Euro Weekly News - Axarquia 18 - 24 November 2021 Issue 1898

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18 - 24 Nov 2021

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TORROX TAILS Choosing local projects.

Residents cast vote A TOTAL of 1,540 resi‐ dents cast a vote in Rin‐ con de la Victoria to choose which of 32 local projects should be fund‐ ed.

The number of votes is considerably higher than in previous years and 517 more than 2019.

Councillor for Citizen Participation, Josefa Carnero, said: “We have to be happy because citi‐ zen participation has dou‐ bled.”

The proposals that have received a greater num‐ ber of votes will be exe‐ cuted from 2022 and will cover seven categories.

These are tree planting in the children’s parks, the rehabilitation of the parish church, recondi‐ tioning of the basketball courts, improvements to the dog park in Huerta Ju‐ lian, a plan to improve and clean the beaches, improvements to street signage, and the rehabili‐ tation of the Roman Baths of Torre de Bena‐ galbon.

Councillor Carnero thanked all the Residents of Rincon de la Victoria “who have been part of this campaign.”

FIRST PREVIEW: Event has a line-up of 55 artists.

WEEKEND BEACH FESTIVAL RETURNS

CHARITY: Rescues and rehomes abandoned and mistreated dogs and puppies.

TAIL TORROX is a registered charity based in Torrox Costa, with a mis‐ sion to rescue and rehome aban‐ doned and maltreated dogs and puppies in the area. The refuge has 50 regular dog walkers who ensure the animals get plenty of exercise.

On November 19, 20 and 23, volun‐ teers will again be using their free time to raise funds for the animals and to buy cleaning products for the refuge. They will be collecting dona‐ tions and products at ALDI Torrox Costa, located on Calle La Noria.

The volunteers will also be selling Tail t‐shirts with all proceeds going to the shelter to care for the animals and the upkeep of the property. You can make cash donations, which will pay for the dogs to get vaccinated and sterilised, and to give them pass‐ ports and chips. In addition, the

money will go towards electricity, water, food, and medication.

The shelter is also in need of bleach, cloths, sponges, detergent, blankets, scrubbers, and tinned ani‐ mal food. You can shop in ALDI for these products then drop them off to the volunteers on your way out!

Tail has a dog refuge that houses 60 to 80 dogs and puppies, with the same number in foster care. They have two charity shops in Torrox Costa, and you can also sign up to their monthly donation programme for €1 a month.

THE Weekend Beach Festival is set to return to Torre del Mar and the first preview for the summer 2022 event has a line‐up of 55 artists and there are already some headliners. It is expected that more acts will join before the summer.

The mayor of Velez‐Malaga, Antonio Moreno Fer‐ rer, the deputy mayor of Torre del Mar, Jesus Perez Atencia, and Fatima Rodriguez, director of the Weekend Beach Festival of Torre del Mar, present‐ ed the first preview of the line‐up for the return of the event for summer 2022.

The deputy mayor of Torre del Mar commented: “Today is an important day for all of us. Announc‐ ing the return of the Weekend Beach Festival and advancing part of its new line‐up for 2022 is for us another step in the long‐awaited return to normali‐ ty.

“It has been more than 20 very hard months, in which we have acted responsibly and worked for the safety of our residents. A responsibility that we continue to ask for in order to be able to hold dif‐ ferent events under the recommended hygienic and sanitary measures.”

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Andalucian Judo Championships RINCON DE LA VICTORIA will be hosting the Andalu‐ cian Judo Championhsips for 12 to 17‐year‐olds on November 20 and 21.

Those who are successful at the event at the Ruben Ruzafa pavilion will go through to the Nation‐ al Championship in Madrid.

Around 300 participants from 40 clubs across An‐ dalucia will take part, while spectators will be able to follow the events on the Judo Federation’s YouTube channels.

The mayor of Rincon de la Victoria, Francisco Sala‐ do, spoke about, “the important impact on the mu‐ nicipality through hosting regional and national sports competitions.” He added: “Supporting sport‐ ing events in our municipality is a great media oppor‐ tunity, and therefore a showcase to attract visitors.”

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Street name petition

THERE is an ongoing petition to name a street in Malaga City after an early female footballer who was deter‐ mined to play regardless of the customs of the time.

Ana Carmona Ruíz known as Nita was born in Malaga on May 16, 1908, in the Capuchi‐ nos neighbourhood and it was in the port that as a child she saw for the first time a group of English sailors play a strange game called football.

Her interest turned into a secret passion and years later, she began to play for Sporting Club de Malaga, although at the beginning of the 20th cen‐ tury it was impossible for a woman to play football, let

€500 donation THE New Life Church in Ner‐ ja has presented a €500 do‐ nation to Solidaria to go to‐ wards essential repairs the charity is carrying out.

Solidaria is a non‐profit association that fights to help the families of Nerja most in need.

The Nerja Solidaria de Ali‐ mentos Association dis‐ tributes thousands of prod‐ ucts each week to more than 100 families in difficult economic situations.

New Life Church, Nerja have been collecting food, toiletries and baby products for the charity as well as presenting their donation.

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Spanish women’s football has progressed.

alone in a men’s team.

Having cut her hair and minimised her breasts with bandages she played several matches before it was re‐ alised that she was a girl and not only was she insulted, but eventually denounced and

detained for disturbing public order. The family chose to send her to the home of some relatives in the nearby town of Velez‐Malaga, but far from discouraging her, she ended up playing for the local team, Velez CF where she

took the nickname of Veleta.

Nita’s life ended too soon, as at only 32 she caught re‐ lapsing fever from a louse bite and died. She was buried with the Sporting de Malaga shirt in the San Rafael cemetery, surrounded by colleagues who shared their hobby and secret with her.

Her story is part of the Un‐ told Story and describes the historical struggle of women to occupy public spaces, to live their own lives, to be able to develop their vital projects and to pursue their dreams. This is why there is a petition on change.org asking for 1,000 signatures to have a street in Malaga named after her.

Fundraising for Lux Mundi centre THE donations at a recent Lux Mundi lunch raised €72.90 for the centre in Torre del Mar. Lux Mundi thanked those who came to the lunch in the Las Brujas restaurant in Torre del Mar and for their donations. The centre will hold its next lunch on Monday, Decem‐

LOCAL Policeman in Nerja Miguel Alberto Garcia Fernan‐ dez has joined the Order of Merit of the Local Police of An‐ dalucia. The decoration of the cross with a white badge was presented by the Minister of the Presidency, Public Admin‐ istration and Interior of the Junta de Andalucia, Elias Ben‐ dodo. The event was held in Almeria, with the participation

ber 13 at 2pm at the Safari Lounge. For more information, visit the Lux Mundi centre at Torre del Mar, Avda. Moscatel 1 ‘I’ Monday and Wednesday from 10am to 1pm and Fri‐ days from 11am to 1pm, or contact 952 543 334 or luxmundi@lux‐mundi.org.

Order of Merit awarded

of the mayor of Nerja Jose Al‐ berto Armijo, the Security councillor, Francisco Arce and the head of the Local Police Francisco Iranzo.

The events that led to this decoration date back to De‐ cember 10, 2019, when, thanks to his courage and de‐ cision, the officer managed to

prevent a young person in Nerja from jumping into the void from the Aguila Aque‐ duct. The councillor once again congratulated the Local Police for their good work and efficiency, demonstrating ex‐ traordinary professionalism in solving an extremely serious situation.

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Coastal path

THE second phase of construction that began last summer, on the beach in front of Villa Astrida, has been completed and adds 500 metres to the section of the Motril coastal path between Los Moriscos and Bonobo at a cost of €250,000.

Welcome Aldi THE Almuñecar Council has approved a proposal by the Aldi group to build a new store and car park costing €2 million on the former site of the Dia supermarket and according to the Council this will be just their second supermarket on the Costa Tropical.

Nativity museum WITH Christmas coming, one of the popular Spanish traditions is the viewing of the Belen (Nativity Scenes) and this year after having been closed last winter due to the pandemic, the Mollina Nativity Scene Museum just north of Antequera is open with more than 100 different nativity groups

Rescued vulture YOUNG vultures who are migrating often become disorientated or dehydrated and one was found in the streets of Velez‐Malaga on Tuesday November 16 by residents who alerted the Local Police to its plight. After giving it food and water, it was transferred to the Malaga Animal Recovery Centre.

Dog park BEFORE the end of November, Almuñecar is due to open its second dog park, in the western part of the municipality, covering around 1,000 square metres in the little used Sandovala Park at a cost of some €11,000 which includes installation of fencing.

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Tribute to Blas de Lezo

TORRE DEL MAR will pay tribute to Blas de Lezo by organising a number of events today, Thursday, November 18.

Taking part in the events will be the Ministry of Defence, the sub‐delegation of the Ministry of Defence in Malaga and the Spanish Navy.

