Euro Weekly News - Mallorca 4 - 10 November 2021 Issue 1896

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Sound proofing EVEN though some would suggest that if you purchase a property near a busy airport that noise could be a problem, Aena which manages Palma Airport has confirmed that it will arrange for 58 new homes to receive sound proofing and has received requests from a further 25.

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Police awards THE Balearic Government has recognised 89 Local Police officers from across Mallorca who are involved in front line duties, assist children with education on roads or act as tutors to new recruits at a ceremony held in the Alcudia Auditorium on October 29.

More trees PALMA Council says it is committed to planting trees around the capital and grows trees from seed in order to keep costs within budget. For the next planting season, it anticipates a total of some 1,800 new trees with around 250 planted every month.

Another century THERE are plenty centenarians on Mallorca and the latest is Catalina Amengual Adrover who received congratulations from Felanitx Council on Saturday October 30.

CELEBRATING: Getting ready for the Night of the Souls.

THE fifth Night of the Souls will be held in Palma on November 6 from 4pm until 9.30pm at the Riera Park.

Part of the fun for many are the pyrotechnics and the council has donated €10,000 in order to support the event and pay for this part of the celebration.

This year, in order to ensure as much safety and social distancing as possible, there will be three different stages, which will be the amphitheatre of the Parc de la Riera, the

esplanade in front of the new Sensorial de la Riera (Sensory) Park and the Palma cemetery, all being used next Saturday.

The Sensory Park, will be where the different workshops will take place and in addition, several stalls will be set up, storytelling will take place and it will also be where the xeremiers (bagpipers) will perform, all from 4.30pm to 7.30pm.

There will also be a stage where storytelling will take place at 5pm, 6pm and 7pm,

under the title ‘L’Escarabat trapella’, while the amphitheatre in Parc de la Riera will be the central stage where several performances will take place.

At 8.30pm the amphitheatre will be the culmination of the Night of the Souls with a show consisting of light, fire and sound as a total of 50 demons and some 30 musicians will take part.

There will also be tours of the cemetery hosted by four actors with each performance lasting 25 minutes.

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Museum Jubilee

THE Mallorca Museum celebrated its Diamond Jubilee on November 2 as it was on that date 60 years ago that the decree to create the museum was passed in 1961.

The main event to mark this special anniversary will take place at the museum from 8pm on Wednesday November 24 with the possibility of members of the public attending.

One of the promises made by the curators of the museum is that it wants to get closer to the people of Mallorca and hopes that many will take the opportunity to view and enjoy the centre’s permanent collection.

After having stopped the sale by Christie’s of the Veiled bust of the Emperor Augustus of Can Canyo which was sculpted in the 1st century BC and discovered in Pollensa in the 16th century, the Mallorca Museum obtained the agreement from the Spanish Government for it to be returned to Mallorca for display locally.

Court of Human Rights THE Strasbourg Court of Hu‐ man Rights has found against Spain over the fact that a woman had to allow her daughter to have the father’s surname before hers.

Josefa León Madrid was born in 1969 and lives in Palma de Mallorca and between 2004 and 2005 she had a relationship with a man identified as JSTS and became pregnant.

According to her testimony to the Court, JSTS insisted that she terminate the pregnancy, which led her to break with him completely as she wanted to keep the baby and gave birth to a girl.

Due to the break up, she reg‐ istered the birth with the two surnames (paternal and mater‐ nal) used by her mother but in 2006, JSTS brought a non‐mari‐ tal paternity suit against her and as part of the proceedings, the judge decided that the child would bear the surname of the father followed by that of the mother.

The applicant unsuccessfully challenged this decision before the higher courts and the do‐

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Baby had to take father’s name although he wanted her aborted.

mestic proceedings ended in 2012.

At the relevant time, Spanish law provided that in the event of disagreement between the parents, the child would bear the father’s surname followed by that of the mother, although in a later amendment, this was changed so that any decision would be made by a court after taking into account the full cir‐ cumstances.

The Court noted that two in‐ dividuals in a similar situation ‐

the applicant and the child’s fa‐ ther ‐ had been treated differ‐ ently and that the distinction was based exclusively on the grounds of sex.

The defence given by the Spanish Government had not therefore been sufficiently ob‐ jective and reasonable, so the Court ruled that Spain was to pay the applicant €10,000 in re‐ spect of non‐pecuniary com‐ pensation and a further €23,853.22 in respect of costs and expenses.

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World Travel Market THERE is a large Balearic contingent intent on winning back British holidaymakers at World Travel Market (WTM) London.

