Euro Weekly News - Mallorca 23 - 29 September 2021 Issue 1890

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The people’s paper Issue No. 1890 23 - 29 Sept 2021

THE Local Police in Palma have identified two children who they say were responsible for a large amount of graffiti on the sea park wall and they have been accused of an alleged crime of damage against historical, artistic and cultural heritage with a potential fine of €1,500.

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Health centres FROM October, those requiring their second vaccination against coronavirus or are one of the many still to receive their first inoculation in Mallorca will be required to attend their local health centre as all of the specialist vaccination centres will by then have been closed.

Water loss A SPOKESPERSON for the Partido Popular in Mallorca has criticised the Council of the municipality of Consell for doing nothing to tackle the problem of low water pressure and leaks which have led to the alleged loss of 206,000 tons of water.

Cruise arrivals ON Monday September 20, four cruise ships docked in Palma, although the normal influx of passengers to the city was not as great as had been in the past, due to restrictions on the number of passengers allowed on board because of health and safety fears.

ATTRACTING VISITORS: The Monaco Yacht Show returns with a Mallorcan participation.

MALLORCA is looking outwards again in order to try to attract visitors of all types back to the is‐ land, especially those of a nauti‐

cal bent.

From September 22 to 25, the Consell de Mallorca will be pre‐ sent at the Monaco Yacht Show

accompanied by a number of lo‐ cal companies.

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Organic support THE Agricultural and Fisheries Guarantee Fund of the Balearic Islands (FOGAIBA) has received €1 million from the Balearic Ministry of Agriculture, to make grants to farmers and others to allow investment in the processing, marketing and / or development of organic agricultural products.

Each project must have an initial value of €50,000 and FOGAIBA can subsidise up to 60 per cent of the cost provided it meets one of a number of objectives concerning increasing productivity, protecting the environment, animal welfare, innovation, safety or hygiene.

The Balearic Islands are committed to the sustainable development of the agri-food sector, from the economic and environmental point of view and to improve efficiency and competitiveness.

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Drivers needed THE Tardor Association in Palma exists to help those in financial difficulty by providing supplies and food, but they need volunteer drivers.

According to the organisation, the demands upon their services have increased dramatically, but without drivers and other volunteers they cannot keep up their 365 day a year service to those in need.

If you want to be a support volunteer in one of their centres or can supply transportation, please contact Coordinator Carol via WhatsApp on 642 554 649 giving details of days and times that you might be available.

You can donate just €1 per month via a link to a special appeal on their Facebook page or if you feel you can afford more then make a bank transfer to Tardor Association CIF G57837981 CAIXA BANK: ES07 0133 0149 6441 0000 2865.

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THE Mallorca Design Day competition is going ahead this year and six local designers have been shortlisted for the awards ceremony which takes place at the Ramis factory in Inca on Friday, September 24.

A total of 47 collections were received this year, with international participation from South America, Italy and the USA as well as every Autonomous Community in Spain, with the theme for the collections being ‘Save the Sea’.

The judges have already awarded a collection by Argentine designers Camila Medina and Agostina Mucanna with the International Fashion Award for their collection MÍMESIS, in which they reuse disused broken boat sails,

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AWARDS CEREMONY: Confirming the chosen finalists. which was the jury’s favourite.

The National Prize went to the designer from Biscay, Begoña Chaves Agulla, whose

garments are inspired by old sailors’ work attire. Of the six Balearic finalists, four are based in Palma, one in Pollensa and one in Ibiza.

Renovating Palma Project Alitan AS part of a long-term renovation plan Palma is becoming more colourful with the latest evidence being seen at the amphitheatre in the Parc de la Riera. The mayor of Palma, Jose Hila, and the deputy mayor for Infrastructure and Accessibility, Angélica Pastor, together with the artist Joan Aguiló, were seen posing in front of a mural started by the artist which should be completed within the next two weeks.

This urban art performance allows “a grey space such as the amphitheatre which did not contribute anything, to become a colourful and cheerful space,” Hila observed. Adding “We are renovating the spaces of the park, eliminating graffiti and realising the ‘Renove’ Plan for parks which has a budget of more than €5 million.”

SHARKS play a very important role in the balance of marine ecosystems and most of the species present in the Balearic Sea have an unfavourable conservation status.

For this reason, the Regional Ministries of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Environment have drawn up an action plan for recovery of their numbers and to raise public awareness of the im-

portance of maintaining populations. One of the bodies involved in the project is Palma Aquarium and it has started to breed a number of nursehound, a type of dogfish of the shark family.

About 30 per cent of all sharks lay strange shaped eggs and in order to gain experience of hatching them, the aquarium has chosen the nursehound (known as the Alitan) for the first project.

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Cat control A NEW protocol for dealing with Llucmajor’s cat population has been approved by the council in an effort to regulate and organise those feeding these animals.

With this protocol the intention of the council is to achieve a responsible management of urban feline colonies, with the advice of a registered veterinary technician and the essential collaboration of volunteers, in order to have tools to control the colonies. These objectives are intended to be achieved through the application of the approved protocol, which is based on the execution of the capture-sterilisation-return method, the optimal procedure for the control of urban feline colonies.