The first deputy mayor of the town council of Velez‐Malaga, Jesus Perez Atencia, said: “The link between the town of Torre del Mar and the munici‐ pality of Velez‐Malaga will be promoted today with a solemn act that will consist of two parts.

“First, in the area of the promenade where the statue of Blas de Lezo is locat‐ ed, installed in 2018, an act will be held in tribute to this Spanish hero. It should be remembered that Blas de Lezo fought one of his great battles in front of the Torre del Mar bay, known as the Naval Battle of Velez‐Malaga.”

BLAS DE LEZO: A number of events is being organised for today.

Secondly Atencia continued, “in the building of the cultural centre of Our La‐ dy of Carmen ‐ Antigua Azucarera, we will hold the opening of the exhibition

Town promoted NERJA has promoted the qualities of the town during the baseball match between Unicaja and San Pablo Bur‐ gos on Saturday, November 14, at the Jose Maria Martin Carpena Sports Palace.

Through the promotional campaign ‘Our Province Play,’ promoted by Unicaja, the tourist attractions of the municipality were highlight‐ ed through advertisements on the video scoreboard, on the LED ring and on the screens at the foot of the track. Merchandising and products were also sold in the stands located outside the sports facilities.

“It was a great success to

have been able to be part of this campaign together with other municipalities. An op‐ portunity to get involved and support Unicaja, our leading basketball club at the provin‐ cial level, which has also al‐ lowed us to promote Nerja in terms of tourism through sports”, said Mayor Jose Al‐ berto Armijo. Armijo, togeth‐ er with the councillor for Sports Daniel Rivas, and the councillor for Tourism Gema Garcia, represented the Ner‐ ja Council at the event, which was also attended by 100 boys and girls from the Mu‐ nicipal School of Basketball who had been invited by the Malaga club.

‘Blas de Lezo, the value of the half‐man.’

“It is an international exhibition that praises the figure of Blas de Lezo, lieu‐ tenant general of the Spanish Navy.”

Arrested for killing pets THE National Police have arrested a 52‐year‐old man in Velez‐ Malaga after he allegedly injured and killed his neighbours’ pets.

As reported by the Provincial Police Station, a female resident in Velez‐Malaga had suffered the loss of several pets in desparate situations and in a short space of time, coinciding with the arrival of a new neighbour.

She first located her dog drowned in the pool. Later, she found one of her cats badly injured ‐ the animal died due to the severity of the injuries after two months of suffering ‐ and, more recently, another of her cats was found dead in the vicinity of her home.

The woman was already suspicious of her new neighbour, who had also made a derogatory comment towards her animals and, to make matters worse, placed sticks and ropes next to the access door to her home. She thought this behaviour to be strange and threatening.

The suspect was later caught red‐handed when he shot the complainant’s cats. This time, two felines suffered serious injuries and the owner had to pay out €1,200 in veterinary care.

The officers arrested the suspect for alleged animal abuse and seized the compressed air shotgun that he used to shoot the animals.

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Lux Mundi excursions LUX MUNDI in Torre del Mar has announced its upcoming activities with visits in December.

There will be coffee mornings on Fridays from 11m to 1pm, while on Thursday, December 2 there will be an excur‐ sion to Mijas and the Mi‐ ramar Centre departing from Torre del Mar at 9am. Tickets are priced €15 or €13 for those with a Friends of Lux Mundi card.

On Saturday, Decem‐ ber 11 there will be an ecumenical Christmas carol service in the Parish Church of San Andres in Torre del Mar at 5.30pm, and on Friday, December 17 there will be a service at the San Andres Parish at 7.45pm.

Lux Mundi will also host a coach excursion to the Christmas illumina‐ tions in La Conception Gardens and Malaga on Tuesday, December 21 departing from Torre del Mar at 5.15pm.

The show is based on the history of the gar‐ dens which date back to the mid‐19th century.

After the visit atten‐ dees will rejoin the coach for the journey into Malaga to see the Christ‐ mas lights and dinner.

Tickets are priced at €25 or €20 for those with a Friends of Lux Mundi card.

Man dies from drowning and finally...

A 55-YEAR-OLD man died on Monday, November 15, after being pulled out of the water on San Cristobal beach, in Almuñecar. According to witnesses who observed the incident and subsequently alerted the emergency services, the event occurred just a few minutes after 2pm.

They saw a man being

helped from the water clearly showing signs of drowning.

Those who had helped him then attempted to carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques on the shore.

The 112 service immediately mobilised the emergency services upon receiving the call, including patrols from the Local Police, the Guardia Civil, and the

Public Health Emergencies Company ambulance (EPES).

Upon arrival at the beach, after trying to revive him, the emergency services confirmed that a 55‐year‐old man was dead at the scene. The normal judicial protocol to clarify the causes that surrounded the event have reportedly been initiated by the Guardia Civil.

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ART exhibition. Artist Margaret Riordan will be ex‐ hibiting her paintings at two shows in Torrox.

The self‐taught artist, who was born in the UK, will exhibit at Hotel and Restaurant La Casa, Calle Baka, Plazuela de Barajas 3, Torrox Pubelo, Monday to Sat‐ urday from 10am to 2pm until spring 2022.

She will also be showing her works at JEMS on Avenida el Faro.

Margaret told the Euro Weekly News: “I am a self‐ taught artist. I was born in Bristol, England, and have been painting and drawing all my life. I’ve entered many competitions and festivals at local and national level and my works have been sold throughout the UK, Europe, North America and Australia.”

To view her works and see signed prints, contact mariordan@aol.com.

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School dinner debts pledge A BLOGGING dad vowed to clear school dinner debts at a Welsh school to stop the “madness of kids potentially going hungry.”

Simon Harris, a father of four, made the offer via his Twitter account on November 11, after the headteacher of the school, Neil Foden, sent a letter to parents saying the school would not pro‐ vide food to any child who had a school dinner debt. He wrote that any child who owed more than a penny would not be given food.

The incident caught the attention of Marcus

has tens of thousands of Facebook and Twitter fol‐ lowers said: “I’ve just made this genuine offer to the management of Ys‐ gol Dyffryn Nantlle on Twitter. I will absolutely cover their catering deficit if it stops this madness of kids potentially going hungry because of a school dinner debt.”

SIMON HARRIS: Has thousands of Facebook followers.

Rashford, who just re‐ ceived an MBE from Prince William for the hard work and dedication he has shown to ensure no child goes hungry. He

tweeted “Has the pan‐ demic not taught us any‐ thing? Can we not be un‐ derstanding? Come on now...?”

The dad‐of‐four, who

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Brit passport warning THE Foreign Office updated their advice on November 15 which says that Brits should confirm their passport has been stamped when entering or exiting the Schengen area via Spain: “If relevant entry or exit stamps are not in your passport, border guards will presume that you have over‐ stayed your visa‐free limit.

You can show evidence of when and where you en‐ tered or exited the Schengen

area, and ask the border guards to add this date and location in your passport. Ex‐ amples of acceptable evi‐ dence include boarding pass‐ es and tickets.”

Holidaymakers could possi‐ bly find they need to prove they have enough money for their holiday or prove they have organised appropriate accommodation when pass‐ ing through Spanish border controls.

Grandparent scam investigated INVESTIGATORS in the United States are in‐ vestigating the theft of more than $700,000 (more than €600,000) from an 82‐year‐old woman in Tampa, Florida, who was the vic‐ tim of a ‘grandparent scam.’

The scammers harassed the woman throughout the summer of 2021 by telling her that her granddaughter was in legal trouble and therefore needed money. This is how they managed to get the woman to withdraw money from her bank account and hand it over to them.

The money was collected by the car com‐ pany Uber and investigators have requested records of the pick‐ups made at the old wom‐ an’s building.

The scammers called the grandmother on

the phone pretending to be her granddaugh‐ ter, telling her that she had been in a car acci‐ dent and was in jail, court records confirm.

One of the scammers spoke to the elderly lady on the phone and claimed to be the granddaughter’s attorney, convincing the woman to withdraw money 13 times from BB&T branches. They urged the woman to tell the bank workers the withdrawals were to make improvements to the house.

The old woman’s defence attorney sued the bank in September 2021, claiming it was a mistake to allow the woman to withdraw large sums of money without any suspicion.

Uber has been open to collaboration in the case, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday November 10.

See the lunar eclipse

ON Friday November 19, the second lunar eclipse of 2021 can be seen from Spain. The previous one was only visible from America, the Pacific and Asia.

A lunar eclipse occurs when the earth passes be‐ tween the sun and the moon, generating a shadow in which the satellite is placed for a few hours.

As explained by NASA, par‐ tial lunar eclipses are not usually as spectacular as total ones, where the Moon is completely covered by the shadow of the Earth, but they do occur more fre‐ quently.

If the weather permits, the phenomenon can be seen on November 19, specifically

from 7.02am Spanish penin‐ sular time, when the penum‐ bral eclipse will begin. Later, at 8.01am, the eclipse will reach its greatest magnitude, with the entire moon on the horizon in Spain.