One of Europe’s largest and most influential travel exhibitions was back up and running at Excel London from November 1 to 3 and then taking a ‘second bite of the cherry’ was due to reconvene as a virtual exhibition on November 8 and 9.

There was a very large contingent from the Balearic Islands taking part in the show with an impressive stand supported by the Balearic Government and the Consell de Mallorca amongst others.

It was made clear that the days of booze filled youngsters’ trips were to be a thing of the past and that the islands were looking forward to welcoming a more refined tourist intent on enjoying the history and culture as well as taking part in sports of all types with water sports clearly leading the way.

This doesn’t mean that young people will not be welcome, but any over indulgence will be discouraged, as both Ibiza and Mallorca try to ensure that the hospitality industry recovers and grows.

WTM LONDON: The Balearics had an impressive stand.

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NIBS EXTRA Covid Express EVEN though some 83 per cent of the Balearic popu‐ lation has been inoculat‐ ed against coronavirus, it’s still not enough, so a mobile bus offering first injections to those who have held back will be stationed at the Plaça d’España until November 12 from 7.30am to 6.15pm.

Tasty pastry TO coincide with its annual convention in Alcudia, which attracted more than 3,000 people, the Grupo Social ONCE not only fea‐ tured a Mallorcan Ensaï‐ mada on its latest lottery ticket, but also arranged for a huge pastry weighing 340 kilos to be made and unveiled on the local beach.

Leaking roof IN May 2020, the Marratxi Council spent €40,000 on waterproofing the roof of the CEIP Costa i Llobera Sports centre but accord‐ ing to local Ciudadanos councillor José María Amengual, it has already started to leak again which is potential danger‐ ous to the main users, chil‐ dren.

Reclaiming the past THE Campanet Council is to request the return of five historical items found in the Massana Caves from the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid. Whilst it wants to allow local resi‐ dents to see the items, it would be content if they ended up at the Museum of Mallorca.

Soller tunnel FINALLY, all evidence of the toll booths at the entrance of the Soller road tunnel has been removed by the Con‐ sell de Mallorca and the newly laid road surface and area was formally wel‐ comed by representatives of the of Bunyola, Fornalutx and Soller Councils.

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Go Fund Me Campaign

A GO FUND ME campaign for a child in Palma with CNS (Congenital Anomaly of the Nervous System) has been started to pay for daily thera‐ pies.

A friend of the family, María Isabel Ruiz Martinez has organised this fundraising to try to collect €15,000 for four‐year‐old Hector who is

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Young Hector is looking for help.

Cancer Support Group REGISTERED charity Cancer Support Group Mallorca is spreading information across the island about the services CSG offers to expatriates suffering with cancer as well as their carers and relatives.

They are using the fact that the 15th In‐ ternational Brain Tumour Awareness Week runs from Saturday, October 30 until Satur‐ day November 6 to warn people about the most common symptoms which include: Headaches, seizures, fits, nausea, vomit‐ ing, drowsiness, mental or behavioural changes, memory problems, progressive weakness or paralysis on one side of the

body as well as vision or speech problems.

Now that restrictions have eased consid‐ erably in Mallorca, the CSG is able to take part in events again and has appeared at special cancer workshops in both Son Llatzer and Son Espases hospitals.

They have also helped with Project Mick‐ ey which makes heart‐shaped cushions which are sold to raise funds for the chari‐ ty.

With many additional events coming up, they are looking for new volunteers and to find out more visit https://www.cancer supportmallorca.com/.

MÉS for Mallorca Proposal came from Miquel Ensenya.

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MÉS for Mallorca wants to tax companies who profited from the pandemic according to the spokesman in the Balearic Par‐ liament Miquel Ensenya.

Always happy to give ad‐ vice, it recommends that the National Government create a working group to study the creation of a rate of excessive profits derived of the out‐ break of the Covid‐19 pan‐ demic.

This special tax would be temporary and would be levied against companies and public institutions which have signed ‘millionaire con‐ tracts’ so that the former can help with their activity to combat the consequences of

the pandemic.

Pharmaceutical companies would be the main target as many of them received large injections of public capital to rapidly develop vaccines against Covid‐19.

He indicated however that “this tax could establish ex‐ ceptions and limitations for companies as long as they justify that this excess of profits derived from the pan‐ demic will be destined for in‐ vestment plans in innovation that serve to create employ‐ ment, the improvement of the salaries of its workers or the preparation of stocks in the face of increasingly com‐ mon supply problems.”

trying to learn to communi‐ cate and walk.

