board. The hospital research worker also became America’s youngest person to go to space.

They were joined by contestant winners Chris Sembroski, 42, who works as a data engineer, and Sian Proctor, 51, a

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community college teacher. Sian Proctor is SpaceX’s first black female spacecraft pilot and only the fourth black female astronaut to go into space.

Proctor said: “There have been three black female astronauts that have made it to space and knowing that I’m going to be the fourth means I have this opportunity to not only accomplish my dream, but also inspire, and inspire the next generation of women and girls of colour.”

for a few hours.

The health sector has nearly three million employees and the health minister ex‐ plained that of the 3,000 suspensions, “a large number” are “only temporary.” Ac‐ cording to the minister most of the suspen‐ sions affect support staff, but there are a “few white coats” that have been suspend‐ ed too.

Some people have chosen to resign over the mandatory coronavirus vaccines. Veran said: “A few dozen resignations have been recorded in the country.”

President Emmanuel Macron made coro‐ navirus vaccines compulsory for healthcare workers back in July.

Mallorca cooking show

A DUTCH TV cooking show called ‘The Heart of the Mediterranean’ has filmed several seg‐ ments in Mallorca.

Filming began in September in different areas across the island including Mercat del Olivar and the Fornet de la Soca. Local products are showcased as part of the show. Palma City councillor and president of the Palma Film Office, Rodrigo Romero explained: “This type of programme publi‐ cises the culture and local products of Mal‐ lorca, and attracts cultural tourism interest‐

ed in culture and of higher quality.”

The series, produced by Backbone Market‐ ing, contains a total of 12 chapters dedicated to local products from Mallorca, highlighting its culinary wealth. In each episode, traditional Mallorcan recipes are fused with local produce and Dutch cuisine. In addition, the series is linked to the publication of a book that will col‐ lect these recipes. This series will be broadcast on the main television network in the Nether‐ lands and even more on other communica‐ tion channels.

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TV unity

ITV, STV, Sky, and Channel 4 have joined forces to promote the Daily Mile and transform children’s health. The campaign comes as part of a £10 mil‐ lion commitment from broadcasters to improve the physical and mental health of children.

The initiative is effective at getting children back in‐ to fitness after school clo‐ sures caused by the coron‐ avirus. According to ITV: “The Daily Mile is inclusive and accessible to all. It en‐ courages children to run,

jog, wheel or walk at their own pace outdoors for 15 minutes every day, and im‐ proves concentration and attainment in class.”

Annabel Barratt, ITV’s Se‐ nior Manager of Social Pur‐ pose explained how the pro‐ gramme boosts children’s mental well‐being: “We’re incredibly proud of the suc‐ cess of our partnership with the Daily Mile so far. After the last school year was so difficult, ITV wants to use our platform and reach to encourage more healthy choices, and we’re so

DAILY MILE: Will help to transform children’s health. pleased Sky and Channel 4 are on board too.”

The Daily Mile was founded by Elaine Wyllie MBE who said: “Thank you to ITV, STV, Sky and Chan‐ nel 4. Their help to raise awareness is so important.

It’s been brilliant to see

children returning to school and back to The Dai‐ ly Mile. They are all having fun together outdoors and staying fit in a way that comes naturally to them.

This has never been as im‐ portant as it is now,” said Elaine.

Elton John cancels dates

SIR ELTON JOHN has postponed the remaining UK and Euro‐ pean dates of his 2021 Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour. The singer said the decision was taken “with great sadness and a heavy heart.” The dates are set to be rescheduled.

The 74‐year‐old explained on Twitter: “At the end of my sum‐ mer break I fell awkwardly on a hard surface and have been in considerable pain and discomfort in my hip ever since.” He added, “Despite intensive physio and specialist treatment, the pain has continued to get worse and is leading to increasing diffi‐ culties moving. I have been advised to have an operation as soon as possible.”

Sir Elton will still play at the Global Citizen charity event in late September as he does not want “to let the charity down.” He continued, “Being just five songs it’s a very different physical un‐ dertaking to the demands of playing for close to three hours ev‐ ery night on tour and travelling overnight between countries.”

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Expats rejoice over dropped PCR tests

EXPATS in Spain have told the Euro Weekly News they are happy with the UK govern‐ ment’s announcement that vac‐ cinated travellers will no longer require PCR tests to travel back to England from October 4.

The EWN asked readers whether they thought the move was a good idea while Covid rates continue to rise, and the overwhelming majority, 93.3 per cent, said they do, with only 6.7 per cent saying testing should still be required.

One reader, Melissa Baker, said: “Yaaay. Time to move on.

Be cautious, be sensible and we will all be ok. Let’s get travel moving again.”

Paul Hannant shared her views, saying: “As a homeowner in Spain and the UK, I’m delight‐ ed to no longer be getting ripped off by already, extremely wealthy pharmaceutical compa‐ nies.”

Meanwhile, Colin Carter also

PCR TESTS: Will no longer be necessary for travel to the UK. expressed concern over the price of tests, saying: “This PCR test has been a cash cow for many companies and pharmacies here in Spain and the UK. “If you are fully vaccinated I cannot see a problem.”

However, some readers said that they felt travellers should still be tested, while others criti‐ cised travellers who did not think about the safety of others.

Stella Scott said: “It wouldn’t be so bad if people still would

wear their masks properly. Espe‐ cially when instructed to do so in certain places like airlines and airports. I’ve just flown over to Spain and there were people on the plane laughing because they didn’t have their masks on and coming through the airport.”

The issue of PCR tests for trav‐ ellers had caused controversy earlier this year, with the costs of tests leaving some expats in Spain unable to visit their family and friends in the UK.

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Global health call

SPANISH Health Minister Car‐ olina Darias has called for a strong global health system to protect against future health threats, such as the Covid‐19 pandemic.

Speaking at the 71st WHO‐Eu‐ ro Regional Committee, Darias said Spain suports the search for “extraordinary global responses to global health emergencies.”

“No country and no region will be safe until we are all safe,” she said. To date, Spain has donated more than six million vaccines to Latin America through the COV‐ AX mechanism, and will contin‐ ue to collaborate with third countries in 2021 to reach the 22.5 million committed.

She confirmed that Spain is committed to promoting multi‐ lateralism and defending public health in Europe and around the world, supporting the leadership of the World Health Organisa‐ tion in all its areas, especially when it comes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda.

Darias reiterated Spain’s com‐ mitment to work hand in hand with the World Health Organisa‐

tion (WHO) and the WHO‐Eu‐ rope Regional Committee in pro‐ moting healthy living and well being throughout the world.

She also stressed the need to increase response and resilience capacities, as well as multilateral

coordination, in order to leave no one behind, as one of the lessons learned from the Covid‐ 19 pandemic. National health systems, much like Spain’s sys‐ tem or the NHS, had played a key role, she added.

