Euro Weekly News - Axarquia 11 - 17 November 2021 Issue 1897

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The power of trapeze yoga.

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INNOVATIVE MALAGA

Yoga lifesaver T R A P E Z E yoga instruc‐ tor Beth Bradley from the UK tackled her ad‐ dictions with the power of trapeze yoga and mindfulness, now, Beth lives in the hills of Frig‐ iliana and is helping oth‐ ers do the same.

Beth became a trapeze yoga instructor and at‐ tended recovery groups for her addiction, now, she teaches trapeze yo‐ ga full‐time from her home.

Beth said: “I suffered terribly from alcoholism and drug addiction for 15 years.

“I can’t express how scared I was of relaps‐ ing, and I really needed something to give me a purpose or a mission and to help me believe in myself, and that’s what the trapeze has done for me.”

With her new mindset and passion for life, Beth now helps the communi‐ ty with mindfulness courses and is currently running a free course on WhatsApp. Another free course scheduled for January 2022.

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NERJA FIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE

FINALIST: Malaga faces competition from Dortmund, Dublin and Vilnius in Lithuania.

MALAGA has been select‐ ed as a finalist for the 2021 European Capital of Inno‐ vation awards from the Eu‐ ropean Union.

The European Innovation Council promotes the award which offers €1 mil‐ lion funding to the winner.

Malaga faces competition from Dortmund (Germany), Dublin (Ireland) and Vilnius (Lithuania), as announced by the European Union (EU).

Alongside the 2021 Euro‐ pean Capital of Innovation award, the EU is also organ‐ ising the selection of Eu‐ rope’s first Emerging Inno‐ vative City. In this second category, the chosen loca‐

tions were Cascais (Portu‐ gal), Trondheim (Norway) and Vantaa (Finland).

The European Innovation Council announced the fi‐ nalists on Friday November 5: “The two high‐level ju‐ ries of independent experts selected seven finalists for both categories after a very intense selection process which included remote in‐ terviews with 16 semi‐final‐ ist cities.”

In addition to the recog‐ nition, the winner of the contest for the European Capital of Innovation will receive €1 million, while the other finalists will be awarded €100,000 each. In the Emerging Innovative

City section, the winner will receive €500,000 and the two finalists will receive €50,000 each.

When distinguishing be‐ tween the two categories, the European body speci‐ fies that cities with more than 250,000 inhabitants may be eligible for the awards for the European Capital of Innovation.

The European Innovation Council stated the award “recognises European cities for their most innovative urban practices within the framework of a developed, multifaceted and well‐func‐ tioning urban innovation ecosystem that drives revo‐ lutionary innovation.”

ON Sunday November 7, Nerja hosted the celebra‐ tion of the first Provincial Day Against Climate Change on the Balcon de Europa, a day of environ‐ mental awareness which coincides with the COP26 World Climate Summit in Glasgow.

The event, organised by the Provincial Council through the Malaga Viva programme, with the col‐ laboration of Nerja Council and the Sierra Almijara Ecological and Cultural Association, has brought to‐ gether 50 people who have participated in a series of challenges based on responsible water consump‐ tion.

The councillor for the Environment Javier Ro‐ driguez said: “For Nerja Council, this type of train‐ ing session and workshops are essential to raising awareness among citizens, especially young people, of the importance of the fight against climate change and promote habits in favour of respect for the environment.”

In addition to the challenges, other activities have been carried out such as workshops to calcu‐ late the water footprint, good environmental prac‐ tices on water consumption, as well as actions to decrease climate change.

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Club Nerja Rugby THE opening game of the 2021/22 season in the Andalucian Second Division started after a slight delay. The visitors from the province of Ciudad Real, proved too strong for the home side and recorded a 39‐17 victory. Nerja had a stronger pack and dominated scrums, but a good Arlequines defence pre‐ vented them from capitalising on the possession.

On Sunday November 14 Nerja travel to play CD Granada 2004 and have their next home game on Sunday November 21 when CR Costa Almeria‐URA are the visitors.

Velez-Malaga plane crash ONE person is confirmed to have died when a light air‐ craft crashed on November 5, in the Velez‐ Malaga area. Another individual was also injured in the inci‐ dent. Their identities have yet to be revealed.

The accident occurred at around 5.30pm. Several wit‐ nesses called the emergency services to report an aircraft in trouble.

The plane came down in an avocado farm close to the runway of the Leoni Benabu aerodrome, in the

El Trapiche region of Axar‐ quia.

Emergency services in‐ cluding a team of firefight‐ ers, an ambulance, and pa‐ trols from Velez‐Malaga Local Police were deployed to the location.

This aerodrome is the headquarters of the Real Aeroclub de Malaga.

It is believed the deceased was a member of the club, travelling as a passenger.

The pilot was taken to hos‐ pital and is thought to be in a serious condition.

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Help for schoolkids ONE HUNDRED school‐ children from Velez‐ Malaga will receive back‐ packs with school sup‐ plies thanks to the CaixaProinfancia pro‐ gramme and the collabo‐ ration of the Velez Coun‐ cil, to help families and children in vulnerable sit‐ uations with the costs of the academic year.

On November 4, the mayor of Velez‐Malaga, Antonio Moreno Ferrer, received 100 kits of mate‐ rial from the director of the Caixabank office in Velez‐Malaga, Juan Anto‐ nio Martin Sanchez, and the director of Caixa‐

Donation of backpacks.

bank’s Eastern Andalucia Institutional Banking, Joaquín Ramírez.

Moreno Ferrer thanked the willingness and contri‐ bution of the bank: “This donation helps families who are going through difficult times and who have children of school age, even more so at this time after the pandemic.”

Karate World Cup judge NERJA sportsman Juan Carlos Garcia will represent the Royal Spanish Karate Federation as a judge at the 25th edition of the Karate World Championship that will be held in Dubai between November 16 and 21.

This sporting event is considered the most important at international level and will bring together 1,100 elite athletes representing more than 120 countries.

The mayor of Nerja Jose Alberto Armijo, and the Sports councillor Daniel Ri-

vas, have celebrated the news that a local man has reached the top in this sporting discipline, becoming the first from Malaga to serve as a judge in the world championship and second international referee from Andalucia.

In 2018, Garcia obtained the grade of 5th Dan of Karate before the National Court of Degrees, the second person in Axarquia to achieve this title. In 2019, he became an international referee before the Royal Spanish Karate Federation.

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Diabetes walk IN order to recognise World Diabetes Day, which takes place on Sun‐ day, November 14, the Association of People with Diabetes of the Axarquia (ADIAXA) has organised a 3.5 kilometre walk around the town of Algarrobo followed by a talk on healthy eating habits.

Christmas lights THIS year, the Motril Council will ensure that the streets of the town shine out as they did in 2019 and before with the placing of many different Christmas light displays as well as 30 festive and sporting events starting on Friday December 3.

Dog show THIS coming Sunday, November 14, the SOS Association of Salobreña Animals is organising a special event starting at 11am in Fountain Park in order to promote their activities in assisting abandoned dogs in the municipality. There will be canine contests and the chance to adopt a new pet.

New market THE Almuñecar‐La Her‐ radura Council has issued a tender to build the new public market after the previous one was demol‐ ished in 2020 due to the building becoming un‐ safe. The budget for the building which will in‐ clude parking is set at €5.8 million.

Burriana bell DUE to the pandemic, the Burriana Council had to cancel the celebrations planned last year to com‐ memorate the 75th an‐ niversary of the recon‐ struction of the town bell but is now hosting a re‐ ception, including a free concert this Sunday November 14.

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Motherhood empowerment THE ‘SOS Mum You Are Not Alone’ pro‐ gramme is part of a free awareness cam‐ paign to help mothers with children in Rincon de la Victoria.

The new motherhood programme will be led by Lena Bu, an expert in mother‐ hood and parenting, until the end of 2021.

The goal is to help mothers improve their self‐esteem, feel more empowered and of‐ fer them the useful tools that help them in their daily life as a mother.

The Department of Social Welfare of Rin‐ con de la Victoria has presented the pio‐ neering project on conscious motherhood ‘SOS Mum You Are Not Alone’ that began on Monday November 8.

The second deputy mayor and councillor for Social Welfare, Elena Aguilar, said the programme “aims to help mums to im‐ prove self‐esteem, to feel more empow‐ ered and to give them useful tools to help them every day with their life as a mother.”

HELPING MOTHERS: The ‘SOS Mum You Are Not Alone’ campaign.

Lux Mundi update LUX MUNDI Ecumenical Centre, Torre del Mar, Avda. Moscatel 1’I’, (Jardines Viña Malága/Antigua Casa de la Viña), Torre del Mar, 29740.

