Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 11 - 17 November 2021 Issue 1897

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11 - 17 Nov 2021

Historical sight VILLAJOYOSA Council has announced it will be carry‐ ing out works to the Dr Es‐ quedro tower.

A company specialising in restoring monuments will work on the tower, while the Research Group in Architectural Restora‐ tion of the University of Alicante has also been in‐ volved in the plans.

The works are expected to cost €21,554.

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LET BRITS STAY LONGER

Tech addicts A CONFERENCE organised

by Pilar de la Horadada Council will work to pre‐ vent addiction to online technologies and screens.

The online conference will take place on Thurs‐ day, November 18 from 9am to 1.30pm and held through the Unit for Com‐ munity Prevention in Ad‐ dictive Behaviours (UPC‐ CA) of Pilar de la Horadada.

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Employment boost ALTEA Council has announced it is hiring 16 unemployed people using grants through the European Social Fund.

The Council has announced that it will be hiring a tourism assistant, administrative staff, community man‐ ager, tourism assistant participation, and public works en‐ gineer under the sceme.

It will also see the recruitment of auxiliary library tech‐ nical staff, a tourist assistant, and a worker in veterinary medicine.

Councillor for Employment Maria A Lavios announced that the contracts will be for 12 months and said the jobs will go live on www.altea.portalemp.com/.

The jobs are funded by grants from the European Social Security Fund.

She added that those interested in the jobs should write their CV based on the information given for each job on the employment website.

Turn to page 2 » XIMO PUIG: Speaking at the World Travel Market Exposition in London.

ALTEA: The job contracts will be for 12 months.

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Valencia wants to extend 90 day rule

PRESIDENT of the Valencian region, Ximo Puig, has said that Valencia wants Brits to be able to stay longer than 90 days at a time in their area of Spain.

As one of the main tourist areas in the country, in‐ cluding British favourites like Benidorm and Ali‐ cante, they have seen a big drop off in numbers over the last few years and they want to entice them back.

Puig was speaking at the World Travel Market Ex‐ position in London last week and lamented that the new post‐Brexit visa rules of 90 days stay in every 180‐day period were damaging the economy of his region. The number of Britons visiting the region fell sharply from three million in 2019 to just 600,000 in 2020. While the pandemic had a lot to do with this decrease, Puig stated that the previous levels were unlikely to return due to Brexit travel restrictions.

He said he would like Brexit to be “as Brexit‐less as possible” as he is concerned about the effect of the rules on new retirees who own or were plan‐ ning to buy holiday homes in the region. Having lim‐ its on the amount of time they can stay in the coun‐ try and when may put people off buying in the country, he added.

Spain’s Tourism Minister, Reyes Maroto, assured Mr Puig that the government had already set up a ‘task force’ that includes diplomats from the UK and Spain. Their job is to work on ‘joint solutions to mo‐ bility issue’, but did not say what these solutions may be.

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Rain stopped play Road surfacing

THE Benitachell Bowls Club played host to the Angel Poveda Open event on Thursday/Friday November 4 and 5.

Sixteen teams of bowlers from across the Costa Blanca played a series of group games in a triples competi‐ tion.

The first day was played in perfect conditions, however the second day was cancelled due to heavy rain and the win‐ ners were therefore decided from the first day’s results.

The eventual winners were Dennis and Chris Wright with Paul Maynes from the visiting Bonalba side who narrowly won on a better shot differ‐ ence. In second place were Joyce Pope, Ann McLaughlin and Peter Bambridge from the hosts BBC. Coming a close third were John and Lynne Avey with Pam Coombe also from BBC. A film crew from Channel 5 making a programme about Expats in Spain was able to talk with many players as well as filming some bowls action during the event.

The eventual winners.

CALPE Council is carrying out resurfacing works to roads in sev‐ eral urbanisations which have not been upgraded in more than 30 years.

Workers will be asphalting roads which have potholes, raised sections where tree roots have grown, and unpaved areas. The works are currently being carried out in urbanisations Pinamar, Cosentari II, Benicolada, Los Pinos, Calalga, Garduix, Caleta, Carrio, Costeres, Cucarres, Station I, Canuta Alta, Benicuco, Oltamar, Ter‐ rasala, Buenavista and Gargasindi.

Company Pavasal SA is carrying out the €162,903 works over three weeks, while two further housing estates will also be resur‐ faced as part of the council’s ambitious plan.

An evening of flamenco ENJOY an evening of flamenco in L’Al‐ fas del Pi without having to travel to Andalucia.

Club de Leones Alfas del Pi is proud to welcome back the Compañía de Juan Carlos Avecilla, to present their authentic Gala Flamenca y Espaňola.

Gala Flamenca y Espaňola is a show where Spanish dance and flamenco come together. You will travel through the distinctive styles of fla‐ menco and through the choreographic settings of the company’s repertoire.

Dance, voice, and guitar will come to‐ gether to make an unforgettable night.

The flamenco evening will be held at the Casa Cultura in L’Alfas del Pi on Saturday November 13, at 7.30pm for an 8pm performance Tickets are available from ‐ Casa Cultura from 9.00am to 2pm weekdays ‐ Fresno Viajes in Albir ‐ Call Peter on 669 943 734 If interested in learning more about the Lions Club or the youth club, the Leos (ages 12‐18), please contact by email lionsclubalfazdelpi@gmail.com or contact our Vice Chairman Alain Van de Merlen by phone / WhatsApp on 655 918 986.

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NIBS EXTRA Pest control WORKERS in Teulada Moraira will be disinfecting and clearing out sewers in various parts of the munici‐ pality in the second half of November to prevent ver‐ min. The council will be car‐ rying out the works in Cap Blanc, Cometa, Fanadix, Moravit, Pinar del Advocat, Sabatera, Benimeit, Urb Castellond Vida and Urb Coma Dels Flares. On November 23, the council will also be disinfecting the dog park.

Trees spruced WORKERS for Villajoyosa’s Department of Parks and Gardens are carrying out the annual pruning of the town’s trees. In October, workers pruned all Villa‐ joyosa’s mulberry trees and are now working on the ficus on Avenida del Pais Valencia. They will next move on to Calle Cer‐ vantes. The council said it is carrying out the works to conserve the trees and pre‐ vent falling branches.

Poetry recital THERE will be a Poetry and Guitar Recital on Friday, November 12 in the Forum Mare Nostrum in Alfas del Pi. Germain Droogen‐ broodt will read a selection of short poems in different languages, including Span‐ ish, English and Dutch, se‐ lected from his latest poet‐ ry collections published this year. Vicent Ballester wil provide virtuoso interludes on the guitar.

Spanish classes THE ESIA, English Spanish Intercambio Altea will be meeting again for Spanish and English conversation sessions at the University Miguel Herñandez in Altea on Wednedays and Fridays from 5.30pm to 8pm. The meetings are free to join and take place on the first floor above the university library. For more informa‐ tion, or to get involved, contact Martin at esia4you@gmail.com.

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Foreign owners meeting

THE Association of Foreign Property Owners has held its first meeting since March 2020.

The organisation’s annual general meeting on October 26 saw new president Carole Saunders welcome every‐ one, including a number of new members, and thank the committee for all their work behind the scenes dur‐ ing the pandemic.

Numerous items were ad‐ dressed, including the prob‐ lems of ‘Fly Tipping’ of gar‐ den waste around the urbanisations and how this may be resolved. Questions were also asked about the Covid booster vaccinations and flu injections and when

NEW PRESIDENT: Carole Saunders welcomed everyone.

they would be available.

Carole then introduced the guest speaker Vice Consul

Stamped out ALFAS DEL PI Council has met to sign off on a pro‐ gramme of events to com‐ memorate International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25.

The activities will in‐ Programme of events arranged. clude a workshop on November 20 at the Espai Cultural Escoles Velles, and a meeting between the regional representatives of the Gender Violence Units at the headquarters of the Local Police on November 23.

Also taking place will be a talk on ‘Gender and domestic vio‐ lence in older people’, by the SASF officer, Antonio Sanchez, and the president of Mujeres con Voz, Marga Lujan, on November 24 in the multipurpose room of the Pensioner’s Home.

On November 25, the Espai Cultural Escoles Velles will host the presentation of the book ‘Flowers on my balcony’, by Atnes PB. Councillor for Equality Rocio Guijarro said: “Every year, on the occasion of November 25, we launch a special programme of events in order to educate about values and make visible the fight against gender violence, a cause in which the entire society must be involved in, regardless of age, sexuality or gender.”

She added: “It is about having zero tolerance of gender vio‐ lence in the municipality of Alfas del Pi.”

Sara Musterhjelm from the British Consulate in Alicante.

Sara gave up‐to‐date infor‐

New football field WORKS to renew the artificial grass at the Albir football field are underway as part of a €366,486 upgrade to the sports ground.

The works, which will take at least two weeks, come af‐ ter the council also improved drainage at the field.

Mayor of Alfas del Pi, Vi‐ cente Arques, visited the works alongside councillor for Urban Planning, Toni Such, councillor for Sports Oscar Perez, and representatives of company SRS Consultoria Tecnica SL, which is responsi‐ ble for both the project and the monitoring of the works.

Councillor Such spoke more about the new turf.

He said: “It will be placed on a layer of asphalt agglom‐ erate and it is of the latest generation.”

He added: “Although it looks like it is already fin‐

New road for the Albir area

ALFAS DEL PI Council has announced it is carrying out works to Cami Vell d’Al‐ tea, in the Albir area.

