Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 18 - 24 November 2021 Issue 1898

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Flood risk warning THE Vega Baja will have access to Smart River Basins, an app which gives early warning of flooding. Alicante’s provincial council, the Diputacion, and water supply company Hidraqua, are making the system available, without charge, to municipalities that suffered during the September 2019 storms.

“This will help to save lives, infrastructure and crops by improving forecasting methods and response to flooding,” said Diputacion president Carlos Mazon.

“On the other hand it will help local governments to assess planning alternatives that reduce flood risk,” he added.

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THE FIGHT GOES ON Photo credit: CLARO party

Turn to page 2 » COORDINATING OPPOSITION: Orihuela Costa residents will join forces to prevent development.

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Orihuela Costa residents say no Easy choice save Orihuela’s last green, sea-front area.

Former councillor Bob Houliston detailed Cala Mosca’s history from the early 1990s when Orihuela City Hall reclassified cheap agricultural land as eligible for house

building. “As a result, land prices exploded, triggering a housing boom,” Bob explained. “This dramatically increased Orihuela Costa’s population, but not basic services.”

Following reclassification developers put forward plans for 1,500 new houses and apartments, which Orihuela City Hall approved in 2007.

A petition with more than 7,000 signatures presented to the European Parliament by the CLARO party in 2010, together with the discovery of two protected species, halted the project. Fourteen years after the 2007 approval, not a single house has been built on Cala Mosca.

A 2013 environmental im-

pact study by the developer was presented to Valencia’s regional government and finally approved in 2018.

Meanwhile the Ministry of Transport objected to the plans, maintaining that the increased population would overwhelm the already-saturated N-332.

In September 2021 and despite Madrid’s opposition, Orihuela City Hall approved plans to build not 1,500, but 2,200 new houses and apartments.

The recent meetings centred on whether the September decision should be considered as an unstoppable go-ahead to the project.

“The sentiment was a resounding No,” Bob said.

MARIA JOSE CATALA, the Partido Popular’s regional secre‐ tary general, described a recent gathering between female politicians as a “feminist coven.” The Valencia City meeting was attended by Yolanda Diaz, who is Spain’s minister of Labour and Second vice‐president, as well as other leading members of left‐wing parties. Monica Oltra, the Valencian Community’s vice‐president who also heads the Equality department, declared that she was proud to be a feminist and to attend the Otras Politicas meeting. “Between witch and Inquisitor, I know whose side I’m on,” she said.

CV-905 resurfaced RESURFACING the CV-905 between Torrevieja and Rojales for the first time in 20 years will take 11 months to complete. The regional government has allocated €1.1 million to replacing the asphalt on a 7,000-metre section of the four-lane road used by up to 30,000 vehicles daily.

Although less busy than the N-332 bypass, the CV-905 is the principal access used by tourists as it provides a direct route between the Madrid Community and Torrevieja.

On the watch with new security cameras ALMORADI Town Hall is allocating €170,000 to 50 smart security cameras distributed throughout the town.

The contract to supply, install and set up the system has now

been put out to tender, the town hall’s Public Safety department announced.

Forty of the CCTV cameras will be assigned to controlling Almoradi’s traffic flow while 10 will be

used for street security.

The high definition cameras, capable of identifying faces from the images obtained, will be located in A lmoradi’s principal roads, the town centre and outlying districts.

Never-ending story THE Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre dropped everything yet again to re‐ spond to an emergency call from the au‐ thorities. “It is the worst case we have had in years,” said Sue Weeding, the centre’s co‐founder.

With the Guardia Civil waiting, Rod Weeding arrived in Almoradi to be greet‐ ed by a horse in appalling condition.

Shockingly, it is the 30th animal they have rescued from the town.

This time they were lucky to get the animal back to the rescue centre as Rod’s 25‐year‐old vehicle, used for rescues and to pull horse trailers, desperately needs replacing as it is currently playing up with fuel problems.

“It keeps cutting out and we were con‐ cerned about getting there, but it made it there and back with the horse.”

Back in Rojales, equine vet Dorothea assessed the newest arrival, saying she hadn’t seen a horse this bad in years.

“He has a heart murmur, neurological problems which could be due to malnu‐ trition, and his feet and teeth are in a terrible state,” Sue added. “He is abso‐ lutely skeletal.”