In order to implement the protocol and achieve the objectives set out in it, all those people who want to collaborate and be part of the volunteer force must apply for authorisation to the council, which will issue a card confirming their situation.

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ANXIOUS to see off a number of potential claims, the Balearic Government appealed a Palma Court decision which said they should not have enforced quarantine on students on holiday. The High Court has upheld their appeal arguing that the Government had no alternative option.

Centres close HAVING administered more than 220,000 vaccinations over the past six months, the mass vaccination centres at the Mateu Cañellas Sports Centre in Inca and the Manacor Hippodrome finally had their doors closed by the Health Ministry on Tuesday September 21, their work having been done.

Beach closed DUE to very heavy rains which appear to have swamped part of the Palma sewage system, the council closed the Can Pere Antoni beach on Monday September 20 due to spills of possibly contaminated water to allow for analysis to take place.

Border problem THE continued arrival of migrants from North Africa is causing a dilemma for the Balearic Government as the Algerian border has been closed for some considerable time which means that if those arriving are considered economic migrants, they can’t be returned home.

Fly tippers SO much time and effort is being undertaken by Llucmajor Council workers in cleaning up unsanctioned waste and even manure on the municipality’s roads and fields that a decision has been made to instruct Local Police to intensify surveillance with fines of €3,000.

Offensive poster ‘LESS saving lives, more speaking Catalan’ is the phrase that appears on a number of posters being put up anonymously in Palma with an image of President Armengol dressed as a Nazi apparently due to her condemnation of a doctor who spoke Spanish to a patient.

Call to restrict house sales MÉS PER MALLORCA has called for restric‐ tions on the sale of homes to non‐residents in order to make it easier for local people to ob‐ tain housing.

It is one of the Island’s smaller but influential political parties made up from a coalition of left‐ wing politicians and members of the Green Par‐ ty which campaigns for the rights of Mallor‐ cans.

On September 17, it presented some 18 reso‐ lutions in the Balearic Parliament for debate dur‐ ing the coming session with perhaps the most controversial aimed at foreigners buying proper‐ ties on the island or purchasing residency.

It is determined to try to ensure that the Na‐ tional Government guarantees the right to housing as a fundamental right for all and that rents should be controlled at an affordable level whilst non‐residents should not be allowed to purchase property, nor should they be given

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CAMPAIGN: The MÉS members of the Balearic Parliament. residential rights if they buy a property costing more than €500,000.

Their other main demand is that the Balearic Government should ‘police’ tourism in such a way that the quality of both accom‐ modation and type of tourist be upgraded and that the hospitality industry should be re‐

Paralympians welcomed THE Balearic Government wel‐ comed returning Paralympians with a reception in the courtyard of the Consolat de Mar in Mallor‐ ca on Monday September 20.

President Francina Armengol, the Minister of Social Affairs and Sports, Fina Santiago, and the Di‐ rector General of Sports, Carles Gonyalons, congratulated five Paralympic athletes who have returned from Tokyo. Those pre‐ sent were cyclist Joan Reinoso, the canoeist Adrián Castaño, the triathlete Alejandro Sánchez Palomero, the swimmer Xavi Torres, all Mallorcans and the Menorcan footballer Miguel Án‐

gel Sánchez. Each of them has re‐ ceived the recognition of the Balearic Islands by way of a litho‐ graph created especially by the Mallorcan artist Maria Morell.

Armengol thanked them for “the personal sacrifice that means for all of you to be able to participate in an Olympic Games as well as the families, coaches, technical teams, friends who have encouraged you to contin‐ ue with this sporting task.” This is the year in which the participa‐ tion of the Balearic Islands in the Olympic and Paralympic Games has reached a historical record, with 23 athletes taking part.

Giving thanks THE Marratxi Council gave thanks to Local Police and Civil Protection for their commitment and hard work during the pandemic.

The 10th Annual Celebra‐ tion of Local Police Day (which had been postponed twice due to the pandemic) was held on Friday Septem‐ ber 17 at the La Deixalleria offices in the town.

To show its gratitude, the Council awarded 25 certifi‐ cates to those individuals who volunteered and to

Age in Spain ALL this week and until Satur‐ day September 26, Age in Spain Mallorca will be sharing online content about dementia and the realities of living with the condition to coincide with World Alzheimer’s Day on September 21.

Age in Spain is not a specialist dementia organisation, but the Dementia Awareness Week is part of its mission to help older, English‐speaking people in Spain live full later lives.

Dementia, is clearly a huge factor affecting their lives for some members of the English‐ speaking community in Spain.

Age in Spain has been fortu‐ nate to draw on the professional expertise and personal insight of

quired to be set sustainability levels.

Linked with this is a demand that expansion work on the Son Sant Joan Airport in Palma be stopped and the local government should have the power to restrict the number of people al‐ lowed to travel to the island at any time by air or sea.

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AFFECTING LIVES: Dementia can strike anyone. a wide range of individuals who have written articles or recorded videos for the week.

Dementia Awareness Con‐ tent can be found on their web‐ site www.ageinspain.org/news and their Facebook page.