According to the statement on the website https://www.gofundme.com/ f/una‐mejor‐vida‐para‐hctor, the boy was born with a virus known as Cytomegalovirus which medical staff allegedly didn’t realise, but when the time came to discharge Hec‐ tor, his parents were worried that he had developed purple blotches all over his body.

They insisted that there be a second opinion and it was then that his illness was diag‐ nosed and he spent several months in a different hospital before returning home.

In the words of the post which explains as if he is speaking “I have known more therapy places than play‐ grounds, I know more about medical consultations in the hospital than being with chil‐ dren my age, I have done more physical therapy in my little life than many others in their long lives.”

Fly tippers

THE Pollensa Council is coming down hard on fly tippers and has taken action against 55 people who have dumped waste or even cars in the streets of the municipality since 2020.

It has instructed the Local Po‐ lice and the Municipal Services Company (EMSER), to investi‐ gate all breaches of environ‐ mental regulations and to take action against those responsible wherever possible.

No less than 13 disciplinary proceedings have been opened for abandoning vehicles on public roads (eight in 2020 and five in 2021) with fines of €900 being levied in respect of each abandoned vehicle.

The dumping of large amounts of industrial waste has seen fines ranging from €461 to €3,000 being imposed in eight cases whilst a further four resi‐ dents were fined €300 each for

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improper disposal of manure or pruning debris with three cases still pending.

Other fines have been im‐ posed for throwing dirty water onto the street or dropping rub‐ ble into a solid waste container with other minor infringements still being processed.

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Manacor cemetery PRIOR to All Saints Day there was an official visit to Son Coletes cemetery in Manacor to review findings by the regional secretary of Productive Sectors and Democratic Memory, Jesús Jurado.

He wanted to see the progress being made in the search for Civil War grave pits and to take part in a Remembrance Day Service on Friday October 29 with other representatives of gov‐ ernment, both local and national.

Whilst a number of pits have been dug and no evidence of victims of the Civil War found, one area, which mea‐ sures around 1.2 metres by 70 centimetres ap‐ pears to be full of bones and some clothing and has effectively been used as an ossuary (mass grave) and a large number of fractured bones have been dis‐ covered.

Initial findings are that there are a number of bones that probably date back to the 19th century, but others clearly can be attributed to the years from 1936 and 1937, but work was suspended for a few days to coincide with the feast of All Saints.

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BELLVER FOREST. The fight to save Bellver Forest in Palma is stepping up a notch with Mallorcan animal party Progre‐ so in Verde accusing Palma Council of trying to eradicate cats from the area. In addition, on Sunday October 31 more than 200 people arrived in the area to take part in a demonstration against the proposed park organised by As‐ sociació Son Quint‐Parc natural de Ponent.

All environmental and green parties on the island are op‐ posed to the cutting down of trees to allow for the building of a much enlarged children’s park, although the Council has indicated that many of the trees being removed have been killed by an infestation of the Tomicus Pine Beetle.

According to reports from environmentalists, the Pal‐ ma Council recently arranged for officers of the National Police to remove feeders and drinking troughs from the controlled colony of cats in Bellver to the anger of those responsible for feeding the colony and keeping it con‐ trolled.

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Will your WhatsApp work?

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

The latest WhatsApp update will not be made available to older de‐ vices. This will apply to both older versions of Android and iOS operat‐ ing systems.

For android devices, WhatsApp will stop working if the device is

not running a version later than version 4.0.4. Anyone who has a device with an operating system at this level or lower will no longer be able to use the popular instant messaging app. iPhone users will need to be run‐ ning iOS 10 or later. This means that iPhone SE, 6S, 6S Plus or earli‐ er generation model owners will be left behind and not able to use WhatsApp.

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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 organisa‐ tion got involved in the dispute.

Due to a glitch in the phone company’s system, the client’s mobile had au‐ tomatically sent more than 100,000 SMS messages.

This fault generated mes‐ sages that were sent every second, something 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

SMS messages were sent.

published, explained that he had been at his place of work when he opened the envelope with the invoice, which was for the month of August 2020.

At first glance, he thought that the amount was a little more than €19, when his average con‐ sumption was usually around €70. When he saw the total was €19,484.60, it

made him feel dizzy, and his company colleagues 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 re‐ sult, he contacted the asso‐ ciation La Defensa del Con‐ sumidor, of which his wife is a member and the bill was eventually cancelled.

Brit angler’s monster catch A BRITISH angler caught a huge 234‐pound catfish in the River Ebro this month.

Mark Steward‐Brown from Norfolk was on an epic fishing trip when he landed the monster fish near Zaragoza. Prior to the catch, Mark’s personal best for this type of catfish was a 48‐pounder.