Mayor of Alfas del Pi Vicente Arques, visited the road alongside councillor

mation on the green residen‐ cy papers and the fact that it is advisable to change them for the new TIE cards, al‐ though the green forms are still valid. Sara also gave in‐ formation on S1 forms, Span‐ ish SIP cards, driving licences and disability badges.

The difficulty of elderly res‐ idents attending offices to se‐ cure the new TIE card was questioned by a member and Sara said there is a mo‐ bile police unit equipped with a finger print machine which can visit their private retirement home.

For more information about the Association of For‐ eign Property Owners, visit www.afpocalpe.com.

for Urban Planning Toni Such and councillor for Technical Services Oscar Perez.

The council said that the works will include asphalting the surface.

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ished, there is still a complex process to join the different turfs.”

The council is now planning the construction of a covered sports hall measuring more than 2,000 square metres and with a capacity for ap‐ proximately 1,300.

Upgrade to sports ground.

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€400 donation THE U3A Marina Baixa hold a raffle every month at their general meetings and they have recently been able to support two local chari‐ ties with the proceeds.

On Wednesday, Oc‐ tober 27 the organisa‐ tion donated €200 to the food bank in Alfaz del Pi when members from the association met with representa‐ tives from the food bank and councillors from the town hall at Consum to purchase food for local families.

The following day a further donation of €200 was donated to Corazon Expres.

This charitable organ‐ isation is working with Daniel Hughes, who is running a project named ‘The Heart Ride Project,’ helping to raise money to pur‐ chase vehicles to sup‐ port elderly people who lack companion‐ ship.

The vehicles will be specially adapted and will offer the elderly the opportunity to go for a ride through Altea and Albir so that they can enjoy the municipality and its environment.

The money will be used to help with the first ve‐ hicle purchase.

The organisation said it will be making further donations in December.

and finally...

JAB appeal. The mayor of Finestrat has appealed to the public to have their flu vaccines this year.

Mayor Nati Algado said: “Unlike previous years when people were vaccinated on demand, this year it will also be done by age ranges.” Vaccines will be handed out to four different groups in the first phase of the flu jab rollout this year, including those over 65 years of age, people at risk of complications from the flu, health workers, and public service workers.

Mayor Algado said: “Getting vaccinated is the most effective tool we have to combat and deal with some diseases like the flu.” She added: “In the case of contagion, because being vacci‐ nated does not prevent us from getting infected, being vaccinat‐ ed will protect you from a serious disease and all the conse‐ quences that may derive from a hospital admission.”

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Marathon wheelchair record broken A WORLD record was bro‐ ken at the Barcelona Marathon this year when amateur runner, Eric Domingo Roldán, crossed the finish line with his mother Silvia in her wheelchair. Eric pushed his mum around the entire marathon route in an offi‐ cial time of 02:53:28.

Sylvia has spent the last 17 years living with Multi‐ ple Sclerosis. She is a fight‐ er who also survived coro‐ navirus. The pair have used their sporting achieve‐ ments to raise awareness of Multiple Sclerosis.

Eric started running marathons in 2016 with the aim of raising aware‐ ness of the disease. He

Eric broke a world record.

nearly managed to break the record for pushing a wheelchair last year. Eric commented: “Last year (2020) we tried to break the Guinness marathon 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.”

Javea Bridge Club ON Saturday November 6 a Bridge Tournament fol‐ lowed by supper was held in Javea Bridge Club raising funds to help their youngest club member Bart Onken‐ hout buy specialist equipment following his terrible mo‐ torcycle accident earlier this year.

Bart was given special permission to leave the rehabil‐ itation hospital in Toledo for the weekend and joined them for the event.

Thirty‐six players enjoyed an afternoon of competi‐ tive bridge followed by a delicious supper prepared by club members, when a further 10 non‐playing partners joined in.

Their thanks to everyone who sponsored the raffle in‐ cluding The Salon and Harley Davidson Dream Bar, both in Moriara and La Gourmond Restaurant and La Plaza Health and Beauty, both in Javea to name but a few.

Special thanks to everyone who helped them raise a stunning €1,780.

Javea Bridge Club meet on Wednesday and Friday at 3pm in their club in Avda de Paris 2, in Javea Park.

Javea Computer Club also meet there on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday morning.

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Brave schoolgirl raises £200k

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 only six months old.

Elizabeth has undergone 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 running a

mile every day to complete a marathon. 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 expect her to sur‐ vive, but the team (at the hospital) put her back to‐ gether.”

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

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Navy ship honours gay icon A NEW US Navy ship has been named after slain gay rights leader 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 sex‐ uality. The traditional bottle of Cham‐ pagne was smashed on the bow by Navy officer Paula M Neira, who is the clinical programme director for the John Hopkins Centre for Transgender Health.

The ceremony was watched by Milk’s

nephew, Stuart Milk, and Navy Secre‐ tary Carlos Del Toro. “The secretary of the Navy needed 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 today 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 others, 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 ani‐ mal welfare groups and celebrities such as the UK prime minister’s wife, Car‐ rie Johnson.

The people calling for the banning of shows that in‐ volve 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, stat‐ ing: “We recently adjusted our animal welfare policy.

As a result, attractions and activities that involve perfor‐ mances by or interactions with dolphins and other cetaceans will no longer be available on our sites.”

They added more details on their website:

DOLPHINS: Shows involving performances will be banned.

“Seaside sanctuaries that provide captive animals with a permanent seaside living environment are allowed if they are accredited and do not feature interactions or performances.”

Virgin Holidays stopped selling tickets to these kinds of attractions in 2019, and now campaigners are look‐ ing for other companies to follow suit.

COVID jabs are set to become compulsory for NHS staff in England from April, according to reports.

The NHS has 1.45 million staff in England. It is expected that from April it will be com‐ pulsory for them to be vacci‐ nated against the coronavirus pandemic. The news was an‐ nounced on November 9.

The decision will be contro‐

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Compulsory NHS jabs versial, 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 compulsory 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 Hopson com‐ mented that most hospital bosses believe that compulso‐ ry jabs are a good idea. How‐ ever, over 90 per cent are wor‐ ried that it could cause more understaffing issues.

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Remembering the fallen

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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You are 1% shorter in the evening than in the morning.

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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Apple’s Spanish inspiration APPLE is using the names of three Spanish islands for its new models of pro‐ cessors. The names are just development titles for now. Apple is develop‐ ing its own processors for Mac computers. The chips are third generation and will succeed the previous M1 Pro and M1 Max ver‐ sions.

The company is working on its own Silicon proces‐ sors and the development names chosen are Ibiza, La Palma and Lobos. The company has been replac‐ ing Intel chips in its com‐ puters with its own chips

since they were first re‐ leased in late 2020.

The chips are named af‐ ter the Canary Islands of La Palma and Lobos, and the Balearic Island of Ibiza. The chips are ex‐ pected to bring substan‐ tial performance gains for customers.

Apple is cutting produc‐ tion of iPads now due to a shortage of supplies.

Rather than using the available chips in iPads, they are using them in the iPhone 13. The global in‐ dustry currently has a shortage of semiconduc‐ tors.

Gold bullion seized OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil seized a kilo of gold bullion at Palma airport in Mallorca. The passenger had not declared the gold at Customs. The man was discovered to have 45 gold bars worth a staggering €47,000 in his luggage.

Officers from the Guardia Civil were working with customs officials when they detected the gold at the airport of Son Sant Joan in Palma. The passenger had not declared that he would take the gold abroad. The passenger had intended to head to Hamburg.

Anyone leaving the country with over €10,000 needs to declare this. The man had his gold bars seized by the officials.

The gold bars will be placed in safekeeping in the Spanish bank in Palma. The bars will be at the dis‐ posal of the Commission for the Prevention of Mon‐ ey Laundering and Monetary Offences.

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Who gets Diana’s tiara?

ON her wedding day, Princess Diana wore a gorgeous tiara. It has been reported the heir‐ loom will be inherited by young Princess Charlotte rather than the Sussex’s daughter Lilibet.

When Charlotte is old enough it is expected that she will be given the pick of the palace jewels. Charlotte’s fa‐ ther Prince William is second in line to the throne.

Diana wore the tiara when she married Prince Charles on July 29, 1981. The tiara is

said to be priceless. The Spencer family owned the tiara for nearly 100 years before the wed‐ ding. Lady Sarah Mc‐ Corquodale and Lady J a n e Fe l l o w e s b o t h wore the tiara at their weddings.

Diana could have cho‐ sen to use jewellery from the Queen’s collec‐ tion for her wedding. In‐ stead, she opted to wear her family heirloom. In 2018, Meghan Markle borrowed jewellery from the Queen.

Royal sources say de‐ liberations regarding the

tiara are already under‐ way. The item is current‐ ly in the safe hands of Diana’s brother who is reportedly keeping it safe for Charlotte.

One source comment‐

ed: “William is quite aware the earl has daughters of his own, but the two have agreed that Diana’s iconic piece belongs to her first granddaughter.”

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Paper shortage threatens book boom

IN the last 18 months, sales of books have increased be‐ tween 17 and 23 per cent. Un‐ fortunately, various external factors are threatening to put an end to this upward trend.

According to data, the book sector in Spain accounts for 0.8 per cent of its GDP, employing around 50,000 people. During 2020, as many as 74,589 book titles were published, and the number of readers in Spain in‐ creased. Around 57 per cent of Spaniards are reported to have admitted to reading a book at least once a week during this time.

With virtually all economic activities now having resumed, the effect on this trend re‐ mains to be seen. The sector is

also currently facing several ex‐ ternal threats. A sudden scarci‐ ty of paper is the first problem, which has seen prices increase as a result.

