Euro Weekly News - Costa de Almeria 21 - 27 October 2021 Issue 1894

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Royal visit to Almeria KING FELIPE VI will visit Almeria on October 29 to present the Kingdom of Spain prize. The award, introduced six years ago by the Circulo de Empresarios (Business‐ owners’ Circle) with the endorsement of Spain’s royal family, “recognises and rewards the career of a leading businessperson.”

This year’s prize goes this year to Franciso Martinez‐ Cosentino who, together with his brothers, founded what is now the Cantoria‐based Grupo Cosentino in 1979.

Present in 40 countries, Cosentino employs approximately 5,000 people and has an annual turnover of €1.1 billion.

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Bandido ladies trophy haul EL BANDIDO: All ages and nationalities are welcome.

THE 13th race in the Circuito Carreras Populares series took place in Antas on Saturday October 16 and the El Bandi‐ do ladies went home with a shelfful of trophies.

It was a hot and humid evening but that didn’t stop 12

El Bandido runners taking on the 7k run. The route started in the square then headed out in‐ to the campo with a couple of steep hills crossing the rambla.

The slightly downhill run‐in to the finish line was much ap‐ preciated as were the cheers and support from friends and fellow competitors.

The overall winner complet‐ ed the course in a very speedy 23:13 and Gail Colville took the

top female spot.

A special mention goes to Corrine Cherel who was also presented with a special tro‐ phy for completing nine of the races in the series.

El Bandido Runners is a local group, set up by Kevin Rowe in June 2018. The group started with a small number of regu‐ lars and has grown with run‐ ners, joggers and walkers, from permanent residents to

regular visitors and holiday makers, covering the 5k Mojá‐ car Paseo. All ages, nationali‐ ties and speeds are welcome!

We also have a road cycling group and now a triathlon group!

If you would like more infor‐ mation please contact Kevin on ironmankev08@gmail.com and follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/p g/elbandidorunners.

Almeria bets on normal Xmas THE Almeria City Council is aiming to recover Christmas in full this year with a return to normality. This year’s Noche en Negro has been aban‐ doned, but plans are already in place for an amazing Christ‐ mas.

The council aims to recover the entire Christmas festivities programme. This will include the Three Kings parade through the main streets of the city but depends on how the coronavirus pandemic devel‐ ops.

If coronavirus infection data is looking favourable in the Almeria capital by January, the plans will go ahead. The cur‐ rent situation is encouraging and the council have started to put plans in place for the pa‐ rade. Other events such as a Christmas market have been planned too.

The Christmas market took place last year and wooden

PLANS IN PLACE: For an amazing Christmas.

stalls were spread out between the Paseo de Almeria and the Rambla. This was to give suffi‐ cient social distancing space. It is expected that a similar sce‐ nario will occur this year.

PP municipal spokesperson, María Vázquez announced that all plans have been ap‐ proved. Around 13,000 kilos of sweets will be bought for the festivities. The councillor com‐

mented: “If there are no changes, and with the pan‐ demic anything can happen, we will recover all the Christ‐ mas activities.”

With regard to the Noche en Negro, Vázquez indicated the budget was used for the eco‐ nomic aid that the City Council has allocated to the retail sec‐ tor as part of the Reactive Plan in the face of the pandemic.

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NIBS EXTRA Bike thieves THE Guardia Civil detained eight people, some of them underage, accused of stealing 19 top-of-the-range bicycles in Aguadulce. The arrests culminated an investigation launched last summer into the disappearance of a number of expensive models from apartment garages. Six bicycles and 107 spare parts have now been recovered.

Above board A BERJA court shelved an official complaint against Adra’s mayor, Manuel Cortes, which was lodged by the local PSOE party and accused him of corrupt practices linked to a building permit. Cortes had acted in accordance with his position, the judge ruled, without committing any type of irregularity.

Not pretty ALMERIA City residents criticised the new method used to prune trees lining their streets, introduced to allow them to grow as naturally as possible. Lopping branches near to buildings while leaving the opposite sides and tops practically untouched ‘looked ugly,’ they complained and made the trees look lopsided.

Shared goals THE mayors of Almeria and Cordoba will promote gastrotourism via a wide range of shared activities. The project is included in the collaboration agreement between the cities and the Junta’s Tres Culturas foundation to consolidate the historic legacy uniting Almeria and Cordoba, explained Almeria City’s mayor Ramon Fernandez-Pacheco.

Eat up VICAR’S mayor Antonio Bonilla has been visiting local schools, encouraging healthy and balanced diets while stressing to pupils the benefits of eating more fruit and vegetables. Meanwhile the schools are trying to persuade them to forsake factory-baked sugary snacks at breakfast time in favour of more wholesome options.

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The end of an era CAROL THRELFALL, Dames in Spain chair, and secretary Jenny Trask presented the Dames’ final donations earli‐ er this month.

They presented cheques of €1,500 each to the Mojacar branch of the Red Cross and the MACS Cancer Group.

“Unfortunately, the Dames in Spain’s current committee are no longer able to continue in their commitment to the Dames,” announced the as‐ sociation’s Publicity Officer,

Photo credit: Dames in Spain

LAST DONATIONS: Mojacar Red Cross and the MACS Cancer Group with their cheques for €1,500 Ann Marshall.

“It is with much regret that we must advise the closure

La Peana sends SOS IT will cost €80,000 to prop up Seron’s ancient holm oak, La Peana, to help it survive the winter. The tree, which the Junta declared a Natural Monument in 2019, is 1,300 years old and each of its 19 branches requires propping up.

Speaking to a Cadena SER Levante interviewer, Manuel Perez Sola who is president of the Monumento Natural Enci‐ na la Peana association, explained that the props need to be made and installed by specialists.

Members of the association have launched a crowdfunding project but Perez Sola explained that they are working against the clock. “For a tree like this, and bearing in mind the weight of its branches, the wind, rain or a heavy snowfall will affect it more than usual,” he said. “Part of the trunk of a very old holm oak is usually hollow which will also make La Peana es‐ pecially vulnerable to a harsh winter,” Perez Sola pointed out.

“We are knocking on the doors of all those people who are most likely to want to help us, because we need to make at least a start before winter comes and before it snows, which would put La Peana in particular danger.” More information about the La Peana crowdfunding campaign is available on the goteo.org website.

No substitute for plastics ALMERIA Province green‐ houses generate 32,000 tons of plastics each year.

This amounts to 7 per cent of the total produced

by Spain’s agricultural sec‐ tor, Almeria’s fruit and veg‐ etable producers’ associa‐ tion, APROA, revealed.

The association pointed out that 95 per cent of these materials were recy‐ cled, adding that there was no substitute for plastic in

the province’s intensive production methods that were also “economically, socially and environmen‐ tally sustainable.”

APROA went on to ex‐ plain that the type of plas‐ tics that growers use were the result of years of re‐ search and created to pro‐ duce healthy food year‐ round, which would not be possible without green‐ houses.

of the Dames in Spain (Mo‐ jacar),” she continued..

“The Dames’ committee

thank everyone who has supported us over many, many years.”

Water cuts continue LAST September, Velez‐Rubio resident Andrea Lowe contact‐ ed the Euro Weekly News to tell us about her water supply problems.

Andrea lives in a rural area where cuts were intermittent throughout last summer.

When she spoke to us two months ago, we learnt that earlier in September she and her neighbours had no running water for 10 days. Even as she was talking to us, there was an‐ other cut in the supply.

Since then an exasperated Andrea has been in touch with the Euro Weekly News again.

“We have had less than four hours’ water over the last four

days,” she said recently.

Worse still, she cannot get through to the town hall be‐ cause Velez‐Rubio Town Hall appears to have blocked her.

“I can’t send messages to their Facebook page, they don’t reply to emails or re‐ spond to communications via their website,” she added.

“I have phoned and mes‐ saged the town hall plumber countless times but get no an‐ swer.” Her next move would be to message Velez‐Rubio’s mayor directly, Andrea ex‐ plained. “I’ll let you know if I do get a response,” she told us, but warned us not to hold our breath.

Green flags flying MOJACAR and Almeria City were the only municipalities in Andalucia to win Green Flags for glass recycling this summer.

A total of 125 coastal town and city halls in five au‐ tonomous regions took part in the initiative organised by Ecovidrio, with more than 14,000 hospitality trade estab‐ lishments vying to recycle more glass in July and August than during the previous year.

Mojacar’s haul of 69,321 ki‐ los of glass collected by local bars, restaurants and cafes showed a 31 per cent increase on 2020.

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Almeria City, another of An‐ dalucia’s 41 municipalities that competed for a Green Flag, col‐ lected 440,610 kilos of glass this summer, 37 per cent more than last year.

By recycling glass, partici‐ pants in the region prevented the release of more than 4,630 tons of carbon dioxide.

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The right decision NO Covid cases reported in the two weeks follow‐ ing Vera’s fiestas were linked to the celebra‐ tions honouring San Cle‐ ofas.

Festivities councillor Amparo Garcia later as‐ sessed the outcome as “positive, favourable, and optimum” but point‐ ed out that the town hall had taken into consider‐ ation the dangers in‐ volved beforehand.

“We realised that cele‐ brating important and complete fiestas like the Vera Feria was risky, but at the same time it was essential to convey a message of enthusiasm, optimism and hope,” Garcia said.

It had also been neces‐ sary to help local com‐ merce and fairground operators during this phase of economic re‐ covery after a complicat‐ ed 18 months, the coun‐ cillor added.

Vera’s mayor Jose Carmelo Jorge Blanco de‐ clared that the town had “set an example” by or‐ ganising normal fiestas while demonstrating that safe celebrations were possible when us‐ ing common sense and observing health regula‐ tions.

“We also took into ac‐ count when we decided to go ahead with the fi‐ estas that most of the lo‐ cal population had been double‐vaccinated,” Jorge Blanco said.

“This also proves that vaccination works and our decision was the right one.”

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AT home in Almeria. Almeria has become a favoured habitat for the non‐native invasive tiger mosquito from south‐east Asia. It was first detected in Mojacar in 2015 and according to the Soci‐ ety for the Study and Recovery of Almeria’s Biodiversity (SERBAL), it is now “particularly relevant” not only in Mojacar, but also in Vera, Garrucha, Nijar, Carboneras and Pulpi. Although other ar‐ eas in the province were thought to be free of tiger mosquitoes, SERBAL experts have located them in Aguadulce, Roquetas, Adra, Almeria City, Huercal de Almeria, and Cabo de Gata.

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A great crowd and a good time THE recent Sunday Funday at the New Trinidad in Arboleas raised €1,185 for Age Support Almanzora (ASA).

“The money raised will buy a new hospital‐style bed which can be loaned out to clients of the Albox‐ based charity,” announced Age Sup‐ port Almanzora’s president Vanya Ager.

Vanya was delighted with the event and thanked all who attended, to‐ gether with the stallholders and en‐ tertainers, especially Trev, Bev and their team, for making everyone so welcome.

The crowd was entertained by the imaginatively‐named Ruby Welts, Wee Biscuit, Diamond Kahn and Steve Jackson, along with Geoff Murrell and Bobby Gray from Breeze FM. The auction alone raised €400 and there was a raffle and tombola as well

as competitions to keep everyone busy on a sunny afternoon in a lovely location.

“A great crowd and a good time was had by all!” Vanya exclaimed.

The charity’s next event is their First Annual Christmas Gala at La Par‐ rilla, Albox, at 8pm on Friday Decem‐ ber 10.

Details are to follow and tickets, €25, will be on sale soon from the ASA shop in Albox, so watch this space.

Age Support Almanzora is a regis‐ tered charity covering the Almanzora Valley area which aims to improve the quality of life for older people by providing emotional and practical support.

For more information, visit their www.agesupportalmanzora.com website and Facebook page.

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Vera and District Lions celebrate FRIDAY October 8, 2021 saw Vera and District Li‐ ons celebrate their eighth Charter Anniver‐ sary with the occasion being held at The Ter‐ raza Carmona Hotel in Vera .

Over 90 attendees con‐ sisting of Lions members, Lions volunteers, spon‐ sors and guests enjoyed a delightful three‐course meal from the kitchen of the Terraza Carmona with entertainment from Lions Jack Law and Kay Francis.

‘Citizens of the Year’ awards for 2019‐2020 went to volunteers Trevor and Sylvia Worral and for 2020‐2021 to volunteers Kate Black‐ burn and Christina Maud.

Lion of the year went to Lions President Andy Pearson.

New Lions members, ‘Friends of the Lions’ and Lions volunteers are al‐ ways welcome to join us.

Please find details on our Faceebook page or email the secretary at veralion ssecretary@gmail.com.