A veterinary report will be issued to the police who will take the case further: “It’s a never ending story, there will al‐ ways be another one and another one,” she declared.

Photo credit: Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre

TWO recent meetings focused on plans to develop Orihuela Costa’s Cala Mosca.

The outcome was the Save Cala Mosca Platform which will monitor events, ready to mobilise members and take whatever action is needed to

TIMELY RESCUE: Odin is the worst case an equine vet has ever seen.

“If we didn’t exist where would these horses go? No‐one would want them yet we get no funding from councils or the regional government, but always re‐ spond to calls from the police 24 hours a day.”

Whilst Sue and Rod will continue to do all they can to help these animals, they need help to allow them to do so, as the cost of feeding and caring for them con‐ tinues to rise.

If you can help in any way or support the current fundraising drives to replace Rod’s vehicle, contact them via their www.easyhorsecare.net website.

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NIBS EXTRA Moving up THREE Pilar de la Horadada Local Police officers were promoted, while a San Ful‐ gencio applicant was taken on via an agreement be‐ tween both towns, revealed Pilar’s Public Safety council‐ lor. It was vital for a munici‐ pality of Pilar’s size to count on a full complement of offi‐ cers, she said.

Water-tight THE regional government has spent €420,000 on repairs to the 135,000‐cubic metre de‐ posit that members of the Fuensanta Irrigation Commu‐ nity need to water 870 hectares of crops in Jacarilla and Orihuela. Repairs in‐ volved removing earth and rocks swept into the deposit during the destructive storms of September 2019.

Going batty THE Faunatura association installed 10 bird nesting box‐ es and five bat houses in Ori‐ huela’s palm forest where both species can assist by preying on the insects that endanger the trees. The wooden boxes were con‐ structed last June during workshops on World Envi‐ ronment Day, ready for dis‐ tribution during the winter.

Come again THE Generalitat now con‐ trols the Torrevieja Health district but has had to out‐ source some services to Rib‐ era Salud which provided the area’s healthcare until last October. In an emergen‐ cy move the Generalitat will pay the company €24 mil‐ lion between now and De‐ cember 22 for clinical analy‐ ses and computer systems.

Not happy PENSIONERS who attend Elche’s Centro de Mayores complained that the centre no longer has a bar, which closed before the Covid pan‐ demic. They are unable to play petanca or dominoes, they have no library or newspapers and classes have reduced numbers ow‐ ing to social distancing, they lamented.

PILAR DE LA HORADADA now has a park named after 90‐year‐old resident Amelio Martinez Perez.

“Amelio has contributed to developing Pilar’s society, taking part in the Residents’ Association that was created in 1978 and promoting the provincial Partidge Fair which he organised for 18 years,” Pilar’s mayor Jose Maria Perez Sanchez said.

“Amelio is a neighbour who has been involved in lo‐ cal life as much as possible, always transmitting respect, honesty, tolerance and jus‐ tice,” he continued. “The Corporation believes he de‐ serves recognition for the dedication, time and effort he has consistently given to Pilar residents for so long.”

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Photo credit: Pilar de la Horadada town hall

DESERVED RECOGNITION: Amelio Martinez Perez during the inauguration.

The Residents’ Association, led by Amelio, fought to ad‐ dress deficiencies in the town’s health, structural and education services amongst

other issues, the mayor re‐ called.

“At the time he was also brave enough to object to the terms of the 1986 decree

separating Pilar de la Horada from Orihuela, as residents did not agree with the terri‐ torial limits,” he said.

Headed by Amelio, they argued that the coastal area between Mojon and Torre‐ vieja belonged to Pilar, but although the appeal reached the Supreme Court, the tri‐ bunal eventually dismissed the claim.

“Amelio Martinez Perez has invigorated the neigh‐ bourhood movement as well as Pilar de la Horadada’s so‐ cial life, and always with the town’s best interests at heart,” Perez Sanchez con‐ cluded.

South Pacific tickets Health centre request STUDIO32 Musical The‐ atre Company are only two weeks away from performing their musi‐ cal extravaganza, South Pacific.

“Tickets are selling fast, so book now,” said Studio32’s Press Offi‐ cer, Andy Kirkwood.