The charity is also conducting a survey (on the website which is anonymous and should take about five minutes to complete) to understand more about the challenges of living with demen‐ tia in Spain, to help it develop fu‐ ture information resources and services “In the course of Age in Spain’s work we often come across people living with de‐

mentia. They might be people who have dementia them‐ selves, or those who are caring for someone who has.

Questions around dementia come up through our residency work as well as our Casework service, where we help people who are in particularly difficult situations.

These questions show just how the realities of living with dementia can be exacerbated by living in a different country, perhaps with a language barrier and where the cultural perspec‐ tives and support systems are different,” Age in Spain Director, Helen Weir said.

those companies who made donations.

These awards are intend‐ ed to highlight the collabo‐ ration and selfless sacrifices of the winners for the ben‐ efit of the community dur‐ ing the Covid‐19 health cri‐ sis.

The Colonette company has been one of the most distinguished for its sup‐ port to the police force and emergency teams. “We are very grateful that they have recognised our detail of bringing chocolate to the emergency services during confinement so that they could have a hot snack or dinner during those difficult days,” observed councillor for the Interior, Pedro López.

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Red Kites from Mallorca RED KITES from Mallorca were recently released in Andalucia as part of a plan to help repopulate the Au‐ tonomous Community with this endangered species.

The Species Protection Service of the Balearics took part in the release of 21 Red Kites (Milvus mil‐ vus) in the Sierras de Ca‐ zorla, Segura y las Villas Natural Park in the province of Jaen.

Of these, 11 have been collected by the Balearic Ministry of the Environ‐ ment and Territory after being extracted from vari‐ ous natural nests by Envi‐ ronmental Officers, tech‐ nicians from the Ministry, the GOB and GREFA. The balance of the speci‐ mens has been contributed by the Wildlife Recovery Centre of L’Alfranca, of the Government of Aragon, which maintains a captive breeding programme.

All birds have been equipped with a GPS de‐ vice placed with the sup‐ port of the Ministry of Ecological Transition that will allow scientists to fol‐ low in detail their move‐ ments in the natural envi‐ ronment.

The red kite has been breeding successfully in Mallorca and the number of active pairs has in‐ creased from 20 to 200 over the past years.

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BERLIN TV SERIES FEST. Mallorca is to be a special guest at the Berlin TV Series Fest which runs from today, Thursday September 23 to Sunday September 26 and gives the Mallorca Film Commis‐ sion an opportunity to promote the island.

The Berlin TV Series Fest is a prestigious festival focused on se‐ ries for television, which is open to professionals in production, screenwriting, directing and acting as well as technical staff and film commissions. Apart from numerous screenings, it is a great opportunity for networking and Mallorca has a record of being a popular destination for all types of audio‐visual productions with three German programmes being filmed there already this year and a Dutch cooking show just completing shooting in Palma.

As a special guest, the Mallorca Film Commission will present the island as a set for the shooting of series, through two case studies of recent international products: König von Palma and The Mallorca Files.

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Promoting the island It is collaborating with the Balearic Yacht Destination, an international nautical promotion brand of the Balearic Marine Cluster, to promote the island to an im‐ portant and wealthy sector.

The island has more than 40 marinas spread along its entire coast and the plan is to highlight the fact that Mallorca has a long and recognised ability and expe‐ rience in holding major sail‐ ing sports competitions, such as the SAR Princess Sofia Trophy, the King of Sailing Cup, the Breitling Re‐ gatta, and the Palma Vela as well as its own annual Boat Show.

There is the added option for visitors to rent boats or arrange for the maintenance and repair of their own large vessels.

The Balearic Marine Clus‐ ter is a business initiative created to position the Balearic Islands as one of the axes of the nautical sector at an international level and to strengthen its competitive position through public‐pri‐ vate collaboration.

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Readers’ poll

Expats rejoice over dropped PCR tests

EXPATS in Spain have told the Eu‐ ro Weekly News they are happy with the UK government’s an‐ nouncement that vaccinated trav‐ ellers 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 over‐ whelming majority, 93.3 per cent, said they do, with only 6.7 per cent saying testing should still be re‐ quired.

One reader, Melissa Baker, said: “Yaaay. Time to move on. Be cau‐ tious, 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 delighted to no longer be getting ripped off by al‐ ready, extremely wealthy pharma‐ ceutical companies.”

Meanwhile, Colin Carter also ex‐ pressed concern over the price of tests, saying: “This PCR test has been a cash cow for many compa‐ nies and pharmacies here in Spain and the UK. “If you are fully vaccinated I can‐

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LAVA: Involcan worker measuring temperature.

PCR TESTS: Will no longer be necessary for travel to the UK. not see a problem.”

However, some readers said that they felt travellers should still be tested, while others criticised 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. Especially 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 earli‐ er this year, with the costs of tests leaving some expats in Spain un‐ able to visit their family and friends in the UK.

Hitting pockets

HOUSEHOLDS across Spain are already feeling the unprece‐ dented rise in electricity prices.

Both private customers and businesses are being hit hard. In August average electricity bills grew by over 30 per cent com‐ pared to those seen in the same month in 2020. Many people have seen other prices increase too, not just their elec‐ tricity bill.