Open mornings only Monday and Wednesday 10.00 till 13.00 and Fri‐ days as usual 11.00 ‐ 13.00. Gradually we will reopen usual activities so please come or phone us for further information.Tel: 952 543 334 E‐mail: luxmundi@lux‐mundi.org.

Thursday November 18 ‐ Excursion to Gibraltar. We are organising our trip to Gibraltar again. It is a chance to visit the various tourist attractions eg St Michaels Cave, cable car and tun‐ nels. It is also an opportunity to pur‐ chase Duty Free items and typical En‐ glish items of food, etc from the Morrisons Supermarket. Please be

aware that you might NOT be able to bring certain items back into Spain, so we suggest you check with the au‐ thorities. To keep everyone safe we will only be allowing those from the same household to sit together on the bus, otherwise one person per double seat. Masks will need to be worn at all times on the bus and the current rules for Gibraltar will need to be adhered to whilst on the Rock. We look for‐ ward to seeing you all. Ticket price €16, or with Friends of Lux Mundi Card €14. Proceeds for fundraising.

Departure times Puente don Manuel (Bar Mis Tapitas) 6.45, Algarrobo (Lidl) 7.15, Caleta (Vets) 7.20 and Torre Del Mar (Bus Station) 7.30. Depart Gibral‐ tar15.30 approximately. Passports/ European ID Card required.

New cave painting THE conservation works of the Cueva de Nerja have uncovered a new cave painting.

The artwork consists of lines and spots of red pigment in the shape of a horse or zebra.

The figure has been found in a narrow space in the cataclysm room and is located on a panel that was used as a support for pictorial manifestations during the Paleolithic period.

The painting is 0.80 metres long and 0.90 metres high.

The image was made using a red pigment, possibly hematite (iron oxide, very common in the cave environment), typical of the paintings in the Nerja Cave.

The painting is moderately preserved; however, several traces of pigment have been lost by dripping water. Only the starting points between the body and the legs are preserved.

These findings help to expand the knowledge of the cave in relation to Palaeolithic art and other aspects of the history of the cave.

Water shortage investment THE Junta de Andalucia has started the works to expand and improve the tertiary treatment of four waste‐ water treatment plants in Axarquia. An investment of €1.7 million had been allocated to combat water shortages.

The announcement was made by the delegate of the Andalucian Government in

Malaga, Patricia Navarro, on a visit to a fruit and vegetable marketing company in El Morche, Torrox.

Navarro highlighted the Andalucian Government’s foresight in streamlining and authorising actions to combat water shortages, recalling the drought decree approved in summer.

The works have an

execution period of six months and will mean the creation of 25 green jobs.

With the installation of new equipment, the Board will increase the availability of reclaimed water for irrigation of agricultural holdings in Axarquia, increasing the supply and reserving water resources from the Viñuela reservoir.

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Boy trapped in stolen car THE town of Almargen, Malaga was gripped with fear on November 8, when a car was stolen with a six‐year‐old boy still inside.

A family travelling from the neighbouring town of Cañete La Real stopped off at a shop at around 7.30 pm when the terrifying incident oc‐ curred.

The parents were parked illegally outside the front of the store leaving their six‐year‐old inside the car, but then heard the car start and speed off down the street.

Upon realising that they had an unwanted passenger, the car thief abandoned the poor boy at a petrol station around five minutes away.

Guardia Civil officers were called by the panic‐ stricken parents after they saw their car speed away. However, around 10 minutes later, officers were called by petrol sta‐ tion staff notifying them that a boy was alone on the premises.

He escaped unharmed but was understandably in shock.

Guardia Civil officers are still on the hunt for the stolen car after the driver was able to get away.

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LIFE-SAVING defibrillators. New defibrillators are be‐ ing installed in easy to access areas in Rincon de la Victoria. The four new defibrillators are in addition to those installed in sporting venues and in Local Police and Civil Defence vehicles.

The equipment is part of a network of assistance points that offer easy and immediate access to a de‐ fibrillator. This will allow rapid action to be taken in the event of a cardiac emergency. The mayor of Rin‐ con de la Victoria, Francisco Salado said: “having a de‐ fibrillator makes it possible to act quickly and save lives.”

Four new defibrillators are being installed. They will be located at the tourist office, in the Plaza Antonio Estrada in La Cala del Moral, on La Avenida de la Can‐ delaria in Benagalbón and next to the Manuel Alcán‐ tara Library in Torre de Benagalbón.

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Brave schoolgirl raises £200k

Discounts

ELIZABETH SOFFE is only seven years old but is al‐ ready an inspiration. She has raised more than £200,000 for Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Eliza‐ beth has been receiving treatment at the Birming‐ ham hospital since she was severely burned in a cot fire when she was on‐ ly six months old.

Elizabeth has under‐ gone around 70 skin grafts and operations at the hospital. The fire left her with more than 60 per cent of her body with severe burns. She also lost most of her fingers and her hair in the fire.

The inspiring young girl has spent 26 days run‐ ning a mile every day to complete a marathon.

RYANAIR is set to sell discount tickets in a bid to fill its planes during the winter. The compa‐ ny is the largest airline in Eu‐ rope according to passenger numbers. They aim to recover passenger numbers that dropped during the coron‐ avirus pandemic. Ryanair be‐ lieves that this “will require continuing price stimulation.”

The airline revealed its loss‐ es have improved during the first half of its financial year.

During the six months leading up to the end of September, the airline reported that it had lost €48 million after tax. It ap‐ peared that the airline had made a profit of over €220 mil‐ lion over its second quarter.

The rollout of Covid vaccines saw travel resume and more flights take place.

This is the first time that the company has reported a quar‐ terly profit since 2019. The last profits were seen in the final three months of the year. The coronavirus then hit and the airline struggled.

Chief executive, Michael O’Leary, believes that the air‐ line can expect a strong recov‐ ery as it heads into the sum‐ mer season next year. But he has predicted winter could be tough. Ryanair hopes to carry 225 million passengers a year by 2026.

She set out to raise £130,000 and has smashed this target.

Dad Liam said: “If you told us seven years ago, in the days after the fire, that we’d get to this point, I just couldn’t have imagined it. We didn’t ex‐ pect her to survive, but the team (at the hospital)

put her back together.”

Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity congrat‐ ulated Elizabeth and said: “A huge congratulations ‐ and an even BIGGER thank you ‐ are in order for Elizabeth Soffe, who completed her very own marathon challenge for our charity.”

Farewell Georgie Dann THE popular ‘Song of the Summer’ singer Georgie Dann died on November 3, in Puerta de Hierro Hos‐ pital in Madrid where he was due to have a hip op‐ eration.

Born in France, the musician became well‐known in Spain during the 70s and 80s. He was the king of the summer song producing unforgettable hits such as El Chiringuito, Carnaval and La Barbacoa.

Georges Mayer Dahan (born Paris, January 14, 1940) was raised in a family of musicians. He came to Spain in 1965 to represent his country at the Mediterranean Festival and settled on the peninsu‐ la.

His first great hit was El Cataschok (1969) known for its catchy refrains and spicy lyrics. He was a pro‐ lific composer and lyricist with 303 works to his name.

Beer ok THERE has been a lot of talk recently of shortages in differ‐ ent sectors including spirits.

This is due to transport and supply problems from other parts of Europe including the UK. But Jacobo Olalla, the general director of the Cerve‐ ceros de España, has assured that there will be no shortage of beer. He stressed that even if wines and spirits are in short supply, beer will be fine.

He said: “There may be a temporary problem in a spe‐ cific brand, but the difference is 90 per cent of the beer con‐ sumed in Spain is produced in the country.”

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Remembering the fallen Passport stamp clarity THE British embassy has issued new advice over Spanish stamps in British passports. UK nationals that have their residence recognised in Spain have been left worried recently over stamps placed in their passports at Spanish border control. Accord‐ ing to guidance, UK nationals who demonstrate that they were resident in Spain before January 1, 2021, should not have their passport stamped or be subject to routine questions upon entry, exit and transit through the Schengen border.

However, there have been many reports of this still being the case, which has left the embassy needing to issue advice on the matter to worried Brits. They informed through their Facebook page that they are continuing to report these incidents to the Spanish authorities, so more training can be given to their border agents.

They also had this advice for resident Britons: “If you are resident in Spain, you should always travel with both your valid passport and proof of your res‐ idence status (the green paper EU certificate or the new TIE).”

The British embassy wants to assure people that if they have had their passport incorrectly stamped even though they are resident in Spain, there is no need to worry and that it will not affect their rights in the country.

ON Remembrance Day, people unite across cul‐ tures and backgrounds to remember the sacrifice and service of the Armed Forces from Britain and the Commonwealth.