Rehearsals for the show started back in January 2020, but due to Covid everything came to a halt.

Tickets for this show purchased in 2020 are still valid for the day shown on the ticket, Andy said.

One of the main sto‐ rylines is the love affair between US Marine of‐ ficer Lt Joe Cable and

Liat, the young Tonki‐ nese daughter of Bloody Mary, who is desperate for her to marry Lt Cable.

Liat is played by local girl Paige Charleton, who is making her stage debut.

The show will be staged at San Fulgen‐ cio’s Cardenal Belluga Theatre, from Wednes‐ day November 24 to Saturday November 27, with performances starting at 7.30pm.

Reserved seating tickets, priced €10 can be obtained by email‐ ing tickets@studio thirtytwo.org or by calling Philip on 602 617 848.

SANTA POLA Town Hall has offered the regional govern‐ ment a plot of municipally‐ owned land for another Gran Alacant health centre.

Councillors from all political parties voted in favour of the proposal which was tabled at the last plenary meeting.

The written offer sent to the Generalitat’s Health chief Ana Barcelo, as well as the In‐ frastructures department,

Christmas Fayre THE ECCH charity is holding a Christmas Fayre at La Calle Blanca in Ciudad Quesada on November 28 between 11am and 5pm.

“Come along and join the fun and help us to raise funds for the Elche Children’s Care

Penultimate autumn match LAST week nine members of Carp‐R‐Us made the long journey to the Argos reservoir for the penultimate Autumn Series match.

With a cool 6ºC temperature, autumn had definitely arrived in neighbouring Murcia al‐ though seeing lots of fish topping gave peo‐ ple confidence, said Carp‐R‐Us secretary, Steve Fell. The match was won by Alan Smith with an impressive 19.14 kilos from Peg Five.

Second, with his best results yet at Argos, was Jeremy Fardoe who had 8.48 kilos from

pointed out Gran Alacant’s need for improved health‐ care facilities owing to a year‐ round floating population that soars during the summer.

The existing Gran Alacant health centre has already had a €90,000 makeover although the consulting rooms are lo‐ cated together with the Citi‐ zens’ Attention office and the municipal library, with little space to spare.

Peg Eight while Steve Fell on the adjacent peg came third, managing 7.54 kilos .Roy Buttress came fourth with 5.58 kilos from Peg One on the dark side of the reservoir. A few of the anglers stayed the night before at Hotel Ar‐ gos and, as usual, they were well looked after with an evening meal and breakfast.

Further information about the club can be found on www.carp‐r‐us.weebly.com web‐ site and the Carp‐R‐Us Fishing Costa Blanca Facebook page.

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home,” the organisers said.

Simon Morton from the Sunshine radio station will be attending, and there will be stalls with presents, others with bric‐a‐brac, a tombola, live acts and a raffle, as well as Name the Teddy, Guess the Weight of a cake and much, much more.

For more information or to book a stall for €10, contact Marilyn on 633 410 134.

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Rain didn’t stop play DESPITE threatened rain, the weather was very pleasant for Busters Golf Society’s monthly game at La Serena (Los Al‐ cazares).

“With only one more game to go, our Player of the Year leader board has only five points difference between the lead and second place, so it could be a close finish,” predict‐ ed Busters’ Barry Grinsell.

Nearest the Pins were taken by John Rush on the third, Barry Grinsell took the ninth, with Peter List winning the 15th.

Last but not least was Martin Collins, winning the 17th. Each received a bottle of wine donated

by Ian, the boss of Little Leias.

There was a tie for first place with both players scoring 31 points, but the society’s president, Barrie Hopkinson lost to Allan Collis, with Barrie receiv‐ ing red and white wines and Allan taking home a bottle of brandy.

The soccer card winner was Kjell Svenson, who selected Everton.

“Many thanks to our sponsors, Bar Little Leias, and to Ian and his staff for making a very tired and weary bunch most wel‐ come on their return to the bar,” Barry said.

For more information about joining this small friendly society (it’s free) contact Barry Grinsell at bustersgolfsociety@hot mail.com stating handicap as well as phone or What‐ sApp details.

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TORREVIEJA remembers. Torrevieja’s mayor Eduardo Dolon took part in the British community’s Remembrance Day service on November 11.

