Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 14 - 20 October 2021 Issue 1893

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The people’s paper Issue No. 1893 14 - 20 October 2021

Combatting hate crimes DENIA’S Local Police force is to receive specific training in dealing with LGTBIphobia and hate crimes.

Throughout the remaining three months of this year, the municipality’s 100 officers will be taking part in a pioneering 20-hour course that is a first for Alicante Province, explained Denia’s Equality and Diversity councillor Javier Scotto, who also heads the town hall’s Public Safety department.

The course will provide officers with the resources for preventing and eradicating diversity-phobia while also assisting them in widening their knowledge and understanding of the development of gender identity, Scotto added.

The councillor also revealed that once the Denia officers have completed the course, the local force will be creating their own unit specialising in hate crimes.

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OFFICIAL OPENING: Calpe mayor Ana Pastor at the Caring for Calpe launch.

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Ministry names the day THE central government has finally awarded the concessions for organising the subsidised Imserso holidays for pensioners.

The Ministry of Social Rights announced that Mundiplan, an Iberia and Alsa alliance, is to organise journeys to the Spanish coast while Mundosenior (Viajes Halcon) will be re‐ sponsible for the inland cultural circuits.

Both companies have two‐year contracts and, so long as there are no ap‐ peals from other bidders for the concessions, the first tourists should be ar‐ riving in Benidorm and other Costa Blanca resorts in November.

The government an‐ nouncement means that 4,000 jobs in Alicante Province’s tourism indus‐ try that were hanging in the balance as the sector waited for confirmation of the Imserso contracts, are safe.

The future is also brighter for the 60 Ali‐ cante Province hotels that depend on the 180,000 Imserso tourists if they are to remain open during the low season.

Nuria Montes, secretary general of the Costa Blan‐ ca hoteliers’ association Hosbec welcomed the news.

“This is a very important first step and we hope that the first tourists will be arriving within a month or six weeks,” Montes said.

“Nevertheless, we must learn more about the eco‐ nomic conditions and wait and see if there is another appeal, but it’s a good step forward,” she added.

Meanwhile, as recently reported in the Euro Weekly News, some hotel chains and travel agencies including Mundosenior, are already offering their own holiday packages to the over‐60s.

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THE English Church in Benidorm recently wel‐ comed Trevor and Maggie Ramsey to the town and the church community.

Originally from Belfast, Trevor was formally in‐ stalled as the church’s new pastor and both he and Maggie are already heavily involved in the church’s work and the community.

The English Church in Benidorm, which is under the supervision of the Para‐ clete Christian Network In‐ ternational, has been in exis‐ tence since 1985.

It is known for its consis‐ tent Bible teaching and pas‐ toral care and outreach as it serves the resident expat

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New in town Lifeline for nightlife Photo credit: Trevor Ramsey

LATEST ARRIVALS: English Church in Benidorm’s new pastor Trevor Ramsey and wife Maggie. community in Benidorm .

“We look forward to wel‐ coming you to the services of the church if you live in

ALTEA property owners are in line for grants of up to €1,000 to revamp facades.

Urban Development councillor Jose Orozo explained that the grants were included in the town hall’s programme to improve the image of Altea’s Old Town which received Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC) status in 2013.

The cash should be used before the end of this year to repaint frontages, eliminate damp stains, resite unsightly air‐conditioning units and remove shop or house signs that

the area or happen to be passing through,” Trevor said.

The congregation meets at the Gospel Centre, in Torre Principado 12‐13 in Avenida de Madrid 26 in the heart of one of Benidorm’s chief tourist areas close to the sea‐front.

The Church is rented from the Scandinavian Congrega‐ tion who own the building and also worship there.

From time to time, where possible, the English Church shares activities and fellow‐ ship with them.

Help with facelifts are in bad condition.

“It is essential to maintain this zone, which is one of Altea’s most emblematic and recog‐ nisable districts, in good condition,” Ororzco said.

“Owners are subject to certain conditions when redecorating or remodelling exteriors and we wanted to help them with these grants.”

BENIDORM Town Hall will pay out €168,233 to the self‐employed and small business‐ owners dependent on the beleaguered nightlife sector.

The cash for this direct aid, reserved exclu‐ sively for the hard‐hit industry, has been funded by the Alicante provincial council, the Diputacion, explained Benidorm’s mayor Toni Perez.

Terms and conditions were published last July and after assessing applications the town announced that 57 applicants will each receive €3,000.

“We are aware of the nightlife sector’s im‐ portance to Benidorm and these grants

demonstrate our backing and total support for the industry during the restrictions they have had to endure,” Perez said.

“We hope this will help to reduce the pan‐ demic’s obvious economic impact on the sec‐ tor.”

The grants were available to business‐own‐ ers whose average monthly turnover between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021 was reduced by at least 25 per cent compared with 2019.

“Ever since the beginning of the pandemic, the town hall has diverted ‐ and will continue to divert ‐ as much funding as possible to help maintain the local economy,” the mayor de‐ clared.

Fundraiser for Macmillan Cancer Support SUE and Pat Donovan recently raised €4,815 with another Macmillan Cancer Support event in Moraira.

Of this, €1,000 will be donated to Javea Cancer Care.

Attie and Lee from Attlee’s Moon‐ lighters held the event in their bar‐ restaurant, supplying food and the first drink for €10 , half of which was donat‐ ed to Macmillan.

This makes a grand total of about €30,000 collected over the past seven years.

Raffle prizes and auction items were

donated by local businesses, restau‐ rants and friends, with Lee performing at his best as auctioneer while Dave Peachey and Graham Sherin provided live music.

Muku from the Kathmandu Indian restaurant in Moraira donated €400 fol‐ lowing the dinner that Sue and Pat or‐ ganised in aid of the charity, which was well‐attended and enjoyed by all.

“We would like to thank our many friends who helped out on the day,” Sue and Pat said. “Without them the event could not have happened.”

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NIBS EXTRA Off the wall TEULADA-MORAIRA Town Hall has awarded a €141,946 contract to repair the retaining wall at the l’Ampolla beach, with work due to start in December. The wall was affected by this year’s storms and the unsightly damage was camouflaged and stabilised with a rock-printed tarpaulin during the summer months.

Above board BENITACHELL’S Adults’ School is currently interviewing Valenciano, Spanish, English, French and German teachers. The centre, created 30 years ago, did not advertise posts in the past, said Culture councillor Victor Bisquert, explaining that the town hall wanted to answer the school’s needs “with total transparency and equal opportunities.”

No chips THE world microchip shortage is responsible for the continuing delay in opening Benidorm’s new Cultural Centre, explained the Valencian Community Themed Projects Society (SPTVC), the public sector company responsible for the region’s large-scale projects. “Without them it will be impossible to complete the permanent electrical installation,” sources explained.

Breakups DIVORCES increased in the Marina Alta during the 12 months that followed the end of the March 2020 State of Alarm, according to Spain’s General Judiciary Council.

There were 426 divorces in the Marina Alta’s 33 municipalities in this time compared with 382 during the previous 12-month period.

Fire risk JAVEA’S mayor Jose Chulvi asked the provincial council, the Diputacion, to assign a sub-fire station to the town during the summer months.

Chulvi pointed out that many properties are located in areas which overlap with wooded areas and, as past experience has shown, are vulnerable to forest fires.

THIS year’s Poppy Appeal Launch for District North Spain takes place in Benidorm on Saturday October 16.

“While our branches work tirelessly throughout the year to raise much‐needed funds most of the money we raise comes from the Poppy Ap‐ peal,” explained the Royal British Legion’s Nick Keen.

“Last year, we raised more than €75,000 despite the Covid lockdown,” he continued.

“This formed an important part of the almost €641,000 raised overseas. More impor‐ tantly, this money stays here in Spain to support local bene‐ ficiaries’ needs.”

Over the past six months District North Spain provided

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Poppy Appeal launch

Photo credit: Royal British Legion District North Spain

PRE-PANDEMIC CAMPAIGN: Participants in the 2019 Appeal. support for over 200 cases.

“Some simply needed a telephone buddy or home visi‐ tor,” Mr Keen said. “Others’ needs were best met by on‐

Romans in Benidorm EL TOSSAL at the end of the Poniente beach in La Cala de Benidorm was once a Roman fort.

Amateur archaeol‐ ogists found evi‐ dence of Benidorm’s Roman past decades ago, but only more recent excavations by archaeological ex‐ perts have built an accurate picture of El Tossal’s past.

Its importance was recently the subject of an in‐depth article in the Spanish Ar‐ chaeological Archive (AESPA), Benidorm’s mayor Toni Perez re‐ vealed recently.

The article compiles and interprets all the information obtained during successive ex‐ cavations, also focus‐ ing on their architec‐ tural aspects.

The authors made a very positive ap‐ praisal of Benidorm Town Hall’s commit‐ ment to excavating the site and making it

visitable, the mayor said.

The most recent excavations, begun

by Alicante in 2013 and still ongoing, showed that El Tossal was a small fort occupied by troops loyal to Quin‐ tus Sertorius, a Ro‐ man general and statesman who led a large‐scale rebellion against the Roman Senate from the Iberian peninsula.

The surrounding walls, living quarters and the items found, including what had once been a sandal, confirmed that the remains dating back to around 77BC were u n d o u b t e d l y o f m i l i‐ tary origin. “ T h e A ES P A a r t i c l e endorses everything we have been carry‐ ing out at El Tossal and it is also an in‐ centive to continue with our plans for an open‐air museum,” Toni Perez declared.

ward referrals to the local Spanish Social Services or oth‐ er organisations and charities.”

Financial help, sometimes ongoing, can be required in

complex situations and be‐ tween last June and early September the Royal British Legion provided financial assis‐ tance of €23,500, covering ev‐ erything from Immediate Hardship Grants, to utility bills, rent, mobility or hearing aids and building works.

“Please help by giving what‐ ever you can afford to the Poppy Appeal this Remem‐ brancetide and join us in Benidorm for the Poppy Ap‐ peal Launch if you can,” Mr Keen said. “Every cent you do‐ nate goes to supporting those in need.”

Nice conditions for anglers THE Teulada‐Moraira Fishing Club recently held their second match of the Winter League.

As usual, they had chosen the River Jucar in neighbouring Valen‐ cia, but although the day was overcast, conditions were good with a temperature of 25 degrees.

The 10 contestants reeled in a total weight of 110 kilos, with 55 fish caught and no dry nets.

“It was an excellent day’s fishing for most, with some good weights,” said the club secretary Jeff Richards.

First place went to Graham Sewell with 24 fish weighing 23.525 kilos, with Jack Jenssen in second place) and Barry Barlow in third.

Best fish of the day Jack Janssen’s 4.1‐kilo carp.

“We are a very friendly club and always happy to welcome new members,” Jeff said.

For further information please contact Frank Povey (966 490 338 or frank.povey@btopenworld.com) or call Ray Craig (966 492 083).

Trial postponed again THE trial of three men ac‐ cused of gang‐raping a British tourist in Benidorm was post‐ poned for the second time.

The victim, who should have given evidence to the Al‐ icante High Court via video‐ link from London, explained that she lived in a village and could not travel to the capital as she could not leave her chil‐ dren. She explained that her mother, who was also due to be called as a witness, could not attend the video‐link as she was currently on holiday.

Spain’s Fiscalia (Public Pros‐ ecution department) has rec‐ ommended 11‐year sen‐ tences for the three men, who allegedly raped and robbed the woman in Octo‐

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ber 2016 after meeting her in a Benidorm pub. She was too inebriated to have been able to consent to sexual relations and was only semi‐conscious at the time of the attack, Fis‐ calia maintained.

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Copper thieves foiled ELECTRICITY cables in Campello’s Cala D’Or park have all been re‐ newed.

“This couldn’t be put off any longer, owing to repeated thefts here that have cost the town hall approximately €6,000,” said Julio Oca, the municipality’s Infras‐ tructure councillor as well as deputy mayor.

The town hall’s Elec‐ tricity brigade has now installed 1,400 metres of copper cables and added thief‐proof security de‐ vices to 15 junction box‐ es.

“This should make them impossible to open, or at least take so long that anybody trying to access the cables would soon be noticed,” Oca explained.

Copper thieves habit‐ ually choose compara‐ tively isolated areas, of‐ ten working during the daytime and wearing overalls similar to those worn by employees of energy and telephone companies, the council‐ lor said.

“This is what makes it so difficult to detect and detain them,” he added, stressing the importance of collaboration from the local population if they notice suspicious or unusual activities.

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GET communicating. Aflaz’s free Spanish courses which the Pangea office organises each year for foreign residents have recommenced. Although classes have begun, a few vacan‐ cies remain, announced Martine Merten, the town hall’s Other Nationalities councillor. Readers interested in joining the A1 beginners’ course or the A2 course for those with a basic knowledge of Spanish should apply directly at the Cen‐ tro+Social in 3, Avenida Cortes Valencianos or by ringing 965 887 328 (Extension 3368).

There is no charge for the course, with the cost of the text‐ book the only outlay required. Alfaz’s Pangea office belongs to the regional government’s network of 113 centres which have been created to assist foreign residents in integrating in‐ to their new environment, Mertens explained, with an ongo‐ ing offer of courses and activities.

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from Front page » CARING FOR CALPE (Cuidando a Calpe) is the town’s new Charity Shop.

“Due to changes in the structure of our organisa‐ tion and to comply with all the latest rules and regula‐ tions, we have formed a new organisation,” ex‐ plained Angelica Roper, the new organisation’s presi‐ dent.

“We are located in the premises of the Original Charity Shop in Galerias Azul Mar on Calpe’s Aveni‐ da Gabriel Miro,” Angelica told the Euro Weekly News.

“Ana Sala, Calpe’s may‐ or, kindly attended the opening ceremony to cut the ribbon and officially open the shop. Councillors

Continuing the Original Charity Shop’s work and representatives of the organisations that we sup‐ port were also there.”

The charity donated €1,500 each to the Red Cross and Caritas, enabling them to provide essential food and support for the most vulnerable members of the community.

The new president ex‐ plained that the dedicated team of volunteers would continue the fantastic work and achievements of Caring for Calpe’s predecessors.

“They worked tirelessly for nearly over 20 years raising funds in excess of €325,000 that benefited

good causes,” Angelica said.

Caring for Calpe’s mission is to continue supporting the local community and building on the foundations that the Charity Shop of Calpe worked so hard to es‐ tablish, she explained.

“We would like to offer heartfelt thanks for the do‐ nations from our wonder‐ ful supporters and our ever loyal customers,” she said.

“These are challenging and uncertain times, but we feel confident that as a charitable organisation and as a community, we can get through this together.”

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Back to the classroom U3A MARINA BAIXA’s new Computer and Smart Phone group met recently for the first time at Alfaz’s Casa de Cultura.

There were some minor problems with internet connections but, on the whole, a very successful first meeting although owing to the October 12 fiesta, the group cannot meet next Tuesday but all will be back to normal the following week.

The Monday Strollers met in early Oc‐ tober at the northern end of Calpe for a gentle stroll along the cliff‐top path, en‐ joying outstanding views across the Mediterranean.

The next Monday stroll takes place on November 15, leaving the car park at La Nucia cemetery at 2pm for a stroll to the top of the Monte del Calvario for stun‐ ning views across the Marina Baixa after a reasonable climb.

A trip to Nueva Condomina Shopping Centre and IKEA in Valencia is planned for Friday November 5, for which a few seats are still available at €18 per person.

Photo credit: U3A Marina Baixa

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GENTLE WALK: U3A Marina Baixa’s Monday strollers in Calpe.

New regulations affecting coach travel require members to provide evidence of their Covid‐19 vaccination or alternative‐ ly an antigen test taken within the 48 hours before departure. Masks must be worn throughout the journey.

Further information is available on the association’s www.u3amarinabaixa.com website and their Facebook page. Non‐ members are always welcome to attend a meeting.

Iconic fountain restored ALICANTE Council are working on the total restoration of the emblem‐ atic ‘Fuente de Luceros’ fountain.

Work is progressing well and the company undertak‐ ing the work will be remov‐ ing the central scaffolding in a few weeks. It is hoped

that by the end of the year the fountain will be a sym‐ bol of Alicante. The town council plans to put on a light and water show as a tourist attraction and to en‐ hance the impact of the fountain.

The restoration work is currently in progress in the

Daring rescue M E M B E R S of the Alicante Fire Brigade under‐ took a daring rescue after a climber fractured his foot and his leg after a climber had a rock fall on him during a rock slide at the top of the Via Ferrata in the town of Callosa de Segura.

The rescue mission began at around 1pm on Sunday, October 10 and lasted until 4pm. Ac‐ cording to the provincial police, both the Al‐ pha 01 helicopter and the specialist mountain rescue and health group (GER) were mobilised to help rescue the injured climber.

The injured climber was a middle‐aged Por‐ tuguese man. He had stumbled causing a rockslide and he ended up being hit by one of the rocks. The stumble is thought to have caused fractures in the man’s foot, tibia and fibula.

Plaza de los Luceros. Ali‐ cante Council expects that deadlines will be met and the fountain will be re‐ turned to its former splen‐ dour. This will include the installation of new lighting.

The councillors for Infras‐ tructures, José Ramón González, and Culture, An‐ tonio Manresa, visited the square to check on the progress of the work. The project began in June and is being carried out by the company Estudios Métodos de Restauración.

According to the town council: “Work on the foun‐ tain is progressing at a good pace, and is being carried out with conservationist cri‐ teria, maintaining all the original pieces and their colour.

