Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 4 - 10 November 2021 Issue 1896

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Special delivery A FREIGHT train now carries fruit and vegetables from Alicante Province directly to London. The train, which included 15 refrigerated wagons, left on Thursday last week for the first time, arriving four days later in Barking.

The train links Alicante’s agricultural growers and the UK markets every week, departing from Alicante each Thursday, passing the border at La Junquera in Girona, crossing France to Calais and reaching London via the Eurotunnel. Meanwhile, the province’s business and agricultural sectors criticised the central government’s tendency to omit Alicante from rail infrastructure plans and improvements.

Owing to delays in linking Alicante Province to the Mediterranean Corridor, when the train left Alicante port it was on a line dating from the 1950s, they complained.

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Corruption cash recouped REGIONAL president Ximo Puig announced that the Generalitat has recovered €13.5 million linked to corruption cases.

The Generalitat’s Assets Recovery Office has launched le-

gal proceedings on approximately 40 occasions “in defence of Valencian interests,” Puig revealed during a question-and-answer session in the regional parliament, Las Cortes.

“Corruption is the worst tax that Valencians have had to pay,” he declared.

Following court cases arising from the Fitur, Cooperacion, Emarsa and Terra Mitica scandals, €8.24 million of public money has now returned to the regional government.

Formalities are currently underway to recoup a further €5.3 million linked to the IVAM Institute of Modern Art scandal and, once again, Emarsa and Cooperacion which includes 21 properties, two of which are luxury apartments in Miami, a yacht - also

in Miami - and four vehicles.

The regional president also revealed that another €4.2 million is likely to be recovered from the court case that began this week, linked to IVAM’s purchase of fake works of art.

Progress is also being made on two more cases involving Haiti Hospital and arrangements for the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in 2006.

The Accounts Tribunal has yet to determine the amount involved in the Haiti case, but civil liability for the Pope’s visit has been set at €3.2 million.

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Talking it over Photo credit: Orihuela city hall

ORIHUELA’S mayor Emilio Bascuñana re‐ cently met members of Orihuela Costa resi‐ dents’ associations MAYOR’S MEETING: Emilio He was accompa‐ Bascuñana and councillor listen nied by several coun‐ to Orihuela Costa concerns. cillors so that all pre‐ sent could discuss the issues currently affecting Orihuela Costa.

The mayor thanked the associations’ representatives for their collaboration, stressing that the meetings were invaluable for providing and exchanging information. Bascuñana also updated the Orihuela Costa residents on the Centro de Emergencias, public transport links with the centre of the city, the 24‐hour presence of an ambulance and a second health centre. “Be‐ tween us all we can work for the good of all residents,” he said.

River Segura in full spate CARP-R-US fished the eighth round of their Autumn 2021 series at Bigastro (Jacarilla) on the Rio Segura.

It was a close call whether to cancel the match and move elsewhere, as upon arrival the river was in full spate, just touching the bank and boiling along at an incredibly fast pace.“We decided that the match would go ahead and, that in all likeliness, the river would fall,

which it did by about 300 millimetres during the five hours of the match,” explained Carp-R-Us secretary Steve Fell.

Roy Dainty came out the winner with four carp (3.60 kilos) with Willy Moons second (2.23 kilos). Alan Smith (2.21 kilos) was third and Jackie Bresin, on a rare day away from the Pond, won his section with 1.76 kilos.

“It was also good to have maestro

Dave Hutchinson back now that his wife Marleen has recovered from her joint replacement,” Steve said.

“However, like so many others, he struggled to catch, given the pace of the river. At least the sun came out.”

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

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NIBS EXTRA Keeping fit THE Vega Baja’s Guardia Civil officers are using Pilar de la Horadada’s municipal sports centre for training sessions. The programme includes preliminary instruc‐ tion as well as perfecting the techniques that officers use to deal with situations of risk, said Pilar de la Hora‐ da’s mayor Jose Maria Perez Sanchez.

Fly away ORIHUELA City Hall and the ANSE Nature association are providing aromatic shrubs for planting along the perimeter of the mu‐ nicipal allotments. As well as attracting bees, they will form a protective barrier that should help to repel insect plagues without re‐ sorting to chemicals, ex‐ plained Environment coun‐ cillor Damaso Aparicio.

More repairs THE regional government is spending €3 million on repairing damage that the September 2019 storms caused in San Fulgencio and Dolores. This will in‐ volve improvements to San Fulgencio’s Levante ir‐ rigation canal and rebuild‐ ing 480 metres of the Acier‐ to channel that crosses the Los Azarbes industrial es‐ tate in Dolores.

New budget SANTA POLA councillors voted through the town hall’s €32 million budget, the first since 2018 after the present local government introduced a two‐year eco‐ nomic adjustment plan to put the municipality’s fi‐ nances in order. Vox coun‐ cillors abstained from sup‐ porting the proposal, although the PSOE socialists and Compromis opposed it.

Chance find A FRENCH tourist walking along the La Mata coast at 2am last week called Local Police after noticing several plastic‐wrapped packages that looked suspiciously like drugs near Embarcadero tower. Officers found more packages nearby.

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Fun-filled dog show THE Little Pod association are organising a Dog Show at El Rancho, Los Montesinos on Sunday November 7.

Little Pod is a registered charity based in Torremendo that raises funds to help ani‐ mals in the Orihuela Costa re‐ gion, relying solely on dona‐ tions.

“Our sponsor is Ibex Insur‐ ance Company who always support us as a charity,” said Little Pod’s Linda Coleman.

“Ricky Neil will be our guest host for the day, with judges from Dog Training Costa Blan‐ ca.” The show begins at 12 noon with registration begin‐

Photo credit: Linda Coleman

LITTLE POD: Association members in a pre-pandemic photo.

ning at 10.30am for the show’s 11 classes which in‐ clude Best Rescue, Dog Most Like Its Owner and Waggiest Tail.

Auditorium handover TORREVIEJA Town Hall takes over the Auditori‐ um on November 19.

The Auditorium, run until now by the Gener‐ alitat‐owned Themed Projects Society (SPTCV), was the creation of Tor‐ revieja’s then‐mayor Pe‐ dro Hernandez and Ed‐ uardo Zaplana, a former president of the General‐ itat who was arrested and imprisoned in 2018 for money‐laundering and bribery.

The Auditorium was constructed by 2008 but not inaugurated until 2011. It cost €53 million to build after running considerably over‐bud‐ get, but has only func‐ tioned regularly since

2017 after the present regional government took over. Having been closed for so long by that time, it then cost almost €100,000 to prepare for its reopening.

According to sources quoted in the Spanish media, the Auditorium takes €1 million to run, even after box office earnings are taken into account.

Torrevieja’s Culture councillor Jose Antonio Quesada announced that the town hall is currently working on the contract to manage the Auditori‐ um and Teatro Municipal which is likely to be put out to tender in January 2022.

Every class will have tro‐ phies and rosettes and to en‐ sure that nobody loses, there is a Lucky Dip with doggie prizes.

A musical extravaganza STUDIO32 MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY invite you to join them for their musical extravaganza, South Pacific.

“The past 18 months have been very difficult for everybody,” Press Officer Andy Kirkwood said.

“So come along and let us entertain you with great musical numbers, dancing and some light‐hearted comedy. We guaran‐ tee you will leave the theatre feeling good and with a smile on your face.” Tickets for this show that were purchased in 2020 are still valid for the day shown on the ticket, he announced. The show will be staged at San Fulgencio’s Cardenal Belluga Theatre from Wednesday November 24 to Saturday November 27, with the performances starting at 7.30pm. Reserved seating tickets are now on sale at €10 each and can be obtained by emailing tick ets@studiothirtytwo.org or by calling Philip on 602 617 848.

Christmas Fair rectification SAVE the day for a Charity Christmas Fair for the children at the San Jose Obrero orphan‐ age near Elche. This will be held on December 13 in the LA Fam‐ ily Bar at the Oasis Bulevar in Los Narejos in Los Alcazares (Murcia), announced the team

We will remember them A REMEMBRANCE DAY service will be held at La Inmaculada Concepcion Church in Torrevieja.

Please be seated by 10.30am.

Come and join the Torrevieja Branch of the Royal British Legion, in this their cente‐ nary year, to pay your respects to our na‐ tion’s veterans. The Royal British Legion Standards will be led by the Torrevieja Pipes and Drums and the Concert Band Spain will provide the music inside the

There will be over 30 mar‐ ket stalls and, of course, the Little Pod Association’s Tombola and Play Your Cards Right.

Wendy Gould, who will be there with her Posh Paws Dog Grooming Table and Nail Clip‐ ping from 10.30am, has kindly donated a €25 Grooming voucher for the winner of the Puppy class. Food and drink, from main meals to quick snacks, will be available from the restaurant. “We hope you come and join us for this fun‐ filled day,” Linda said. “Your support is, as ever, appreciat‐ ed in these difficult times.”

church. Following the service there will be a ceremony in the main square outside La Inmaculada Concepcion Church, and a fur‐ ther Wreath Laying ceremony will be held at the Remembrance Memorial situated outside La Siesta Church.

Everyone is welcome.

For further information please contact the Torrevieja Branch Secretary on Torre vieja.secretary@rbl.community or 680 153 887.

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of friends who raise funds for the orphanage. Stalls open at 12 noon and the restaurant will be open all day, with a Hog Roast, Music Bingo and Carols from the Joy Choir at 6pm.

Owing to a printing error the venue was wrongly given in our recent article, and Lesley Eburne, one of the organisers, asked EWN to make clear where the Fair is taking place.

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Hollywood comes to Elche LOCATION scouts from the UK and the US recent‐ ly visited Elche on a famil‐ iarisation trip.

Brought here by the Costa Blanca Film Com‐ mission, the experts in finding the ideal setting for a film have also visited Torrevieja and Alicante City as well as Benissa, Al‐ tea, Benidorm, Alcoy, Pe‐ trer and Jixona.

Most of the location managers have been in‐ volved with major pro‐ ductions including Game of Thrones, Godzilla vs Kong, Joker, The Purge and Captain Marvel, re‐ vealed Elche’s Tourism councillor who was there to greet the visitors.

The scouts had earlier visited the Shooting Loca‐ tion Marketplace interna‐ tional trade fair that was included in the Interna‐ tional Film Week held last month in Valladolid in northwest Spain.

The Elche Film Office cooperates each year with dozens of production companies that have cho‐ sen the city to shoot films, television programmes, and advertisements, Molina revealed.

El Palmeral, Elche’s palm forest which is the largest in Europe, is much in demand, the councillor said, as well as the city’s coastal area and its open spaces of great value, all of which the location scouts saw during their visit.

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TRAFFIC blackspot eliminated. The hazardous N‐332 turnoff when entering or leaving Santa Pola’s Gran Alacant urbanisation will be made safer.

The Ministry of Transport announced that the traffic blackspot will disappear once the €238,329 contract to widen the accelera‐ tion lane has been put out to tender.

No dates were mentioned, although the Ministry expects work to be finished before summer 2022.

“The project involves a collector‐distributor lane that will chan‐ nel vehicles from Gran Alacant and the road 60 metres away that connects to the CV‐851,” Ministry sources said. “These will then join via a new lane parallel to the left side of the N‐332.”

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Readers’ poll

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Treadmill walk raising funds

Expats say Queen should retire

THE Euro Weekly News asked readers whether they thought the Queen should retire following ill health, and an overwhelming 66.7 per cent said she should.

Those who said the monarch should step back from her duties argued that she should now look after her health.

Meanwhile, 25.9 per cent said that she should not re‐ tire, arguing that her country needs her.

The Queen was last week forced to cancel two weeks of engagements on advice from her doctors.

She was advised by doc‐ tors to rest for at least the

next two weeks, a Bucking‐ ham Palace spokesman said.

The 95‐year‐old monarch will now be unable to attend the Festival of Remem‐ brance on Saturday Novem‐ ber 13.

The monarch was said to remain in ‘good spirits’ after recording a speech for the COP26. Her majesty was forced to pull out of attend‐ ing the upcoming climate summit after a busy recent schedule.

Some royal experts be‐ lieve that the monarch may be overworked and that her packed schedule could be part of the reason why she pulled out of some of her

QUEEN ELIZABETH: She should now look after her health.

royal engagements last month. The Queen cancelled a visit to Northern Ireland on October 18 following medi‐ cal advice and spent a night in the hospital for prelimi‐ nary medical checks before returning to Windsor Castle.

The palace said she wouldn’t be attending a cli‐ mate change conference in Scotland in keeping with ad‐ vice to rest. The Queen has retained an active schedule throughout her 69‐year reign, not really slowing down much in recent years.

OCTOBER is traditionally International Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

For the past seven years this has been marked by Maria Wilson and the Pink Ladies and Panthers in col‐ laboration with the management of Zenia Boulevard.

This year was no exception, although owing to the heavy rain, the event’s original date of Friday October 22 was moved to Wednesday October 27. The Boule‐ vard management donated €500 raised by members of the public who walked 50 kilometres on a treadmill provided by Decathlon as well as hundreds of potted plants for the Pink Ladies and Panthers to give to shop‐ pers at the Centre.

The Pink Ladies also received an unexpected visit to their stand from Orihuela’s mayor, Emilio Bascuñana.