Remembrance Day (Armistice Day), held on November 11 each year, serves to honour the Armed Forces from Britain and the Commonwealth, paying a special tribute and acknowledging inno‐ cent people who lost their lives in wars and acts of terrorism.

Each year, many people wear a red poppy of re‐ membrance, donate mon‐ ey to the Poppy Appeal for the Royal British Legion, participate in a two‐ minute silence, and come together to honour the lives of the fallen and

those who fought to pro‐ tect our democratic free‐ dom and way of life.

The poppy is worn by many as a show of sup‐ port for the Armed Forces community and serves as a reminder of Flanders’ Field in the First World War, a resilient and bright flower which flourished even in the destruction of war.

A two‐minute silence is held at 11am in the UK and the Commonwealth to co‐ incide with the time in 1918 when the First World War came to an end.

This year marks 100 years since the nation’s collective remembrance traditions were first brought together, and the annual Remembrance Sunday will fall on Novem‐ ber 14.

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PEOPLE UNITE: Many wear a red poppy of remembrance.

Unclaimed pension credits THE Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) estimates that up to one million pensioners in the UK could be entitled to pension credit but are not claiming for it.

Pension credit can help top up income in retirement, even if the person has another source of regular income or receives a pension.

Some older people are under the assumption that because they have their own home or savings tucked away, they won’t qualify for the Pension Credit. However, this means many are missing out on the extra income.

At a parliamentary hearing earlier this year, Secretary of State at the DWP, Dr Therese Coffey, said that even if some‐ one who applies only ends up receiving an extra two pence per week from the government, this could still entitle them to other additional benefits and discounts.

This is because people who receive pension credit may also qualify for other help with things such as housing benefits or council tax. Over 75s also get a free TV licence which is a sav‐ ing of £159 annually.

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A euthanasia first No face for Facebook

ON Wednesday November 3, Javier Serra‐ no became the first person from Madrid to be legally euthanised under Spanish law. He had been waiting four months for the opportunity to pass as the Guarantee and Evaluation Commission that needed to analyse his case was only created two weeks ago.

This commission must look at every case and decide whether to allow the practice to occur under the law that came to pass last June.

Mr Serrano, 58, had been suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) since last year. Over the last few months, he had gone from walking with difficulty be‐ cause he had issues with his legs, to not

walking at all, and then not being able to sleep because of the pain his condition caused him.

He was informed by his neurologist that his case had been evaluated and ap‐ proved by the committee. The doctor asked Mr Serrano when he would like it to happen, and he answered “tomorrow”.

He said: “I did not want and could not take it anymore; the pains are brutal. Ev‐ ery day that goes by they get worse, and I can’t even take them with morphine any‐ more.

“I am convinced that I am going to die for dignity. I’m going, really, happy, hap‐ py. I know that when I lie down in bed and close my eyes ... I’ve had 58 years to live.”

Algeria guarantees gas supply ACCORDING to APS, the official Algerian news agency, published on Sunday, November 7, the gas supply pipeline to Spain is guaranteed to continue. In fact, it stated that the Medgaz pipeline that carries natural gas directly from Algeria to Almeria will increase its capacity. This will apparently enable it to supply 10,700m³ per year by the end of the year.

The entry into service of a fourth turbocharger on the pipeline would make this increase possible said the Algerian government statement. With the clo‐ sure of the Maghreb Europe Gas Pipeline (GME) at the end of October, due to tensions between Morocco and Algeria, it left Medgaz as the only alternative gas supply for Spain.

FACEBOOK, now known as Meta, announced its inten‐ tion to shut down its face recognition system, on November 2. At the same time, it will remove more than one billion people’s faceprints.

As a result, people’s faces will no longer be automatical‐ ly recognised in photos or videos.

This means that the current function where users can sug‐ gest tagging a person in a photo or video will no longer be available. Manual tags will still be possible.

According to Facebook, ap‐ proximately 640 million users opted into their face recogni‐ tion system. Cutting this sys‐ tem will have an impact on that group of people, while blind and visually impaired users will be also affected, as the alt text system will not function.

Jerome Pesenti, vice presi‐ dent of artificial intelligence for Meta, Facebook’s new parent company, commented

in a blog post, “This change will represent one of the largest shifts in facial recogni‐ tion usage in the technology’s history.”

He added, “More than a third of Facebook’s daily ac‐

tive users have opted into our Face Recognition setting, and are able to be recognised, and its removal will result in the deletion of more than a billion people’s individual facial recognition templates.”

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TWO dogs have been called ‘amazing’ after they helped rescue their 71‐year‐old owner who had collapsed and fallen uncon‐ scious in the Lake District in the UK on Saturday October 30.

The pets worked together to rescue their owner, with one dog staying by its owner’s side, whilst the other set off to find help from passers‐by and the Keswick Mountain rescue.

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Navy ship honours gay icon A NEW US Navy ship has been named after slain gay rights lead‐ er Harvey Milk. The vessel was launched from San Diego Bay on Sunday November 7. Milk served in the Navy for four years before being forced out due to his sexu‐ ality. The traditional bottle of Champagne was smashed on the bow by Navy officer Paula M Neira, who is the clinical pro‐ gramme director for the John Hopkins Centre for Transgender Health.

The ceremony was watched by Milk’s nephew, Stuart Milk, and Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro.

“The secretary of the Navy need‐ ed to be here today, not just to amend the wrongs of the past, but to give inspiration to all of our LGBTQ community leaders who served in the Navy, in uniform to‐ day and in the civilian workforce as well too, and to tell them that we’re committed to them in the future,” Del Toro said.

He added that like many oth‐ ers, Milk had to “mask that very important part of his life” while he served in the Navy.

Captive dolphin shows shunned THE hugely successful travel company Expedia has turned its back on holidays that include performances by captive dolphins and whales. The move follows campaigning by various animal welfare groups and celebrities such as the UK prime minister’s wife, Carrie Johnson.

The people calling for the banning of shows that involve captive sea creatures hope to be one step closer to their goal now that one of travel’s biggest companies has dis‐ owned the attractions.

The company announced the move on Twitter, stating: “We recently adjusted our animal welfare policy. As a result, attractions and activities that involve performances by or in‐ teractions with dolphins and other cetaceans will no longer be available on our sites.”

They added more details on their website: “Seaside sanc‐ tuaries that provide captive animals with a permanent sea‐ side living environment are allowed if they are accredited and do not feature interactions or performances.”

Virgin Holidays stopped selling tickets to these kinds of at‐ tractions in 2019, and now campaigners are looking for oth‐ er companies to follow suit.

DOLPHINS: Shows involving performances will be banned.

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Marathon wheelchair record broken A WORLD record was broken at the Barcelona Marathon this year when ama‐ teur runner, Eric Domingo Roldán, crossed the finish line with his mother Sil‐ via in her wheelchair. Eric pushed his mum around the entire marathon route in an official time of 02:53:28.

Sylvia has spent the last 17 years living with Multiple Sclerosis. She is a fighter who also survived coronavirus. The pair have used their sporting achievements to raise awareness of Multiple Sclerosis.

Eric started running marathons in 2016 with the aim of raising awareness of the disease. He nearly managed to break the record for pushing a wheelchair last year.

Eric commented: “Last year (2020) we tried to break the Guinness marathon

COVID jabs are set to be‐ come compulsory for NHS staff in England from April, according to re‐ ports.

The NHS has 1.45 million staff in England. It is ex‐ pected that from April it will be compulsory for them to be vaccinated against the coronavirus pandemic. The news was announced on November 9.

Eric broke a world record.

record pushing a wheelchair in the Sevilla marathon (02:58:40) and we did (03:00:30). But I made myself a promise: that this record would be named after my mother and multiple sclerosis.”

Compulsory NHS jabs The decision will be con‐ troversial, and it is feared that some people may choose to leave the NHS rather than get vaccinated.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has been warned that introducing compul‐ sory jabs would lead to staff leaving during the winter. This is the hardest

time of the year for the NHS with winter pressures.

The chief executive of NHS providers Chris Hop‐ son commented that most hospital bosses believe that compulsory jabs are a good idea. However, over 90 per cent are worried that it could cause more understaffing issues.

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Scabies on the increase ACCORDING to a study conducted in Madrid by researchers at the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII), scabies could be on the increase in Spain. The results were published in the medi‐ cal journal PLOS ONE. An increase in hospital admissions for sca‐ bies since 2014 had been noticed, and that the main sources of transmission were health and social settings.

The researchers pointed to ‘cuts in social and health services, in addition to the worsening of living conditions as a result of the 2008 eco‐ nomic crisis, among other reasons.’ Caused by the Sarcoptes scabiei mite, scabies is a very contagious disease and constitutes a frequent dermatosis.