Members of Asprodalba with Lions President Andy Pearson.

Readers’ poll

Boris Johnson’s controversial Marbella trip provokes outrage THE Euro Weekly News asked readers whether they thought Boris Johnson was right to go on holiday to a €29,500 a week villa in Marbella last week while the UK was suffering fuel and food shortages, and the over‐ whelming majority said he was not.

In total, 82.4 per cent of read‐ ers said Johnson should not be on holiday while the UK was fac‐

ing so many problems, while just 17.6 per cent said everyone should have a holiday.

Several readers said they thought the prime minister had left the country to avoid back‐ lash from a damning report into the UK government’s handling of the pandemic.

Brian Francis said: “He always runs away from damning re‐ ports.”

Meanwhile, Brenda Jones said: “He’s just run away to Spain to avoid the damning report out today… that’s the only reason he’s here. And it’s his third holi‐ day this year.”

Other readers had more sym‐ pathy for Mr Johnson however, arguing that everyone should be able to have a holiday with their family.

Colin Carter said: “Everyone expects a holiday each year so why shouldn’t the PM have one.”

Home Office minister Damian Hinds also defended the PM’s need to get away. He comment‐ ed that the holiday is “important for the whole country” as the prime pinister needs time to wind down. He also said that the time would never be right. This is the first foreign holiday that Johnson has taken since the be‐ ginning of the pandemic.

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Heathrow price hike THE cost of family summer holidays could spike by £100 in 2022 as Heathrow Airport eyes a price hike, an ex‐British Airways boss has warned.

Willie Walsh has claimed that the UK’s busiest airport wants to increase the charges airlines pay by more than 90 per cent from January. If agreed, it would mean a spike from £19.36 to £37.63 per passenger, as airlines would have to add the charges to ticket prices.

As an example, a family of five could pay almost £100 more for a flight from Heathrow if the Civil Avia‐ tion Authority regulator de‐ cides to approve the changes. Mr Walsh has ac‐ cused Heathrow of acting like a “greedy monopoly” and said that their wealthy shareholders need to “step up” to provide investment after years of generous divi‐ dend pay‐outs.

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Tree-planting drones DRONES are being used in Spanish provinces to enable the reforesting of selected ar‐ eas. The drones are supplied by the start‐up CO2 Revolu‐ tion, which is used by many Spanish companies to offset their carbon footprint. Refor‐ estations throughout Spain are certified by the Ministry for Ecological Transition, which offers guarantees of rigour in these actions.

Pontevedra, Palencia, Guadalajara, Burgos, Caceres, Valencia, Sevilla, Salamanca, Avila, and Leon will see new forests grow thanks to this CO2 Revolution technology. Using a drone, it has been proved pos‐ sible to disperse seeds more quickly and efficiently. The re‐ sult is that trees can be planted

up to 100 times faster than us‐ ing traditional methods and at a much lower economic cost.

Each drone can launch 10,000 seeds in a single day.

These seeds are contained in a small pack that carries the pre‐ germinated seed, together with all the elements it needs for its growth and develop‐ ment.

This method of repopulation has already been carried out in Guadalajara and Burgos in the first three months of 2021.

Pontevedra started on September 20 and the others will begin between November 1 and January in areas that have been destroyed by fires or have become deserts.

Native tree species are used in all cases.

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PRINCESS CHARLOTTE is only six years old, yet she has come top of a young royal rich list. She even beat her older brother. According to a new study, Charlotte’s net worth is a staggering £3.6 billion. George came in with a net worth of almost £2.2 billion. Charlotte’s younger brother Louis is lagging behind. His estimate came in at only £720 million.

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Expat residency rejections EXPATS are getting frustrated at the rising rate of rejections occurring during the post‐Brexit Spanish residency application process.

Recent statistics show 2,400 applica‐ tions were rejected so far this year. The original deadline to apply and still be cov‐ ered under the Withdrawal Agreement with the EU was December 2020. Many expats were based in Spain at the end of the year, but for some of them the time ran out. However, those who consider they are covered by the Withdrawal Agreement may still apply.

For those not covered who are looking to make a fresh residency application, the process must begin in England, through the Spanish Consulate. But according to le‐ gal expert Diego Echavarria, the Consulate is being very strict and “turning down a lot of applications for stupid reasons.” He says English citizens now have the entry requirements of other countries not in the EU and these are very tough to achieve.

The deadline was widely reported, but some Britons did not think the ramifica‐

POST-BREXIT: 2,400 applications rejected.

tions would be so big. If you can prove that you resided in the country before the deadline there is still an opportunity to ap‐ ply, but the mountain of paperwork is more than some people can acquire.

Diego said some applications have been turned down for reasons he considers “nonsense.”

He hopes the two countries can reach an agreement so that Spain can welcome Britons again. He said: “Spain is a touristic country, it’s a big part of the economy. At the end of the day, the Brits are spending their pension here.”

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Fertility treatment extension FERTILITY treatment avail‐ ability is set to be extended to single women in Spain. The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, announced on Octo‐ ber 16, that the availability of assisted human reproduction is set to be extended. Single women, lesbians and trans‐ sexuals will soon be able to benefit from fertility treat‐ ments in Spain.

Darias made the an‐ nouncement when she spoke at a roundtable dis‐ cussion at the 40th PSOE Congress on science. Darias commented on the objec‐ tives of making “a more de‐ cent society” and “giving rights to those who do not have them.” The Minister of Health has also said that she is committed to shielding the health service from fur‐ ther cuts. Darias went on to speak about the coronavirus pandemic and the fantastic progress made by the Span‐ ish vaccination programme.

According to Darias, the current low infection rates are “incredible and spectac‐ ular.” At the moment, al‐

SINGLE WOMEN: Will soon benefit from fertility treatment.

most 90 per cent of people more than 12 years old have been fully vaccinated against the pandemic.

“We are world leaders,

we have 37 million vaccinat‐ ed and we want the entire population to be vaccinated, it is a commitment,” Darias pledged.

Lottery income revealed HAVE you ever wondered how much money is generated by the Spanish State Lottery (otherwise known as Loterias y Apuestas del Estado)? All is revealed in an annual government document.

The lottery in Spain has been promoted by the State since 1763 when King Charles III created the Royal Lottery. In 1812, the Christmas Lottery known as ‘El Gordo’ (the Big One) was created and has now become the biggest lottery draw worldwide.

On October 13, Maria Jesus Montero, Spain’s Minister of Finance, delivered her accounts of the new General State Budgets (PGE) for 2022 to the Congress of Deputies in Madrid. The document stated that the government foresees the State Lottery earning €1.8 billion in 2022, after taxes. That’s compared to a revenue of €1.639 billion in 2021, an increase of around €200 million.

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Amazon Xmas job drive THE UK is expected to expe‐ rience a huge demand for short‐term workers over Christmas. Amazon alone are set to recruit around 20,000 temporary staff. Due to labour shortages, they are offering sign up bonuses worth a staggering £3,000.

The bonuses will only be available in areas struggling with a shortage of labour.

Many companies will bat‐ tle it out for labour in the run‐up to Christmas, accord‐ ing to the Food and Drink Federation. Many small firms will not be able to compete with Amazon. This could see Christmas supplies and deliv‐ eries hit hard.

Ian Wright is the chief ex‐ ecutive of the Food and Drink Federation. He be‐

CHRISTMAS SUPPLIES: Start shopping early.

lieves that the sign up bonus‐ es from Amazon will be a “knock‐out blow” for other companies.

Wright explained: “There isn’t a vast reservoir of British workers just waiting to be fought over. It’s incredibly difficult to get Christmas staff labour in many areas. It will

mean higher prices and few‐ er choices on shelves. Suppli‐ ers will almost certainly pro‐ duce shorter runs of product and if they can, they will look at higher prices.”

Parents have been warned to start their Christmas shop‐ ping early so that children are not left disappointed.

Ex-police chief faces life

Villarejo is facing prison.

THE trial of notorious ex‐ police chief, Jose Manuel Villarejo, is taking place in Spain’s top criminal court, the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid. Villarejo is pivotal in a web of scandal and corruption accusations that

Licence exchange concerns The Brits in Spain Consulate & Embassy Facebook page has recognised that many Brits are concerned over the long‐term arrangements for exchanging their driving li‐ cence in Spain.

At the moment residents with valid UK licences only have until October 31 to use them.

Brits in Spain said: “We recognise that many people are concerned about the long‐term arrangements for UK driving licence exchange here in Spain. Negotiations continue between the UK and Spanish governments on this issue.

“However, under current Spanish law, residents with valid UK licences will only be able to use these to drive in Spain until October 31, 2021.”

It is hoped that an exten‐ sion to the date will be agreed. Brits in Spain ex‐ plained: “We are asking the

Spanish Government for an extension to the October 31 date and will update you as soon as we know the out‐ come.

“In the meantime, UK li‐ cence holders could, if they wished to, apply for a Span‐ ish licence. This includes tak‐ ing both a practical and theo‐ ry test. You can find more information here: https://sede.dgt.gob.es/es/p ermisos‐de‐conducir/obten cion‐renovacion‐duplicados‐ permiso/permiso‐ conducir/index.shtml.”

He added, “If you success‐ fully registered your intent to exchange your licence by De‐ cember 30, 2020, your UK li‐ cence will also become in‐ valid on October 31, but you will still be eligible to ex‐ change it for a Spanish one until December 31, 2021 without having to take a practical test. We recom‐ mend you get an appoint‐ ment as soon as possible.”

have shocked Spain.

The 70‐year‐old former cop, who was arrested four years ago, faces a maxi‐ mum sentence of 109 years in prison if he is found guilty. He stands accused of making secret recordings with businesspeople, some of which were leaked on‐ line after being discovered at his home during a search.

It is alleged that he tried to use these recordings to blackmail a number of peo‐ ple or to use them on be‐ half of other clients to de‐ stroy reputations. Police raids on his home recov‐ ered more than 40 ter‐ abytes of recordings.

Mr Villarejo’s wife is one of 27 defendants in this case. While still employed in his role as a National Po‐ lice chief, Mr Villarejo set up a consulting company. It is claimed he abused his position to access sensitive police data in exchange for millions of euros.

After spending three years in custody, he was re‐ leased by a court last March and declared he would cooperate with the authorities.

Members of Spain’s royal family could be implicated in this case as well as some of the country’s biggest ty‐ coons and politicians.

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Batman trailer released PEOPLE attending the DC Fandome virtual event were treated to the first full trailer for ‘The Bat‐ man’, the latest film set in the gloomy city of Gotham.

The clip is the first glimpse at Robert Pattin‐ son taking up the famous black suit as he stars in what is apparently the ‘darkest and most violent’ outing yet. Fans have been anticipating the new version of the superhero

and it did not disappoint.

The new film is set in the early days of Bat‐ man’s story, just one year after he begins his life as the Caped Crusader. Di‐ rector Matt Reeves has turned Gotham into a dark and foreboding place. The main villain of this film is ‘The Riddler’ played by Paul Dano. His face is hidden throughout the new Batman trailer which hints at a big reveal in the film.

Readers’ poll

Expats’ anger over Hollywood strike

FILM INDUSTRY: Workers claim they are working long hours.

BRITISH expats in Spain have expressed their anger over a planned strike by Hollywood workers with 100 per cent saying they did not agree with the industrial action.

The Euro Weekly News asked its readers whether the workers should be able to use a strike to demand better work conditions after many claimed they were being asked to work too many hours.

Readers rejected the planned strike, however, and instead said that the workers already had a good job.

The entertainment indus‐ try’s main union, the Interna‐ tional Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, (IATSE), an‐ nounced the plans, with 98 per cent of the union’s nearly 60,000 agreeing to a strike.

IATSE represents a large number of all the people who work behind the scenes of

movies and television shows across America and the stop‐ page could have been a disas‐ ter for the companies that run the filming.

Members demanded bet‐ ter hours and more rest, alongside penalties for pro‐ ductions that don’t stop for lunch breaks. They said that the boom in production over the last 10 years has led to longer hours and dangerous conditions on set.

They demanded a 10‐hour turnaround between shifts, and a new provision to en‐ sure enough time away from the set on weekends.

The president of IATSE, Matthew Loeb, spoke of a lack of urgency from the Al‐ liance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, with whom they are bargaining.

He said, “our members de‐ serve to have their basic needs addressed now.”

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Sir Michael Caine bows out SIR MICHAEL CAINE has insisted he will retire from acting and now considers himself a writer. The screen legend known for his roles in films such as The Italian Job, Harry Brown and Alfie has said that his role in the comedydrama flick Best Sellers is likely his last.