The maximum point of this eclipse, at 10.02am, will not

be able to be seen from Spain because the moon will be below the horizon at that time.

To enjoy this celestial spec‐ tacle, move away from urban areas, find a clear space with‐ out buildings, and look to the west‐northwest horizon.

Hunt on for valuable banknotes COLLECTORS are eager to get their hands on certain UK bank notes. The prized £5 notes went into circulation in September 2016, but have recently attracted attention. The notes are made of polymer and feature Sir Winston Churchill.

If you are lucky enough to own one of the notes from the first batch, it could be worth a bit more than a fiver. The notes to look out for are ones with the serial code starting in ‘AA01’.

The closer the serial number is to the first batch of the ban‐ knote, the more profit you could make. One eBay user recently sold a £5 note for £99. This note had the serial number AA01 010110.

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Boeing deal for crash victims THE aviation company, Boe‐ ing, has accepted full liability for the deaths of 157 passen‐ gers of the fatal 2019 Ethiopi‐ an Airline flight, according to court documents in Chicago.

In return, the families of the victims will not seek penal damages from the company.

Lawyers for the victims’ families said Boeing would still be held “fully accountable,” welcoming the agreement as a significant milestone.

The agreement opens the way for families outside the US, in countries such as Ethiopia and Kenya, to claim

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Civil War grave 159 passengers died.

compensation through the US courts, rather than in their home countries, which might be more difficult and result in lower payments.

Mark Pegram in the UK, whose son Sam was one of

Celebrity chef dies aged 43 GURPAREET BAINS, the Indian celebrity chef, has tragically passed away aged just 43.

Bains, the author of several best‐selling cook‐ books, suffered a heart attack on November 4. His kidneys failed to restart when he re‐ gained consciousness, and he died because of kidney and heart complications. Gurpa‐ reet, from the London Borough of Enfield in Essex, was an avid nutritionist and went on to become the co‐founder of Vedge Snacks.

In 2009, he was first recognised internation‐ ally after coming up with a dish that consist‐ ed of a simple chicken curry with blueberries and goji berry pilau, which he claimed was the ‘world’s healthiest meal’. It was reputed

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BAINS: Was an avid nutritionist.

to contain the antioxidant‐equivalent of 23 bunches of grapes. In 2010, his first cook‐ book, Indian Superfood, was published, which went on to become a best‐seller, counting actress Gwyneth Paltrow among his fans. Another of his claims was the inven‐ tion of the ‘world’s healthiest cookie.’

the victims, said: “The main positive for us is that Boeing is admitting liability... we want‐ ed them to hold their hands up.”

Sam’s mother Debbie said: “All we are looking to do with any compensation is set up a charity in Sam’s name. It’s what we want to do and it’s what Sam would have want‐ ed us to do.”

THE Balearic Government will live broadcast the opening of graves from the Civil War, through the channel of the Ministry of Energy Transition and Democratic Memory, with the aim of ‘bringing the second phase of excavations closer to the families of the victims and the general popu‐ lation.’

First and second‐year high school students will get to know first‐hand the work that is carried out in a grave.

This coincides with the decision to suspend the sub‐ sidised course of University Specialist in Historical Memo‐ ry this year, after only seven people applied.

Recently, in the second phase of the excavations being carried out in the Son Coletes cemetery in Manacor, the remains of 11 victims of reprisals during the Civil War have been found. These excavations are in addition to those carried out in previous years in the municipality of Porreres where human remains have been found.

All change for drivers A STUDY has confirmed that by the end of 2023, over half of the drivers in Spain will have to change their car.

The disappearance of combustion engines, regis‐ tration taxes according to emissions and the price of fuel are many factors that make it increasingly difficult

for owners of diesel or gaso‐ line cars to circulate. Now, a study has confirmed that by the end of 2023, 53 per cent of drivers will have to buy a new car.

The deadline for all cities with more than 50,000 in‐ habitants to design and im‐ plement low‐emission zones is 2023.

This will restrict access to the most polluting vehicles in the centre of these areas.

This guideline is part of the Shock Plan for Sustain‐ able, Safe and Connected Mobility of the State Bud‐ gets of 2022, which aims to decarbonise urban mobility and improve the quality of life in cities.

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Hero officers honoured

Partial pardon for Rivas

Scorpion plague

TWO Spanish police of‐ ficers in Albox, Almeria were honoured for sav‐ ing a woman from a Brit fugitive. The officers were decorated with the Green Cross.

In 2017, a local wom‐ an had managed to es‐ cape from her attacker and call the police. She said that her life was in danger and that some‐ one was trying to kill her.

The two officers rushed to help the woman. One of the offi‐ cers fought the wom‐ an’s assailant who was armed with a knife. The officers were forced to draw their weapons and fire several warning shots to keep the wom‐ an safe.

The British National had been wanted for two years. He was ar‐ rested and charged with multiple crimes includ‐ ing attempted murder and illegal detention.

SPAIN’S Council of Ministers are planning to ap‐ prove a partial pardon for Juana Rivas, the mother sentenced for the abduction of her two children in 2018. It means her reduced sen‐ tence from a Supreme Court ruling in April of two years and six months in prison would be halved to one year and three months. The mother from Granada would also see her loss of parental custody dissolved in favour of 180 days of community service.

Juana Rivas was charged with two offences of child abduction, one for each child, after refusing to return to Italy, where the three were living with Francesco Arcuri, the children’s father. She disappeared with them for a month during July and August 2017. Spain’s Minister for Equality, Irene Montero, was in favour of the partial par‐ don, stating that the government was taking “decisive steps” to ensure that women and

TORRENTIAL storms have hit the Egyptian city of Aswan, bringing rain, hailstones, and severe flooding. The accumulation of water has led snakes and scorpions to seek refuge inside the homes of the city’s residents. As a result, a plague of scorpions has invaded the city and killed three people who were not able to sur‐ vive their stings. Another 503 people have had to be treated with an antidote.

Doctors have had to be recalled from holiday to meet the demand for treatment. Stocks of the antidote have also had to be expanded.

Symptoms of a scorpion sting include severe pain, fever, sweating, vomiting, diarrhoea, muscle tremors, and head spasms.

The thick‐tailed Arabian scorpion can mea‐ sure up to 10cm and has a highly toxic venom that can kill an adult person in around one hour.

DECISIVE STEPS: Being taken to help mothers like Juana.

mothers like Juana Rivas, “are not persecuted or criminalised for protecting their children.”

“There are already public policies and a greater social awareness about all forms of gen‐ der violence because it involves using children to attack women where it hurts most, which is with their sons and daughters,” Montero said.

Rivas was ordered to pay €12,000 in compen‐ sation to the children’s father.

New inhalable Covid vaccine A NEW inhalable vaccine against the coronavirus has been unveiled in China. The vaccine has been developed

by Chinese biotech company CanSino Biologics in conjunc‐ tion with a team of scientists working with the Chinese army’s infectious disease ex‐

pert Chen Wei. Scientists have been conducting research that shows that the inhalable vaccine can trigger a similar response to that produced by the current injectable coron‐ avirus vaccines. At the mo‐ ment the vaccine is only in Phase II clinical trials. It has

though been permitted to be used for ‘emergency use.’

Work on this new vaccine began at the Zhongnan Hospi‐ tal of Wuhan University back in September 2020. This is the same city that was the epicen‐ tre of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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EVERY McDonald’s in Madrid, Barcelona, and Va‐ lencia is reportedly running out of chicken.

“We have removed some chicken products from the screens so that the customer does not see it,” said one manager in the northwest of the capital. He claimed this problem had been present for the last six weeks.

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Criminals go under radar THOUSANDS of foreign criminals go under the radar as immigration checks are bypassed during Covid, according to a new report.

During the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, many immigration controls normally conducted in person have been performed over the phone, and around 70,000 foreign criminals were not properly checked.

According to Migration Watch U K, only 11,000 out of 80,000 high-risk people were contacted in person for checks to be conducted: “The majority of individuals currently required to report are those whom the Home Office considers present the greatest potential risk of causing harm to UK society, often foreign national offenders with previous convictions in the UK.” It is vital changes of address and other details

are recorded. If a person re-offends then this data could prove crucial. The watchdog believes that

the public in the UK could be put at risk due to the ‘minimal’ checks that are being carried out.

Illegal ‘sea cucumbers’ seized MUNICIPAL POLICE officers in Madrid recently seized a total of 2,275 sea cucumbers (Holothurians) in a restaurant in the Usera district of the city. It is prohibited by interna-

tional law to poach the species for commercial purposes.

This action occurred on November 3, in a restaurant on Calle Ferroviarios. Officers who patrol this area

A 16-YEAR-OLD girl has been saved and a pae‐ dophile arrested thanks to a gesture learnt on TikTok. The girl used the hand ges‐ ture to alert drivers that she needed rescuing.

Officers arrested 61‐ year‐old James Brick of Kentucky, USA, and res‐ cued the young girl. The girl used a signal seen on TikTok that indicates a person is suffering from gender violence.