Fortunately, it is easily treated, so it is not as‐ sociated with serious complications. The Healthy Skin Foundation indicates that the ini‐ tial and most common symptoms of scabies

Scabies is fortunately easy to be treated.

are itching, which is impossible to control, and that worsens at night.

Initially, the unbearable itching appears in small red rashes, as if they were pimples or small bites. As the disease progresses, scabs or scaling may appear. These usually appear in the folds and crevices of the body, such as the elbows, between the fingers, the buttocks, wrists, around the nipples in women, and on the penis in men.

Unlawful landlord fined in Barcelona THE first fine for charging tenants a rent price above the limit set out by Catalan law has been handed out in Barcelona. Esteve and two other colleagues rented an apart‐ ment in Barcelona last December, paying €1,200 per month.

That was until they discovered, with the help of the Sindicat de Llogateres (Tenant Union), that the price was €250 higher than the Catalan income containment law al‐

lows. Now, Barcelona City Council has im‐ posed a fine on the landlord for exceeding the price set by regulation. Catalan law that regulates the rental price came into force in September 2020 and is applied in the areas of the housing market.

It has two mechanisms of income con‐ tainment, the reference index and ‐ if the housing has been rented in the last five years ‐ the price of the previous contract.

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Worker sacked for hijab ‘banter’ A TEAM leader at a Mor‐ risons store in east Lon‐ don was sacked after she pulled down a colleague’s hijab more than once and told her “she looked pret‐ ty without it on.” Natalie McGonigle yanked on the hijab without permission on two separate occasions while working at the store.

McGonigle said she meant ‘no malice or of‐ fence’ and claimed she thought that she was en‐ gaged in ‘banter’ with her colleague, and they were ‘having a laugh’. McGo‐ nigle’s managers at the store suggested she didn’t understand the severity of what she had done.

The team leader denied that she had taken the hi‐ jab down on the second occasion, but other mem‐ bers of staff had witnessed both the events in January.

The victim, known only as S, lodged her complaint in February of this year, stat‐ ing that she felt McGo‐ nigle’s actions were “disre‐

DISRESPECTED: The employee had broken company policy.

spectful towards her reli‐ gion.” McGonigle was then suspended from work for six days as an investigation was launched at their store in Chelmsford, Essex.

Once the employment tribunal was concluded it was found that she had broken company policy

with respect towards other employees. Her claim of unfair dismissal was reject‐ ed, as were further claims of breach of contract/un‐ lawful deduction from wages relating to a ‘Covid Bonus’ she thought she was owed after being sacked.

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JOHN LEWIS has released its Christmas 2021 advert much earlier than expected on Thursday, November 4.

The advert has been named ‘Unexpected Guest’ telling the story of a young alien during their first Christmas.

Lola Young, a 20‐year‐old singer and songwriter from London has provided the soundtrack to this year’s ad‐ vert. The song is a cover of Together In Electric Dreams which was first released in 1984.

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L I O N E L B L A I R , the leg‐ endary showbiz personality, died on November 4, aged 92. The news was con‐ firmed by his management company, who reported he passed surrounded by fami‐ ly. “He got to a very ripe old age, he was loved by his family, and I think he died

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Lionel Blair dies aged 92 in their company, which is lovely,” commented his agent.

A performer, dancer, choreographer, actor, and presenter, who really was a

national treasure, Lionel was a regular on British television screens through‐ out the 1970s and 80s. He fronted memorable TV quizzes, and was the second

presenter of the British ver‐ sion of Name That Tune in the 1980s. He was also one of the team captains on Give Us a Clue from 1979 until the early 1990s.

NATIONAL TREASURE: A regular on TV.

Homeowner’s shock Boy’s crypto confiscated A SHOCKED man discovered his house had been stolen and sold for £131,000.

A neighbour rang Mike Hall to warn him that somebody was in his house in Luton.

When he returned home, he discovered that his property had been sold without his knowledge.

Mike made the discovery in late August. A builder was al‐ ready inside working on the house and the locks had been changed when he arrived home. It is not clear how long Mike had been away from the house.

All of Mike’s possessions had been stripped out of the house including carpets and curtains. Mike called the po‐

lice. The new owner’s father made an appearance at the house when the builder fetched him. He greeted Mike telling him that he was tres‐ passing and that he needed to leave.

Mike said: “I went to the front door, tried my key in the front door, it didn’t work, and a man opened the front door for me. I pushed him [the builder] to one side and got in the property. I really didn’t know what he was doing there.”

An investigation discovered the house had been sold using a fake bank account and a du‐ plicate driving licence. Even the Land Registry showed the ownership of the house had changed. Last year around £3.5 million was paid out in compensation by the Land Registry for property fraud.

A SOPHISTICATED cyber fraud helped a Lincolnshire 17‐ year‐old boy gather £2 million of cryptocurrency in less than a year, a court has heard. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, set up a fake website that looked just like the official site of Love2Shop and tricked people into enter‐ ing their details believing it was a legitimate voucher site.

The teenager used the funds to invest in Bitcoins and oth‐ er cryptocurrencies, which then ballooned in value. “At the time they were worth £200,000. They are now worth a little over £2million,” said Sam Skinner, prosecuting. The investi‐ gation found 12,000 credit card numbers stored on the boy’s computer and details of 197 PayPal accounts. The teenager has admitted charges of money laundering and fraud.

BITCOINS: The boy set up a fake website.

STATS

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A sneeze travels at about 100 miles per hour.

Can’t chop chops SKILLED worker shortages in the meat industry mean that British carcass‐ es are being sent to the EU for butchering before being reimported for do‐ mestic sale. Beef produc‐ ers are choosing Ireland for processing and pack‐ ing, while pork packers are looking towards the Netherlands, as first re‐ ported by The Financial Times.

This lean towards the Netherlands has come even though the UK gov‐ ernment had announced a post‐Brexit immigration policy U‐turn last month that would temporarily extend the seasonal work‐ er visa scheme to include pork butchers.

The policy U‐turn was to try and prevent a cull of healthy pigs in farms across the country, due to

a lack of capacity at abat‐ toirs and processing plants.

However, the culling has still begun, with 10,000 of the animals al‐ ready killed according to the National Pig Associa‐ tion.

Farmers are still waiting to see the workers now allowed in on the new six‐ month visas. They don’t expect them until the end

of November at the earli‐ est. There is space for 800 pork butchers to come in‐ to the UK, but uptake has been slower than thought.

Another issue facing the pork producers is that any meat that has been ex‐ ported to the EU to be processed cannot be la‐ belled as British pork when it is reimported for sale.

and finally...

A YOUNG Danish local election candidate has upset China by putting posters up outside their Embassy demanding that they should give up occupation of Tibet.

Many countries would simply ignore the young man’s efforts, but as far as the Chinese are concerned, the action by Thomas Rohden was like a red rag to a bull, with the Embassy issuing a statement deploring his actions, followed by a member of Em‐ bassy staff tearing down the 10 posters.

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EIGHT camels and a llama were found walking around the streets of Madrid after escaping from a circus on Friday November 5.

Quiros Circus, the owner of the animals, has claimed animal rights activists released the creatures to sabotage the circus. The animals were spotted at around 5am wandering near where the circus is based in the southern district of Carabanchel.

According to the police, officers secured the animals and re‐ turned them to the circus ‘safe and sound.’ Circus manager Mati Munoz claimed the electric fence around the animals’ enclosure had been cut. He blames activists who protest the circus every year. He said he was relieved the llama and Bactrian camels had been found. “Nothing happened, thank God,” he said.

Is it herd immunity?

AS one of the countries hit earliest and hardest by the Covid‐19 pandemic, Spain struck back in big fashion with a hard lockdown as the virus swept through the country.

Since that first lockdown, however, Spain has fared bet‐ ter than a lot of its European neighbours.

Also, following the director of Spain’s Centre for the Coor‐ dination of Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES) an‐ nouncement last week that

the health system only detect‐ ed ‘one in 10 cases’ during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, there may be many more people with origi‐ nal immunity than previously thought. The hospitality sec‐ tor has managed to stay open in most regions, albeit with re‐ duced operating hours, even with a surge in cases during the winter of 2020‐21. This may be a contributing factor to the country being close to herd immunity.

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The world’s best baker

ON October 26, the World Baker 2021 competition was held in Mu‐ nich, Germany. This is staged by the International Union of Bakery and Pastry (UIB), to find the best baker in the world. This year’s first prize went to Domi Velez, a 43‐year‐old from the Sevillian city of Lebrija.