“The restorers are work‐ ing on the degraded areas to remove all the rusted metal parts and to repair the cracks and deep fissures that were not visible at first.”

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Readers’ poll

Expats reject further refugee help

REFUGEES: Better that suitable cultural countries help out.

EURO WEEKLY NEWS readers have voted to say that they believe countries nearer to Afghanistan should be help‐ ing refugees there.

The EWN asked readers whether European countries should be taking in more refugees and 100 per cent said they should not.

Instead, readers said that there are other ways to help people in Afghanistan, with many suggesting that neigh‐ bouring countries help.

One reader, Tom Hassel, suggested that Saudi Arabia could take in Afghan refugees.

Meanwhile, Linda Exton said: “Plenty of suitable coun‐ tries bordering their own same culture.”

The United Nations Refugee Agency last week demanded that the EU resettle more than 40,000 Afghan refugees.

Speaking after an EU‐host‐ ed online forum, European

Commissioner for Migration Ylva Johansson said that the target is “doable,” but that it requires EU member states to make pledges.

She said: “Countries will also take into account other ways of protecting people. We had a broader approach to pro‐ tecting people at this forum.”

She added: “I was over‐ whelmed by the support of the member states. We are right in the middle of resettle‐ ment pledges for next year and the member states are ready to increase them.”

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi told the EU’s high‐level forum on providing protection to Afghans at risk that at least 85,000 people ‐ and possibly more ‐ would need their pro‐ tection over the next five years and that the EU should take in at least half of that number.

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NATIONAL POLICE officers have arrested three men, a 19‐year‐old and a 20‐year‐old, in the Valencian municipality of Gandia. They were charged on suspicion of attempted murder.

It is alleged they used their vehicle to knock three young people off their bicycles, be‐ fore subsequently assaulting them. After the collision, the detainees got out of their ve‐ hicle and began to beat one of the victims with sticks.

French tourists outnumber Brits BRITAIN has been knocked off its traditional top spot as Spain’s most important for‐ eign tourism market for the first time in decades. The UK was Spain’s most important tourist market after it began to open up to northern Euro‐ pean holidaymakers under former dictator Francisco Franco. However, it is the French who are now choosing the country more than Brits or Germans in a historic reversal of the sunshine destination’s overall tourism figures.

One in four of the 25 million foreigners who passed through Spain during the pan‐ demic were French. Few sec‐ tors of Spain’s economy have suffered as strong and pro‐ longed damage from the coro‐ navirus as tourism. The num‐ bers of visitors that Spain is receiving each month still pales in comparison to records prior to the pandemic.

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Men jailed in Gandia The youth was seriously in‐ jured with several fractures and was admitted to the hos‐ pital ICU. His two friends managed to flee from the scene.

The incident occurred on September 28, at around

5.30pm, at the junction of Calles Llou Nou de Sant Jeroni, and Avinguda de Xativa, in the Valencian municipality of Real de Gandia.

The officers began investi‐ gations to find out the identity of those responsible. During a

search of the crime scene, they found a section of a plas‐ tic skirt with an inscribed number that could belong to the vehicle involved. That, along with recordings ob‐ tained by security cameras, led to the arrests.

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100,000 civil service jobs offered THE Spanish govern‐ ment has announced what it says is “The largest ever offer of public employment.”

This time, the in‐ crease will be mainly financed by European stimulus aid from which Spain benefits to the tune of €140 billion.

Committed to the people.

Over the past few years, except for 2020,

the positions offered have been steadily growing. There were more than 28,000 in 2019. The following year (2020) there was that slight fall, al‐ though it remained above 28,000 posi‐ tions. And in 2021, the data grew again strongly, reaching

Indoor mask call

CAROLINA DARIAS, the Minister of Health for Spain, spoke on October 8 about the con‐ tinued use of face masks in Spain. She point‐ ed out that Spain was one of the first to “de‐ escalate the restrictions, relaxing the measures, but always maintaining the cul‐ ture of care, because the pandemic has taught us to be very humble.”

Ms Darias added that she believes the time is not yet right for the elimination of masks.

With most regions of Spain now reporting less than 50 cases of coronavirus per 100,000 inhabitants, the minister stressed that the face mask should still be used indoors.

She said: “Spain was one of the first coun‐ tries to have legislation that allows going out‐

doors without a mask, if distance is main‐ tained, but indoors, they are still necessary.”

The minister went on to explain that, “al‐ though last year there was almost no inci‐ dence of influenza, it is very important to con‐ tinue with the mask this year at the beginning of the active period of the seasonal influenza virus, and that the maximum num‐ ber of people are vaccinated against it.

“We do not know whether the flu or other viruses will arrive. We are going to go step by step, steadily lowering the indicators of accu‐ mulated incidence even further, and masks play a fundamental role. To continue advanc‐ ing little by little to regain the long‐awaited normality,” she continued.

30,500 places, adding those for the General State Administration (AGE) and those for the State Security Forces and Bodies and the Armed Forces.

This time though, it is a new record for employment, as 100,000 jobs are being offered for civil ser‐ vants. The Spanish Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, stopped at one point during the presenta‐ tion of the General State Budgets (PGE) for 2022, saying: “In three years of Pedro Sánchez’s government, the public employ‐ ment offer has been 73 per cent higher than that of the six pe‐ riods of office of Mari‐ ano Rajoy, this is a government that is committed to quality public services, the Welfare State, em‐ ployment and people.”

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Expats divided over anti-vaxxers GIANT DRONE: Has been loaned to the National Police.

Police unveil Megadron

EXPATS in Spain are divided over whether anti‐vaxxer protestors who cause disrup‐ tion should be arrested.

The EWN asked readers whether they thought protestors should be arrested and a narrow majority of 57.1 per cent said they should not.

Meanwhile, 42.9 per cent said they think they should.

Many of those who support‐ ed demonstrators said they had a right to protest, while those against them argued that they cause disruption.

One reader, Alan Howard, said: “Whilst I agree some vac‐ cines are good and needed, others are not and everyone has a right to investigate and choose freely.”

Last week, anti‐vaxxer protesters in Rome targeted the Italian Prime Minister’s of‐ fice and the CGIL trade union headquarters.

Italian police used water can‐

nons and tear gas to push back hundreds of people, including neo‐fascist activists, that were demonstrating in Rome against a government drive to make the Covid ‘Green Pass’ manda‐ tory for all workers .

One group of protesters tried to break through police lines to reach Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s city centre office in the capital, at the same time, an‐ other group tried to smash their way into the headquarters of Italy’s main CGIL trade union.

Italy was set to become the first country in Europe to make all workers carry the Green Pass in an effort to accelerate vacci‐ nations and stamp out infec‐ tions.

The pass, a digital or paper certificate showing someone has received at least one vac‐ cine dose, has tested negative or recently recovered from the virus, was originally conceived as a way of easing travel.

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VACCINES: Everyone has the right to choose freely.

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THE National Police has rolled out its latest acquisi‐ tion. The Autonomous Aerial Vehicle (AAV) weighs in at 600kg and has been nick‐ named Megadron. The giant drone is capable of carrying a payload of up to 220kg and can travel at a maximum speed of 130kph. It has a range of 35km when fully loaded.

In its official Twitter ac‐ count, the force anticipates the ‘Megadron’ can be used to access contaminated ar‐ eas, or restricted and reduced airspaces where it will be able to manoeuvre more effi‐ ciently than a helicopter.

Chinese company, EHang, manufactured the vehicle, known as the EHang 216 unit. EHang has loaned the drone to the National Police force for the time being. The model is capable of being manned by two people.

With a total length of 5.6 metres, it can take off and land vertically, incorporating the latest LTE and 5G connec‐ tivity to communicate with the command centre or mo‐ bile. It is not expected to be operational until 2023, or at the earliest, once the Euro‐ pean Union has prepared a regulatory framework for the use of these types of vehicles.

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AFTER a bumper harvest, Spain retains its position as the world’s top exporter of fresh lemons. The 2020/2021 harvest of fresh lemons in Spain topped 1,340,000 tons. It’s the number one exporter of fresh lemons in the world, the top grower of lemons in Europe and ranks second in the world in terms of processing the fruit.

AS coronavirus cases continue to decline, so restrictions are being relaxed. Therefore, as of next week, people who are at present in hospitals in Madrid and who are non‐Covid pa‐ tients will be able to start re‐ ceiving visits.

This was announced by the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso dur‐ ing the presentation of the IN‐ FOMA 2021 budget campaign.

“It is another step forward to go back to being like before the pandemic,” she said.

The Ministry of Health has prepared a protocol that has been sent to hospitals. These changes, at the same time, al‐ low accompanied consulta‐

Restrictions now relaxed.

tions, such as follow‐up on pregnancies.

At the moment, with regard to schools and the use of the mask at recess, there is no re‐ laxation of measures since the regional president says that this change has to be agreed upon between the Au‐ tonomous Communities and the Spanish Ministry of Educa‐ tion.

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Unemployment down again Good Samaritan UNEMPLOYMENT in Spain has declined for the seventh consecutive month, falling by 76,113 people, with the biggest drop ever in a month of September.

There have not been seven consecutive months of de‐ cline since 2000, although the decline in 2021 is more than three times that of two decades ago (‐201,649). In year‐on‐year terms, there are 518,683 (‐13.73 per cent) fewer unemployed people.

Unemployment fell in all sectors of activity with respect to August. In the service in‐ dustry it fell by 39,312 (‐1.68 per cent) people, in agricul‐ ture by 13,067 (‐8.08 per cent)

FIGURES: Show that there are fewer unemployed people.

people, in construction by 12,309 (‐4.53 per cent) people and, lastly, among the group without previous employ‐ ment it fell by 4,757 people (‐ 1.68 per cent).

Industry, agriculture and construction already have a lower level of registered unemployment than at the beginning of the pandemic.

Female unemployment in September fell by 39,977 (‐ 2.03 per cent) compared to August to a total of 1,932,239. Unemployment also fell among men, with 36,136 (‐2.65 per cent) fewer registered, bringing the total to 1,325,563.

The number of contracts registered in September was 1,923,846. Of this to‐ tal, 216,688 employment contracts are permanent.

They represent 11.26 per cent of all contracts and represents an increase of 53,479 (32.77 per cent) compared to the same pe‐ riod in 2020.

A GOOD SAMARITAN hand‐ ed in more than €1,000 in for‐ eign currency along with bank cards that they had found in a folder.

Officers from the Accident Investigation and Attestation Group (GIAA) of the Malaga Local Police were able to lo‐ cate the owner of the folder, who was a 70‐year‐old Venezuelan woman. Some‐ how she had lost the folder which contained US$1,500 in 50 and 100 dollar notes. The folder also contained English pounds along with Swiss francs. The total value came to €1,368.

Early in the afternoon on Fri‐ day, September 24, a local resi‐ dent headed to the GIAA premises of the Malaga Local Police station which is located

in Llano de la Trinidad. The lo‐ cal woman had discovered a black folder in the area and had decided to make sure it was returned to its rightful owner. She told the police that there were documents inside.

Local Police officers inspect‐ ed the folder and found it con‐ tained documentation along with a white envelope. The en‐ velope contained money from various countries. Two bank credit cards were also discov‐ ered inside.

The officers quickly set about locating the rightful owner of the folder. They soon managed to contact the own‐ er who then made their way to the police station.

The elderly woman thank‐ fuylly had all of her belongings returned to her.

Travel test cost warning

TRAVEL experts have expressed fears that lateral flow tests could be just as expensive as PCR tests. The UK’s rules for dou‐ bled‐jabbed arrivals from green list countries changed on Octo‐ ber 4. Only travellers from red list countries will require a test on day two from that date. Scientists have also expressed fears that unsupervised lateral flows could allow new variants to be introduced to the UK. A travel expert suggested: “The danger is these tests have to be supervised or incorporate the cost of a follow‐up PCR test if the traveller tests positive. A supervised lateral flow test might cost as much as a non‐supervised PCR test, particularly if the cost of a follow‐up PCR test is shared.” Day two PCR tests currently cost around £60 with high street retailer Boots selling one for £85. However, private company’s charges could be even higher.

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165 million

Brits drink more tea than anywhere else in the world (about 165 million cups a day)

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Youth culture boost

PRESIDENT Pedro Sanchez announced on October 6 that the gov‐ ernment will approve a bonus of €400 for young people.

The bonus for all young people who turn 18 can be allocated to cultural activities. Accord‐ ing to Sanchez, this mea‐ sure will give young peo‐ ple more access to culture and, at the same time, help the Spanish cultural industry that has been affected by the pandemic. He explained, the vouchers can be spent on “buying books,” as well as going to the movies or theatrical, mu‐ sical or other live shows.

“Ultimately, it is about consuming culture and creating a virtuous circle among young people,” summarised Sanchez, who described the mea‐ sure as “exciting” and in‐ sisted that he is “com‐ mitted not only to young people, but also to an in‐ dustry that has suffered a lot these months.”

Second vice president of the government, Yolanda Diaz said: “We are transversally deploy‐ ing measures that help change our country.”

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Local sponsor’s winning feeling

MALAGA racing driver Álvaro Fontes and his Dutch partner, Mirco van Nostrum, moved a step closer to claiming the TCR class of the Spanish Endurance Championship with a win at Jerez de la Frontera on Octo‐ ber 4.

Fontes and van Nostrum’s car is sponsored by Euro Week‐ ly News client the Purple Rain Lounge, a fusion restaurant and live music venue based in Altea.

The distinctive purple livery is a striking sight on the racetrack.

In the first race of the day, Sergio López took the che‐ quered flag in the RC2 Junior Team CUPRA Leon Competi‐ ción after Felipe and Rubén Fer‐ nández retired with a technical issue in the sister car with just 10 minutes left to run. Fontes and Van Nostrum had to be content with third.

However, the duo bounced back in race two, taking advan‐ tage of a mistake from Lopez to take the lead in their CDS Engi‐ neering Audi RS 3 LMS. They fended off pressure from Ba‐ poro Motorsport’s Amalia Vinyes to claim top spot on the podium. Third place went to

Sponsored by Purple Rain.

Santiago Concepción in his PCR Sport‐run CUPRA. Following their successful weekend, Fontes and van Nos‐ trum extended their lead in the series to 52 points over Rubén Fernández. The series will con‐ clude with a two‐hour race at

the Barcelona‐Catalunya circuit on November 13/14.

Alvaro Fontes was born in Malaga and has been racing at national level since 2005. He has competed in many presti‐ gious events including the leg‐ endary Le Mans Series.

Travel bookings

TRAVEL firms have reported a 300 per cent boost in bookings af‐ ter the UK red list was cut. Operators have welcomed the latest relaxation of quarantine rules with airline Jet2 saying there was a “genuine reopening” of international travel, with bookings tre‐ bling in some cases.

The decision to reduce the red list from 54 countries to seven was taken at a meeting on October 7 after discussions about the safety of opening the country’s borders. However, industry body ABTA said it wants to see the government implement plans to re‐ place expensive PCR Covid tests in time for the UK’s half‐term break as an incentive to promote travel.

The Welsh Government, who recently approved the use of Covid passes for entry into certain types of venues, warned the measures ‘considerably increase’ the risk of importing new vari‐ ants. Under the latest changes, only Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Haiti and the Dominican Republic re‐ main on the UK’s red list, meaning travellers from these places ar‐ riving in the UK must still stay in hotel quarantine for 11 nights at a cost of £2,285 for one adult.

Popular destinations such as South Africa, Thailand and Mexico are among the 47 places which will be removed from the red list on Monday, October 11 making travel much easier and cheaper to those countries.

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Brit soldier hailed hero

A BRITISH soldier went the extra mile and has now been hailed a hero in Spain. It is even ex‐ pected that he will re‐ ceive a gallantry medal.

Private Harry Dear was in Afghanistan as part of a UK taskforce.

The 22‐year‐old had been helping rescue Brits along with Afghanistan allies. The Brit soldier was helping rescue them from Kabul after the Tal‐ iban took over.

Dear came across members of Spain’s elite GEO unit. They had come across problems at the final checkpoint in Kabul. Harry belongs to the 16 Air Assault Brigade.

Harry was fortunate and grew up in Spain’s Murcia. He spoke to the unit members in Span‐ ish, to find out what the problem was. They were barred from entering one area controlled by US and British forces.

This meant that they could not reach the peo‐ ple that they needed to.

Dear contacted his boss and asked if he could help out. He spent several nights seeking out people who should be heading for Spain. He then ensured that they made it through to their flights. Dear comment‐ ed: “It was probably 150 to 200 people overall.”

Officials in Spain have said that they hope to award Dear with the Cruzo Merito Militar Ro‐ jo. This is the third‐high‐ est gallantry medal awarded by the country.

Soldiers from the GEO were awarded this medal when they re‐ turned from Kabul. A sol‐ dier from the Geo stat‐ ed: “Harry was a real star.”

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Prince Andrew labelled family threat P R I N C E W I L L I A M has reportedly la‐ belled Prince Andrew as a “threat to the royal family.” It is not expected that Prince Andrew will be able to return to public duties. Charles, Edward and Anne allegedly ruled out Andrew’s return to duty earlier this year.

Scotland Yard has spoken to Virginia Giuffre regarding the claims that she has made regarding the Duke of York. She re‐ ported that she was raped and sexually assaulted when she was only 17 years old.

The Duke of York has faced much contro‐

PRINCE WILLIAM: Will not allow it to happen.

versy over his links to paedophile financier Jeffery Epstein.

Andrew is thought to want to return to life as a working royal. He has denied all of Ms Giuffre’s allegations. And is not facing any criminal charges.