Speaking on BBC Radio 5, Caine said: “Funnily enough, it has turned out to be my last part, really. Because I haven’t worked for two years, and I have a spine problem, which affects my legs. So, I can’t walk very well.

“And I also wrote a book, a couple of books, which were published and were successful. So, I’m now not an actor, I’m a writer, which is lovely because as an actor, you have to get up at

Sir Michael is now writing.

half-past six in the morning and go to the studio. As a writer, you can start writing without leaving the bed.”

The screen icon previously performed a U-turn on his plans to retire at the age of 45 because he loves acting too much. Caine said in 2018: “What happened was, I enjoyed it so much that I just couldn’t stop.

Things go up and down and you do what comes along.

You have to make a living.”

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AN incredible catch was made in the waters off the coast of Ceuta, the Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa. A monster sunfish discovered trapped in the fishing nets of the UEDO networks on October 4 was described as a very important scien‐ tific find.

Measuring 2.9 metres, the enormous creature needed two cranes installed on two boats to lift it out of the water. The fish tipped the scales at more than 1,000 kilos.

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Animals drone rescue

H E A R T B R E A K I N G images have been captured of animals trapped on La Pal‐ ma due to the volcanic explosions. Two companies have stepped in to help take care of dogs and animals that have been isolated in Todoque.

The council of La Palma have thanked Volcanic Life and Ticom Soluciones for their help in keeping the animals alive.

The companies are using drones to check on the animals. The animals are isolated in the upper area of Todoque.

The area has been blanketed in ash from the Cumbre Vieja eruptions.

The companies are using drones to

DOGS: Are scared after being trapped for days.

help the animals. The drones not only capture video footage, they can also carry weight and are being used to

transport food and water to the ani‐ mals.

It is not possible to reach the animals on foot. Roads in the area have been covered with lava. Due to the explo‐ sions and ash in the air, helicopters can‐ not be used to rescue the animals ei‐ ther.

According to the council, the two companies are working together self‐ lessly to take care of the dogs.

Footage taken by the drones is upset‐ ting. It shows dogs that have become surrounded by ash and are scared after being trapped for many days.

Autonomo payments up in 2022

T H E General State budgets for the next fiscal year in‐ clude a rise in the minimum autonomo payments due from self‐employed workers.

This is combining the usual yearly inflation‐based in‐ crease with any amounts that were delayed by the pandem‐ ic. The government has decid‐ ed that the amount will be

1.7 per cent according to the ‘inflation forecast.’

The minimum now moves to €294 a month for the gen‐ eral self‐employed, a €96 in‐ crease over the year. The cor‐ porate self‐employed can expect a higher increase of €18.7 a month, €225 more across the year.

It was acknowledged that

the increase bases ‘do not rise in real terms,’ as it matches the expected rate of inflation for the following year. The smallest contribu‐ tions for the self‐employed are due to become even more mismatched to those of salaried workers, which are based on the minimum wage.

Autonomos will still be able

to choose to pay in the mini‐ mum next year before the government instigates its new sliding scale system. Un‐ der the new system, the self‐ employed will also pay ac‐ cording to how much they earn. The Executive is expect‐ ed to approve these reform plans next year, but will not roll them out until 2023.

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Brit footballer jailed in Dubai A BRIT footballer jailed for 25 years in Dubai was allegedly ‘beaten and tasered’. Billy Hood, 24, was sen‐ tenced to the term in the notorious Al‐Barsha prison. He reportedly told a friend how he was “tortured” and “tasered” before being found guilty of possession and supply of drugs, and drug trafficking. Billy was found with four small bottles of vape oil containing traces of cannabis that he claims were not even his.

His agent Alfie Cain said: “It’s been bad in Al‐Barsha, I’m not going to sugar coat it. When they took him to the drugs unit they beat him for five days. He told me police offi‐ cers tasered him, slapped him and fed him bread and little water.

“He was basically tortured and put in a cell with 30 other people for five days,” he added.

Billy says he signed a confession to make the torture stop. The docu‐ ment was written in Arabic and he could not understand it. Radha Stir‐ ling, Founder and CEO of Detained in Dubai believes that the sentence given to Billy is harsh: “It’s incredi‐ ble, 25 years for having an oil that can’t even get you high. It’s ex‐ treme.”

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Could lorry crisis hit Spain?

SPANISH lorry driver, José Ramón Gimeno, has warned: “In a short time we could be like in the United Kingdom.”

Lorry drivers have al‐ ways had a demanding job. This used to be compensated by a gen‐ erous salary. However, everything changed with the 2008 crisis and things are getting worse. Costs are in‐ creasing for the indus‐ try. And the sector is now struggling to get new drivers.

The lack of lorry drivers has severely hit the UK recently. Fore‐ courts have been left without petrol. Super‐ markets are beginning to suffer from stock shortages and problems have been predicted for Christmas.

Some believe that Spain could be heading

the same way. Javier San Martín, professor of logistics at the OBS Business School com‐ mented: “The sector has become less attrac‐ tive in recent years, probably since before the crisis, and has been losing profit margins.”

He added: “If you look at it this year com‐ pared to last year, the costs have gone up a lot because of an increase in the cost of insurance.

The cost of fuel ranges between 30 per cent and 40 per cent of the total cost and petrol has gone up a lot.”

The industry is having problems recruiting new drivers. Many old‐ er drivers are heading towards retirement.

There is not a young workforce ready and willing to take over from them.

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ASTRONAUTS: Will spend six months working at China’s new space station.

Space station record CHINA has announced the successful docking of its latest rocket, the Shen‐ zhou‐13. The three astronauts are on board and will spend six months working at the country’s new space station. This is the longest crewed mission to date, twice as long as the previous 90‐day mission. This trip is part of a major drive as China pushes forward in their attempt to become a leading space power.

The three astronauts will use the mission to set up equipment on the new space station and test out tech‐ nology to expand the ship. Named ‘Tiangong,’ which means ‘Heavenly Place,’ the station is due to be used

for at least 10 years. It weighs 70 tonnes and will be expanded over the next two years with lab modules be‐ ing delivered by more crewed mis‐ sions in the future.

The crew includes the first woman to visit the space station, Wang Yap‐ ing. A military pilot, the 41‐year‐old was China’s second woman in space, going up in 2013. The mission com‐ mander for this trip is Zhai Zhigang, 55, who used to be a fighter pilot be‐ fore completing China’s first space‐ walk ever in 2008. The last team member belongs to the People’s Lib‐ eration Army air force, 41‐year‐old Ye Guangfu.

AT the recent congress in Valencia, President Pedro Sánchez gave a speech focused on social democrat‐ ic values and a government promise that will mark the next few months.

He announced the next milestones of the Executive, after euthanasia, will be the increase in the minimum wage, the minimum income wage and the pension reform. After that will be the most profound change ‐ the abolition of prostitution.

“We will advance putting an end to laws such as the gag law and the labour reform of the PP, imposed and without agreements, which made contracts precarious and de‐ valued wages. We will move for‐ ward by strengthening Europe. And we will advance, abolishing prosti‐ tution that enslaves women,” promised the PSOE leader. There is a lot of opposition from employers on some labour reform issues. The European Commission is watching and Sánchez will have to decide shortly if he is willing to carry it out even without the agreement of the employers, as he did with the mini‐ mum wage. The abolition of prosti‐ tution could also be of enormous political value for the socialist lead‐ er.

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Shatner’s space age record STAR TREK icon William Shatner has become the oldest person to visit space. He was in tears as he touched down on Earth after his monumental flight into space on board Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket.

Shatner said of the trip: “The little things, weightlessness, but to see the blue colour whip by. And now you’re staring at the blackness.

That’s the thing, the covering of blue… this comforter of blue we have around us.”

BRITISH band the Rolling Stones have cut one of the most famous songs in their back catalogue from their concert playlist. It’s being held up as a victory by peo‐ ple who oppose the insensi‐ tive lyrics.

The 1971 song was a huge hit for the Stones, with fans raving over the guitar riffs and the musicality. This somewhat overshadowed the ‘crude and offensive’ lyrics, say critics.

The track is one of the band’s most played songs while they are on tour, but the wording has been de‐ scribed as “gross, sexist, and stunningly offensive to

“The most profound experience.”

“Then suddenly you shoot through it all, you whip off the sheet and you’re looking at the black ugliness.

There is Mother Earth, comfort, and

Brown Sugar axed black women.”

Guitarist Keith Richards is‐ n’t sure why the song re‐ ceives so much flack. He says it is about the horrors of slavery, and people are trying to “bury it.” Mick Jag‐ ger said the decision to drop the song is one of logistics only as it is tough to put to‐ gether a set list. He said: “We’ve played Brown Sugar every night since 1970. So sometimes you think, ‘we’ll take that one out for now and see how it goes.’ We might put it back in.”

Jihadist group dismantled A JIHADIST group dismantled in Barcelona and Madrid were ready to carry out an at‐ tack. Officers from the Nation‐ al Police arrested five suspect‐ ed jihadists in the cities. The alleged ringleader of the group was among them. The leader was dedicated to re‐ cruiting and indoctrinating new members. The operation was performed by officers from the National Police’s

there is… is that death? I don’t know? Is that the way death is?”

Shatner called it the “most pro‐ found experience I can imagine.”

The man behind Captain James T Kirk was seen ringing the bell before being strapped into the rocket, which took off from the Texas desert on October 12.

He reached zero‐G and entered space at 107,000 metres altitude, experiencing several minutes of weightlessness and a spectacular view of Earth.

General Information Commis‐ sariat directed by the National Court, according to legal and police sources.

Four of the alleged jihadists have appeared before the judge already. They appeared before Joaquín Gadea, judge for the Audiencia Nacional.

Gadea ordered the four men to be sent to prison.

It is expected that the fifth jihadist will testify in the next few days. He is in a Catalan prison already due to other crimes. This latest operation is linked to another that took place in January when three alleged jihadists were arrest‐ ed. One of them was said to have fought in the Syrian‐Iraqi conflict zone.

According to reports, the al‐ leged ringleader has previous‐ ly spent time in an Algerian jail.

Other people are mad at the group for ditching the song. Presenter Piers Mor‐ gan accused them of giving in to the ‘woke brigade’ and called the decision deeply depressing. The song was

last performed live in 2019, and has been streamed 170 million times on Spotify.

The upcoming tour is the first since the death of drummer Charlie Watts in August.

Under-16 bullfight ban UNDER-16s could be banned from bullfights in Spain. Thousands of bulls die each year in what is classed by many as an es‐ sential part of Spanish cul‐ ture. However, opposition against bullfighting is grow‐ ing.

Bullfighting could be phased out under plans that are being supported by left‐ wing politicians in the coun‐ try. And new rules could see children under 16 years old banned from the traditional sport. The future of bull‐ fighting will be discussed

next week by delegates of the Federal Congress in Va‐ lencia. Various plans are be‐ ing considered including stopping promoting bull‐ fighting as part of Spanish culture and cutting funding for the activity. Many peo‐ ple now see bullfighting as outdated. This is especially true for people living in cities rather than in rural ar‐ eas of Spain.

Left‐wing politicians seem to be favouring phasing out bullfighting, even though it attracts thousands of fans each year.

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EARLY politicians required feedback from the public to determine what the people considered impor‐ tant. Since there were no telephones, TVs or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs, and bars. They were told to ‘go sip some ale’ and listen to people’s conversations and political concerns. Many assistants were dispatched at differ‐ ent times. ‘You go sip here’ and ‘You go sip there.’

The two words ‘go sip’ were eventually combined when referring to the local opinion and, thus we have the term ‘gossip.’

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Primark recruits for Xmas CHRISTMAS is nearly here and with it comes one of the busy shopping periods of the year. As a result, Irish low‐ cost fashion chain Primark is now recruiting in Spain with over 80 jobs on offer.

The firm is recruiting shop

assistants/retail assistants and trainee/department managers. The Managers’ posts are up for grabs for anyone looking for a more specialised career who can meet the minimum require‐ ments.

Phone theft tip THE Guardia Civil is increasingly aware of possible crimes related to technology and so they are providing invaluable advice on how to deal with mobile phone theft.

This week, through their official Twitter ac‐ count, the Guardia Civil advised: “If you dial * # 06 # on your mobile, the IMEI number will appear on your screen. Save it and in case of theft your operator will be able to block the terminal.”

The IMEI is a code that identifies the device uniquely worldwide and is transmitted to the network when connecting to it. This code is known to the telephone companies.

The IMEI allows functions such as the block‐ ing of mobile phones in case of theft. When given to mobile phone operators, the handset can be blocked which will prevent the thieves from making calls.

The company is offering salaries of €1,239 per month for full‐time shop assistants, but most of the jobs though will be part‐time positions for 20 hours a week. The part‐ time jobs will offer a salary of around €600.