Domi is the owner of the El Horno de Velez bakery, and carries a passion for this food in his veins. He comes

from a family with a long tradition of baking, and now he has made his home city in province of Sevilla fa‐ mous in the world of bread.

One week before Domi won in Mu‐ nich, a young baker from Catalonia, Enric Badia, was in Nantes competing in the Mondial du Pain. At only 25 years of age, Enric achieved second place in this Bread World Cup. He is the the last generation of Forn Elias.

BEST BAKER: Domi Velez has a passion for making bread.

Houses for La Palma homeless THE first of at least 200 modular wooden houses were bought by the Ca‐ nary Islands government last week to help with the housing emergency caused by the La Palma volcanic eruption.

The minister of Public Works, Transport and Housing, Sebastian Franquis, announced on Thursday November 4 the acquisition had be‐ gun. The first 30 wood‐ en houses are already available for installa‐ tion. El Paso City Council

have proposed a plot and are now awaiting the results of a report to ensure the land is com‐ pliant with building reg‐ ulations.

The municipality must also complete the cor‐ rect paperwork to cede the land over to the Ministry and formalise the process, the council‐ lor said at the parlia‐ mentary committee.

The acquisition of the first lot of wooden houses has been carried out through the Canari‐

an Housing Institute (ICAVI). They examined many proposals in the tender process and have

reached an agreement with a company that specialises in this type of housing.

and finally...

SALT BAE, the internet sensation turned chef extraor‐ dinaire left London on Sunday, November 7. He is off to Saudi Arabia to open restaurant number 28 in his chain of lavish restaurants. Many of you might recognise Salt Bae as being an internet sensation. He released videos of himself on social media of him seasoning his food in a very artistic way. Yes! You’ve got it, he’s the Turkish chef who artistically threw salt on his food.

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Copenhagen economy

Pandora’s box

YET another negative effect of the pandemic has been the way in which Copenhagen’s important tourism industry has suffered which means that the capital’s economy shrunk by 4.4 per cent in 2020 compared to a nationwide average of 2.1 per cent, according to Danmarks Statistik.

WHEN you open the financial box of Danish jewellery company Pandora, if you are a shareholder, you aren’t in for a fright, as it now expects growth of between 18 and 20 per cent this year thanks to increase in business in Europe and the USA.

THE NETHERLANDS Wendy’s wins

Rentals restricted

IN 1988, Raymond Warrens named his snack bar in Goes after his daughter Wendy and then in 1995, he registered Wendy’s across Benelux. Since 2000 American fast-food chain of the same name has been to court trying to have his rights removed and repeatedly lost.

AMSTERDAM City Council will introduce a new regulation next January which will prohibit any investor from purchasing a property worth less than €512,000 unless they undertake to live in it for a minimum of four years. This is to stop investors from renting properties out.

BELGIUM Poor showing

Petition

WHILST many women are praised for their excellent diplomacy this doesn’t translate into them being appointed as Ambassadors but according to Shecurity which reviewed the performance of 100 countries Belgium came last with just 11 per cent even though its Foreign Minister is female.

AN open letter campaigning against the requirement for children at primary schools in Belgium aged from 10 to 12 to wear face masks has so far collected nearly 20,000 signatures from parents worried about the effect this has on mental stability at this early age.

GERMANY Third Way

Space station

THERE has been a significant increase in the number of undocumented migrants making their way across the border with Poland and now certain small, reportedly right-wing groups such as the Third Way are taking it upon themselves to police the border themselves without permission.

THERE has never been a German woman travel into space and this sexual disparity continues when Matthias Maurer becomes the 11th German male to make the journey to the International Space station some time in November depending upon the weather in Florida.

FRANCE Hunger strike

France torpedoed

PERHAPS in response to a hunger strike by an elderly French priest in Calais against the treatment of migrants, the French Government has confirmed that that it will find shelter for anyone wandering the streets if future camps are pulled down by the authorities.

THE disagreement between France and Australia over the cancellation of the multibillion-euro submarine deal lingers on, with the Australian Government reportedly leaking a message from President Macron to Prime Minister Morrison which suggests that Macron expected the deal to be cancelled.

NORWAY No pair

Fewer commuters

LABOUR Minister Hadia Tajik has indicated that she wants to scrap the role of ‘au pairs’ as she believes that it exploits young people from abroad who work in Norwegian homes, although many have found it a good way of seeing different cultures and learning new languages.

FOR years, Norwegian cities invested large amounts of money to promote their public transport systems in an effort to get people out of their cars but following the lockdown and pandemic, with more people working from home they have found that their income has dropped significantly.

FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Bank rate AGAINST all odds and an ongoing rise in inflation, the Bank of England decided on Thursday November 4 (to the surprise of many financial commentators) not to raise interest rates but to leave them at their all‐time low of 0.1 per cent for the time being.

Jellyfish alert NUCLEAR power stations are invariably situated by rivers or more often on coasts because they need the cooling power of water, but what has come as a surprise and caused some shutdowns across Europe has been the arrival of large numbers of jellyfish blocking intake pipes.

Spanish budget GOOD news for the Spanish Government as its proposed 2022 budget sailed through its first vote in Congress on November 4, with all seven amendments proposed by opposition parties voted down so at this stage there will be no need for a budget rethink.

Catch 22 IN order to be able to move to a net zero energy position by 2050, the head of Shell has told the BBC that the only way this can be achieved is by continuing to exploit new oil and gas reserves to afford the change.

Fighting hackers CYBERSECURITY is the watchword for Spanish industry in 2020 as companies look to invest more in trying to block cyber attacks and hacking according to a report by consulting firm PwC. During 2021, it seemed that there were reports almost every day of companies and government offices being hacked with the resultant loss of information or theft of people’s account details. As hackers become more sophisticated (and some allegedly receive State support) it will become increasingly more important that valuable client information as well as internal company secrets are protected but that will come at a cost.

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STAT OF €9.335 billion WEEK

in profits declared by Spanish telecoms company Telefónica for the first three quarters of 2021 thanks to a number of subsidiary disposals.

Freephone numbers are a must THE Spanish consumer group says 13 banks don’t comply with the law as they, like many other organisations that offer services to the public, should provide a freephone number.

A review by FACUA Consumidores en Acción has led to a number of complaints being presented to the General Directorate of Consumption as well as consumer protection au‐ thorities throughout the au‐ tonomous regions.

Of the 29 banks reviewed, 16 of them (including the majority of the largest banks) do comply with the law that was introduced last Decem‐

ber and offer a genuine freephone enquiry service.

Of the 13 banks that do not com‐ ply with the regulations, three, Bankoa, Evo Banco and ING do not provide any form of toll‐free tele‐ phone service to consumers.

Five, Banco Sabadell, Bankinter, Wizink Bank, Banco Cetelem and Ca‐ jama do offer some form of freep‐ hone service, but these only apply for certain specific enquiries and therefore, according to the com‐ plaint, breach the law.

Finally, the remaining five, And‐ bank, Banco Caminos, Finantia, Ban‐

LEGALLY SPEAKING

ca March and Ibercaja do offer a free service, but their websites also give other numbers which do have to be paid for when used and therefore they have been denounced due to the potential confusion that could be caused.

In addition, FACUA explains that it is not just banks that have to offer this service but those who supply water, gas, electricity, financial and insurance, postal, air, rail and road transport, health protection, sanita‐ tion and waste as well as any other determined by the law must create a free customer service telephone line.

Funeral plans for expats

Does 90-days ‘roll’?

I have a house on the Costa del Sol. If I spend 90 days in my house in Spain and then go to Morocco for a few weeks, does this mean that, be‐ cause I was outside the European Union, I can start a new period of 90 days upon my return? Would this be what they call a ‘rolling’ period of 90 days in 180 days?

Pick the right funeral for you.

J S (Costa del Sol) No, you DAVID SEARL may not. There YOU AND THE LAW is no ‘rolling’. I IN SPAIN confess that I am still trying to find the best way to explain this clearly. Perhaps it is better to start with the period of 180 days.

Draw a line which starts the day you enter Spain.

This line does not change. Along this line you can mark off segments that total 90 days. It could be 50 days at the start and 40 days at the end of your 180‐day line. However you choose to distribute them.

During these 180 days, you must be outside the European Union or in your home country in the periods not counting for your 90 days of stay in Spain.

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

THE self‐styled world’s leading luxu‐ ry department store has reported a significant loss as Harrods in Knightsbridge, London issued its profit and loss account ending Jan‐ uary 30, 2021.

In the previous financial year, it made £191.4 million before tax but 2020 saw this plummet to a £57.3 million loss in 2020 due to the pan‐ demic and Brexit.

WHEN moving abroad for the sun, sea and cul‐ ture, many people do not think ahead to what living in a foreign country might mean for their loved ones when it comes to having to organise a funeral.