“He was very pleasant and acknowledged every one of my Pink Ladies and Panthers, congratulating us on all the good work we do as volunteers,” said Maria, who is president of the Orihuela Costa branch of AACC, the Ali‐ cante Province cancer charity.

“He even had a go on the treadmill before posing for photographs with me and the volunteers,” she added.

Once again, the event was supported by local artists who entertained the Boulevard shoppers and included, Grip, Alex Tipping, Holly Hepburn, Leroy Morales, Si‐ mon Jackson MBE, and Lex and the Dotty Band. Enter‐ tainment throughout the day was presented by Simon Morton of Sunshine FM. More than €1,300 was raised that day, all of which will be handed to AACC to help in the fight against can‐ cer.

And the last word went to Maria: “Early detection saves lives,” she said. “So call into the AACC office at Fla‐ menca beach, ring 865 942 795 or email info@pin kladies.es to book an early screening test.”

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Gas supply ALGERIA has closed the pipeline that transports gas to Spain. Natural gas will contin‐ ue to be supplied to Spain via ships. The delivery schedule has not yet been decided on.

The decision has been made by the Algerian presidency not to renew the contract for the gas line. The Maghreb‐Europe gas pipeline transports natural gas into Spain. The gas comes into Spain via Morocco. Diplo‐ matic relations broke down be‐ tween the African countries earlier this year. The Algerian presidency commented on the issue on October 31: “Taking in‐ to account the aggressive prac‐ tices of the Kingdom of Moroc‐ co towards Algeria, the President of the Republic (Ab‐ delmayid Tebune) ordered the national company Sonatrak to cease commercial relations with the Moroccan company and not to renew the contract.”

Gas shipments will still come into Spain from Algeria. This will be via the Mezgaz pipeline with deliveries of liquefied natural gas (LNG) being brought in by ship. The Minister of Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera met with her Algerian counterpart.

She confirmed that the deliver‐ ies will be made by boat.

WhatsApp

IT may be time to upgrade your smartphone as What‐ sApp stopped working on some devices from Monday, November 1. The news was first announced in September.

The latest WhatsApp up‐ date will not be made available to older devices. This will apply to both older versions of An‐ droid and iOS operating sys‐ tems. For android devices, WhatsApp will stop working if the device is not running a ver‐ sion later than version 4.0.4.

Anyone who has a device with an operating system at this lev‐ el or lower will no longer be able to use the popular instant messaging app. iPhone users will need to be running iOS 10 or later. This means that iPhone SE, 6S, 6S Plus or earlier generation mod‐ el owners will be left behind and not able to use WhatsApp.

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Car-boot diamond worth £2m A PENSIONER almost threw away a diamond she bought at a car boot sale worth £2 million. The wom‐ an in her 70s cannot re‐ member where she bought the diamond, but thinks it could have been picked up at a car boot sale. After be‐ ing prompted by a neigh‐ bour, she took it to be val‐ ued with a box of costume jewellery while having a clear‐out to reduce her col‐ lection.

The rare diamond that she once thought worthless and almost threw in the bin, has been valued at £2 million. The stone, roughly the size of a pound coin, was certified by experts in Antwerp as a 34.19‐carat colour H VS1, which is ex‐ ceptionally rare.

“The lady came in with a bag of jewellery as she just thought she would bring it in as she was passing be‐ cause she had another ap‐ pointment in the town. It had been in a box along with her wedding band and

RARE DIAMOND: Roughly the size of a pound coin.

a number of low‐value cos‐ tume jewellery items,” said a staff member of Featon‐ by’s Auctioneers in North Shields, North Tyneside.

“We saw quite a large stone, bigger than a pound coin, and I thought it was a CZ (cubic zirconia, a syn‐

thetic diamond lookalike).

It sat on my desk for two or three days until I used a dia‐ mond tester machine. We then sent it off to our part‐ ners in London before it was certified by experts in Antwerp, Belgium, who confirmed it as 34 carats.”

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IN the Sierra Bermeja, Malaga, there is a clear example of the role that bees play in the survival of nature. Not only do they make honey, but they are important because of their pollination function, a task essential for the conservation of nature.

Bees will do a great job in helping the recovery of the environ‐ ment devastated by the tragic fire in September, when flames devoured almost 10,000 hectares.

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Sting catches petrol gang

OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil in Murcia have thwart‐ ed a dangerous gang as part of Operation Fuel Station.

The officers investigated a series of robberies that took place in the region of Alto Guadalentin and have now

The gang’s vehicle was caught after being chased by police.

dismantled the experienced group. The group are alleged‐ ly responsible for seven rob‐ beries committed in Lorca, Puerto Lumbreras and Cuevas de Almanzora.

Three people have been arrested as part of the sting.

Ryanair promises rapid refunds RYANAIR is focusing on improving its cus‐ tomer service. The company has promised to repay customers within five days for can‐ celled flights. During the coronavirus pan‐ demic, Ryanair along with other airlines faced much criticism over how refunds have been handled.

According to the airline, in the future, re‐ funds will be processed using an online wallet function. Customers can expect to receive a refund within 24 hours of a cancelled flight.

This means that customers will be able to quickly book new flights. Alternatively, cus‐ tomers will be able to get the funds trans‐

ferred to them within five working days After the refund controversy, Ryanair has said that they will ensure customers are better informed of their rights in the future.

Dara Brady is Ryanair’s Director of Market‐ ing. She said: “Our first ever Customer Panel meeting in September was instrumental in driving these service improvements and we look forward to receiving further panel feed‐ back at our second meeting in early 2022, to help us develop more ways to improve our customers’ experience while we lower air fares post‐Covid and grow to carry 225 million passengers per annum.”

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Yuma, Arizona gets over 4,000 hours of sunshine a year, making it the sunniest place on earth. The least sunny place is the South Pole, where the sun only shines on 182 days a year.

They are suspected of com‐ mitting multiple robberies with force and belonging to a criminal organisation. The in‐ vestigation began at the start of October as worries over a series of robberies grew.

The officers were able to view CCTV footage and dis‐ covered several individuals who wore balaclavas to ac‐ cess the petrol station premises. They then stole the takings and other valuables.

Officers suspected the gang had scoped out the ser‐ vice stations in advance. The gang seemed to know the se‐ curity measures and any ac‐ cess routes that could help them.

The Guardia Civil cooperat‐ ed with Lorca Local Police and an operation was set up. Offi‐ cers monitored several petrol stations including one that had not been hit. The opera‐ tion proved successful and a suspicious vehicle ap‐ proached. The vehicle sped away but was caught. Offi‐ cers arrested three people with criminal records.

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British trawler detained THE maritime authorities in France have detained a British trawler during fishing boat checks at Le Havre, while giving out a verbal warning to others in their wa‐ ters. The French Maritime Ministry tweeted on October 27: “Two English ships were fined during classic checks off Le Havre.

“The first did not comply spontaneously. The second did not have a licence to fish in our waters.”

This development comes while an ongoing dispute con‐ tinues between the UK and France over fishing licences within each other’s waters.

France declared this week that it is still waiting for 50 per cent of the licences promised under the Brexit agree‐ ment that would allow them to fish in British waters.

On Tuesday, October 26, France released a list of sanctions that may be brought in starting from Novem‐ ber 2nd if not enough progress is made between the two states.

France has said it can deny fishing boats access to cer‐ tain ports, toughen checks on lorries and ramp up border and sanitary checks on British goods.

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SARA BLAKELY, chief executive and founder of Spanx has surprised her employees with a mega bonus to cel‐ ebrate the company’s success. At a party on Thursday October 21, Blakely awarded every employee with $10,000 and two first‐class plane tickets to anywhere in the world. The party was to celebrate the company gain‐ ing a new $1.2 billion valuation after the investment gi‐ ant Blackstone bought a majority stake in the company.

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Covid-19 will be seasonal A STUDY into Covid‐19 by ISGlobal published on Thursday October 21 in the scientific journal ‘Nature Computational Science,’ concluded that the virus is a seasonal disease, associated with low temperatures and humidity, like the common flu.

Developed by Spanish sci‐ entists, this research also highlighted the need to adopt measures that pro‐ mote air hygiene, and the important role that aerosols play in the transmission of coronavirus infections.

To build the base of their report, ISGlobal scientists studied what had been hap‐ pening around the globe at the start of the pandemic.

This was a period before any public health policies had been brought into force, and a negative link was discovered between temperature and humidity, and the reported transmis‐ sion rates of the virus.

Higher transmission rates were found in places that

had a lower temperature, or low humidity. This of course is similar to other respirato‐ ry viruses. After this discov‐ ery, the team went on to analyse the evolution be‐ tween climates and trans‐ mission rates over time.

Experts determined that during the first pandemic the waves grew as the tem‐ perature and humidity de‐ creased. In relation, waves decreased with increasing temperature and humidity.

ISGlobal researcher, Ale‐

jandro Fontal, the principal author of the study, ex‐ plained: “All of our results support the idea that Covid‐ 19 is a truly seasonal infec‐ tion, similar to the flu and other common cold virus‐ es.”

Expat disaster BRITS in Spain who bought their Spanish homes before Brexit but do not want to be‐ come tax residents are facing issues. One expert claims that it is a “serious human rights infringement.”

The expert believes that the Prime Minister should step up for British expats. Brits looking to move to Spain and other countries after Brexit came into force are facing dif‐ ficulties.

New rules are in force and everything seems more com‐ plicated. Leon Fernando Del Canto, founder of tax firm Del Canto Chambers commented

on the issue: “This is a serious issue for those not wanting to become tax residents in Spain and who bought their proper‐ ties before Brexit.

“There is, from my point of view, a serious human rights infringement in those cases, as no one must be de‐ prived of their rights to enjoy their property freely. The 90 days Schengen limitation should be waived on those

cases,” he added.

Property expert, Robert Barnhardt, explained that many Brits are selling up in Spain due to Brexit: “A lot of retired British people are starting to sell up. They used to come down here in September or October and then stay until April/May for the six months of better weather. But now they can only come for 90 days.”

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of all of your bones are in your feet. The feet also contain anything between 20 to 25 percent of the total joints in the human body.

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Nightclub boycott over spiking ON October 27, women across the UK boycotted nightclubs as part of the ‘girl’s night in’ protest. Many university towns and cities joined in. The move came af‐ ter a shocking rise in the number of needle and drink spiking cases.

Students from Notting‐ ham, Brighton and Bristol along with many other universities joined in with the online campaign to raise awareness regarding women’s safety. The cam‐ paign also calls on the gov‐ ernment and nightclubs to

act urgently.

Needle spiking is when people are unknowingly in‐ jected with drugs. Women have reported being injected in their backs or their legs while at nightclubs. During September and October, the National Police Chiefs’ Coun‐ cil confirmed nearly 200 drink spiking attacks.

They also confirmed that 24 people had reported be‐ ing spiked by being injected.

Nottingham has taken ac‐ tion and placed extra officers on patrol during the week‐ ends.

THE Guardia Civil took to Twitter to warn of a new scam. The scam arrives in the form of a text message which asks people to click on a link or call a phone number. People are then asked to ‘verify’, ‘update’ or ‘reactivate’ their bank ac‐

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Smishing scam alert count.

The Guardia Civil have warned that anyone who re‐ ceives one of these mes‐ sages should be careful.

Supermarket goes second-hand SUPERMARKET giant Carrefour is trialling an initiative to stock second‐hand clothes in two stores in Madrid and Barcelona. If successful, the project will be extended to more of its branches throughout Spain. It is part of a bid to promote the recycling of clothing.

More than 4,000 garments have already gone to new homes since launching the plan this summer. This scheme has been carried out in collaboration with Pata‐ pam, the expert circular economy company. After being checked for hygiene and safety requirements, the men’s, women’s, children’s and baby items have all been sold to the public.

This initiative is part of ‘The Fashion Pact’, which was signed by the Carrefour group and other companies in 2019 to help cut the footprint being left by the fashion in‐ dustry. Within the next 10 years, Carrefour has an agen‐ da, which includes a commitment to ensuring all its TEX brand garments will be sustainable, making sure that at least 50 per cent of its cotton items will be ecological by 2025, guaranteeing animal welfare.

They said: ‘Smishing’ (a com‐ bination of the words SMS and phishing) is attempted fraud to obtain personal, fi‐ nancial or security informa‐ tion through a text message.

“The text message will usually ask you to click a link or call a phone to verify, up‐ date, or reactivate your ac‐ count. But the link takes you

to a fake web page, and the phone number is that of a scammer who impersonates someone else.”

The Guardia Civil have asked people to not click on any links. They said: “Do not click on links or images you receive in unsolicited text messages without first checking the source.”

Body found in bin ON Thursday October 28, the Guardia Civil opened an in‐ vestigation after human re‐ mains were discovered in Torrevieja. The dismem‐ bered corpse was found in‐ side a rubbish container.

The Guardia gave instruc‐ tions to freeze all other rub‐ bish collections to search for the rest of the body parts in other containers.

A homeless person made the gruesome discovery at 1.30pm on Calle Luis Canovas next to a commercial and resi‐ dential area and the IES Liber‐ tas school. Local Police and Guardia Civil officers arrived at the scene and an investiga‐ tion was launched. According to reports, two legs and one hand were found. The search for more evidence continues.

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There are 2,000 thunderstorms on Earth every minute.

