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

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Lowering emissions A SHIPPING container being used to raise awareness around Spain over the importance of using trains to transport goods has arrived at the port of Alicante.

The container, which is part of the ‘Goods on the train’ campaign, will be travelling to several Spanish cities highlighting how transferring cargo by train instead of road can reduce CO2 emissions.

The initiative ‘Goods on the train’ began on October 29 in Valencia, and brings together railway companies, public institutions, clients and institutions that fight against climate change.

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Gender rules THE Department of Social Welfare and Equality at Guardamar del Segura Council has announced it is releasing sets of playing cards aimed at teaching equality to children at local schools.

The cards will show illustrations of different professions and trades and aim to prevent and eradicate gender stereotypes among students from CEIP Molivent, CEIP Dama de Guardamar and CEIP Reyes Catolicos.

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Funding for Alicante Province

THE President of the Gerneralitat Ximo Puig has confirmed record-breaking investment in tourism and infrastructure in Alicante Province next year.

He said that 40 per cent of all funding in the Generali-

tat’s budget for 2022 will go to Alicante, with €70 million going to infrastructure in the province.

Puig said: “The time has come to compensate Alicante.”

The head of the Valencian

Government also expressed the support of the Consell to the tourism sector, which “contributes much more to the common fund than it receives,” and which “represents the future we seek: more sustainable and digitised, with better working conditions, and increasingly linked to quality.”

He added that the Generalitat will be working towards improving tourism.

He said: “We will also be in Europe, as we have done this week, to reposition the Costa Blanca as a benchmark in the

GROUP Carp-R-Us took a break from their Autumn League to fish their Autumn Cup at the El Bosquet complex on Thursday, November 4.

The group said: “Fish were very loathe to feed, and everyone struggled for bites. The match was won

by Willy Moons from seizures 5.

Willy had 11.88kg caught on his normal feeder and

British market.”

Puig also added that the Generalitat is planning to decentralise official buildings, placing them instead in locations across the province to boost opportunites and employment.

Puig said that the location of the Department of Innovation in Alicante, the Valencia Territory Protection Agency in Elche, and the Vega Renhace office in Orihuela showed the Generalitat’s commitment to spreading opportunities across the province.

€750 for Alzheimer’s THE Stagestruck Players have raised €750 for the Torrevieja Alzheimer’s Association from three per‐ formances over the Halloween weekend.

Performing comedy Murder Mysteries, the the‐ atre group staged the show on three consecutive evenings with audiences embracing the atmosphere by decorating the venue and dressing up in cos‐ tumes.

Earlier this year, the group also donated €2,000 to charity and is now on target to give away a further €3,000 by the end of the year.

The group said: “We have had to adapt our perfor‐ mances to fit in with the changing restrictions in or‐ der to perform in local venues.

“Despite the difficulties, the events have proved to be extremely popular and we have been able to continue raising funds.”

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pellet method.

“Second was Tom Marshall from civilian 7 with 5.47kg again using the feeder but this time with bread on the Hook. Third was Terry Stroud 3 (civilian) with 4.99kg using feeder with corn or maggot and fourth was Jackie Breslin (civilian

1a) on feeder and maggot.

“There were also four anglers on pegs 20-23, but the less said about that section the better, although Steve Fell did manage several carp before he had to leave early.”

Further information about the club can be found

Willy won the match.

on its website www.carp-rus.weebly.com or on the Facebook page Carp-R-Us Fishing Costa Blanca.

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NIBS EXTRA Drinking water ELCHE Council has begun works to renew the drink‐ ing water and sewage net‐ work on Calle Blas Orts Sanchez. The plans are ex‐ pected to be complete by the end of November and will cost more than €395,000. The mayor of Elche, Carlos Gonzalez, the mayor of Ciclo del Agua, Hector Diez, and the man‐ ager of Aigües d’Elx, Javier Prieto, visited the works.

Art graffiti THE wall of the football field at Los Arcos has been deco‐ rated by graffiti artists Jose Manuel Rodriguez and Ser‐ gio Garcia. Councillor for Sports Víctor Bernabeu pre‐ sented the mural, which fo‐ cuses on sports and the mu‐ nicipality of Orihuela.

Upgrades to the football field will continue with a second section of wall and a new ticket office area.

Jab volunteers MORE than 30 volunteers got involved to help with vaccinations at the Torrevie‐ ja Municipal Leisure Centre.

Volunteers carried out re‐ ception work, took temper‐ atures, provided hand sani‐ tiser and gave information.

Their work is organised by Elche Council’s Department of NGOs and Volunteering.

Get involved A NEW online programme at Elche Council will help im‐ prove citizen participation and transparency. The may‐ or of Elche, Carlos Gonzalez, said the digital portal would help people work together and be a meeting point for those wanting to get in‐ volved with the council.