High energy prices are the main reason that inflation has also increased. This is true all across the European continent.

In August, general consumer

prices grew by over 3 per cent compared to those a year earli‐ er. 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 bud‐ get paying for electricity. Many common expenses are linked to the consumer price index (CPI).

This includes rent, pensions, some salaries, road tolls and other municipal charges such as public parking. This means high electricity prices affect other ar‐ eas of daily life in Spain.

Food product alert

THE Regional Ministry of Health and Families has reported that Listeria monocytogenes has been detected in a batch of fresh goat’s and cow’s milk cheese from the company Quesos Los Vázquez SL. The batch was distributed in Sevilla, Cadiz and Huelva.

According to the company from Castilleja del Campo (Sevil‐ la) listeria was detected in a 250‐gram package of the cheese with an expiry date of 07.10.21. They have launched the pro‐ tocol for the withdrawal of the product, and they have noti‐ fied 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.

Volcano Erupts THE island of La Palma in the Canary Islands suffered a volcanic 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 evac‐ uation plan in place in antici‐ pation of the eruption of the island’s Cumbre Vieja vol‐ cano.

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 peo‐ ple 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 popu‐ lated areas and around 10,000 people were evacuat‐ ed. Citizens were also advised to stay away from 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 engulfed in lava. The volcano emitted 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, in‐ creasing the risk of toxic gas‐ es and explosions. Authori‐ ties have established an exclusion zone in the area manned by security forces on land and sea.

The Canary Islands’ gov‐ ernment swiftly prepared a draft law to enable homes to be urgently rebuilt on the is‐ land. This Cumbre Vieja vol‐ cano is one of the most ac‐ tive volcanoes on the archipelago, and has been re‐ sponsible for two of the last three eruptions, in 1949 and 1971.

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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 representa-

Turtle had a fighting spirit. tives of a 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.

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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 Oli‐ var 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 publicises the culture and local products of Mallorca, and attracts cul‐ tural tourism interestedWEAPONS in culture fine. and of Anhigher elderlyquality.” man in Germany has been fined after the The series, produced authorities

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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 re‐ cent collection by Spanish de‐ sign house Balenciaga had been accused of cultural appro‐ priation, 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 correct‐ ness had gone too far in some ways. The issue saw large num‐

SPANISH BRAND: Was accused of cultural appropriation.

bers 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 accused of cul‐ tural appropriation after revealing its ‘Tropme‐L’oeil’ sweatpants which come complete with an ex‐ posed boxer short over the waist‐ band, a fashion choice made fa‐ mous during the 90s in hip‐hop culture. TikTok user @ mr200m__ posted a video where he com‐

mented on the sweat‐ pants and said: “This feels racist. This feels very 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 @sxbwxyy I have questions.”

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

Fraud gang arrested

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 losing 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 investigated 11 men and 10 wom‐ en after they allegedly used ag‐ gressive sales tactics to generate confusion 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 network used the black market to acquire identity packs of people who had bought book collections from other com‐ panies, or had been the victims of previous scams. They told people who had purchased book collec‐ tions from other companies the purchase contract required them to buy the new editions, charging

between €1,900 and €3,000. The gang even claimed to be lawyers for the publisher and told one per‐ son to pay the debt owed to the company.

The group also defrauded el‐ derly and disabled people by pos‐ ing as legal advisers and offering their services, offering an annual contract between €2,400 and €3,400. As part of their investiga‐ tion, police carried out a total of five searches in companies and homes in Madrid, Getafe and Mejorada del Campo, seizing computers and computer equip‐ ment suspected of being used by the gang.

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Proceedings opened against Simon

THE courts of Madrid have ordered that proceedings be opened against Fernando Si‐ mon, the director of the Cen‐ tre for the Coordination of Emergencies and Health Alerts. They are investigating if there was a crime of pre‐ varication for how the coron‐ avirus pandemic was man‐ aged 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‐Pres‐ idents of the Executive Car‐ men Calvo and Pablo Iglesias and the former ministers 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 persons with immunity at the time when the complaint was filed in the Supreme Court was already resolved by the Supreme Court.” The Span‐ ish Association of Christian Lawyers had decided to initi‐ ate criminal proceedings against the Spanish Govern‐ ment due to how they han‐ dled the coronavirus pan‐ demic. The organisation believes that the govern‐ ment did not take the pan‐ demic seriously enough as it did not take sufficient mea‐ sures despite being informed of how lethal the virus is.

Airbnb camera trick AN ex‐hacker took to TikTok to reveal the tricks to find hidden cameras in Airbnb apartments.

The accommodation platform is the most popular way to rent flats or rooms as a cheaper alter‐ native to hotels. However, there may be a sinister risk when using this type of service.

Thousands of complaints have come to light from customers who discovered cameras in‐

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stalled in the homes. In most cas‐ es, they were small cameras, hid‐ den in order to record the guests.