A MAN who murdered a British grandmother by beating her to death in her villa in Granja de Ro‐ camora near Elche has been sentenced to 25 years in jail.

Margaret McNulty’s trusted Dutch handyman beat her to death just weeks before her 71st birthday after going to her house to borrow money. Nicolas Pieter Pij‐ nenborgh had known the widowed grandmother for four years. He grabbed her by the neck as she made him a coffee and then beat her repeat‐ edly. He finally killed the elderly expat by stran‐

Primark said: “We are looking for enthusiastic people to join our shop as shop assistants on a part‐ time or weekend basis.”

Applications can be made via the Primark website.

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Murderer jailed

gling her and leaving her to die with brain trauma, a broken jaw, several bro‐ ken ribs, a fractured ster‐ num, a broken spine and myocardial rupture. Pij‐ nenborgh made a partial confession after his de‐ tention, however, he lat‐ er claimed he had suf‐ fered from memory loss after consuming crack co‐ caine and alcohol. Judge Joaquin Maria Orellana Piera delivered his sen‐ tence in a 51‐page writ‐ ten ruling made public on October 15. He revealed

Pijnenborgh had been ar‐ rested for multiple al‐ leged street muggings on women in Spain between January and February

2018. He also had 19 criminal convictions in the Netherlands for the possession of drugs and weapons.

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THE government of Spain may ban the Legion goat parade due to animal abuse laws. The general director of Animal Rights, Sergio Garcia Torres (Podemos), has prepared a text that limits animal par‐ ticipation in parades and processions. The Legion goat is a symbol of the history of Spain, however, the parade held on Tuesday October 12 could have been the last if the law of the Central Executive is ap‐ proved in its current terms.

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Police QR scam warning World’s first fusion plant THE National Police has re‐ leased tips on how to avoid QR code scams. In recent weeks, the media have also echoed this warning.

Fraudulent activities that cy‐ ber criminals carry out through QR codes have existed for years. However, there has been a boom in their use during the months of the coronavirus pan‐ demic, when they have been used in places such as restau‐ rants, airports, concerts and theatres.

The National Cybersecurity

QR CODE: Increase in use.

Institute (INCIBE) lists the risks to which we can expose ourselves when scanning a QR. These are possible cases of phishing, the download of malware or mali‐ cious code injection and session

hijacking. Cybercriminals trick victims into scanning a code that impersonates the original to covertly access information within their account.

Tips include having an an‐ tivirus installed on devices. Be‐ ing wary of offers accessed by scanning a QR code. Making sure that a QR code has not been pasted on top of another.

Not allowing direct file down‐ loads when scanning a QR code. They also suggest busi‐ nesses use a secure QR genera‐ tor service.

UK Government app launched PLANS to make it easier for the public to access online services via a GOV.UK app have been set out by Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Steve Barclay.

The move means that the public will no longer have to remember multiple usernames and passwords to access ser‐ vices such as free school meals, support for disabled family members and chang‐ ing driver licence details in the future.

Currently, there are 191 different ways

for people to set up a variety of accounts to access different services on GOV.UK, with 44 different sign‐in methods. This is in stark contrast to the private sector, where people expect to be able to log in‐ to and access a variety of different ser‐ vices via their smartphone.

Steve Barclay said: “Now more than ever, it is important that the government responds to people’s heightened expec‐ tations about the services they use.”

UK sites have been short‐ listed for the world’s first fusion power plant proto‐ type. Fusion energy could potentially change the world and help sustain low carbon emissions in the fu‐ ture.

The plant’s final location will be decided towards the end of 2022 by the Secre‐ tary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strat‐ egy. Five sites have been shortlisted for the future home of the UK’s prototype fusion energy plant, the Spherical Tokamak for En‐ ergy Production, or ‘STEP.’ The shortlisted sites are: Ardeer (North Ayrshire), Goole (East Riding of York‐ shire), Moorside (Cumbria), Ratcliffe‐on‐Soar (Notting‐ hamshire) and Severn Edge (South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire).

According to the govern‐ ment: “STEP is a govern‐ ment‐backed programme to build a prototype fusion energy plant in the UK. The STEP plant aims to generate

net electricity as well as demonstrating how the plant will be maintained and how it will produce its own fuel.

“STEP will create thou‐ sands of highly‐skilled jobs

during construction and op‐ erations and attract other high‐tech industries to its host region, furthering the development of science and technology capabilities locally and nationally.”

Drowning case archived THE Court of Fuengirola, Malaga, has agreed to archive the criminal investigation case of a British father and two chil‐ dren who drowned in a swimming pool in Mijas Costa.

The court has decided that “the perpetration of any crime is not duly justified” and numerous tests carried out indicated that nobody was responsible for the drownings.

The event took place on December 24, 2019 when the three deceased family members were enjoying a few days of holidat.

According to the testimony of those present, the nine‐ year‐old daughter got into difficulty getting out of the pool, so both the father and a 16‐year‐old brother jumped into the water with the intention of helping her.

All three drowned and died of asphyxia due to submer‐ sion “probably due to a lack of swimming skills coupled with stress, nerves and panic.”

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The world’s largest grand piano was built by a 15-year-old in New Zealand measuring 18 feet long.

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Netflix pays only £4m AS the stay at home orders hit the UK in 2020, the subscriber numbers for streaming service Netflix soared. More than two mil‐ lion new viewers signed up for the service, bringing the total number of customers to around 13 million. These numbers are thought to have brought in an estimated £1.15bn in revenue. They added 36 million subscribers worldwide, meaning they reach more than 200 million across the globe.

Despite this increase, the UK branch of Net‐ flix only paid £4m in corporation tax to the Treasury last year. The monthly fees paid by fans are sent through separate accounts from its headquarters based in the Netherlands.

Netflix has begun a shift away from this prac‐ tice, and in January started declaring its in‐ come in the UK to the correct tax authorities.

STREAMING: Subscriber numbers soared.

This may make a huge difference to the amount of tax paid to the UK, but the exact figures won’t be known for a while yet. The amount paid will depend on the profits made before the financial report of 2022. A lot of revenue Netflix earns is ploughed straight back into its expanding British‐made produc‐ tion arm.

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The Queen is hiring

THE Queen is recruiting a cleaner for Buckingham Palace, however successful applicants could be hit with a low salary of £11,300. To be successful the candidate does not need any previous experience but will be ex‐ pected to ‘clean and care for a wide range of interiors and items, ensuring they’re presented to their very best.’

The advert can be found on the Royal Household website. Candidates are ex‐ pected to show a ‘keen eye

The Queen needs a cleaner for the Palace.

for detail’. They must also be ‘highly efficient and proac‐ tive’.

The advert says: ‘Joining our professional team at our

sites in London, you’ll up‐ keep, clean and care for a wide range of interiors and items, ensuring they’re pre‐ sented to their very best.

‘Learning from your col‐ leagues, you’ll gain the spe‐ cialist professional skills needed, always aiming for the highest standards. And on occasion you’ll support functions and events too.

‘In an environment where development and training is commonplace, you’ll be able to grow your skills within your role.’

Humanitarian catastrophe Sergeant’s body located OFFICERS of the Special Group of Underwater Activities (GEAS) of the Guardia Civil have locat‐ ed the body of the Army sergeant, Mario Quiros Ruiz who disappeared on Tuesday October 12.

Ruiz was carrying out an immersion practice in the El Grado reservoir, in Huesca.

The young soldier ‐ who would have been 23 on Friday, October 15 ‐ was confirmed to have disappeared at around 3am on October 12, while on the military diving exercise in the El

Grado reservoir in the Huesca region of Aragon.

It is believed that the divers were operating in pairs, but that sergeant Ruiz somehow got sepa‐ rated from his diving partner and did not sur‐ face.

Sources close to the investigation have indi‐ cated that the body of the military man has been found at 1:50pm on October 16, by Geas troops from the Aragon area with the help of a robot at a depth of 65 metres.

VICKY FORD, the Minister for Africa, has an‐ nounced that the UK is set to provide an addi‐ tional £29 million of humanitarian aid. The aid will go to people hit by the catastrophic conflict in northern Ethiopia.

Ford has called on parties in Ethiopia to en‐ sure that the humanitarian aid makes it through to the people who need it. Aid is being blocked by the Ethiopian government. It is not reaching the people in the Tigray region. Around 500 lor‐

ries of aid are needed each week. Only a small percentage of these are making it through.

According to the UK government: “The con‐ flict has caused a humanitarian catastrophe, with the UN estimating that 5.5 million people face acute food insecurity.

Over 400,000 people in northern Ethiopia are experiencing famine‐like conditions ‐ more than in all of the humanitarian crises in the rest of the world combined.”

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Gibraltar border dispute BREXIT DISPUTE: Threatening the Spanish Gibraltar border situation again.

A BRUSSELS-LONDON Brexit dispute is threatening the Spanish Gibraltar border situation again. The crossing into Gibraltar becomes a daily nightmare for the almost 10,000 Spaniards who work in the British colony. However, should the ongoing ne‐ gotiations not bear fruit, the European Commission could require Spain to impose controls on passengers and goods that cor‐ respond to an external border of the EU, a point of entry and exit to the Schengen area.

The European and British delegations held the first round of talks on the future status of Gibraltar last week. The plan was to reach a pact before the end of the year. In theory, it would only be a matter of embodying in a treaty the same principle Madrid and Lon‐

don arrived at on December 31. This would give Gibraltar the advantages of the Euro‐ pean area without borders, without being part of Schengen and with Spain as a guar‐ antor.

The role of the customs officers of the Eu‐ ropean agency Frontex and of the Spanish police in the port and airport of Gibraltar however is a point that could stall negotia‐ tions. The greatest risk is that the negotia‐ tion will be contaminated by London’s re‐ cent efforts to ignore and even violate the agreements on Northern Ireland that were reached in 2019.

Spain’s Foreign Minister, José Manuel Al‐ bares, said on October 18, the differences over the Northern Irish protocol “should not” condition the agreement on Gibraltar.

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The Roman - Persian wars are the longest in history, lasting over 680 years. They began in 54 BC and ended in 628 AD.

THE Tour de France Femmes is being resurrect‐ ed in 2022, after a gap of 33 years. The race will begin on the final day of the men’s Tour in the hopes of increas‐ ing the audience for the fe‐ male version of the famous trial. There will be two mountain stages, with one being a summit finish to round the race off.

The date for the event is July 24‐31, 2022 and fea‐ tures eight stages. The men’s 21‐stage route was revealed on the same day and starts in Copenhagen on July 1.

The women’s route has “the entire palette of what it’s possible to provide on a Tour de France,” according to course designer Thierry Gouvenou. This includes a stage over cobblestones in the north of France and a 40km time trial.

The women’s race kicks off in Paris, and eight days later finishes at the summit of La Planche des Belles Filles. This is one of two mountain stages, with two rolling and four flat stages completing the run.

The director of the race,

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Women’s Tour returns Marion Rousse, said the route is balanced and will suit “many types of riders.”

The aim is to make the wom‐ en’s Tour de France finan‐ cially viable in the long term.

Dutch Prime Minister murder plot A YOUNG man has been arrested in Amsterdam this week after police discovered plots to harm multiple members of the Dutch Parliament. One of the plans was to assassinate the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. A 22‐year‐old man had shared the ideas on the messenger app Telegram along with conspiracy theories and other thoughts of violence.

The Telegram channels used by the man have since been closed for inciting violence against the authorities. The threads contained unfounded theories about the commission of pae‐ dophile acts and satanic rituals. In messages sent to others, the young man stated that “most of the Dutch hate that Rutte.” He also spoke about shooting politicians from a moving car. He said, “you open the window, take out the gun and shoot.”

The plotter wanted to storm the Hague and was looking for people to assist him. Putting out a call for ‘revolutionaries’ who would use weapons and violence. The Prosecutor’s office has said that he would have discussed these ideas with collaborators face‐ to‐face as well as online.

Three charges have been brought against the man, including incitement to commit a terrorist crime, gathering intelligence in preparation for said crime and threatening terrorist crimes. There was a possible assassination attempt on Rutte in September last year, but it is unknown if this arrest is connected.

Your Belgian estate agent at the coast!

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Banksy shreds record A WORK of art by Banksy called ‘Love is in the Bin,’ has sold at auction in Sothe‐ by’s, London, for a record £18,582,000 (€21,194,000).

It is the remains of the fa‐ mous piece ‘Girl with Bal‐ loon,’ which was shredded

at auction immediately af‐ ter the hammer went down on its final bid in 2018. It had been expected to sell for between £4 million and £6 million (€4.7m and €7.07m), but broke the record for any piece by the

anonymous street artist.