A car driving behind Brick’s vehicle saw the girl make the sign with her hand and reported the in‐ cident. She had been ab‐ ducted from her home in Asheville, North Carolina.

The sign involves raising

the palm and putting the thumb against it, then lowering their fingers so that the thumb is trapped, resembling a clenched fist.

Brick has been incarcer‐ ated and charged with kid‐ napping the young girl. He was also charged with possessing child pornogra‐ phy.

Spain to finance revolutionary drug Teen saved by TikTok SPAIN’S National Health System, Sanidad, has reached an agreement with Vertex, the Ameri‐ can biopharmaceutical company, over the price of its revolutionary new drug, Kaftrio, that helps treat cystic fibrosis.

KAFTRIO: New drug.

In addition, the Min‐ istry highlighted this treatment will be financed in a combined administration regime. The 150 mg tablets are suitable for the treatment in patients 12 years of age or older.

This is included in the April 2021 extension of the indi‐ cation initially authorised by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). With this action, Spain joins many Euro‐ pean Union member states that finance this treatment, after the approval of the drug by the EMA. Sanidad hopes that the benefits of this treatment will make it possible for patients affected by cystic fibrosis to improve both their quality and life expectancy.

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saw an establishment with the marine specimens hydrating in an aquarium.

Upon inspection, they were verified as sea cucumbers, an animal whose sale and purchase are restricted within the international CITEs agreement.

Those responsible for the premises could not prove their origin, so they could have been smuggled into the country. The authorities are investigating the owner for a criminal offence.

The establishment also failed to comply with various hygienic-sanitary measures contained in the Law of Public Shows and Recreational Activities (LEPAR).

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EARLY diagnosis of cancer can be one of the main factors which determine a patient’s outcome. Tests can be com‐ plex and time‐consuming, however, researchers have come up with a new blood test ‐ the Galleri ‐ which could be a game‐changer. This new test only requires a simple blood sample from a patient and can detect over 50 types of cancer.

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FEATURE

Biddu loves Marbella

PRODUCER Biddu who has sold millions of records loves Marbella so much that he and his wife Sue split their time between the Costa del

Sol and Kensington in be‐ tween visits to India.

Although born in Banga‐ lore, the young Biddu found himself attracted to British

music and with no radio shows in India found himself excited by the Merseybeat which he could pick up on Ra‐ dio Ceylon once a week.

He joined a local band play‐ ing the music of the Beatles and the Stones but decided that he wanted to visit what he saw as the home of mod‐ ern pop, so set off on a jour‐ ney and worked his way across the Middle East singing and playing music before ar‐ riving in England in 1967 aged 23.

He quickly got a deal to record a single Look Out Here I Come which was produced by a young American Tony Visconti, who went on to find fame with David Bowie both as a musician and producer.

It didn’t set the world on fire but laughing he said dur‐ ing the interview “for some reason, the song has been picked up more than 50 years later for the soundtrack of a documentary ‘The Beatles in

Credit: Biddu BIDDU: Still has his music publishing company and has been married to Sue for 50 years.

India’.”

In the meantime, he was still producing records with what became known as a dis‐ co beat and although they re‐ ceived no air play, they kept bubbling under the top 40 charts as they were being bought by those into North‐ ern Soul in clubs in places like Wigan.

“I had never even heard of Northern Soul and couldn’t work out who was buying the

records, but at the end of the day they helped me to keep going and not give up.”

What really gave his career an enormous boost was pro‐ ducing Kung Fu Fighting for Carl Douglas which was a huge hit, not just in the UK but also in the USA and he fol‐ lowed that with records by Jimmy James and the Vagabonds and Tina Charles, being able to claim that he re‐ ally created the British disco

beat.

From there his career really took off around the world with hit singles from the Bid‐ du Orchestra and then against his better judgement agreed to record a number for an In‐ dian film producer, but he is now pleased that he did.

“I kept saying no because I really didn’t understand typi‐ cal Indian pop with sitars and high‐pitched vocals, but in the end, on the understanding that I could write and produce as I wanted, I finally wrote Aap Jaisa Koi for the newly discovered Nazia Hassan and it wowed audiences across the sub‐continent as did the subsequent album.”

Now 75 and married to Sue for 50 years, he has given up performing, but still has his music publishing company and son Zak runs a hugely suc‐ cessful music event company, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Sir Paul McCarney and Jay Z.

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Women earn less SPANISH women earn 11.1 per cent less than men, a wage gap that widens considerably in sectors such as science and technology, where the difference reaches 18.7 per cent.

Despite the fact that the average is lower than that of the European Union (14.1 per cent), the data shows that this was a worrying reality before the pandemic and that, according to various forecasts, it has worsened as a result of the crisis.

This situation occurred due to a series of factors that hinder salary equality, according to Vidal. One of them is the responsibility of care, which falls predominantly on women and is the reason why they often work part-time.

This is what Vidal calls “involuntary partiality,” in reference to the pressure that many women feel to have to reduce their working hours due to their other responsibilities.

According to data from the

Women often only work part-time.

National Institute of Statistics (INE), in 2020, 22.8 per cent of women worked part-time in Spain. This is more than triple that of men, whose percentage was 6.7 per cent in that same period. The trend described by Vidal is confirmed

by data such as women tending to choose jobs with shorter hours, due to family or personal obligations (7.9 per cent to 1.7 per cent of men), or because of the care of children or sick adults (14.3 per cent versus 2.9 per cent.)

and finally...

MALAGA has been ranked amongst the top 20 most beautiful cities to visit at Christmas time according to the prestigious website European Best Destinations. At Christ‐ mas, the city’s characteristic palm trees are adorned with Christmas garlands and street concerts take place.

“Every year, Malaga offers an exceptional show to visi‐ tors from all over the world who come to discover one of the most beautiful destinations to visit at Christmas.”

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Digital Nomads

Corona Pass

ALTHOUGH Copenhagen normally comes very high in reviews of friendliness and work conditions, it only made 43rd place in a review of 80 cities ideal for digital nomads undertaken by WorkMotion, a global HR platform, failing due to high taxes and cost of living.

WITH effect from November 12 for an initial period of four weeks, a corona pass showing vaccination will be required to enter all Danish nightlife venues and indoor restaurants, regardless of their size, as well as venues that hold 200 people inside or 2,000 outside.

THE NETHERLANDS Firework Ban

Royal Visit

AMSTERDAM on New Year’s Eve is relatively quiet until midnight when it feels like war has broken out with the noise of exploding fireworks. The Dutch Government is considering banning them again this year to reduce pressure on emergency services as Covid-19 figures increase.

THERE was a great deal of excitement and ceremony due to relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions as the Netherlands’ King WillemAlexander and Queen Máxima arrived in Oslo for the 100th state visit, hosted by Norway’s own royal couple, King Harald and Queen Sonja.

BELGIUM Dangerous driver

Royal dancer

A TAXI was discovered balancing precariously over a crash barrier above the entrance to the Louisa Tunnel in Brussels with no sign of the driver and firefighters had to remove the vehicle. He was soon identified as he had left his ID behind and was arrested.

IT was only in 2020 after a DNA test confirmed that she was the biological daughter of former king, Albert II that Delphine Boel was given the title of Princess and now she is to take part in Belgium’s Dancing with the Stars.

GERMANY Emergency numbers

Green leaf

EARLY on the morning of November 11, emergency services across Germany confirmed that calls for urgent assistance being made to the police and fire departments were not going through in a number of major cities. Service was eventually restored and the cause is being investigated.

THE words Green Party might take on another meaning, if they eventually manage to form a government in Germany with other Liberal parties, as it appears that they will be pushing to decriminalise possession of cannabis and eventually legalise its recreational use.

FRANCE Friendly talks

Going home

REALISING that in the long-term France will have to accept that it has lost the Australian submarine deal, President Macron has told US Vice President Kamala Harris in Paris that it is vitally important that the two countries continue to have a friendly association.

FRANCE has become the latest country to return looted African antiquities to their country of origin following the lead of Belgium and Germany and although some British universities have returned items, the British Museum appears reluctant to do so, perhaps worried about Greece and the Elgin Marbles.

NORWAY Cables cut

Equal rights

THERE were signs of deliberate sabotage after a unique underwater observatory in strategic waters off the coast of Northern Norway had more than 4.3 kilometres of its specially designed offshore fibre optic and electric cables cut and removed. So important is the observatory that the police and Navy were alerted.

AFTER months of international campaigning following a €1,500 fine on the Norwegian Women’s Beach Handball team for wearing shorts like men rather than bikini bottoms, the International Handball Federation had to give in to pressure and change its rules to allow shorts.

FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Permanent contracts THE Secretary of State for Employment, Joaquín Pérez Rey has confirmed that due to irregularities, Spanish companies have been made to convert 267,600 temporary contracts into permanent ones in the first 10 months of 2021, an increase of more than 50 per cent over 2019.