Dolon was accompanied by International Relations coun‐ cillor Gitte Lund and deputy mayor Rosario Martinez, who is also Tourism councillor, at the solemn ceremony organised by the Torrevieja branch of the Royal British Legion, which is presided by Gill Burden. The Remembrance service officiated by an Anglican vicar at Torrevieja’s Inmaculada Concepcion church, was followed by the traditional wreath‐laying in Plaza de la Constitucion in memory of the fallen.

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Xmas food dos and don’ts IF you are travelling back to the UK or have friends and family coming to visit you in Spain, the British Embassy has published some links to help you bring the right Christmas food in your suitcase.

The rules around what is allowed to travel across the borders with you changed at the beginning of 2021 with the UK’s departure from the EU. Now third country rules apply, and this means differences between last Christmas and

this.

If you are headed to the UK for a festive visit, you can take Spanish cakes (without fresh cream), sweets and biscuits with you without restriction, if they are for personal use and not to sell. Chocolate is ok too, if not made with lots of unprocessed dairy products. So, your Turron is good to go!

So too is delicious Spanish honey, dates, chorizo, and Jamon.

If you have loved ones coming to visit in

Spain, or are heading back after a jolly good time, here are the restrictions for the UK to Spain leg of the journey ‐ and unfortunately, they are a lot stricter! No meat or dairy products can be taken this way across the borders, so even your Christmas pudding may be out of bounds if it contains suet.

You can bring a small amount of fruit and vegetables with you though, as well as eggs and honey.

Coin scam warning €2 COINS: E a s i l y mistaken for others.

THE Guardia Civil took to social media to warn about a new scam. They warned: “Watch out!!! These are Turkish lira. They pass for €2 because of their resem‐ blance. #Quenotelacuelen.”

People are aiming to scam others as the coins ap‐

pear very similar and many people will not even notice the difference. The real val‐ ue of the Turkish coin though is considerably less than a €2 coin.

Both coins have a similar size and weight. Reportedly they are being offered up to people and shops and no one has been noticing.

When looked at closely the two coins are easy to tell apart. The €2 coin in Spain has the face of King Felipe VI or of King Juan Carlos I engraved on it.

The Turkish coins howev‐ er have the phrase ‘Yeni Türk Lirasi’ engraved. They also have a Turkish coat of arms and a face.

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Probiotic helps Covid recovery A COMPANY based at Ali‐ cante University claims their probiotic helps Covid recovery. There are many factors that can affect how badly someone suf‐ fers from Covid‐19.

Numerous studies show aspects such as age and genetics can play their role in how long someone has symptoms of the ill‐ ness. Now there is grow‐ ing evidence that gut mi‐ crobiota also plays a part.

An Alicante‐based start‐ up named Bioithas, locat‐ ed at the University of Ali‐ cante’s science park has developed a probiotic that researchers claim can sig‐ nificantly reduce the time that Covid patients have digestive symptoms in‐ cluding diarrhoea, abdom‐ inal pain, or irritable bowel syndrome.

Probiotics are foods or supplements that contain live microorganisms that are created within certain levels to maintain the in‐ testinal microbiota. They also boost the immune system. Researchers of Bioithas deduced that

“by helping to maintain the intestinal microbiota, the virus would be elimi‐ nated more quickly.”

In 2020, they set out to demonstrate their hy‐ pothesis by monitoring a group of 45 coronavirus patients in Alicante Province. The patients were split into two groups, with one group being given the probiotic for a month.

“After 30 days we ob‐ served in the group of pa‐ tients taking the product, the symptoms had disap‐ peared in all but one of them,” said Vincente Navarro, head of Bioithas.

He added that half of the people in the control group had digestive issues a month later.

Poll reveals Brexit regret THE results of a recent survey show that vot‐ ers in Britain now want to rejoin the EU. The 2016 referendum fig‐ ures are reversed, with 53 per cent now want‐ ing to be a part of the European Union, while 47 per cent are for stay‐ ing out.

Shortages of goods since Brexit, and the continual arguments with Brussels were two of the main reasons given for the change of heart. As head of re‐ search, Chris Hopkins, explained, “Issues such as disrupted supply chains, and spats with fellow European lead‐ ers about fishing and vaccines, may have cut through, although the results are still on a knife‐edge.” He added, “The Brexit story isn’t going away any time soon.”