Green mobility TORREVIEJA Council has at‐ tended the International Safe and Sustainable Mobil‐ ity Exhibition organised by IFEMA Madrid. Councillor for Infrastructure Sandra Sanchez and councillor for Mobility Federico Alarcon attended and said munici‐ palities could work to pro‐ tect vulnerable users.

THE Studio32 Musical The‐ atre Company will be per‐ forming South Pacific at San Fulgencio’s Cardenal Belluga Theatre on November 24 to 27 at 7.30pm.

The group said it was, “pleased to announce that rehearsals for our next pro‐ duction are well in advance and promises to be a fan‐ tastic show.

“Rehearsals for this show started way back in January 2020, but due to Covid ev‐ erything came to a halt.

Tickets for this show pur‐ chased in 2020 are still valid for the day shown on the ticket.”

It added: “One of the characters in the show is Commander Harbison, US

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COMMANDER HARBISON: Likes things done by the book.

Water quality praised THE latest report from the Institute of Coastal Ecology has found that Orihuela coast has excel‐ lent quality water.

The water analysis was part of the POSIMED initiative fund‐ ed by Alicante Provincial Council and the dives were carried out in front of the 11 beaches awarded with blue flags, including Punta Prima, Cala Bosque, La Caleta, Cala Capitan, Aguamari‐ na, Campoamor, Barran‐ co Rubio, Cala Estaca, Cala Mosca, Cala Cerra‐ da and Mil Palmeras.

The report also found that across each of the beaches water quality

Excellent water quality.

had improved from pre‐ vious years.

The POSIMED project began in 2001, under the name of ‘Posidonia oceanica meadows con‐ trol network in the Va‐ lencian Community,’ in order to monitor the state of conservation of the area and raise awareness about the need for its preserva‐ tion.

Recycling for charity PILAR DE LA HORADADA has announced it will continue to take part in an initiative to raise money for disabled chil‐ dren by recycling plastic.

The council is taking part in the Seur Founda‐ tion scheme, ‘Caps for a new life,’ collecting bot‐ tle caps in the giant heart in the 30 de Julio park.

The scheme has so far seen more than 171 chil‐ dren helped.

Councillor for Health, Nieves Moreno, said: “The managers of the ur‐ ban waste contract, STV management, will con‐ tinue to collaborate in the collection of caps, and the SEUR Foundation

Christmas fair THE Marina Bar Christmas Fair in Torrevieja will take place on Saturday, November 20 at 2pm, raising funds for the Stroke Association Spain.

Hosting a raffle, tombola, a variety of stalls selling jewellery, bric‐a‐brac, confectionery, and crafts the event will also see the Phoenix Band playing Christmas carols.

The fair will also host Paul Owen, founder of the Stroke Association, who will be in at‐ tendance to answer any questions about the charity.

Navy. The second highest‐ ranking officer on the is‐ land.

“Harbison likes things done by the book and his main aim in life is to throw Luther Billis in the Brig.

Harbison is played by local entertainer Rae Daniel (pic‐ tured) who has appeared in previous Studio32 produc‐ tions Oklahoma and Fiddler on the Roof.”

Tickets are on sale, priced at €10, and can be bought by emailing tick ets@studiothirtytwo.org or by calling Philip on 602 617 848.

Raising funds for the Stroke Association.

The fair will take place at Marina Bar on Calle de la Rosas, 85, Torrevieja.

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Collecting bottle caps.

will collaborate in their subsequent recycling.”

She added: “The most important thing is that the entire amount will go to help children with se‐ rious illnesses or disabili‐ ties.”

To take part in the Caps for a new life scheme, applicants must be children with serious illnesses or disabilities requiring medical or or‐ thopaedic treatments not covered by Social Se‐ curity, and whose fami‐ lies do not have the nec‐ essary resources to access them.

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Want Brits to stay longer PRESIDENT of the Valen‐ cian 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, 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 Exposition in London last week and lamented that the new post‐Brexit visa rules of 90 days stay in ev‐ ery 180‐day period were damaging the economy of his region. The number of Britons visiting the re‐ gion fell sharply from three million in 2019 to just 600,000 in 2020.

While the pandemic had a lot to do with this de‐ crease, 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 con‐ cerned about the effect of the rules on new retirees who own or were plan‐ ning to buy holiday homes in the region. Hav‐ ing limits on the amount of time they can stay may put people off buy‐ ing, he added.

Spain’s Tourism Minis‐ ter, Reyes Maroto, as‐ sured Mr Puig the gov‐ ernment had already set up a ‘task force’ that in‐ cludes diplomats from the UK and Spain. Their job is to work on ‘joint so‐ lutions to mobility issue’, but did not say what these solutions may be.