Of the catch, Mark said: “The fight lasted 45 min‐ utes. It was a full‐on tug of war. I had to have the drag set very high to keep it away from the snags, but the initial run was still 50 or 60 metres upstream.”

Mark and his friend Billy Malcolm Williamson were with a local guide. The

C AT F I S H : Monster fish was caught in the Ebro.

Ebro is known for its popu‐ lation of wels catfish.

“I enjoy fishing for any species,” says Mark. “But to me, catfish fight harder than any other freshwater fish.”

Wels catfish are native to northern and eastern Europe and can live for up

to 50 years, reaching lengths of over nine feet.

While Mark’s catch didn’t reach word‐record territory for the biggest wels catfish ever caught, it is still an impressive feat.

The catfish was released back into the water follow‐ ing the catch.

Spain fights boozeless Xmas SPAIN is fighting against the prospect of a Christmas with‐ out gin and wine. Trade is booming in the hotel and catering industry after coronavirus restrictions were relaxed and some alcoholic brands have been in danger of running out.

This is particularly true of international brands that have been hit with issues due to Brexit and the lack of lorry drivers.

Bosco Torremocha, director of Espirituosos España com‐ mented: “Seven out of every 10 bottles of spirits are sold in the trade and with the reopening there has been a peak in supply, with everyone ordering at the same time.

“We have had more orders in a few weeks than in the last two years and there have been delivery problems, but in two or three weeks it should normalise,” he added.

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Junk food ad ban T H E Spanish govern‐ ment will ban the ad‐ vertising of sweets and sugary drinks for chil‐ dren.

The Minister of Con‐ sumption, Alberto Gar‐ zon, announced on Oc‐ tober 28, a ban on advertising aimed at children for sweets, cookies, ice cream, sug‐ ary beverages and oth‐ er food products rich in sugars and fats consid‐ ered harmful to health by the World Health Organisation.

Garzon explained the regulation of this ad‐ vertising of food aimed at children under 16 years of age on televi‐ sion, the media in gen‐ eral and social net‐ works will be done by Royal Decree and will begin in 2022.

Minister Garzon made this announce‐ ment at a press confer‐

ence in Barcelona after meeting with the may‐ or of the Catalan capi‐ tal, Ada Colau.

Colau has also an‐ nounced that the Cata‐ lan City Council will take measures to com‐ bat the overexposure of the child population to the advertising of these foods that harm their health.

The measure also af‐ fects drinks, snacks and sauces with added sug‐ ars 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 Or‐ ganisation (WHO) to the regulatory system and we have already spoken with the Na‐ tional Commission of Markets and Competi‐ tion,” said Garzon.

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Brexit concern for expats

A NEW poll has found that Brexit worries have overtak‐ en those of Covid. Brits have been warned that the lack of lorry drivers could impact Christmas, with shortages predicted for food and products including turkeys.

Brits have also been warned to plan ahead and buy children’s toys early to avoid disappointment.

The UK’s divorce from the EU has caused labour shortages and has hit su‐ permarket shelves too. Ac‐ cording to the latest Ipsos MORI survey, around 28 per cent of people believe that Brexit is the main issue for the UK now. This figure has risen 8 per cent com‐ pared to last month. Wor‐ ries 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 ben‐

efiting from Brexit, despite warnings from the govern‐ ment’s budget watchdog.

Sunak commented: “What I’m doing is making sure that we capitalise on the opportu‐

nities that Brexit has brought.

We’re seeing the benefits that it will bring to the econo‐ my, and our ability to sign trade deals around the coun‐ try.”

Affordable Covid drug A NEW study, carried out in Brazil, has found that a commonly available drug can cut the risk of hospitali‐ sation due to the coron‐ avirus by a third.

Results show the 29p an‐ tidepressant can dramati‐ cally affect a person’s risk of being hospitalised with Covid. The study involved 1,500 patients.

Half of the patients were given a common antide‐ pressant. The other half were given placebos. The study investigated the ef‐ fects of Fluvoxamine, branded as Faverin in the UK. The research discovered that the risk of hospitalisa‐ tion 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), has been 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 Emergencies 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 representatives of AENA, the Army, members of the UME, and AIRBUS.

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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 busi‐ nessman 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 en‐ tire cast.

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

Now set for re‐release, it examines the betrayal, in‐ trigue, and ultimately mur‐ der, that marks the family’s history, told from the per‐ spective 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

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

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 re‐ fused. But when I met her the time was right and she agreed to let me tell her sto‐ ry, which I did in 2008.”