Drone yacht deliveries HOME food deliveries are commonplace nowadays with just a few taps on an app needed to place your order. But what happens if you are sailing off the coast of Ibiza in a beautiful yacht and you suddenly get hun‐ gry?

This summer, the solu‐ tion arrived in the form of DroneToYacht, a company that uses electric drones to deliver food to vessels moored a few miles off the coast. The app was built by the Spanish company Aero‐ camaras and has already caused a sensation in the Mediterranean.

The drones travel at a

Drones deliver food.

maximum speed of 32 knots and are equipped with a 20‐metre reel to lower the food to the hun‐ gry customers. Multiple hospitality outlets have signed up to the platform giving plenty of choice. The firm is already considering expanding its operation to other places in Spain, and also the Caribbean.

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Amazon anniversary

AMAZON SPAIN is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The com‐ pany has invested a staggering €6,800 million in Spain since it set up operation Sunshine a decade ago.

Ruth Diaz and her team launched Amazon into the country, at a point in time when online shopping was not all that popular. She said: “At

Ten years in Spain.

Vets training offer THE College of Veterinarians in Almeria is offering extra training to professionals working with animals.

This training will take place from September 25 until May 2022, and the initial sessions will be taught online. In the last session, at‐ tendees can take part in person at the headquarters of the Official College of Veterinarians in Almeria, where they will be hosting a party for those who attended the training.

The director of Zooclinic, Jaume Roig Sastre, will be the speaker responsible for the training. He is qualified as an advisor and evalua‐ tor in the procedures of accreditation of professional competencies through work experience and non‐formal training.

The sessions will run until May 7 with the delivery of accredita‐ tions and a party at the College headquarters.

Registrations to attend the course can be made until September 23, with discounts for members. For more information, contact 950 250 666.

Amazon we always think big, but 10 years ago we couldn’t imagine what we would achieve.”

Diaz is now vice president of Amazon Fashion Europe. Be‐ fore joining Amazon Spain she worked in international general management for 18 years. She made the decision to opt for Amazon in Spain to join a small team that was doing something new and exciting.

She explained: “It was a nice project. It had the codename Sunshine. We started with a small but motivated team.” She added, “Spain had a very low penetration in e‐commerce, there was little on offer and we wanted to do something big.”

When Amazon started in Spain it only had a small work‐ force and no head offices. The company has now grown to be one of the top 15 employers in Spain. It is expected by the end of 2021 that Amazon will have a staggering 15,000 permanent employees. Amazon now has over 30 centres in Spain and has invested millions of euros over the last 10 years.

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DANISH gardeners are being advised by experts not to get upset if they spot mole hills this autumn as they are beneficial to the garden, eating pests and as insular creatures will fight off other moles whilst hills can be flattened.

AFFRONTED by a Russian Government law requiring that French Champagne exported to that country should have the added message ‘sparkling wine’ on its labels, the Interprofessional Champagne Wines Committee asked its members to boycott Russia in July, but has now reversed that decision.

THE NETHERLANDS Wrong man THE Dutch government has acknowledged that it wrongly gave information to Spanish police leading to the arrest of former pilot Julio Poch, who then spent eight years in an Argentine jail after allegedly being involved in Junta death flights. He will be compensated with €600,000.

BELGIUM Buy a Fresher THE Rector of Antwerp University is seeking a ban on the auction of first year students (freshers) who when purchased have to spend up to a week undertaking several tasks for his or her ‘master or mistress’ as the rules are not clear on what tasks are set.

GERMANY Hunger strike A group of young climate activists who call themselves the ‘last generation’ are camped outside the Reichstag in Berlin on hunger strike which they say they will keep up until the three main candidates to replace Angela Merkel come to speak to them.

NORWAY Embassy squatters ACCORDING to a Taliban spokesman, the fact that there are some 60 odd members of that group living in the Norwegian Embassy in Kabul, is because they are doing so to protect the abandoned Embassy from theft and it remains the sovereign property of the Norwegian Government.

FINLAND Too Green Party THE Finnish Green Party has lost more than 50 members in days after the party voted in favour of an initiative calling for the legalisation of cannabis in Finland by a very close 183 votes to 181, according to a report by news group Uutissuomalainen.

SWEDEN Heterosexual ban A GAY priest in Sweden has taken a stance against the option given to priests to refuse to marry same sex couples as a matter of conscience, so to highlight what he considers to be an absurd rule, he has now declined to marry heterosexual couples.

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FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Mind the Gap LAST July, US fashion group Gap indicated that it intended to pull out of the UK market completely, but this is now to change as it has signed a deal with UK retailer Next to be represented online, with some concessions also going in store.

Digital technology SWISS company Wisekey which develops technology following principles based on the understanding that technology shall serve people and not people serve technology has teamed up with Gibraltar and La Linea to create the La Linea / Gibraltar 4th Industrial Revolution Centre of Excellence which was promoted in the USA.

Taking off AIRLINE bosses are furious with the management of Heathrow Airport as it appears that they intend to increase the charge per passenger this year, for long haul almost doubling from £38.33 to £67.86 (according to the Telegraph) in an attempt to recoup pandemic losses.

Power play A NEW Basque startup company Arrecife Systems has discovered a way of creating electricity by imitating the action of reefs which break down the power of waves and in this case, by using turbines they can harness the power of water (even in shallow rivers) to extract power.

Turned down A FATHER and son business based in Bristol, Revolutionworks were initially disappointed when their invention that made a push bike an electric bike by adding a lightweight motor was turned down in July on Dragon’s Den UK. One of the reasons was because they refused to outsource production to China as they wanted to continue to produce the motor in England and whilst the investment was not forthcoming, they have been encouraged by the publicity they received.

An added benefit was the number of customers who have said that they are happy to buy British.

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is the amount that a collector paid to purchase at STAT OF auction a vintage unopened copy of a Super Mario €1.69 million Bros computer game.

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Empty shelves in UK for Xmas IT rather looks like Scrooge could ruin Britain’s Christmas as disputes between major supermarket groups and unions could lead to strikes and empty shelves.

The news is full of the fact that there are insufficient HGV drivers in Britain at the moment due supposedly to a combination of the pan‐ demic and Brexit.

This of course means that lorry drivers are in a position to make themselves heard and this is what is happening

with Tesco drivers and ware‐ house staff.

According to their union, Unite, workers at four Tesco distribution centres have re‐ jected a below inflation pay offer and if their members vote for strike action, Tesco’s shelves will quickly become empty this winter, potential‐ ly affecting the Christmas pe‐ riod.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Tesco’s staff have kept working throughout the pan‐

LEGALLY SPEAKING Can lawyer retain funds?