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ORPHANAGE fundraiser. On Saturday, December 13 there will be a charity Christmas fair in aid of the San Jose Obrero and Elche Orphanage. Taking place at Oasis, Bulevar Los Narejos from 12pm, the fair will offer a hog roast, various stalls, and carols by the choir ‘Joy’ from 6pm. Entry to the Christmas fair will be free and the event will include stalls from Bella Una Fashion, Shoe Amour Shoe, and Gifts on Wood.

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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 nearly managed to break

Eric broke a world record.

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.”

Charity fundraiser goes off with a bang!!

A BEAUTIFULLY warm af‐ ternoon on Friday Novem‐ ber 5 for our Bonfire and Firework party, heralded another great event for the San Jose Obrero Chil‐ dren’s Home.

A private barbecue was held for over 100 people, a staggering amount of food was provided, and a large bonfire built in the spacious grounds. Paul, an ex‐fire of‐ ficer was on hand to make sure that health and safety regulations were adhered to, and along with Martin Armson set off a fabulous firework display. On top of the bonfire sat an effigy of Jimmy Savile, made by Ocean Pools and dressed

A sunny day for the barbecue.

by the ladies of Animales Unicos, and yes, he was well and truly fixed!

A barbecue with such a great variety of food, and plenty of it was sourced, prepared, cooked and served by the ladies of the charity team, whilst the men served drinks.

Our thanks to Isidoro and Juan Luis from Cortado for the plates etc, Miss Peas who donated all the fresh vegetables for the salads etc, Roda Bar for the loan of tables and chairs and fi‐ nally Ian Durran for the mu‐ sic and music Bingo. Thank you so much.

Steve Gooch said “we are getting tremendous sup‐ port; everyone enjoys

themselves and we raise money for the children’s home. A win, win situation… everyone en‐ joyed a fabulous barbecue in a lovely setting, the fire‐ work display was fantastic, we fixed Jim and raised €2,008.

“Our team work hard to give such great value for money events, all made worthwhile by all your sup‐ port. Thank you all!”

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Brave schoolgirl raises £200k ELIZABETH SOFFE is only seven years old but is al‐ ready an inspiration. She raised more than £200,000 for Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Elizabeth has been receiving treatment at the hospital since she was severely burned in a cot fire when 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 fin‐ gers 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 hospital team put her back together.”

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

Beer ok

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

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

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

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Captive dolphin shows shunned THE hugely successful travel company Expedia has turned its back on hol‐ idays that include perfor‐ mances by captive dol‐ phins and whales. The move follows campaign‐ ing by various animal wel‐ fare groups and celebri‐ ties such as the UK prime minister’s wife, Carrie Johnson.

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

The company an‐ nounced the move on Twitter, stating: “We re‐ cently adjusted our animal welfare policy. As a result, attractions and activities that involve performances by or interactions with dol‐ phins and other cetaceans will no longer be available on our sites.”

They added more details on their website: “Seaside sanctuaries that provide

captive animals with a per‐ manent seaside living envi‐ ronment 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 campaign‐ ers are looking for other companies to follow suit.

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 sexuality. The traditional bottle of Champagne was smashed on the bow by Navy offi‐ cer Paula M Neira, who is the clinical programme di‐ rector for the John Hopkins Centre for Transgender Health.

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

“The secretary of the Navy 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.

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New smoking Remembering the fallen law demands

THE Spanish Society of Pulmonary and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) has entered debates around the need for anti‐smoking legislation to be up‐ dated and reinforced SMOKING: The aim is to reduce the to help people stop amount of tobacco consumed. smoking. They have suggested five ‘inalienable measures’ to the Ministry of Health to reduce the amount of tobacco consumed in Spain and therefore 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, electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco.

For the second requirement, the Ministry of Health has al‐ ready 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 already have re‐ ported that the smoking rates have gone down. They also want to regulate the sale, consumption and advertising of electronic cigarettes and devices that heat but do not burn tobacco.

Finally, they ask for increased help with healthcare to include stop smoking units and readily financed treatments for quit‐ ters.

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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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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Paper shortage threatens book boom

IN the last 18 months, sales of books have increased be‐ tween 17 and 23 per cent.

Unfortunately, various exter‐ nal 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, em‐ ploying around 50,000 people.

During 2020, as many as 74,589 book titles were pub‐ lished, and the number of readers in Spain increased.

Around 57 per cent of Spaniards are reported to have admitted to reading a book at least once a week dur‐ ing this time.

With virtually all economic activities now having re‐ sumed, the effect on this trend remains to be seen. The sector is also currently facing several external threats. A sudden scarcity 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.

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 na‐ tionals that have their residence recognised in Spain have been left worried recently over stamps placed in their passports at Spanish border control. According to guidance, UK na‐ tionals 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 em‐ bassy 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 al‐ ways travel with both your valid passport and proof of your residence 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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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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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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Houses for La Palma homeless THE first of at least 200 modular wooden houses were bought by the Ca‐ nary Islands government last week to help with the housing emergency caused by the La Palma volcanic eruption. The minister of Public Works, Transport and

Housing, Sebastian Fran‐ quis, announced on Thursday November 4 the acquisition had be‐ gun.