Secondly, it has been re‐ vealed that between 20 and 24 per cent of book sales in Spain are now made online through Amazon. With only around 38 per cent of tradi‐ tional bookshops in Spain hav‐ ing an online store, this e‐com‐ merce giant is a major threat to their survival.

With such a demand by on‐ line buyers, this has led the pa‐ per industry to divert its priori‐ ties to the manufacturing of cardboard packaging. This comes at the expense of the production of paper.

Endangered turtles hatch THREE critically endangered big‐headed turtles hatched at London Zoo on Tuesday November 2.

Four aptly named big‐headed turtles (Platysternon mega‐ cephalum) arrived at London’s conservation zoo at the end of 2018, after being rescued from smugglers trying to illegally im‐ port them into Canada labelled as toys ‐ and have been in the care of the Zoo’s expert herpetology team ever since.

Having settled well into their new environment, the turtles ‐ two males and two females, who live in separate custom‐built enclosures due to their naturally territorial nature ‐ were slow‐ ly introduced to each other, resulting in one pair laying the eggs, which hatched last month.

ZSL reptile keeper Kimberley Carter said: “We knew we had the expertise at ZSL London Zoo to give this solitary species the specialist care they individually needed, and we’re pleased that this dedicated work has paid off with these three hatchlings.”

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of the world’s population is left handed.

ONLINE BUYING: Is a major threat to the survival of books.

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.

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No beer shortage

THERE has been a lot of talk recently of shortages in different sectors including spirits. This is due to transport and supply prob‐ lems from other parts of Europe including the UK. But Jacobo Olalla, the general director of the Cerveceros de Es‐ paña, 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 specific brand, but the difference is 90 per cent of the beer consumed in Spain is produced in the country.”

Prison for prostitute swindler A S E N T E N C E of six years in prison has been handed to a sex worker from a hostess club by the Superior Court of Justice of Cantabria (TSJC). The 32‐year‐ old Romanian woman was found guilty of swindling almost €1 million from a client during a three‐year period.

The court dismissed the de‐ fendant’s appeal in which she had requested her acquittal. She claimed that there had been an error made in the assessment of her relationship with her victim.

According to the woman, she claimed their business was “sex‐ ual and commercial,” for which the man had to pay for his ser‐ vices, while he claimed that it was “friendly and trustworthy.”

As well as finding the defen‐ dant guilty of fraud, the court

COURT: Dismissed the appeal.

imposed a fine of €4,320, along with the repayment of a total of €922,000 that the court judged she had defrauded from her vic‐ tim.

She plotted a series of actions to obtain as much money as possible from the client includ‐ ing telling him that she needed to undergo surgery. She also claimed she needed chemother‐ apy and radiotherapy treatment and was the victim of deception and kidnapping.

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China trade discussions MEDIA group Prensa Iberica and the Em‐ bassy of the People’s Republic of China are organising an online conference called ‘Trade routes between Spain and China: the relaunch after Covid‐19’, which will take place on November 12.

This virtual event will be streamed through all Prensa Iberica’s Spanish‐lan‐ guage titles. It will be attended by Wu Haitao, the Ambassador of China in Spain, who will give a keynote speech on this topic.

Javier Serra, general director of institu‐ tional cooperation of the Institute of For‐ eign Trade (ICEX) will also participate in the event, offering a vision of the eco‐ nomic‐commercial ties between the two countries. In the second part of the day, there will be a round table made up of decisive actors in this important commer‐ cial link between Spain and China.

Google News has returned

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legislation on copy‐ rights.

Those in Spain will now be able to have

one place to find their news and information on current events.

Small local publishers

as well as big names will get their content on Google News Show‐ case.

In 2014, Google made the decision to close its news service in Spain because of the strict local legisla‐ tion that required companies like Google to pay a collective fee to local media for rights to share ex‐ cerpts and headlines on their websites.

However, in 2019 the European Union passed the European Copyright Directive which allows news publishers to require a fee for their content to be linked.

Companies such as Google can negotiate directly with local publishers instead of a standard fee for all online media outlets.

Two years later, Spain has made this into a legislation, so Google has decided to now open the news plat‐ form again.

Large and small Spanish media outlets can now decide how people discover their content and how it is monetised.

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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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New smoking law demands THE Spanish Society of Pul‐ monary and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) has entered debates around the need for anti‐smoking legislation to be updated and rein‐ forced to help people stop smoking. They have suggest‐

ed five ‘inalienable mea‐ sures’ to the Ministry of Health to reduce the amount of tobacco con‐ sumed in Spain and there‐ fore hopefully bring down the number of related deaths, which currently

stand at around 60,000 a year.

The first demand is to raise the price of tobacco, in all ways it is consumed. SEPAR wants the price to go up not just on cigarettes and cigars, but also rolling tobacco, shisha water pipes, electron‐ ic cigarettes and heated to‐ bacco.

For the second require‐ ment, the Ministry of Health has already tabled the idea of tightening restrictions around smoking in public places including terraces, sports stadiums, beaches,

parks, and bullrings.

They are also demanding plain packaging for every brand. The countries that have bought this measure al‐ ready have reported that the smoking rates have gone down. They also want to reg‐ ulate the sale, consumption and advertising of electronic cigarettes and devices that heat but do not burn tobac‐ co.

Finally, they ask for in‐ creased help with healthcare to include stop smoking units and readily financed treat‐ ments for quitters.

SMOKING: The aim is to reduce the amount of tobacco consumed.

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UK tourist entry hurdles REQUIREMENTS for entering Spain and all other EU desti‐ nations since Brexit means Brits need to be more pre‐ pared with several docu‐ ments when travelling.

Travellers are facing more hurdles than previously when entering Spain, including now needing to provide proof of accommodation and health insurance. All travellers are re‐ quired to have medical insur‐ ance that will cover emergen‐ cy treatment and any trips to hospital during their trip.

Most airline insurances cover this. Covid guidelines are a big issue for travellers, and every‐ one is required to fill in a Covid health control form, which is the equivalent of the passenger locator form in the UK. This is done electronically on the Spain Travel Health website or app before arrival.

British travellers also must show proof of vaccination when departing and arriving.

Last week, the UK Govern‐

ment posted an update on the vaccination certificates that are accepted in Spain: “Spain will accept the UK’s Covid‐19 vaccination record.”

“If you are travelling with a printed PDF proof of vaccina‐ tion status, it must date from November 1 to ensure that the certificate can be scanned correctly.”

Brits can travel to Spain if they have not been vaccinat‐ ed, however, they must show a negative test result that has been taken within 72 hours before the trip.

Travellers that cannot pro‐ vide proof of vaccination or a negative test result must un‐ dergo testing and quarantine and could be given a fine.

Brits are advised to check that their passports are valid for at least three months after leaving the UK. If the passport is due to expire soon and offi‐ cials at the border notice, then they could be denied entry in‐ to the country.

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THE NON RESIDENTS INCOME TAX

AS we do every end of the year, we wish to re‐ mind readers who are Non Tax Residents in Spain and maybe they are in Spain just for holi‐ days, that they are still obliged to pay Income Taxes in Spain for Non Tax Residents, even if they do not have any in‐ come in Spain, just for the fact of owning a property here.

Wealth Tax. If you are non tax resident in Spain, or even if you live in Spain but are not registered with the taxman as a tax resident or you do not submit taxes as tax resi‐ dents, you could be legal‐ ly considered as Non Tax Resident, as no notice has

been given to the Tax Au‐ thority. Non Tax Resi‐ dents could be liable to pay Wealth Tax, but only if the value of their assets in Spain (after deducting debts, ie: pending capital of the mortgage, etc) is above €600,000.

Income Tax. If you are Non Tax Resident in Spain (or you are not legally tax resident in Spain), you will need to pay tax for in‐ come in Spain (Income Tax for Non Residents, IRNR): ie: rents from a let‐ ting, interest on bank ac‐ counts, etc. If you do not have any income but you own a property or a share on a property, your tax bill will be based on a cal‐ culation as per the Cadas‐

tral Value (value that ap‐ pears on your Spanish Lo‐ cal Rates receipt from the town hall, the SUMA of‐ fice or the equivalent).

Even now it is quite common for people who are Non Fiscal Residents in Spain (or not legally Tax Resident in Spain) to simply not pay this tax; usually due to ignorance or neglect and especially when they have no in‐ come in Spain and only own a house.

Please notice that if you let your property in Spain, you have an obligation to submit the taxes every three months and not on‐ ly one a year.

If you are not sure if you are legally or officially tax resident or non tax resident, if you want to know what is the most convenient for you, we can assist you, studying your personal situation.

If you are non tax resi‐ dent, do not forget to meet your tax obligation if you want to avoid a possible tax inspection, penalties, etc. Contact us on our website www.white‐baos.com and we will help you.

The information provid‐ ed in this article is not in‐ tended to be legal advice, but merely conveys gener‐ al information related to legal issues.

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

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New Covid treatment UB40 star Astro passes

A GROUND-BREAKING Covid treatment has been authorised in the UK. The new treatment is a simple pill that can be taken at home.

The UK is the first country in the world to approve its use.

The new Covid treatment is

an antiviral drug called Lagevrio or Molnupiravir. It is said to be safe and effective.

According to the Medicines and Healthcare products Reg‐ ulatory Agency (MHRA) the drug can reduce the risk of hospitalisation and death in

high‐risk people who are suf‐ fering from a mild case of the coronavirus. The approval was announced on Thursday, November 4.

According to the govern‐ ment: “Developed by Ridge‐ back Biotherapeutics and Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), Lagevrio works by in‐ terfering with the virus’ repli‐ cation. This prevents it from multiplying, keeping virus lev‐ els low in the body and there‐ fore reducing the severity of the disease.”