But when trying to handle funeral arrangements in a dif‐ ferent country and in another language, planning a service can be difficult, with numerous considerations to factor in, including logistics, food and drink, casket purchase and burial grounds.

Pre‐planning your funeral with a pre‐paid plan can make the process easier for your family, however when the time comes and Golden Leaves Funeral Plans aims to support grieving families through organising a funeral.

Pre‐planning and pre‐paying at today’s prices also en‐ sures that your preferences are closely followed no matter how prices rise in the future, meaning that your family do not have to pay anything when the time comes.

Their expert team can also help you pick the right funeral plan for you and plan your funeral so that your wishes are carried out in full when the time comes.

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Harrods posts large loss This means that owners Qatar Holding, the investment arm of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund which purchased the 172‐year‐old store in 2010 for an undisclosed sum, thought to be in the region of £1.5 billion, will not be receiv‐ ing a dividend payment for an ex‐

pected two years.

The lack of rich overseas visi‐ tors and the fact that the store had to close its doors for much of 2020 saw turnover drop by around 50 per cent and added to that has been an overall increase in many of its overheads, caused

Global hub FOLLOWING a mass exodus by many large companies from Barcelona, there has been something of a turnaround as the civil unrest which hurt the area has died down significantly.

Now after considering both Berlin and London, US multi‐ national PepsiCo has chosen Barcelona for its first global digital hub, from where the company’s main digitisation programmes will be created and developed.

This new centre of excel‐ lence will hire nearly 400 peo‐ ple by 2024 and will stimulate a change in internal culture, which will help drive long‐ term innovation and the clos‐ ing of the gender gap.

It has chosen Barcelona, thanks to its system of start‐ ups, technology centres, ICT companies and universities, as well as its capacity to cre‐ ate and retain digital talent.

Takeover overturned AS anticipated in September when it gave its provisional opinion, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ruled against the JD Sports takeover of Footasylum.

The CMA report says that it could lead to a substantial re‐ duction in competition and a worse deal for Footasylum’s customers. Over the course of its inquiry, the CMA found that JD Sports is by far and away the closest alternative for shoppers at Footasylum.

Understandably, JD Sports doesn’t agree with the deci‐ sion that it must now walk away from Footasylum and in a statement said “the decision to prohibit the acquisition de‐ fies logic, given that Footasy‐ lum has a market share of less than 5 per cent.” in part by Brexit.

To add to its woes as it attempts to recover lost ground, it has been advised by trade union United Voic‐ es of the World (UVW) which repre‐ sents waiters and chefs at Harrods that it plans to call a strike during the busy Christmas week to de‐ mand higher pay, as many of its members are undertaking addition‐ al work due to staff cuts.

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RECENT UPSURGE: Tourists helped the employment figures.

LATEST figures from INE show Spanish employment figures continue to rise to 20,031,000 in the third quar‐ ter, the first time it has bro‐ ken 20 million since 2008.

In its review of employ‐ ment, the National Statistics Institute (INE) recorded the fact that employment in the quarter had increased by 359,300 meaning that 50.52 per cent of the population aged 16 and up is now em‐ ployed.

By sex, employment in‐ creased this quarter by 185,400 women and 173,900 men and by nation‐ ality, some 309,400 newly employed were Spaniards and the balance foreign na‐ tionals.

Overall, there was an up‐ surge of employment in the leisure sector due to the fact that more tourists were able to visit Spain thanks to im‐ provements in health condi‐ tions both here and abroad

which meant that the hospi‐ tality industry and hotels were open and needing more employees.

Although there is a long way to go, youth employ‐ ment saw a definite spike with some 132,400 people aged between 20 and 24 finding work and generally there has been an increase in the number of full‐time employment opportunities and a drop in part‐time work.

As the hospitality industry has seen the summer season extended in a number of re‐ gions, it is likely that those taken on in the third quarter will be retained to cope with Christmas and the New Year.

As a natural correlation of the number of newly em‐ ployed, unemployment fig‐ ures have also dropped by 127,100 and the total num‐ ber of unemployed persons stood at 3,416,700 according to the INE release which is

Pension delays MANY elderly people in Britain are still furious that the qualifying age to receive the State pension is now 66 for men and women.

To rub salt into the wound however it appears that many newly qualified pensioners have not been paid what is due or have been paid late.

The problem was apparently caused by staff shortages due to the pandemic and although the Pensions minister Guy Opperman promised that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) would catch up by the end of October, the BBC reports that there are still more than 5,000 unpaid.

still higher in percentage terms of population than many of the EU Member States.

BUSINESS EXTRA House prices ALWAYS a good benchmark for property prices in the UK, the Nationwide Building Society, a major mortgage lender, has announced that a typical UK home now costs more than £250,000 for the first time after prices rose by 9.9 per cent in the last year.

Car sales THE number of sales of second-hand cars has shot up in Spain since many fear that there will be a shortage of new cars on the market due to the ‘chip crisis’ with prices rising and some dealers reportedly holding events to mass purchase vehicles.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT WHAT a self‐righteous piece of work that Greta Thunberg appears to be. Some of the rhetoric spouted by this young Swede does appear to contain more than a tinge of hypocrisy.

“Your generation and generations before you have robbed me of my childhood,” she screams for her adoring pubescent fans ‐ a bunch of school‐ dodging children, who are no doubt toting mobile phones in backpacks full of canned colas, plastic bottles, and wallets with enough parental money to purchase their fast food and deep‐fried Mars bars just as soon as the protest is over. ‘’How dare you,” she rants on. “My planet is dying, and you are letting it happen.” The promoting of this over‐the‐ top, heavily scripted diatribe, in the close vicinity of a venue where world leaders are discussing how they can combat this very problem is not a random occurrence. Not being in the category of world leaders, she wasn’t invited. Almost certainly smarting under her exclusion, this egotistical activist simply had to make sure she hadn’t been forgotten.

After all, both her and her adult

Real truth controllers wouldn’t want the source of their lucrative enterprise to be determined without at least some input from their star investment. They probably don’t want it resolved at all. ‘Killing the golden goose’ comes to mind! So, what about her adoring young ‘fans’?

One statement that emerged made me chuckle. Apparently one of their teachers agreed that the children had a right to protest, but instead of missing lessons, would it not be better to do it at the weekend? Ha! Frankly a teacher with this level of naivety shouldn’t even be in the juvenile ballpark.

And just how clued up are these young demonstrators? One nine or 10‐year‐old I saw interviewed on camera, was excitedly jumping up and down shouting for politicians to ‘save the planet’ and demanding ‘action’ and ‘equality.’ Er ‐ equality? Sorry love, I think that’s the other lot, gluing themselves to the tarmac down the road. If all wasn’t so annoying it would be funny.

Truth of the matter is the spoiled youngsters of today are the worst polluters the planet has ever seen. With

their mobile phones, computer games, air conditioning, limitless use of plastic, one‐ off designer outfits and inability to walk just about anywhere, they are feeding the insatiable CO2 spewing industries of the earth like never before.

By comparison our generations were greener than the abundant grass we trod on! Just about everything we used was recycled; from milk bottles to shopping bags and horse manure.

Nope, I’m afraid it’s time this generation all went back to being children. Enjoy the gloriously innocent and irresponsible period in a lifecycle which will never pass your way again. I know adults are not the most illustrious example to follow, but their troubles will become yours soon enough.

Keep the faith.

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Early Christmas for Visit-Andalucia.com IN late October, Nick Nutter and Julie Evans were thrilled to receive notice that their website, Visit‐Andalu‐ cia.com had won the Corpo‐ rate Livewire Prestige award for Best Travel Platform of the Year ‐ Spain 2021/22.

Rocky Singh at Livewire said, “The judges were im‐ pressed with the team’s personal touch, consistency of content and community feel.”

Over the last 16 years Cor‐ porate Livewire awards have run on a national or in‐ ternational basis.

For 2021 they have intro‐ duced regional awards to recognise smaller, indepen‐ dent businesses that are ex‐ tremely successful on a local level.

Visit‐Andalucia.com is a regional information site. It explores some of the quirki‐ est places in Andalucia, from an iron mountain in the remotest parts of Sevil‐

la, to a massive geode deep within a mountain in Alme‐ ria Province.

The website actively en‐ courages people to visit and experience the real Andalu‐ cia and is a platform from which local businesses can promote their goods and services to the thousands of people that visit the website every day.

As Julie said, “It is a life‐ time’s work that we really enjoy, who could ask for more?”

Nick said, “Notice of the award will be widely publi‐ cised in a number of maga‐ zines in the UK and Spain and, according to Prestige Awards, will be seen by over half a million people. This will give a huge boost to the website and attract even more visitors to Andalucia.”