The first 30 wooden houses are already avail‐ able for installation. El Paso City Council have proposed a plot and are

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.

now awaiting the results of a report to ensure the land is compliant with building regulations. The municipality must also complete the correct pa‐ perwork to cede the land over to the Ministry and formalise the pro‐ cess, the councillor said at the parliamentary committee.

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

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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Scabies on the increase Marathon quota full 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.

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 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,

73 countries will take part.

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 Research Council (CSIC), the next batch of Euro banknotes could be made with new materials 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 sus‐ tainability.

A research team from the Madrid Institute of Materials Science (ICMM‐CSIC), is responsible for this development, and it works in collaboration with the Bank of Spain. Fund‐ ing for this comes from the Eurosystem, the monetary au‐ thority 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 ap‐ plied to euro banknotes. This project, which began in Octo‐ ber 2019, is due to conclude its first phase in 2022, and is subject to strict confidentiality requirements.

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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.”

and finally...

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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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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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

6

All snow flakes have six sides.

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

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

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

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

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

NATIONAL TREASURE: A regular on TV.

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

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

When he returned home, he discovered that his property

had been sold without his knowledge.

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

Mike had been away from the house.

All of Mike’s possessions had been stripped out of the house including carpets and curtains. Mike called the po‐ lice. The new owner’s father made an appearance at the house when the builder fetched him. He greeted Mike telling him that he was trespassing and that he needed to leave.

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

An investigation discovered the house had been sold 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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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.”

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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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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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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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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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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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STAT OF €9.335 billion WEEK

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

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

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

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

ber and offer a genuine freephone enquiry service.

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

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

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

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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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CHANGE(P) 1.374,50 263,30 2.924,0 2.727,0 1.379,50 6.355,8 1.890,0 9.435,0 611,40 570,20 3.548,0 403,90 632,40 575,80 1,444 192,88 656,20 4.283,0 1.920,00 350,64 2.543,5 519,80 160,55 2.755,0 2.018,0 1.694,6 63,94 2.580,0 1.600,50 3.787,0 9.524,0 6.276,0 3.790,0 380,67 663,20 3.466,0 11.370,0 12.660,0 921,40 1.573,80 355,70 3.017,0 1.502,50 2.416,00 437,70 183,16 1.557,50 547,40 5.358,0 2.305,00

% CHG. 1.354,00 252,30 2.898,6 2.700,0 1.363,00 6.267,4 1.865,0 9.315,0 605,40 564,60 3.481,0 401,60 622,00 568,20 1,426 190,44 648,00 4.245,0 1.903,00 345,57 2.530,5 509,00 157,40 2.730,0 1.995,0 1.633,8 63,28 2.562,0 1.573,50 3.700,0 9.380,0 6.246,0 3.765,0 377,70 644,00 3.433,0 11.270,0 12.460,0 905,00 1.552,00 352,85 2.986,0 1.484,50 2.385,00 434,10 176,00 1.547,00 529,80 5.280,0 2.280,00

NET VOL 64,32K 907,40K 4,91K 289,23K 31,05K 3,77K 74,37K 166,64K 46,51K 77,39K 46,67K 722,62K 251,20K 820,44K 129,06K 4,07M 235,82K 9,91K 516,69K 950,36K 269,84K 204,92K 3,06M 58,99K 70,07K 286,68K 546,34K 21,50K 163,33K 350,65K 15,20K 14,41K 178,32K 58,87K 541,96K 68,03K 21,21K 28,54K 127,16K 1,33M 3,89M 35,83K 45,29K 14,97K 2,65M 9,96M 75,17K 346,64K 37,78K 121,06K

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5.082,0 109,35 287,50 2.721,0 697,20 290,70 49,02 7.134,0 748,20 166,20 1.829,00 951,10 217,10 8.030,0 30,58 1.716,00 2.669,2 660,60 1.477,00 6.043,0 2.342,00 607,60 699,40 4.444,4 141,86 8,84 1.715,01 1.715,4 1.719,2 736,60 1.494,00 20,12 3.690,0 1.520,85 1.319,42 2.768,0 1.351,00 1.451,00 16.340,0 1.645,00 1.611,50 454,90 154,49 275,03 251,70 3.878,9 1.061,21 110,65 3.375,0 1.070,00

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5.114,0 111,90 289,60 2.737,0 709,00 293,00 49,00 7.170,0 752,80 168,45 1.832,00 954,20 217,10 8.104,0 30,64 1.731,15 2.693,0 662,60 1.478,50 6.077,0 2.363,00 609,80 702,80 4.477,0 143,74 8,85 1.715,40 1.715,6 1.719,2 744,60 1.498,00 20,21 3.715,0 1.531,50 1.337,50 2.776,0 1.367,00 1.459,50 16.455,0 1.655,50 1.614,50 456,20 155,60 275,70 255,00 3.909,0 1.066,50 111,49 3.434,0 1.077,00