The drug has been autho‐ rised for people who have at least one risk factor and are suffering from mild to moder‐ ate Covid.

Drug keeps virus levels low.

M U S I C fans, and especially reggae lovers, are mourning the sad loss of one of the founding members of U B 40, A stro, who has died aged 64. T he chart-topping band’s percussionist and vocalist passed away on S aturday N ovember 6, after suffering a short illness.

The Ali Campbell and A stro T witter page showed a statement that read, “We are absolutely devastated and completely heartbroken to have to tell you that our beloved Astro has today passed away after a very short illness.

T he world will never be the same without him. W e ask you to please respect his family’s privacy at this incredibly difficult time.”

A stro had been performing in a revamped version of the Birmingham band, alongside Ali Campbell, and Virtue.

He departed from the original U B 40 back in 2013. T erence ‘ A stro’ W ilson is the second original band member to

pass away this year. In A ugust, B rian T ravers, their sax player died aged 62, after battling cancer.

Houses for La Palma homeless

THE first of at least 200 modular wooden houses were bought by the Canary 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 begun.

The first 30 wooden houses are already available for installation. El Paso City Council have proposed a plot and are now awaiting the results of a report to ensure the land is compliant with building regu‐ lations. The municipality must also complete the correct paperwork to cede the land over to the Ministry and formalise the process, the councillor said at the parliamentary committee.

The acquisition of the first lot of wooden houses has been carried out through the Canarian Hous‐ ing Institute (ICAVI). They examined many propos‐ als in the tender process and have reached an agreement with a company that specialises in this type of housing.

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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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Python captured

A THREE-METRE-LONG python was captured by offi‐ cers from the Nature Protec‐ tion Group (Grupona) of Malaga Local Police on Tues‐ day, November 2. With the assistance of a rural ranger from the Montes de Malaga, the reptile was caught in the vicinity of the MA‐3111 high‐ way, between the towns of

3 METRES LONG: The snake was captured

by Grupona.

Olias and Colmenar. Specifi‐ cally, in the Santo Pita area.

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 Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES) announcement last week that the health system only detected ‘one in 10 cases’ during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, there may be many more people with original immunity than previously thought.

The hospitality sector has managed to stay open in most regions, albeit with reduced 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.

The large python‐molurus was reported to the Montes de Malaga police by a resi‐ dent who spotted it at around 8am. This station subsequent‐ ly notified Grupona, who mo‐ bilised a specialised unit to the location. They located the snake about two metres from the roadside in some bushes.

Using a chaff and snake‐ catching tweezers, the offi‐ cers managed to snare the creature, holding it by its head to avoid any possible attack.

This way of holding it also minimises any damage to the snake. Its immediate reaction on being grabbed was to try to coil itself around the offi‐ cer, at which point the other cop grabbed the creature’s tail.

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charity concert SAVE MY LIFE 6: All acts and backstage staff have given their time for free and Benidorm Palace has donated the venue for free.

THE first Save My Life event since the pandemic takes place at the Benidorm Palace on Sunday, November 14. Save My Life 6 should be a rocking show and all proceeds are in aid of Benidorm Dog Homing.

All acts and backstage staff have given their time for free and Benidorm Palace has donated the venue for free, so every cent raised from the ticket sales goes directly to the registered charity.

Artists include Kimberley Lester, Heidi, David Climent and Rubel Medini.

The charity rehomes rescue dogs, from as far as Malaga if need‐ ed, paying for the expensive veterinary bills, including surgery. The charity is foster based but works very closely with Benidorm dogs’ home, where dog walkers are always needed and welcome, just bring a lead! You can imagine during Covid, the dogs’ home really struggled, and this is a chance to help it bounce back.

It seems like an age since Save My Life 5 took place in October 2020 with social distancing in place due to the coronavirus pandem‐ ic. Five of Europe’s most prestigious illusionists took to the stage and thrilled the audience with a magical night. The Palace’s own David Climent stole the show with a breathtaking recreation of Houdini’s world‐famous water torture cell, immersed in 450 litres of water. David will once again be performing as part of a star‐studded line‐up of entertainers.

That night’s fundraiser was also in aid of abused,

abandoned and sick dogs. The event raised a staggering €18,000, and this year the aim is to beat that total with help from the local community and the businesses who continue to give generously.

This year’s event promises to be bigger and better than ever with over a dozen acts delivering a range of entertainment in‐ cluding music and magic. This is a rare opportunity to see a colossal amount of talent in one place while helping a fantastic cause. So don’t delay and get your tickets today.

Save My Life 6 tickets are on sale now, at €10 each with over 800 of the 900 available already sold. We advise that masks are worn when not sat at your table. Doors open at 12.:00 noon and the show is scheduled to finish at approximately 6.00pm.

There is food available, with fish and chips or chicken and chips both priced at €8. There’s also a full bar open.

November 14

10 € nce

tra 12.00 noon to 6.00pm En

For tickets and information visit: www.benidormpalace.com/en/eventos/save-my-life-6 The registered charity number is: CV01061411A

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Free blood pressure monitors MORE than 200,000 free blood pressure monitors are to be given out to people with uncontrolled high blood pressure to help prevent heart at‐ tacks and strokes. The NHS has already sent out 65,000 of the monitors that work similarly to the units used in GP prac‐ tices.

Patients wrap the smaller machine around their upper arm, take their readings, and then send them to their GP. They can then get a re‐ view on the numbers by telephone, email, or through a digital remote monitoring platform.

The NHS has a new ini‐ tiative called the NHS Long Term Plan and it is estimated to prevent 2,200 heart attacks and almost 3,300 strokes over the next five years.

Patients are reporting a sense of relief after re‐ ceiving the new ma‐ chines. Davis, 68, from Darlington said he felt

“very anxious” after hav‐ ing a mini stroke in Jan‐ uary. He was left with very high blood pressure after the incident. Now after receiving a unit, he said: “After discussion

with the GP, I feel I un‐ derstand my blood pres‐ sure better and feel hap‐ py I can monitor it at home and send it to the GP without going across town.”

Unlawful landlord fined 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 apartment 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 con‐ tainment law allows.

Now, Barcelona City Council has imposed a fine on the landlord for exceeding the price set by regula‐ tion. 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 containment, the reference index and ‐ if the housing has been rented in the last five years ‐ the price of the previ‐ ous contract.

STATS

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All snow flakes have six sides.

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Magnum Concert Productions Present a Fabulous Christmas Show

‘A Christmas Cracker’

Featuring the Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir.

MAGNUM CONCERT PRODUCTIONS are proud to present a fabulous Christ‐ mas show ‘A Christmas Cracker 2021’ on Sunday December 5 in Espai La Seni‐ eta, Moraira. This show will be in aid of local charities, particularly the Alzheimer’s Society in Teulada ‐ Moraira (AFA).

The show features the magnificent Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir with their fabulous Christmas reper‐ toire. We will also be pre‐ senting the delightful ‘Flor‐ rie’ once again and to get us in a party mood, Leah Kankowski will be getting us all into the Christmas spirit.

The show is scheduled to start at 6.00pm and will be conducted in accordance with any Covid 19 restric‐ tions regarding safety that may be in place at that time.

Tickets cost €15 which in‐ cludes a FREE prize draw

with some great festive prizes. Tickets can be re‐ served by calling 634 355 204 or by email: magnum.concerts@gmail.c om.

We expect this show to sell out quickly so early reservation is recom‐

mended.

Many thanks for your sup‐ port and we hope to see you soon. You can join our database which will give you prior notification of all our future events by emailing: magnum.concerts@gmail.c om.

Camels’ night out 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 ani‐ mals and returned 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.

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The world’s best baker

ON October 26, the World Baker 2021 competition was held in Munich, Ger‐ many. This is staged by the International Union of Bak‐ ery 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

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

Sevilla famous in the world of bread.

One week before Domi won in Munich, a young baker from Catalonia, Enric Badia, was in Nantes com‐

peting 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 gen‐ eration of Forn Elias.

Indiana Jones crew member dies AN Indiana Jones crew member has died in Morocco. More than 100 staff are working hard on the blockbuster sequel. During filming, Nic Cupac, 54, was found dead in a hotel in the Morocco city of Fes. Before Nic died he had headed out to Morocco to help film a rickshaw stunt. At this moment it is believed that he died of natural causes.

Indiana Jones’ crew members have paid tribute to Nic. One said: “One of the very best ‐

taught me so much when I was starting out.”

Another added: “I’m heartbroken. Nic was such a lovely man.”

Fans of Indiana Jones had expected the lat‐ est movie to be released in 2022, but the re‐ lease date is now set for 2023. It is expected to be the final movie in the series. The original re‐ lease date was delayed when filming was stopped for three months because Harrison Ford injured his shoulder.

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Lionel Blair dies aged 92 LIONEL BLAIR, the legendary showbiz personality, died on November 4, aged 92. The news was confirmed by his management company, who re‐ ported he passed surrounded by family. “He got to a very ripe old age, he was loved by his family, and I think he died in their company, which is love‐ ly,” commented his agent.

A performer, dancer, choreographer, actor, and presenter, who really was a national treasure, Lionel was a regular on British television screens NATIONAL TREASURE: A regular on TV. throughout the 1970s and 80s. He fronted memorable TV quizzes, and was the second presenter of the British version 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.

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.

Homeowner’s shock 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 locks had been changed on the property.

the property. I really didn’t know what he was doing there.”

An investigation discovered the house had been sold us‐ ing a fake bank account and a duplicate 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.