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Readers’ poll

Demands for more action to protect the elderly

EXPATS in Spain have de‐ manded more action to protect elderly people from scams and other crimes.

The Euro Weekly News asked readers whether they thought police should do more to pre‐ vent these crimes and 100 per cent said that officers should get involved more.

Demands for action fol‐ lowed a police raid of a fraudulent company pro‐ viding home care to elder‐ ly British people in Murcia.

Officers seized €45,000, £3,600 and various per‐ sonal documents, cards and bank books in the name of elderly people of British nationality living in Mazarron, Murcia.

The investigation began when the Guardia Civil learned of an alleged fraud committed against an elderly person, of

SEIZED: Personal documents, bank books, cards and cash.

British nationality, who lived alone in a residential area of Mazarron.

The 90‐year‐old victim had allegedly been cared for by a person who ran a company dedicated to home care for the elderly.

The elderly woman lived alone, had no family ties and was vulnerable, allow‐ ing the suspect to take ad‐ vantage and take over her real estate and economic assets.

Continuing with the in‐ vestigations, the officers were able to find out the identity of the alleged fraudster, a British citizen, also a resident of Mazarron.

The Guardia Civil claim this person seized the house and the savings of the elderly woman, sold her house, became the co‐ owner of her bank ac‐ count and spent the mon‐ ey.

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Schools banned these costumes.

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Squid Game costume banned SQUID GAME Halloween cos‐ tumes were banned in s o m e schools this year. An

Princess loses fortune UNDER the country’s law, female members of the Japanese royal family forfeit their status if they marry a ‘commoner’ and Japanese Princess Mako has done just this.

She has married her college sweetheart, Kei Komuro, choosing love over the royal title. Male members of the roy‐ als don’t have to make this choice. Princess Mako also de‐ clined a big wedding, plus a large payment usually gifted to females as they depart the family. She is the first female member to turn down both.

As the man who stole the princess’ heart, Mr Komuro is under the spotlight in their native Japan. They are expected to move to the US where he is currently working as a lawyer.

Comparisons have been made between Megan Markle and Prince Harry and the couple are said to be Japan’s answer to the pair.

Newspapers and social media have recently derided Mr Komuro’s ponytail as ‘unbecoming of someone set to marry a Japanese princess.’ There have also been protests against their marriage.

entire school district in New York banned the costumes, while schools in Ireland and Spain also took a stand.

The Netflix TV show Squid Game has become a phenomenon. Many people were hoping to dress up for Halloween as characters from the show prompting concerned schools to act.

The costumes were spotted on sale in stores across the globe including in Spain.

Many schools wrote to parents to warn them about young students recreating games from the show. It was feared that children wearing the cos‐ tumes would be more likely to recreate some of the vio‐ lent scenes from the hit se‐ ries.

A spokesperson for the Fayetteville‐Manlius district in New York said: “They do not meet our school cos‐ tume guidelines due to the potential violent message aligned with the costume.”

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Monster phone bill

A M A N in Murcia was shocked to receive his monthly telephone bill showing a total of €19,500. The bill was eventually cancelled by the telephone company after a consumer organi‐ sation got involved in the dispute.

Due to a glitch in the phone company’s system, the client’s mobile had automatically sent more than 100,000 SMS mes‐ sages. This fault generat‐ ed messages that were sent every second, some‐ thing which was obviously proved to have not been sent by the user.

The client of the phone company, who did not want his identity to be published, explained that he had been at his place of work when he opened the envelope with the in‐ voice, which was for the month of August 2020.

At first glance, he thought that the amount was a little more than

SMS messages were sent.

€19, when his average consumption was usually around €70. When he saw the total was €19,484.60, it made him feel dizzy, and his company col‐ leagues were concerned about his state of health.

He also explained that

the bill had not been charged to his usual ac‐ count. It had been sent to another account that had sufficient funds to pay the bill, yet it was not an ac‐ count he had authorised or provided to Vodafone.

After Vodafone ignored his first two complaints, they cut his line and threatened to place him on a blacklist of defaulters and initiate a lawsuit. As a result, he contacted the association La Defensa del Consumidor, of which his wife is a member and the bill was eventually can‐ celled.

and finally...

BUZZ LIGHTYEAR goes ‘to inifinity and beyond’ in new movie trailer. After four Toy Story movies, Pixar will be releasing a new spin‐off movie, Lightyear, and the new trailer has just been released.

The new film will focus on the astronaut that in‐ spired Buzz Lightyear and will be the first spin‐off film for Pixar.

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Robo-dog revealed A ROBOT dog equipped with 5G technology will monitor the Vigo University campus.

The pioneering project is be‐ ing developed in Europe by Telefonica, in collaboration with Securitas Seguridad Es‐ paña, Alisys, ZTE, the Universi‐ dad de Vigo, and Cisco.

The robot named ‘Spot’ was presented on October 21,

SPOT: A pioneering project.

at the UVigo venue.

Spot comes complete with

Jet2 launch 2023 flights JET2 updated its summer 2023 programme with an addi‐ tional three bases on October 27. The programme covers Jet2holidays and Jet2.com and offers flights from Newcas‐ tle, Glasgow and Edinburgh airports in addition to six al‐ ready announced.

Nine of Jet2’s 10 UK bases are now set for summer 2023. Holidays and flights from six of the bases were added only days ago. Destinations include mainland Spain, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands.

Steve Heapy, Chief Executive of Jet2 commented: “Fol‐ lowing the positive response to six UK bases going on sale earlier than ever before just last week, we are very pleased to be adding Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle too.

“We know that customers want something to look for‐ ward to more than ever before, which is why we are putting our exciting summer sun 2023 programme on sale now.”

5G technology and a 360º camera, along with a whole host of other specifications. It will soon be put into opera‐ tion conducting surveillance tasks at the University of Vigo.

The ground‐breaking robot was built by Boston Dynam‐ ics, and is connected to Eu‐ rope’s first‐ever standalone 5G network. Deployed by the project collaborators, this gives him end‐to‐end net‐ work slicing capabilities for the surveillance sector.

In a statement, Mercedes Fernandez, manager of Inno‐ vation at Telefonica Spain, said, “With this proof of con‐ cept, we offer a vision of how ultra‐evolved 5G networks will have a direct impact on the digital transformation of companies and society as a whole.”

A demonstration of Spot’s capabilities at the presenta‐ tion was designed to display to potential clients that this type of technology can easily be adapted to the needs of each individual.

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Pandemic poverty

THE coronavirus pandemic triggered an in‐ crease in the poverty rate in Spain at the end of 2020, according to various economic indi‐ cators and studies. One piece of information revealed that in just one year there was a doubling of households that had difficulties in meeting daily expenses. Another distress‐ ing fact showed that more than three million people in Spain cannot afford to eat meat, chicken or fish every two days, or keep the house at the right temperature or do not have the funds to face unforeseen expenses.

The collapse of the Gross Domestic Prod‐ uct (GDP) and the thousands of dismissals and business bankruptcies dragged many Spaniards into poverty. Poverty rates could

Three million are in a vulnerable situation.

ease in 2021 and 2022, when the Bank of Spain forecasts GDP growth of 6.3 per cent and 5.9 per cent, respectively. However, more than three million people in Spain are known to be in a situation of serious vulnera‐ bility.

Fraud fugitives arrested POLICE have arrested a Polish citizen and her son in the province of Huelva. The mother is wanted in her own country for defrauding €218 million. Officers of the National Police de‐ tained the mother and son in the Huelva town of Ayamonte.

The mother and son duo had been on the run for several years. The arrests were car‐ ried out within the framework of the Euro‐ pean Network of Fugitive Search Teams (EN‐ FAST). The pair are wanted by the Polish authorities for alleged crimes of fraud and

money laundering.

They allegedly cheated the money from well‐known people from the media in Poland, as well as other anonymous citizens, taking ad‐ vantage of the popularity and professional prestige of the woman detainee.

The police investigations began in 2019 when officers learned of the presence in Spain of two fugitives classified by the Polish authori‐ ties as ‘most wanted.’ At the moment, both detainees remain in Spanish custody and are awaiting extradition to Poland.

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Renfe’s London-Paris link RENFE, the Spanish state rail company has revealed plans for a high‐speed Lon‐ don to Paris link. They hope to compete against estab‐ lished operators, Eurostar.

The company has its sights set on a high‐speed Channel Tunnel line as it be‐ lieves shuttling passengers between Paris and London could be profitable. The Eu‐ rotunnel route opened in 1994 and has proved to be a success.

They announced their in‐ tentions on October 27: “At the moment, there are

Renfe high speed trains.

available slots and capacity to operate on the high‐ speed line. This high‐speed corridor has high traffic and was growing until Covid‐19, a trend that is set to recover next year.

“According to demand analysis, it would be viable and profitable for Renfe to

compete with Eurostar.”

According to Renfe, in 2019, nine million passen‐ gers travelled on Eurotun‐ nel’s Paris‐London route.

The journey from Paris to London takes just over two hours.

The company added: “Renfe’s aim is to operate its own product, meaning the first step would be the stan‐ dardisation of trains. The business plan is built around the use of at least seven trains, and estimates sug‐ gest a return on the invest‐ ment after four years.”

Prince Andrew exclusion ACCORDING to reports, Prince Andrew, 61, will not be attending any of the Platinum Ju‐ bilee events next year as they could clash with his sexual abuse case in the US. Andrew has been set a deadline for the civil case, which will take place in New York, and all depositions must be completed be‐ fore July 14.

The Platinum Jubilee celebrations mark 70 years on the throne for the Queen and

will take place in June 2021 meaning the events could clash with Andrew’s legal obli‐ gations.

If there is a clash, the Duke of York will be pulled from all events next summer and will not be joining his mother to watch the RAF flypast on the Buckingham Palace balcony.

An insider allegedly said that the plan is for Andrew “to be invisible during celebra‐ tions.”

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Green project’s donkey tragedy L A S T August, in the Natural Park of the Desert of Las Palmas de Castellon, the Depart‐ ment of Agriculture, Rural Development, Cli‐ mate Emergency, and Ec o l o g i c a l T r a n s i t i o n , experimented with what they considered to be a great new idea.

An initiative to use animals to help prevent forest fires in the Natu‐ ral Park of the Desert of Las Palmas de Castel‐ lon has ended in tragedy.

The programme con‐ sisted of gathering ani‐

Donkey experiment.

mals such as donkeys and setting them loose in the natural park.

By feeding on the plants in the forested area, eventually, the animals should, in theo‐

Painting frauds busted THE historical heritage group of the Valencian police have this week seen the culmination of their investiga‐ tion into a large group of Spanish painting frauds.

Six people have been sent to jail following a deeper look into paintings attributed to Francisco de Goya, Nicolas Falco and others that were being sold online.

The police seized 27 paintings in total and 18 of them turned out to be badly rendered forgeries.

The investigation started after some doubts rose about the history of one of the pieces being auctioned.

Falco’s The Adoration of the Three Wise Men had been purchased for €18,000 and was being resold for almost three times that amount. The painting was supposed to be a 16th‐century original but upon closer inspection turned out to be forged.

As police followed the evidence, it led them to a group of forgers who were trying to sell more than 30 other paintings online.

Officers seized 27 of the paintings with a value of €1.2m and uncovered an unsophisticated counterfeit‐ ing operation complete with faked certificates of au‐ thenticity.

ry, clean away anything that could fuel a fire.

Back in August, a to‐ tal of 52 donkeys from Grau de Castellon, ar‐ rived at the location around the hermitage of Les Santes, from where they were taken into the parklands.

The experiment last‐ ed barely two months and ended in October after the death of 10 of the donkeys.

The tragedy was un‐ known until a resident of Cabanes raised the alarm on social net‐ works. Groups such as Gecen (Group for the Study and Conservation of Natural Spaces), were incensed when they found out.

They denounced the opacity of the Ministry department involved and demanded ac‐ countability for their negligence in the man‐ agement of this pro‐ gramme.

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Brexit concern for Brits

A NEW poll has found that Brexit worries have over‐ taken those of Covid. Brits have been warned that the lack of lorry drivers could impact Christmas, with shortages predicted for food and products includ‐ ing turkeys. Brits have also been warned to plan ahead and buy children’s toys early to avoid disap‐ pointment.

The UK’s divorce from the EU has caused labour short‐ ages and has hit supermar‐ ket shelves too. According to the latest Ipsos MORI survey, around 28 per cent of people believe that Brex‐ it is the main issue for the

BREXIT: Has caused labour shortages.

UK now. This figure has risen 8 per cent compared to last month. Worries over Covid have dropped 10 points in a month.

According to the UK’s fis‐ cal watchdog chairman, Brexit will have a bigger im‐

pact on the UK’s economy than the ongoing coron‐ avirus pandemic. Brexit was expected to “reduce our long run GDP by around 4 per cent,” according to the Office for Budget Responsi‐ bility (OBR).

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is convinced that the UK is benefiting from Brexit, de‐

A NEW study, carried out in Brazil, has found that a com‐ monly available drug can cut the risk of hospitalisation due to the coronavirus by a third.

Results show the 29p an‐ tidepressant can dramatical‐ ly affect a person’s risk of be‐ ing hospitalised with Covid.

The study involved 1,500 pa‐ tients.