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

10,08K 573,84K 562,53K 19,44K 130,36K 199,65K 17,45M 72,29K 48,71K 222,21K 45,90K 333,60K 2,33M 25,55K 63,58K 20,90K 21,88K 86,97K 157,52K 157,16K 329,73K 173,00K 110,05K 275,93K 8,06M 131,88K 457,80K 494,36K 184,85K 77,17K 2,31K 1,21M 14,81K 394,25K 109,75K 10,28K 233,29K 88,82K 3,75K 76,59K 25,57K 781,40K 395,33K 871,75K 1,47M 296,83K 36,73K 1,27M 44,52K 171,55K

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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

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RECENT UPSURGE: Tourists helped the employment figures.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Love Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com To read more articles from our columnists and to have your say in the comments go to www.euroweeklynews.com

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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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MORE ABOUT MOTIVATION TONI C. EASTWOOD OBE, MBA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Let’s Plus+1 your energy today!!

Keep me posted.

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

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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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GO LOCAL

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

Local businesses make our villages, towns and cities

what they are. They add unique character. They are convenient. And they offer excellent produce from known suppliers. The joy of shopping locally means that independent businesses can support the local communi‐ ty. You may find something a euro or two cheaper online but have you considered where your money is actual‐ ly going?

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

ing better than giving back to the communities that have given us so much. Lo‐ cal stores support charities and they sponsor local sports teams. In many cas‐ es, they are much more than just a business, they’re a legacy. They may have supported generations of the same family. Likewise, brand new local stores and bars may help the genera‐ tions of the future fulfil their dreams and ambitions.

Remember, your local

store is going up against multinationals and chains.

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

So remember. When you go shopping ‐ go local!

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HEALTH & BEAUTY

Exercise benefits ‘last days’ Thyroid diet WE all know exercise offers multiple benefits. From im‐ proving muscle tone, heart health, lung capacity, flexibili‐ ty, and aiding weight loss, there are very few health con‐ cerns which exercise cannot assist.

While it can sometimes feel

difficult to fit exercise in ‐ espe‐ cially as the days become shorter and cooler ‐ it seems scientists have now found a new incentive sure to motivate even the most exercise‐averse.

One study has found that exercising, ‘semi‐intensely’ on one day, can ‘reap benefits

which last for days,’ meaning you can enjoy a relatively re‐ laxed weekend following just one bout of physical activity on a Friday.

This news bodes well for anyone concerned that a few days’ rest over Christmas will throw off their good work over the rest of the year.

Researchers from the Uni‐ versity of Texas Southwestern conducted studies 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.

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, lower blood sugar and greater calorie burn‐ ing, at the same time reducing activity linked to hunger and lower metabolism.

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

TO find the best diet to help minimise the ef‐ fects of Hashimoto’s disease, it is first necessary to understand exactly what the disorder is, and how it affects the body.

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is a lifelong and pro‐ gressive auto‐immune disease, in which the im‐ mune system turns against the body’s own tis‐ sues and attacks the thyroid gland, causing a hormonal deficiency.

The condition primarily affects middle‐aged women, but can also occur in men and women of any age, as well as children, and often leads to an underactive thyroid, known as hypothy‐ roidism.

Symptoms include: fatigue and sluggishness, weight gain, constipation, a pale, puffy face, dry skin, muscle weakness, depression and memory lapses.

It is advisable to see a doctor if you begin suf‐ fering from the first four symptoms for no ap‐ parent reason, as untreated, the disease can cause a number of other health problems.

But the good news, is that a low fat, high fibre diet, combined with nutritional supplements, can help ease the symptoms of this type of hy‐ pothyroidism.

According to Long Life Clinic of Marbella, it is very important to maintain control of the diet, as excess calories and fat interfere with hormonal imbalance. A spokesperson said: “It is essential to take into account that you should eat a gluten‐free diet, without sugar, without grains, without dairy and low glycemic index.”

SEAFOOD: Lean meat and fish boost the immune system.

Vitamin B is vital for Hashimoto’s disease suf‐ ferers because its properties ‘exert a regulatory action in the hormonal gland’.

This stabilises the immune system so that it is not ‘perceived as an enemy to the thyroid cells’.

In this way it helps eliminate symptoms of de‐ pression, discouragement, and fatigue, while at the same time provides the body with enzymes to turn food into energy.

It also aids the inflammatory reduction pro‐ cess of the thyroid gland which in turn benefits the cardiovascular and arterial system.

A diet based on fruit and vegetables is ideal for strengthening the immune system as they are gluten free and have natural sweetening proper‐ ties, which reduces the craving for carbohy‐ drates.