LV= offer THE latest UK business being eyed up by American investors is insurance company LV= with a £530 million offer on the table from Bain Capital. As a mutual company with 1.2 members, they will have to vote 75 per cent in favour and if they want a pay‐ out.

Inflation up SPANISH inflation continues to increase as the consumer price index (CPI) rose 5.4 per cent year‐ on‐year in October, slightly less than forecast by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), but still 1.5 per cent over the September figure, with the blame put on the increase in electricity prices.

More mojitos UK pub chain Wetherspoons is seeing a major shift in customer drinking as it appears that more young people are taking advantage of its lowish prices to enjoy an evening drinking cocktails whilst traditional older clientele are staying home, so beer sales have reduced.

Looking for profit ANGLO-SWEDISH pharma‐ ceutical company AstraZeneca has announced that now the Covid‐19 pandemic is under reasonable control it plans to increase prices. Up until now, it says it has made no profit from the sale of more than 1.5 billion doses of vaccine, but as and when it receives new orders it intends to increase the price marginally to make a small profit.

It is understood it will still supply at cost to countries around the world classified as poor.

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€10 BILLION

is the amount that Spain has asked that the European Union pays over as a first tranche from the European Recovery Fund.

Renault create Refactory project RENAULT GROUP has created a Refactory project in Sevilla to pro‐ mote sustainability a year after creat‐ ing their first hub in France.

The project was announced in the presence of Juan Manuel Moreno, president of Andalucia and the Sevilla Refactory will be structured around four areas of activity, from mainte‐ nance to recycling, in order to support the entire life of the vehicle.

The stages are: • Re‐Trofit: reconditioning of used vehicles.

• Re‐Energy: repairing and develop‐ ing applications for batteries in sec‐

ond life such as energy storage.

• Re‐Cycle: for recycling, resource management and the manufacture of E‐TECH gearboxes.

• Re‐Start: a training and R&D cen‐ tre dedicated to the circular economy.

The project will be rolled‐out be‐ tween 2022 and 2024 and will cover a built‐up area of 5,000 m2 when com‐ pleted.

The Re‐Trofit division will start op‐ erations at the end of 2022, with the capacity to refurbish more than 10,000 vehicles and repair up to 1,000 batteries per year by 2025.

This is part of the ongoing industrial

plan covering 2021 to 2024 for the Group’s Spanish plants, and includes the allocation of five new vehicles and a new family of engines for the Castil‐ la y Leon plants. The plant in Sevilla will also handle the manufacture of two new models of electrified gear‐ boxes for the Group’s hybrid vehicles.

The commitment to sustainability of its vehicles and accessories by the French Group guarantees continued long‐term employment for workers in its Spanish factories and is also in keeping with the Spanish Govern‐ ment programme of increasingly Green industry.

Home insurance from Golden Leaves Complain to bank?

LEGALLY SPEAKING

We live in England, and we have a property in Spain, with a bank account in a Spanish bank.

Last May €211.60 was paid out of our account for someone else’s insurance. With Covid 19 we have been unable to travel to Spain until recently. We have been to the branch and written a complaint to an ad‐ dress we found on the Internet, showing them the evi‐ dence. We have been told that it is too late to rectify.

Surely this cannot be correct. What else can we do now?

R H D (e‐mail) No, it is DAVID SEARL not too late to rectify. If YOU AND THE LAW your visit in person IN SPAIN to your bank has produced no results you then have recourse to the bank’s ombudsman, or defender of the customer, the Defensor del Cliente. Perhaps the Internet address you found was this ombudsman. Finally, if you get no an‐ swer or receive an unsatisfactory reply, after two months you can make your complaint directly to the Bank of Spain. You must do this with full documenta‐ tion. The central bank promises to reply within six weeks. Their website is bde.es.

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

A BOTTLE of Batman inspired Scotch whisky costs £495 and with just 145 bottles of Irishtree Speyside Single Malt available from DC Comics inspired London food and drinks venue Park Row. Who could have imagined when the first Action comic fea‐ turing Superman (now worth in excess of $3 million) was re‐ leased in 1938 that what was ini‐

THE experts at Golden Leaves are able to help expats in Spain with ev‐ erything from pre‐paid fu‐ neral plans to creating a Will and providing all All risks cover available. types of insurance.

In association with our expert partners, Golden Leaves is able to provide advice and products to aid in the protection of your buildings, contents, and valuable possessions in Spain with different options to suit you.

Underwritten by Lloyd’s of London, the world’s leading insurance market, they offer tailor‐made policies to suit your needs as well as worldwide, all risks cover available for personal effects and valuables on permanent resi‐ dences.

Golden Leaves’ policies also include discounts for direct alarms connected to a security firm and multi‐property policies, as well as cover for accidental damage on your home entertainment equipment as standard.

They also offer multi‐policy discounts and up to 15 per cent no‐claims discount.

Alongside home insurance, Golden Leaves also offers all other types of insurance, including car and health insur‐ ance.

So why not get in touch with Golden Leaves Internation‐ al to cover everything from your home to your car and health?

www.goldenleavesinternational.com enquiries@goldenleaves.com Facebook: goldenleavesspain

Batman inspired whisky tially aimed at children would some 80 years later become a huge business running alongside rival Marvel comics?

Irishtree is the fictional ances‐ tral home of Batman’s alter ego Bruce Wayne and the restaurant offers a multitude of different

options including The Iceberg Lounge, a bar themed around Batman villain The Penguin, Rogues Gallery, a restaurant de‐ voted to Catwoman, the Old Gotham City bar and Penny‐ worth’s, a whisky bar inspired by Batman’s British butler Alfred.

Charity jobs AS controversy continues over UK MPs second jobs, charity website Civil Society has undertaken a review of those in Parliament who are connected to one or more charities.

They accept that there is no requirement to actually de‐ clare their connection on the register of interests, but as‐ sume that the majority will wish to do so.

According to the review, 130 out of 650 MPs have de‐ clared a current, or recent, for‐ mal role with a voluntary or‐ ganisation which compares to findings from the BBC that around 200 have second jobs.

The larger parties have the greatest number of charitable MPs standing at around 18 per cent and this ignores asso‐ ciation with political organisa‐ tions.

Expansion THE sports equipment distri‐ bution company Decathlon has opened a new continental warehouse in Barcelona which cost €53.4 million to build in just 14 months de‐ spite the pandemic.

This centre has been devel‐ oped using latest Building In‐ formation modelling (BIM) technology, following the strict criteria of energy effi‐ ciency, sustainability and healthy working conditions.

The elements used include PV solar panels for self‐con‐ sumption, an integrated building management system to control the artificial lighting through adjustable low‐con‐ sumption LEDs with presence sensors, and construction ma‐ terials respectful of the car‐ bon footprint.

Already 51 new employees have been added to the pay‐ roll with a further 20 due to be recruited shortly.

Pride of place however goes to the Monarch Theatre which can seat just 20 people and offers a one‐of‐a‐kind gastronomic show, with carefully crafted staging and immersive courses that play with the senses.

Running up to Christmas, the 10‐course menu (which includes a drink) will cost £249 per per‐ son.

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Financial help for Spanish companies

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AGREEMENT REACHED: Spanish family-owned Banca March.

FINANCIAL help is to be giv‐ en to Spanish companies af‐ fected by Covid‐19 with €300 million available through Banca March with the support of the European Investment Fund (FEI).

There is a €210 million guarantee from the FEI and with its own funds involved Banca March will be able to channel up to €300 million in loans to SMEs and mid‐ caps, much of it to the Balearic Islands.

The agreement is backed by the Pan‐European Guar‐ antee Fund (EGF), which is part of the package of mea‐ sures worth €540 billion ap‐ proved by the European Union to alleviate the eco‐ nomic effects of the pan‐ demic.

It is estimated that the signed agreement will facili‐ tate access to financing un‐ der advantageous condi‐ tions for more than 350 SMEs affected by the pan‐ demic, which will also help to safeguard employment

levels and the EIF will guar‐ antee up to 70 per cent of the new loan portfolio.

European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice President Ri‐ cardo Mourinho Félix stated: “As early as December 2020, Banca March was the first bank to sign an agreement with the EIB Group within the framework of the Pan‐ European Guarantee Fund.

“This is one more exam‐ ple of the EIB Group’s com‐ mitment to supporting Spanish financial institutions in the creation of new credit lines for small companies in the context of the recovery from the Covid‐19 pandem‐ ic.

“By collaborating with Banca March, we can reach numerous companies affect‐ ed by the pandemic in the Balearic Islands and throughout Spain, providing liquidity to support their in‐ vestment needs for growth in the medium and long term.”

Since the beginning of the

Looking East THE mayor of Romanian town Resita is excited by the fact that he has been approached by a Madrid‐based IT company which is considering opening a data centre in the town’s industrial estate.