Half of the patients were given a common antidepres‐ sant. The other half were giv‐ en placebos. The study in‐ vestigated the effects of Fluvoxamine, branded as Faverin in the UK. The re‐

spite warnings from the government’s budget watchdog. Sunak comment‐ ed: “What I’m doing is mak‐ ing sure that we capitalise on the opportunities that Brexit has brought. We’re seeing the benefits that it will bring to the economy, and our ability to sign trade deals around the country.”

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Junk food ad ban THE Spanish government will ban the advertising of sweets and sugary drinks for children.

The Minister of Consumption, Alberto Garzon, an‐ nounced on October 28, a ban on advertising aimed at chil‐ dren for sweets, cookies, ice cream, sugary beverages and other food products rich in sugars and fats considered harmful to health by the World Health Organisation. Gar‐ zon explained the regulation of this advertising of food aimed at children under 16 years of age on television, the media in general and social networks will be done by Royal Decree and will begin in 2022.

Minister Garzon made this announcement at a press conference in Barcelona after meeting with the mayor of the Catalan capital, Ada Colau.

Colau has also announced that the Catalan City Council will take measures to combat the overexposure of the child population to the advertising of these foods that harm their health. The measure also affects drinks, snacks and sauces with added sugars or prepared with more than 225 kcal per 100 grams.

“The work is done. We have the pertinent reports to adapt these nutritional profiles of the World Health Organ‐ isation (WHO) to the regulatory system and we have al‐ ready spoken with the National Commission of Markets and Competition,” said Garzon.

Affordable Covid drug

search discovered that the risk of hospitalisation due to Covid dropped by 32 per cent when given the drug.

The study was co‐led by Edward Mills, a researcher at McMaster University in Canada. Mills explained: “Fluvoxamine is, so far, the only treatment that if ad‐ ministered early, can pre‐ vent Covid‐19 from becom‐ ing a life‐threatening illness.

“It could be one of our most powerful weapons against the virus and its ef‐

fectiveness is one of the most important discoveries

we have made since the pandemic began.”

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THE world’s first 100 per cent electric fire engine, called Revolu‐ tionary Technology (RT), was presented at an event in Madrid.

Among those attending were Carlos Novillo, the Vice Minister of the Interior and Directorate of the Madrid Security and Emergen‐ cies Agency 112, and Christian Ebner, the Austrian ambassador to Spain. Also present were members of different fire brigades from different autonomous communities, as well as representa‐ tives of AENA, the Army, members of the UME, and AIRBUS.

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American TV blunder

ONE America TV channel slipped up when reporting on the La Palma volcano in the Canary Islands. The blunder was soon spotted and shared across social media. Many people were amused at the mix‐up.

America’s CBS reported on the volcano eruption.

They showed a clip zooming in on a world map. Howev‐ er, they zoomed in on the Spanish mainland municipal‐ ity of Cartagena with the

La Palma, but not the island.

same name.

This is the first time Mur‐ cia has been accused of hav‐ ing an erupting volcano. The US network CBS aired the

blunder on October 26.

The TV network was shar‐ ing the latest information regarding the Cumbre Vieja de La Palma volcano with their viewers. The US jour‐ nalist reporting on the story had a better knowledge of geography commenting “many people on this vol‐ canic island have lost every‐ thing.”

The mistake of placing the La Palma volcano on the Iberian Peninsula went viral.

Royal birthright

AS part of their Royal birthright, Prince George and Archie will inherit peerages. However, in Britain, the law of male primogeniture is still in place. This means that Lilibet and Charlotte will not inherit their royal birthright. The law ensures that hereditary peerages are passed down the male line.

Constitutional expert Ian MacMarthanne explained the issue: “Archie will on the death of his father become Duke of Sussex. Presently, he is at liberty by convention to be called Earl of Dumbarton, being his father’s senior subsidiary titles.”

He went on to add: “At that moment, by law, Archie will become, whether he chooses to be or not, HRH Prince Archie of Sussex for life. At his death, the HRH dies too, he can pass on to any male heir the title Duke of Sussex, but not HRH or Prince. This comes from George V’s letters patent of 1917 regulating the HRH.”

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BRITISH passport holders are facing more difficulties enter‐ ing Spain as Brexit changes hit, including one woman who was banned from enter‐ ing the country after border officers noticed a stamp was missing on her passport.

The woman was trying to cross the border between Gibraltar and Spain. Because

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Brit ban warning Stateless toddler recognised of changes in freedom of movement due to Brexit, people with British passports now need to have their doc‐ uments stamped when leav‐ ing and entering EU Schen‐ gen countries.

Even though the woman was in Spain in June, passport officials did not stamp her passport when she left the country. She was trying to vis‐ it again in September when she was stopped as she was considered an ‘over‐stayer’ because of the missing stamp.

She said: “I was denied en‐ try to Spain on September 26 due to my passport not being stamped on exit on a previ‐ ous one week visit to Spain which started on June 4.”

“Even though I have proof of returning to the UK via banking activity as well as the test and trace Covid app, the border guards would not ac‐ cept or look at any proof nor let me speak to anyone that could help.

“They just kept insisting that I had no stamp, that I had overstayed and would be arrested as illegal.” She has been unable to resolve the is‐ sue, even though she has contacted her MP and the consulate.

A MOTHER gave birth to a baby during a journey from Cameroon to Europe.

The birth was not registered but will now be made legal in Spain to prevent the child from being declared state‐ less. This will also guarantee the child’s full rights under Spanish law, a judge has ruled.

The girl’s birth in March 2020 was never recorded by the relevant Algeri‐ an authorities even though it took place in a hospital in Oran, in the north of the country. The child and her mother then arrived in Spain when the baby was one year and t w o days old.

Since then, they have lived in a humani‐ tarian re‐ ception centre in the southern province of Cordoba.

“We find a child who does not exist for the law because she has not been registered,” Judge Francisco Ortega wrote. “The state of Algeria has no reg‐

istration of her birth. Nor is there any record that the state of Cameroon has done so.”

Ortega explained that “registration is directly required by the international norm that obliges states, including Spain, to immediately register any child born who has not been previously registered in another state.”

If Spain failed to recognise the girl, the judge added, it “would act in the same negligent manner in which the Algerian state had already acted by not registering the child.”

SPAIN: The little girl will now be given full rights under Spanish law.

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Senna’s father dies

THE father of three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna died on Wednesday, October 27. Milton Teodoro Guirado da Silva died of natural causes. The death was confirmed by the Ayrton Senna Institute.

Milton was married to Neyde Joanna Senna. Milton was the father of Ayrton, Viviane and Leonardo. It has been said he wanted Ayrton to get involved with the family business rather than heading into the world of motorsport, but Ayrton dreamed of a racing career.

When Milton saw how talented Ayrton was, he was soon converted.

An accident at the San Marino GP in 1994 claimed Ayrton’s life. He had been

leading the race when he crashed his car into a concrete barrier at Italy’s Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari.

Milton was born in the

north of São Paulo. He owned a metallurgical company. He also invested in farms and cattle and in civil construction.

Demon possessed teen ACCORDING to reports, a 15‐year‐old boy from Honduras was tied up after he was ‘possessed’ from playing video games. During the pandemic many people have taken to playing video games, some have even become addicted.

Videos shared on social media feature the teen tied up and delirious. The young man has not been named. Alleged‐ ly, he had been ‘possessed’ by a demon after spending many hours playing Free Fire. During the video, people were seen surrounding the boy and praying.

According to local residents, the teen’s family is struggling.

The family are said to have called on other parents to stop children from playing the game. They have called for chil‐ dren to head outdoors and enjoy nature instead.

Some experts believe that video games are important in the lives of many adolescents and children. However, mis‐ use of games can negatively affect health and behaviour. If video games are played for too long it can even lead to ad‐ diction.

STATS Ayrton Senna’s father.

4.22

Alpha Centauri isn’t a star, but a star system. It is 4.22 light years away.

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EXCLUSIVE

Gucci Wars: Marbella’s Hollywood connection BRITISH author Mary Harboe was living in Marbella when she first met Jenny Gucci in 2008, a meeting which spawned a book that has reportedly caught the eye of the cast of Ridley Scott’s upcoming film, House of Gucci.

STARRING Lady Gaga and Jared Leto, the film focuses on the murder of Italian businessman Maurizio Gucci, head of the Gucci fashion house, by his ex‐wife Patrizia Reggiani. And Mary’s book, Gucci Wars: Jenny Gucci’s Story, is thought to have been read by the film’s entire cast.

Based on the fascinating dynasty of the Gucci family, Gucci Wars was originally released in 2008 and was even named the Daily Mail’s Book of the Week.

Now set for re‐release, it examines the betray‐ al, intrigue, and ultimately murder, that marks the family’s history, told from the perspective of Jenny Gucci, the wife of Maurizio’s cousin, Paolo Gucci.

Former TRE radio host Mary Harboe told the Euro Weekly News how the book came about, saying that she first met Jenny Gucci at a charity dinner in Marbella.

Mary told the EWN: “We started talking and she said her name was Gucci, one of the most famous names in the world.”

She added: “Everyone has a story but when she started telling me hers I was amazed.

“She’d been asked to do documentaries about her life previously and always refused. But

MARY HARBOE: Her new book, Gucci Wars: Jenny Gucci’s Story, is due for release on November 1.

when I met her the time was right and she agreed to let me tell her story, which I did in 2008.”

The book was released to rave reviews, how‐ ever it was when Mary discovered that Ridley Scott was planning a movie based on the dra‐

matic murder of Maurizio that she decided to re‐ release her own book, tracing the story of Jen‐ ny’s time living in Marbella and her role in the Gucci dynasty.

She told the EWN: “When I found out they were doing the film I got back in touch with Jen‐

ny and said we should we should consider up‐ dating the book, because her story didn’t end in 2008.

“So this is an update and the new book has a new beginning and a completely new end‐ ing, taking her story from Marbella to London.”

Mary said that her work has now been used as a source of inspiration by the cast of House of Gucci, with star Jared Leto, who plays Paolo, getting in touch to learn more about the Gucci heir. Meanwhile, the rest of the cast, and even director Ridley Scott, are also said to have read Gucci Wars.

Mary said she now hopes the new film will re‐ vive interest in the story of Jenny Gucci.

She told the EWN: “The film will be released in the US on November 26 and in the UK about the same time, so my hope is it will increase interest in the book.”

Speaking about the much‐anticipated film, she added: “Lady Gaga is amazing in it and I think she could be nominated for an Oscar for her role.”

Mary’s new book, Gucci Wars: Jenny Gucci’s Story, is now due for release on November 1, and will be available in Spain on Amazon and at The Bookshop in San Pedro.

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Green future

Stoops to Conker

A DECISION by the Danish Government to confirm that it will outlaw the production of oil and gas from the North Sea by 2050 means that Denmark has become the biggest oil and gas producer in the world to finalise an end date for fossil fuel.

FOR the third year running, reigning champion Liam Duffy reached the Copenhagen Conker Championship at Charlie’s Bar, but on this occasion he had to admit defeat, bowing out to his Lithuanian girlfriend, Kornelija Ralyte, who walked away with the title as well as his reputation.

THE NETHERLANDS High charge

Less meat

THE ABN AMRO bank has decided to increase its charges to some 250 coffee shop clients who sell cannabis from €9.90 per month to €110 per month in order to ensure that it covers all costs involved in policing antimoney laundering laws.

ACCORDING to researchers at Wageningen University, the Dutch ate less meat last year than previously, but they have concluded that this is mainly down to restaurants closing during the pandemic rather than a change in behaviour and it appears that meat is still enjoyed by the majority.

BELGIUM Wolf attack

E-mopeds

THERE is clearly a down side to the protection of wolves as the bodies of 10 deer were discovered in a small semi protected park in Limburg and experts believe that one or more wolves crawled under fencing and killed the deer.

A DUTCH rental company, Go Sharing has placed 500 electric mopeds on the streets of Brussels to be rented by those who need to hop around the city, but with no designated parking areas, it is feared that they will block narrow pavements when they are finished with.

GERMANY German kricket

Christmas markets

THE first recorded game of cricket in Germany took place as early as 1858, but it is only recently with the arrival of immigrants from the sub-continent that the game has started to gather momentum and the German National team is participating in international tournaments.

THE Germans love Christmas Markets and although some are to be cancelled, others will go ahead but in two different styles. A 2G market will allow only people who have received full vaccinations to attend, but unlike some other markets, they will not have to wear masks.

FRANCE Fishing war

Book laws

FORGET the Cod War with Iceland, a new fishing war is closer to home as the French Minister for Europe, Clement Beaune said “we need to speak the language of strength since that seems to be the only thing this British government understands” and threatened trade disruption.

INTENDED to help book shops in France, the French Government has already banned Amazon from offering large discounts on the price of new books and is now looking to implement an additional law which will mean that significant delivery prices will be charged.

NORWAY Munch museum

Too heavy

AFTER years of neglect for his work, the first Munch Museum was opened in 1963, but was already too small when it opened and by 2012, Norwegians held a torchlight march demanding a new museum. Finally. this has been completed and the public admitted.

GOLD medal winner in ski jumping at the 2018 Korean Winter Olympics, Maren Lundby has confirmed that she won’t be able to defend her title at Beijing 2022 as she’s put on weight and can’t undertake the kind of dieting needed.