An unnamed buyer, a Eu‐ ropean woman, had bid £1m (€1.17m) for the origi‐ nal piece in the same auc‐ tion house in London. The sale caused a stir when a shredder that had been hid‐ den inside the bottom of the painting’s large Victorian‐ style frame was activated.

When the shredder stopped, all that was left inside the frame was the top part of the painting, depicting a heart‐shaped red balloon, on a white background.

Chairman of modern and contemporary art at Sothe‐ by’s Asia, Alex Branczik, commented: “It is almost three years to the day since one of the most ingenious moments of performance art this century made auc‐ tion history. Banksy is no stranger to making head‐ lines, and this latest chapter in his story has captured imaginations across the world ‐ we can only begin to guess what might come next.”

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No kids allowed A RESTAURANT in Bilbao has decided to ban chil‐ dren, causing much con‐ troversy.

The FACUA‐Consumers in Action Association has hit out at the Balicana restaurant after it im‐ posed the rule, which is clearly stated on their website.

The consumer associa‐ tion claims that banning children is discriminatory abuse based on age. It al‐ so says the move goes against the law as chil‐ dren can enter bars and restaurants when accom‐ panied by a responsible adult. FACUA is calling on members of the public to report bars and restaurants that ban children. They have demanded that the restaurant be fined too.

Many other restau‐ rants and bars in Spain have banned children.

Journalist Berna Iskan‐ dar has commented on

the fear of children and how spaces should be made more child friend‐ ly: “Childphobia has existed since the beginning of time.

Kids are the most vulner‐ able members of society and cannot defend them‐ selves.”

“There is a real igno‐ rance among adults sur‐ rounding the needs of our youngest children who are supposed to meet ex‐ pectations that do not correspond to their age.

Childhood is a stage of in‐ tense development dur‐

Childphobia exists.

ing which they have to ex‐ periment,” she added.

She explained that soci‐ ety needs to build “more child‐friendly spaces where their rights and needs are taken into ac‐ count. Cities and bars need to adapt to them, not the other way around.”

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FUENGIROLA ZOO, in the province of Malaga, on the Costa del Sol, is celebrating the arrival of a new addition to its collection of animals, with the birth of a new species at the Bioparc facility. The new mouse deer is the smallest ruminant in the world, as well as being the most primitive, weighing barely 300g, it is not much bigger than a mobile phone.

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Alzheimer detection clue

SPANISH scientists are one step clos‐ er to using saliva to detect Alzheimer’s. The Spanish Society of Neurology (SEN) estimates that 80 per cent of early Alzheimer’s cases are undiagnosed. In Spain, around 800,000 people have been diagnosed with the disease already. This num‐ ber is expected to grow as the popu‐ lation ages.

At the moment there are no effec‐ tive treatments for Alzheimer’s.

There are no early detection tools ei‐ ther. Spanish scientists have been working for years following a clue that could help them understand the disease. They also believe that this clue could lead the way to early de‐ tection.

A protein called lactoferrin is pre‐ sent in human saliva. Scientists dis‐ covered that the lower the level, the higher the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

They believe that this protein could lead the way to detecting the disease before it develops.

Gorka Orive, associate professor of

PROTEIN: Is present in human saliva.

Pharmacy at the University of the Basque Country and founder of Geroa Diagnostics explained that lactoferrin is “the only protein with the potential to help diagnose Alzheimer’s in sali‐ va.”

Scientists from the Pablo de Ola‐ vide University in Sevilla and Ciberned, led by researcher José Luis Cantero, have conducted a new study. This study has proven the link between levels of the protein and damage in the brain. Further work needs to be done, but this study could help pave the way for an Alzheimer’s test in the future.

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Baker’s illegal sprinkles rant A BAKERY owner could not believe his ears when he was told of a customer reporting one of his colourful toppings to the council. When he let rip on social media, the ensuing posts went viral. According to the baker, the UK ver‐ sion of his forbidden US sprinkle tastes ‘like crap’ and he refuses to use them. The shop will be on ‘sprinkle strike’ until he can get his way.

Rich Myers owns ‘Get Baked’, a popular bakery in Headingly, Leeds. A trading standards officer went into the store two weeks ago to follow up on a complaint that had been made by a customer. They ruled that the imported sprinkles are indeed banned. The reason for the ban is the additive E127, which is ‘not permit‐ ted’ for this use in the UK. As Rich documented the exchanges online, his un‐ usual take on the proceed‐ ings left people in stitches.

“To whoever reported us

to Trading Standards (Dan?), all I have to say is dear Lord, what a sad little life Jane,” he wrote, refer‐ encing the famous quote from the Channel 4 pro‐ gramme, ‘Come Dine With

Me’. “My daughter, who is now seven months old, has to live with the fact that daddy can’t take her to Dis‐ neyland, because man can’t sell any ****ing cook‐ ies.”

Wages revealed for the government

HOW much does the president of Spain, Pedro Sanchez earn?

The draft version of the 2022 budget shows the salaries that the government can expect to receive next year.

Surprisingly, Pedro Sanchez does not receive the highest amount in the government. The salaries of the Constitutional Court come in as the best‐paid jobs among the high positions of the State. The president of the Constitutional Court, Juan José González Rivas, has the best‐paid position of all. His salary comes in at €160,728.12. Sanchez is only expected to receive a salary of €86,542.08.

The draft law of the General State Budget for 2022 was sub‐ mitted to the Congress of Deputies on October 13. The docu‐ ment shows salaries earned by public posts. It also shows that all these positions will have a salary increase on last year.

The three vice presidents will receive €81,341.16, while gov‐ ernment ministers are set to receive €76,355.28. Civil servants had been awarded a 2 per cent pay rise for 2022. The salary increase of government members is just 0.9 per cent higher than last year.

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Wasp sting victim airlifted A MAN was evacuated by helicopter in Ourense after being stung by a wasp. The rescue mission took place on October 12. The man suf‐ fered from a severe wasp sting in Grixo, which is locat‐ ed in the municipality of Pa‐ drenda. A medicalised heli‐ copter was called in.

The Emergency services 112 in Galicia were alerted to the situation by professionals from the Servicio de Urgencias Sanitarias de Galicia. Man‐ agers from the Centro Integra‐

Wasp stings can be fatal.

do de Atencion a las Emergen‐ cias de Galicia (CIAE) also called in the Guardia Civil to help support the operation.

Fortunately, the man was

successfully evacuated by a medical helicopter and was taken to a hospital to be treated.

Severe allergic re‐ actions to wasp stings require im‐ mediate medical at‐ tention, with 3 per cent of adults suffering from insect sting allergies. Treatments in‐ clude epinephrine to calm the immune system, cardiopul‐ monary resuscitation (CPR), oxygen, steroids and other medications to help breathing.

Italian houses going cheap PRATOLA PELIGNA is an Italian town locat‐ ed in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is very close to the popular Roccaraso and Pescasserol ski resorts and just two hours from the capital of Rome. You can currently purchase one of its 250 houses for just €1.

The authorities of Abruzzo started this programme to encourage the arrival of new residents to the most unpopulated areas of Italy. If you buy one of the hous‐ es, you have to agree to renovate it, so of course, it will be necessary to have some

savings for that.

There is also a time limit on the renova‐ tions, with authorities insisting they will charge €10,000 if the renovation plans are not presented within six months of the pur‐ chase. It is also requested that work takes no more than three years to complete.

A spokesperson for the programme said: “We do not need new constructions or new buildings. The strategy is to improve the housing environment, recover our cultural identity and revive the abandoned centres.”

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More jail time for Cosby?

B I L L C O S BY could go back to jail after an actress who accused the actor of sexual abuse has filed a new lawsuit against him in federal court in New Jersey. The lawsuit comes four months after a Pennsylvania court overturned the comedian’s sentence for sexual abuse.

C osby, 84, was sentenced in 2018 to 10 years in prison of which he had to serve at least three for sexually assaulting C anadian A ndrea Constand in 2004. Constand is one of the more than 60 women who have denounced him.

A mong that group of women is L ili B ernard, who has just filed a new lawsuit accusing the actor of having raped and drugged her in New Jer-

sey. B ernard said in a statement: “I have waited a long time to take my case to court and I hope to be heard and hold C osby accountable for what he did to me. Even though it happened a long time ago, I still live in fear, pain and shame every day of my life.”

She has filed legal action following a New Jersey law that gave survivors of sexual abuse a two-year period to file civil lawsuits against their alleged abusers, regardless of when the abuse occurred.

T he woman alleges that she met C osby on the set of T he C osby S how in J uly 1990 and that he drugged and raped her at the Trump T aj M ahal H otel in Atlantic City a month later.

UN role for Spain THE United Nations Committee on World Food Secu‐ rity (CSA) has elected Gabriel Ferrero as its new pres‐ ident, who until now served as Spain’s ambassador to the Special Mission for Food Security.

The election took place during the 49th meeting of the CSA and the candidacy of Gabriel Ferrero ob‐ tained 73 votes, while the Cameroonian representa‐ tive Medi Moungui received 48.

The Committee on World Food Security, based in Rome, is an international and intergovernmental platform created in 1974 that aims to cooperate to eliminate hunger, and to guarantee food security and nutrition for the world.

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A NEW report by money.co.uk has declared that Copenhagen is the most accommodating and affordable city in the world in which to launch a start-up and coming second in the poll was another Danish city, Aarhus, although having said that, they both have a poor record of success.

IF you don’t speak Danish and are a tourist driving from, say the airport into Copenhagen, you would probably be excused for having a quiet chuckle when you see a number of Fartkontrol posters on the route. In fact, this is a police speed warning.

THE NETHERLANDS Memorial ceremony

Tell the truth

A MEMORIAL ceremony has been held for seven wartime airmen whose plane was shot down in 1943. The first piece of wreckage of the plane was recovered from the bed of the Markermeer lake in 2008, but only now has its identity been confirmed.

THE Dutch Government plans to implement a new law next year which means that web shops and digital platforms which place fake reviews on their sites or remove bad ones will be committing an offence. The aim is to protect consumers from misleading information.

BELGIUM Flying pickets

Record pumpkin

DUE to what unions refer to as unreasonable pressure on employees, industrial action is being taken against Lidl stores in Belgium and as the company managed to stop a protest outside a distribution centre, the unions will be picketing stores without prior announcement.

AS previously reported, growers across Europe had been getting ready for the Belgian pumpkin championship, but the title remained in Belgian as Jens Segaert of Bruges triumphed with his mega pumpkin which weighed 781 kilos, not only a Belgian record, but also a European one.

GERMANY Speed limit

Roman holiday

GERMAN Autobahns have no speed limit which has, over the years, not only encouraged Germans to drive at high speeds, but has created a situation where foreigners visit and hire high performance cars. This could be a thing of the past due to EU environmental regulations.

NOW that Angela Merkel is due to retire as soon as a new German Coalition Government can be agreed, it appears that she is taking the time to visit some of her favourite countries. Hence trips to Rome and the Vatican City to be followed by Israel.

FRANCE Confessional secrets

Resistance fighter

A SENIOR Catholic Church leader in France, Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, who is archbishop of Reims has reversed his original position concerning the sanctity of the confessional box and has now agreed that it should not take precedence over French laws on sex crimes against children.

HUBERT GERMAIN, the last surviving member of France's most distinguished group of Second World War Resistance heroes, known as the Order of Liberation, has died at the age of 101 and will be buried at Mont Valerien, where many resistance fighters were executed by the Germans.

NORWAY Healthy meal

Oil deal

THE new coalition government in Norway has announced that it plans to give every child a free healthy school meal every day and also to introduce some form of daily physical activity, although the actual content will be left for each school to decide.

AS Libya heads towards normality with a relatively secure government, it is looking to Norway to assist the country in reestablishing its important oil industry and to help it bring some of its oil fields back into production, as well as assisting in new exploration.

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Roma discrimination

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AS the Savonlinna Region Roma Association celebrated its 50th anniversary, its chairman Ossi Blomerus said that although conditions had improved for Roma gypsy people, there was still discrimination and many had to change their first name in order to get a decent job.

THE District Court of Helsinki has issued an order to seize up to €20,000 in funds held by the association behind Extinction Rebellion Finland, which is causing so many problems in Helsinki with its blocking of roads, whilst police investigate where the money comes from.

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FOR the first time in its 74-year history, a black woman has won the Miss Ireland title.

Pamela Uba who came to Ireland from South Africa in 2004 says she hopes she has “opened a door and paved the way" for young asylum seekers to achieve their dreams.