Lean meat and seafood consumption is rec‐ ommended for those suffering from Hashimo‐ to’s disease, as its properties enhance the im‐ mune system, build muscle mass, and feed ligaments, tendons and joints.

A nutritional supplement with turmeric is also beneficial to fighting the inflammatory process of the thyroid, because it is said to improve di‐ gestion, detoxify the liver and relieves arthritis pain.

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Hydration station WHILE the weather gets colder and wetter, it may seem counter‐intuitive to bring more moisture into your home, but investing in a humidifier may offer multiple benefits to our health, beauty and homes.

Humidifiers work by infusing moisture into the air and come in different sizes, allowing you to choose a model which will create enough vapour to fill your chosen room.

There are three types of humidifier to choose from, each with its own benefits.

Ultrasonic models move water at a fre‐ quency which converts it into a cold vapour.

These humidifiers are among the cheapest and most energy ‐efficient but can produce a dust which could exacerbate some lung condi‐ tions.

Evaporative models use a fan to blow water into the air and are very quiet, while steam based humidifiers are a highly hygienic option but should always be used away from chil‐ dren as they use hot water. All machines must also be disinfected regularly to avoid bacteria building up and being disseminated around the room.

Used properly, the benefits of these ma‐ chines are wide‐ranging however, assisting with a range of issues.

Central heating, open fires and air condi‐ tioning can all suck moisture out of the air, leaving us with dry skin and hair. This in turn can encourage our bodies to produce more oil

HUMDIFIER: Essential oils could ease sinus problems.

to compensate, giving us skin or hair that is dry in some places and greasy in others. Hu‐ midifiers increase moisture levels, providing our bodies with hydration and improving skin and hair quality.

This same effect can also benefit our health and help treat any sinus problems caused by dryness. The benefits of any sinus‐clearing ac‐ tions may also be assisted by adding aro‐ matherapy to your machine in the form of mint, eucalyptus or tea tree.

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Writers Exhibition on Saturday November 20 in Campoverde ARE you looking for a thoughtful Christmas pre‐ sent for a friend or family member? Then come out to meet local authors and poets at the upcoming Writers’ Exhibition in Cam‐ poverde.

Copies of their books will be available for purchase.

The writers will also do readings of their prose and poetry. It’s an event suit‐ able for all ages. Cava and nibbles will be available.

This exciting event will be held on Saturday Novem‐ ber 20 from 11am to 1pm

at the Campoverde Church and Community Hall, locat‐ ed at Av Del Pino, Pinar de Campoverde.

If you are a local pub‐ lished author and would like to be included, please join us.

Canadian author and Costa Blanca resident Dar‐ lene Foster will be attend‐ ing the event and will be able to sign copies of her many books for children, including the recently re‐ leased Amanda in Malta: The Sleeping Lady. This book is part of the Amanda Travels Adventures series.

She is also working on a new book called Amanda in Paris Fire in the Cathedral.

English author Susan Champion will also be there with her lovely pa‐ perback book Prayer, Praise and Poetry. Al‐ though educated mainly in Kenya, East Africa, she has been living on the Costa Blanca for many years now.

Books by Nancy Blodgett Klein, an American living on the Costa Blanca, will be available at the Writers’ Ex‐ hibition.

These include her well‐ reviewed novel, Torn Be‐ tween Worlds: A Mexican Immigrant’s Journey to Find Herself, along with an anthology of true stories written by members of the Torrevieja Writers’ Circle ti‐ tled, Life Lessons: Guidance of All Ages.

Stories by Darlene Fos‐ ter, Sue Champion and Maureen Moss are includ‐ ed in the Life Lessons an‐ thology.

Two books by La Mata resident Maureen Moss will also be available. Her travel books are titled There’s a Funnel Web on the Floor and the recently released book, There’s More to Life.

Most of the books listed in this article are also avail‐ able on Amazon.

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Marcia’s Dance Centre - Keep on Dancing I T’S been a tough time for everyone coping with the restrictions on social life and activities as a re‐ sult of Covid. The stu‐ dents of Marcia’s Dance Centre are no exception, with only limited classes and Zoom sessions avail‐ able over the last 20 months.

Even now lessons have begun to resume in a more normal capacity, the lack of entertainment locally has meant that the usual annual oppor‐ tunities to perform have not been available.

However, the centre’s teacher and choreogra‐ pher, Phaedra Vaughn, has come up with an in‐ ventive new way to pro‐ vide the students with these opportunities.

She has been chore‐ ographing mini shows which the students are performing on an out‐

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door stage, and videoing them to post on social media. Students are re‐ quired to put in the same efforts as a more tradi‐ tional show in terms of rehearsals, costume and make‐up.

The only audience has been the parents who bring their children along to the events and any partners or friends who are good with a camera!

So, if you happen to stum‐ ble across us please feel

free to stay and watch and give us a clap or cheer of encouragement.