The award will be former‐ ly presented to Nick and Julie at a ceremony in Barcelona in the New Year.

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The climate blame game CLAIRE GORDON FINDING BALANCE IN AN UNEVEN WORLD THE past few weeks have seen the COP26 summit rumble on in Glasgow with world leaders making various headline-grabbing pledges to reduce global warming and tackle the ongoing climate crisis.

However, they soon released caveats, reassuring people they will only do these things if it doesn’t affect their economies. Protesters such as Greta Thunberg have called the gathering a PR event and a failure and in a lot of ways, they are correct.

Progress has been made, but when the bite of capitalism comes around, promises are broken, and things don’t move as quickly as they should. To the individual person, the stakes can look so high and the consequences so dire that it quickly becomes overwhelming.

Campaign after campaign pushes us to recycle, to take public transport, to use bamboo cutlery etc. There is an

urge to do as much as we personally can and turn on others in our social circle who don’t follow the same rules as things don’t seem to improve. That is, however, exactly the aim of the upper echelons who want to turn big corporations’ accountability into personal responsibility and guilt.

One of the big polluter’s best ideas was to blame the climate crisis on the consumer. To turn all eyes onto the user of plastic bags instead of the companies that make that the cheapest option for everyone further down the supply chain. To encourage people to bring their own reusable cutlery and straws to a fast-food restaurant with a turnover of billions and a carbon footprint larger than some countries. These distraction techniques are used time and time again to turn people against each other so that the people doing most of the harm can carry on unfettered. When someone sticks their head over the parapet of infighting to try and shift focus back to the worse offenders of climate change or tax evasion etc, they are vilified at best, or disappear or die in mysterious circumstances at worst.

When pushed by people asking the right questions, big polluters clap back with the claim that they are not responsible for our decisions to use their products, but when the world is structured towards capitalism and our political parties are beholden to the donations and investments big oil and gas bring, this simply isn’t true.

In the same way it is not an honest correlation to compare the action a middle-class person can take to reduce their carbon footprint to someone who is on the bread line, it is a false assertion to say everyone has a choice in how they can live in the world that has been created for them.

To push past this is to understand that while we should still all do as much as we can and help others to do the same without berating them for what they aren’t able to achieve, the main focus should always be on the worst offenders and their true enablers: big oil and gas, and governments.

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Travel

The National Parks of Andalucia

CABO DE GATA: With its wonderful coastal formations.

THE biggest decision a visitor must make is where to begin?

Andalucia is the southern‐ most region of Spain with an area of over 87,000 kilome‐ tres, larger than the entire country of Austria. Over one fifth of Andalucia is protected by a bewildering array of al‐ most 100 national parks, nat‐ ural parks, nature sites and nature reserves.

Over half of the region is mountainous with 46 peaks over 1,000 metres, including the highest mountain on the Spanish mainland, Mulhacen.

Its coastline extends 1,100 kilometres from the Atlantic Ocean in Huelva Pprovince, through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea and on to the easternmost

province, Almeria, where you will find Europe’s only semi‐ arid zone, the Desierto de Tabernas Paraje Natural and the long extinct volcanic mas‐ sif, the Cabo de Gata‐Níjar Parque Natural with its strange and wonderful coastal formations.

So, where will you begin?

The Del Estrecho Parque Nat‐ ural on the Strait of Gibraltar?

The Sierra de Andujar in Jaen?

The Sierra Nevada? The Sierra de Cazorla? Cabo de Gato? Or perhaps the Montes de Mála‐ ga?

Whatever you choose, An‐ dalucia never disappoints.

Find out more at https://visit‐ andalucia.com/national_park s_in_andalucia.php Author: Nick Nutter

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MORE ABOUT MOTIVATION TONI C. EASTWOOD OBE, MBA

#TheWomanBeyond LAST week I talked about motivation and I introduced you to the fab little formula that can really help to get us fired up.

In case you need a reminder: Motivation = Value x Expectancy Impulsivity x Delay Here’s a quick recap: Our motivation will always (and only ALWAYS) be driven by how excited or driven we feel about getting or achieving something (Value) and how confident we are that we can have or achieve it (Expectancy). To the ex‐ tent we REALLY, REALLY, REALLY want something and REALLY, REALLY, REALLY know we can get it, we’re so much more likely to show up and put the hard work in.

Then, of course, we need to make sure we don’t evaporate that motivation by getting distracted by all the shiny click

bate and push notifications constantly flip‐ ping up on our screens and hooking us in‐ to social media and diverting our atten‐ tion!!! (Impulsivity). Plus ensuring that we set and keep micro goals in front of us so it’s easier and we’re always making progress (Delay).

All of this, as I said is super powerful. I often run the numbers, to give me a stronger view of where I am at, give your‐ self a score out of 10 on each of the vari‐ ables and it’s going to give you a very clear indication. Go on, I am serious, look at the data to see where you can make some tiny tweaks to optimise.

HOWEVER… all that being true, here’s what I think that equation should *more realistically* be: Motivation = ENERGY x (Value x Expectancy Impulsivity x Delay) I’ll be honest and tell you my reason behind that thinking. I have had a tough few weeks, I’m sure I’m not alone in that ‐ the world seems a funny place at the moment, everything seems a lot harder to get done and the

truth is, I have really been struggling with my energy. I realised that this is key, if your energy sucks, the whole equation falls apart.

When you’re tired, you just don’t *see* the world the same way. Literal‐ ly. How’s your energy right now?

Not so fun fact. Did you know sleep deprived people have bad memories for good stuff, but good memories for bad stuff? BLIMEY!!! It’s true. I’ll save that for another column.

So, our number One priority is to fo‐ cus on how we optimise our energy. If you have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning, you’re going to have a hard time reaching your poten‐ tial.

So… What’s the number One thing you are going to START doing to Eat/Move/Sleep/Breathe/Focus better and the number One thing you are go‐ ing to STOP doing to build your energy (and as a result improve Motivation) today?

Let’s Plus+1 your energy today!!

Keep me posted.

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

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DAVID WORBOYS IN Spain, half the men seem to be called Antonio and half the families Sanchez. Although there are more inventive names such as Bocane‐ gra and Elano (the anus), there seems to be a greater variety of names in the English‐speaking world. Students of my columns will be familiar with my fascination with names such as Catchpole, Crapper and Culpepper.

Some surnames are words which raise questions about their origin.

The occupations, characteristics or activities of ancestors may explain names like Miller, Armstrong and Ramsbottom respectively. Was a forebearer of Professor Rebekah (Rebecca?) Pinchback a victim of groping? And did Peter Townsend’s forebearers live in the suburbs of Huddersfield?

Other names, such as Bellweath‐ er, Birdwhistle and Standpipe derive from words that appear to have no bearing on people’s past. Some names make no sense to me at all.

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FUN AND NAMES

Skateboarding medallist Sky Brown - or should that be Sky Blue?

Are such names as Blenkinsop, Pig‐ saw and Shillabeer not rather odd?

Gillicuddy? Puddephatt?

We may be able to imagine an event involving the ancestors of

some of today’s folk bearing these names. An accident at an ancient naked barbecue may explain Frank Cockburn’s name and would ex‐ plain why he pronounces it Coburn

(to rhyme with Holborn). But, as in the sad case of Sidebottom (com‐ monly pronounced Siddy‐botoom, with emphasis on the ‘toom’), it fools nobody.

When I came across the name of Culpepper (Martin), I thought this was a real beauty. But that was be‐ fore I heard from a friend who knows somebody in Australia called Crawdaddy (Alfons).

Britain’s youngest ever Olympic medal winner is the 13‐year‐old skateboarder, Sky Brown. Her 10‐ year‐old brother is also proficient at this sport; his name is Ocean Brown.

Are their parents colour‐blind or should they simply change their sur‐ name to a more logical colour? How about Blue?

It was recently revealed that in Britain more boys are given the name Lucifer than Nigel. While the Brexit debacle may have played a part in the latter’s demise, why turn to the devil as an alternative? And Jenny Heap is not an attractive

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name for the television producer, although perhaps preferable to Jen‐ ny Dump. Meanwhile, the well‐en‐ dowed Biggerstaff wants everyone to know his potential.

And dogs’ names. A bookseller in Portsmouth has three dogs and would never name them after hu‐ mans. He considers such names for a dog as Sally, Jennifer, Simon or Jeremy as ridiculous, and so his Labrador is called Big Dog while the terriers are Black Dog and Silly Dog. A picturesque town in Cumbria was recently ravaged by floods. Its name is Cockermouth. It may or may not lie at the estuary of the riv‐ er Cocker, but why not call it Cockerbridge or Cockerville? And was it negligence or a sense of hu‐ mour that inspired a couple in Som‐ erset to name their impressive house Crown Court?