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Busy police HALLOWEEN parties or‐ ganised across Spain on Oc‐ tober 31 kept the various security forces busy, al‐ though some rainfall helped to quell the expected num‐ ber of bottle parties.

Valencia ended the cele‐ brations with 32 arrested, while in Sevilla, a total of 2,856 people were evicted from parties. In the capital, Madrid saw 73 underage drinkers getting into trouble with law enforcement.

During the early hours of November 1, Sevilla Local Police had to evict 2,856 indi‐ viduals from just four estab‐ lishments. This was because of serious breaches of safety including emergency doors being blocked and exceed‐ ing the legal maximum ca‐ pacity of customers.

Jose Luis Martinez‐Almei‐ da, from Madrid City Coun‐ cil, had prepared a police op‐ eration for the weekend with 2,045 officers to control the possible bottle parties and another 125 were dedi‐ cated to the inspection and control of leisure premises.

MPs mask exemption

HOUSE OF COMMONS: Staff and visitors must wear masks.

IN updated guidance is‐ sued by the House of Com‐ mons, all staff, visitors, con‐ tractors and press must cover their faces to help stop the spread of Covid‐ 19. However, it has been left to individual MPs to de‐ cide if they wish to wear one or not, and many Con‐ servatives have chosen not to. As MPs are not em‐ ployed by the Commons authorities, they cannot be forced to wear masks in the chamber.

The Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has encouraged the members of parliament to

don a face covering and set a good example, but unions representing the workers of the building have urged him to be tougher with his words.

Face coverings are being worn during debates by the majority of the opposition parties. Labour, the Liberal Democrats, and the SNP have all voted within their parties to continue the prac‐

tice. But Commons Leader Jacob Rees‐Mogg said just last week the Conservatives knew each other so well, they could do away with the need to wear masks.

Due to their close nature, this meant they were com‐ plying with government guidance. He also claimed that Labour MPs only wore their masks for the televi‐ sion cameras.

STATS

700

Approximately 700 grapes go into one bottle of wine. That comes to about 2.6 pounds of fruit.

NEWS

Pension fund ditches fossil fuel

THE Dutch pension fund for civil servants and teachers (ABP), one of the largest in the world, is selling its €15 billion worth of holdings in fossil fuel investment. Their portfolio includes huge names like Royal Dutch Shell. ABP gave the rea‐ son as the progression to‐ ward decarbonisation be‐ ing too slow, despite persuasion to get faster.

The chair of ABP, Corien Wortmann‐Kool, said pro‐ ducers of oil, gas and coal will no longer be on the company’s future invest‐ ments list and any current holdings will be sold off by the first quarter of 2023.

The fund is assuring its

customers that there will be no negative impact on their ac‐counts in the long term.

Wortmann‐Kool said: “we want to contribute to minimising global warm‐ ing to 1.5C. Large groups of pension participants and employers indicate how important this is to them. The ABP board sees the need and urgency for a change of course. We part with our investments in fossil fuel producers be‐ cause we see insufficient opportunity for us as a shareholder to push for the necessary, significant acceleration of the energy transition at these compa‐ nies.”

and finally...

LOST ‘ghost ships’ have risen from the Pacific Ocean after a vol‐ canic eruption. The seismic activity has caused sunken Second World War warships to emerge around 800 miles from Tokyo.

The warships are said to be from the Second World War. It is be‐ lieved that ships are Japanese vessels. The US Navy had captured the vessels in 1945 during the Iwo Jima battle.

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Snus news

Early closing

BANNED in most of Europe, Snus tobacco is a variant of dry snuff taken under the tongue which is legal in Sweden and is claimed to be a useful alternative to smoking and vaping.

Finnish customs have seized thousands of kilos of smuggled Snus.

AS the population of Helsinki expands, the need for places for very young children in nurseries is also rising, but staff shortages are so great that many of these day care centres are either not opening or sending children home early.

IRELAND Stop your nonsense

Rainy day fund

A JUDGE in an Ennis Court was so irritated by a man who had been charged with refusing to wear a mask in a shop and then again refusing in the court that she said “Stop your nonsense” before fining him €300.

THE Irish ‘rainy day fund’ which was set up in 2018 with an initial €500 million is dry as all money was removed from the National Surplus (Exceptional Contingencies) Reserve Fund to help cope with the costs of the pandemic and no money will be added this year.

ITALY Axis training

Drone taxis

THE Italian Airforce has just signed a deal with Japan to give lessons to a number of Japanese fighter pilots as both countries operate many of the same aircraft. A new flying school has been set up in Italy which will also train pilots from Germany and Qatar.

ROME’S Fiumicino international airport intends to offer an unmanned drone taxi service to various points in the city centre within the next two to three years, using twoseater electric drone aircraft from Germany thus cutting travelling time as well as carbon emissions.

PORTUGAL Madeira port

Parakeet census

ONE of the important revenue earners for the island of Madeira has been tourism, especially with the arrival of cruise ships, which was until now terminated due to the dangers of the pandemic. Now the Port Authority has confirmed that it is ready to welcome vessels again.

PORTUGAL has seen a steady increase in the number of parakeets arriving and breeding, so the national ornithological society SPEA is asking residents to report the number of roseringed parakeets spotted in the wild to see whether they are impacting on indigenous wildlife.

RUSSIA Long journey

Dutch decision

DISCOVERED in waters near the Russian city of Murmansk some 4,000 kilometres from Ireland was a message in a bottle which it is believed ‘set sail’ from Ireland some 40 years ago as part of an experiment to measure ocean currents before satellite technology was available.

THE Russian Government is furious with a Dutch court of appeal after it decided to instruct the Allard Pierson Museum to return a huge collection of Scythian gold artifacts to the Ukraine rather than a museum in the Crimea which was annexed by Russia in 2014.

SWEDEN ABBA will retire

No Teslas

SPEAKING to The Guardian newspaper, Benny Andersson said on behalf of the Swedish pop sensations ABBA that following the release of their latest album on November 5 and the recording of the 'ABBA Voyage' concert experience featuring ‘Abbatars’, that’s it and the septuagenarians will finally retire.

HERTZ Sweden have confirmed that although Tesla has made a deal with Hertz to supply electric cars for rental, this will not be the case in Sweden, as Hertz there are owned by Volvo which manufactures the Polestar electric car which is part of the Swedish fleet.

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FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA TSB Bank FOR the second time in its history, the Co‐Op Bank has attempted to enter discussions with Sabadell Bank to take over TSB in the UK. The first time it had to withdraw due to financial difficulties and this time, Spain’s Sabadell said it’s not for sale.

On the Beach RYANAIR has always made it clear it prefers customers to book direct rather than through a travel agency, but now online travel agent ‘On the Beach’ has launched legal action against Ryanair claiming that it is being stopped from booking seats for its clients.

Back to work UNEMPLOYMENT in Spain fell by 127,100 people in the third quarter of this year which is the largest decrease in a third quarter since 2018 and means that more than 20 million people are now employed for the first time since the end of 2008.

Graham Norton DUE to the pandemic and reduction of the number of TV shows he was able to make in 2020, Irish chat host Graham Norton saw a 36 per cent reduction in his earnings for the year, even though he still managed to make €2.45 million.

Free gifts A REPORT by consumer watchdog Which? has revealed that sophisticated scammers who want to see third party suppliers ‘promoted’ in the Amazon trusted suppliers list are sending inexpensive gifts to different people within the UK. Known as ‘brushing’ it is estimated more than one million households have received free cheaply priced gifts they never ordered with no return address from the supplier. In addition, scammers create false accounts whereby they give exceptional reviews to companies they work with in order to encourage customers to buy goods from them although Amazon say they are working hard to stop this.

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is the amount that Grupo Mutua will spend to take an 8 per STAT OF cent stake in El Corte Inglés, as well as 50.01 per cent of €1.105 billion its two insurance companies.

WEEK

UK budget predicts rising inflation ON October 27, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced in the Budget meeting that the UK may face a grim winter with prices in shops increas‐ ing and mortgage rate risks as infla‐ tion is expected to rise to 4 per cent.

The Budget predicted a difficult winter for millions of families, with the Office for Budget Responsibility expecting CPI inflation rate will rise from 3.1 per cent in September to 4 per cent over the next year.

This means more prices will rise in shops and threaten mortgage rates for the first time in decades, with an increase in the Bank of England base

rates. Sunak blamed short‐term fac‐ tors, such as recovery from the health pandemic, and insisted that GDP will rise this year to 6.5 per cent which is much higher than expected.

He said: “I have written to the gov‐ ernor of the Bank of England today to reaffirm their remit to achieve low and stable inflation.

“People should be reassured they have a strong track record in doing so. They have a government here at home, ready and willing to act.”

Despite the announcement, the Chancellor said that he expects the economy to return to pre‐pandemic

LEGALLY SPEAKING

Can they call AGM? We are a community of 90 mixed houses and apartments. Our problem is that we have not had an AGM for more than two years. Our president lives outside Spain and spends only short periods in his property here. He refuses to contact the elected com‐ mittee members and spends the community funds without any control. He passes orders by telephone or e‐mail solely to the administrator. We wish to elect a new president, but the present president refuses to hold an AGM by referring to Corona pandemic rules.

Most of our members reside in the UK. Previous AGMs were hardly attended in person by more than 15 to 20 owners, which means that the government rules of keeping distance could easily be observed.

D K (Costa del Sol) The first DAVID SEARL point is that rules for com‐ YOU AND THE LAW munity AGMs IN SPAIN have been relaxed.

Meetings can be held by Internet Zoom or other elec‐ tronic means.

In order to call the AGM you will need to enlist 25 per cent of the owners. You must prepare a detailed agenda ahead of time, and then you can call the meet‐ ing without even asking the president.

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

THE Spanish Government has pre‐ pared its budget using optimistic growth figures which are unlikely to be realistic according to internal and external specialist bodies.

One of the measures of a country’s prosperity is growth of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and the Bank of Spain now admits that the 2021 fig‐ ures will be lower than forecast.

According to the Governor of the

levels at the turn of the year.

Unemployment is expected to peak at 5.2 per cent, which is lower than the 12 per cent that was ex‐ pected, with two million fewer peo‐ ple unemployed.

Sunak also announced the first successful bids for the ‘Levelling Up Fund’ to tackle disparity in the re‐ gions. The government will spend £1.7 billion on projects in 100 loca‐ tions across the UK, including Ab‐ erdeen, Clwyd South, Stoke‐on‐ Trent, Ashton‐under‐Lyne, Sunderland, Doncaster and West Leeds.

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Ultra‐transparent funeral plans and payment options Their new site sets out each of Golden Leaves’ pre‐paid plans clearly and concisely, as well as what each includes and how much you will pay each month.

Each of the plans comes with 24‐hour telephone help, ensuring Golden Leaves’ expert team is on hand to assist you when you need it.

Expert advice Golden Leaves’ new site also offers informative articles helping you through every step of arranging a funeral; from song choices to the different funeral traditions in Spain.

Questions answered And for a quick rundown of the most common concerns you might have about holding and paying for a funeral in Spain, Golden Leaves has also included an easy access fre‐ quently asked questions area on their home page.

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Optimistic growth figures Bank, Pablo Hernandez de Cos, the second quarter figure stands 8.4 per cent down on the final 2019 figure and he blames problems with the global supply chains causing industri‐ al bottlenecks, as well as an increase in material cost and high energy prices.

Spain’s Government is working on a figure of 6.5 per cent growth com‐ pared to the Bank’s latest 6.3 per cent figure (which will be reviewed in December) but Spanish commercial bank BBVA has reduced its forecast to 5.2 per cent, whilst the Interna‐ tional Monetary Fund has cut its ex‐

Cryptocurrency rules updated THE Bank of Spain has re‐ vealed new registration guidelines for cryptocurrency service providers (VASPs) in the country which will apply to banking and financial insti‐ tutions.

Anyone, whether regis‐ tered with another Spanish body or not, will be required to apply to the Bank of Spain for permission to trade (which will take around three months to be reviewed) in or‐ der to show compliance with Anti‐Money Laundering regu‐ lations.

The Governor of the Bank has made no secret of the fact that he considers cryp‐ tocurrency a potentially dan‐ gerous investment if uncon‐ trolled that would allow for ‘dirty money’ to be moved in‐ ternationally and allow in‐ vestors to evade tax if making a profit.

Links with Iraq CONTINUING his ongoing charm offensive with foreign leaders, Spain’s President Pe‐ dro Sánchez complimented his Iraqi counterpart Mustafa al‐Kadhimi during a recent telephone call.

The Iraqi Prime Minister’s office confirmed that during the conversation, Sánchez praised the social and eco‐ nomic reforms undertaken over the past few years and was thanked in turn for the assistance that Spain had giv‐ en to Iraq during the height of the pandemic.

The Prime Minister and President discussed ways to bolster the ties between Spain and Iraq, especially Kurdistan, in the fields of economy, industry, culture, investment and Counter‐Ter‐ rorism. pectations from 6.4 per cent to 5.7 per cent.

The hospitality industry is still not completely back on its feet as it missed a significant amount of tourist income in the early part of summer and although the money re‐ ceived from the European Union Re‐ covery Fund will help future growth considerably, there is still plenty of work to be done on the economy.