Two months ago a friend sold her house. The es‐ tate agency accepted the initial €6,000 deposit (which they are holding on to) and four weeks later her lawyer accepted the 10 per cent deposit minus €6,000.

This was a non‐refundable deposit.

Her lawyer is refusing to pay this deposit into her ac‐ count saying that the deposits are part of the full pur‐ chase price and will be paid to her, minus fees and costs, on the signing of the escritura. This causes problems for my friend as she needs to put down a deposit to buy an‐ other house, but cannot do so as her lawyer is holding on to the deposit for her house. What is the legal situation?

Can a lawyer legally hold onto a deposit? If not, can my friend insist that the deposit is paid over to her before the signing of the escritura?

D W (Costa Blanca)

DAVID SEARL

It depends on the YOU AND THE LAW terms of the agree‐ IN SPAIN ment signed with the lawyer. Has she granted Power of Attorney to the lawyer? Does her con‐ tract specify that the lawyer is the depositario of the funds? If she has not done this, then she has the right to claim her funds back.

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

SPAIN’S employment continues to rise as economy improves according to Social Security Minister Jose Luis Escriva.

He expanded on the employment situation on Thursday, September 16, as he confirmed that he expected to see a further 80,000 jobs created in September, following on from the 76,000 created in August.

During his speech, he pointed out

demic and that alone surely means they deserve a de‐ cent pay rise. Instead, they are being offered what is, in effect, a pay cut.

“Tesco’s shareholders will be well rewarded out of Tesco’s £3 billion pound profits. Unite is preparing for industrial action now to make sure the workers get their share as well.”

The union argues that Tesco’s ‘full and final pay of‐ fer’ of a 2.5 per cent pay in‐ crease (which workers have

rejected) is actually a pay cut as currently inflation is run‐ ning at 4.8 per cent in the UK. This ballot follows the threat of a strike at delivery group Yodel, after 250 of its couriers voted for industrial action over pay and condi‐ tions, which could affect de‐ liveries for Marks & Spencer, Aldi and Very from Yodel’s three depots in England and Scotland, whilst industrial ac‐ tion is being considered by other groups as well.

In good hands

Qatar and Spain QATAR is a major investor in Spain said Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares Bueno during a recent visit to the Middle East country and met with its Deputy Prime Minister.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al‐ Thani said that Spain was one of Qatar’s important partners in the investment and commerce fields.

He confirmed that he agreed with the Spanish minister to en‐ hance that partnership and praised the vision of the Spanish government regarding economic transformation in Spain, saying that Qatar looks forward to being part of that transformation and a supporter of it.

For his part, the Spanish foreign minister stressed his country’s pride in the strong relations with Qatar, noting that Qatar is one of the most influential investors in Spain.

EU problem Exactly how you want it.

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Pre‐planning and pre‐paying at today’s prices ensures that your preferences are respected, and the funeral fees in your plan are guar‐ anteed to be paid, no matter how prices rise in the future.

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Rise in Employment that 540,000 jobs have been created since May of this year and praised the government for the work that it had done to accelerate the economic re‐ covery following the onset of the Covid‐19 pandemic.

In addition, some 300,000 workers

who were supported by the ERTE (fur‐ lough) had also returned to work and the number being supported by the State continued to drop significantly.

Much of the reason for the latest spurt of workers returning to their jobs was thanks to the resurgence of

THE Spanish President raised the matter of electricity prices at the EUMED9 meet‐ ing held in Athens and at‐ tended by leaders of all Eu‐ ropean Union countries with borders to the Mediter‐ ranean.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen joined Pedro Sánchez and eight other EU leaders on Friday September 17 for the EUMED 9 Summit.

In his speech, he made it clear that in his opinion, the matter of electricity price rises should be considered a European Union rather than country by country problem and that the EU member states should look to solve the problem on a European level. travel and tourism, not just visitors ar‐ riving from abroad, but also because of the number of Spaniards who had decided to take their holidays within the country.

The larger the number of people who do return to work, the smaller the financial burden on the tax payer as he estimated that the cost of sup‐ port due to the pandemic was in the region of €40 billion.

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VIRTUAL SESSION: President Sánchez explained Spain’s strategy.

THE World Economic Forum in Geneva hosted a ‘Country Strategy Dialogue on Spain with President Pedro Sánchez’ for its partners on Tuesday September 14.

It was chaired by Børge Brende, President of the Fo‐ rum and the session gave CEOs from around the world an opportunity to hear di‐ rectly from Sánchez on the factors behind Spain’s re‐ silience to the economic shocks of the pandemic and its post‐Covid‐19 recovery strategy.

In the virtual session, Sánchez explained his gov‐ ernment’s policy priorities and answered questions from CEOs on promoting in‐ novation, a digital economy, a green transition and social justice in Spain, and on im‐ proving the enabling envi‐ ronment for long‐term in‐ vestors.

“After deploying unprece‐ dented economic, financial

and social measures to pro‐ tect our economies, Spain is experiencing strong recov‐ ery. We want to build the economy of the future, and to do it in an inclusive way, leaving no one behind.

“We want to attract top talent and quality, innova‐ tion‐centric investments. In summary, we want to trans‐ form the Spanish economy and we want to do it togeth‐ er with the private sector,” he said.

“The world economy is again growing. Spain is on track to be one of the fastest‐growing economies among G20 countries.

“With Spain being among the key stakeholders in the European Union recovery fund, President Sánchez and his government have provid‐ ed important leadership on how to use the current mo‐ mentum for a truly transfor‐ mative agenda, for Spain, but also for Europe,” com‐

M&S succumbs to Brexit THE latest casualty in the Brexit fall out has been Marks and Spencer which has operated food stores in France for decades.

It has however announced that due to difficulty in supplying its franchisee’s 11 shops in that country with fresh and chilled foods that it has no option other than to pull out of the arrangement.

It will however continue to supply nine stores at French travel hubs in railway and metro stations and may increase its range of frozen items, similar to the arrangements it now has in the Czech Republic.

mented Brende.

More than 80 partners of the World Economic Forum from around the world par‐ ticipated in the virtual ses‐ sion.

BUSINESS EXTRA Vectura sale DESPITE protests from health groups, Philip Morris International, manufacturer of Marlboro cigarettes appears to have won its battle to take over British inhaler firm Vectura at a cost of £1 billion (€1.13 billion). Needing 50 per cent approval of shareholders it has reportedly gained three quarters.

Inditex up A HUGE jump in sales by Zara (up from €5.5 billion to €8.5 billion) has helped Spanish clothing and home furnishing retailer Inditex to report a 49 per cent sales jump to €11.94 billion in the first half of the year ending July 31, 2021, when compared to 2020 results.

Robot deliveries THE Co-op Group in the UK has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Amazon Prime, enabling customers to shop online with a promise of same-day delivery.