Marcus Hutchins, a British hacker who works as a cyberse‐ curity researcher, has revealed through his TikTok account (@malwaretech), how to detect these devices. The trick is to shine a bright light on any technological product that is in a suspicious po‐ sition or oriented towards a spe‐

cific place. A blue reflection is an indication a camera is hidden. It is easier to discover the cameras with the lights off. The video earned more than 20 million views, with Hutchins confirming “you are going to want to check any suspicious device or hole in front of the shower, the dressing room or the bed.” He advises checking locations such as fire alarms, plugs and alarm clocks.

More than 36 million US adults cannot read above a third grade level.

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Netflix fight SPAIN is fighting back against Netflix and the rise of video streaming. The number of stores that provide actual phys‐ ical 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 people these days turn to Amazon Prime and Net‐ flix to easily watch movies in their own home. Some people are wary of digital platforms, and believe that they control what people can see. Marcia Seburo, owner of a store in Madrid commented that: “You are forced to see what the com‐ pany wants you to see, you don’t have any autonomy. They start boxing you in, they narrow down your tastes. I have 50,000 titles here [in Ficciones], neither Netflix or HBO together have as many as my catalogue.”

Maximum loose change MANY people like to use up the spare change in their wal‐ lets or purses. Yet few realise that businesses can refuse to take more than 50 coins and banks can apply a fee for hav‐ ing to use technical or human resources to count large num‐ bers of loose change.

Article 11 of EU Regulation number 2169/2015 states “no party shall be obliged to accept more than 50 coins in a single payment.”

Banks in Spain sometimes use this clause as a reason to not accept payments at the window. However, they can provide the service, particular‐ ly to businesses that usually end up with a large amount of coins.

But they must provide a re‐ ceipt stating the amount, indi‐ cate that the payment is sub‐ ject to counting and apply a commission fee.

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Readers split over mandatory vaccines

A RECENT Euro Weekly News poll over whether health workers should be forced to have the Covid vaccine has split reader opinions, with some arguing in defence of hu‐ man rights and others putting the needs of vulnerable 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 say‐ ing 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 work‐ ers sparked a lively debate among EWN readers on Facebook follow‐ ing 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

YES OR NO?: Vaccine for health workers. 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 vaccines are al‐ ready mandatory for health work‐ ers. 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 oth‐

Supporting the LGBTI community SPAIN’S central government condemned crimes against the LGBTI community at a protest by far‐right activists in Madrid on Saturday, September 18. The Minister for Equality, Irene Montero, announced she will report a series of hate crimes against LGBTI people at the protest in Chueca to prosecutors. She said: “We will inform the Pub‐ lic Prosecutor’s Office of the LGBTI and racist hatred. In addition, we are urgently processing the Trans and LGBTI Rights Act, which allows for the protection of rights.” Minister of Rights and Agenda 2030, Ione Belarra, added: “We will do everything in our power to combat hatred against the LGBTI community and racism. We will take these facts to the Prosecutor’s Office and we will expedite the processing of the LGBTI and Trans Rights Act.” A group of far‐right activists marched through Madrid’s Chueca neighbourhood on Saturday shouting “out of our neighbourhoods” and “out of Madrid.”

The march was convened by the Madrid Seguro neighbourhood association to position itself against the government’s Trans Rights laws. The protest set off in Plaza de Chueca, a meeting point for the LGBTI community. Marchers also reportedly condemned immi‐ grants.

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RIVER RESCUE. One brave woman had to be rescued on Sunday September 19 from the Segura River in Murcia after she made the courageous decision to jump in after her dog who had fallen into the water and risked being swept away.

Once she was safe, a Local Police officer confirmed that she was suffering from signs of hypothermia.

Thankfully, the dog was also rescued and is said to be in perfect health after its ordeal.

ers.” However, others took to Face‐ book to slam the decision of some countries to enforce vaccines, say‐ ing it failed workers’ human rights.

Mark Hatchett said: “No, they shouldn’t have to, it’s their personal choice to take it or not, same as ev‐ ery citizen’s choice.”

Countries including the UK, Italy and France have all made vaccines mandatory for some health work‐ ers.

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Gender violence case IN a suspected case of gender violence, a 25year-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.

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Proof of status call TV unity

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

The initiative is effective at getting chil‐ dren back into fitness after school closures caused by the coronavirus. According to ITV: “The Daily Mile is inclusive and accessi‐ ble to all. It encourages children to run, jog, wheel or walk at their own pace outdoors for 15 minutes every day, and improves concentration and attainment in class.”

Annabel Barratt, ITV’s Senior Manager of Social Purpose explained how the pro‐ gramme boosts children’s mental well‐be‐ ing: “We’re incredibly proud of the success of our partnership with the Daily Mile so far. After the last school year was so diffi‐ cult, ITV wants to use our platform and

DAILY MILE: Will help to transform children’s health. reach to encourage more healthy choices, and we’re so 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 Channel 4. Their help to raise awareness is so important. It’s been bril‐ liant to see children returning to school and back to The Daily Mile. They are all having fun together outdoors and staying fit in a way that comes naturally to them. This has never been as important as it is now,” said Elaine.