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NET VOL 63,43K 227,85K 36,00K 515,24K 79,52K 32,57K 74,09K 137,02K 92,00K 61,74K 49,10K 899,43K 92,88K 37,13K 157,37K 6,33M 119,25K 9,99K 1,18M 9,62M 297,31K 88,40K 2,52M 36,16K 83,86K 113,60K 1,00M 119,05K 136,49K 46,89K 9,54K 5,55K 234,42K 370,09K 383,66K 49,58K 29,68K 185,20K 77,94K 1,03M 7,67M 94,77K 23,30K 14,39K 2,80M 3,35M 116,91K 161,67K 37,52K 6,92K

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5.002,0 106,65 293,60 2.732,0 677,60 290,60 50,92 7.112,0 747,20 156,90 1.824,50 944,10 222,90 8.166,0 30,93 1.718,50 2.667,0 656,00 1.484,50 5.994,0 2.270,00 595,80 690,60 4.400,0 132,04 8,82 1.647,75 1.647,0 1.641,0 706,00 1.518,00 20,55 3.638,0 1.500,00 1.285,00 2.723,0 1.280,50 1.380,00 15.665,0 1.663,50 1.569,00 461,40 150,50 271,65 237,90 3.923,5 1.041,00 108,76 3.282,0 1.048,50

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Currency outlook: BoE rate hike bets boost the pound, Euro undermined by ECB’s dovish bias

The pound was able to mount a convincing recovery throughout October.

ASK THE EXPERT Peter Loveday

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Euro EUR/GBP: Down from £0.85 to £0.84 EUR/USD: Down from $1.17 to $1.16 The euro has trended broadly lower over the past four weeks, mostly as a result of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) dovish bias as the policy divergence between it and other major central banks has increasingly become a liability for the single currency.

Whilst its peers show signs of starting to tighten its monetary policy, the ECB remains committed to maintaining its ultra‐loose poli‐ cy, much to the disappointment of EUR in‐ vestors. Meanwhile the euro has also been pressured by Europe’s energy price crisis, trig‐ gered by a sharp appreciation of wholesale gas prices, and stoking fears parts of the conti‐ nent could even face some power cuts this winter. Recent Eurozone data releases have also acted as a headwind for the single cur‐ rency in recent weeks as they have generally pointed to a weakening of economic activity in the third quarter. Looking ahead, as the di‐ vergence between the ECB and other major central banks looks to grow wider, the euro could face an uphill battle next month, partic‐ ularly if EUR data continues to disappoint.

Pound GBP/EUR: Up from €1.16 to €1.18 GBP/USD: Up from $1.36 to $1.37 The pound has been met by some volatility over the past month, with the currency initial‐ ly tumbling amidst fears over the UK’s ‘winter of discontent’, before rallying sharply amidst signals from the Bank of England (BoE) that it could start hiking interest rates more aggres‐ sively than previously thought.

Driving the collapse in Sterling in late September were a series of crises, including fuel shortages, supply chain constraints and surging energy prices, which stoked concerns UK households could face a difficult winter which may further undermine the economic

recovery. However the pound was able to mount a convincing recovery through Octo‐ ber, courtesy of some hawkish BoE commen‐ tary. This saw multiple policymakers suggest that the BoE may need to act to curb infla‐ tionary pressures in the UK, which was inter‐ preted by GBP investors that the BoE could start hiking interest rates as early as Novem‐ ber. It seems safe to assume that the BoE’s November policy meeting will be the primary focus for GBP investors going forward. This could result in some notable volatility in the pound, if the BoE abstains from hiking rates or indicates future hikes could be spaced further apart than some investors had hoped.

US Dollar USD/GBP: Down from £0.73 to £0.72 USD/EUR: Up from €0.85 to €0.86 The US dollar enjoyed some notable sup‐ port in late September as concerns over an energy shortage in Europe, the threat of the collapse of China’s second largest property developer and fears the US could hit its debt ceiling rattled markets and sent them flocking to the safe‐haven currency. However the US dollar has gradually relinquished these gains through October, largely in response to im‐ proving market sentiment. Meanwhile, the focus for USD investors is increasingly on the Federal Reserve’s tapering plans, which it is widely expected to formally announce in November. This prompted some volatility in the ‘greenback’ following the release of the latest US payroll figures after they disappoint‐ ed for the second month running, raising some fleeting doubts the Fed would be confi‐ dent in pushing ahead with its tapering of its asset purchases. Unsurprisingly the Fed’s ta‐ pering announcement will be the highlight for USD investors over the next month, with the direction of the US dollar potentially being de‐ termined by the pace at which the US central bank seeks to withdraw its pandemic‐era stimulus.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT I DON’T think any occurrence has raised my hackles much more than the event which took place in South Africa this week. After a recent match, Quinton de Koch, an established young mixed race SA international cricketer, was made to deliver a grovelling public apology for refusing to take the knee with his teammates.

It soon became clear that if he didn’t make some serious act of contrition his cricketing career could well be over. Of course, in a place like South Africa, where most of the white and Asian population ‐ many who weren’t even born during the days of apartheid ‐ are treated with appalling disdain, both by the government and local black populace alike, it was not surprising at all. Many white South Africans live in constant fear of serious injury or death daily.

Those who can afford it live behind high walls with guard dogs and guns that are a normal part of their everyday existence.

Those less well‐off often reside in filthy ‘interment’ camps where, unable to find work, they consider themselves lucky to possess a ragged shirt on their backs or

Toe the line

enough food to keep them from starvation.

This unfortunate young man had no chance whatsoever. Protesting that he wasn’t a racist and was merely in disagreement with the fact that being ‘ordered ‘to kneel removed his freedom of choice, cut no ice with the authorities whatsoever. ‘Toe the line or take the consequences’ is the message that emerges from this incident. It is pure fascism, no more no less.

Naturally the British media gave blanket coverage to this young sportsman’s humiliating public apology ‐ because they wholeheartedly condoned the decision.

Governments refuse to get involved in all this destructive ideology because they are petrified of it costing votes; their lily‐livered attitude consequently gives news channels carte blanche to report only what they consider agrees with their own left‐wing philosophies.

Trial by the media is rife in the UK. Anyone who has anything to lose is completely at their mercy. Although concealed behind a cloak of democracy it is actually no different to the doctrine of

Mao Si Tung and Kim Jon‐un. Love him or hate him, Trump recognised this subversive strategy, which is why he worked relentlessly to cut out the ‘media middle’ and deliver his policies directly through the social outlets. Of course this is why the main media hated him. Well, I hope they are all proud of themselves.

The British propaganda machine is, yet again, so completely out of touch with public opinion they have managed to instill more racist unrest into the country than ever before in its history. I wonder how many British sports people do actually take the knee out of choice, or more out of the fear that a media onslaught could lose them everything. Unfortunately none of them could dare admit it anyway. Yep, I’m afraid the only thing George Orwell got wrong was the date!

Keep the faith.

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It is a venue for scientists and researchers from all over the world.

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TONI C. EASTWOOD OBE, MBA

#TheWomanBeyond I DO love a simple tool and in this case an equation, to help me get and stay motivat‐ ed. After all, if you are like me, sometimes getting motivated takes a lot of willpower, so if we can make it easy then why not?

As maths has always made me want to curl up in a ball and die, I can imagine you screaming at me, what is she on, AN EQUA‐ TION!!!

Honest bear with me on this, I recommend keeping this little beauty on your notice board and using it to see where your motiva‐ tion may be waning and how to keep it strong. Honestly, this has helped me so many times when I’m just not feeling it.

After analysing hundreds of studies on mo‐ tivation, leading research scientist, Piers Steele, came up with this equation to capture the essence of motivation.

M = E x V (Numerator) I x D (Denominator) Motivation = Expectancy times Value di‐ vided by Impulsivity times Delay.

First thing to notice for us non‐maths ex‐

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THE MOTIVATION EQUATION perts, if you’re after BIG Motivation, you’d better have a big numerator and a small de‐ nominator. What does that mean? We need to hike up our Expectancy and Value and drive down our Impulsivity and Delay.

Expectancy. A better word is Confidence.

You have to expect that you can bring your goal to life. You have to KNOW (!!!) that you can do it.

Now, you may or may not actually achieve your goal, but you have to know in your soul that it’s not only possible but you think you can do it. If you don’t feel that, then you ei‐ ther need to simplify your goal until you can or build your confidence so you can.

Value. I often start here. Before I ask my‐ self whether or not I really think I can have it, I need to ask whether I really (!) want it.

Our DESIRE needs to be extremely high.

Back in the day Napoleon Hill called this a “burning desire”.

So, What do you want to achieve in your life?

Like really, really want?

Is your motivation high?

If not, check in. Are you going after some‐ thing you REALLY want? And, if so, do you RE‐

ALLY believe you can have it? If not, science and my experience says that your motivation will be weak.

Tweak these two variables so they are through the roof and you’ve a shot at a very high level of sustainable motivation.

Now for the things that erode motivation.

Impulsivity. Can you focus your attention on what’s most important? Or, do you find yourself constantly distracted by the latest click bate, email alert or other shiny object? I know I can easily get distracted.

The higher your level of impulsivity, the lower your level of motivation. We need to get really good at eliminating all distractions and focusing on what will move us forward. I have switched off ALL Notifications ‐ End Of!!.

Delay. Another great way to erode motiva‐ tion is to make your goal really far off, delay doesn’t help.

There’s a Solution, however, create micro goals that give you the chance to create a constant stream of tiny wins.

A PERFECT way to fuel the fire as you crush it day in and day out.

In my experience, it’s incredibly powerful, when my motivation wanes, I love to bust

out a piece of paper and write down the for‐ mula and look for little ways to optimise each variable to pump up my motivation. It works, I use this with my clients too. Try it.

Stay Focused, Keep Positive and Choose to +1 in Every Moment. Fulfil Your Dreams and Awaken Your Greatness!

Love, Hugs, High Fives and Fist Bumps Toni x PS. Want to get laser focused on your Vi‐ sion or Biggest Most Audacious Goals? Get a FREE e‐copy of my Book #The Woman Be‐ yond – Six Secrets to Success. https://quantumvantage.co.uk/thewom anbeyond ‐ Want PERSONAL TRANSFOR‐ MATION or BUSINESS SUCCESS? Don’t hold back another moment. Get ready to dive into the experience and explore your BIGGEST MOST AUDACIOUS GOALS. To read more articles from our columnists and to have your say in the comments go to www.euroweeklynews.com

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CONSULAR MATTERS THE PlusValía tax or capital gains tax was paid when you sell your property in Spain and is paid to your local town hall, even if it was your main residence. The tax is paid on a value that the town hall ap‐ plies to the property at the time of the purchase and the time of the sale.

The court has said that the way in which the town hall calculates the increase in val‐ ue is illegal. The value applied by the town hall doesn’t cor‐ respond for example to the price you paid, the catastro value or the escritura or in‐ deed the selling price.

So for the time being no more PlusValía if you sell your property in Spain.

At Just Law Solicitors we fully expect that the town hall will come up with a much fairer equitable way to calcu‐ late the increase in value and

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No more PlusValía tax in Spain, for the time being

PLUSVALÍA TAX: The court has ruled that it is unconstitutional.

that PlusValía will be paid in the future. Sadly, this judge‐ ment is not retrospective.

There is a summary of the judgement below: The Constitutional Court of Spain temporarily annuls the PlusValía tax.

The judgement considers that the calculation of the tax is unconstitutional since it is understood that the objective calculation system does not correspond to the reality of the property and that it af‐ fects the proportionality of the economic capacity of the person who has to pay it.

The judgement considers that the articles referring to the calculation are unconsti‐ tutional and void because it establishes a method that de‐ termines that there has al‐ ways been an increase in the

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value of the land during the period elapsed between the purchase and the sale, re‐ gardless of whether this in‐ crease was actually made and the actual amount of that in‐ crease.

The sentence in fact annuls the tax ‘in full’ by declaring its calculation unconstitutional, so it will be impossible for municipalities to collect the municipal capital gain from now on, unless a new law is approved that adjusts to what the sentence establish‐ es.

Constitutional court.

The Court resolution will not have retrospective effects in its application so that all those who have paid their PlusValía will not be able to claim the refund.

You will of course have to pay capital gains tax to the Hacienda in Spain if applica‐ ble.

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Marisa Moreno Castillo Lawyer and Consul for Denmark. www.justlawsolicitors.com • contact@justlawsolicitors.com

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MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION

Views of a Grumpy Old Man WELL I was grumpy before I started this today - I’m now off the scale. I love living in Spain with all its little quirks but some things at the moment are really getting on my nerves. This is the third attempt to write this because two or three times every day lately my electricity goes off, only for a couple of seconds, but enough to disrupt and, in one case today, wipe out my first draft. Then the internet also goes off and that’s not including the times it goes off when the lecky goes down. I have IPTV and that has started buffering in the evenings even though I’m supposed to have super-duper fast internet. My TV man blames the jitter, whatever that is, and my internet provider blames - well actually he just shrugs and says he will check it out and always comes back and say it’s nothing to do with them. I don’t know who’s to blame but it’s certainly not me.

My fave radio station has problems with phones and that causes problems for

their phone-in programmes which I love and which yesterday morning disappeared altogether for a few hours. Then the water has decided to chuck a wobbly too today.

I’ve said this before but someone has to tell me what the upside NOW of Brexit is as I’m now waiting for some documents that my daughter posted to me which have been stuck in Madrid for two weeks.