In addition, it will be extending its trial of using robot machines to make deliveries.

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A powerful machine LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT WITHOUT question the news media is the most powerful propaganda machine on the planet. This is why, in any coup or takeover operation, the first places the insurgents or rebels make for are the offices of the newspapers or TV and radio outlets.

Once this is achieved they can deliver their messages and rhetoric to all and sundry.

Although the social media can often give us a broader spectrum of events, the main media is nevertheless still the world’s most influential outlet. Quite often however, it is not what they do report that is the most revealing of their intentions, but what they actually decide to omit.

How often have you said to yourself, whatever happened to ‘so and so’? Or how did that story of what’s his/her name finally pan out? It’s actually quite simple. The censorship of exclusion can often be the most powerful disinformation of all. Did you notice how quickly the assassination of the Saudi journalist Jamal

Khashoggi ultimately disappeared from the front pages? There was no way the Saudi Royal family would be brought down or threatened by the untimely demise of some relatively small time dissident. You can bet some form of high diplomatic influence was brought to bear and the media instructed to play it all down until it was conveniently forgotten, which they duly did. Some weeks ago London’s Mayor Khan announced that he was working on a scheme to purchase council houses to accommodate Afghan refugees.

With indigenous locals and UK veterans sleeping rough and others on long council waiting lists, this statement obviously caused such an indignant outcry with the general public, the leftie media haven’t breathed a word about it since. I also refer you to the glaring lack of publicity on Khan’s ‘houses for Muslims only’ project which is presumably still under way, but has been extremely conspicuous by its absence in any of the major media outlets.

Reports of the efforts to reinstate the young toe‐rag Shamima Begum have also been somewhat sparse over the last few months.

Once again, this is because the public’s reaction would be so hostile it could jeopardise the

whole leftie operation, which you can bet is still under full ‘woke’ throttle with her ethnic legal teams earning fortunes from tax payer’s money in the process. Donald Trump’s achievements while in power (and there were many) were consistently absent from the popular pages.

Were you also aware that with the breaking up of the Arctic ice sheets, methane, a greenhouse gas which is far more harmful than carbon monoxide, is being released into the atmosphere at an alarming rate and could result in temperature changes of four to six degrees centigrade in just TWO decades? This would not only be an utter disaster for the planet, but make cutting CO2 emissions an utter waste of time. Better to not publish that. After all, what would all the Thunderberg ’wokers’ do then?

Protest for God to retilt the Planet? Not to mention endangering the billions about to be earned by the electric car manufacturers.

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com expatradioscotland Mon and Fri. 1pm till 4.

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Travel

Elche: a city of variety

PALM GROVE: The city boasts a Unesco World Heritage Site.

ELCHE - and its predecessor, La Alcudia, was settled by the Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Goths and Moors. So it is safe to say that the city has some history.

But the city offers far more than museums - in fact, part of its appeal is its variety.

The coastal location provides it the obligatory beach attraction but there are cultural options aplenty for those looking for a more sophisticated experience.

Perhaps the most notable is the Basilica of Santa Maria - an impressive, Arabic-looking

structure well worth a visit. Another must for architecture is the Torre de la Calahorra.

If greenery is your thing then the Palm Grove of Elche should be right up your garden path, having been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.

Twinned with six towns - including Toulouse in France Elche is within striking distance of Alicante, for those who want the allure of one of Spain’s largest cities. But Elche should be easily big enough for all travel needs and boasts a number of top restaurants and hotels.

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LOST IN TRANSLATION: A LANGUAGE IN ITS OWN WORLD than two hours due to government cuts rather than the total incompetence of those in ‘command’.

And as for ‘community’ ‐ a group of people whom leftie politicians wrongly believe share the same beliefs, aspirations and vulnerabili‐ ty ‐ one such is a ‘trans(gender) activist’ ac‐ quaintance. When he/she bangs on about how absolutely everything is transphobic, I describe it as ‘transplaining’.

Add to all this those oft‐repeated phrases like: ‘just saying’, ‘must‐have’ and, ugh, ‘stay‐ cation’. Which brings me on to Vajazzle.

Oops! Maybe need to go and look that one up? Just saying...

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TRENDY new words have got themselves in‐ to the latest updates of the Oxford English Dictionary to show that the OED is down with the kids and dead with it. Words like ‘deadname’ (addressing a transgender per‐ son by a former name); ‘glitter bomb’ (a shower of glitter thrown over someone, of‐ ten as a prank or as part of a political protest); ‘tap‐to‐pay’ (using contactless technology); ‘unmute’ (think: Zooming!) and ‘herd mentality’ (thinking like, err, sheep).

Others to make the grade include ‘social distance’, ‘gender pay gap’, ‘me‐too’ and ‘es‐ sential worker’.

But a new study has shown that they don’t stay very long in our vocabulary. They disap‐ pear very fast. Good! Here are some more recent words and phrases that hopefully also fall by the wayside very soon: ‘Right’ and ‘like’ which are used these days

NEW WORDS: Now appear in the latest versions of the Oxford English Dictionary. as nearly every other word by teenagers and youngsters. Not forgetting ‘well good’, ‘cool’ and ‘no way’. How about dropping ‘survivor’ when the word is intended to convey some‐ one who has outlived a life‐threatening situ‐ ation? I’d also add ‘victim’. I mean, who isn’t a ‘survivor’ or ‘victim’ now?

How about ‘austerity’? The reason given by chief constables and council executives

for doing nothing useful but continuing to devote all available resources to meet gen‐ der/diversity targets. You could also include ‘pothole’: a wheel‐smashing black hole in the road deliberately left untended to remind citizens of austerity.

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The whole world is going crazy!

MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION

Views of a Grumpy Old Man WELL what a time to be grumpy - the whole world is going to hell in a hand basket! You have the crazy situation in Afghanistan where the USA and UK, after 20 years, decided that Afghans can manage without them only to realise two days after making the announcement the Taliban took over and proved what a waste of time the whole training of an Afghan army was. Time will tell how bad it’s going to get, but my guess is it’s going to be a total disaster especially for the women.

Then there’s the food shortage. It comes to something when Nando’s is the headline story on News at Ten. WHAT is going on? KFC, Greggs, Maccy D’s all running out of food along with Iceland and other supermarkets in the same boat (most likely the Titanic by the sounds of it). I don’t really understand it but it’s all to do with CO2 and the fact that there has been a global rise in the price of gas.

Supermarkets and food firms say the gas price rise has caused a shortage of carbon dioxide which is threatening UK supplies of

meat and fresh produce, as well as fizzy drinks. It follows the shutting down of two large fertiliser plants in Teesside and Cheshire - which produce CO2 as a by-product - with the owners citing the increase in gas prices.