Sources close to Prince William say that he will not allow his uncle to return to public life. Insiders claim that William sees his uncle as a threat to the firm. One royal source said: “There is no way in the world he’s ever coming back, the family will nev‐ er let it happen.”

Boris Johnson flies to the resort of Marbella for a holiday BORIS JOHNSON is enjoying a break in the world‐famous re‐ sort of Marbella on the Costa del Sol. His wife Carrie, preg‐ nant with their second child, and their 17‐month‐old son Wilf are with him.

It is not known where they are staying exactly, but it is un‐ derstood that they are spend‐ ing a week in a private villa.

With temperatures on October 9 around a comfortable 24ºC (75ºF), the Prime Minister was hoping to enjoy his first undis‐

BORIS: Staying in a private villa.

turbed holiday since the start of the pandemic.

With the House of Commons

currently in recess for another week following the Conserva‐ tive Party Conference, Boris and his family should have time to relax and enjoy the beauty of their Spanish sur‐ roundings.

A report from his office claimed the PM was totally ex‐ hausted after all the events in recent months. But it is expect‐ ed that his critics will still round on him for exiting the country while there is the fuel crisis, a shortage of food sup‐

plies in supermarkets, increas‐ ing coronavirus numbers, and skyrocketing energy prices.

His supporters will argue that in fairness to Mr Johnson, his last proper break was when he went to the Caribbean is‐ land of Mustique in January 2020. Since that trip, he has contracted coronavirus, got di‐ vorced, remarried, had a baby, lost his mother, and had to handle the worst crisis to hit Britain since the Second World War.

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Building-sized lava rocks O N October 9, a new river of lava was released from the volcano on La Palma. The northern side of the cone of the Cumbre Vieja volcano col‐ lapsed. According to experts at the Spanish Geological and Mining Institute (IGME) the la‐ va flow is now carrying float‐ ing blocks of rock. The rocks are said to be the size of three‐storey buildings.

The experts published a video from La Palma showing the new lava flow. The video shows enormous blocks ‘equivalent to a three‐storey house’ floating along in the la‐ va.

The volcano’s northern side had already suffered a partial rupture. Shortly after 7pm on October 9, it collapsed accord‐ ing to information from the Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands (Involcan).

Involcan scientists had re‐ leased a video shortly before the collapse which showed the Camino de la Gata industrial estate in Los Llanos de Aridane being consumed by lava.

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Bullfighting awards approved GREEN LIGHT: Main objective is to protect and promote the cultural and social aspects of the activity.

THE Junta of Andalucia has ap‐ proved the creation and regula‐ tion of the Andalucia Bullfight‐ ing Awards. The awards intend to recognise all the different groups that contribute to the defence and promotion of the festivals. The prizes will be of an honorary nature and may be awarded to individuals or legal entities, public or private, na‐ tional or foreign, who have dis‐ tinguished themselves in the different artistic and cultural ar‐ eas of bullfighting.

Winners will be chosen by a jury made up of no less than five and no more than 15 members, who will be appointed by the Ministry of the Presidency, Pub‐ lic Administration and Interior, and competent in bullfighting matters. The representation of women and men will be re‐ spected and balanced.

At a time when there is in‐ creasing anti‐bullfighting senti‐ ment, the regional government has also given the green light to the creation of the Andalucian Network of bullfighting, whose main objective will be to protect and promote the cultural and social aspects of the activity.

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Social media refugees THE instant messaging app Telegram added a record‐breaking 70 million new users on Monday while Facebook, What‐ sApp, and Instagram went offline for sev‐ eral hours, according to the company’s CEO. In a post on October 5, Telegram Pavel Durov called the influx of new users ‘refugees from other platforms.’

“The daily growth rate of Telegram ex‐ ceeded the norm by an order of magni‐ tude. I am proud of how our team handled the unprecedented growth because Tele‐ gram continued to work flawlessly for the

vast majority of our users,” Durov wrote.

Telegram, which recently topped one billion downloads, had 500 million monthly active users this year.

Signal, which competes with both Tele‐ gram and WhatsApp, also added new users. It said yesterday in a tweet that ‘mil‐ lions of new users’ had joined the app.

This isn’t the first time Telegram and Sig‐ nal have gained at the expense of their chief rival. The two added millions of users earlier this year when WhatsApp was struggling to explain exactly what its new privacy policy entailed.

Third vaccine dose agreed SPAIN’S Ministry of Health has agreed to administer a third dose of the Covid‐19 vaccine from Pfizer or Moderna to those over 70 years of age as from October 25, provided that six months have passed since they received their last dose.

After this age group has been inoculat‐ ed they will be followed by the 65‐year‐ old group, according to reports from re‐ gional sources. In the voting, there were 12 votes in favour, five abstentions and two against (Community of Madrid and Galicia).

The vaccinations will be carried out to‐

gether with the flu vaccine, claim several autonomous communities such as An‐ dalucia and Castilla‐La Mancha. There are also internal reports that support the fact that it could be done as long as they are inoculated in different anatomical places.

“The objective is to increase the pro‐ tection of the most vulnerable people.

With the agreement adopted on Tues‐ day, October, 5, the Vaccination Strategy against Covid‐19 in Spain continues and scientific evidence has shown that age is the main risk factor,” said the Ministry of Health in a press release.

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FEATURE

Court claims Litigation in Spain

AT White Baos Abogados we have extensive experi‐ ence in court claims Litiga‐ tion in Spain. And there‐ fore, in the defence of the rights of our clients before the Spanish courts. Espe‐ cially in the civil jurisdiction, and in matters related to real estate law, contracts, banking law, insurance, etc.

Court claims against builders and developers Our firm can advise you on your disputes against de‐ velopers and builders.

We have successfully ad‐ vised numerous clients, who have had problems with their developers. Either, be‐ cause they have not deliv‐ ered the properties bought off plan.

Or, because the construc‐ tions delivered did not con‐ form to what was agreed in the contract. In matters of incorrect execution of the work, qualities of the mate‐ rials, etc.

Likewise, our lawyers have extensive experience in legal advice in matters relat‐ ed to construction defects and claims against builders.

And in relation with ser‐ vice contracts (like the con‐ struction) which are prob‐ lematic. And on many occasions, they end up in court for disputes over the value of extra works, con‐ struction defects, etc.

In case you have a legal dispute with the builder, we can help you.

Court claims related to real estate law We can also advise you in claims related to evictions, problems with tenants, etc.

Or, in the case of being sued or if you need to sue for fix‐ ing the real boundary of your property, an occupa‐ tion of your plot, etc.

Litigation in Spain related to consumer law. Banking law

We have helped dozens of clients successfully claiming against their banks. In all types of claims.

Since, claims for the sale of toxic and risky investment products, without proper advice.

Until, the cancellation of the floor expenses, multi‐ currency, etc, clauses.

Court claims against in‐ surance companies, and professional negligence Unfortunately, it is com‐ mon for insurers to try not to meet their obligations.

Thus, we help our clients to claim against them when necessary; before the courts.

For example, in the case of insurer who refuse to pay compensation for life insur‐ ance: claiming the existence of pre‐existing illness, lack of documentation, etc.

Or they refuse to cover for a damage covered in the policy.

Likewise, we advise and help both those affected and professionals, in cases of professional negligence.

Court claims Litigation in Spain service in Spain As specialist lawyers we can advise you in relation to your legal claims in Spain.

Our extensive profession‐ al experience, specialised le‐ gal training and ability to re‐ view matters from different perspectives, as well as our personal dedication and close relation with each of the court procedures in‐ volved, ensures that your court dealings will be under‐ taken in a professional, ex‐ pert, innovative and person‐ al manner.

If you need the represen‐ tation of a professional lawyer before the Spanish courts.

If you want expert legal advice on this matter, do not hesitate to contact us at www.white‐baos.com

Carlos Baos (Lawyer) - White&Baos Tel: +34 966 426 185 info@white-baos.com White & Baos 2021 - All Rights Reserved.

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Credit cut warning Long Covid battle

CHARITIES have warned that the Universal credit cut will push 22,000 children into poverty in Scotland alone.

On October 6, child poverty campaigners high‐ lighted the financial support that hard up families are still entitled to as the £20 a week cut to uni‐ versal credit comes into effect.

Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland says too many families don’t claim council tax re‐ duction or other benefits that they have a right to, including additional support for disabilities or long term illness.

With a £1,040 a year cut to their universal credit now a harsh reality they say it is vital these

families are supported to get the benefits they are still entitled to.

Commenting on the report Kirsty McKechnie, Early Warning System Project Manager at CPAG in Scotland said: “It is shameful that the Prime Minister has pressed ahead with today’s extraor‐ dinary cut to ordinary family incomes ‐ ripping over £1,000 a year from already inadequate fam‐ ily budgets.”

The new report highlights that the universal credit cut will now push an estimated 22,000 chil‐ dren into poverty in Scotland alone. It will also dramatically increase the loss in social security support available to low paid workers since 2010.

Diabetes forecast

ACCORDING to new data, nearly one in 10 people in the UK are expected to de‐ velop diabetes by 2030. In England, the majority of adults are now considered to have unhealthy weights and over a quarter of peo‐ ple in England are consid‐ ered to be officially obese.

Type 2 diabetes is far more common in people who are overweight.

Over the last 15 years, the

number of diabetes diag‐ noses has doubled. Suffer‐ ers are at risk of serious complications which include amputation and blindness.

Chris Askew, Chief Execu‐ tive of Diabetes UK, believes the UK is facing a public health emergency: “Every diagnosis of diabetes is life‐ changing, the relentlessness of the condition, and the ev‐ er‐present fear of serious and life‐altering complica‐

tions, is a lifelong reality for millions of families across the UK. “It’s a sobering thought then that if we don’t act to‐ day, hundreds of thousands more will face the life‐ changing news that they have Type 2 diabetes. We’re at the tipping point of a public health emergency and need action today to stop it in its tracks,” he added.

DATA provided by the Of‐ fice for National Statistics (ONS) has shown a growing number of people are fight‐ ing long Covid.

The ONS said: “An esti‐ mated 1.1 million people (1.7 per cent of the popula‐ tion) experienced self‐re‐ ported long Covid in the four weeks to September 5, 2021.”

For a person to be suffer‐ ing from long Covid they need to have symptoms that have lasted for more than four weeks since they were first infected with Covid. According to the ONS, over 400,000 people are thought to have been suffering for more than a year.

The ONS published their latest figures on October 7 and said: “There has been a notable increase in the number of people with self‐ reported long Covid who were first infected (or sus‐ pected they were infected) less than eight weeks previ‐

LONG COVID: A growing number of people are suffering.

ously, from 50,000 (5.2 per cent of those with self‐re‐ ported long Covid) at Au‐ gust 1 2021 to 132,000 (12.2 per cent) at Septem‐ ber 5 2021.

“These new cases of self‐ reported long Covid follow

a period of increased inci‐ dence of Covid‐19 infec‐ tions in the UK during July 2021,” they added.

The most common symp‐ toms are fatigue, shortness of breath, loss of smell and difficulty concentrating.

and finally...

IN George Washington’s days, there were no cameras.

One’s image was either sculpted or painted. Some paint‐ ings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back, while others showed both legs and both arms.

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Housing vouchers for youngsters

THE Spanish President Pe‐ dro Sánchez announced on Tuesday, October 5, that the new housing law will in‐ clude a voucher to help young people. The ‘youth housing voucher’ aims to help young people become independent and rent somewhere to live.

It is expected that the housing voucher will be worth €250 per month. It is planned to last for two years. The voucher will be aimed at young people be‐ tween 18 and 35 years of age. The voucher would on‐ ly be available to those who have an annual income of less than €23,725.

Sánchez confirmed that for the most vulnerable fam‐ ilies the housing voucher may be complemented with direct rental aid too.

Sanchez spoke in Sevilla at the first Urban Forum of Spain.

“We are going to allocate a public policy to reduce the age of emancipation, which is so unbearably high in our country, so that young peo‐ ple can access decent rental housing with the support

and help of the General State Administration,” said the Spanish President.

The new housing law will still need to go through sev‐ eral stages before being ap‐ proved.

Snow cannons for Sierra Nevada

THE Sierra Nevada in Granada, has announced that they are adding 77 of the latest‐generation snow cannons to their snowmaking system for the 2021/22 winter season.

This move sees the resort taking another step forward in the renovation and modernisation of their snowmaking equipment. Since last season the ski resort has already in‐ stalled over 200 new cannons. All are said to provide high per‐ formance, especially in marginal conditions. The new cannons are highly efficient too.

Due to the fact that they are so electrically efficient the ski resort has been able to co‐finance them via the Andalucian ERDF Operational Programme. This financing is only available for energy‐saving products. The financing comes as part of the European Union’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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New law lowers rent

THE coalition parties in government in Spain have agreed to pass a law lower‐ ing rent prices.

The PSOE and Unidas Podemos parties in Spain’s central government have agreed the new housing law, which will also limit the rent landlords with multiple homes will be able to charge.

Following the new law, landlords with more than 10 homes will have limits on the rent they can charge. The government has also said it will regulate prices to lower rents by law in busy market areas.

For small landlords, prices will be frozen and they will be encouraged to lower the rent to their ten‐ ants.

The new law will also see an increase in social hous‐ ing in Spain.

Councils across Spain have been offering rent and tax grants for residents on low incomes following a rise in prices in rent and

other bills in the country.

The government has now agreed to introduce a law lowering high rental prices

in a move to assist those on low incomes and tackle ris‐ ing rent prices in busy areas of Spain, including Madrid.

Social security rise

THE number of people in Spain affiliated with the Social Secu‐ rity in seasonally adjusted terms stood at 19,559,689 in September. The number of employed people exceeded the figure for February 2020, the month prior to the start of the Covid‐19 health crisis, when 19,479,814 people were em‐ ployed, the highest level of affiliation on record. In September, it grew by 82,184 workers compared to the previous month.

In the last five months, 540,000 workers have been added.

In average terms and without seasonal adjustment, the So‐ cial Security recorded 19,531,111 affiliates, 57,387 fewer than the average for August.

The sectors with the highest increases were Education (5.51 per cent), Administrative and Supporting Activities (1.93 per cent) and Information and Communications (1.18 per cent).

The Self‐Employed Regime saw an average of 3,319,875 af‐ filiates in September, 4,272 more than the previous month (0.13 per cent). The Sea Regime accounted for 63,778 em‐ ployed people and the Coal Regime saw an average of 1,055 affiliates.

STATS

34%

of adults still sleep with a stuffed animal, blanket, or other sentimental object.

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La Palma Toxic Air Ironman meets Forrest Gump

ACCORDING to information from the Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands (Involcan), the high emission rates of sulphur dioxide (SO²) on La Palma indicate the eruptive process is not close to

completion.

Optical sensors were used on October 7, to measure the levels. It was estimated that around 13,100 tons of SO² had been discharged into the atmosphere so far.

Several residents woke up to the smell of rotten eggs due to the aroma given off by this gas. The Steering Committee of the Volcano Risk Prevention Plan (PEVOLCA) and the Scientific Committee had already warned about the worsening weather conditions and the possible arrival of the ash cloud to other areas of the island.

The Scientific Committee pointed out that the gas cannot harm people unless they have a weak immune system. In such cases, they should not leave their homes and wear an FFP2 mask as a precaution.

The volcano’s ash cloud.

JONAS DEICHMANN resem‐ bles a German version of For‐ rest Gump, played by Tom Hanks in the 1994 Oscar‐win‐ ning film of the same name.

Even dressing similar to the character, Deichmann has made it his ambition to run, swim and cycle his way around the world.

In reality, Jonas is an incredi‐ bly tough extreme athlete, and a multiple world record holder.

He has already completed some unbelievable feats dur‐ ing his incredible career.

In his latest challenge, Jonas will cover the equivalent of 120‐Ironmans and travel roughly 40,000 kilometres from Munich and back, pass‐ ing through Spain and Portu‐ gal. “I always dreamed of cir‐ cumnavigating the world without an airplane,” said Jonas.

The adventurer will under‐ take his challenge without a support vehicle covering 50km a day. During the swimming leg, he will drag along a special‐ ly made raft, and then swim to the shoreline at night to camp.

On the bike, and while run‐

JONAS: Helping children in Africa.

ning, he will carry his own equipment and camp along the route. He explained: “Lo‐ gistics will be a major chal‐ lenge. There are currents at sea and only a small window for crossing the Himalayas and oceans. I also still need to find a

boat across the oceans as I will be hitchhiking.”

On his website, he explained his objective: “With this fundraiser, I want to provide 70 children from rural areas of Africa with a bike ‐ and a little bit of freedom.”

Scottish NHS boost THERE will be a major financial boost for the NHS in Scotland this winter with more than £300 million invested to help increase health and social care capacity.

It is expected this winter will be one of the toughest seen by both the NHS and the social care system. According to the Scottish government: “The new multiyear funding will support a range of measures to maximise capacity in our hospitals and primary care, reduce delayed discharges, improve pay for social care staff, and ensure those in the community who need support receive effective and responsive care.”

The funding will help recruit additional NHS staff along with maximising the capacity of care at home services.

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Landlords’ tax loss

LANDLORDS in Spain that rent out a large number of properties, (more than 10) will lose over half of the tax benefit they currently claim, dropping from 85 per cent down to 40 per cent.

According to government sources, this is to balance out the losses incurred due to lower taxable incomes from smaller landlords as rents were lowered during the cri‐ sis.