According to the mayor, one of the major factors in de‐ ciding whether to open there is the availability of large amounts of electricity as well as easy access to the inter‐ net, both of which are possible. Many university gradu‐ ates have moved out of the town to obtain reasonably paid jobs but the company has indicated that it will look to employ around 100 local staff and pay above the mini‐ mum wage.

pandemic Banca March, a family‐owned investment bank, has reinforced its com‐ mitment to promote and stimulate the role of family businesses.

BUSINESS EXTRA Watching brief THE Bank of Spain, having introduced rules for traders in cryptocurrency is now turning its attention to Spanish banks and will re‐ quire a three‐year plan on what each bank wants to do in that particular market in order keep an eye on de‐ velopments.

Marks and Spencer THANKS to a turn around in sales of clothing and the usual strong performance by food, Marks and Spencer has returned to pre‐tax profit of £187.3 mil‐ lion for six months to Octo‐ ber compared to an £87.6 million loss for the same period in 2020.

Waiting time AS Uber become more popular in Britain and Spain it is interesting to note that the US Government is suing them for discrimination against disabled users who may be charged ‘waiting time’ because they take more than two minutes to get into a car.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT WITH all the predictability of the sun sinking in the West, the Christmas deluge of diversity rammed down viewer’s throats by the UK’s left‐wing media has this year reached epic proportions.

Christmas screens are now awash with so much diverse hogwash, the white indigenous population must be more convinced than ever they are living on some parallel planet. Just this week the John Lewis advert, which depicts an all‐black family, provoked a flurry of offended ‘woke toxicity’ accusations from established British sources.

Other commercials, which depict typical British family gatherings on Christmas Day, now contain so many diverse nationalities and cosmopolitan children that the family ‘tree’ is more likely an overgrown hedgerow.

In short, it is all intelligence insulting propaganda.

Racially motivated hate crimes in the UK have increased 12 per cent this year alone.

So much for promoting diversity and racial harmony! These media organisations are not stupid, they have people monitoring social sites; they are perfectly aware that their disproportionate use of black and ethnic actors is raising concerns among

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thousands of the white indigenous population. Subsequently, this agenda, coupled with their unwavering support of the BLM Marxist movement and highly controversial ‘knee’ is widening the gap between the white and ethnic communities even more.

The British left‐wing media and particularly the BBC are perfectly aware that by stirring up as much disharmony as they can before the next general election, they may just stand the chance of a beleaguered public opting for a change to a Labour government. It worked in America!

Their negative reporting and heavily prejudiced coverage of everything the British government has achieved over the past couple of extremely difficult years, has been nothing short of disgraceful. Every opportunity is taken to undermine all their efforts. They have pounced gleefully on the mistakes and contemptuously brushed aside their successes.

It must be remembered high numbers of employees in the British media, particularly the BBC and C4 are recruited from the same schools of thought. Many of them are ex‐ Student Union members from the colleges

and universities. The same left‐wing organisations that are currently removing historic links to the British Empire by taking down patriotic statues and renaming buildings and lecture theatres at their places of learning. It is also common knowledge that the vetting for BBC staff is very stringent indeed. If you’re not of the same mind set or never read the Guardian, you are lucky to get the job. Don’t take my word for all of this public dissent. A recent poll revealed that 42 per cent of the populace considered the BBC biased and 21 per cent ‘didn’t know’. Not the best of results for an impartial company, supported by taxpayer’s money.

I couldn’t help a giggle at reports Joe Biden passed a long unmistakable expulsion of wind in front of Camilla last week. Didn’t surprise me. He’s been doing that from the other end since he came to power!

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Film Review by Laura Kemp

Streaming Now: Finch

FINCH was released on Apple TV on November 5 and stars Tom Hanks, Caleb Landry Jones, and a dog on a heartfelt road trip ‐ what more could you want?

Directed by Miguel Sapochnik (Game of Thrones), the film follows a man and a scavenging robot (that resembles Wall‐E) on a road trip to the Golden Gate Bridge in a post‐apocalyptic future.

Finch, played by Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump) is struggling to survive both physically and mentally in a world that is slowly killing him. He invents an AI‐based robot, Jeff, played by Caleb Landry Jones (Get Out) to help him to carry out tasks and ultimately take care of his beloved dog Goodyear when he dies.

I was sure this film was going to be a tear‐jerker, and I was right. It’s a heart‐warming tale of loss

Tom Hanks’ new film. and companionship, with Finch teaching Jeff about life and trust, as age and the effects of radiation slowly catch up with him.

This film is basically a two‐man movie, and the acting is incredible as Jeff begins to learn about trust, life and feelings from the man who created him and who he will ultimately replace. It is a father‐son metaphor set in a hostile and cruel environment, sweetened by humour and an upbeat soundtrack.

The movie doesn’t put you on the edge of your seat, but the two hours flies by as the relationships between Finch, Jeff and Goodyear the dog grow.

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CLAIRE GORDON FINDING BALANCE IN AN UNEVEN WORLD T H I S week I received a surprise parcel in a hand-written envelope through the post. This in itself is a rare enough occurrence these days as to cause a little rush of happiness when it arrived. But when I opened it, I was filled with even more joy. It contained honey candy, olive oil soap from a Greek island, and a red string bracelet with an engraved gold coin attached.

There was also a thank you note from a stranger.

A month ago, I had answered a message for help from a friend in Greece. Someone they knew needed assistance with translating some documents and embellishing them with some English words they didn’t know. I had some time on my hands and thought it would be a nice thing to do, so I said I would help. It took up a few hours of my time, we completed the work, and I thought no more of it. The woman asked for my address to send a thank you card, I gave it but said it wasn’t necessary as I was happy to help.

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Kindness Fast forward to this week, I receive my wonderful parcel and it really got me thinking. It was World Kindness Day on November 13 and its purpose is to reinforce that compassion links us all together and that being kind has immense power in this not-so-kind world. An act of kindness can fill our hearts with joy and yet in our busy schedules, it is so easy to forget to take some time out to make a kind gesture for a friend, family member, loved one or even a stranger.

I know a lot of people have a twisted view because the world hasn’t been so kind to them. They are busy, no one would do it for them, they won’t get anything back, so why should they bother?

That’s understandable but practising kindness itself can be the reward. I do think kindness is always in some way a transaction because even if you receive nothing in return, the sheer act of doing something nice makes you feel better.

It can make you feel like you are being the best version of yourself and honestly when you put that out into the world, you will soon start to see changes.

These changes may not be in the actions of others particularly, as some people do not know how to respond well to kindness. But the changes can be in the way you view the world. You will be able to see that someone tearing down celebrities, or activists or just people going about their lives is not kind and it is not conducive to making that person’s life better, only someone else’s life worse.

These actions add to a world that seems harsh and uncaring enough already, so I think I will look at my little red bracelet today and choose to be kind instead.

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Travel

Paradise on the doorstep

WOODEN WALKWAY: Through a dramatic canyon.

WITH domestic tourism booming, many are discov‐ ering the hidden gems on their doorsteps. Castril is a small village in the north of the Granada Province. It is nestled at the foot of a mountain range, at the top of a valley that carries the river of the same name and boasts a castle that dates to the Almohad period of the Muslim empire. A trip to the top of the monument offers stunning views across the high plains of Granada and towards five different moun‐ tain ranges including the ad‐ jacent Sierra de Castril.

The village is famed for a wooden walkway that takes you through a dramatic canyon to lush riverside

walks. The mixture of cul‐ tures that have shaped the village over the years is evi‐ dent in the architecture and cuisine. The surrounding area is a haven for nature lovers and those fond of out‐ door pursuits, with moun‐ tains, lakes and ravines offer‐ ing a wealth of activities from kayaking and canyon‐ ing to hiking and mountain biking.

Its streets are full of histo‐ ry and offer a glimpse back in time, with tales waiting to be told at every turn. It was this magic that attracted Por‐ tuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature, Jose Saramago, to call the village home for many years.

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DAVID WORBOYS S W I T Z E R L A N D was known for its precision when I lived in Zurich in the late 60s. The accuracy of Swiss watches, the reliability of project planning and the punctuality of the trains were remark‐ able. If the timetable sched‐ uled the 11.42 train from Basel to arrive in Zurich at 12.37, even in the unlikely event of a dead buffalo on the line, it would somehow arrive in Zurich at 12.37.

In theory, Spain is also a country of impressive preci‐ sion. The last bus is sched‐ uled to leave Nerja at 20.20 and arrive in Malaga at 21.43 (not 21.40; not 21.45). That is the theory. The problem is that it is often late leaving Nerja and never arrives bang on schedule in Malaga. The single fare is €4.51 (not €4.50). Every time somebody buys a ticket, either at a

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The 8.23 bus rarely arrives before 8.30.

kiosk or on the bus, coins amounting to nine centimos have to be counted out and included in the change hand‐ ed to the passenger ‐ unless he has the right change.

The local bus at the top of our road is due at 23 minutes (not 20 or 25) past each hour, but rarely arrives be‐

fore half past.