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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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Marathon quota full THE Sevilla marathon has already completed its quo‐ ta for the 2022 race, sched‐ uled for February 20. The 2021 version of this annual run was postponed due to the pandemic. According to organisers, they have cov‐ ered the 10,000 numbers in just 63 days since opening for registrations.

The 2022 event will be the most ‘Spanish’ one in recent history, with 7,536 national participants, equating to 73.65 per cent. Of this total, 2,696 runners are from

73 countries will take part.

Sevilla Province. Madrid is represented by 1,033, and Cadiz will have 342 compet‐ ing. Every community of Spain has at least one en‐ trant.

A total of 73 different countries will be represent‐

ed in the 42 kilometre and 195 metres race. Portugal has the highest number, with 521, while the United Kingdom has 433. There will be 398 French, along with runners from as far afield as Hong Kong, New Zealand, Brunei, Afghanistan, and Singapore.

The marathon has one of the flattest routes in Europe.

It is also at sea level, which means the runners are pro‐ tected from the wind, mak‐ ing it perfect for all stan‐ dards of competitors.

Banknote nanotechnology ACCORDING to the Spanish National Re‐ search Council (CSIC), the next batch of Euro banknotes could be made with new materi‐ als and nanotechnology developed in Spain.

Presented at the CSIC headquarters in Madrid, they claim that the objective of the new notes is to improve their safety and durability, while increasing the quality and sustainability.

A research team from the Madrid Institute of Materials Science (ICMM‐CSIC), is respon‐

sible for this development, and it works in collaboration with the Bank of Spain. Fund‐ ing for this comes from the Eurosystem, the monetary authority of the Eurozone.

The Bank of Spain has been advising and collaborating in the CSIC research so that the results of the project can be applied to euro banknotes. This project, which began in Oc‐ tober 2019, is due to conclude its first phase in 2022, and is subject to strict confidentiality requirements.

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Ryanair discount Cop’s Cleo Smith joy 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

Cleo was kidnapped.

ONE Australian police officer has revealed the moment that he and colleagues dis‐ covered four‐year‐old Cleo Smith who had been missing since being abducted on Oc‐ tober 16. The officer described it as the “best moment” of his working life.

Cleo was discovered in a rundown house in the Carnarvon area in Brockman at 12.45am on Wednesday, November 3 in Western Australia. She was found locked in a bedroom.

Police had to break down the door to rescue the girl who was discovered to be alive and well. Detective Sergeant Cameron Blaine was one of four police of‐ ficers who attended the scene. He was the

first one to ask what her name was.

He revealed: “I wanted to be sure it was her. I said, ‘what is your name?’ She didn’t answer, I asked three times and then she looked at me and said, ‘my name is Cleo’ and that was it.

“Then we turned around and walked out of the house. Not long after that, we got into the car and the officer I was with called Cleo’s parents and said ‘we’ve got someone here that wants to speak to you.

It was a wonderful feeling to make that call. They were ecstatic.”

Cleo was taken to the hospital for medi‐ cal checks and was soon reunited with her parents Ellie and Jake.

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

Discounting tickets.

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.

Brits still shielding from Covid EXTREMELY vulnerable Brits are still shield‐ ing from Covid despite shielding guidance being dropped months ago.

Official guidance on shielding from the coronavirus was dropped in April. During the worst part of the pandemic in the UK about 3.7 million vulnerable people in Eng‐ land were asked to shield.

When the second wave of the coron‐ avirus waned in the spring, the shielding guidance was dropped. According to official figures, hundreds of thousands of vulnera‐ ble people are still protecting themselves carefully from the virus. The latest polling

data came in on November 2. The data shows that 22 per cent of people asked to shield previously, were still shielding last month. These vulnerable people are avoid‐ ing social interactions and staying inside.

According to the Office for National Statis‐ tics (ONS) data, 68 per cent are still avoiding crowded places and following social distanc‐ ing measures.

The ONS survey involved over 1,000 peo‐ ple who are deemed to be vulnerable.

Around 90 per cent of the survey partici‐ pants were aware that the government had dropped the shielding advice.

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Scabies on the increase ACCORDING to a study conducted in Madrid by researchers at the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCI‐ II), scabies could be on the increase in Spain. The results were published in the medical journal PLOS ONE. An increase in hospital admissions for scabies 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 conta‐ gious disease and constitutes a frequent dermato‐ sis. Fortunately, it is easily treated, so it is not asso‐ ciated with serious complications. The Healthy Skin Foundation indicates that the initial and most common symptoms of scabies are itching, which

Scabies is fortunately easy to be treated.

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 nip‐ ples in women, and on the penis in men.

Assisted reproduction for all ASSISTED reproduction for all females is now an option. On November 5, the Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, signed the Ministerial Order that updates the Portfolio of Services of the National Health System (SNS) so that sin‐ gle women, lesbians, bisexual women, and transgender people can access assisted hu‐ man reproduction (AHR) in the public health system. According to the estimates of the General Directorate of the SNS and the phar‐

macy of the Ministry of Health, around 8,500 women could opt for assisted reproduction techniques within the framework of the com‐ mon portfolio of services because of the draft standard. The measure was first announced on July 6, 2018, coinciding with the celebra‐ tion of LGTBI Pride, by the former govern‐ ment spokesperson Isabel Celaa, a few weeks after the entry into the Executive of Pedro Sanchez.

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Woman pushed off wall A MAN has been arrested on charges of serious injury and failing to perform rescue duty after pushing a woman off the famous Roman wall in the Galician city of Lugo.

The events occurred at dawn on Sunday, October 31, when the woman met the perpetrator on Rua Nova, to have some drinks. Later, they went to the famous walkway where, according to reports, the man hit the woman who fell from a height of 12 metres into the interior patio of a house around the Plaza del Ferrol.

The individual left the woman lying on the ground, with a broken leg and several fractured vertebrae, without giving her assistance. A passerby heard cries for help and was able to locate the place where the woman was lying and called the emergency services.

Emergency services ar-

rived at the scene and rescued the

woman, who at first, had no recollection of what had happened. She was transferred to the Lucus Augusti University Hospital (HULA).

Lugo Roman wall.

Fishy luggage surprise PASSENGERS on a flight from Cyprus to Heathrow’s Termi‐ nal 5 on November 1 were surprised to be met with frozen crates of fish instead of their luggage on the carousel.

Returning from a family holiday, dad Mike Braunholtz said: “One bag did appear and a bloke picked it up, and then it was one blue box, then another. I was thinking ‘Who the hell takes 24, 25, 26 boxes of frozen fish back from Larnaca?’ but then we realised something was up.”

Passengers were concerned about the mix‐up with some having medical supplies and important personal items in‐ side their luggage.

British Airways said of the incident:”We’ve apologised to our customers and have been reuniting them with their lug‐ gage after realising that something fishy was going on.”

STATS

95%

of people text things they could never say in person.

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Can’t chop chops SKILLED worker shortages in the meat industry mean that British carcasses are being sent to the EU for butchering before being reimported for domestic sale. Beef producers are choosing Ireland for pro‐ cessing and packing, while pork packers are looking towards the Netherlands, as first reported by The Fi‐ nancial Times.

This lean towards the Netherlands has come even though the UK government had announced a post‐Brex‐ it immigration policy U‐turn last month that would tem‐ porarily extend the seasonal worker visa scheme to in‐ clude 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 abattoirs and processing plants.

However, the culling has still begun, with 10,000 of the animals already killed according to the National

Pig Association.

Farmers are still waiting to see the workers now al‐ lowed in on the new six‐ month visas. They don’t ex‐ pect them until the end of November at the earliest.

There is space for 800 pork butchers to come into the

UK, but uptake has been slower than thought.

Another issue facing the pork producers is that any meat that has been export‐ ed to the EU to be pro‐ cessed cannot be labelled as British pork when it is reim‐ ported for sale.

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

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 Fes‐ tival and settled on the peninsula.

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

STATS

100

A sneeze travels at about 100 miles per hour.

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Tourism carbon emissions target An action plan is to be put in place.

DURING the COP26 summit, a tourism sector declaration has been signed by more than 300 companies and in‐ stitutions committing to transforming their opera‐ tions so that their emissions have been cut in half by 2030, and they are carbon neutral by 2050.

The companies include the Marbella promotion body, the Bilbao Bureau conven‐ tion, and the Iberostar group.

“We have known for a long time that our depen‐ dence on fossil fuels, unsus‐ tainable land use and exces‐ sive consumption patterns are at the root of climate change, pollution and loss of diversity,” the statement said. Adding, “Covid‐19 has increased our awareness of the connection between these impacts and their hu‐ man risks.”

The World Tourism Organi‐ sation is the group promoting the document, which states that according to the latest measurements, CO2 emis‐ sions caused by the sector grew by 60 per cent between 2005 and 2016. Without cor‐

rection, they say, greenhouse gases could increase by 25 per cent or more in 2030, compared to the records of the previous 14 years.

Now they are aware of these figures, companies and institutions are planning to undertake an action plan within the next 12 months and put it into practice. There will be impact measurement, decarbonisation, restoration and protection of the ecosys‐ tems in which they operate.

There will also be sufficient funding for these ideas and they plan to collaborate with their customers on the schemes.

11 - 17 November 2021 YORKSHIRE CRICKET CLUB has been suspended from hosting England matches after their re‐ sponse to an internal inves‐ tigation into racist bullying was found to be failing.

Former player Azeem Rafiq was found to be a victim of racial harassment and bul‐ lying while at the club, but the board said there would be no disciplinary action meted out.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have said the ban will last until the club has “clearly demonstrated that it can meet the standards expect‐ ed.”