At present, companies ded‐ icated to renting homes enjoy a special regime when it comes to paying corporation tax, which is levied on profits.

As long as they are legal com‐ panies and have eight or more rental homes regis‐ tered, they can benefit from a bonus that amounts to 85 per cent of what they would have received for the rent obtained from those leases. The ex‐ emption amounts to 90 per cent if the tenant is disabled and adaptation works and in‐ stallations have been carried out in the house.

PSOE and Unidos Podemos reached an agreement on Oc‐ tober 5 for the coalition gov‐ ernment to carry out the Housing Law. This includes specific aspects, such as new regulations for large property owners.

The law will regulate prices to lower rents based on the reference index for all con‐ tracts in ‘stressed’ market ar‐ eas. In addition, tax privileges will be withdrawn.

Rents were lowered during the crisis.

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Boeing Brexit deal

AVIATION giants Boeing have struck a ‘significant’ deal with Brexit Britain with the opening of a new £12 million site in Scotland.

The opening of the new re‐ search and development facil‐ ity was announced by Boeing along with National Manufac‐ turing Institute Scotland (NMIS). The facility is located in Renfrew’s Westway Park.

Boeing aims to double their supply chain with the new fa‐ cility which will also explore new technologies. The facility is based within the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland.

It is hoped around 200 new

jobs will be created during the next five years. The an‐ nouncement comes as part of an agreement between Scot‐ tish Enterprise and Boeing.

Scottish Enterprise will be supporting the project with an investment of £3.5 million.

The Scottish Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise, Ivan McKee, ex‐ plained: “As we recover from the coronavirus pandemic it is vital government and industry innovate together to build a stronger, fairer and more sus‐ tainable economy. This pro‐ ject shows our £75 million in‐ vestment in NMIS is already delivering on that ambition.”

Alzheimer’s herb benefits

ACCORDING to Alzheimer’s UK over 42,000 people under the age of 65 are affected by Alzheimer’s which affects not only the patient but also their loved ones too.

People suffering from Alzheimer’s are lacking in key chemicals which help transmit mes‐ sages.

Due to the lack of these chemicals, the brain can no longer process messages the way it would have before.

Currently, there is no cure, but some treat‐ ments can help fight off the symptoms by boosting chemical messages. One study in the United States found that fenchol can protect people from Alzheimer’s.

Fenchol is a naturally occurring compound that can be found in basil. The herb can be used in many dishes, so it is easy to increase the amount consumed. The compound has al‐ so been discovered in nutmeg, lime and fennel.

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Chris Packham car attack

BBC’s Springwatch presen‐ ter Chris Packham has al‐ leged a Land Rover was blown up by thugs outside his home on Friday night.

The car exploded outside the front gate of his home.

The attackers then fled in an‐ other vehicle. The Land Rover is said to have become an inferno before the explo‐ sion occurred. Chris took to Twitter and said: “Harass‐ ment, relentless abuse, in‐ timidation and now arson.

CHRIS PACKHAM: Has previously been targeted.

And what next? I will not be cowed, I will not buckle.”

The alleged attack oc‐ curred at the star’s home in the New Forest in Hamp‐ shire. The explosion de‐

stroyed wooden gates out‐ side his house. Speaking of the shocking explosion Chris said: “So on Thursday night/Friday morning, 12.30am, two hooded and

masked men drove a vehicle right up to my gate and set it on fire. They took great pains to hide themselves. The car exploded and was rapidly and efficiently dealt with by Hampshire Fire & Rescue and the police were in atten‐ dance.”

The presenter has previ‐ ously been targeted for cam‐ paigning against fox hunting, unsustainable and illegal shooting, and other conser‐ vation issues.

Canary Islands airline incentive

AIRLINES are to be given financial incentives in a bid to help Canary Islands tourism rebound from the Covid‐19 pandemic.

Subsidies to the value of €5 million are being made available to recover air connectivity to the archipelago to help attract more visitors back. This is separate to the €203mil‐ lion aid package on offer

by the Spanish govern‐ ment for the recovery of La Palma due to the ongoing volcanic eruption.

The aid is being offered to any airline that operates commercial air transport from any part of the Span‐ ish territory, the EU, or third state to any of the is‐ land’s airports. The grant is available for flights sched‐ uled to arrive by the end of

the year. Applications are to be made to the Canary Islands government web‐ site within 15 business days from the announce‐ ment on October 6.

The total subsidy grant‐ ed to airlines will be calcu‐ lated on a per passenger seat basis, with up to €6

available in the case of in‐ ternational flights and up to €3 for Spanish domestic flights. The maximum threshold that each com‐ pany can claim from the government within the framework of the subsidy amounts to a total of €600,000.

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IN the late 1700s, many houses consisted of a large room with only one chair. Commonly, a long wide board folded down from the wall, and was used for dining. The ‘head of the household’ always sat in the chair while everyone else ate sitting on the floor. Occasionally a guest, who was usually a man, would be invited to sit in this chair during a meal. To sit in the chair meant you were important and in charge.

They called the one sitting in the chair the ‘chair man.’ Today in business, we use the expression or title ‘Chairman’ or ‘Chairman of the Board.’

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Covid passes planned for Wales

WELSH First Minister Mark Drakeford’s plan to make Covid passes mandatory for night‐ clubs and mass events in Wales has been ap‐ proved by the Senedd (Welsh Parliament).

Labour’s Covid passes plan passed by 28 votes to 27.

Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth has said ear‐ lier that the regulations proposed by the Welsh government “today raise more questions than they provide answers.”

“There is insufficient evidence and little detail on how it will work in practice. In particular, the rapid test loophole, which represents a fudge on the part of the government, makes the sys‐

tem open to exploitation.”

He added: “We’ve asked many questions and haven’t been given the assurances we’ve sought. And it’s for that reason that we feel un‐ able to support these regulations today.”

Plaid had called for ministers to withdraw the motion, saying it would “contribute to dis‐ cussions on how something more robust could be brought forward, better evidenced, and with clarity on implication.”

Nightclub industry representatives were also opposed to the measures, while a few hundred protesters gathered on the steps of the Senedd on Tuesday, October 5.

Preparing for COP26 summit WITH one month before the start of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, the Vice‐President and Minis‐ ter of Ecological Transition and Demographic Chal‐ lenge, Teresa Ribera, and the Director of the Spanish Climate Change Office, Val‐ vanera Ulargui, have taken part in the preparatory summit.

Teresa Ribera, acted as

co‐facilitator of the discus‐ sions on the Loss and Dam‐ age Mechanism and adap‐ tation. She called on the COP26 to give a political re‐ sponse to both mitigation and adaptation objectives and to promote financing for adaptation.

“It is essential to increase funding for adaptation needs and match it with funding for mitigation,” Ribera said.

“To respond to the ir‐ reparable losses from the climate impacts we are al‐ ready suffering, we need a rapid post‐disaster re‐ sponse that we are not able to provide now, and we need a mechanism to connect other areas of ex‐ pertise outside the Paris Accord related to disaster risk management and the capacity to generate rapid response,” she added.

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Vaccine founders’ fortune

MUSEUM: Bones were found in a drawer.

UK dinosaur identified SCIENTISTS identified the oldest‐known meat‐eating di‐ nosaur from the UK after bones were rediscovered at London’s Natural History Mu‐ seum.

The fossil fragments that belong to the dinosaur were originally discovered in Wales.

Scientists have now been able to determine they belong to a new species of dinosaur. The bones were found in a drawer at the Natural History Muse‐ um mixed in with crocodile materials.

Dr Angela Milner, who found the bones, died earli‐ er this year. Senior re‐ searcher in paleobiology at the museum, Dr Susannah Maidment admitted: “This paper would not have been

possible without her.”

Scientists have named the chicken‐size animal, Pendraig Milnerae. It would have been around one‐metre‐long in‐ cluding its tail. It has been identified as being the oldest known meat‐eating dinosaur in the UK. Dr Stephan Spiekman, a re‐ search fellow at the museum commented: “Pendraig mil‐ nerae lived near the begin‐ ning of the evolution of the meat‐eating dinosaurs. It’s clear from the bones we have that it was a meat‐eater, but early in the evolution of this group, these animals were quite small, in contrast to the very famous meat‐eating di‐ nosaurs like T. rex which evolved much later.”

MODERNA co‐founders Noubar Afeyan and Robert Langer, and investor Timothy Springe have made it onto the Forbes rich list. The three billionaires made it into the top 400 richest Americans for the year.

Their fortunes have grown significantly due to sales of the Moderna vaccine during the ongoing Coron‐ avirus pandemic.

The three are said to be worth over $3.5 billion each. They were added to the list based on Septem‐ ber stock prices, financial records and SEC docu‐ ments.

Moderna was the first coronavirus vaccine compa‐ ny to make it to human testing. This saw the stock value climb. More than 150 million doses have been administered since the vaccine was first approved by

the US Food and Drug Administration.

Across the world, many people have seen their jobs disappear and their businesses devastated due to the pandemic. However, according to Forbes, the 400 richest people in America have seen their fortunes grow dramatically.

This year many new names are featured on the list.

Most of these people come from tech, finance and healthcare industries.

Massachusetts‐based Moderna has been criticised for the profits the investors have made. CEO, Stephane Bancel, believes next year vaccines will be accessible to ‘everyone on Earth’. AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson have stated that they do not ex‐ pect to profit from their coronavirus jabs.

EU citizens’ benefits warning CHARITY workers have warned EU citizens face losing benefits in a few weeks’ time if they fail to update their DWP profile.

The Department for Work and Pen‐ sions (DWP) has reportedly informed the Work Rights Centre (WRC) that all EU and European Economic Area na‐ tionals need to prove their right to re‐ side in the UK. They will be able to do this by uploading a code provided by the Home Office. This needs to be

done before the end of the month.

The charity has warned that if on‐ line DWP profiles are not updated correctly, people could disappear from the system. Other charities have warned of the same issue.

WRC believe that many people could see their benefits disappear.

They have warned that not everyone knows they need to update their pro‐ file. Olivia Vicol, director for the chari‐ ty said: “Frankly, this is mass disenti‐

tlement waiting to happen. Many charities, including ours, warned that a digital‐only immigration status wouldn’t remove the pressure of hav‐ ing to prove your rights.”

There are around 450,000 appli‐ cants still waiting to be processed through the settlement scheme. The demand from the DWP could cause these people anxiety as the govern‐ ment sits on a backlog of applica‐ tions.

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Royal dead fly test ANYONE wanting to work for the Queen or in any of the royal residences needs to be top‐notch at their job.

Even those who do not re‐ port directly to a member of the Royal family have to go through demanding inter‐ views.

One of the more bizarre tests that potential candi‐ dates for cleaning positions have to pass is the dead fly test.

Tracey Waterman is head of recruitment and revealed exactly how she chooses the perfect housekeeping candi‐ date: “One of the tests I like to do, to see if a candidate has a potential eye for detail, is to place a dead fly, either in the fireplace or on the carpet.

Once the dead fly is placed, I then bring the candidate into the room.”

Tracey allows the candidate to look around the room then ensures they have a chance to admire the fireplace. This is where the test starts: “At this point I’d expect them to see

CLEANERS: Have to pass a special test.

the dead fly, and hopefully pick it up. It’s a great test, maybe out of 10 people half the candidates will notice the fly and one out of 10 will actu‐ ally bend down and pick it up, that’s the special housekeep‐ er.”

Being a royal housekeeper comes with perks. The suc‐ cessful candidate from last year’s search for a house‐ keeping apprentice got to live at the Palace. They also had all their travel expenses and food paid for.

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WINNIE THE POOH’S Poohsticks Bridge has been auc‐ tioned off with bids from across the globe. Made famous

by Milne’s Winnie the Pooh, it was only expected to fetch between £40,000 and £60,000 at auction. Bidders joined in from all over the world, but a British nobleman made the winning bid. The bridge sold for a staggering £131,625 (in‐ cluding buyer’s premium and VAT).

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Brits face big squeeze

AS the coronavirus pan‐ demic decreases, Brits are being hit with new issues this winter. Speaking at the Conservative party confer‐ ence, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dismissed worries over the increasing cost of living. He believes these issues will be tempo‐ rary.

According to research, a typical household with four people in it could see its costs rise by £1,800 by the end of the year due to inflation. Retired people will also be hit hard. Ac‐ cording to the paper, they can expect their expenses to rise by over £1,100.

Couples on low incomes could also be hit with their cost of living growing by around £900.

Many families were hit hard during the coronavirus pandemic causing uncer‐ tainty in many areas. Brits are now set to face increas‐ ing energy bills, tax increas‐ es and increased food bills too.

Boris Johnson believes that rising prices will only be temporary. He has said that it is not down to him to fix all the supply chain issues.

When quizzed on the

shortage of HGV drivers Johnson said: “it’s not the job of government to come in and try and fix every problem in business and in‐ dustry.”

Basque fines refunded BASQUE COUNTRY Vice‐President and Security Council‐ lor, Josu Erkorekaand, has announced the regional govern‐ ment will return all fines paid in the first State of Alarm. The fines were for failure to comply with the measures estab‐ lished to stop the coronavirus pandemic. Those measures were later annulled by the constitutional court. In total, he estimates about €1.6 million will be refunded.

The councillor acknowledged the constitutional resolu‐ tion, which annulled some of the measures of the State of Alarm “has a demotivating effect for those managing the responsibility of public health.”

Throughout the first State of Alarm, 22,900 complaints were filed that required much processing effort. Erko‐ rekaand insisted they were not “a whim, because the health and lives of many people depended on compli‐ ance with the regulations. But the work had been done for nothing.”

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of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.

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Child poverty plan THE Spanish government has announced a €527 million plan to totally eradicate child poverty. The acceptance of the European Children’s Guar‐ antee will mean that Spain has to dedicate at least that amount of money from the European Social Fund Plus. It has until 2027 to use the pack‐ age. The Spanish Executive has until March to present its national action plan to Brus‐ sels.

According to a recent survey carried out by Spanish child care agencies, at least one in three minors in Spain lives at risk of poverty with many living or squatting in homes that can‐ not even replace the glass in the windows for when they get cold in the winter.

Brussels has launched an un‐ precedented measure, the Eu‐ ropean Child Guarantee, which means Spain must invest at least €527 million according to a report from the Ministry of Social Rights.

The government now faces the challenge of designing a

CHILD POVERTY: Spain has a national action plan.

National Action Plan on the matter, for which it said it will work closely with regional ad‐ ministrations.

The European Child Guaran‐ tee has been in the making for many years. But is now to be rolled out and put into practice.

Brussels has raised this issue of the importance of fighting against poverty in the EU coun‐ tries. The measure obliges the Member States with poverty rates higher than the European average to dedicate at least 5 per cent of what they receive from the European Social Fund Plus to combat this problem.

This minimum amount can be increased, both from the European Social Fund Plus itself and also if Spain wanted to allo‐ cate more money to combat this problem from other funds and budgetary items.

The launch of the European Children’s Guarantee could not be timelier, after the crisis un‐ leashed by the pandemic. Al‐ though there is still no official data that accurately shows the impact the coronavirus pan‐ demic has had on poverty, there are already some figures from charities that show it has increased.

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Hospital sexuality report shock A HOSPITAL in Murcia has come under fire from the LGTBI association Galactyco in Cartagena, after a 19year-old girl received a gynaecological report stating her homosexuality was a current disease.

The young girl, from the Murcia town of Llano de Brujas, noticed the comment when she received her report on October 4 from the Reina Sofia hospital. Galactyco pointed out that the World Health Organisation (WHO) had removed homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses back in 1990.

A spokesperson commented: “Some 31 years later, some professionals in the Murcian health system continue to assume sexual orientation as a disease.”

They added that homosexuality had for centuries been a reason for “stigma-

REPORT: Homosexuality was removed back in 1990.

tising, discriminatory, violent, and degrading behaviour towards all people whose sexual orientation was different from heterosexuality.”

They publicly denounced the hospital and its staff for “manifest ignorance with LGTBI-phobic overtones, which involves relating sexual orientation with disease.”

In addition, they denounced the regional Ministry of Health for institutional neglect. They claim

that the entity did not apply the social equality Law 8/2016 of May 27 against discrimination, based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the Community.

Two letters have been sent to the Ministry and the Murcian Health Service by Galactyco demanding immediate rectification and apologies to the patient.

The letter reportedly includes a demand that the aforementioned Law be applied.

Kidnappers arrested in Catalonia AN organised kidnapping gang has been broken up by officers from the National Police and the Mossos d’Esquadra. In total they arrested six people, four in Barcelona, and two in Torremolinos. The gang had kidnapped a

businessman in the Barcelona province of Terrassa, and demanded a ransom of €20,000.

As reported by both forces on October 7, of the six detained, the four from Catalonia have been sent to prison. The other two,

Eurovision host city announced TURIN has been announced as the host city for the 2022 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest to be held on May 14. The city was selected from a shortlist of five Italian cities vying to stage the annual competition. It will be Italy’s first Eurovision in 30 years.

The city, of just under 850,000 people, is located in the extreme northwest of Italy close to the neighbouring countries of France and Switzerland. The Pala Alpitour is an indoor arena with an end-stage concert capacity for over 13,000 fans, making it one of Italy’s most-booked venues for largescale concerts. In order to be selected as the host city, strict criteria were set including proximity to an airport, number of hotel rooms nearby, audience capacity, and broadcast, press and hospitality facilities.