The UK Government blames the rise on the pandemic lockdowns and a reopening of the economy. Well they would wouldn’t they? Never able to take the blame for anything as usual. Of course, the ridiculous price of gas is affecting the public as well but have no fear Boris Johnson sought to reassure consumers the price increases were only “temporary” as the world economy picked up after the Covid pandemic. So that’s that sorted.

I wouldn’t believe that idiot if he told me... well anything really! Oh and this is the comparison he made so we idiots could understand: “It’s like everybody going to put the kettle on at the end of a TV programme, you’re seeing huge stresses on the world supply systems.” Thanks Boris - you plank!

So let’s see what happens next. All I know is that if the price hikes in power is the same as it has been here, there are going to be serious problems with people being unable to pay bills, never mind trying to get a bucket of chicken.

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#TheWomanBeyond IN a lifetime searching for the secrets to success, researching the world’s most EX‐ TRA‐Ordinary people, great leaders, transformational thinkers, ancient wis‐ dom, modern science and positive psy‐ chology ‐ believe me, I’ve researched it all!

Driven by my personal demons to over‐ come the adversity of a bullied childhood and a lack of confidence. And a determina‐ tion to understand and combine my an‐ guish and wisdom into a model for suc‐ cess. I aim to help women achieve their biggest most audacious goals in life and business.

I know what got ‐ and still gets ‐ in the way of becoming my best self.

“Nobody’s perfect, I certainly won’t be the first, but why is it as women, particularly, we feel we need to be?”

I rarely meet a woman who doesn’t suf‐

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fer some level of self‐doubt, thinking she has to be successful in every aspect of her life. I believe it’s this thinking that sets us up for failure ‐ striving for perfection, try‐ ing to please everyone except ourselves.

“Not good enoughness” ‐ that’s our ene‐ my.

I’m sooooo excited to share this amazing platform and welcome you to the inaugural #TheWoman‐ Beyond column, my aim to share simple tips and hacks to help you change your thinking ‐ to change your life.

This week is about, self‐actualisation: Abraham Maslow’s (the positive psycholo‐ gy grandfather) powerful wisdom. He studied the greatest people of his genera‐ tion, like Eleanor Roosevelt and Albert Ein‐ stein and tells us about the importance of realising our potential. In fact, he said: “What one CAN be, one MUST be.”

Our need to self‐actualise is as impor‐ tant as our need to breathe. It’s like soul oxygen. As humans, we have an innate drive to reach the next goal, to want more, to achieve our dreams.

As women we often leave these on the back burner, putting others, family and loved ones, before ourselves. In the gap between what we’re capable of being and what we’re actually being is where stress lives, I’ve heard so many women say “there’s more to life than this.”

So, STOP, for a moment, answer this: What must YOU be? Really, think about that… What MUST you be?

It’s easy to allow all the reasons why we can’t BE what we’d love to be, block us.

The gap becomes a chasm! I’ve heard my‐ self and so many other women say, “I don’t have a choice.” In any moment, we ALWAYS have choice. We can step forward into growth or we can step back into safe‐ ty. It’s like plus one or minus one.

How we feel at the end of the day is

largely determined by these tiny CHOICES, how often do we let minus moments trick‐ le into our lives? If you’re like me, the an‐ swer is too many! Think about the alterna‐ tive, how about sprinkling our days, with loads of +1s? I PROMISE you’re going to feel more alive and radiant.

Aggregate and compound these tiny choices and the power is infinite.

What do YOU want?

Powerfully, the man himself (Maslow) said: “If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you’ll be unhappy for the rest of your life.”

Stay focussed, keep positive and choose to +1 in every moment.

Love, Hugs, High Fives and Fist Bumps Toni x To read more articles from our columnists and to have your say in the comments go to www.euroweeklynews.com

Please do get in touch if you have any questions. Follow me, chat and share your thoughts and network with other fabulous women in my Visionary Women Facebook Group.

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BEWARE WITH YOUR From our Facebook DOG ON BEACHES

WARNING: Be careful of your dogs when walking on the beach.

Hello Euro Weekly, I wanted to make people aware of the dangers of walking on the beach with your dogs. Last week I was on an Estepona beach enjoying a sea front walk with my dogs.

Within five minutes one of my dogs swallowed a fish hook. I had to rush him to the vet where he had an x-ray and an op several hours later. This cost me 800€!!!

Everywhere you see signs that we have to pick up our dog poo otherwise we get fines of 750€.

Why can’t there be signs for fishermen too, to pick up their fish hooks.

This has happened to many of my dog owner friends too - Please make this STOP! Kind regards Céline

CH4 Black Friday Dear Ed I am disappointed and disgusted to see Channel 4 devote a whole day of programmes to black people only (Black Friday). Can you imagine the uproar there would be if we had a white people only programmes day (White Wednesday). The only way we will stop racism is integra-

NOTHING IS SIMPLE THERE has been some confusion concerning the UK Government decision to scrap the Amber travel list from October 4 and remove some countries from the Red list as this applies to England only.

Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales make their own decisions through their devolved parliaments and at the moment none have indicated that they intend to follow suit completely, although in the past both Northern Ireland and Wales have tended to.

Scotland however is almost certain to keep greater travel restrictions until the New Year according

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Expats slam political correctness As an American descended from slaves - a BLACK WOMAN, I’m here to tell you this IS NOT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS to point out how European Fashion likes to steal American Black Culture.

White people get all exasperated about racism because they have to face what their ancestors did or benefited from. In the US, black men are stopped and harassed daily for their clothing choices.

People all over the world like American Black Culture, but don’t like American Black people.

If any people on this planet have the right to be exasperated it is American Blacks. Europeans, in particular Western Europeans, need to learn how the wealth of their nations was built on the back of West African Slavery.

FYI: rock, rap, country music, electronic music, r&b, all came from American Blacks. You’re welcome for the great musical genres that are celebrated the world over!

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to reports from the Scottish Parliament.

For English holidaymakers travelling to Spain, they will no longer need to take a PCR test before they return provided that they have received both vaccinations and the good news is that if you are visiting England but are resident in Spain you will be treated in exactly the same way.

With effect from a date to be confirmed in the latter part of October, England will also replace the need to take a day two PCR test with a cheaper lateral flow test, reducing the cost of tests on

arrival into England.

All of this is being introduced in time for parents and children in England to consider holidaying abroad for half-term which means a potential additional boost to the earnings of the Spanish hospitality industry which has to be positive news.

Things do change rapidly but anything that allows those with families overseas to spend less money to get to see them is to be welcomed as is the possible unexpected increase in trade for hotels, restaurants and shops in Spain’s holiday destinations in October.

COVID TEST: Now not necessary if you are fully vaccinated.