Members of the board at Yorkshire Cricket are set to resign before an emergen‐ cy meeting on Friday November 5. Pressure has been mounting for the board since they received criticism from the ECB, sponsors and the UK gov‐ ernment over their han‐ dling of the case. The ECB said it was “clear” that the handling of the issue was “wholly unacceptable and

and finally...

SALT BAE, the internet sensation turned chef ex‐ traordinaire 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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is causing serious damage to the reputation of the game.”

The racism row intensi‐ fied as it was revealed that a racist term about Rafiq’s Pakistani heritage was repeatedly used to‐

wards him, but the inves‐ tigation by Yorkshire Cricket concluded it was “friendly and good‐na‐ tured banter.”

Yorkshire’s Gary Bal‐ lance, who admitted using racist language towards his

ex‐teammate Rafiq, has been suspended indefinite‐ ly from England selection.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan revealed he was named in the re‐ port, but denied any allega‐ tions of racism.

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Crisp crisis!

STOCKS of people’s favourite crisps could be hard to find over Christmas. The Leicester‐ based crisp manufacturer Walkers has suffered from an IT glitch. This means that the supply of Wotsits, Quavers and ready‐salted Walkers will be disrupted.

The company has boosted the production of other popu‐ lar flavours including salt and vinegar, and cheese and onion crisps. A spokesperson for Walkers said: “A recent IT

system upgrade has disrupted the supply of some of our products. Our sites are still making crisps and snacks but at a reduced scale.

“We’re doing ev‐ erything we can to increase production and get people’s favourites back on the shelves. We’re very sorry for the inconvenience caused.”

The UK is facing other is‐ sues this Christmas due to the lack of lorry drivers and

A shortage of crisps.

supply chain issues.

People have been warned to get their turkey bookings in early in order to avoid disap‐ pointment. Parents have been advised to shop early for Christmas presents too.

Oxford University name change

AN Oxford University college is set to change its name after a donation of £155 million from Vietnam’s richest woman.

Linacre College will ask the privy council for permission to change its name to Thao College after Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, chair of the Sovico Group who gifted the money to the school. Currently, the college is named after Thomas Linacre. Linacre was a Renaissance humanist, medical scientist, and classicist.

The college said: “We have long been one

of the least well‐endowed colleges at the university, so we are delighted that a signifi‐ cant part of the donation will be for our general endowment fund, to help support the daily running of the college. After re‐ ceiving the first donation of £50m, we will approach the privy council to ask for per‐ mission to change our name from Linacre College to Thao College in recognition of this landmark gift.” It also stated that the gift will help to pay for a new graduate cen‐ tre and graduate access scholarships.

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Jet2 Xmas return

JET2CITYBREAKS from Jet2holidays is set to delight this Christmas as the Christ‐ mas market programme will return from seven bases across the UK.

This winter’s Christmas pro‐ gramme will also include flight‐only options Jet2.com.

The schedule includes 14 trips which will allow travellers to visit six different Christmas

Boy’s crypto confiscated

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 entering their details believing it was a legiti‐ mate voucher site.

The teenager used the funds to invest in Bitcoins and other 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, prose‐ cuting. The investigation found 12,000 credit card num‐ bers 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.

market destinations.

This year’s destinations are Berlin (Brandenburg Airport), Budapest, Cologne, Copen‐ hagen, Prague, and Vienna.

The possibility of tailor‐ made Christmas trips is also on offer. Jet2 will be offering pre‐Christmas city breaks and flights to Krakow, Vienna and Prague. Travellers will be able to make their own tailor‐ made trips to see the Christ‐ mas markets in these destina‐ tions.

Steve Heapy, Chief Execu‐ tive of Jet2 said: “On the back of recent positive news about the reopening of international travel, and with many cus‐ tomers missing out last year, we are seeing strong demand from customers looking to vis‐ it some of the best of Europe’s Christmas market destina‐ tions this winter.”

The bases in the UK that will be offering Christmas market trips are Belfast Inter‐ national, Birmingham, East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, and Newcastle.

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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.

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Meat free

Clucking hell

NOT supported by everyone, Helsinki Council has decided to stop serving meat at official functions and replace it with plant-based courses as well as responsibly-sourced, local fish from next year. Coffee and tea will have to come from fair trade sources.

THERE were metaphoric cheers and boos when Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) announced that it planned to open its first outlet in Helsinki during November with other restaurants to follow but the boos were because it also said that it would import its chicken from Poland.

IRELAND Lockdown booze

Music Generation

FOLLOWING a study of admissions for liver disease at Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital it appears that many people managed to while the time away during lockdown by indulging in a good few alcoholic drinks with the figure showing that numbers admitted were up 30 per cent in the past 18 months.

THE Music Generation programme which is all about creating new music has received more than €15 million from the Irish Government as well as millions in donations from supporters such as U2 and is to be reviewed independently to consider whether the investment should continue.

ITALY Prison work

Trevi Fountain

A DECISION has been made to allow up to 100 prisoners serving sentences of no more than four years to work in museums and libraries across Italy undertaking basic public utility duties such as cleaning thanks to an agreement reached between the culture and justice ministries.

AN unusual photo opportunity was created in Rome on Sunday October 31, when many of the world’s leaders attending the G20 meeting in the city were persuaded to stand in front of the Trevi Fountain and toss coins over their shoulders presumably hoping for a happy return.

PORTUGAL Deep Purple

Crypto sale

DESPITE Brexit and supposed problems for British musicians in obtaining visas to perform in Portugal and Spain, Deep Purple who are just about to release their 21st Album, a collection of covers, are due to appear in Lisbon on November 6, 2022

FOR the first time anywhere in Portugal, two properties still being constructed in Madeira have been paid for using a cryptocurrency known as Cardano which exchanges at 1 to €1.83. To comply with the law, contracts will show both Cardano and euro pricing.

RUSSIA Bum deal

Still talking

RITA FOX a Russian adult film star has been sentenced to 14 days in jail for apparent “disorderly conduct” after she published a series of photos showing her naked buttocks in front of the Kremlin, the official residence of President Vladimir Putin.

DESPITE all of the negative rhetoric between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, CIA director William Burns made a rare visit to Moscow on November 2 to discuss US-Russia relations with amongst others, Nikolai Patrushev, a former head of Russia's FSB intelligence service.

SWEDEN Tragic death

Self-driving

THERE was a tragedy at an ABBA tribute concert in Upsala when a man in his 80s fell from a balcony landing on two people beneath, one of whom was also killed whilst the other escaped with slight injuries. ABBA themselves are postponing promotions for their new show.

EINRIDE the Swedish electric self-driving commercial vehicle start-up has now launched operations in the USA and will be selling the vehicles which have no driver cabinet to companies with large complexes where they can operate as these are private properties so no backup driver is needed.

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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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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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5.072,0 109,20 285,40 2.711,0 697,20 289,90 48,52 7.116,0 746,60 166,00 1.817,00 948,50 214,80 8.024,0 30,38 1.714,23 2.649,0 658,20 1.467,00 5.992,0 2.337,00 606,00 698,20 4.420,0 140,58 8,78 1.692,11 1.689,4 1.687,2 736,20 1.494,00 20,02 3.657,0 1.518,50 1.319,50 2.754,0 1.345,50 1.434,50 16.150,0 1.638,50 1.599,00 448,70 153,65 274,40 249,50 3.872,5 1.062,00 110,32 3.357,0 1.069,50

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currenciesdirect.com/moraira • Tel: +34 966 265 072 THE ABOVE TABLE USES THE CURRENT INTERBANK EXCHANGE RATES, WHICH AREN’T REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RATE WE OFFER

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COMPANY 3M Alphabet C Amazon.com Amgen Apple Boeing Caterpillar Chevron Cisco Coca-Cola Goldman Sachs Home Depot Honeywell IBM Intel J&J JPMorgan McDonald’s Merck&Co Meta Platforms Microsoft Nike Procter&Gamble Salesforce.com Tesla UnitedHealth Verizon Visa A Walmart Walt Disney

PRICE 181,80 2.984,80 3.518,99 213,77 151,28 224,46 205,88 114,74 57,07 56,84 407,08 368,40 226,06 123,61 50,92 163,43 168,05 254,71 81,61 341,13 336,06 177,51 146,04 307,25 1.222,09 455,81 52,24 216,67 150,23 175,63

CHANGE CHANGE% VOLUME(M) 183,82 180,95 1,81M 3.011,40 2.973,0 1,02M 3.566,25 3.476,98 4,99M 217,42 212,73 2,30M 152,20 150,06 65,39M 224,58 217,70 16,89M 208,88 205,23 2,59M 115,05 113,93 8,10M 57,80 56,93 15,64M 57,16 56,59 12,88M 414,45 406,10 2,10M 374,41 367,57 3,09M 227,61 223,82 2,33M 123,77 121,43 6,74M 51,58 50,54 36,72M 164,60 162,20 6,21M 170,09 167,41 7,97M 257,53 254,62 3,22M 84,00 81,35 37,58M 346,79 339,64 26,84M 338,79 334,42 22,56M 179,10 175,49 5,89M 146,37 144,80 6,06M 311,40 303,34 4,68M 1.239,87 1.208,00 21,55M 461,52 454,58 2,90M 52,80 52,02 17,43M 217,63 211,36 14,26M 152,00 149,62 5,02M 176,99 172,33 16,80M M - MILLION DOLLARS

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Most Advanced Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl A Texas Pacific Land Corp.

Cable One Inc. Biglari Holdings Inc. Cl A Bill.com Holdings Inc. NVR Inc. TransDigm Group Inc. Mettler-Toledo International Inc. Alleghany Corp.