The last event was a Halloween Spooktacular and included the show dancers, burlesque class and the children’s groups. Characters ap‐ peared including Freddy Kruger, Chucky, and Ja‐ son from the Texas Chain Saw Massacre!! There was also some spooky songs from the musical theatre performers.

All videos have been posted on YouTube and are available to view, and rest assured, as soon as we are able, we will be performing on a stage or at a local event some‐ where near you!!

For more details on our classes or activities con‐ tact Phaedra on: 607 290 896, info@marciasdance centre.com, or find us on Facebook.

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THE cooler weather is arriv‐ ing and pets can be vulnera‐ ble over winter and need ex‐ tra care to keep them healthy and happy.

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Winter dog care However, bear in mind that like humans, it’s proba‐ bly less active in colder months so be careful not to overfeed.

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One bath per month is enough and remember to dry your dog off carefully af‐ terwards as damp dog hair can be a breeding ground for bacteria.

Unless your dog has ex‐ tremely long hair, keep clip‐ ping to a minimum. Leave most of the coat at its natu‐ ral length, but clip the hair on its stomach and legs a little shorter to avoid it picking up damp and mud when out‐ side.

Keep a pot of natural Vaseline to hand and apply it noses and pads when it’s cold. This will stop the sensi‐ tive skin from drying out and cracking.

Finally, especially if your dog is small or has short hair, buy it a raincoat. It may look a little silly but will be much happier as it will stay drier and warmer on rainy walks.

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Volvo V90 - a very desirable Swedish steed ROAD TEST

by Mark Slack V O LV O ’ S staple buyer has changed over the last few years with the trans‐

formation of its range, from safe and worthy to dynamic and fashion‐ able. The Swedish car maker has created a very cool, Scandina‐ vian (even though they’re not all made there now) look to their line‐up. Their high‐ tech march towards elec‐ trification 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 traditionally spacious Volvo estate with a distinctly Scandina‐ vian vibe. Despite the popularity of SUVs Volvo estates are still in de‐ mand, and for good rea‐ son. These are load carri‐

Has the look and feel of a luxury car.

ers, not in the same league as the square box Volvos of old but still pretty impressive, they are also packed with luxu‐ ries touches.

Standard fare across all V90 models includes auto dimming mirrors, auto lights, high beam assist, auto wipers, keyless start, cruise, electric and power folding door mirrors, leather, heated front seats with electric adjust‐ ment and lumbar sup‐ port, heated wiper

blades, dual zone climate control and as you would expect from Volvo 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. Op‐ tions included a fabulous power glass tilt and slide panoramic sunroof, cor‐ nering lighting, heated rear seats, heated steer‐ ing wheel and wind‐

screen, memory passen‐ ger seat, Bowers & Wilkins sound system, adaptive dampers and air suspension, parking cam‐ era and a retractable tow‐ bar. 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 re‐ finement is excel‐ lent giving the V90 an air of unruffled calm. It’s one of those cars that you feel could take you from one end of the country to the other and emerge with no aches or feeling in any way jaded. The in‐ terior is modern and min‐ imalist but at the same time has the look and feel of a luxury car. It’s an ob‐ ject lesson in how interi‐ ors 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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Compensation claims for cars purchased between 2006 - 2013 BACK in 2015, the National Markets and Competition Commission detected a series of fraudulent attitudes being conducted by a total of 147 concessionaires of cars in Spain. These activities, featur‐ ing 91 per cent of brands sold in the country, were found to violate anti‐competition regu‐ lations and deemed to consti‐ tute a cartel for the exchange of ‘secret, future, and strate‐ gic’ information.

The large car brands that were involved in this plot have had a series of millionaire fines imposed on them by the CN‐ MC since then. All these fines have been ratified by the Ad‐ ministrative Litigation Cham‐ ber of Madrid.

These ratifications now offer a new avenue for drivers who purchased a vehicle at one of these dealerships between 2006 and 2013. According to the Supreme Court, those af‐ fected may claim compensa‐ tion for the extra expense caused by this fraudulent net‐ work of establishments.

It is estimated that approxi‐ mately 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 also VTC com‐ panies, taxis, and car rental

companies, and all are entitled to make a compensation claim for the extra they paid need‐ lessly.

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 attached to this network.

Claims can be processed in‐ dividually or by contacting one of the associations or plat‐ forms that have already set up collective mechanisms to de‐ mand the return of the monies. All that is needed are

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

Regular campaigns are carried out aimed at dif‐ ferent sections 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 number of 2,593 drivers who were con‐ trolled by the police checks during ‘Operation TruckBus’, which was conducted between Oc‐ tober 11 and 17.

Another 31 lorry drivers had their vehicles immobilised for various reasons, some due to

the fault of the driver, others, the vehicle. These drivers were not allowed to continue their jour‐ neys. Of the 1,349 fined drivers, five were bus drivers, the remainder, 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 also detected (230), while 427 were driv‐ ing with administrative irregularities in either their personal, or their vehicle’s documentation (400 lorries and 27 buses).