Lloyd Maidment All I know is children spread it. Two of our friends, both double jabbed have been fine for months, as soon as their grandchildren visited they both fell ill, one is now suffering with long term Covid.

I think an antigen test to board a plane is very important to protect those around you. Both my wife and I look great and you wouldn’t think we have underlying illnesses, we do. I agree we can’t be locked in forever, but a more uniform approach between all countries would be better.

Ann McConnell As Covid can allegedly still be spread by the vaccinated, the whole thing is a pantomime anyway.

Paul Hannant As a homeowner in Spain and the UK, I’m delighted to no longer be getting ripped off by already, extremely wealthy pharmaceutical companies...

Colin Carter This PCR test has been a cash cow for many companies and pharmacies here in Spain and the UK. If you are fully vaccinated I cannot see a problem. We cannot be kept locked up forever.

Denise Haslam Yessssssss I’m happppppppy.

Linda Mary McCoy Great news - long awaited.

Kate Elizabeth Schofield Yes. It’s time to live our lives.

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Dealing with burnout

WE all know the feeling. Work, family commitments, bills, social functions and travel start to pile up, leaving it easy to feel we have too little time to just relax.

That’s why one yoghurt compa‐ ny, Kaiku, is sharing tips on juggling all of one’s life’s responsibilities, freeing up more time to spend on the things we enjoy most.

The manufacturer, which has just launched its new lactose‐free product, MIX, claims multitasking is the answer for those with too lit‐ tle time on their hands.

Kaiku, whose new product comes with an in‐built spoon and is designed to be eaten on the go, says we should take advantage of small moments, whether it’s while waiting in traffic or on public trans‐ port, to check on our to‐do lists, planning our week’s shopping or evening meals.

The company also suggests planning ahead and taking healthy snacks such as yoghurt with us when we travel, preventing the need to stop for a prolonged meal when we’re short of time or mak‐ ing the wrong food choices.

Spain’s social scene can also see us dashing from work to an event

RELAX: Take a break from a busy schedule. with little time in between to change.

The company suggests a good way to change our look without ef‐ fort is to invest in versatile clothes which can transition from an office outfit to a night‐time event: a colourful blazer, a printed dress or experimenting with accessories and shoes can transform a look completely.

The company explains the most important way to manage our

time when we have competing re‐ sponsibilities is to maintain a posi‐ tive attitude. Kaiku explains leaving too little time for ourselves can be damaging and that it is important to be aware that there will be days when we are less productive than others.

Finally, it advises, “to maintain a positive attitude, there is nothing like celebrating fulfilled goals and taking a break. Attitude is every‐ thing.”

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Heart valves

UNIVERSITY researchers in America have found that 12 per cent of people who die when their hearts suddenly stop beating have MVP, a con‐ dition that affects one in every 100 people and is considered harmless.

Mitral valve prolapse occurs when the valves that separate the different chambers of the heart do not close properly.

This can affect how blood flows around the body, but NHS Choices claims that it often does not require treatment.

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Wonder cures or

MOST of us have at least once woken up with a throbbing head and dry mouth and sworn ‘I’m never drinking again.’

W h a t s e e m s l i ke a g o o d i d e a t h e night before often leads to a miserable day after.

Heavy drinking can lead to inflamma­ tion of the stomach and intestines, poor­quality sleep, and the production of toxic substances that lead to vomit­ ing, sweating and an increased heart rate.

Hangovers can also hamper the abili­ ty to concentrate and affect short term loss, according to experts. And despite the majority of the adult population having endured one at some point, no­ body seems to be able to provide a credible ‘hangover cure.’

Although there is evidence behind what works to relieve symptoms and what doesn’t.

The most frequently reported symp­ tom of a heavy night drinking is dehy­ dration.

A l co h o l i s a d i u re t i c a n d m a ke s u s u r i n ate m o re o f te n a n d a ro u n d fo u r drinks can eliminate between 600 and 1,000 ml of water from the body.

Heavy alcohol consumption can also

FULL ENGLISH: Eating protein, fat and carbohydrates before drinking has been shown to slow the absorption of alcohol. c a u s e s w e a t i n g , v o m i t i n g a n d d i a r­ rhoea, which also cause the body to lose fluids, and lead to thirst, weak­ ness, dry mouth and light­headedness.

Drinking water may relieve some of these symptoms, but a combination of water and an electrolyte supplement is more effective in tackling some of the symptoms of your hangover.

While some swear by a full fry up with a plate of greasy bacon and eggs, others can’t face it after a hard night partying.

Foods such as bacon, eggs and even broccoli contain an amino acid called ‘cysteine,’ which scientists claim can d e c r e a s e t h e a m o u n t o f t h e t ox i c chemical ‘acetaldehyde,’ which is pro­

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wives’ tales NO CURE: But there is evidence behind what works to relieve hangover symptoms and what doesn’t.

duced as your body m e ta b o l i s e s a l co­ hol.

Acetaldehyde contributes to h a n g o v e r sy m p ­ toms such as in­ creased heart rate, nausea and vomiting, but there is limited research sup­ p o r t i n g t h e b e n ef i t s o f c e r ta i n fo o d s a s hangover cures.

However, eating protein, fat and carbohy­ drates before drinking has been shown to slow the absorption of alcohol. One reason we feel terrible after drinking is down to the effects that alcohol has on our sleep.

Alcohol­induced sleep can be shorter and poorer quality, but the tiredness you feel can be reversed by the nation’s favourite stimulant ­ caffeine.

Then there’s the common phrase, ‘hair of the dog.’

But experts stress drinking during a hang­ over is simply dangerous, as vital organs

such as the liv­ er need time to repair the damage caused by a heavy session. Government guidelines recommend that you should avoid alcohol for 48 hours after a heavy drinking session.

Pharmaceutical products are being market­ ed to drinkers which claim to relieve hang­ over symptoms by increasing the speed at which the body gets rid of the toxic chemi­ cal acetaldehyde.

But there is currently no evidence that any conventional or complementary medicine can cure a hangover.

The only sure fire way to avoid hangover hell is to apparently drink alcohol in moder­ ation or not at all.

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Getting to the root of it FACIAL hair care is not exclusive to men. Unruly eyebrows, and fuzzy top lip or chin are just some of the issues every woman has to deal with, and are the least pleasant of all treatments.

But there are ways to make it easier by choosing the right method of removal for your pref‐ erences, hair type and require‐ ments.

Most females are familiar with plucking and own a pair of tweezers.

This technique is better for small, indi‐ vidual areas such as brows but it’s impor‐ tant to be diligent about cleaning them.

Leading dermatologists recom‐ mend using warm soap and water after every use and storing them in a dry place.

Another common method of hair removal is waxing. Using ei‐ ther soft wax which is pulled off with cloth strips, or hard wax that hardens and is pulled off on its own, or pre‐packed strips, this technique can be used on the up‐ per lip, cheeks, chin and eyebrows.