Elton John cancels dates SIR ELTON JOHN has post‐ poned the remaining UK and European 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 summer break I fell awk‐ wardly on a hard surface and have been in consider‐ able pain and discomfort in my hip ever since.” He added, “Despite intensive physio and specialist treat‐ ment, the pain has contin‐ ued to get worse and is leading to increasing diffi‐ culties moving. I have been advised to have an opera‐ tion 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 contin‐ ued, “Being just five songs it’s a very different physical undertaking to the de‐ mands of playing for close to three hours every night on tour and travelling overnight between coun‐ tries.”

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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’.

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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.

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”.

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.

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.

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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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

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).

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Mais non!

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.

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.

Madrid student party AROUND 25,000 students gathered at Madrid University on Friday, September 17, to

celebrate the start of the aca‐ demic year with a botellón (bottle party). Police said with‐

Amazon anniversary AMAZON SPAIN is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The compa‐ ny 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 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. Before joining Amazon Spain she worked in international general man‐ agement 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 Sun‐ shine. 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 workforce and no head offices.

The company has now grown to be one of the top 15 employ‐ ers 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.

out a prepared operation, dis‐ solving the crowd was “an al‐ most impossible 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, at‐ tracting thousands more to the event. Subway plat‐ forms were also full of young people.

There were no major in‐ cidents and police never en‐ tered the premises. Howev‐ er, an ambulance entered to treat someone in an alco‐ holic coma in front of the Law School. The size of the crowds meant it took the vehicle 10 minutes to ad‐ vance 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.

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Former Doctor arrested Catalan future discussed THE Guardia Civil arrested former doctor Noelia de Mingo for stabbing two women in Madrid. She was previously convicted of killing three people at the Foundation in Madrid in 2003.

De Mingo was working as a doctor at the Madrid Foundation in 2003 when she suf‐ fered from a psychotic breakdown and killed three people. The latest incident occurred on Monday, September 20. She was arrested for assaulting two women in the Madrid town of El Molar. The former doctor had lived in the town since she was released from psychiatric care.

The attacker headed into a supermarket on Avenida de España and stabbed one of the cashiers before escaping the confusion. She then headed to a nearby pharmacy and

Woman had a breakdown. stabbed another woman with a knife. She is now being held by the Guardia Civil at their command post in El Molar.

Emergency services rushed to the scene to stabilise the women before taking them to nearby facilities. A 46‐year‐old woman is said to be in a serious condition after being trans‐ ferred by helicopter to the Hospital 12 de Oc‐ tubre. The second victim was taken to La Paz.

AUTHORITIES met in Spain on September 14 to discuss the future of Catalonia. Not much progress was made other than an agreement to hold regular meetings for as long as it takes to reach a conclusion.

Relations between Barcelona and Madrid have been tense since Catalan sep‐ aratists attempted a unilater‐ al break in October 2017.

However, authorities on both sides believe the meeting is a step forward as there has been no other dialogue since February 2020.

Thousands line the streets THOUSANDS of people gathered in Barcelona to protest against the expansion of the El Prat airport, on Sunday, Septem‐ ber 19, demanding a more sustainable economic model that is not based on in‐ tensive growth.

The protest, brought together environ‐ mental organisations, social movements, all of whom are opposed to all kinds of

new infrastructures in Catalonia. Police cal‐ culated an attendance of 10,000 people, a figure that the organisers raised to 90,000.

The motto of the protest is Extensions, no. Fighting for the climate, health and life.

The protest was called long before the stoppage of the El Prat expansion was de‐ cided due to lack of political consensus and has been maintained to make clear the op‐

position of these organisations to any oth‐ er project for the growth of this infrastruc‐ ture. The high point of the campaign for the protesters against the expansion was the invitation to the Vice President of the Government and Minister Yolanda Díaz to visit La Ricarda, an area of high environ‐ mental value that would be most affected by the planned expansion.

Spanish President Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) and Pere Aragonès of the Catalan Re‐ publican Left (ERC) both ad‐ mitted that they have very different views on the sub‐ ject of independence. How‐ ever, they agreed it was im‐ portant to keep dialogue and communication channels open.

The differences were evi‐ dent at the news conference after the meeting. Aragonès is pushing for full amnesty for those who were tried and convicted for their part in the secession attempt in 2017.

Nine of those involved were pardoned this year by the Sánchez government. He also defends a new referendum for residents after opinion sur‐ veys have shown almost an even split over the issue.

“Catalan society cannot go through any more cleavages and fractures,” said Sánchez about a new referendum.

“Images are important from a political viewpoint,” he added.

Aragonès agreed on the importance of “showcasing the value of the negotiation and creating trust.”

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RARE albino pond turtle. A resident of the Catalonian city of Tarragona reported the discovery in Terra Alta of a very small white turtle hatchling, which subsequently turned out that the creature was in fact an albino leprous turtle, one of the native semiaquatic tortoise species of the Iberian Penin‐ sula, yet lacking any skin pigmentation in both the eyes and the skin, a condition which is extremely rare, but sometimes it happens, thanks to genetic mutations, and is in danger of extinction in this country.

GO LOCAL SPENDING LOCALLY: Will make a difference to the local economy.