Italy earned the right to host the Eurovision Song Contest after rock group Måneskin won the 2021 competition in Rotterdam with their song ‘Zitti e Buoni’. Last-minute public votes handed them victory.

from the Malaga municipality of Torremolinos, have been released on charges. There were five males and one female detainee, aged between 22 and 42. Charges include belonging to a criminal organisation, robbery with violence, kidnapping and assault.

It is alleged they approached their victim at his home on April 5, and threatened him with a gun. After breaking into his home in search of valuables and money, they took him by force in a vehicle. He was detained in a house in Barcelona and a ransom request was made.

The ransom was paid, but more money was demanded and the man managed to make contact with the Mossos d’Esquadra. The gang was then traced through a vehicle used in the crime.

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THE number of overqualified workers in Spain has increased, with 37 per cent of university graduates holding a job less skilled than the training they received.

According to figures from Eurostat 2020, Spain is the EU country with the most overqualified workers in low skill jobs. Across

Overqualified workers

Europe, only 23.5 per cent of graduates are in low skilled jobs, compared to the 37 per cent in Spain.

Marti Parellada, the general coordinator of the report, said: “The supply of high-skilled jobs is low in

Spain. This may come from a greater supply of lowerskilled jobs and because there is a relatively high demand for labour in relation to supply.”

In the EU, the percentage of people with a higher

degree is 34 per cent, slightly lower than in Spain, where it is at 40 per cent.

However, Spain has the fourth lowest percentage of highly qualified jobs in Europe with experts saying

that this is down to the country’s tourism economy.

Mr Parellada said: “If you have an economy like the Spanish one, where activities such as tourism that do not require high-skilled jobs are represented, this means that there is less demand from high-skilled employment companies.”

Britain’s richest divorcee A FORMER Miss UK winner is now Britain’s richest divorcee. Her fortune even rivals that of the Queen.

After splitting with her billionaire SETTLEMENT: Reportedly of £350 million. husband, Kirsty Bertarelli, 50, made legal history and became the richest Britishborn divorcee. During her marriage to pharmaceutical chief Ernesto, she was the richest woman in the UK. The pair made it to number 14 on the 2021 Sunday Times Rich List. Their fortune came in at a staggering £9.2 billion. The couple divorced in secret early this year after 21 years. They have three children together.

It was reported that Kirsty walked away with a £350 million divorce settlement. She also kept the pair’s Lake Geneva house in Switzerland.

A friend commented on the settlement: “The settlement was more generous than it had to be. They didn’t want a long, drawnout court case in Switzerland and he wanted to recognise the length of their marriage.”

In 2018 Kirsty spoke of her wonderful life: “I feel terribly fortunate to have such a wonderful husband and fabulous lifestyle. But I’ve always appreciated everything in life. The important thing is always to stay grounded, to keep your feet firmly on the floor.”

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Empty flats clampdown OW N E R S of multi‐ ple empty flats in Valencia could face hefty fines after the local government passed a new de‐ cree which aims to bring 15,000 to 20,000 empty homes onto the rental market.

The Department of Housing’s new law will increase the number of properties available for rent.

The decree also hopes to pop the price bubble on rental properties.

Reports suggest penalties for large holders of empty homes could reach €950,000. They con‐ sider ‘large holders’ to be people who have more than 10 homes that are not used.

The fine would come in the form of rent or a monthly payment equivalent to that paid for rent‐ ed public housing with the same num‐ ber of square metres.

The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.

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Second refugee evacuation SPAIN has begun another operation in Afghanistan to evacuate around 200 people away from the Tal‐ iban claimed country.

The Minister of Defence, Margarita Robles, has ref‐

erenced this and previous Spanish refugee rescue missions in recent days, confirming the original government intention of “leaving no one behind.”

The previous mission,

which finished on August 27, brought around 2,000 refugees into Spain. The people to be collected on these new flights are Span‐ ish army collaborators and their families, who have

been working on opera‐ tions since 2002. These op‐ erations will span several days and are concentrated around Herat and Badghis provinces.

The first mission utilised three A400 aircraft in 17 rotations from Kabul air‐ port, taking people to mili‐ tary installations in Dubai as a stopover. These in‐ cluded 1,600 direct con‐ nections to the Spanish military and 400 relation‐ ships to wider UN, NATO, and EU programmes. They were received at a tempo‐ rary reception centre lo‐ cated at Torrejon air base.

The Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Albares, trav‐ elled to Pakistan and Qatar in September to try and ensure safe passage for future refugees through these territories.

The Spanish government has been in regular contact with the collaborators who are still stuck in the besieged country. They have enquired about the situation, where they are and what they think would be the best course of ac‐ tion to remove them safe‐ ly. These recent operations have no more information given about them, as to protect the security of ev‐ eryone involved, and to not compromise the cur‐ rent action in the Afghan country.

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Migratory birds celebrated ON October 9, World Migratory Bird Day was celebrated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Sustainable Development, together with companies and local organisations.

This year’s official motto was: Sing, fly and rise like birds! The aim in 2021 was to focus on the phenomena of bird song and flight. This was achieved by inviting people to use their own voices and creativity to express their ap‐ preciation for birds and nature. It is an effective way to connect those who seek to protect birds and their habi‐ tat.

Migratory birds are great global ambassadors of na‐ ture, who not only connect different places on the planet, but also reconnect humans with nature, by listening to their songs and observing their flight wherever they are.

This might be from urban parks to forests and mountains, or while passing through wetlands and coastal areas.

As in previous editions, the Ministry celebrated this event with activities aimed at recognising the extraordi‐ nary role of migratory birds for the functioning of ecosys‐ tems and sustainable life on earth. These roles include seed dispersal, pollination, pest control, and many other things.

The Ministry also wants to encourage learning about natural cycles, thanks to the seasonal movements of mi‐ gratory birds. In the same way, it becomes an opportuni‐ ty to promote ornithological tourism, research, and envi‐ ronmental education. Plus, of course, to observe birds in their natural habitat, both in the countryside and in the cities.

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FROM next year, the EU will ban a food additive commonly used as a colourant in products such as chewing gum, pas‐ tries, food supplements, soups and broths.

Member States, including Spain, have approved the Euro‐ pean Commission’s proposal to ban the use of Titanium Diox‐ ide (E171) from 2022.

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Best restaurants

Treasure trove

AFTER a hiatus due to the pandemic, the 2021 World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards have been announced and the top two restaurants in the world are both situated in Copenhagen. Number One for the fifth time was Noma whilst in second place came Geranium.

MORE than 600, mainly silver, coins dating back about 1,000 years were found in a field near the small Zealand town of Ruds Vedby by two men using metal detectors.

Hailed as a major find, the horde consisted of coins from Denmark, England and Germany.

THE NETHERLANDS The pill

Match fixing

A NUMBER of women’s organisations went to court to argue that the contraceptive pill should be included in Holland’s basic health package again. The court ruled against them saying that although women over 21 have to pay for the pill, this is not discriminatory.

FOLLOWING a detailed media report by NOS which included convincing evidence, the Dutch football association KNVB has called for police to investigate allegations of match fixing in the youth league as it is claimed that betting syndicates are earning thousands of euros.

BELGIUM Malaria vaccine

River revealed

AFTER three decades of testing, Belgian pharmaceutical company GSK has had the world’s first effective malaria vaccine Mosquirix recommended by the World Health Organisation as being effective for use on children after successful trials in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi.

Malaria killed 260,000 children in 2019.

UNLIKE most European capitals, Brussels appeared not to have a central river, but in fact it did until the River Zenne was first sealed off in 1867 in order to prevent epidemics and flooding. Now, it has been decided by the authorities to slowly open the river up to view.

GERMANY War crimes

Cry wolf

AFTER the disappearance and capture of a 96-year-old woman accused of war crimes, it has now been revealed that a further 17 individuals are being investigated and a centenarian who was a guard at Sachsenhausen camp is about to stand trial in a Neuruppin court.

THE reintroduction of wolves into the wilds of Germany has been relatively successful, but has not found favour with some sections of the public as so far this year some 11 bodies of these animals which have been killed illegally have been discovered.

FRANCE Surprise protest

Under wraps

AROUND 30 Extinction Rebellion climate activists worked together to ensure that one of their group was able to make her way onto the catwalk at Louis Vuitton's Paris Fashion Week show on Tuesday October 5 carrying a banner condemning the effect of excessive consumption on the environment.

AN art installation conceived by now deceased artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude in 1961, finally came to fruition at the end of September when the Arc de Triomphe was wrapped in 25,000 square metres of fabric for 17 days at a cost of €14 million.

NORWAY Munch’s secret

Viking ships

HIDDEN beneath the painting of the Madonna

by Edward Munch at the National Museum in Oslo was a pencil sketch which showed how the artist tried different poses before finding the best position. All of this was revealed after researchers exposed the painting to infrared examination.

THERE has been an outcry over the decision to close the popular Norwegian Viking Ships Museum and leave the contents ‘under wraps’ until a new Museum of the Viking Age is opened in 2025 on its existing site. Ironically although closed, the museum will still receive Government funding.

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Malaga welcomes unique ship

LE JACQUES CARTIER: Has two large windows that allow passengers to see the sea.

A U N I Q U E cruise ship, ‘Le Jacques Cartier,’ docked in the port of Malaga for the first time on October 6. The vessel is unique in that it has two windows below the waterline that allow pas‐ sengers to see and hear the bottom of the sea.

Le Jacques Cartier docked at pier two at 7am, arriving from Gibraltar, before continu‐ ing its journey to Palma de Mallorca.

This stopover in Malaga is

part of a seven‐day cruise that started on October 2 in Lisbon and will end this Saturday in Barcelona.

Part of the Ponant Cruise company fleet, Le Jacques Cartier is the sixth in a series of expedi‐ tion cruise ships. This vis‐ it makes it the third time a cruise ship from Ponant Cruise has stopped in the Costa del Sol port.

Owned by the con‐ struction company Vard, the hull of this ship was manufactured in the Tul‐

cea shipyard in Romania, then completed in Nor‐ way. Ponant Cruises took delivery in July 2020. The hull of the 131‐metre‐ long ship has a special design, allowing it to sail in any waters of the world.

It features a 40‐capaci‐ ty Blue Eye room with two large windows that allow passengers to see the bottom of the sea and listen to the sounds of the deep sea through a special speaker system.

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Ed Sheeran nominated ED SHEERAN and C Tangana lead the nominations for the LOS40 Music Awards to be held in Palma de Mallorca.

The LOS40 Music Awards 2021 nominees’ dinner was hosted in Ibiza on October 5.

Artists from across the music industry gathered. The nominated artists were announced

by Tony Aguilar, Cristina Regatero and Karin Herrero.

The countdown has now begun to the eagerly awaited gala. The event will be supported by the Government of the Balearic Islands (GOIB) and the Balearic Islands Tourism Strategy Agency (AETIB).

This year’s LOS40 Music Awards will take place at the Palma Velodrome on November 12. National and international artists are expected to attend and names will be confirmed soon. According to LOS40 the event is “the biggest music party in the Spanish music industry.”

The 2021 international category is being led by Ed Sheeran with four nomina-

tions to his name. He is closely followed by Olivia Rodrigo and The Kid Laroi who both have three nominations.

C Tangana is leading in the

national category with four nominations. Ana Mena and Pablo Alborán are not far behind with three nominations each.

Google password warning GOOGLE has alerted users that billions of passwords for on‐ line accounts have leaked to the web. However, there is a free handy tool (extension) that allows users of its Chrome web browser to quickly check if their online credentials are compromised.

The tool is called Password Checkup (released in 2019) and is a free add‐on for the Chrome browser. It works by scanning known databases of usernames and passwords that have been stolen from websites by hackers and made available online.

Password Checkup encourages you to change your user‐ names and passwords if they’ve been leaked by hackers and is worth running even if your account has not been hacked.

“Since launch, our early experiment has involved over 650,000 people. In the first month alone, we scanned 21 million usernames and passwords and flagged over 316,000 as insecure ‐ 1.5 per cent of logins verified by the extension,” explained Google’s Jennifer Pullman.

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There are 2,500,000 rivets in the Eiffel Tower.

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Student loans

Frozen snow

IN an effort to increase the number of specialists in rural parts of the country, the Finnish Government is proposing to cancel the need to repay student loans for certain professionals such as physicians and teachers who agree to move to sparsely populated areas of the country.

DESPITE the fact that no snow has fallen recently, a ski resort in Ruka plans to open three downhill slopes in time to catch the school holidays. The reason they can do that is last winter, by planning ahead, they collected and froze fresh snow.

IRELAND No food

HGV drivers

THE University College Cork's Students' Union opened a special food bank for students who were facing financial problems and couldn’t afford even basics, but after just 50 minutes and 100 students, they ran out of food although former students and local companies are now assisting.

IT’S not just Britain which is suffering from a shortage of HGV drivers as Ireland estimates that it is short of between 3,000 and 4,000, so is looking outside of the European Union to try to attract drivers from such diverse countries as Argentina, Canada and Moldova.

ITALY Goodbye Alitalia

Another Mussolini

AFTER suffering a series of financial difficulties, the Italian flag carrier Alitalia is finally closing down, but the Italian Government is replacing it with a new airline Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) which will take over its 52 aircraft and will obtain more from Airbus.

AFTER the granddaughter of Il Duce, Rachele Mussolini, topped the polls in Rome’s recent council elections, there was a surprise for pedestrians on Via Assisi, as a large number of ballot boxes containing information about the election and candidates appeared on the streets awaiting dust carts.

PORTUGAL Parcel backlog

Pet protection

A REPORT by weekly newspaper Expresso suggests that due to the pandemic which led to increased ordering online and new VAT rules concerning importation of goods from outside the EU, there is a backlog of almost 500,000 parcels in store with the Portuguese Post Office

THE PAN party in the Portuguese Parliament is proposing that a new law be introduced to give protection of horses and donkeys who are not included in current legislation and compares this situation with Spain where they are already protected by law.

RUSSIA Honour Guard

More gas

THE Russian Minister of Defence has instituted disciplinary action against those who allowed for an honour guard of soldiers bearing swords to take part in the first royal wedding in Russia since the overthrow and execution of the Tsar as Duke George Romanov married in St Petersburg.

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has in the past received plenty of criticism from the West, but his announcement that he plans to ensure that more gas is made available though international pipelines has been well received as the future price of natural gas drops.

SWEDEN Cartoonist dead

On track

THE Swedish artist Lars Vilks aged 75 who stirred worldwide controversy in 2007 with drawings depicting the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog, has been killed in a car crash alongside two bodyguards, but police have ruled out foul play.

SWEDISH national train operator SJ will resume cross-border operation between Stockholm and Oslo on December 12 with services operating twice daily, after the Norwegian government removed restrictions on travel across the borders which were imposed at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Nuclear power THE Spanish Government has made it clear to energy companies Iberdrola and Endesa that they are obliged to maintain and keep running, the Ascó nuclear power station in Tarragona, which went into service in 1984, for at least another 10 years.

Quality Street MANY families, following a Christmas dinner of turkey and all the trimmings plus mince pies or Christmas pudding enjoy spending the evening digging into their chocolates. Nestlé have told the BBC that they are doing all they can to ensure that there is no shortage of Quality Street.

Avatel expansion HAVING moved headquarters from Marbella to Madrid, Avatel Telecom which specialises in supplying telecommunication services to rural areas in Spain has announced that whilst continuing with that arm of its business, it intends to expand into sales of electricity and also home alarms.

Morrisons sale THE on/off sale of Morrisons supermarket chain has been settled by an auction whereby original bidders the US private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has offered to pay £7.1 billion for shares plus take on a debt of £2.87 billion subject to shareholder approval.

Canine therapy DURING the lockdown British families purchased more than three million dogs and puppies but now with the return to work, many of these animals have become distressed as the person that they spent more than a year with is suddenly disappearing every day.

Now to try to combat this problem, some 44 per cent of new dog insurance policies include full cover to help with behavioural therapy if recommended by a vet according to research by Market analysts Defaqto.

There is also a growth in owners trying to pass their dogs to animal charities.

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is the latest turnover figure of the three stores in Spain owned by American wholesale giant Costco which plans to expand.

Amazon 4-star opens in the UK AN Amazon 4‐star has opened in the UK, marking its first expansion outside of the USA following its launch of a physical supermarket in March of this year.

Based at the Bluewater Shop‐ ping Centre in Kent, it opened its doors on October 6 offering a huge range of different products popu‐ lar with online customers and in receipt of a minimum of four stars.

It carries products from the top categories across Amazon.co.uk including consumer electronics, toys, games, books, kitchen, home, and more. Customers will also find the full range of Amazon

devices in the store, including Kin‐ dle e‐Readers, Fire Tablets, and Echo Dots.

Digital price tags are located alongside each product with the item price, average star rating, and the number of customer reviews, enabling customers to make more informed purchases. Amazon ac‐ count holders will pay the same low price as they would on Ama‐ zon.co.uk and Prime members will receive exclusive perks and deals throughout the store.

Products will change on a regu‐ lar basis depending upon trends both in store and online and cus‐

LEGALLY SPEAKING How to calculate tax?

As a non‐resident owner of property in Spain, I complete the annual Impuesto so‐ bre la renta de no residentes on Modelo 210, which includes three variable values. The catastral value, and the tax bracket (19 per cent or 24 per cent) can be discovered with a little research, but you must apply a factor of 1.1 per cent or 2 per cent to deter‐ mine your property tax. This factor depends on how long ago the catastral valuation was calculat‐ ed. Where can I find this information?