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. Vail Resorts Inc.

0.21% 10.30% 3.14% 6.90% 13.80% 0.73% 5.72% 2.30% 2.95% 1.77% 4.75%

1.69K 29.49K 24.1K 206 3.46M 10.6K 374.72K 186.47K 50.7K 6.78K 327.33K

-6.12% -4.40% -8.17% -7.36% -6.76% -3.59% -37.07% -2.03% -8.80% -13.06% -4.55%

6.25K 4.02K 1.91K 234.33K 1.09M 2.69M 7.25M 473.46K 2.52M 2.46M 6.8M

Most Declined Danaher Corp. 5% Mand. Pfd. Series B Danaher Corp. 4.75% Mandatory Conv. Pfd. Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. Cl B Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. Cl A West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Emergent Biosolutions Inc. HubSpot Inc. Avalara Inc. AMN Healthcare Services Inc. Danaher Corp.

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Spanish employment figures on the rise

Credit: Pixabay

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.

Gone bust YET another four UK energy suppliers have closed down due to the ever-increasing cost of wholesale gas prices according to Ofgem. Omni Energy Limited, MA Energy Limited, Zebra Power Limited, and Ampoweruk Ltd who between them had around 24,000 customers join 15 other casualties.

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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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FEATURE

Travel

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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FEATURE

This horrible ageing process MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION

Views of a Grumpy Old Man JUST lately I hear the word phobic used a lot and I’m not sure that everybody is actually using it for the right reason or context. Phobic means scared or frightened of something like spiders, heights or flying - you get my point. So originally it did describe a fear, but then people have started to use the word in a broader sense to include all kinds of aversions and discrimination. So technically the way people use the word today is incorrect.

It’s chucked about every time someone disagrees with anyone from a minority group.

People are not scared of them, they may just disagree with some of the things they are hearing or reading, but you are no longer allowed your own point of view.

I watched Dave Chappelle’s show which he has taken a lot stick for and been accused of bring transphobic. Quite a few even tried to get him banned from Netflix.

Comedians have to be allowed to joke about stuff and a lot of the time it’s not malicious. Chappelle makes harsh jokes about

many different groups, which is his style, and a reason his fans love his comedy and commentary. Folks can’t keep cancelling people, it’s getting ridiculous. I also like Ricky Gervais and a lot of his stuff on stage is considered, by some, taboo, but it’s the way he delivers it that makes it funny .

Anyone else noticed that in the UK when the weather is wet and windy, cold and miserable, the climate protesters stay home? I went to wear a jacket for the first time this year and the sleeves were too long. I then tried on two more and they were the same.

How does that happen? Have my arms got shorter? The simple answer is I don’t know what’s happening. Maybe it’s this horrible ageing process. My hair is thinning on my head but not up my nose, ears, eyebrows, toes and knuckles where it grows at a ridiculous rate these days.

Bacon is a type of cured pork made from different cuts of a pig. It can be smoked or not and is used for all sorts of things. I like mine with eggs or a nice crusty bread to make a bacon sandwich with ketchup. So therefore Richmond’s advert on TV for meat free bacon is a load of codswallop and should not be allowed!! It’s smoked tofu and should be sold as such.

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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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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!

Vincent Oram

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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HEALTH & BEAUTY WE all know exercise offers multiple benefits. From improving muscle tone, heart health, lung capacity, flexi‐ bility, and aiding weight loss, there are very few health concerns which exer‐ cise cannot assist.

While it can sometimes feel difficult to fit exercise in ‐ especially as the days become shorter and cooler ‐ it seems scientists have now found a new incen‐ tive sure to motivate even the most ex‐ ercise‐averse.

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Exercise benefits ‘last days’

One study has found that exercising, ‘semi‐intensely’ on one day, can ‘reap benefits which last for days,’ meaning you can enjoy a relatively relaxed weekend following just one bout of physical activity on a Friday.

This news bodes well for anyone concerned that a few days’ rest over the Christmas period will throw off

their good work over the rest of the year.

Researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern conducted stud‐ ies on rats, which showed their metabolism was boosted for 48 hours after exercise. Results also showed blood sugar levels and appetite re‐ mained stable after activity.

By Clinica Britannia

Erectile Dysfunction

MY husband has problems getting and keeping an erection when having sex‐ ual intercourse, he is em‐ barrassed to ask for help, can you give me some ad‐ vice?

It is quite common that at some point in a man’s life, that he may suffer with Erectile Dysfunction (ED).

ED is when a firm enough erection cannot be Talk to a psychologist about any underlying problems. achieved or maintained to perform sexual intercourse.

Many men ignore the problem as they of new arteries, thus improving the blood find it embarrassing to talk about. circulation allowing for an erection to oc‐ Common causes associated with ED are cur. Daily exercise and a healthy diet plan stress, anxiety, tiredness, overweight, de‐ are also recommended when taking the pression, excessive intake of alcohol and treatment. side effects from certain medications.

Get your husband to make an appoint‐ Available now is an Extracorporeal ment with his GP who can help put his Shock wave Therapy (ESWT). This is a clini‐ mind at rest and organise further tests if cally proven non‐invasive treatment necessary. If he is suffering with anxiety or which works by producing a painless mi‐ depression he can be referred to a Psy‐ crotrauma in the way of shockwaves to chologist to talk through any underlying the penis area enhancing the generation problems.

Contact your doctor if you are suffering with any of the above symptoms for further tests and diagnosis.

Metabolism dictates the rate at which a person burns calories, and in turn has a huge impact on weight gain or loss.

This latest research found a single bout of exercise boosted brain activity associated with reduced appetite, low‐ er blood sugar and greater calorie burning, at the same time reducing ac‐

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tivity linked to hunger and lower metabolism.

In the study, rats carried out three 20‐minute treadmill runs before being tested.

Researchers said they believe the benefits discovered may last longer, the more a person trains. Dr Kevin Williams, who led the study, claimed the results may explain ‘why many people don’t feel hungry after exer‐ cise.’

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Leaking is no laughing matter NEW guidelines released in April 2019 regarding inconti‐ nence have indicated that all non‐surgical options for this condition should be explored before surgery is considered.

Where does that leave the millions of women who aren’t that extreme, but still suffer uri‐ nary incontinence?

In simple terms, they’re find‐ ing their own treatment, and it’s proving to be highly effec‐ tive. Since 2016, more than 3,000 women have undergone vaginal laser treatment at one of the many The Women’s Health Clinics (TWHC) across the UK. The clinic was set up by Em‐ ma Soos, who is now managing director of The Women’s Health Clinic. A urology nurse with urology and laser experi‐ ence, she was inspired to help others by her own personal journey following issues relating to damage after childbirth ‐ and the frustrating lack of services available.

The clinics are run by an all‐ female, nurse‐led team who have a variety of skill sets rang‐

ing from midwifery, sexual health, urology and aesthetics through to the menopause.

TWHC also received CQC ac‐ creditation in 2018 as the Nu‐V laser vaginal rejuvenation treat‐ ment was deemed to be an ef‐ fective medical intervention in the treatment of the disorders that many women suffer from.

These common complaints in‐ clude incontinence, atrophy, laxity and difficult or painful in‐ tercourse to name but a few, and can often be very debilitat‐ ing.

Nu‐V gives patients a non‐ surgical route to vaginal tighten‐ ing, and it has also been proven to help with many menopausal symptoms.

Amy White is 32 years old, married and a busy working mum with three children. She explains how she came to have an Nu‐V at The Women’s Health Clinic: “My first son was born 9lbs 2oz, and though I suf‐ fered some slight incontinence problems after him, I did my pelvic floor exercises and man‐ aged to recover. However, I still had to wear pads. I started to

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When you’re a young mum with kids, it’s important to live life to the full and enjoy all these precious moments. That is ex‐ actly what I feel I’m doing now.”

Sarah Bailey is 36 years old, from Staffordshire and works as a professional saddle fitter.

Here she shares her story: “I can honestly say the Nu‐V treat‐ ment has changed my life. Be‐ fore I had the treatment, I had to plan every car journey, work‐ ing out where I could stop for a wee. This made me anxious to travel. It all started when I had my son. He was 9lbs 3oz, and I had a dreadful delivery and suf‐ fered the consequences.

“As a new mum, you’re told: ‘It’s all part‐and‐parcel of having a baby’. But I wasn’t OK, and I really started to suffer ‐ sex was painful and not enjoyable at all; when I exercised I’d leak; even laughing was an issue. Then I saw a woman on This Morning explain her Nu‐V procedure, so I went online and set up an ap‐ pointment with Emma Soos in Leicester.

“Now I can go hours and hours without needing the loo and sex is pain‐free. I can do my job properly as well as ride my horse again without an acci‐ dent.

“I’ve had all three treat‐ ments, and the third is the one that made the biggest differ‐ ence.”

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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!

Love, Hugs, High Fives and Fist Bumps Toni x P.S. Want PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION or BUSINESS SUCCESS, to get laser focused on your Vision or Biggest Most Audacious Goals? Get a FREE e‐copy of my Book #The Woman Beyond ‐ Six Secrets to Success from here. https://quantumvantage.co.uk/thewom anbeyond ‐ 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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Acapella fun THE Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir performed its latest concert at the Salon de Actos in Teula‐ da on Saturday, October 30.

The near‐capacity audi‐ ence were not only full of praise afterwards but lit‐ erally sang their support when invited by musical director John Edwards to join in the final chorus of ‘Hey Jude’, the second of two Beatles’ songs per‐ formed by the choir.