Recently I made an ap‐ pointment at the clinic for a blood test. The docket showed it to be for the fol‐ lowing Friday morning at 09.07. So much for the preci‐ sion. I arrived at 9 o’clock and had to wait until I was fi‐ nally seen at 09.48.

For taxation departments and accountants, the preci‐ sion must be a nightmare.

For example, grandchildren are granted an allowance of €15,956.87 before they need to pay inheritance tax. Why not €16,000? After deducting this allowance, the tax rate on the excess, ranging from €31,956 to €39,943 (not €32,000 to €40,000) is 11.05 per cent (not 11 per cent). Is there a reason for this?

There are numerous similar examples but the amount of revenue lost through tax eva‐ sion by non‐declarations runs into billions each year.

The budget for the refur‐ bishment of Fuengirola’s train station is €2,636,590 (not €2,630,000). And I saw a hoarding announcing an ex‐ tension to a road in Axarquia at a budget of exactly €147,303.43 (rather than

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€150,000). In fact, such pro‐ jects are often completed at double the allocated budget ‐ or, of course, not at all.

I read recently of a case of animal cruelty where the perpetrator was sentenced to three months and one day (not just three months) with a fine of €307 (not €300) plus costs. Does a sentence of over three months carry some kind of stigma?

The question I am asking here is how much does this meaningless attention to de‐ tail cost the administrators?

How many extra hours must be worked by accountants, tax officials, assessors, the police, the judiciary and the bus companies in handling such precise figures? Would not rounded numbers or five‐minute intervals be less confusing and just as effec‐ tive?

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THE LAST TWO WEEKS WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE MATHS BEHIND MOTIVATION AND ENERGY - FOUND YOURS YET? TONI C. EASTWOOD OBE, MBA

#TheWomanBeyond THIS week I ask: Have you ever heard of ‘activation energy’?

Me neither, until a few years ago. It’s another formula, this time not from maths, but chemistry and physics. One thing I realise time and time again is that there are life lessons to be learned from everywhere, I have already shared with you that the model that I developed for personal and business transformation and success (ASPIRE© ‐ Six Secrets to Success) is based on my 30 years of re‐ search, taking in Antient Wisdom, Posi‐ tive Psychology, Neuroscience and shar‐ ing practical tools from everywhere and when I say that I really, really mean it, there’s even Harry Potter Wisdom (I’ll share that with you another time ‐ LOVE

it).

So, this is a tool from old school sci‐ ence.

What is it then, I hear you asking!!

Activation Energy That is the minimum amount of energy that must be provided for compounds to result in a chemical reaction.

A great, but what might seem a mun‐ dane example is WATER: Water only boils once it reaches its activation energy point of 100 degrees Celsius (212°F). Twenty degrees won’t make it happen, 85 de‐ grees won’t do it and not even 99 de‐ grees will do it. Sure, you’ll get lots of sim‐ mering but certainly no boiling.

If you want boiling, you’ve got to get the heat all the way up to 100°. Then the magic will happen, you’ll undergo the ‘specified reaction’ and boil.

Same rules apply with creating fire, 232 degrees Celsius (451°F) is where the mag‐ ic happens here. So if you’re busy rubbing

two sticks together and get to 200 de‐ grees? Nothing. 225°? Nothing. 230°?

Nope. Nothing.

BUT at 232°?

BAM! Let there be light.

BOOM! You’ve got Activation Energy.

And your point is Toni? All of this is to arrive at this question: Are you simmering or are you boiling?

Because if you’re not willing to flip the switch and go ALL IN, you won’t arrive at the necessary Activation Energy required to undergo the specified reaction of step‐ ping into your truly Goddess, heroic po‐ tential.

BTW. As I said this is not a new idea.

(No great wisdom ever is.) Socrates used to tell his students they needed to ap‐ proach life with the same intensity of a man whose face is underwater struggles for oxygen.

Eastern mystics have used the same ba‐ sic metaphor ‐ telling us that we need to approach this whole process of enlight‐ ened living like a wo(man) whose hair is

on fire approaches a pond. YIKES! Let’s do that.

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

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

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RESIDENT OR NOT? Dear Sirs I refer to your article last week entitled ‘Passport stamp clarity’ in which you refer to UK nationals who can demonstrate that they were resident in Spain before January 1 should not have their passport stamped or be subject to routine questions. A couple of weeks ago I decided to visit Gibraltar and, in an attempt to avoid any complications at the border, took with me my green residence certificate and my vaccination certificates as well as my new British passport.

Having given these documents to the National Police at the border two policemen then spent five minutes on their computer discussing my residence certificate and informed me that it had expired. They explained to me in great detail that the UK had left the EU at the end of last year and therefore my residence certificate had expired and I had to apply for a TIE which replaced the green residence certificate. I knew fine well that the certificate was still valid and that applying for a TIE was optional since even the British Ambassador had made reference to this on several occasions. Despite having been a resident of Spain for 40 years I was beginning to wonder whether it was just my certificate that had expired or had the government had a change of mind and cancelled all green residence certificates.

Unsure as to whether it was still valid or not, over the next few days I put together the necessary papers in order to apply for the TIE at the National Police in Estepona. Once my papers had been accepted I explained my situation to the person handling my application. Following several minutes of discussions I was informed that apparently a new system had been installed for dealing with the green residence certificates, but unfortunately a certain number of them had been rejected by the new system. As a result of this many more people may find themselves in the same predicament as myself when passing through Spanish border controls.

Yours etc Peter Sanderson

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? THE evidence of the last few weeks suggests that there is another surge in the pandemic and the decision by Austria and the Netherlands to enforce some form of lockdown is worrying to say the least.

It seems that whilst infections in Spain are beginning to climb, the rate is not yet more than disturbing and it seems highly unlikely that major new restrictions will be introduced in the foreseeable future.

Whether you approve of the vaccines or not, anecdotal evidence suggests that whilst the inoculated can still spread the dis-

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A right to reply Dear Editor, I believe that Mr Oram is attempting to overcomplicate a straightforward observation of mine; for example, it is minority groups that wish to remove from British history anyone associated with actions which, in the context of the standards of the past were considered to be acceptable but which, rightly so, are considered not to be so today. Cecil Rhodes, Edward Colston, Horatio Nelson, Winston Churchill, to name but a few, each of whom made an enormous contribution to so many aspects of life in the UK and around the world, although, in the cases of Nelson and Churchill, we owe them our very survival!

Yet it is minorities who would denigrate their reputations and, if they ever had their way, would see them ‘cancelled’ and cease to feature in our past! We are all a product of our history and have a responsibility to learn from errors of the past, not seek to erase them.

The minorities to whom I referred (elderly men, Tories, or MPs who went to Eton excluded), have a democratic right to express their views and to protest, legally; what they do not have is the right to bring business to a halt or to prevent the general public from going about their day-to-day lives, and this, thankfully, has been endorsed by the courts in recent weeks.

As for my remark about ‘not being racist’, it was a personal one and contained no implications for any other person or group; it was merely stated in case anybody should misconstrue my criticism of ‘minorities’ or their composition - one has to be so careful nowadays!

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ease, the worst affected are those who for one reason or another have not been vaccinated.

The more who can be encouraged to volunteer for vaccination, the better it must be for the majority of people here in Spain and of course in the UK where so many of our readers have relatives.

The concept of a booster third shot also seems sensible but at the end of the day, the number of people who are killed by Covid19 whilst horrifying for those involved, is no longer a huge percentage of those catching coronavirus.

It would simply be unconscionable for Spain or the UK to cripple their economies yet again by introducing new lockdown laws, even assuming in the Spanish case that they would be legal, so the difficulty is knowing what actions could help.

If you make restaurants close at 8pm, why would that be likely to reduce the number of people infected, as customers can catch the virus as easily at 7pm as 11pm?

All we can really do is wait and see how infection progresses and try to be as careful as possible.

MASKS: Should there be stricter regulations put into place?

Gill Reynolds Yes, most of us residents respect the rules, now we are getting another rise because visitors have been ignoring them.

Jenny Trask Absolutely without any doubt - why should someone spread germs just because they think it’s their right to do so . A mask is now an essential accessory!

Adam Boyce We now know the virus is airborne. So what do all the mask fanatics think happens to the air they breathe? Do masks magically filter Covid out?

Rita Turner Yes it’s the same here, a rise in cases and they say are imported ones, visitors walk about as if they are exempt from the law.

Karen McCarrick Evans Yes there should be. As residents living in Almeria, Spain we wear them all the time and get some funny looks walking into bars with them on. We are keeping ourselves safe and everybody else around us. I have no issues wearing a mask and will continue to wear one until we are told otherwise.

Pam Rossiter Yes, definitely. Residents stick to the rules (most of the time): so should tourists. Before they come over to Spain they should check what they need to do and what the law is.

Sheila Allan Definitely, if you can’t follow Spanish law you should be deported!!