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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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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COMPANY PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) 3I Group 1.264,00 1.274,50 Abrdn 249,80 253,70 Admiral Group 3.447,0 3.506,0 Anglo American 2.410,0 2.477,0 Antofagasta 1.348,00 1.385,00 Ashtead Group 5.806,0 5.934,0 Associated British Foods 1.865,5 1.885,5 AstraZeneca 8.319,0 8.329,0 Auto Trader Group Plc 605,60 608,20 Avast 574,80 578,80 Aveva 3.937,0 3.964,0 Aviva 393,20 400,00 B&M European Value Retail SA587,20 596,80 BAE Systems 555,15 558,20 Bank VTB DRC 1,326 1,348 Barclays 176,46 179,66 Barratt Developments 675,20 677,60 Berkeley 4.527,0 4.576,0 BHP Group 1.794,20 1.836,80 BP 301,55 303,25 British American Tobacco 2.624,5 2.657,0 British Land Company 500,00 508,00 BT Group 153,85 155,25 Bunzl 2.491,0 2.508,0 Burberry Group 1.741,5 1.770,0 Carnival 1.505,2 1.533,4 Centrica 50,30 51,20 Coca Cola HBC AG 2.421,0 2.441,0 Compass 1.443,00 1.459,00 CRH 3.564,0 3.598,0 Croda Intl 8.948,0 8.988,0 DCC 6.264,0 6.268,0 Diageo 3.429,0 3.464,0 DS Smith 444,00 448,40 EasyJet 628,82 646,00 Experian 3.267,8 3.301,0 Ferguson 10.290,0 10.460,0 Flutter Entertainment 14.605,0 15.245,0 Fresnillo 800,04 805,60 GlaxoSmithKline 1.390,80 1.398,60 Glencore 310,95 319,25 Halma 3.000,0 3.019,0 Hargreaves Lansdown 1.409,50 1.419,50 Hikma Pharma 2.409,00 2.430,00 HSBC 365,35 370,95 IAG 151,32 154,88 Imperial Brands 1.522,00 1.531,00 Informa 524,00 526,80 InterContinental 4.526,0 4.621,0 Intermediate Capital 2.089,00 2.146,00

% CHG. 1.261,50 249,80 3.446,0 2.389,0 1.347,00 5.786,0 1.860,0 8.150,0 601,80 574,20 3.920,0 393,10 586,80 554,60 1,326 175,76 668,20 4.517,0 1.792,20 300,75 2.619,0 500,00 152,95 2.485,0 1.735,5 1.505,0 50,10 2.412,0 1.439,50 3.552,0 8.898,0 6.212,0 3.420,0 443,30 609,20 3.252,3 10.270,0 14.605,0 793,20 1.386,00 310,50 2.983,0 1.403,50 2.394,00 364,80 149,06 1.520,00 522,00 4.494,0 2.089,00

NET VOL 152,91K 426,51K 23,26K 1,49M 282,60K 80,94K 92,32K 858,92K 330,69K 269,84K 19,02K 2,42M 101,84K 818,39K 82,36K 10,36M 180,34K 16,14K 1,81M 6,01M 367,18K 163,45K 1,88M 103,36K 159,29K 89,11K 1,31M 77,57K 178,31K 95,61K 24,52K 22,56K 305,82K 819,88K 2,25M 28,56K 2,86K 32,09K 96,59K 380,27K 10,68M 57,78K 54,48K 35,72K 6,84M 11,95M 149,76K 148,15K 91,90K 66,29K

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5.270,0 106,85 286,30 2.592,0 689,00 273,40 43,74 7.828,0 731,80 170,05 1.870,50 954,20 207,30 7.966,0 31,27 1.656,50 2.724,0 634,40 1.343,00 5.877,0 2.173,73 594,24 728,80 4.598,5 108,08 7,52 1.425,51 1.425,8 1.417,2 742,84 1.596,00 17,71 3.720,0 1.379,58 1.250,25 2.758,0 1.317,73 1.366,00 15.995,0 1.632,18 1.568,00 422,00 164,80 253,17 303,63 3.956,0 1.027,71 113,45 3.174,0 948,00

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5.326,0 107,85 286,50 2.626,0 693,80 275,80 44,58 7.986,0 736,00 175,15 1.891,50 960,00 210,40 8.012,0 31,51 1.688,50 2.751,0 645,00 1.402,50 5.895,0 2.191,00 596,60 734,80 4.710,0 114,00 7,63 1.441,90 1.442,2 1.434,4 744,40 1.606,50 18,03 3.802,0 1.397,00 1.255,50 2.795,0 1.327,00 1.369,00 16.080,0 1.639,00 1.602,50 435,40 166,30 255,45 315,10 3.972,5 1.040,50 114,32 3.224,0 955,60

5.264,0 106,45 280,00 2.550,0 682,20 272,90 43,56 7.812,0 730,00 169,95 1.869,00 949,60 207,00 7.934,0 31,20 1.634,00 2.716,0 634,40 1.337,50 5.841,0 2.168,00 592,40 726,60 4.597,5 100,16 7,51 1.425,00 1.425,2 1.415,6 737,00 1.592,00 17,71 3.719,0 1.378,00 1.244,00 2.748,0 1.317,50 1.347,50 15.905,0 1.623,50 1.568,00 422,00 164,00 252,05 302,80 3.917,0 1.025,00 112,82 3.166,0 947,60