It’s an absolute chit show. Loads of friends trying to work out if it’s worth keeping holiday homes here which is damaging the price of property because UK punters are thinking twice about purchasing and the ones that are here are selling up.

Finally, if you have a small child and you get said child a puppy, tell them it’s not a toy. It’s not to be picked up and dropped on its back so you can tickle it or be dragged around whilst your mum and her mate just keep eating and chatting. Why do parents go child blind and deaf as soon as their bums hit the seat in a restaurant?

It’s actually hard not to say anything but you mustn’t because I know by looking at them I’m just going to get an absolute volley of abuse for pointing out that their precious is hurting the animal.

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E-SCOOTERS Hi there, I’ve just been reading your article in EWN about EScooters and must say that I totally agree with you. I have had several near misses with these machines, in two cases with children riding them flat out in the wrong direction, and on both of these times, having two riders.

There are some sensible riders who ride considerately, but these are in the vast minority. Locally we have a hire firm that leaves their scooters all over the place.

Hirers simply have to have access to someone with a credit card in order to hire one. The scooter owners claim that they have strict T&Cs!! What use are they when they have no idea who, or how many people, are using their products.

I’m not just picking on rented scooters, the two cases I refer to above were both privately owned scooters, but there have been many occasions involving rented ones.

I have just returned from the UK where apparently these contraptions have been banned from the roads.

Must admit, I hardly saw one, apart from being nearly hit by one on the pavement. However that pavement was one of those ridiculous shared ones (bikes and pedestrians) that wasn’t well marked as being such!!

Boris can get some things right!!!

B Weston Playa Flamenca

Unfair Criticism Dear Leapy Although I have occasionally had cause to criticise you, I am overwhelmingly in favour of your opinions for most of the time. Those negative comments in today’s letters in EWN are entirely predictable; written by expats, for whom BREXIT should not have been an is-

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sue as it was about the wishes of citizens of the UK, and they voted by 52 - 48 per cent to leave - slam dunk! It was always going to take time for tempers to cool in Europe and once reality had kicked in everyone could get about their business and from a UK perspective, that means OPPORTUNITY! As for your comment today, once again, you are spot on! Why is it minorities who make the most noise and, importantly why do we listen to it? Climate change activists glueing themselves to whatever should be forcibly removed! If you want to demonstrate do it legally!

I know you will not be deterred.

Regards Ken Turner

PS. I also abhor racism in any form and if one of my daughters had said they wanted to marry a black man, the most important question for me would have been is he good and kind and will he care for you!

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A big congratulations to David Worboys for his wonderful column re the joke of the western world Bojo.

Pity Britain is continuing to let this clown carry on. He can’t even agree on the wearing of masks in parliament, when they have a full house.

Finally, a story that deserved a more prominent mention in your great periodical, that of Senor Amancio Ganao and his magnificent donation to the health system.

Perhaps more people with his means would follow suit and donate to these wonderful institutions who help heal and find cures for billions of people.

Keep up the good work Euro Weekly, you are way above the rest.

Regards Lorena

Theresa Attwood It’s about making it difficult for unvaccinated so that they bow down and comply, I’d love to see all restrictions go as they are pretty useless as it stands, but they are not finished making their money from us yet.

Susan Wallace Yes for those of us fully vaccinated.

Jill Swain We’ve lost enough of our lives already.

Dave N Lek Yes, no vaccine passports.

DON’T THINK OF ENGLAND SOMETIMES it seems to expats (or legal migrants for those who don’t like the other label) that the bureaucracy in Spain is deliberately enforced in order to make life as difficult as possible for incomers.

The reality however is that generally it is a matter of understanding the rules and if you are brought up in Spain, what to us can appear unreasonable, is actually quite normal and acceptable.

Britain has its own special ways of doing things and is credited for introducing very complicated rules and regulations to those countries which it colonised and even

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decades after independence, many still continue in the British traditions.

To be absolutely fair to the Spanish Government, they seem to have bent over backwards to make many concessions in order to cope with the transition caused by Brexit and the most recent example has been the extension of the use of the UK driving licence until the end of this year.

At the end of the day, we are guests in this country which has its own traditions and way of doing things and because they sometimes differ from our expectations,

the fact is that we will have to comply with their rules rather than bitch about the inconvenience and how things were simpler ‘back home’.

In many cases now, the Spanish are having to implement regulations presented by the European Commission so that as they are part of the club (even though we chose to walk out) then they are complying with the will of the European Parliament.

Everyone wants the least complicated life possible, but if we are to stay here then we have to learn to live with occasional inconvenience.

Sue Markham Time to move on with life.

Kim Johnston Just let everyone get on with life.

Trev Vennard It’s time to start living our lives again.

Angie Knell Of course, stop the discrimination.

Bill Stewart Absolutely yes.

Ann McConnell Yes. For everybody.

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Remember the main message CLAIRE GORDON FINDING BALANCE IN AN UNEVEN WORLD TAKING the knee has come back into the news again this week, with cricketer Quinton De Kock sitting out of a match after his refusal to complete the gesture. Cricket South Africa had issued a directive that all players must join in with the move before their scheduled matches.

These actions, by both player and management, are dividing opinion and being picked up by both sides to justify their way of thinking.

Taking the knee is a symbolic gesture to highlight racial inequality. It came about in this form after the murder of George Floyd in the US, who died when on-duty police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes. This in turn sparked Black Lives Matter protests all over the world and resurrected the motion first made by Colin Kaepernick as a protest before NFL games about the racial inequality and police

brutality in America. One of the first representations of this was Josiah Wedgwood putting the image of a black man kneeling in shackles on the emblem of the British Abolitionist Movement during the 18th and 19th centuries - a movement to ban slavery and ill-treatment of people.

But absolutely none of this history matters in the current debate around sportspeople making this show of solidarity now, and I will tell you why.

The outrage, and debate, and the masses of vitriol spouted about this movement is all done on purpose to distract everyone from the main message it represents. This is the way things always go when something gains traction that could upset the status quo.

The more the debate centres on people taking the knee, the less it must talk about the structural injustice that has instigated the need for the motion at all. The more that football fans down the pub can say ‘politics need to be kept out of football’, the easier it is to not discuss the racist chants they hear at the games. The more that politicians can disparage or

celebrate the gesture on television the more time they don’t have to answer questions about why their policies are disproportionately negative towards black people. We must keep asking those questions and we also must keep doing more than just a gesture to help change those things.

I am in total favour of people taking the knee when they want to, and I believe that it still can be a valuable tool for change. What we need to do is to keep alight the spark and the information behind the gesture, and to not keep our conversations around the gesture alone. I think that asking questions of the people we know personally who boo the deed or rail against it is important too. Why do eight little seconds taken out of the beginning of a sports game make them so uncomfortable? Could it be that they are uncomfortable with the message it portrays? These are crucial things to discuss!

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

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UNKNOWN IDENTITY: The girl rests eternally under glass.

Segovian mummy mystery CONSIDERED one of the most beautiful towns in Spain, Maderuelo in Segovia hides a 500-year old unsolved history. Inside one of the churches of this medieval location is a mummy whose identity is still unknown.

The mummy is a girl who rests eternally under glass, before the eyes of the thousands of tourists who go to visit her each year. No one knows who she may be. Her origin, history and name are all lost in time.

Carlos Velazquez, the writer, penned these words about the ‘Dead Maiden’ based on a 17th-century legend: “Some say that she died

during the absence of her father when he travelled to pay homage to the king. It was a time of noble brawls and civil strife. Others affirm that the plague took her away, which left so many orphans in Maderuelo. Her heartbroken father ordered her to be dressed in her best clothes.

“She looked like a beautiful sleeping angel when that cold slab of black slate covered her sleep in the Chavez chapel.

On the slab, a stonemason sculpted a low-cut shield, quartered in a cross, with a rampant double-headed eagle, five keys, a tree among rampant dogs, and 13 gold bezants, all good proof of noble ancestry.”

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NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS

Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

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

YOU really can’t switch on the telly with‐ out being informed that this or that is ‘challenging’ or that ‘lessons need to be learned’. A former security minister ac‐ cused Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, of not being better prepared for this sum‐ mer’s Wembley Euro Final: “The mayor has said lessons need to be learnt, but perhaps he should specify what lessons should be learnt and why all the previous lessons haven’t been learnt already, giv‐ en he’s responsible for them.” Ouch!

Sound familiar?

But politicians should always avoid be‐ ing sarcastic with the Westminster press as it can often backfire. In a new book on politics, former BBC political correspon‐ dent, Carole Walker, describes David Cameron getting hacked off on an over‐ seas trip with the press pack who had claimed he was planning cuts to the SAS. “You forgot to mention I’m also going to get rid of the Red Arrows,” the then PM in‐ formed the hacks.

After he left, his press secretary as‐ Nora Johnson’s opinions

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SAME OLD CLICHÉS, SAME OLD JARGON? TIME TO MOVE ON

SADIQ KHAN: “Lessons need to be learnt.”

replied. “Preferably in the original.”

Wilson later claimed he reckoned mov‐ ing ‘Steptoe’ to a 9pm start helped him win (or hold) 20 seats. (His majority was only four.) Indeed, maybe you watched the full rerun last year of the BBC 1964 election night ‐ and the next morning and afternoon? And a memorable line, when interviewed at 3am. Interviewer: “How do you feel, Mr Wilson?” HW: “I feel like a drink.”

I couldn’t have put it better myself!

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sured everyone this was just a bad‐tem‐ Walker also describes Harold Wilson pered joke. But the next day’s Daily Mir‐ persuading the BBC to move the time of ror ran: ‘Red Arrows Face Axe’, quoting ‘Steptoe and Son’ on the evening of the ‘sources with the prime minister’. The fu‐ 1964 election because he feared it’d give rious press secretary demanded a correc‐ those at work an excuse not to vote after To read more articles from our columnists tion resulting in the Mirror running a sto‐ work. The then BBC director‐general asked and to have your say in the comments go ry declaring victory in its ‘Save the Red Wilson what he would rather they broad‐ to www.euroweeklynews.com Arrows’ campaign. cast instead. “Greek drama,” Wilson are her own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.

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Relaxing warmers PICTURE the scene; candles lit, a warm bath gently sooth‐ ing away your cares, perhaps even a glass of wine.

Baths are synonymous with winter comfort and may offer the perfect way to relax as the nights draw in.

In fact, regular baths have even been shown to lower stress levels, aid blood pres‐ sure and perhaps even boost our immune systems. But how do you make sure you get the most out of your ‘me’ time?

Cosmetics companies have spent years honing bath prod‐ ucts, producing aesthetically‐ pleasing, and often gorgeous‐ smelling, oils, gels, salts and soaks designed to enhance your bathing experience.

These products come in var‐ ious forms, and first up is the traditional bubble bath. This humble product has come a long way from the familiar sight of a bottle of ‘Matey’ next to the tub, and new for‐ mulas offer a much more grown‐up take on this foamy favourite.

RELAX: Into an aromatherapy bath.

Next up are salts and soaks which may not make quite the same visual impact as bubbles, but can certainly pack a punch when it comes to skin nourish‐ ing properties. Formulas which include natural sea salts contain minerals which your body can absorb through your skin, helping to relax muscles, restore health and promote relaxation.

Varieties include Dead Sea, Himalayan and Epsom salts, all of which soothe rather than strip the skin.

Some products also include a mixture of essential oils which add another dimension to your bath and can relax or

energise your senses, depend‐ ing on which you choose.

For those looking for a sen‐ sory experience, a pure bath oil can offer an intense hit of aromatherapy using natural products, which can again of‐ fer a range of mood‐enhanc‐ ing benefits depending on your preference.

Finally, for anyone who loves a novelty, the bath bomb may have been around for some time but this year has seen some companies take the trend even further, creat‐ ing multi‐coloured, and some‐ times even glittery products, which turn your tub into your very own show.

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(Not so) friendly bacteria A TYPE of bacteria found natu‐ rally on our skin is becoming immune to antibiotics, scien‐ tists have warned.

Staphylococcus epidermis grows naturally on our skin and is normally harmless, but ex‐ perts claim the bacteria is mu‐ tating to defend itself against antibiotics, leaving us more vul‐ nerable to infection.

The bug, which is similar to the hospital superbug MRSA, can make its way into an open wound after surgery, causing infection. Scientists at the Uni‐ versity of Bath are now urging doctors to identify patients who may be more vulnerable to in‐ fection and work to prevent or quickly treat any issue.

Professor Sam Sheppard from Bath’s Milner Centre for Evolution said: “Staphylococcus epidermis is a deadly pathogen in plain sight.” He added: “It’s al‐ ways been ignored clinically be‐ cause it has frequently been as‐ sumed that it was a contaminant in lab samples, or it was simply accepted as a known risk of surgery.”

Professor Sheppard noted: “Post‐surgical infections can be

incredibly serious and fatal,” adding, “infection accounts for almost a third of deaths in the UK so I believe we should be doing more to reduce the risk.”

The scientist concluded: “If we can identify who is most at risk of infection, we can target those patients with extra hy‐

giene precautions before they undergo surgery.”

Experts say help avoid bacte‐ ria in cuts and scratches by washing hands frequently using soap and warm water, keep the skin clean, don’t sharing ra‐ zors, bedding or towels, and keep cuts clean and covered.