K W (Costa Blanca) Your catas‐ DAVID SEARL tral value is YOU AND THE LAW what in England is IN SPAIN called the rateable value, used to as‐ sess your property tax. This tax, called the Impuesto so‐ bre Bienes Inmuebles or IBI for short, is paid to your town hall. It is regularly raised a small amount to keep up with inflation. I am going to suppose that you pay your yearly IBI through your Spanish bank. If you look at your IBI receipts for the last few years and you find a sudden large increase for one year, then you can use the 1.1 per cent figure. Otherwise, apply the 2.2 per cent. If you wish to delve more deeply into this, the Junta de Andalucia publishes a table of tax rates every year.

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

AS Spain looks to greatly increase its new technology knowledge and product, it will soon face a dilemma as it tries to balance business with environmental goals.

Many high‐tech products ranging from wind turbines to electric vehi‐ cles, smart phones and even medi‐ cal devices need to use one or more of the 17 rare earth minerals in their production.

tomers can check what is hot when they visit the store.

“The Amazon 4‐star store is a great place for customers to dis‐ cover hot new releases, guaran‐ teed page‐turners, top‐selling elec‐ tronics, and more,” said Andy Jones, director, Amazon 4‐star, UK. “Every part of the store is de‐ signed with our customers in mind and we think they will be delight‐ ed by the curated selection of the most‐loved products at great prices, an opportunity to test drive Amazon’s latest devices, and the convenience of pickup and re‐ turns,” he added.

How to create a Will with Golden Leaves International FOR expats living in Spain, creating a Will is essential to ensure that your wishes are carried out in full when the time comes.

But how do you A Will is essential. go about creating a Will in a different country and another language?

Find a legal expert who knows how to cre‐ ate a correct Will in Spain.

Golden Leaves are in touch with legal experts in Spain who can help you put together a Will that en‐ sures your wishes are carried out in full.

Think about which assets you want to include and who you want your property to go to.

It is important to think ahead about exactly which assets you want to go where, otherwise when the time comes, these decisions may be taken completely out of your hands and left to others to make on your behalf.

Plan for other issues, including long‐term care Consider other important planning issues, including what to do about your long‐term care or what will happen to your assets if your partner remarries after your death.

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Rare Earth not just a record label Currently, China is the main sup‐ plier of these minerals to the world, but it would make a great deal of sense if Spain was to mine its own minerals and this is in theory per‐ fectly possible.

According to the president of the National Confederation of Mining

and Metallurgy Companies, Spain comes second to Finland as the country with the largest deposits of rare earth minerals (the 15 lan‐ thanides on the periodic table plus scandium and yttrium) in Europe.

In theory, not only could it supply its home market but could also ex‐

Proceedings dropped ON October 6, the Euro‐ pean Commission an‐ nounced that it had decid‐ ed not to open proceedings against the UK Government for the failure by the Gibraltar Govern‐ ment to recover illegal aid granted under the Income Tax Act 2010 to two multi‐ national companies.

This is further to a state aid decision taken by the European Commission on December 19, 2018 finding that Gibraltar’s corporate tax exemption regime for passive interest and royal‐ ties, as well as five specific tax rulings, were illegal un‐ der EU State aid rules.

The Gibraltar Govern‐ ment has now recovered the aid from all the compa‐ nies hence the EU decision not to proceed.

Smart greengrocers IT might have appeared to have been a very bad time to start a new company, just before the pandemic took hold, but Catalan com‐ pany Talkual Foods appear to have been riding the crest of a wave.

Their concept is simple, they work with farmers to rescue fruit and vegetables that are considered too ugly for large supermarkets and package everything in biodegradable boxes and deliver them direct to the consumer at discounted prices.

They say it’s good for the farmer, good for the con‐ sumer and good for the planet with sales already reaching €1 million. port to other countries who are cur‐ rently purchasing from China which would be an added boost to the Spanish economy.

The first application to obtain a mining licence in Ciudad Real in Castile‐La Mancha Province has been blocked by the regional au‐ thorities on environmental grounds and now other potential miners are awaiting the decision to an appeal.

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Airline investigation closed down

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WELCOME: Ryanair were pleased with the decision.

THE UK competition regu‐ lator has closed down their investigation into whether Ryanair and British Airways broke the law when they did not of‐ fer refunds to customers who were prevented from flying by Covid travel re‐ strictions.

Consumer groups and passengers had com‐ plained about the lack of refunds and in June the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched its investigation which has now been closed due to a ‘lack of clarity’ in the law.

According to the gov‐ ernment: “CMA has con‐ cluded that the law does not provide passengers with a sufficiently clear right to a refund in these unusual circumstances to justify continuing with the case.”

Andrea Coscelli, Chief Executive of the CMA, said: “We strongly believe people who are legally

prevented from taking flights due to lockdown laws should be offered a full refund and we launched this investigation in the hope that we would be able to secure a posi‐ tive outcome for con‐ sumers.

“However, after consid‐ ering the relevant law and gathering evidence in our investigation, we have concluded that the length of time that would be re‐ quired to take this case through the courts, and the uncertain outcome, can no longer justify the further expense of public money.

“Given the importance of this to many passengers who have unfairly lost out, we hope that the law in this area will be clarified.”

Ryanair is pleased by the decision made by the CMA and commented: “Ryanair welcomes the CMA’s deci‐ sion to close its investiga‐ tion.

“Passengers had the op‐

Civil Service pay ACCORDING to a report published by Reuters, based on a source at one of the Spanish Government’s ministries, there are plans to increase civil servants’ salaries by 2 per cent in 2022.

Assuming this suggestion is correct, then the decision will have to be approved by the cabinet and parliament as part of the 2022 budget bill.

This news follows an earlier decision to increase the minimum wage in Spain by 1.6 per cent despite the fact that inflation is currently running at 4 per cent.

tion to change their book‐ ings without paying the flight change fee and many availed of this option.”

BUSINESS EXTRA Home delivery SPANISH competitor to Uber, Cabify, has come to a deal with supermarket firm Lola Market so that its customers can order groceries through its app in nine cities including Barcelona and Madrid, arguing that this is the green way to cut down on private vehicle use.

In trouble IN a first criminal prosecution of a financial institution in the UK under moneylaundering regulations, NatWest bank has admitted three counts of failing to properly monitor £365 million deposited into a customer’s account who had indicated that annual turnover was expected to be £13 million.

Looking East THE Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels took part in the South Summit on October 6 in Madrid in order to promote business opportunities in Hong Kong for European start-ups who are looking for funding as well as business accommodation.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT TALK about adding insult to injury. With black actors now dominating UK commercials more than ever and also beginning to take leading roles and in just about every UK TV production on offer, we have to suffer the ignominy of a Western feature movie containing an all‐black cast.

This means that if John Wayne in his heyday had applied for a part in this latest movie ‘The Harder they Fall,’ he would be turned down because of the colour of his skin! It really doesn’t get more racist than that! When one of the film’s leading actors was asked if casting all black cowboys was a little implausible, he actually maintained that it was perfectly acceptable as there were masses of black cowboys back in the day.

What utter and complete balderdash.

This is merely another blatant attempt to provoke even wider bias between the black and white cultures of the world. If a movie was cast insisting on only white actors, it would simply never be allowed to come to fruition. These one‐sided ethnic concessions are now causing more division of cultures than ever before. Members of the public,

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who have never had a racist bone in their bodies, are now becoming so disillusioned at the utterly disproportionate appeasement of the black and Asian minorities, they are leaning more to the right than ever.

Many white actors now have to look to other ways of earning their living due to the lack of demand for Caucasian artists and performers ‐ quite understandably many of them are not happy at all. What on earth is going on? I can only reiterate an earlier observation. That the left leaning media see the votes of the black and Asian population as the only possible way that Labour has any chance of winning the next election.

Subsequently, when they start their usual left wing propaganda trail toward polling day, they hope to be looked on more favourably by the ethnic population. Well I have recently heard about a far‐right political party that has actually been granted political status in the UK; if the woke and biased media continue to antagonise and anger the public the way they are doing at present, they could find their whole scheming operation completely backfire, and subsequently ‐ as happened in France ‐

deliver more votes to a far right candidate than they could have ever envisaged.

Their bias toward the Conservative party was also no more obvious than in their reports on Johnson’s closing speech at last week’s conference. Not only did they find fault with just about all of it, they glaringly omitted any reference whatsoever to his outstandingly anti woke remarks, that he would not abide those who would ‘seek to change our history’. He scorned others who ‘wanted schools where no one was allowed to win’ and announced that Churchill, who saved us from the worst despot the world has ever seen, was ‘one of our greatest statesmen’. Three prodigious points that extorted utter silence from this left wing driven, bitter bunch of unacceptable would be authoritarians.

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com expatradioscotland Mon Fri. 1pm till w4.

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Travel

Steam trains return RAILWAY enthusiasts in Andalucia are working to restore a section of the 19th century railway line from Zurgena, a small village in the Almanzora valley in Almeria to Arboleas.

It is a project of huge historical and economical importance.

The Zurgena to Arboleas railway line is just a short section of the line built between 1885 and 1894 by the Great Southern of Spain Railway Company Ltd between Baza in the Granada Province to an ore loading dock at Aguilas in Murcia. The last train ran back in 1984.

The line had been taken over by RENFE in 1941 and with the closure of the iron ore mines in Almeria and Granada in the 1960s was no longer profitable.

The Zurgena Railway Museum project is backed by the local mayor, Luis Diaz García and the councillor for Culture, Paco López as well as the entire Zurgena Town Council.

The project is being organised

by La Asociación de Amigos

Zurgena railway line.

del Ferrocarril de Zurgena, whose president is Rafael García de la Mata Escudero, a professor of engineering at Granada University.

Work started on the project in December 2020. The old railway station at Zurgena had already been restored and permission was granted for it to become a museum.

During excavations on the site, original railway lines, a turntable and sidings were discovered. Much of the land surrounding the station has been donated by the town council.

The mayor of Zurgena hopes the completed project will help restore the economic fortunes of his village.

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YOUR INFINITE POTENTIAL… WHERE DO YOU FIND IT? TONI C. EASTWOOD OBE, MBA

#TheWomanBeyond I HAVE always been fascinated with how successful people achieve their success, be it a musician, an artist, ath‐ lete, leader or entrepreneur, I want to know how they get there. AND most importantly what tips I can learn from them, what I can apply in my life or business and of course what I can share with my clients. There’s nothing like a great practical tool!

One of my favourite books is ‘The Tools’, written by Phil Stutz and Barry Michels, in the book they share five bril‐ liant Tools, that help us focus on the biggest challenges in our life. I am sure I’ll share all of them with you at some point, however, for today I wanted to focus on the first one, I personally think it’s the most powerful.

Phil and Barry tell us that most people like to live within their comfort zones.

Why is it that we do that?

Well, we know what it feels like out‐ side of our comfort zones, it’s, well, un‐ comfortable.

And, most of us hate feeling any level of discomfort, even the tiniest bit of dis‐ comfort, so we do pretty much every‐ thing we can to avoid the pain of being outside our comfort zone.

Now, of course that’s great if being mediocre is your goal, but not so great if you’re serious about stepping up into your heroic potential.

Here’s the deal: Your INFINITE (!!!) potential exists just on the other side of your comfort zone. Every single great thing you’re capable of exists OUTSIDE of your current comfort zone.

And what does the barrier between your comfort zone and your infinite po‐ tential zone feel like?

Pain. Fear. Doubt. Anxiety. Fill in the blank with your favourite negative emo‐ tion, it feels icky.

So, now you know that your infinite potential exists on the other side of your comfort zone and that we feel

pain, discomfort etc when we exit our comfort zone en route to our infinite potential, what do we do about it?

Well, if we’re serious about optimis‐ ing our lives and reaching our heroic potential, we need to REVERSE OUR DE‐ SIRE ‐ so rather than try to avoid pain, we need to learn to love it. Yeah, that’s right, I said LOVE IT. We need to see those moments when our heart skips a beat and our palms start to sweat as gifts ‐ it’s true, they are gifts ‐ golden tickets to our destiny.

The Tool then, it’s very simple. The next time you feel even an inkling of fear or doubt, or you feel yourself feel‐ ing too comfortable, even shrinking, practise saying to yourself (actually, Phil and Barry tell us to SCREAM to your‐ self), “BRING IT ON!!!!!!!”

And continue the mantra by saying “I LOVE PAIN!! PAIN SETS ME FREE!!”

Try it. Believe me it works wonders; I probably use this mantra every day (LOL).

See you in your Infinite Potential Zone!

PS. If you are into Mantras or Affirma‐ tions, or you’d like to give them a try, I have written a great book full of them ‐ 101 Affirmations to help you live your BEST life NOW, achieve your BIGGEST most HAIRY most AUDACIOUS GOALS. Want PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION, WEALTH, HEALTH or BUSINESS SUCCESS ‐ Achieve your wildest career and busi‐ ness aspirations and change your mind set in just days with these simple affir‐ mations.

Get a FREE e‐copy from here. https://quantumvantage.co.uk/101‐ affirmations Stay Focused, Keep Positive and Choose to +1 in Every Moment. Expect Miracles!

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IN response to the above issue and Helen’s racist remarks, which she shares with Leapy Lee. As she has never stood in the shoes of a black/brown or yellow person, she has no idea whatsoever to be made feel inferior. If these are her views, then nothing on TV or otherwise has made her this way. Are the TV ads only to contain white people, there are other races on this earth. Yes there are a lot of mixed race families and that’s life, but to follow on with saying presenters are less able than their white counterparts is an insult and indeed racist, there are a lot of presenters (white) that can’t even speak properly, this is called diversity. Yes, black lives matter because all lives matter.

Not only black people harp on about vegetarianism, we have schoolchildren telling us how we caused climate change, I could rant about this but I won’t.

Obviously Helen feels hard done by, not being able to flaunt her national flags. If she’s such a patriot I’m sure she is welcome to go back, but even there she thinks there is so much wrong, she doesn’t want to go back. As she has never had bananas thrown at her or called names which you wouldn’t print if I said them. My reply to her is stand in a black person’s shoes before you make any comments, racism will never disappear as long as there’s Helen and her ilk.

I enjoy reading your paper and all its content.

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the cities will benefit and ‘feel good’. Pollution will actually be increased with increased damage to the environment.

This does not only apply to coal powered power stations it applies to every other type of power generation. All have serious environmental problems both in their construction and waste management. Solar and wind generated electricity cause enormous environment problems through their manufacturing and disposal when discarded, in addition to the destruction of birds, wildlife, and the environment in general.

The manufacturing processing in itself causes pollution.

How much damage is caused by the manufacturing of the huge quantity of batteries with their toxic chemicals and extra environment destroying mining required for the materials.

What happens to all this when discarded? Similarly, how much pollution is caused in the manufacturing and eventual scrapping of the solar windmills and panels?

The serious worldwide pollution and environmental destruction is not a ‘problem’ it is a symptom. There is only one problem which is the cause of all of the symptoms we are experiencing and that is over-population. No one is addressing this. It is a problem that dare not speak it’s name.

It is not being discussed by governments (politicians), churches, organisations, etc. No-one has the courage to even hint at this as being THE single most serious problem facing the world and its environment!

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The great electric car etc scam There is a great deal of mass hysteria around electric vehicles because they are seen to be environmentally friendly and cause less or no pollution. This is a non-sense.

It takes the same amount of energy to move an electric vehicle as it does to move a vehicle powered by any other means. Most electricity is generated by coal fired powered stations. As electric vehicles proliferate, more and more electricity will be required which will mean more and more power stations will be required. Thus power station pollution will dramatically increase.

The result is that the pollution is not going away it is simply being moved out of the cities to the power stations. People in

THINK OF OTHERS WE have all become so addicted to social media that the minute anything goes wrong as recently happened with Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram it seemed like the end of the world.

There is no doubt that the growth in technology has in many ways made the world a better place, but it certainly has its downsides.

Perhaps the most upsetting is that which allows cyber bullying to take place as it seems that people who would never dream of swearing or screaming at anyone in public suddenly lose their

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FACE MASKS: Most people are still happy to wear them.

Rant Totally agree with the author. My own pet rant in this PC world is TV pundits in particular on football programmes. I expect a pundit to be knowledgeable of the game through having played or managed at the top level but they now get selected primarily by gender and ethnicity. Nothing wrong with the women’s game but it doesn’t compare to the men’s.There isn’t one woman playing or capable of playing in the men’s game at the top level. That’s not a sexist comment just a physical fact so let’s have pundits selected for knowledge and experience rather than kneeling to the PC brigade pressure.

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inhibitions and feel free to rant and rave criticising anyone and everyone they disagree with.

Anonymity and the chance to hide behind a false name seems to turn Dr Jekyll into Mr Hyde with no awareness of how distressing their comments may be, especially to someone who has a low opinion of themselves in the first place.

Tempting as it may be to make a snide remark or comment, surely it is far more mature to simply ignore something you disagree with or at least phrase your disagreement in pleasant

rather than simply offensive terms?

Much of this boils down to the fact that so many bullies only act the way they do because of their own inadequacies and certainly wouldn’t like a taste of their own medicine in return.

Many people have found the effects of the pandemic and the lockdown very difficult to come to terms with and could react very badly if viciously insulted online, so we should all spare a thought for those who are vulnerable rather than simply attack to let off our own frustrations.

Lyn Rowe I don’t have a problem wearing it in shops and for social distancing as required. I DO have a problem with those who blatantly refuse to do so. We have got so far. Why rush it for the sake of wearing a mask. I know what I would rather have. If we all stay true to what is needed then I think we will all be free of them by the end of 2022, but if not it’s not the end of the world is it?