A COURT has rejected a resident association objection to develop a visitor centre in the Dublin Mountains at a cost of €15 million. Part of the site will include local monument to the Hell Fire Club, site of one of Ireland’s first Freemasons buildings.

ITALY Suspended

Eurovision host

A SENIOR police officer in Rome, Nunzia Schilirò has been suspended from duty after telling a rally that she believed the new Green Pass required to show that workers had been vaccinated was ‘illegitimate’ and contravened Italy’s constitution. She is not aligned with violent protestors.

AS Italy won the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, it is its turn to host the 2022 competition and Turin beat four other candidates to be appointed as host city for Italy's first Eurovision in 30 years, which will take place on May 14.

PORTUGAL Drivers’ complaints

Worker shortage

ACCORDING to consumer network Portal da Queixa, the Portuguese office responsible for issue of driving licences has received 3,776 complaints to the end of September (up by 179 per cent on the previous year) with the largest number concerning the difficulty of exchanging foreign licences.

IT’S not just the UK suffering from recruiting trained staff as Portugal, which now has unemployment figures down to 6.2 per cent of the adult population, is also suffering and AHRESP, the association for hotels and restaurants confirmed that more than 80 per cent of restaurants were facing difficulties.

RUSSIA Russian exiles

Proper cosplay

AN estimated five million people have left Russia during the 20 years of President Vladimir Putin’s rule, according to a study published by the Moscow-based Takie Dela portal. What cannot be confirmed is how many left because of politics or simply wanted a better standard of living.

A GROUP of Siberian Star Wars fans who enjoy dressing up for cosplay has built a life-size replica of the Rebel Alliance’s XWing fighter over a period of three months, with the 13-metre scale model structure built out of painted plywood.

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WITH cutback of international services operated out of Sweden by Norwegian Air, Eurowings, a German carrier which is part of the Lufthansa Group, will have five A320 airplanes at Stockholm Arlanda Airport from March 2022 offering a number of flights to three Spanish destinations.

THE northern town of Skelleftea with just 33,000 inhabitants is surrounded by forests, so has literally returned to its roots with the opening of the Sara Culture Centre which is considered one of the world’s tallest wooden buildings, constructed in timber and standing 75 metres high.

FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA More than stamps ENERGY company Repsol has teamed up with the Spanish Post Office, Correos to offer customers who visit 1,000 of its post offices, the chance to sign up to obtain both gas and electricity in an easy manner without the usual problems of bureaucracy.

UK economy AT a reception hosted by the British Ambassador to Spain, Hugh Elliott, which was attended by members of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in the United Kingdom as well as representatives of the Spanish Government, the Ambassador said that despite exit from the EU the economy was strong.

Public listing ALTHOUGH many football clubs in the United Kingdom and Italy have successfully launched themselves on the stock exchange, this has not been the case in Spain, although now a semi-professional team from Sant Joan d’Alacant, CF Intercity will go public on October 22.

Big Brother IN a landmark court case in the UK, a judge has ruled that a homeowner who installed security cameras and a Ring doorbell with a camera breached the 2018 Data Protection Act as they allowed the owner to see images of their neighbour’s property and garden.

New regulations IT was a good day for Telefónica on October 15 when the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) announced new regulations for the Spanish broadband market. Up until now, there were just 66 cities and towns throughout Spain where it was considered that Telefónica had sufficient competition that it did not have to keep rates reduced. Now this has risen to 696 areas (supplying 70 per cent of the population) where no reductions need be made although they will still have to allow access to fibre lines by their competitors across the country.

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Sánchez proud of record SPAIN’S President Pedro Sánchez was proud of the government’s record as he spoke to Parliament about his achievements on Wednes‐ day October 13.

He highlighted the fact that his ad‐ ministration is implementing an in‐ crease in the Minimum Wage (SMI), the revaluation of pensions in line with inflation, the commitment to scholarships which reach 850,000 students and the creation of the concept of a Minimum Basic In‐ come.

He took issue with the main oppo‐

sition party, Partido Popular (PP) ac‐ cusing them of being too negative about the state of Spain and they should promote the fact that “Spain is growing and creating jobs, we are at pre‐pandemic employment levels, and Spain has a low‐risk premium.”

Much has been made with re‐ gards to the massive increase in en‐ ergy costs and he defended the gov‐ ernment’s actions, saying that European funds will be directed at reindustrialisation to create work as new energy policies are introduced.

In the meantime, he pointed out

LEGALLY SPEAKING

Can he use SatNav? There was a report in Euro Weekly con‐ cerning use and holding of mobile phones in cars. What is the situation when the phone is held in a bracket on the dashboard with Google maps being displayed? I find that Google maps are more accurate than the SatNav which is at‐ tached to the windscreen or built into the dash‐ board. Will they also be illegal?

T D (Costa Blanca) The Traffic DAVID SEARL Depart‐ YOU AND THE LAW ment has issued IN SPAIN detailed instruc‐ tions on the legal use of mobile units in vehicles. It is legal to use units that are built into the dashboard or mounted on it.

This would include your SatNav unit or your mobile telephone in a mount, to answer your specific ques‐ tion, because you cannot use your hands. Any type of headset that goes over the ears is not allowed.

Holding the mobile telephone in your hand, even if you are not using it, will draw stiff fines and loss of points. You can be caught by traffic cameras or from helicopters. The loss of six points has brought com‐ plaints because it is in fact the same loss as charged for reckless operation.

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

BRITAIN used to be the creative hub of the world’s textile industry but as cheaper sources became available following the end of the Second World War, manufacturers of clothing looked to the East in par‐ ticular for supplies.

Many people who enjoy the BBC’s Sewing Bee will recognise judge, fashion designer and Saville Row tailor Patrick Grant, but few

that the VAT on electricity bills has been reduced and other taxation measures are being put in place in order to ensure that energy compa‐ nies don’t make larger than normal profits due to the increase of whole‐ sale energy prices.

Repeating a statement that he had made previously at the EUMED9 meeting in Athens in September, where he made it clear that in his opinion the energy crisis should be dealt with on a combined basis of all member states in the Eu‐ ropean Union.

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Using traditional methods will know that he has set up a spe‐ cial new environmentally friendly company, Community Clothing.

This business says they have a simple goal; to sell great quality af‐ fordable clothing and by doing so create jobs and help restore eco‐ nomic prosperity in some of the

UK’s most deprived areas and have teamed up with two other groups, to create Homegrown Homespun.

Their mission is to plant two of Britain’s overlooked fibre and dye crops; flax and woad, on urban land in the heart of the North West’s his‐ toric textile industry and to create

Domino’s recruits POSSIBLY anticipating a rush to buy turkey pizzas for Christmas, Domino’s Pizza said it is looking to take on 8,000 additional staff in the UK and Ireland to cope with the Christmas rush.

Earlier this year it saw an exodus of temporary staff who had signed up for jobs during the pandemic, but many left once their old positions opened up again, so in June it recruited 5,000 staff.

Alert to the fact that there seem to be more jobs than applicants, the company said that the ma‐ jority of new jobs will be permanent and highlights the fact that a very high proportion of its managers started either as kitchen workers or delivery drivers.

New Inditex charges INDITEX is to charge for bags in Spanish stores from Octo‐ ber 18 and this will eventually expand across its worldwide divisions.

Having moved from plastic to paper bags last year, the world’s most successful fash‐ ion chain has decided that the next step in sustainability is to charge for paper bags in the hope that customers will bring their own bags with them when shopping.

The cost will differ be‐ tween stores as they use dif‐ ferent sizes of bags, but the company said that it will make no profit from the charges and will funnel monies back to charities in each area where they oper‐ ate. clothes locally from the results of their labour.

They argue that with our reliance on synthetic fibres, which involves the use of petrochemicals, the harm caused by non‐renewable materials that don’t biodegrade, makes it feasible in the long term to revive native textile crops, which have the potential to benefit both ecology and the economy

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% CHG. 1.309,50 256,20 2.970,0 2.894,0 1.511,00 5.870,0 1.804,5 8.707,0 593,00 555,20 3.595,0 399,30 589,40 592,60 1,506 198,10 679,00 4.260,0 1.998,00 363,75 2.596,5 498,90 139,65 2.514,0 1.831,5 1.557,2 58,18 2.488,0 1.457,00 3.411,0 8.676,0 5.980,0 3.577,5 376,60 626,60 3.167,0 10.480,0 14.320,0 846,72 1.391,60 391,80 2.836,0 1.469,50 2.335,00 429,70 177,60 1.564,50 533,60 5.016,0 2.084,00

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4.940,0 103,10 296,40 2.690,0 703,00 278,40 49,12 7.854,0 741,40 164,60 1.757,00 892,80 233,70 7.802,0 31,14 1.775,00 2.671,0 659,00 1.434,00 5.433,0 2.169,00 588,80 686,60 5.033,0 141,50 8,91 1.770,50 1.771,3 1.797,6 710,80 1.474,00 20,64 3.568,0 1.409,00 1.261,82 2.589,0 1.273,00 1.403,00 14.815,0 1.571,50 1.512,05 490,80 155,60 267,65 259,40 3.830,0 977,00 109,80 3.300,0 983,60

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Most Advanced Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl A 0.96% Markel Corp.

1.76% AutoZone Inc. 1.08% Mettler-Toledo International Inc. 1.32% Generac Holdings Inc. 4.19% Shopify Inc. Cl A 1.27% Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.80% BlackRock Inc. 1.65% Credit Suisse FI Large Cap Growth Enhanced ETN1.72% Chemed Corp.

2.98% UBS AG FI Enhanced Large Cap Growth ETN 1.54%

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WORLD’S LARGEST: Maersk container vessels may divert from the UK.

CHRISTMAS gifts bound for the UK may not make it in time due to delivery problems caused by the ongoing shortage of deliv‐ ery drivers.

Britain’s largest con‐ tainer port based at Fe‐ lixstowe in Suffolk which handles more than 35 per cent of all incoming con‐ tainers simply can’t deal with the volume arriving as there are insufficient HGV drivers available to deliver the containers around the country.

So worried is the Labour Party about the shortage of drivers, lead‐ er Sir Keir Starmer who visited an HGV training centre in Greengate, Manchester was given the chance to get behind the wheel of a lorry with an instructor, but within minutes of trying to re‐ verse the vehicle, he struck a bollard and heard the words “You’d have failed your test.”

The turn around time for a container at Felixs‐ towe has jumped from an average of four days to nearer nine and there is a steadily growing backlog of empty containers which are taking up room normally used for full containers.

The Danish Maersk Shipping Line is the largest in the world with some 705 container ships and it has now admitted that it will be diverting a number of its largest ships to other European ports, where containers may be reloaded onto smaller vessels and dis‐ patched to other UK ports, but this is not guar‐ anteed.

Many British companies have been trying to stock up with toys and elec‐ tronics in advance of Christmas, but unless something can be done to unblock the jam, there may be a large number of

El Salvador criticised AS the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns about the acceptance of cryptocurrency, the Bank of Spain has issued its own document concerning adoption of Bitcoin

by El Salvador last September.

In essence, it criticises the Latin American country for introducing Bitcoin which is managed via the internet, when only 50 per cent of the population have access to the web directly and less than half have their own smart phones.

El Salvador argued that with many people working overseas it was cheaper and easier for them to transfer funds home via the cryptocurrency.

disappointed faces around the Christmas tree on December 25.

BUSINESS EXTRA Discount deal THE Grupo Cooperativo Cajamar together with Haya Real Estate are offering some 9,700 properties for sale across Spain with discounts of up to 40 per cent from estimated market value. The offer will last until December 31 or earlier if all properties are sold.

Birthday pawtie THE Brewdog bar and restaurant in Milton Keynes UK has come up with a new way of generating business by offering to host pawties for canine guests and for just £5 each dog receives their own hat, whilst the top dog gets a special ice cream.

September inflation THE National Statistics Institute (INE) confirmed on Thursday October 7 that its initial forecast for Spanish inflation in the month of September was correct at 4 per cent, which is the highest September figure for 13 years due to increases in electricity, fuel and clothes prices.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT OH how the UK remoaners would just love to blame Brexit for the nations present transportation predicaments.

Unfortunately for the left wing propaganda machine, the main reasons for the hold up of goods in ports and places of entry in the UK are not due to Britain’s exit from the strangle hold of the creaking EU, but mainly due to the global supply chain snarl up of all deliveries and supplies.

The whole of Europe, and now even the Americans are basically in the same laden boat. Just wondering what the stockpiling of turkeys and Christmas pud is going to look like! Don’t worry about ‘saving Christmas’; if the wokers have their way even the term itself will soon be a distant memory. Think it’ll never happen? Ha! Did you ever foresee that our young children would be taught by morons, who would tell them that if they wished they could choose from no less than 175 genders? Have no doubt, with the help of the UK’s leftist and biased media, these idiots are actually managing to take over.