7,54K 747,56K 1,27M 90,79K 102,26K 2,06M 39,57M 38,22K 434,81K 556,46K 88,64K 582,80K 3,63M 15,51K 147,83K 345,93K 86,32K 102,94K 960,67K 113,35K 254,61K 214,22K 305,14K 888,76K 10,22M 227,33K 499,31K 543,64K 919,16K 187,33K 3,52K 541,59K 15,10K 416,62K 122,57K 83,68K 160,05K 67,83K 8,05K 269,06K 126,41K 1,49M 1,35M 1,09M 1,85M 371,23K 257,71K 7,94M 61,32K 204,60K

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US dollar (USD) ......................................1.17089 Japan yen (JPY)......................................128.439 Switzerland franc (CHF) ...........................1.0908 Denmark kroner (DKK) .............................7.4358 Norway kroner (NOK) ...............................10.251

currenciesdirect.com/mallorca • Tel: +34 687 906 226 THE ABOVE TABLE USES THE CURRENT INTERBANK EXCHANGE RATES, WHICH AREN’T REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RATE WE OFFER

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

PRICE 181,49 2.829,3 3.462,52 219,38 146,06 213,36 199,75 96,76 56,85 54,44 364,72 391,46 335,67 218,49 135,23 54,26 164,75 157,68 242,49 71,68 299,87 156,42 144,34 260,53 759,49 420,16 54,28 221,75 144,73 183,47

CHANGE CHANGE% VOLUME(M) 182,66 179,41 10,51M 2.885,0 2.821,2 2,90M 3.497,41 a3.452,13 4,34M 219,88 215,87 5,39M 148,82 145,76 124,93M 215,37 211,91 7,83M 203,27 199,45 6,34M 98,38 96,37 15,28M 57,45 56,47 38,75M 55,19 54,37 31,76M 371,41 361,59 25,87M 399,16 388,83 3,83M 339,64 334,95 7,03M 219,86 217,50 4,34M 135,92 135,05 5,58M 54,59 53,67 34,92M 164,91 163,55 12,85M 159,01 157,00 23,26M 244,63 241,88 4,56M 72,00 70,89 41,94M 304,50 299,53 40,85M 161,00 156,07 7,76M 146,28 144,23 16,62M 261,70 258,68 6,72M 761,04 750,00 28,03M 421,09 414,97 4,52M 54,46 54,06 30,46M 223,70 219,30 13,65M 146,16 144,02 22,48M 185,90 182,73 9,81M M - MILLION DOLLARS

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Most Advanced Texas Pacific Land Corp.

NVR Inc. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. Cl A ForgeRock Inc. Shopify Inc. Cl A Humana Inc. Molina Healthcare Inc. Wayfair Inc. Cl A RingCentral Inc. Cl A Murphy USA Inc.

4.65% 0.93% 6.49% 16.28% 29.18% 0.70% 2.16% 3.16% 3.02% 3.65% 4.84%

243.76K 42.69K 5.28M 12.35K 6.67M 547.94K 1.36M 898.51K 1.57M 2.5M 1.05M

Most Declined Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl A -0.65% Biglari Holdings Inc. Cl A -5.66% Credit Suisse FI Large Cap Growth Enhanced ETN-2.00% UBS AG FI Enhanced Large Cap Growth ETN -1.98% AutoZone Inc. -0.90% BlackRock Inc. -1.55% EPAM Systems Inc. -2.14% RH -1.94% Danaher Corp. 4.75% Mandatory Conv. Pfd. Series A-0.58% Carvana Co. Cl A -3.55% Martin Marietta Materials Inc. -3.21%

1.6K 317 520 103 263.16K 1.27M 633.52K 536.12K 1.06K 2.12M 1M

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Pedro Sánchez spoke to World Economic Forum

Credit: La Moncloa Twitter

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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FEATURE

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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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€!!!

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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Linda Mary McCoy Great news - long awaited.

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

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TONI C. EASTWOOD OBE, MBA

#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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The woman beyond 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.

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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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No matter where your dog chooses to get in a few winks, it’s probably best not to let your dog sleep in your bed with you, especially if they are a new introduction to the home.

A dog should never be‐ lieve they have a right to sleep in your bed, as this will make them think they are the household’s dominant member.

All that training will go right out the window if your dog wins the bed war and starts to assert their authority over you.

Dangers of a ‘butcher’s dog’ diet IN the vein of the clean eating health food trend that involves going back to basics and con‐ suming raw, unprocessed food, some dog owners are re‐ jecting traditional pet food and going back to a more old‐ school ‘butcher’s dog’ diet con‐ sisting of raw meat.

This food is still often bought pre‐prepared so it can be easily served and frozen for conve‐ nience.

However, a recent study has suggested these raw meat products could contain bacteri‐ al and parasitic diseases, which are not necessarily a problem for dogs ‐ although they can suffer from food poisoning ‐ but they can become carriers of the bacteria.

This can then be spread through their faeces, which could then make their owners seriously ill.

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WILD: Golden Retriever eats a raw chicken. and handling the food sensibly should help minimise the risks.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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“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.

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“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.”