Three hundred more drivers were fined for their vehicles carrying excess weight, or of hav‐ ing an improper load arrangement (293 lorries, and seven buses). Infractions relating to seat belt use were 87 (80 in lorries, three in buses).

A total of 17 lorry drivers were found to be under the influence of alcohol, while 11 others were tested positive for psychotropic sub‐ stances. Two bus drivers tested positive for drugs.

the legal documentation of proof of purchase of the vehi‐ cle, or proof of the rental or leasing of a vehicle. The techni‐ cal sheet is also required. Cur‐ rently, buyers are being re‐ funded 10 per cent of the purchase price they paid.

If you think your vehicle falls

into this bracket, then organi‐ sations such as the ‘Group of People Affected by the Car Cartel (AACC)’ have developed verification tools. Their website has a form that can be filled out, from which you can verify if your vehicle is one of those affected.

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Liverpool’s 1st defeat WEST HAM moved up into third place in the Premier League table on Sunday, November 7, at the London Stadium. An incredible display saw the Hammers hand Liver‐ pool their first defeat of the season. Jurgen Klopp’s men came into this match just one win short of a new club record of 26 unbeaten league match‐ es.

Mixed fortunes now see David Moyes’ resurgent team climbing above Liverpool, dent‐ ing their aspirations of winning the title again. On this kind of form, West Ham can actually be serious contenders for the top spot, showing true grit and resilience against a powerful Liverpool side.

An own goal from Alisson af‐ ter only four minutes gave the London club’s fans plenty to cheer about. The Brazilian somehow managed to turn Pablo Fornals’ corner into his own net. It took until the 41st minute for Trent Alexander‐

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Arnold to level the scores when he received the ball from Mo‐ hamed Salah and curled it into the goal beyond Lukasz Fabian‐ ski.

It could well have been a 10‐ a‐side match if the referee had wanted it, with two incidents looking like they deserved red cards. Jordan Henderson went down after a heavy challenge from Aaron Cresswell, while Ogbonna took a loose elbow to his face from Diego Jota, lead‐ ing to a substitution.

Sadio Mane came close to

putting the Reds in front after the break, but Fabianzki parried his close‐range volley. Craig Dawson was unlucky with a header as well. It was Fornais who broke the deadlock on 67 minutes, with Alisson unable to do anything with his low shot.

Just seven minutes later, Kurt Zouma put the Hammers 3‐1 up, heading home to put his team in a strong position.

When Divock Origi lowered the deficit after 83 minutes, it led to a tense last few minutes, but West Ham held on to win 3‐2.

Verstappen wins Mexico Grand Prix RED BULL driver Max Verstappen dominat‐ ed the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday, November 7, at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. This victory sends him 19 points clear of rival Lewis Hamilton.

World champion Lewis Hamilton finished second in the Mercedes, 16.5 seconds behind the winner. “Their car was so superior this weekend that there wasn’t really anything we could do about it. I am just happy to have sec‐ ond,” he said after the race.

It was not clear if he was unhappy with his teammate when he commented, “I was try‐ ing to keep whichever Red Bull I could see in my mirror behind, and I thought Valtteri would be doing the same. But obviously, he left the door open for Max.” The Dutch driver was in a class of his own, clinching his ninth chequered flag of the sea‐ son. He led from the first corner, and it was a lead that never looked under threat. A smart manoeuvre in that first corner saw Max jump ahead, as pole‐sitter, Valtteri Bottas was clipped by McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo, a spin that left him at the back of the field.

“It was all about braking late,” Verstappen said of his move into Turn 1. “I kept it on the track and that basically made my race,” as he left it late to brake, totally getting the jump on both Mercedes cars in the process to take the lead.

With four races remaining, there are still

107 points up for grabs, so Hamilton is still in with a shout. No other driver can overtake ei‐ ther driver in the championship now, it’s a two‐horse race. This weekend they are in Sao Paulo for the Brazilian Grand Prix at the his‐ toric Interlagos circuit.

Hamilton stayed in the running after fight‐ ing off the challenge from Sergio Perez in the other Red Bull. Perez had the home advan‐ tage with a very vociferous crowd cheering him on, but he just couldn’t get past Hamil‐ ton, and settled for third place on the podium.

COSTA BLANCA SOUTH WALKING FOOTBALL LEAGUE Latest fixtures for this League are: Pinoso v Hondon Valley Flyers Moraira WFC v Pinoso Hondon Valley v Formentera WFC Dates to be accounced: Esquina Park Rangers visit Mojacar weekend November 12/13 for a six team tournament. Other teams com‐ peting will be Malaga A and B, Los Ami‐ gos A and B. Benahavis and EPR who are hoping to add to their significant trophy haul.