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GO LOCAL

THE EURO WEEKLY NEWS has urged its readers to sup‐ port local businesses in the community by shopping lo‐ cally 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. The joy of shopping locally means that independent businesses can support the local communi‐ ty. You may find something a euro or two cheaper online but have you considered where your money is actual‐ ly going?

By shopping locally you’re putting food on a local fami‐ ly’s table and there is noth‐

ing 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 generations 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 re‐ al difference to the local economy. Local businesses recirculate a greater share of every euro they receive at local level. They create local‐ ly owned supply chains and they invest in their employ‐ ees.

So remember. When you go shopping ‐ go local!

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ELCHE Council has an‐ nounced it will be host‐ ing a charity race to raise awareness around do‐ mestic violence on Sun‐ day, November 7.

The ‘One thousand roads, one goal’ race will start from the Daimes‐ Derramador Social Cen‐ tre.

Organised by the Asso‐ ciation of Neighbour‐ hood Women of Elche and the Sports Depart‐ ment at Elche Council, the event was presented

by Councillor Vicente Al‐ berola, the president of the entity, Maria Anton, and the director of the event, Pedro Manuel Mi‐ ra.

The race will take place over 10 kilometres and cost €10 to enter. Chil‐ dren’s races will be free.

According to the coun‐ cil, more than 500 people

ONE GOAL: More than 500 people have registered.

have already registered for the event, and those interesting in taking part can register at www.soft‐ imes.com.es, or in person on Wednesdays, Satur‐ days and Sundays, from 5pm to 10pm at the Daimes‐Derramador So‐ cial Centre.

Those who register in person will be able to collect their numbers at the social centre itself on the day of the race at

8am. Those who register online will be able to col‐ lect them in the sports section of El Corte Ingles on Friday, November 5 in the afternoon and on Saturday, November 6 during the day.

The funds raised will go to workshops against do‐ mestic violence taught by the Association of Neigh‐ bourhood Women of Elche in educational cen‐ tre.

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Torrevieja exhibition THE Vista Alegre exhibi‐ tion hall is hosting an ex‐ hibition on artisanal car‐ pets from November 4 to 21.

The exhibition will see 10 companies from Cre‐ villente take part, seven of them manufacturers of rugs or carpets and three specialising in the prepa‐ ration of dyes, yarns and textile design.

The Joaquin Chapapri‐ eta Municipal Institute of Culture said that the ex‐ hibition has the support of Alicante Provincial Council and UNIFAM (Na‐ tional Union of Manufac‐ turers of Carpets, Car‐ pets, Coatings and Related and Auxiliary In‐ dustries), a national asso‐ ciation of the sector in Crevillente, to promote the roots of the carpet in‐ dustry.

Carpet making is a tra‐ ditional sector in the province of Alicante, and since 1411 Crevillente has been famous for its

CARPET MAKING: Is a traditional sector in the province.

rugs and carpets in Spain.

The exhibition includes 22 rugs that show the dif‐ ferent types of rug creat‐ ed in the sector, includ‐ ing the different techniques used to make them, from Wilton looms, Face to Face, Axminster, Braided and Flat Woven.

The show will also fo‐ cus on the materials used to make them, including wool, tencel, viscose, polypropylene, leather, sisal, jute, polyurethane, cotton and nylon.

There will also be pho‐ tographs from the begin‐ ning and middle of the last century, showing the history of the trade.

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The com‐ poser has stressed that his music has been written in a language which cats appreciate, a series of sounds which makes sense to them and helps them relax.

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There are various Lodges meetings up throughout the Valencia region. If you already are a Mason or simply wish to know more about Freemasonry in Spain please contact sec@glpvalencia.com Tel 600 841 064 (95477) HELP VEGA BAJA. We are a non-profit making organisation that helps and supports anyone, without prejudice, in times of need or crisis within the Vega Baja area. Our offices are based in San Miguel at Calle Lope de Vega 46 (Tel 966 723 733), Torrevieja at Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia 4 (Tel 965 704 282). We are online at www.helpvegabaja.com and also on Facebook. You can email the San Miguel Centre at office@helpvegabaja.com. We also have a 24-hour Emergency helpline which is available to both members and non-members on 966 723 733 (95456) INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY, TORREVIEJA Calle Urbano Arregui, 23, Torrevieja 03185, Alicante Evan-

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Ineos Grenadier a properly impressive off-roader ROAD TEST

by Mark Slack

IT’S rare to find a com‐ pletely new marque en‐ tering the motoring are‐ na. Rarer still when the company behind it has never been a vehicle manufacturer. Ineos is not a particularly familiar name to many, and for those who are aware known largely for chemi‐ cals, including medical applications, and energy generation, including re‐ newables. It has also dipped its corporate toes into the motorsports are‐ na with the Mercedes‐ AMG Petronas F1 team.

One of its consumer brands is the British fash‐ ion label Belstaff. The company has a long mo‐ tor racing and sporting heritage famed amongst many things for supplying waxed motor cycle jackets to Lawrence of Arabia and the actor Steve McQueen.

The Grenadier 4x4 is the first of‐ fering from Ineos and a genuine off‐road‐ er that, rather ob‐ viously, takes a lot of cues from the old Land Rover Defender.

After getting up close with a Grenadier proto‐ type it is a properly im‐ pressive vehicle.

Power comes from BMW 3.0‐litre straight six, twin‐turbo petrol or diesel units mated to ZF eight‐speed automatic gears with manual over‐ ride. The off‐road ability comes from three diff‐ locks and a two speed transfer box.

Inside there is a wel‐ come lack of digitisation in favour of buttons and switches that can be oper‐ ated with a gloved hand.

In a touch of aviation ap‐ preciation there is an

overhead console with pre‐wired buttons so that accessories can be in‐ stalled retrospectively with ease.

This largely analogue in‐ terior will be welcomed by many, and especially those who need practical vehicles for work use. And the Grenadier is definitely a working vehicle.

Steel wheels, hose clean flooring and a mechanical rather than technical bias in the engineering under‐ line the planned working

MOTORING GRENADIER 4x4: The first genuine off-roader that takes a lot of cues from the old Land Rover Defender.

credentials of the Grenadier. Along with the use of proven BMW pow‐ er units the Grenadier comforts its occupants with Recaro made seat‐ ing.

Even while being driven over some rough terrain the seats are superbly comfortable and hold you in position whatever the terrain.

Prices will start from £48,000, which is more than I expected, but cer‐ tainly in line with this kind

of vehicle offering from other manufacturers.

This very capable new‐ comer is set for full launch around the middle of next year with reservations al‐ ready being taken.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Chair‐ man of INEOS, and the man behind the Grenadier, said: “The Grenadier project started by identifying a gap in the market, abandoned by a number of manufacturers, for a utilitarian off‐road vehicle.” Gap filled!

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Solar to recharge DGT to make black boxes mandatory electric cars ELECTRIC cars have many economic advantages com‐ pared to their fossil fuel coun‐ terparts. Apart from the obvi‐ ous, the purchase price, which is still significantly high‐ er, they have less need for periodic maintenance, thanks to the elimination of certain components. The price it costs to recharge their batter‐ ies is also a lot cheaper than putting in fuel.

Recent studies keep giving the same results, that an elec‐ tric vehicle is more profitable and cheaper in the medium and long term. But, new re‐ search by a Norwegian pho‐ tovoltaic company Otovohas, has concluded that zero‐ emission cars can be even cheaper to use.

This Scandinavian compa‐ ny has investigated, and con‐ firmed that charging electric vehicles with solar energy, they would be up to 12 times more economically profitable than with fossil fuel.

Their calculations are even

more attractive when com‐ pared to the cost of a trip in an electric car charged with solar energy. It claims that the price that would be one cent per kilometre, com‐ pared to the 10 cents that it would cost with a petrol vehi‐ cle.

The average annual savings calculated from using this type of renewable energy is estimated at €859 compared to combustion models.

While drivers of petrol cars spend an average of €955.50 annually, owners of electric models recharged with solar energy would pay €95.55.

Recharging with solar ener‐ gy would also help avoid the fluctuations in the price of electricity, which has been a huge protagonist in recent months.

However, although the cost of installing solar panels at home is a great invest‐ ment, and it is recovered over time, not all users are willing to spend this amount.

UNDER instruction from the European Commission in Brussels, black boxes will be fitted in vehicles throughout Europe in 2022. In Spain, this task will be overseen by the Directorate‐General for Traffic (DGT), as part of its endeav‐ our to combine the latest technology to enhance road safety on Spanish roads.

This regulation will come in‐ to force alongside the anti‐ start breathalyser devices that some vehicles will need to have installed by July 6, 2022.

This law, along with the black box, or ‘data recorder’, are both subject to approval yet, but as a specific date is being given then it is clearly a fore‐ gone conclusion.

By 2024 the devices will re‐ portedly both be mandatory on all new models that come out of dealerships.

These black boxes, doing a similar job to flight recorders in aircraft, will be located under‐ neath the driver’s seat, bolted to the chassis. It will record all the significant data that can be used at a later date in the event of an accident. Informa‐

tion will constantly be record‐ ed then erased, although the device will not record any video or audio. The origin of the data will be anonymous.

When a traffic accident oc‐ curs, the device will save the information generated during the previous 30 seconds and the following five seconds. This data can then be analysed.

In accordance with an EU regulation published in 2019, the black box will be activated only in serious crashes, in the same way as the airbag oper‐ ates. The vehicle’s speed, steering movements, the final position of the accelerator pedal, the deceleration, the operation of seatbelts, and the angle of movement in the event of the vehicle turning over, will all be recorded.

After an accident, an investi‐ gator will only have to connect the black box to a computer to download the relevant data.

This can be used to help the authorities understand more about traffic accidents, and im‐ prove road safety, without in‐ volving the driver’s identity.

In its regulations, Brussels in‐

dicates these devices must record and store ‘anonymised data’, so Member States can use them ‘to carry out road safety analyses, and evaluate the effectiveness of specific measures that have been adopted, without the possibili‐ ty of identifying the owner, or

the owner of a specific vehicle’.

The installation of this de‐ vice establishes the homologa‐ tion requirements of 2022. It is aligned with the Vision Zero plan, with which the EU in‐ tends to end deaths and seri‐ ous injuries due to traffic acci‐ dents by 2050.

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Spurs counting on Conte Xavi linked as Koeman exits

AFTER Spurs said “no, no” to Nuno, bringing the Portuguese head coach’s short reign in charge to a swift end on November 1, they wasted no time in appointing a replace‐ ment.

Step forward Antonio Conte, one of the top‐rated coaches in the game who was a free agent after walking out on cash‐ strapped Inter Milan in the summer.

The Italian won the league ti‐ tle with the Milan club but quit

CONTE: One of the top-rated coaches in the game.

Jerez on F1 radar THERE was some exciting news for F1 fans in Spain as it was revealed the Jerez circuit is in first reserve spot to host a Formula One championship race. The news was announced by Juan Marin, vice president of the Junta de Andalucia and Minister of Tourism in the region, on November 1.

Mr Marin explained that the regional government would like to host Formula 1 and that the community would like to be‐ come the permanent headquarters of one

of these races. If another race drops off the calendar, the Jerez race circuit in the province of Cadiz would step in and take its place.

It is estimated that an investment of be‐ tween €3 and €5 million would be needed to elevate the circuit to the standard re‐ quired by Formula One. This investment would come from pub‐ lic funds, private initiative and the Euro‐ pean Union.

after key players were sold.

He now faces the challenge of reinvigorating a Spurs side that fell to ninth in the table fol‐ lowing defeat to Manchester United on October 30. That loss prompted the removal of Nuno Espirito Santo who only signed a two‐year contract in the sum‐ mer and took charge of just 17 matches.

Managing director, Fabio Paratici had this to say about the new recruit: “Conte’s track record speaks for itself, with vast experience and trophies in both Italy and England. I know first‐hand his qualities, having worked with him at Juventus, and look forward to seeing his work here.”

Conte turned the job down before but explained his U‐turn: “The contagious enthusiasm and determination of Daniel Levy in wanting to entrust me with this task had already hit the mark. Now that the oppor‐ tunity has returned, I have cho‐ sen to take it with great convic‐ tion.”

RONALD KOEMAN has been fired from his position as head coach of Barcelona FC in Spain. The 58‐year‐old Dutchman had spent just 14 months in charge of the Catalan giants. It was al‐ ways evident that there was an uneasy relationship between him and club president Juan Laporta.

After the 1‐0 defeat at Rayo Vallecano on October 27 ‐ their third loss in four games ‐ Barca dropped to ninth in La Liga. They have picked up just 15 points in their 10 league matches this sea‐ son. They have lost twice in the Champions League as well.

It now remains to be seen who will replace Koeman. One of the favourites is club legend Xavi who is currently man‐ aging Qatari side Al Sadd in the Middle East. Lapor‐ ta reportedly made a phone call to the former midfielder late on Wednesday, October 27. How‐ ever, no further announcements have been made. In the meantime, another former player, Sergi Barjuan, has been in‐ stalled as the new Barcelona inter‐ im coach.

Laporta had a similar ex‐ perience 13 years ago when looking for a new coach. At that time, he plumped for Pep Guardi‐ ola who was the Barca B team coach. The rest is histo‐ KOEMAN: Has been fired. ry.