Only my personal opinion.

Carol Newton I consider it a necessity evil. I hate wearing it as it makes me so hot and I have trouble breathing BUT, that’s better than COVID !

Arnold Beetz Stupid things that don’t work, hope they gone fast, poor kids at school even when they do sport.

Julie Dodd I feel undressed if I don’t wear my mask. It just feels natural to wear one now.

Jill Swain The constant disinfecting and washing has already killed many friendly bacteria which our immune systems normally deal with.

Time to live a normal life, look after your immune system and it will look after you.

Wayne Tennant I know to keep us safe, but not for the rest of our natural lives.

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Beating the bloat WE’VE all had that feeling after a large meal or an indul‐ gent holiday, when your stomach can feel over‐full or uncomfortable.

It can be easy to assume this is simply because we have put on a pound or two but even if we make all the right food choic‐ es, the cause can just be sim‐ ple bloating of the stomach.

This condition, can have various causes but thankfully is easily treated. According to Healthline.com, ‘abdominal bloating occurs when the gas‐ trointestinal (GI) tract is filled with air or gas. Most people describe bloating as feeling full, tight, or swollen in the ab‐ domen.

‘Your abdomen may also be swollen (distended), hard, and painful. Bloating is often accompanied by pain, exces‐ sive gas (flatulence), frequent burping or belching, abdomi‐ nal rumbling or gurgles.’

The site claims the most common cause of bloating is gas which can enter the stom‐ ach by eating or drinking too quickly, as well as by taking in too many carbonated drinks.

Chewing gum and smoking can also cause the problem. If this is the case, try to slow down eating and cut back on fizzy drinks by eating more mindfully and taking time to chew and enjoy your food.

BURSTING: Feeling bloated can be caused by eating too quickly.

Certain foods can also cause bloating, including beans and legumes, which can produce gas as they are broken down in the stomach.

Instead, try to substitute lighter coloured lentils and black beans which can be more easily digested.

Wheat can also cause bloating in those who have a gluten intolerance. If you sus‐ pect this may be you, why not try some gluten‐free alterna‐ tives for pasta and bread and see if this helps.

While it may be good for us in many other respects, broc‐ coli and other cruciferous veg‐ etables can be hard for our bodies to digest, causing a build‐up of gas.

Instead, spinach, cucum‐ bers, lettuce and sweet pota‐ to still contain plenty of vita‐ mins but without the painful side effects.

Another unlikely culprit is some fruits. These include ap‐ ples, which according to Healthline have, ‘been known to cause bloating and other digestive issues for some peo‐ ple.’ It seems, ‘the culprits are fructose (which is a FODMAP) and the high fibre content.

Fructose and fibre can both be fermented in the large in‐ testine, and may cause gas and bloating.’ The website suggests switching raw apples for cooked ones which can be easier to digest.

Finally, dairy products can be difficult for many to digest, resulting in bloating and dis‐ comfort. If that is the case, why not try some dairy‐free alternatives such as almond or soy milk and butter.

Cutting back on cheese top‐ pings can also help bloating without impacting too much on taste.

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Taking care of your skin SKIN is one of the largest body organs.

Caring for your skin can directly affect overall health. Skin acts like a protective shield and is most vul‐ nerable to outside ele‐ ments. Factors that af‐ fect it are: • Exposure to UV ra‐ diation in tanning beds • Exposure to chemical toxins in tobacco • Unprotected sun exposure for a long time • Not getting enough rest, water or nutrition • Ageing Skin should be cleansed regularly, typ‐ ically twice a day. Ton‐ er applied for oily skin, moisturiser for dry.

It is recommended to get examined by a doc‐ tor or dermatologist annually for any changes if any irrita‐ tions occur. It is impor‐ tant that the skin is protected from too much sun, as this could increase wrinkles or lead to skin cancer.

Foods rich in antioxi‐ dants, including blue‐ berries, avocados and wholegrain protect

from free radical dam‐ age to keep the skin looking plump and healthy.

SKIN: Acts like a protective shield.

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Tasty fat burning fruits WHAT you eat is just as im‐ portant as what you don’t eat,when it comes to reduc‐ ing body weight.

Fortunately, eating fruit is a great way to burn fat and keep cravings for sweet stuff at bay.

Research carried out by the World Health Organisation, American Heart Association and Dietry Guidelines for Americans among others, has confirmed that fruit intake is positively related to weight loss.

Fruits contain very few calo‐ ries, whilst also being

WONDER FOODS: Fruit intake is positively related to weight loss.

crammed with vital nutrients to keep stomachs full for longer. Fruits can be enjoyed during breakfast, lunch, din‐ ner, or as a snack for in‐be‐ tween meal munchies.

Studies have also shown that eating specific fruits help burn fat more efficiently. Here are some of the more effec‐ tive fat‐burning fruits.

Apples are the most fibre‐ rich sources found in nature.

Studies show that fibre is an integral part of reducing vis‐ ceral fat (belly fat), and that a higher soluble fibre intake ev‐ ery day can reduce tummy fat by 3.7 per cent over a five‐ year period.

Avocados are well‐known for being high in fat, but they also help to burn fat, too.

The high amounts of omega‐ 9 fatty acids, known

FAT-BUSTING: Up to 30 fruits are great at helping to reduce body weight.

as mono‐saturated fats, help the metabolic processes of converting fat into energy.

Bananas are great at lower‐ ing body fat. They keep the stomach fuller for longer, are high in magnesium and potas‐ sium and can help with diges‐ tion problems and bloating.

Coconuts are naturally sweet in flavour, and even small quantities of the flesh can satisfy hunger. They are al‐ so packed with medium‐chain triglycerides (MCTs) which can boost the metabolism efficien‐ cy by up to 30 per cent.

Commonly referred to as melon, honeydew is rich in a

number of vitamins and nutri‐ ents. It contains heaps of vita‐ min C which boosts the im‐ mune system and fights against fat build up.

Honeydew is also a great source of vitamin B complex which breaks fat down and converts it into energy.

Lemons are also great for detoxifying the liver, and hav‐ ing a healthy liver aids the abil‐ ity to digest food and burn fat.

Lemons also prevent the ac‐ cumulation of fat in the body.

Other great fruits include grapefruit, apricots, blueber‐ ries, pomegranates and wa‐ termelon.

Excess heat can cause halitosis THE long, hot summer days are almost behind us, but have you ever wondered what happens to the body in extreme heat?

Some people love the sultry conditions and overload of vitamin D, but for others it can wreak havoc with the body.

Hot weather can cause some painful chafing, un‐ avoidable sweaty armpits and sleepless nights of re‐ lentless tossing and turn‐ ing. Then there’s the hayfever.

But it can also give you bad breath. Excessive heat can cause you to de‐ hydrate, which has been proven to have the un‐ sexy side effect of halito‐ sis.When the mouth be‐ comes dry, bacteria accumulates due to a lack of saliva to wash it away.

During summer months, the body loses more water naturally through sweating. This coupled with an increase in the use of hayfever medications, fad summer dieting, and increase in outdoor exercising and over exposure to the sun, can also make the prob‐ lem worse.

It is advisable to drink plenty of water, not just to combat bad breath, but to keep other body organs functioning well.

On a positive note, a healthy amount of sun can actually strengthen bones, as vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium, commonly linked to strong bones.

BAD BREATH: Caused by dehydration.

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Treating rosacea ROSACEA ‐ those painful red facial patches some of us suffer from‐ can be both uncom‐ fortable and distressing.

Often mistaken for acne or eczema, rosacea is an inflammatory condition which can cause the blood vessels in the face to swell and be‐ come more obvious. More common in fair‐ skinned people, experts do not yet fully under‐ stand what causes rosacea, which first presents itself in the form of large, red bumps.

While as yet not everything is known about the condition, doctors do agree there are vari‐ ous factors which can exacerbate the condition, and that avoiding these could help control breakouts.

The first and most important thing to do if you have developed any new, chronic skin con‐ dition on the face, such as itching, redness, or spots, is to see a pharmacist of doctor who may be able to advise you what you are suffering from.

This is particularly important if the condition is near your eyes. Rosacea has four sub‐types and if you are still uncertain, it may be helpful to consult a dermatologist who will be able to tell you exactly which condition you have in more detail.

If you know you have rosacea, although dis‐ tressing, try not to worry too much. This is a common condition which affects around one in 10 people in the UK, according to Bupa.

It can fluctuate with seasonal changes, as well

as hormonal ones and many things can be done to lessen its symptoms or appearance.

The British Skin Foundation recommends, ‘the inflammatory element of rosacea may be controlled with a drug applied to the affected areas. It takes at least eight weeks for its effect to become evident.’

For some cases, oral antibiotics may help, ‘these are helpful for the inflammatory element of moderate or severe rosacea. The most com‐ monly used antibiotics belong to the tetracy‐ cline group and include tetracycline, oxytetracy‐ cline, doxycycline, lymecycline and minocycline.

Erythromycin is another commonly used antibi‐ otic.

The duration of an antibiotic course depends on your response. Your doctor may suggest that you use a cream and oral treatment together.’

There are also things you can do at home to help the condition. These include protecting your skin from the sun by using a sun block (with a sun protection factor of at least 30) on your face. You should also take care not to rub or scrub your face when cleansing or use per‐ fumed soap as this can make rosacea worse.

It may also help to use an unperfumed mois‐ turiser on a regular basis if your skin is dry or sensitive.

Finally, gentle make‐up can be used to lessen the appearance of rosacea. Try to choose a more natural, unperfumed formula with good coverage that still allows your skin to breathe.

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By Clinica Britannia

Dentures can be stressful D E N T U R ES are artificial teeth and gums that are custom de‐ signed for your mouth by a den‐ tist to replace lost or removed natural teeth. They can be full or partial, meaning they can either replace all teeth on either the top or bottom gum line, or just a few that are missing.

Getting dentures can be stress‐ ful and can make certain people anxious or embarrassed. Like nat‐ ural teeth, dentures are an inte‐ gral part of our everyday life, they aid us in chewing our food, affect the way we talk, giving us back the confidence we may have lacked in ourselves after past dental problems.

When an accident happens and our dentures break or fracture and we can no longer use them, it can make us feel a little over‐ whelmed. We need them, just as natural teeth after all, to carry on life as normal. For most den‐

ARTIFICIAL TEETH: Are custom-made.

ture wearers, broken dentures are cause for an emergency and need to be treated by your Den‐ tist as just that, ‘An Emergency’.

It is essential to research and find a Dental practice with quali‐ fied helpful staff that can offer an express repair service, very of‐ ten even allowing you to have your dentures fixed while you wait, so you don’t have to go without them for very long, elim‐ inating any unnecessary embar‐ rassment.

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Youthful looking skin I AM in my late 40s and although I look after my skin, have noticed that the lines around my lips and mouth are becom‐ ing more noticeable, what can I do?

Our facial bones are what define, shape, and give structure to our face. But our skin is what FILLERS: Enhance facial balance and harmony to the face. protects our bodies from the outside world, repairing and regen‐ ance by filling lines and wrinkles or erating itself daily. adding volume.

However, with age, lifestyle, and envi‐ • Enhancing facial balance and harmo‐ ronmental factors, like sun damage and ny to the face. smoking, this has a negative impact on • Smoothing wrinkles in areas, such as the condition of our skin. the cheeks, mouth, and nose folds.

Hyaluronic acid is a naturally occurring • Refreshing and improving the sugar‐like molecule found in most tis‐ smoothness, elasticity, and appearance sues of the body, including the skin, and of the skin for a radiant‐looking glow. is used as an anti‐ageing treatment • Enhancing the volume of the lips, when injected into the skin. giving them a natural fuller look, for that Benefits of Hyaluronic fillers include: perfect pout. Wrinkles around the • Restoring a youthful‐looking appear‐ mouth area can also be smoothed.

Contact your healthcare professional who can tailor a treatment plan for you to give you back that youthful look.

Iron deficiency a risk

HORMONES are more of‐ ten than not blamed for women feeling physically and mentally down during their period.

But now scientists sug‐ gest reduced iron levels could disrupt their mood and cause them greater ir‐ ritability during the men‐ strual cycle.

Lower levels of the nutri‐ ent, which is abundant in dark, leafy vegetables, can cause women to become moody and less motivated, the Polish team of re‐ searchers claim.

They added that an iron deficiency may even be a ‘risk factor for mood disor‐ ders,’ such as depression.

Researchers at Nicolaus Copernicus University claim the drop in iron can worsen women’s cognitive perfor‐ mance and endurance.

This is because a lack of iron, which occurs because of blood loss, causes the body’s brain and central nervous system to slow down.

Iron deficiency is appar‐

IRON LEVELS: Can disrupt your mood.

ently the most common nutritional deficiency, af‐ fecting more than two bil‐ lion people worldwide.

According to the Nation‐ al Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, an estimated 20 per cent of women of child‐ bearing age have iron defi‐ ciency anaemia.

The Polish team of re‐ searchers studied 23 physi‐ cally active women, who were aged between 20 and

32 during their period.

Their mental and physical performance was analysed during this time, including running an EEG scan to take several measurements, in‐ cluding emotional reactivi‐ ty.

They found mild iron de‐ ficiency may result in with‐ drawal tendencies, de‐ creased motivation and sensation‐seeking be‐ haviour.

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FEATURE

THE MET – HOW MANY MORE BAD APPLES? NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

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

FOLLOWING the national outrage over Sarah Everard’s murder by a serving Met police officer, the wrongful shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes and the botched inves‐ tigation into a VIP paedophile ring, the Met has come in for substantial criticism. Espe‐ cially its Commissioner, Cressida Dick.

Perhaps the issue with the oft‐cited ‘dearth of talent’ at the top of public office is that those people are held responsible by the media/public for the actions of indi‐ viduals far below them. Maybe we should stop calling for the ‘heads’ to resign and in‐ stead accept the sacking of those individu‐ als who act beyond the parameters of their roles/responsibilities. We might then get change as the leadership could continue work on reforms which no large institution can achieve overnight.

That said, a police officer who was re‐

Outrage over Sarah Everard’s murder.

ferred to years earlier as ‘the Rapist’ by fe‐ male colleagues, who indecently exposed himself in February and again twice in the three days before he abducted, raped and murdered a woman, had his vehicle regis‐ tration and name matched by police to a sex offence and still wasn’t identified as one of their own? Hasn’t the chain of com‐

mand had maybe more than enough time to close this loophole?

‘The Sentinel’, the latest in my psycho‐ logical crime thriller series featuring inves‐ tigative journalist Alice Myers and DI Bar‐ bara Forster (or ‘DI Barbara’ as Audible fans call her), happens to include one char‐ acter who ‐ spoiler alert ‐ is also a serving

Met officer (though the events described differ from the Everard case).

Just as DI Barbara Forster is hailed a na‐ tional heroine for solving an earlier case, she faces accusations of evidence tamper‐ ing in it. And what starts out as a missing‐ person case turns into a murder inquiry as she finds herself also dealing with the mess left behind by another bent cop.

With Wayne Couzens’ life sentence, Sarah’s parents (reportedly ‘haunted by the horror’ of her murder) hopefully find closure and some peace of mind just like the mother of the missing girl in my thriller.

Though whether she finds it, only time will tell...

Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘The Sentinel’, ‘No Safe Place’, ‘Be‐ trayal’, ‘The Girl in the Woods’, ‘The Girl in the Red Dress’, ‘No Way Back’, ‘Landscape of Lies’, ‘Retribution’, ‘Soul Stealer’, ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora‐john son.net) available online as eBook (€0.99; £0.99), Apple Books, paperback and au‐ diobook. All profits to Costa del Sol Cude‐ ca cancer charity.

To read more articles from our columnists and to have your say in the comments go to www.euroweeklynews.com

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U3A AGM

THE U3A Calpe is holding its AGM on Thursday, November 18 and is invit‐ ing members to take part in its committee.

The organisation said: “This year, there will be a number of Committee members to replace, in‐ cluding some who hold key roles, for example, our current President and Sec‐ retary. We are grateful that our Treasurer has de‐ cided to continue.”

It added: “As a regis‐ tered association, we could only continue to op‐ erate for a very short time if these important Com‐ mittee posts remain un‐ filled after the AGM. In other words, U3A Calpe would then be closed down.

“In practice, this would be a significant loss. We currently have 17 Group leaders offering a variety of activities. Roughly half our current membership,

of around 400, participate in one or more of these ac‐ tivities on a regular basis.

In addition, members who visit Calpe for short breaks or holidays join us too, and would be surprised and dismayed to find us gone.

We provide a valuable community of friendship and support for local chari‐ ties in time of need.

“To avoid such a dismal prospect, we are asking all members to consider whether they could under‐ take a role on the Commit‐ tee, to support the activi‐ ties of U3A Calpe ‐ if not as an office‐holder, then in a general capacity, as a ‘vo ‐ cal’. It is, of course, vital, that replacements are found for the outgoing President and Secretary, as has been made clear above.”

For further informa‐ tion on getting involved, contact secretary@ u3acalpe.org.

PATRON SAINT: Gandia constitutes the Municipal Organising Committee for the commemoration of the Jubilee Year of Sant Francesc de Borja.

GANDIA Council is celebrating the jubilee year of the town’s patron saint, Sant Francesc de Borja.

The Municipal Committee of the Jubilee Year met to discuss the events planned for the year.