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Skoda Enyaq - a winning EV choice ROAD TEST

by Mark Slack WITH so many marques owned by single corporate entities it’s perhaps no surprise that economics dictate a certain common‐ ality. So Skoda’s Enyaq shares its underpinnings with the VW ID range and in particular the ID.4. How‐ ever, there are some sub‐ tle but noticeable differ‐ ences that set the two apart on the style front.

The all‐electric Enyaq is big, very big, so one of the first proper all‐electric, all‐ consuming family vehicles.

With even the entry level model claiming up to 256 miles of range, and from my week it’s pretty close to achievable given the right circumstances, this is one of the most useable EVs I have tried. It’s also one of the more affordable, albeit electric cars are still expen‐ sive compared to petrol

powered equivalents.

With five trim levels, two power options and all‐ wheel‐drive on offer, there’s no shortage of choice. Prices start f r o m €37,366/£32,010 (including €2,918/£2,500 UK govern‐ ment EV grant), other battery options and trims can push the final price well north of €46k/£40k.

The lead‐in model is the only one that qualifies for the UK EV grant.

The entry level Loft spec comes with 58kwh battery, that 256 mile range and a decent array of standard kit from Bluetooth, navigation and Wi‐Fi hotspot through to keyless stop/start, cruise control and light and rain sensors.

The Enyaq is an imposing vehicle that lacks some of the styling oddities that

MOVE over, Lamborghini, out of the way, Porsche! When it comes to dream cars, the model most bragged about on social media is the Dodge Challenger.

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A winning EV choice.

Facts at a Glance Model: Skoda Enyaq iV60 Loft Engine: 58 kwh electric developing 179PS Gears: Automatic Price: €40,284 (£34,510 excluding UK government EV grant) Performance: 0-100 kph (62 mph) 8.4 seconds/Maximum Speed 159 kph (99 mph) Economy: 412km/256 miles combined range - 6.4km/4 miles per kwh - WLTP Emissions: 0 g/km Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.

have previously beset EV designs. It also has an im‐ pressive interior, with my

test car having swathes of cloth across the fascia rather than the usual plas‐

tic. Quite how durable this would prove I don’t know but it makes an impact.

Top 10 dream cars form. It was ahead of European manufac‐ turers such as Lamborghini, Porsche, and Mercedes. Here are the Top 10 dream cars on Instagram (% of posts tagged with #DreamCar) 1) Dodge Challenger (22 %)

2) Lamborghini Aventador (21 %) 3) Mercedes Clase G (18 %) 4) Porsche GT3‐RS (12 %) 5) Mercedes CLA AMG (10 %) 6) Bugatti Chiron (6 %) 7) Audi R8 (5 %)

One of the first things you notice about the interior is the space, the sheer amount of it, from legroom to height to load area.

On the road the Enyaq is typically EV quiet with wind and tyre noise very well insulated. It’s com‐ fortable too and on a 200‐mile journey we emerged with range to spare (no charging required), quite comfortable and re‐ laxed. It also rides well, soaking up the worst ex‐ cesses of our potholed tar‐ mac, and the handling is decent rather than excep‐ tional. To be fair it’s not the type of car you would buy for excitement.

The Enyaq is genuinely useable in range terms alone, as a whole package it’s a winning EV choice. It’s only let down only by the poor EV infrastructure in the UK.

8) Ford Mustang (4 %) 9 =) Nissan GT‐R (2 %) 9 =) Volkswagen Golf R (2 %) The Dodge Challenger was tagged by more than a fifth of Instagram users, 22 per cent, who uploaded posts featuring their dream car. The American favourite is the first choice of a host of stars including singer Billie Eilish, legendary actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and rapper Snoop Dogg.

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Walking football: Calahonda rocked ON their annual visit to Gibraltar, Cala‐ honda took their over‐69s and over‐ 64s teams to play the friendly match‐ es.

The seniors kicked off first and things looked bright when Tony Bullion’s shot found the back of the net. But despite a spirited display by the visitors, Gibraltar proved to be the better team and won 3‐1 thanks to a hat‐trick by Mohamed.

The over‐64s game was more com‐ petitive with the home side coming out on top with a 5‐2 win. Pete Madden grabbed both goals for the visitors. But player of the day was goalkeeper Eddie Ball who limited the damage.

The teams enjoyed first‐class facili‐ ties, the luxury of two referees and an ambulance crew on standby (called into action twice for minor injuries). And the wonderful catering staff and those be‐ hind the scenes, treated their visitors with a lovely meal. Calahonda will recip‐ rocate the welcome in the New Year.

History will be made on November

VISIT TO GIBRALTAR: The teams played friendly matches.

27 at Finca Naundrup when a male team will play a Ladies time for the first time in a competitive walking football match as Calahonda men take on Be‐ nalmadena Ladies in a cup clash.

You can take part in these events by joining the Calahonda squad at their walking football sessions between 10 and 11am, Monday to Friday with re‐ freshments at the bar afterwards. If you’re over 50, you’re not too old. So,

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Malaga took two teams to the Costa Almeria on November 13 to participate in a mini tournament hosted by local club Los Amigos. They were in good company with Benahavis also making the trip. Alicante club Esquina Park Rangers A came out on top ahead of Los Amigos A. Meanwhile, Malaga A took third place followed by Benahavis who acquitted themselves well.

Spain qualify for 2022 Qatar World Cup SPAIN are through to the Qatar 2022 World Cup finals after a 1‐0 victory over Sweden in Sevilla on Sunday, November 14. A goal in the 86th minute by Juventus’ on‐ loan striker Alvaro Morata was enough to secure their passage, and consign the Swedes to the play‐offs next spring.

Needing only one point to top Group B, the Spanish came into this match as favourites to clinch that top spot. Sweden could only top the group with a victory in Sevilla’s stun‐ ning La Cartuja Stadium.

With this win, Luis Enrique has continued Spain’s impressive record of qualifying for every World Cup fi‐ nals since 1974. It will be their 12th appearance in a row at the finals.

VICTORY: Spain beat Sweden 1-0 in the 86th minute.

The Spaniards were unlucky not to go ahead early on, when Pablo Sarabia curled his 20‐yeard shot just wide of Robin Olsen’s goal. Sweden grew into the game, and with the enigmatic Zlatan Ibrahimovic back in the side, anything was possible. It was Emil Forsberg though who came closest to putting the visitors ahead on two occasions.

Janne Andersson’s side pressed

the home side after the break.

Alexander Isak will probably be los‐ ing sleep if he thinks back on how he managed to miss a golden opportu‐ nity. Midway through the second half, after some dreadful defending, he found himself clean through on Simon, but somehow managed to scuff his shot.

Just as the match looked like end‐ ing all square, a fierce long‐range ef‐ fort from Dani Olmo was superbly tipped onto the crossbar by Robin Olsen.

Unfortunately for the Swedes, the ball dropped in front of Morata, who calmly, and clinically, chipped it into the net over the keeper to initi‐ ate crazy scenes around the stadi‐ um.

Hamilton keeps championship alive LEWIS HAMILTON completed one of the greatest Formula One drives of all time to win the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday November 14.

The British driver overcame a total of 25 grid place penalties to take the chequered flag ahead of championship rival Max Verstappen. The win came at a time when his title hopes seemed to have disappeared following a disqualification from qualifying on Saturday for a technical infringement.

That sanction sent him to the back of the grid for the evening’s sprint race. Yet, Hamilton remained focused and navigated his way to fifth. A further five‐place penalty sent him back to10th on the grid for Sunday’s race in Sao Paulo.

In one of the most spectacular drives seen in years, he steered his Mercedes all the way through the field to take top spot on the podium, passing title favourite Verstappen of Red Bull in the closing stages.

The win was hailed by pundits and ex‐drivers as one of the greatest of all time, given the context surrounding the week‐ end. Verstappen’s championship lead was slashed from 21 points to 14 points when it looked certain to go the other way.

With just three races remaining and 78 points still up for grabs, the season finale promises to be one of the most thrilling in years.

Club Nerja Rugby AFTER last week’s home defeat Nerja Rugby Club was looking to get back to their winning ways when they travelled to Granada on Sunday, November 14.

In the event they suffered a re‐ sounding 14‐59 defeat at the hands of CD Granada 2004.

Nerja were five points down af‐ ter three minutes and the home side added another try four min‐ utes later to leave the visitors 12 points adrift. Nerja’s tackling let them down and the home side was able to capitalise by adding their third try midway through the half.

Nerja eventually got on the score sheet when Raul Calderon Cereto

scored the first of their tries. Francis‐ co Diaz‐Castanys Yanguas added the conversion to reduce the deficit to a seemingly more manageable 12 points. The home side scored their fourth try to leave the half‐ time score at 24‐7.

In the second half Granada again exploited gaps in the Nerja defence to run in a further five tries. Nerja’s only points of the second half came through a try by Raul Robles Padial which was con‐ verted by Francisco.

Club Nerja Rugby will next play on Sunday, November 21 at home to CR Costa Almeria‐URA at Esta‐ dio Enrique Lopez Cuenca at 12pm.