Gird your loins for yet more looney woke directives. Loughborough School has now ordered the words ‘good’ and ‘bad’ to be

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removed from the classroom vocabulary.

They are to be replaced by the words ‘skilled’ and ‘unskilled’. So committing any wrongdoing is now actually not classed as bad, its being unskilled ‐ Whaaa? This ludicrous ruling has been implemented by the school head to ‘take the emotional heat out of managing discipline’. You really couldn’t make it up.

There is also a current John Lewis ad on TV which depicts a boy of around nine or 10 twizzling effeminately around wearing a dress, smearing on make‐up and throwing various objects, and coloured liquid all over the furniture. And do you know what the commercial is for? Wait for it. Not cleaning substances. Not boy’s frocks. Not out of control youngsters, it’s actually for home insurance! What a great; typical woke message, that particular commercial delivers to our children. Innocents, now being deprived of their childhood, who will probably grow up as one of the most confused generations the civilised world has ever seen.

And finally, in the light of the tragic murder of Sir David Amess, what the pussy footing

media has naturally failed to mention, is that Sir David was against many aspects of immigration. These included his opposition to giving asylum seekers permission to work if a decision on their application took over six months. Restricting support available to failed asylum seekers and illegal immigrants and a large number of other government immigration measures he disagreed with.

His death was not incomprehensible at all. It was a deliberate planned terrorist assassination ‐ whatever the ‘trying to make sense of it all’ slant the pathetic authorities try to put on it. Before unrestricted mass immigration, these incidents simply never took place. The authorities weak, woke, and appeasing attitude, coupled with the usual inanities from the UK’s utterly useless Home Secretary, will one day be the death of us all.

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Little Vatican of Burgos

IN the province of Burgos in northern Spain, you will find the municipality of Hornillos del Camino. It is a small town with less than 100 registered inhabitants.

The town is known as the ‘Little Vatican’, due to the fact the majority of its residents are involved in religious activities, either as a priest, or a nun. It has the highest concentration of priests in Spain.

Located in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon, in the Arlanzon region, this tiny municipality gained its name many decades ago.

As the town’s mayor, Pedro Mayor said: “It is called ‘little Vatican’ because 60 or 70 years ago, of the 300 or 400 people who were in the town, there were about 60 religious workers.

We are the town with the most priests per inhabitant in Spain,” he enthused.

He added, “With the Camino de Santiago, the people found their spiritu-

In Castile and Leon.

ality, or perhaps they went to seek studies in times with fewer economic resources, and found their vocation here.” In order to open up its economy, the municipality has recently been expanding businesses.

The town features a 14th-century Gothic-style parish church and an old Roman settlement.

The Fiesta del Gallo, which takes place at the end of July, is based on an old local legend. It tells of how some French visitors came to the town at the time of the War of Independence and stole all the chickens.

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THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE ECONOMY & HEMLINES NORA JOHNSON

the age of 30 look better in a suit than in anything else. Slimmer, too. Far preferable to the sight of a pot belly in a too tight t‐ shirt hanging over the low slung waistband of a pair of baggy track suit bottoms.

But all this talk of food shortages re‐ minds me of that old gag about the mess sergeant in the French Foreign Legion who comes to his general in the desert with some good news and some bad news.

“What’s the bad news?” asks the gener‐ al. “There’s nothing left to eat but camel dung,” replies the guy. “And the good news?” “There’s lots of it.”

Nuff said.

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WITH some reports that UK supermarkets are encouraging people to start their Christmas shopping immediately as some products may be rationed to stop panic buying, we read elsewhere that some su‐ permarket aisles are stripped bare of meat, fruit and frozen goods with cus‐ tomers already panic buying.

McDonald’s earlier reported running out of milkshakes, Greggs and Nando’s gaps in their menus and Tesco warning about ‘shortages’ at Christmas. Some of the many businesses contending with supply chain disruption compounded in the UK by acute labour shortages affecting the ser‐ vices sector.

But yet, with empty supermarket shelves, dry fuel pumps, warnings about rapidly increasing inflation and a winter of discontent, miniskirts, weirdly, are making a comeback. Experts theorise that skirts are the economy’s bellwether. Since 1926

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the ‘Hemline Index’ predicts that when the economy is in good shape women wear shorter skirts; when it falls they resort to 1970s‐style maxis. The Hipster Beard In‐ dex, anyone?

Maybe designers reckon women are sick of lockdown leggings or those whimsical Little House on the Prairie flouncy, ruffled

confections that did the rounds this sum‐ mer. Let’s face it, because of all the rain you couldn’t wear most of those dresses in the UK except for one or two weeks in July!

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TOTALLY AGREE IN response to the letter by SH in last week’s edition 14-20 October.

SH in my opinion you are 120 per cent right and have had your same thoughts for years.

I would like to think some politicians and thinkers agree with us that it will not be long before overpopulation brings the world to its knees and wars are fought over water, food, space to live and the yawning gap between the haves and have-nots.

The UK is a perfect example of overpopulation and overcrowding. Wall to wall people, wall to wall vehicles, infrastructure cracking, as from an earthquake, education system, health system, housing system and any other system all going to pot and unable to cope with rising demand.

How to reduce population is a problem no one wishes to face.

The Chinese and Indians tried and failed (I don’t think a free transistor radio will be enough this time around), but it has to be done and obviously many difficult and delicate decisions will have to be made and if they are not I’m glad I won’t be here to see the total ruination of the planet.

If the powers that be can spend the same money, time and energy as they have on COP22 on trying to solve the problem of this nuclear population explosion, there may be a chance, but one wonders whether the great and good have the brains and determination to tackle the seemingly unsolvable.

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Balderdash Hi Leapy I completely agree with your comments, the world has gone completely mad, problem is we have got too many tree huggers and snowflakes. When does all this rubbish stop, I now feel for the younger generation.

Regards Keith Moore

Thank you One of your best yet Leapy, as a Yorkshire man living on the CDS for the last 32 years with no racial tendencies, I agree totally with what you say, thank you and keep on writing for us.

Best regards, Michael Glew Keep the faith

Britain not accepting Spanish vaccination Could anyone please let me know if it is correct, that if pinged by test and trace in the UK after arriving by flight from Spain that even having both vaccinations (in Spain) that you have to isolate as the British government are not accepting our vaccinations.

This happened to friends and we are returning to Wales for Christmas for seven days and are concerned about this. Please could anybody clarify as not getting results on gov.uk.

Regards NW

WITH DEEPEST SYMPATHY FOR many of us, politicians are considered as selfseeking know-alls, many of whom use their positions to benefit themselves, their families and friends financially either whilst in seat or once they leave office.

The embarrassment caused by the activities of the so-called ‘troughiteers’ is just another example of how our elected rulers can and have behaved and no doubt there are still major revelations due to come out about who made how much out of the pandemic in the UK. The tragic killing of Sir

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David Amess at his surgery however does put into perspective the fact that many constituency MPs put in a huge amount of hard work and commitment to try to help those they represent.

Sir David had been an MP for 28 years and although he had not served in any senior government posts, he was considered a conscientious and hard-working Member of Parliament, so his murder was pointless and achieved nothing other than contempt for his killer.

This of course is not the first murder of an MP with

the most recent before Sir David being that of Labour MP Jo Cox in 2015 and prior to that the attempt on the life of Nigel Jones in 2000.

Much as we may be cynical about the intentions of many MPs in the UK (and in Spain as well), we can only express our deepest sympathy to the family of each and ever y victim and hope that although many MPs will continue to receive threats and abuse on the internet in the future, that it will be a ver y long time before another is attacked in this manner.

WILLIAM SHATNER: Was involved in the recent space mission.

Jojo Jojo Sjojo Such a waste of money!

Allan-Janice Snow Ball Just vanity projects, money could be better spent helping people in need now or helping research illnesses.

Pete Stimpson Should have left him up there. If you have lots of money the world’s problems are not your concern.

Steve Townend Probably what people said about the first aeroplanes.

Colin Carter Definitely vanity projects with people with more money than sense.

Bonnie Sparks Robeson It doesn’t matter as long as the taxpayers don’t pay for it.

Angie Ellacott What an absolute waste of money - when half the planet doesn’t have food or clean water??? It’s all about the haves and havenots!!

Byron Sherlock Why is Greta not there protesting climate.

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Look after your diet at work

STRESSING about issues at work can often lead to a poor diet and irregular eating patterns.

The normal working day can start off well with a healthy breakfast, but by lunchtime and mid‐afternoon, a hectic environment can lead to unplanned snacks or nothing to eat at all.

Tight deadlines, over‐ lapping meetings and other work commitment make us delay what we eat or opt for the wrong sort of things.

According to experts, stress‐eating is a big point of concern among office goers, and stress and anxiety‐induced hunger can have long‐ term effect on the waist‐ line.

Doctors from SL Raheja Hospital in Delhi, claim that making simple and smart food choices throughout the working day can help boost cre‐ ativity and productivity,

AVOID JUNK: Healthier options help improve productivity and reduce stress levels.

while keeping fatigue and stress to a minimum.

Tips to help make the most of your day include, having a good breakfast, banning sugary snacks

from the workplace and drinking plenty of water.

It’s advisable to steer clear of sugary, caffeine laden drinks, and always eat a home‐made lunch.

Healthy snacks such as nuts, almonds and raisins, tubs of raw or roasted vegetables and fruit smoothies are also a good idea.

HEALTH & BEAUTY

Neck scans could predict Alzheimer’s disease

A BRITISH study of more than 3,000 people has found that a five‐minute scan could predict de‐ mentia, a decade before symptoms appear.

Researchers at University College London claims that measuring somebody’s pulse from their neck can predict damage in the brain which causes problems with memory and think‐ ing skills in old age.

Data suggests those with the most intense pulse in this area, were around 50 per cent more likely to suffer rapid cognitive decline over the following 10 years.

The pulse of 3,191 people with an average age of 61, was measured using one of the large carotid arteries which supplies blood to the head and neck.

An ultrasound recorded the sound waves that bounce off blood vessels.

Over the next 15 years the participants were monitored to keep an eye on their memory and problem‐solving skills. The quarter of partici‐ pants with the highest intensity pulse at the start of the study were around 50 per cent more likely to have accelerated cognitive de‐ cline. This meant falling within the 15 per cent of people with the most rapid drop in thinking abilities.

If larger studies of more people are carried out, the neck scan could become a routine test which doctors give middle‐aged people at risk of dementia.

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The benefits of a natural approach to life MORE and more people are opting for a vegan lifestyle, and embracing a huge array of alterna‐ tive health and beauty products.

The benefits are wide reaching and the market is vast.

For starters, switching your toothpaste to a ve‐ gan alternative can help both your smile and the environment.

White Glo’s Pure and Natural toothpaste is completely vegan and organic.

Free from fluoride, harmful chemicals and bleaches which are often incorporated into tooth whitening products, White Glo’s toothpaste for‐ mula uses natural ingredients.

There are an estimated one billion plastic toothbrushes contained within landfill sites across America alone. To try and combat this, White Glo’s toothpaste includes a free biodegradable bamboo toothbrush which natu‐ rally decomposes as opposed to plastic tooth‐ brushes that take an estimated 400 years.

Most importantly, switching to vegan friendly cosmetics means products are 100 per cent cru‐ elty free. Purchasing vegan cosmetics instantly shrinks the support for animal testing.

Moreover, using vegan cosmetics can have benefits for the individual user due to the avoidance of animal by‐products such as lano‐ lin, which commonly blocks pores and encour‐ ages acne.

Vegan cosmetics are also perfect for people with sensitive skin, due to the limited number of ingredients used to formulate them, making it less likely to irritate skin.

ZERO WASTE: Vegan alternatives naturally decompose.

The naturally sourced plant ingredients used in vegan cosmetics means that inherently vegan formulas contain a greater amount of vitamins, perfect for keeping skin supple, healthy and bright.

Currently, non‐vegan shampoos contain Sodi‐ um Lauryl Sulphate (SLS) which has been proven to encourage hair loss. While natural plant‐based alternatives such as tea tree oil and jojoba ex‐ tract, stimulate hair follicles and the paraben free formula incorporated into vegan shampoo fur‐ ther reduces hair damage, as opposed to non‐ve‐ gan alternatives.

Another simple and effective vegan swap, is substituting a plastic hair brush for a more sus‐ tainable alternative, such as a bamboo and rub‐ ber hairbrush.