The book was released to rave reviews, however it was when Mary discovered that Ridley Scott was planning a movie based on the dramatic murder of Maurizio that she decided to re‐release her own book, tracing the story of Jenny’s time living in Mar‐ bella 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 Jenny and said we should we should consider updating 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 complete‐ ly new ending, taking her story from Marbella to Lon‐ don.”

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 Ri‐ dley Scott, are also said to have read Gucci Wars.

Mary said she now hopes the new film will revive inter‐ est in the story of Jenny Guc‐ ci.

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 in‐ terest in the book.”

Speaking about the much‐ anticipated film, she added: “Lady Gaga is amazing in it and I think she could be nom‐ inated 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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Readers’ poll

Demands for more action to protect the elderly

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

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

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

Demands for action fol‐ lowed a police raid of a fraud‐ ulent company providing home care to elderly British people in Murcia.

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

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

who lived alone in a residen‐ tial 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, allowing the suspect to take advantage and take over her real estate and economic assets.

Continuing with the investi‐ gations, the officers were able to find out the identity of the alleged fraudster, a British citi‐ zen, also a resident of Mazarron.

The Guardia Civil claim this person seized the house and the savings of the elderly woman, sold her house, be‐ came the co‐owner of her bank account and spent the money.

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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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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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MPs mask exemption

IN updated guidance is‐ sued by the House of Commons, all staff, visi‐ tors, contractors and press must cover their faces to help stop the spread of Covid‐19. How‐ ever, it has been left to

individual MPs to decide if they wish to wear one or not, and many Conser‐ vatives 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 parlia‐ ment to don a face cover‐ ing and set a good exam‐ ple, but unions representing the workers of the building have urged him to be tougher with his words.

Face coverings are be‐ ing worn during debates by the majority of the op‐ position parties. Labour, the Liberal Democrats, and the SNP have all vot‐ ed within their parties to continue the practice. 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 na‐ ture, this meant they were complying with gov‐ ernment guidance. He al‐ so claimed that Labour MPs only wore their masks for the television cameras.

Readers’ poll

Expats say Queen should retire

QUEEN ELIZABETH: She should now look after her health.

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

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

Meanwhile, 25.9 per cent said that she should not retire, arguing that her country needs her.

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

She was advised by doctors to rest for at least the next two weeks, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said.

The 95‐year‐old monarch will now be unable to at‐ tend the Festival of Re‐ membrance on Saturday November 13.

The monarch was said to remain in ‘good spir‐ its’ after recording a speech for the COP26.

Her majesty was forced to pull out of attending the upcoming climate summit after a busy re‐

cent schedule.

Some royal experts be‐ lieve that the monarch may be overworked and that her packed schedule could be part of the rea‐ son why she pulled out of some of her royal en‐ gagements last month.

The Queen cancelled a visit to Northern Ireland on October 18 following medical advice and spent a night in the hospital for preliminary medical checks before returning to Windsor Castle.

The palace said she wouldn’t be attending a climate change confer‐ ence in Scotland in keep‐ ing with advice to rest.

The Queen has retained an active schedule throughout her 69‐year reign, not really slowing down much in recent years.

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Busy police HALLOWEEN parties or‐ ganised across Spain on October 31 kept the vari‐ ous security forces busy, although some rainfall helped to quell the ex‐ pected number of bottle parties.

Valencia ended the cel‐ ebrations with 32 arrest‐ ed, while in Sevilla, a to‐ tal of 2,856 people were evicted from parties. In the capital, Madrid saw 73 underage drinkers get‐ ting into trouble with law enforcement.

During the early hours of November 1, Sevilla Local Police had to evict 2,856 individuals from just four establishments.

This was because of seri‐ ous breaches of safety in‐ cluding emergency doors being blocked and ex‐ ceeding the legal maxi‐ mum capacity of cus‐ tomers.

Jose Luis Martinez‐ Almeida, from Madrid City Council, had pre‐ pared a police operation for the weekend with 2,045 officers to control the possible bottle par‐ ties and another 125 were dedicated to the in‐ spection and control of leisure premises.

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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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.”

and finally...

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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EUROPEAN PRESS DENMARK

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.

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.

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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.

Expat advice just got easier PRE‐PAID fu‐ neral experts Golden Leaves have just made making sure you have every‐ thing in order when the time comes even On hand to assist you. easier with their brand new website.

Here we take a quick look at what their new site offers.

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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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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The Quaternary Geological Park project, in the northern valleys of the province of Granada, is an initiative to protect the most complete continental geological record of the

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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!

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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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FEATURE

THE MOTIVATION EQUATION

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‐

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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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.

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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.

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