Of course, it’s not just names.

Who decided on yellowhammer, periwinkle and shuttlecock?

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SAVING OUR PLANET From our Facebook How sad. We went for a bicycle ride along the canal from Los Dolces to San Miguel, and this is a picture of all the plastic bottles dumped at one of the lock gates. Save our planet?? Does nobody care???

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Leapy ask Ken Turner to explain please When Ken Turner refers, in his letter to you, to minorities making the most noise is he referring to elderly men, Tories (see latest Daily Mail poll), or MPs who went to Eton?

Don’t we all belong to a minority group?

When one member of a minority speaks do they speak for everyone in that group? - Or is that only true of people he disagrees with? Neither of you speaks for me, even though we probably are fellow members of one minority group or another.

If I were to stop you from expressing your opinion just because it made me feel threatened, would we not all be poorer for it ?

Also I don’t get why Ken Turner added the piece about not being racist at the end of his letter, is he is implying that the group/s he does/doesn’t want us to listen to are of a different race from him?

I believe climate change is a central issue of our time, but that doesn’t mean I agree with the way some are addressing that issue!

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Sir/Madam In reply to Leapy Lee’s article on Falling Apart, British history is taught or white history is taught in schools. We as young students accepted it, but where shocked by what happened in the Boer war, in Africa, India and in Northern Ireland. For us it was in the past and hope we would not make the same mistakes.

SILENT REFLECTION ALTHOUGH Spain was not involved in either of the major World Wars of the 20th century, many expatriates living in Spain will be taking notice of the two major commemorations this week.

First on Thursday November 11, there will be a large number of people from the countries that fought in both wars, honouring the dead by observing two minutes silence at either 11am or noon (depending on which clock they wish to follow).

Then on November 14, it’s Remembrance Sunday with the televised march past at the Ceno-

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WATER BOTTLES: Dumped at one of the lock gates.

History is not kind to any nation. Our children are very smart and they will already have a knowledge of black history. They are multi racial and have many friends among the black and minorities. They will take it in their stride.

Way back in history all nations had slaves, in Rome, Greece and in Egypt. These slaves have integrated in the society, and today they are part of the citizens.

Maybe if the white immigrants in America had treated the Red Indians and the slaves better we would not have the racial divide.

I have lived and worked in many countries and learned their history, their people told us the good and bad, but all lived in hope that WE will leave a better life for our children. It is up to all of us to make an effort.

Regards SA

SKIRTS: Should boys have been allowed to wear them to school?

Grant Parkes I believe this came from the boys not being allowed to wear shorts when its hot, but the girls can wear skirts.

Virginia Aspden Apart from these boys wearing their national kilt and looking very smart, wearing a mini skirt to school just doesn’t cut it for me.

Deborah Clynshaw If the boys wore skirts because the girls are not allowed to wear trousers, it’s a point well made.

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taph in London, from not just former and serving military personnel, but all branches of civilian life who were involved in both wars.

Most of the UK Overseas Territories as well as many Commonwealth countries will lay wreaths on behalf of their governments and there will be ceremonies in Gibraltar as well as in many British churches across Spain, many of which will be linked with the Royal British Legion.

This will be a time of reflection, not in memory of those who took part in the two World Wars,

as most are now dead, but for all of the subsequent wars which continue to take place around the globe.

We remember Korea, Vietnam, Bosnia, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and so many other terrible events including Cambodia and 9/11.

With the dreadful effects of the pandemic and the ongoing threats to peace, the saddest thing is that whilst we as individuals may be totally opposed to war of any type, there is little that we can do and must just hope that politicians learn to concentrate on saving lives rather than sacrificing them.

Disgraceful and disturbing trying to take away their identities and make them into something they are not.

Kerry Edwards Seriously stop the world I need to get off!! I don’t care what anyone says I want to go back to when girls were girls and boys were boys... if you want to be something else or wear something else that’s fine, but please don’t label a child when it’s a baby they have their whole life to figure out what it wants to be. BOY GIRL or I dunno.

Celia Emery Oh for goodness sake with all the problems the world has now they are fussing over what they are allowed to wear to school. They are lucky to have good food, warm clothes and a roof over their heads.

Annie Burton It’s the same opinion. For being christened or baptised, why not let them choose when they know what the hell they want to be.

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As dogs are attached to their owners, they’re likely to dream about your face or your smell.”

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Volvo V90 - a very desirable Swedish steed ROAD TEST

by Mark Slack VOLVO’S staple buyer has changed over the last few years with the transforma‐ tion of its range, from safe and worthy to dynamic and fashionable. The Swedish car maker has created a very cool, Scandinavian (even though they’re not all made there now) look to their line‐up. Their high‐ tech march towards electri‐ fication includes plug‐in, mild hybrid and pure elec‐ tric models.

My particular Swedish steed was the V90 Recharge plug‐in hybrid in R‐Design specification. Essentially what that means is a tradi‐ tionally spacious Volvo es‐ tate with a distinctly Scandi‐ navian vibe. Despite the popularity of SUVs Volvo es‐ tates are still in demand, and for good reason. These are load carriers, not in the same league as the square

box Volvos of old but still pretty impressive, they are also packed with luxuries touches.

Standard fare across all V90 models includes au‐ to dimming mirrors, au‐ to lights, high beam assist, auto wipers, keyless start, cruise, electric and power folding door mir‐ rors, leather, heated front seats with electric adjust‐ ment and lumbar support, heated wiper blades, dual zone climate control and as you would expect from Vol‐ vo there is a plethora of standard safety kit.

Prices start from €50,552/£42,995 and my test model, the Recharge plug‐in hybrid, R‐Design, at €67,636/£57,525. Options included a fabulous power glass tilt and slide panoram‐ ic sunroof, cornering light‐

Has the look and feel of a luxury car.

ing, heated rear seats, heat‐ ed steering wheel and wind‐ screen, memory passenger seat, Bowers & Wilkins sound system, adaptive dampers and air suspen‐

sion, parking camera and a retractable towbar. This bumps the price to a not in‐ considerable €78,392/ £66,675.

Power comes from a 2.0‐ litre four‐cylinder unit mat‐ ed to an eight‐speed auto‐ matic gearbox and all‐wheel‐drive for any kind

Facts at a Glance Model: Volvo V90 Recharge T6 AWD Plug-in hybrid in R-Design specification Engine: Petrol electric hybrid – 2.0-litre, 4-cylinder petrol & 87hp electric motor Gears: 8-speed automatic Performance: 0-100 kph (62 mph) 5.9 seconds/Maximum Speed 180 kph (112 mph) Economy: 2.7l /100km (104.6 mpg) WLTP Emissions: 47 g/km WLTP Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.

of weather. With added electric power the V90 passes the bench‐ m a r k 100kph/62mph in just 5.9 sec‐ onds. In pure electric mode the Volvo can take you up to 52 miles, so more than enough for a commute.

Gear changes are smooth, the refinement is excellent giving the V90 an air of unruffled calm. It’s one of those cars that you feel could take you from one end of the country to the other and emerge with no aches or feeling in any way jaded. The interior is modern and minimalist but at the same time has the look and feel of a luxury car.

It’s an object lesson in how interiors can look so classy yet remain practical.

In case you haven’t al‐ ready gathered, I like Volvos and this one in particular.

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Walking football ‘Nerja break their duck-twice’ IN the Hidromaster Premier and Champi‐ onship matches played on Sunday Novem‐ ber 7 at Viñuela, the Nerja Nomads A and B teams followed the trend of shock wins by defeating the home sides A and B teams to record their first wins of the season. “Down to at last having pretty much a full squad” was the quote from the Nerja manage‐

ment: “We knew we would be competitive if we could get all our players available.”

Results: Aston Viñuela A 1 Nerja Nomads A 4 Aston Viñuela B 1 Nerja Nomads B 3 In other news the Walking Football Asso‐ ciation of Iberia have filled all but one post in the committee elections.

The Secretary is ex‐Walking Football Spain owner Brian Gregory, the Commercial Direc‐ tor/Interim Treasurer is Jack Egan (Malaga) and the Sponsor/Events Manager is Pete Davis (Formentera). The Tournament/Events Manager post is currently being contested between Mark Bishop of Esquina Park Rangers and Phil Holme of Lubins WFC.

When that post has been decided, the committee will convene to develop the strat‐ egy to take WFAI to the next level. A propos‐ al will be put to the committee to appoint a woman to the committee to assist WFAI in their aim to bring more women into walking football and in time set up a woman’s league.