The mayor of Gandia, Jose Manuel Prieto, welcomed members of the Municipal Committee and said: “We are starting an exciting year… with a wish, to make the jubilee year ap‐ pointed by Pope Francis an opportu‐ nity to deepen our knowledge of our patron saint and to spread awareness of him through the liturgical celebra‐ tions and programming that we will be putting on over the next months.”

The council said it also aims to im‐

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Taking part in the meeting were the mayor of Gandia, Jose Manuel Prieto, the President of the Diputa‐ cion de Valencia, Toni Gaspar, and the Director General of Relations with the Autonomous Communities and Institutional Representation, Jorge Alarte.

Also getting involved with the ju‐ bilee committee is Spain’s central government through the former mayor of Gandia and Minister of Sci‐ ence and Innovation, Diana Morant, the Generalitat Valenciana, the Diputacion de Valencia, ecclesiastical estates through the abbot of the In‐ signe Collegiate Church, the episco‐ pal vicar and the Order of the Jesuits, representatives of the Doge's Palace, universities, and entities and institu‐ tions of Gandia civil society.

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GANDIA Council has an‐ nounced a series of activi‐ ties for young people in the area from Friday, October 15 to Saturday, December 18.

The councillor for Youth, Lydia Morant, accompanied by the President of the Gan‐ dia Youth Council, David Va‐ liente, and the technician of

Fun activities the Department of Youth, Andrea Badal, presented the programme of events.

Councillor Morant said: “The previous programme was well received by young people despite the Covid‐19 measures. The activities are

designed to try to cover the concerns and interests of young people, opting for a wide and varied offer.”

She added: “There are all kinds of activities; a 3D printing workshop, art work‐ shops, sports tournaments, sports in the pool, tourna‐ ments ... As well as activities that were well received in the summer programme; soccerball.”

Councillor Morant added: “These activities have been chosen according to the tastes and preferences of young people through polls on activities they would like to do. This programme in‐ cludes sports, artistic and educational activities.”

She said: “There will be four main locations for the activities; the Gandia munic‐ ipal sports centre, the Grau sports centre, the Alqueria Laborde (headquarters of the Gandia Youth Council), and the Espai Jove.”

For more information on the activities, visit www.acti vajove.org.

THE Department of Culture at Alicante Council has an‐ nounced it is spending €17,000 to organise 10 activities for children until Sunday, Decem‐ ber 12.

Councillor Antonio Manresa said the new programme, called ‘Family Sundays,’ will offer performances specially designed to entertain children at the Lonja del Pescado cultural complex and the Plaza Seneca.

The Lonja del Pesca‐ d o o n Av e n i d a A l m i ‐ rante Julio Guillen Tato, s / n will offer games and interactive workshops on Sun‐ days, October 10, November 28 and De‐ cember 12.

The activities, from 11am to 1pm will in‐ clude painting work‐ shops on the faces of cubism and a lesson in who is who in art, teaching children

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FAMILY SUNDAYS: Specially designed for children.

about artists from dif‐ ferent places.

At noon on Sundays, October 17 and 24 and Sundays, November 7, 14 and 21, children’s theatre productions will be offered in Plaza Seneca. The plays will last around 90 minutes with enough room for around 200 attendees.

On October 17, the Lucas Escobedo Com‐ pany will perform the play Los Mañas, while on October 24 the group La Ratonera will

stage El Patito Feo. The activities will continue at Plaza Seneca on November 7 w i t h Ec o v e n g a d o r e s , an environmental edu‐ cational activity, and on November 14 with company M y M Teatro performing the play El Loco show by Manolo Costa y Mindaguillo.

The activities in Plaza Seneca will finish on November 21 with a performance of Mu‐ lan by another theatre group.

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LOCAL TRADE: The fair helps promote small businesses and raises awareness.

Small business fair JAVEA will be hosting a small business fair on Saturday, October 23 to promote local trade throughout the Marina Alta.

The council’s Department of Economic Development said the fair will be held in the zona de Duanes, following a similar festival there in June, and would be open to all local businesses.

Municipal manager Marta Bañuls said that the last fair was a great success and helped promote small businesses after a difficult season and raise awareness among the redients of Javea of compa‐

nies from other areas.

Bañuls adds that a pre‐registration pe‐ riod has been opened for the stores inter‐ ested in participating.

Those who would like to take part can contact adl‐xabia@creama.org before October 14 and Fomento Economico will give them further details about the fair.

The mayor added that the fair would commemorate the Day of Local Trade, a regional initiative which Javea agreed to take part in and which will recognise and support a key sector in local economies.

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Arts festival

ALTEA will be hosting a cultural, business and arts festival on Satur‐ day, October 16 to pro‐ mote the local econo‐ my.

Hosted by Altea Coun‐ cil and the Science Park of the Miguel Hernan‐ dez University (UMH), the festival will take place at the Plaça Mestre de la Musica.

The municipal head of Culture, Aurora Ser‐

ARTS FESTIVAL: Businesses will be given space to display and sell their products.

rat, said: “The event will allow attendees to get to know each of the sectors known as the orange economy and, in the participating emerging companies, discover complicities between the business world.”

Businesses will be giv‐ en space to display and sell their products, and the festival will also host tastings and

demonstrations. In ad‐ dition, the students of Management of the Artistic Project of the degree in Fine Arts UMH will exhibit their works.

The festival will open at 11am, followed by a performance by theatre company En Construccio (Festablas) at 11.30am.

At 1pm, Julieta Pico will lead a ceramic enam‐ elling workshop.

Cultural workshops

JAVEA Council has announced it is putting workshops back on from the end of October.

Workshops will include photog‐ raphy ‐ basic and advanced level ‐ furniture restoration, wine tast‐ ing and culture ‐ basic and advanced level ‐ personal devel‐ opment and literary creation.

The classes will take place until May at venues including the Casa de Cultura, Ca Lambert, and the Adult Continuing Education (EPA) facility.

The price of the workshops, which ranges between €96 and €128, can be paid in two instal‐ ments or in a single payment at the council when attendance at the workshop has been con‐ firmed.

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JAVEA: Will run various workshops.

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Jazz concert

AGUSTIC BAND: Will play a concert in Alicante in November.

ON Sunday, November 7, the Agustic Band will be performing a jazz con‐ cert.

Taking place from noon to 1pm, the concert will be held at the Museo de Aguas im Alicante.

Agustic Band began in 2006 when four friends got together to set up an acoustic blues band, including vocalist Cintia Mateo, Ariel Campos on electric guitar, Hector Fox O’Neil on double bass, and Tano Leon on percussion.

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FEATURE

It’s never too late to change

ROBERT SHALLIS I WAS inspired to write this month’s article after talking to an old friend who has recently made some brave and incredible changes to their life, resulting in becoming a better, more fulfilled and successful version of themself.

J F Kennedy once said “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”

Many of us focus too much on the past which tends to mould our present day as opposed to actually really living in the present moment and appreciating a brand‐new day, a fresh start, a new page, a new story which you can compose yourself.

By allowing past influences, defeats and traumas to hold us back will only keep us there and always be an excuse to justify why we haven’t achieved what we really want to in life.

So, how do we change for the better, how do we become who

A FRESH START: Many of us focus too much on the past.

we really want to be? The way to change is to first ‘welcome’ the future and not be fearful of it.

Remember that you are the author of ‘your’ book of life. You can write a new story or you can continue living in your old story book that has become all too familiar and being uncomfortably comfortable. You can fill your day with new

challenges, a new way of being or you can let it be filled very quickly with unwanted challenges and problems.

It’s never too late to change and become the person you dream about being. Success is anything you decide it to be as long as it is what you want, especially if it’s for the greater good of yourself and others. If you can be proud of

your achievements and how you’re living your life then that is the measure of success.

Many people do not actually find their true success or calling in life until after the age of 40 or 50 for some even 60 and beyond, so it’s never too late.

It is all too easy to say ‘I’m too old to change, I’m too set in my ways.’ However, the reality is actually the opposite. It’s only what we tell ourselves on a regular basis that causes us to believe such untrue statements.

Once we break that habitual way of thinking and replace it with more empowering statements such as ‘I am capable of doing amazing things, I’m ready to succeed.’ The quicker things will start to change and so will you.

Being aware of your thoughts and dismissing the seeds of doubt before they take hold is important. The weeds that grow in the garden of your mind that have been holding you back will start to dissipate and be replaced

with new life full of colour, beauty and clarity once you start thinking differently.

Decide what it is in life you really want, write down what you’ve always dreamed of doing or being however small it may be.

Writing it down is a great step to helping you achieve your goals and dreams.

Everything is possible and you are more than capable of becoming a better version of yourself. You have a choice, to accept your life as it is or change it for the better.

Have a clear intention, a full expectation as to what you really want, expect the best and believe you’ll get it.

It’s never too late to change!

Rob Shallis www.robshallis.com To read more articles from our columnists and to have your say in the comments go to www.euroweeklynews.com

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FEATURE

As volcano eruption continues to affect La Palma, read a fascinating eyewitness account LETTER FROM

CANARIES

AFTER many hours reporting close to La Palma’s volcano, leaving for a breather through the tunnel connect‐ ing west coast Los Llanos and the disas‐ ter zone, to capital Santa Cruz on the east coast is like arriving from a war‐ zone to sudden peace. But in such record time that it’s difficult to believe it’s the same island.

Exhausted, grimy and scrambled as I am, isn’t everyone here strangely nor‐ mal and unconcerned?

The air’s clean. There’s no fine ash or strange smell, no extraordinary rum‐ bling, emergency vehicles, roadblocks or visible distress. What happened to the full‐on volcano, shooting constant lava and smoke high into the air a short dis‐ tance away?

A caffeine top‐up after two sleepless nights tunes in the conversations

around me and of course everybody’s talking about the volcano. How could they not, when all that separates these two worlds is the barrier of a 1,500m high ridge, helped by prevailing winds.

There’s massive concern and solidari‐ ty. Islanders look after their own. With 6,000 evacuated to date, fewer than 300 Palmeros used the centres provid‐ ed. As I write, it’s down to 49. The oth‐ ers, who’ve either lost homes, or are about to as the lava flow makes its way, now very slowly, down towards the sea, are with family, friends or in locally owned holiday accommodation.

Tourists evacuated from island hotels were in the majority at the centres, until moved to Tenerife hotels.

Whether or not the shelters will fill because things get worse fast is difficult to predict. So far, according to Jose Mangas, Geology Professor at Gran Ca‐ naria University: “This is a textbook Ca‐ narian eruption, but that doesn’t help with predicting how long it’ll last.”

Enormous advances in related sci‐ ences and their technology, interpreta‐

tion and diffusion have been made since the Canaries’ last eruption under‐ sea off El Hierro in 2011/12. It became apparent then that Canarian seismolo‐ gy and volcanology knowledge far ex‐ ceeded accessibility and diffusion pro‐ tocols.

The lead up to the La Palma volcano eruption has been closely monitored and publicised since seismic activity in‐ creased noticeably in 2017, then expo‐ nentially last October.

Experts nailed it this time, announc‐ ing what was essentially an eruption warning 11 days before it happened.

Tremors had increased in frequency and strength and moved up to just below the surface. There was time to warn is‐ landers and make evacuation plans with communities likely to be affected.

Then it blew.

At first, with the low viscosity lava’s main flow going where gravity invited: down barrancos (ravines) towards the coast, all boded well, despite the drama.

Canarians don’t build in barrancos.

After day one, the lava thickened,

cooled and slowed down, solidifying, thickening and creating a barrier to sec‐ ondary flows, which diverted to either side, spreading the danger zone. Then a new vent blew in Tacande, causing last minute evacuations and the loss of more homes.

What will happen next is unclear. It depends on uncontrollable factors and how well they’re interpreted. The rela‐ tive calm with which the volcano was greeted when it erupted has evaporat‐ ed, just like water in pools and irrigation tanks when lava hits, as seen in count‐ less video clips.

What looked relatively straightfor‐ ward and predictable isn’t, with increas‐ ing loss of buildings, fincas, livelihoods, livestock and calm.

Like many people, I find the volcano thrilling. It’s difficult not to be moved by such an extraordinary spectacle, impos‐ sible not to see our ant‐like insignifi‐ cance in the face of nature. But touting this volcano as a tourist attraction, or be‐ ing thrilled by it, seems inappropriate when the plight of people losing every‐

thing moved us to tears.

It’s an understandable contradiction.

One aspect doesn’t cancel out the oth‐ er, but sensitivity is essential. Feeling awe for the truly awesome is under‐ standable, as is compassion for those who’ve suffered the awful.

Pedro Sanchez’ and the King’s stated intention to ‘cover all losses’ and the massive show of support, both inside the Canaries, nationally and internation‐ ally, ease the dreadful sense of despair and helplessness.

The town hall of Los Llanos de Ari‐ dane has set up a bank account to re‐ ceive donations for the victims of La Pal‐ ma volcano eruption.

You can donate here: IBAN ES06 2100 1921 1902 0014 1752 Add your name and concepto: ‘Donación Volcán La Palma.’

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DAVID WORBOYS FOUR or five years ago, I changed my diet. Until then, I was turning up at the surgery several times a year and regularly knocking back all sorts of chemicals in the form of pills and medicine. I’d had a prostatectomy, operations for kidney stones, in‐ guinal hernia and haemorrhoids. I had regular back problems, assort‐ ed aches and pains, colds and sore throats.

In the last four years, I’ve been to a surgery twice (for a blood pressure check: 140/70 each time) and taken the odd antihistamine tablet. No more pains or colds ‐ just the occa‐ sional bout of hay fever. Not a single day in bed.

Since 1846, there have been huge advances in medicine, ranging from anaesthetic to the X‐ray, penicillin, antibiotics, transplants and laser, keyhole and robot surgery. The re‐ sult is far less suffering, greater effi‐ ciency and the saving of countless lives.

However, it is in the interests of all employees and enterprises in the

GOOD HEALTH! health sector that we live long un‐ healthy lives. The doctors support the pharmacies, who support the pharmaceutical companies, who support the government (with tax revenue on profits and salaries). This is why there is no incentive to adopt a policy of prevention rather than temporary relief or cure. This is why the traditional medical authorities react to alternative suggestions and natural treatments with cynicism and repudiation.

The normal practice is testing, pharmaceuticals or surgery. GPs vaguely refer to exercise, smoking and alcohol but have never demon‐ strated to me how the mind can control many of the body’s functions and ailments. No mention of the

Traditional medicine does not seem to solve our health problems.

properties of nutrition. There seems to be time only for a quick fix.

There is still widespread dismissal of veganism by the kind of people who sneer at organic food, yoga,

Ayurveda and spiritism. The result is a sick and overweight population.

Our bodies are composed entirely of molecules derived from what we have ingested in the form of food

and drink. The average person eats 100 tons of food in a lifetime, which contain the essentials of life ‐ water, fat, protein, carbohydrates, fibre, vi‐ tamins, minerals. These elements need to be absorbed in the right proportions. Nature provides the so‐ lution, because every source of food contains a different composition.

This is why for almost every chron‐ ic disease ‐ every potential natural ail‐ ment (excluding birth defects, acci‐ dents and negligence etc) ‐ there are particular fruits, vegetables, grains, pulses, nuts, seeds, herbs or spices to prevent or combat the symptoms.

But, if the food is not organic, the beneficial properties could be infil‐ trated by pesticides and herbicides.

Most meat, fish, milk and eggs also contain toxins such as mercury, an‐ tibiotics and growth hormones.

Ironically, the traditional attitude of the health sector, while keeping millions in employment, puts so much pressure on itself that its surg‐ eries and hospitals can hardly cope.

There are many losers in this ‐ none more than the patient. Profits be‐ fore health.

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by Mark Slack

MG, the famous British brand, is producing an in‐ creasingly impressive range of vehicles given the price point of their models.

Their flagship HS SUV is priced from €25,164/

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automatic transmission.

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The Exclusive model from €28,094/£23,995 adds a truly panoramic sunroof, dual zone air con‐ ditioning and heated seats.

Both externally and in‐ ternally the HS looks and feels a quality product, there are soft touch mate‐ rials in evidence through‐ out the interior and

FLAGSHIP SUV: A serious consideration for buyers.

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THE General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) launched its new website on September 20. It has retained the same URL, but now presents a new aesthetic, and a paradigm shift that offers the so‐called ‘user experience’. Compared to the old website, this one is clearer, simpler, more acces‐ sible, and is very focused on the current affairs of the DGT. As Miguel Martin, the DGT’s IT manager points out, “The DGT website had a lot of information, a lot of content, but it was disorganised. We have carried out a co‐creation process with specialised ex‐ ternal companies, to make a clearer and more accessible website.”

This new interface offers users the possibility to sub‐ scribe to both news and events. Likewise, it is responsi‐ ble for sending notifications automatically to the user of any event (course, confer‐ ence, information session, training session), or news, that the DGT produces on the subject to which they have subscribed.

Priority is also given to the publication of data and fig‐ ures related to the content that is being visited “giving pills of data on the activity of the DGT,” explains Miguel.

Miguel also points out that the main objective of this new website is to create a close and friendly experience for the user. In addition, the web‐ site itself constantly offers the user updated information re‐ lated to the content they are looking for.

For example, if an internet user requests information on the number of registered cars, the website offers them, through links, the possibility of accessing the registration process, the statistics service, or any recent news, guide, or report on this topic.

The accessibility to the web has also been greatly im‐ proved, allowing access to in‐ formation and web resources to disadvantaged groups, for example, people with visual impairment.

New sections and services On its renewed website, the DGT launches new sec‐ tions and services. These in‐ clude the function of manag‐

DGT WEBSITE: Is now clearer and more accessible.

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