But it can cause irritation if the

METHODS: Plucking with tweezers and shaving are easy homes methods WAXING: Great for removing hair from any part of the face. skin is sensitive to products used. If not done properly, waxing can re‐ sult in incomplete extraction of the hair follicle and breakage of the hair shaft, which may become in‐ flamed. If the hair follicle becomes trapped under the skin it can result in ingrown hairs.

It’s a myth that shaving makes the hair grow coarser and more densely. It may feel pricklier be‐ cause it’s been cut, but it isn’t any thicker.

But it is recommended to take precautions for a smoother finish.

Shaving in or straight after a shower softens the skin, which is particularly helpful if the hair is coarse or thick. A two‐blade razor is preferable as is using a pre‐shave oil to prevent razor burn and a hy‐ drating moisturiser afterwards to sooth the skin.

Middle Eastern and Asian coun‐ tries swear by threading which in‐ volves using a thin, doubled cotton thread pulled taut to roll over tar‐ geted areas, pulling out hairs. Like tweezers, it works well on smaller areas, but is not as labour inten‐ sive. Many salons offer this method and waxing.

SOCIAL SCENE

Tourism gala ALICANTE will be hosting a tourism gala on Wednesday, September 29 at the Auditorium of the Alicante Provincial Council.

At the gala, Luis Galindo will give a lecture, the ADDA Sym‐ phony Orchestra will also per‐ form and different awards will be given to representatives of the sector.

Councillor for Tourism, Mari Carmen Sanchez, spoke about, “the desire that we have from the Patronage of Tourism is that the first Night of the Tourism of Alicante becomes an act of recog‐ nition to the sector and that it is a meeting point and the pistol shot of the economic recovery.”

Luis Galindo will offer a confer‐ ence to attendees on leadership, while the orchestra of the Audi‐ torium of the Diputacion de Ali‐ cante will perform.

The Municipal Tourism Board of Alicante together with a group of representatives of the sector will also deliver a series of awards to projects, companies or associa‐ tions, whose contribution to the tourism sector of Alicante has im‐ proved the city.

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Torrelamata patron saint festivities TORREVIEJA Council has announced a programme of activities for the Tor‐ relamata patron saint festival from Tuesday, September 28.

The events will begin on September 28 with a traditional service for the Virgin of the Rosary, which will be held every afternoon in the parish church of the district un‐ til October 6. Every Sun‐ day in October, at 9am, a rosary will be held at the church, followed by mass.

On Sunday, October 3, at 11.30am in the Plaza de Encarnacion Puchol, there will be a concert by the band of the musical society ‘Ciudad de Torre‐ vieja ‐Los Salerosos.’

Meanwhile, on October 6 and 7, in the Plaza de En‐ carnacion Puchol at 8pm

TORREVIEJA: There will be a programme of activities. there will be a cinema show.

On Friday, October 8, at 9.30pm, in the Plaza de Encarnacion Puchol, a tribute to the group ‘Hombres G’ will be staged, while on Satur‐ day, October 9 from 12pm there will be a per‐ formance of the band ‘Los Vinilos.’

A parade by the musi‐ cal society ‘Ciudad de Torrevieja ‐ Los Salerosos,’ will take place on Sunday, October 10 at 6 ‘pm.

All performances are free and tickets can be collected from Monday, October 4 to 8, from 11am to 1pm at La Mata Council.

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Monthly Veterans Club THE Royal British Legion is inviting all veterans on the Costa Blanca South to join its monthly veterans breakfast club.

The next meeting takes place on Tuesday, Septem‐ ber 28 at Hi Life Bar on Calle Salvador Dali on Playa Fla‐ menca in Orihuela and will see David Minto offering a talk on the UK Government allowances available to those living in Spain.

The breakfast will also of‐ fer veterans advice on the services and care available to older people.

Meetings will be held ev‐ ery month and as well as a breakfast there will be ex‐ e r c i s e c l a s s e s , p r e s e n t a‐ tions on residencia, TIEs, care and support for the el‐ derly and IT skills, and talks by guest speakers.

The meetings are open to all, but while breakfast is free to veterans and their families, non‐veterans will be required to make a con‐ tribution.

To book a place, contact sandysandy1979@outlook.

com or orihuelacostarbl sec@yahoo.co.uk.

Concert in the park THE Torrevieja Symphony Orchestra will be perform‐ ing in the Parque de Doña Sinforosa in Torrevieja on Sunday, September 26 at 12pm.

The orchestra’s violinist, Stanislav Tkach, and its pi‐ anist, Vasyl Solodovnyk, will be performing at the free entry concert.

For more information, visit www.orquestrasinfoni catorrevieja.com.

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Others claim that pets are being over‐vaccinated, as most injections are designed to last for at least seven years, and many fear smaller animals are subjected to injections that are stronger than they need.

However, immunologists claim large and small dogs re‐ quire the same dosage.

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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 businesses in the com‐ munity by going local now that the lockdown has ended and for your all your shop‐ ping this year, instead of feeding online giants and su‐ perstores.

We challenge you to redis‐ cover your local high streets, markets, butchers, greengro‐ cers and all of the wonderfully quirky independent business‐ es in your area.

Now that the Covid‐19 pan‐ demic appears to be under control, it is a good idea to try and support many local busi‐ nesses by ordering online and making use of any click and collect services they can oper‐ ate, especially if you are un‐ able to get out due to health reasons or any other restric‐ tions. The joy of shopping lo‐ cal 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 actually going.

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Many local stores support local charities, support and sponsor local sports teams and in many cases the small independent stores are actu‐ ally much more than just a small high street shop, they’re a family’s legacy, often passed down through numerous gen‐ erations and support not just the current owner but the generation before.

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

So be sure to pre‐order your meat from a local butch‐ er and get your spuds from a local greengrocer, let us re‐ vive that community spirit and get to know our neigh‐ bours again.

You could also consider purchasing gift vouchers from local businesses to help them over the coming weeks, think‐ ing outside the box can often lead to some fantastic ideas.

Why not buy a meal for two, an hour’s tattoo time at a lo‐

cal studio, a hair cut at a local salon or an online study course for someone looking to change their career path.

As people are struggling with finances thinking about what friends and family may actually need is important too. Whilst it’s nice to give a glamourous gift perhaps pre‐ paying a family member’s phone bill for the month would actually be a better gift. Helping people alleviate stress and worry, give the gift of peace of mind through these difficult times.

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EU climate plan for electric cars THE European Green Pact is planning to eliminate one of the great difficulties for private car owners to have real access to electric mobility, with the price of electric cars currently one of the great stumbling blocks that this sector of the automotive segment faces, and, according to Transport & Environment (T&E) forecasts, soon, it could no longer be relevant in the pur‐ chase of electrified cars.