After a rousing opening rendition of Billy Joel’s ‘Uptown Girl’, the choir showed the range and versatility of their mem‐ bers in this concert dubbed ‘Just Us’.

There was barely a dry eye in the house after the talented acapella quar‐ tet’s versions of ‘Amazing Grace’ and ‘The Fields of Athenry,’ but the duo of Tony Sim and Richard Wheeler singing ‘Did you

CONCERT: Played in front of a near-capacity audience.

evah’ and Keith Livesey’s ‘Sick Note’ added a comic tone to the evening.

Several other members sang solos and the choir received applause for their varied programme, which included ‘Can you feel the love’ from the Li‐ on King, the rousing South African, anti‐ apartheid song ‘Senzeni‐ na’ and the choir’s favourite ‘You raise me up’.

The biggest applause of the evening was saved for the choir’s encore, the fast‐moving and com‐ plex ‘Rhythm of Life’,

which they performed faultlessly.

The Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir will be per‐ forming again at a charity Christmas concert at the Espai la Senieta in Moraira on Sunday, De‐ cember 5 and they will be holding their popular Christmas Carol Concert in Benitachell Church on Wednesday, December 15.

More details can be found on their website www.costablanca malevoicechoir.wikidot.c om and their Facebook page.

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Men’s dining EVENING MEAL: A chance to meet up with some old friends.

THE Calpe U3A Men’s Dining Group has held an evening meal at the El Penon restaurant in Calpe.

The group said: “It was held in the evening instead of at lunchtime for a change and was well attended by 12 members who had a chance to meet up with friends, some of whom they had not seen for a long time.

It added that guests had been, “well looked after by the staff who provided them with a varied selection of dish‐ es that were thoroughly enjoyed.

“The members are looking forward to the next Men’s Dining on November 25.”

For more information, or to join the group, contact Arthur at arthur andfreda@yahoo.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Duets Sold Out - Extra Night November 15 THE next Javea Players show, Duets, comprises three couples grappling with love and relation‐ ships.

Blind Date, directed by Leigh Patterson, stars Rosemary Brown and Tony Sim, both well‐known stalwarts of the Javea Players. Rosemary has been acting for over 30 years. If not seen on stage, she can often be found fiddling with costumes. Tony’s main love is musical theatre: he portrayed an ad‐ mirable Alfred Doolittle in My Fair Lady.

The Holiday, with Jen Kellow‐Ward as director, and protagonists Pauline McGough and Paul Hunter. Pauline is a professionally trained actor and as Paul’s parents were keen AmDram folks, he first trod the boards aged eight.

Leigh also directs the Bride to Be, with Lesley Davies, who needs no introduction: who can for‐ get her inspired Hamlet in Poor Yorick!? Her brother, in this instance, is Chris Bell and his debut in front of the footlights, about which he is: “Somewhat terrified!”

Leigh has been involved in the theatre for over 40 years, initially as an actress in mostly amateur theatre [although experiencing a memorable pro‐ fessional stint at Brighton’s Theatre Royal in Ronald Dahl’s The Witches]. She has worked in all facets of theatre, but still lacks lighting and sound in order to fulfil her ideal of being a complete all‐ rounder. She has directed in the past, Duets being the second time for Javea Players.

Tony and Rosemary star in Blind Date.

Jen started acting with her Youth Club, pro‐ gressing to Bath Drama Club and a production in the Roman Baths, then serious life got in the way of AmDram. However, a good actress cannot be kept down and she was active with several the‐ atres in the UK, before moving to Javea.

The complete team is: Production Co‐ordina‐ tors: Paul Hunter, Lesley Davies, Stage Manager: Margaret Steedman, Lighting: James Ward, Kjell Elster, Sound: Peter Sparks, Peter Bayliss, Props: Lena Elster, Costumes: Rosemary Brown, Prompt: Brenda Bates, Set: Martin Smith, John Raynor.

Extra night Mon 15 to Sat November 20, at 19.30 in the Javea Players’ Studio Theatre.

Tickets €12, only online. Book now: www.javeaplayers.com/jp/box‐office.

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GANDIA Council is running a series of activities for young people in the area until Saturday, December 18.

The councillor for Youth, Lydia Morant, accompanied by the president of the Gandia Youth Council, David Valiente, and the technician of the Depart‐ ment of Youth, Andrea

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Fun activities Badal, presented the pro‐ gramme of events.

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

concerns and interests of young people, opting for a wide and varied offer.”

She added: “There are all kinds of activities; a 3D printing workshop, art workshops, sports tourna‐ ments, sports in the pool, tournaments ... As well as activities that were well re‐ ceived in the summer pro‐ gramme; soccerball.”

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

She said: “There will be four main locations for the activities; the Gandia mu‐ nicipal sports centre, the Grau sports centre, the Al‐ queria Laborde (headquar‐ ters of the Gandia Youth Council), and the Espai Jove.”

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

JUGS: Lunched at the Calpe Tennis Club.

Ladies that lunch T H E JUGS (Just us girls) lunch took place at the Calpe Tennis Club re‐ cently. They had a great time where the food was good and the service was excellent. A big thank you to all that came and the wait‐ ress Sylvia and Chef and staff.

What a great afternoon was had.

The next Ladies lunch will take place at Restaurante Patio Fuente, Calpe on Tuesday December 7. This will be the Christmas lunch. If you

would like to join the Ladies please contact Anita by e‐mail on tinka.tin kabel@yahoo.com.

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Taking care of of our pets’ eyes IT is important not to neglect the eye health of dogs and cats as it can lead to a serious loss of their visual ability.

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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 electrifica‐

tion includes plug‐in, mild hybrid and pure electric 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 touch‐ es.

Standard fare across all V90 models includes auto dimming mirrors, auto lights, high beam assist, auto wipers, keyless start, cruise, elec‐ tric and power fold‐ ing door mirrors, 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 panoramic sunroof, cornering lighting, heated rear seats, heated steering wheel and wind‐ screen, memory passenger seat, Bowers & Wilkins sound system, adaptive dampers and air

suspension, parking camera and a retractable towbar.

This bumps the price to a not inconsiderable €78,392/ £66,675.

Power comes from a 2.0‐ litre four‐cylinder unit mated to an eight‐speed automatic gearbox and all‐wheel‐drive for any kind of weather.

With added electric power the V90 passes the bench‐ mark 100kph/62mph in just 5.9 seconds. 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 un‐ ruffled 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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Cars compensation claims BACK in 2015, the National Markets and Com‐ petition Commission detected a series of fraud‐ ulent attitudes being conducted by a total of 147 concessionaires of cars in Spain. These ac‐ tivities, featuring 91 per cent of brands sold in the country, were found to violate anti‐compe‐ tition regulations and deemed to constitute a cartel for the exchange of ‘secret, future, and strategic’ information.

The large car brands that were involved in this plot have had a series of millionaire fines im‐ posed on them by the CNMC since then. All these fines have been ratified by the Administra‐ tive Litigation Chamber of Madrid.

These ratifications now offer a new avenue for drivers who purchased a vehicle at one of these dealerships between 2006 and 2013. Ac‐ cording to the Supreme Court, those affected may claim compensation for the extra expense caused by this fraudulent network of establish‐ ments.

It is estimated that approximately 10 million buyers paid between €2,000 and €9,000 more than they should have done for these vehicles,

due to the practice being operated between these establishments at the time.

These were not only private individuals, but al‐ so VTC companies, taxis, and car rental compa‐ nies, and all are entitled to make a compensa‐ tion claim for the extra they paid needlessly.

This ball was started rolling last April after the Commercial Court of Cadiz ruled in favour of an individual who sought to claim his money back from one of the dealers in this network.

Claims can be processed individually or by contacting one of the associations or platforms that have already set up collective mechanisms to demand the return of the monies. All that is needed are the legal documentation of proof of purchase of the vehicle, or proof of the rental or leasing of a vehicle. The technical sheet is also re‐ quired. Currently, buyers are being refunded 10 per cent of the purchase price they paid.

If you think your vehicle falls into this bracket, then organisations such as the ‘Group of People Affected by the Car Cartel (AACC)’ have devel‐ oped verification tools. Their website has a form that can be filled out.

1,400 drivers fined for the same offence THE General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) does not mess around when it comes to con‐ trolling road safety and moni‐ toring the actions of drivers behind the wheel. They con‐ tinually have Guardia Civil traffic cops patrolling the roads of Spain to detect habits and risky manoeuvres that could put other traffic at risk.

Regular campaigns are carried out aimed at different sec‐ tions of the traffic that uses the roads.

During the last of these campaigns, the DGT revealed an infraction that some drivers seem to carry out quite frequently. Out of 1,349 lorry and bus drivers stopped, every one of them was guilty and fined for the exact same offence ‐ exceeding the legal driving limits.

This figure was reportedly 52 per cent of the total num‐ ber of 2,593 drivers who were controlled by the police checks during ‘Operation TruckBus’, which was con‐ ducted between October 11 and 17.

Another 31 lorry drivers had their vehicles immo‐ bilised for various reasons, some due to the fault of the driver, others, the vehicle.

These drivers were not al‐ lowed to continue their jour‐ neys.

Of the 1,349 fined drivers, five were bus drivers, the re‐ mainder, lorries. Out of this total, 210 drivers were fined

for issues relating to their tachographs, 202 in lorries, and eight with buses.

Infringements with the Technical Inspection were al‐ so detected (230), while 427 were driving with administra‐

tive irregularities in either their personal, or their vehi‐ cle’s documentation (400 lor‐ ries and 27 buses).

A total of 17 lorry drivers were found to be under the influence of alcohol.

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