Choosing a vegan hairbrush is better for the environment, as materials such as bamboo and rubber are biodegradable. Whilst detangling hair is a painless and gentle process which preserves hair and prevents breakage, vegan hairbrushes tease the scalp releasing natural oils which pro‐ mote healthier, shinier and stronger hair.

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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!

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GO LOCAL THE EURO WEEKLY NEWS has urged its readers to support local businesses in the community by shopping locally in recent times. Now things are heading back to normal, we challenge you to maintain that habit by supporting local high streets, markets, butchers, greengrocers and all of the wonderfully quirky inde‐ pendent businesses in your area.

Local businesses make our villages, towns and cities what they are. They add unique character. They are convenient. And they offer excellent produce from known suppliers.

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locally means that indepen‐ dent businesses can support the local community. You may find something a euro or two cheaper online but have you considered where your money is actually go‐ ing?

By shopping locally you’re putting food on a local fami‐ ly’s table and there is nothing better than giving back to the communities that have given us so

much. Local stores support charities and they sponsor local sports teams. In many cases, they are much more than just a business, they’re a legacy. They may have supported generations of the same family. Likewise, brand new local stores and bars may help the genera‐ tions of the future fulfil their dreams and ambitions.

Remember, your local store is going up against multinationals and chains.

They can’t win that battle on their own. So give them your support. Spending your money locally will make a real difference to the local economy. Local businesses recirculate a greater share of every euro they receive at local level. They create locally owned supply chains and they invest in their employees.

So remember.

When you go shopping ‐ go lo‐ cal!

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FEATURE

HOW TO DO IMPOSSIBLE STUFF MICRO GOAL… BIG GOAL…

TONI C. EASTWOOD OBE, MBA

#TheWomanBeyond I AM sure, most of us know that Roger Bannister was the first person to break the four‐minute mile, 3:59.4 to be exact.

Even the smartest scientists and doctors of his era said that it was an ‘impossible dream’ to run a mile in under four min‐ utes and that the human body was not capable of such a feat, Period, End of Story. And he, of course, wasn’t so sure!!

But here’s what’s so awesome, can you guess how Roger trained to do the impos‐ sible?

The answer is simple really: He broke down his goal into bite‐sized pieces.

And here’s exactly how: First, he trained until he could run a quarter mile in a minute. (Wow, Nice job!) Then he trained until he could run half a mile in two minutes. (Well done!) Then he trained until he could run three‐quarters of a mile in three minutes. (Sweet!) Then he trained and trained until he thought he could run the full mile in less than four minutes.

And, voila!!

On May 6, 1954, at Iffley Road Track in Oxford, England, the timekeeper looked down and saw the magic numbers: 3:59.4.

Roger achieved the impossible by breaking his ‘impossible’ goal into little bite‐size, doable pieces ‐ so simple, yet we all forget what a great idea this is. (As Henry Ford once said, “Nothing is particu‐ larly hard if you break it into small enough pieces.”)

How about you?

What’s your Biggest Most, Audacious Goal, the next exciting thing you want to achieve, in your life, business or career. I like to call it BIG Hairy ARSED Goal (BHAG)!

You know, the thing you would do if you weren’t afraid? Or maybe even if you are afraid!

YEAH. That one.

Write it down, capture it in succinct

words.

Now, let’s chunk it down and give you your next bite‐size doable target. Baby steps is all it takes.

One of my favourite sayings when I find myself getting paralysed by the thought of a big goal or something that may seem a little (or a lot) overwhelming is “Inch by inch is a sinch, yard by yard is hard.”

What’s the very next micro‐goal you need to hit en route to that BHAG?! The thing that, once you achieve, will make it possible to hit your next target?

Got it? Awesome.

Now… What’s your next baby step?

And, most importantly: Is now a good time to take it?

PS. Want to watch the iconic moment where Bannister breaks the record and his take on the miracle mile? Share the moment itself, nearly 70 years on, I find this incredibly emotional. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTX

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

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DAVID WORBOYS EVERY time I see an image or hear the mutterings of the UK’s Prime Minister, I despair. This is an office once held by Churchill, At‐ tlee, Macmillan, Thatcher and Blair ‐ all with their strengths and their short‐ comings. Because the UK is still one of the most influen‐ tial nations on the planet, its Prime Minister has a univer‐ sally high profile.

In Europe and beyond, Boris Johnson is widely re‐ garded as a joker (a clown) but, in fact, he is quite a dan‐ ger to his country for several reasons.

First, he cannot be trusted.

He hoodwinked the voting public with lies over Brexit and he seems incapable of giving a straight answer. Any‐ body who has watched the weekly farce of Prime Minis‐ ter’s Questions will have no‐ ticed this. He evades every

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JOKER IN NUMBER TEN question by going off on a tangent, changing the subject or quoting meaningless statis‐ tics. He repeats the same old dogma over and over again (“we have the fastest growing economy ….” “let’s get this thing done ….”).

Second, he is a naïve opti‐ mist, just hoping that every‐ thing will be ok, regardless of the gravity of the situation and the facts. A leader, while not being a negative pes‐ simist, has to be honest with the media and the voters.

Third, he seems immature as a person. While he likes posing in front of a camera, he looks ill‐at‐ease in the

Clown or Joker? It comes to the same thing.

presence of leaders such as Merkel, van der Leyen, Macron and Biden. He is of‐ ten less than coherent and he has been heard mumbling in Latin! Some of his jokes are not in the best taste.

He admits to being proud of his achievements. Under his watch, the UK has the

highest rate of Covid deaths in Europe and the fourth highest number of reported cases in the world. The care homes tragedy was the result of hesitation and poor judge‐ ment and the NHS is unable to cope. We have rampant inflation, rising taxes and the scrapping of universal credit.

In spite of underemploy‐ ment, there are serious labour shortages. There have been queues at petrol sta‐ tions and empty supermarket shelves. Immigration policy is confusing. We are isolated from our European friends and the government is un ‐ able to secure adequate trade deals.

Johnson holds nobody ac‐ countable for their misde‐ meanours, from Dominic Cummings and Matt Hancock to Cressida Dick. The first two violated Covid rules while the Metropolitan Po‐

lice Commissioner, having ef‐ fectively ordered the murder of an innocent young Brazil‐ ian in 2005 (and been pro ‐ moted and honoured), now presides over a police force incapable of protecting wom‐ en.

He is reactive rather than proactive. Owing to an ab‐ sence of strategy and for‐ ward planning, there are fre‐ quent U‐turns and back‐tracking. Despite this, Johnson never admits he is wrong.

The UK needs a leader with sound judgement, command‐ ing authority and respect. I can’t see anybody in either of the major parties. I am not suggesting we need Gordon Brown again, but suddenly he doesn’t look so bad.

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Charging electric vehicles rises ONE of the advantages of electric cars compared to fossil fuel cars is the saving capacity they gener‐ ate by avoiding refuelling, re‐ placing them with charging by an electric current. This economic benefit is also compounded by the need for less maintenance, which also lowers running costs.

This advantage, which last year was a relevant and important point, no longer seems to be the case, due to the continuous rise in the price of electricity, and the exorbitant price peaks that electricity has been reaching in recent weeks.

The Organisation of Consumers and Users (OCU), has announced that while last year recharging an electric car cost an average of €190 per year, due to the rise in electricity, the cost has now sky‐ rocketed to €447. Taking an ex‐ ample where the vehicle is only plugged in during off‐peak hours,

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by Mark Slack

THEY didn’t notice me sit‐ ting quietly at the wheel as they strolled past my car.

“That’s one of those Ford Pumas,” said he. “Nice, isn’t it,” said she. A few minutes later they both purred past in their Porsche SUV. Two days lat‐ er a lady passed on foot with her laden shopping trolley. “I like your car and especially the colour.

Lovely.”

So, there you have it; a new Ford making strangers remark on its looks and paint (€911/ £775 worth of Grey matter, since you ask). Been some time since that’s hap‐ pened, I’d wager.

If you think a lot of peo‐ ple buy a car because they like the looks ‐ and then ar‐ gue they bought it for

more common sense rea‐ sons ‐ this latest medium‐ sized SUV promises a healthy bottom line for Ford.

Underneath the smart body sits a lot of a current Ford Fiesta, including en‐ gine and gearbox. But the bits you can see are all new and stretch further in every dimension than the Fiesta donor.

Ford has a hard won reputation to maintain for

building affordable cars that bring a smile to their driver’s face. It does too, with the sort of eagerness to tackle a corner that the high stance might warn against. Positive steering and a snappy gear change add to the fun.

You can pay as little as €24,400/£20,745 for a

FORD PUMA: Positive steering and a snappy gear change.

Puma, which will come with a 1.0‐litre 125PS en‐ gine and share all the at‐ tributes of the more mod‐ els in the range.

Power units include a mild hybrid system with an integrated starter/ genera‐ tor for a little more power and improved green cre‐ dentials.

Every Puma gets a cockpit that looks modern, works well but lacks the surface shine of some rivals, with a bit too much hard plastic scattered about.

There’s plenty of room up front and just about enough in the back, before we reach the clever bit in the boot. Lift the boot floor and you discover what Ford calls a MegaBox, an 80 litre waterproof compart‐ ment, complete with drain plug for dirty wellies and the like.

The goodies count is im‐ pressive, with this posh ‘un coming with heated wind‐ screen, fine sat nav, cruise control and a B&O 10‐speak‐ er sound system.

A whopping €5,617/ £4,775 of options, that grey paint included, along

with fancy alloys, panoram‐ ic opening roof, power tail‐ gate and a plethora of driv‐ er aids meant the test car nudged in at €35,113/ £29,850.

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World Cup 2030 bid looks set to be rejected ACCORDING to sources in UEFA, and the Irish govern‐ ment, the joint bid to stage the 2030 World Cup by the UK and the Republic of Ire‐ land looks ready to be reject‐ ed by UEFA. These sources have claimed that as soon as Spain and Portugal proposed their joint bid for the same tournament, there was only ever going to be one winner.

It is believed that in an ef‐ fort to appease the football authorities of both nations, UEFA will try to offer the Eu‐ ro 2028 tournament to the UK and Ireland. The sources claim that if the countries agree to accept this alterna‐ tive then Europe’s governing body will throw its full weight behind their bid for Euro 2028.

With a feasibility study un‐ derway by both the Irish and UK governments, along with stakeholder partners, word

has allegedly reached Ire‐ land’s Department of Sport, conveying the message that “the UK and Ireland bid was effectively over before it be‐ gan.”

“It’s accepted that this isn’t going to happen, and the sooner that message is delivered, the better,” said the insider, adding, “I’m not sure it was ever that realistic once Spain and Portugal had declared their intent to host the tournament, and for many reasons, not least ge‐ ography, and easy access be‐ tween the two countries, this one makes more sense.”

Scenes beamed around the world of the appalling behaviour of drunken Eng‐ land fans at the Euro 2020 fi‐ nal have probably killed any chances of staging the tour‐ nament.

As the insider from UEFA explained, “The ‘Football’s

Coming Home’ im‐ age was a terrifying one, and one which did not just sent shockwaves through UEFA, who were livid by what they wit‐ nessed, but global foot‐ ball nations.”

They added, “You can‐ not expect in your wildest dreams to have a country voting for an England‐led bid after the world’s sec‐ ond‐biggest inter‐ national game de‐ scended into chaos. This is the view from peo‐ ple in UEFA and I can assure you that opinion will be even more en‐ trenched at FI‐ FA.” WORLD CUP: Doubtful if the UK will be hosts.

Suspended sentence for crash spectator THE unnamed spectator who caused a huge crash during this year’s Tour de France, after a trial in the French city of Brest, has been given a four‐month suspended prison sentence. After standing in the path of the peloton of riders during the first stage of the race, waving a cardboard sign at the television cameras that read ‘Allez, Opi‐Omi’, the 31‐year‐old started a chain reaction that saw around half of the field taken down.

She claimed to have been unaware that the riders were approaching as she stepped into the road, but then German rider Tony Martin from the Jumbo‐Visma team clipped into her, sending him to the ground. This caused a multiple pile‐up behind Martin, with one Team DSM rider, Spain’s Marc Soler, being so badly hurt that he had to retire from the race after breaking his arms.

She initially fled from the scene, but four days later, after being hunted by the police, she handed herself in.

The judge charged her with endangering lives and caus‐ ing unintentional injuries. Addressing the court, she said, “I am ashamed. I am a quiet person. Everything that has happened is the opposite of who I am.”

“The public is key to cycling races, it must remain that way, but it must be done with respect for the physical integrity of the riders,” commented a lawyer for the riders association, adding, “This case is representa‐ tive of what can happen with people who want to take centre‐stage themselves with pictures, videos. It has to be done with a minimum of common sense and this was not the case there.”