Lines that the European Union adopted to meet the decarbonisation deadlines provided for in the Pact are designed to help lower the cost of purchasing electric cars, making them much more affordable for all EU citizens.

According to Europe’s leading clean transport campaign group’s calculations, it is claimed that cars are responsible for 12 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions across Europe, so in order to reduce this percentage ‐ and ensure that by 2035 all new vehicles that are marketed are 100 per cent clean ‐ different measures have been planned, from state aid from each member country ‐ many of them, financed

in part with European funds ‐ to modifica‐ tions in taxation of the automotive sector.

By 2030 it is hoped to make a reduction of 55 per cent of emissions, and the achievement of the exclusive production of electric models by 2035, but, as of 2025, the allowed emission figures will be read‐ justed to force manufacturers to acceler‐ ate the production of this type of passen‐ ger car, directly lowering its cost and price for the consumer and thus making electric cars much more affordable.

One of the lines accepted by the EU, that it wants to use as a mechanism to promote the transition to the electric car market, is the elimination of tax exemp‐ tions and discounts on fossil fuels, which will gradually increase the price per litre of fuel.

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Skoda Superb iV - automotive acreage!

ROAD TEST

by Mark Slack

IT may come as a surprise to many who have cast doubt on Skoda cars over the years that the Czech manufacturer keeps com‐ pany with the likes of Peu‐ geot and Mercedes Benz as one of the oldest car man‐ ufacturers in the world.

Founded in 1895 as Lau‐ rin & Klement, now their top‐line models, they are part of VAG and produce a plethora of models from eco to equipment laden SU‐ Vs. The Superb has been a feature of the Skoda range for some years and in its latest guise has taken on even better eco credentials with plug‐in hybrid ver‐ sions.

They are badged iV and use the 1.4 TSi petrol en‐ gine combined with a 85kw electric motor and plug‐in charging.

With a potential pure electric range of 37 miles it’s enough for a commute, and offers three drive modes ‐ e‐mode, Sport and Hybrid. You can choose pure electric, hybrid where the car decides or sport where both combustion and electric power com‐ bine. In electric, or sport, it produces very decent accel‐ eration with the benchmark 62 mph arriving in 7.7 sec‐ onds, which for a large car like the Superb is impres‐ sive.

Mated to the six‐speed DSG automatic transmis‐ sion it’s a relaxing and com‐ fortable drive. There’s space aplenty for all and rear occupants are particu‐

larly well catered for with enough legroom for even the tallest person to stretch out. The acreage continues in the boot where you could carry enough supplies for a veritable army.

As with all plug‐in hybrids a home charger is an essen‐ tial to make the most of the electric side of the Superb, not to mention being easier a n d m o r e p r a c t i c a l . Fo r those who feel range anxi‐ ety prevents moving to a p u r e e l e c t r i c c a r t h e h y‐ brids offer a very sensible alternative with a combus‐ tion engine to increase practicality.

Priced from €44,321 / £37,790 the Superb iV range is offered in hatch

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SMARTER CITIES. Spain is in the process of building smarter cities with an increase in the use of electric bikes and scoot‐ ers as a form of transport by people in large cities.

and estate form and comes with an impressive basic standard equipment list that includes adaptive LED head lights, privacy glass, heated front seats, leather, power driver’s seat, naviga‐

tion, climate, keyless entry and start and electric heat‐ ed, adjustable and folding door mirrors.

If you need a spacious car, a very spacious car, with all the toys, eco cre‐

dentials and one which you could drive for hours and emerge fresh and relaxed, then the Superb really does live up to its name. Obvious play on words but it has to be done!

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Granada outplay Barcelona at the Camp Nou to earn a draw A SPIRITED Granada team out‐ played Barcelona at the Camp Nou to leave with a well‐ earned draw Granada CF made the jour‐ ney to the Camp Nou in Catalo‐ nia on Monday, September 20, knowing that their opponents were not in the best of shape, coming off the back of their midweek hammering by Bay‐ ern Munich in the Champions League, and held the Blaugrana at bay for a full 90 minutes, be‐ fore Barca snatched a last‐ minute equaliser.

In the worst possible start for

under‐pressure coach Ronald Koeman, the home side went behind after just one minute, when Sergio Escudero’s corner was headed home past Marc‐ Andre ter Stegen by Por‐ tuguese international, Domingos Duarte to put the club from Andalucia in front, where they stayed until the 90th minute, as Uruguayan defender Ronald Araujo nod‐ ded home to level the scores, to spare the blushes of the Catalan giants.

In between, Jorge Molina really should have claimed a sec‐ ond for Granada, while Sergi Roberto had the crossbar between him and the goal his team so badly needed, and new boy, Memphis Depay also

failed to finish a chance that came from a quick break.

Luis Maximiano in the Grana‐ da goal made some fine saves throughout the match, and the defenders in front of him stood strong, with Luuk De Jong failing

to convert a headed chance from close range with just 11 minutes to go.

A bold throw of the dice saw Koeman send Gerard Pique on as a substitute, playing him as a striker, as opposed to his nor‐ mal role in central defence, and a glance at the table will see a mid‐table Barcelona already losing ground on the leaders in LaLiga Santander.

RONALD ARAUJO: Nodded home to level the scores.

Jimmy Greaves, has died aged 81 after a long battle with dementia FORMER Tottenham and Chelsea striker Jimmy Greaves has died at the age of 81. Greaves was Spurs’ record goalscorer of all time, while he also managed 44 strikes for England. As well as Spurs and Chelsea he also featured for AC Milan and West Ham ‐ he was widely regarded as one of the greatest players this country has ever pro‐ duced.

Spurs released the news on Sunday, September 19, which read: “We are extremely saddened to learn of the passing of the great Jimmy Greaves, not just Tottenham Hotspur’s record goalscorer but the finest marksman this country has ever seen. Jimmy passed away at home in the early hours of this morning (Sunday 19 September), aged 81.

“Throughout his wonderful playing career, Jimmy’s strike rate was phenomenal. His Spurs return was 266 goals in 379 appearances between 1961 and 1970 ‐ 220 goals in 321 league games, 32 goals in 36 FA Cup ties, five in just eight League Cup ties and nine in 14 European matches.

“The 37 league goals that he netted in the 1962/63 sea‐ son remains to this day our record by any player in a sin‐ gle season. A member of England’s 1966 World Cup‐win‐ ning squad, Jimmy also scored 44 goals in his 57 senior international appearances, with 42 of those caps ‐ and 28 goals ‐ won while a Spurs player.

“He was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list at the end of 2020. Football will not see his like again. We extend our sincere condolences to his wife Irene, their four children, 10 grandchildren and great‐grandchildren.”