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Smoking e-cigarettes doubles risk A R E C E N T report con‐ cludes that consumers of electronic cigarettes are almost twice as likely to suffer a heart attack as

non‐smokers.

As a result of this study, the Spanish Heart Founda‐ tion (FEC) is attempting to put a stop to this new form

Spain considering Covid passports REGIONAL authorities in Spain are considering fol‐ lowing governments and health authorities in other European countries in a bid to curb the spread of Covid‐ 19. This could involve refus‐ ing unvaccinated people access to hospitals and oth‐ er public places. Communi‐ ties in Galicia, Cantabria, and Catalonia already re‐ quire the Covid passport to enter cocktail bars.

Spain’s Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, is keen not to see a “pattern

that is repeated” in hospi‐ tals if admission rates start to increase. The Interterri‐ torial Health Council last week issued an appeal to unvaccinated people to agree to be immunised against coronavirus.

Data shows that the 20 to 39 age group is the one with the lowest vaccination rates.

Spain currently has 78.9 per cent of the population double‐jabbed, which rep‐ resents 88.9 per cent of those over 12 years of age.

of tobacco consumption, es‐ pecially among the young population. It is asking gov‐ ernments for stricter regula‐ tion and greater supervision of the marketing and sales strategies of these devices.

The World Heart Federa‐ tion (WHF) says that vaping is also known to cause vas‐ cular problems and a possi‐ ble increased risk of blood clots. These devices are ad‐ vertised as an alternative to quitting smoking, although various investigations have shown that this is not the case.

In addition to cardiovascu‐ lar risk, the consumption of e‐cigarettes has a very clear effect on our respiratory health. Although they are advertised as a healthier al‐ ternative to traditional cigarettes, the damage they cause in the respiratory tract is very similar to that caused by tobacco consumption.

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‘Salvator Mundi’ by Leonardo da Vinci is the most expensive painting in the world, valued at $450.3 million.

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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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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.

SIMON HARRIS: Has thousands of Facebook followers.

The incident caught the attention of Marcus 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 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 mad‐ ness of kids potentially going hungry because of a school dinner debt.”

Motor neurone funding THE UK government is set to invest nearly £400 million in research for neurodegenerative dis‐ eases. Research into mo‐ tor neurone disease will receive a minimum of £50 million from the new funding.

According to the gov‐ ernment: “The full £375 million investment will fund projects into a range of diseases such as Pick’s Disease, Fronto‐temporal dementia, Wernicke Kor‐ sakoff, Parkinson’s dis‐ ease, Lewy Body demen‐ tia, Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impair‐ ment, improving our un‐

Counterfeit banknote arrests NATIONAL Police officers, in collaboration with Europol, have arrested 43 people in 18 provinces throughout the Spanish territory.

They were all detained for their alleged in‐ volvement in the crime of introducing coun‐ terfeit Euro banknotes into the financial do‐ main.

Two of the detainees, believed to be the ones mainly responsible for the sale, were

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arrested in Huelva. The rest have been ar‐ rested throughout Spain as buyers of coun‐ terfeit €20 and €50 banknotes.

According to a press release from the Na‐ tional Police, this sale of counterfeit money was being carried out through a profile on a well‐known social network. This profile had 1,620 subscribers and subsequently helped lead the officers to initiate the investigation.

derstanding while search‐ ing for new treatments.”

Eamonn Holmes quits AFTER 15 years on ITV’s This Morning show, 61‐ year‐old Eamonn Holmes has announced he is quit‐ ting.

Holmes has come under fire recently for comments he made linking 5G masts to the spread of coron‐ avirus.

Ofcom, the TV watch‐ dog, received more than 400 complaints from view‐ ers about his 5G claims.

He later clarified he was simply “looking for an‐ swers” over the possibility of any link between coron‐ avirus spread and 5G. His comments outraged ITV bosses. It is believed Ea‐ monn will front his own show on GB News next year.

In 2006, Eamonn and his wife, Ruth Langsford, be‐ gan presenting This Morn‐ ing every Friday.

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Bees survive volcano Women earn less The volcano erupted.

Ebola vaccine trials HUMAN trials of the new Ebola vaccine are set to start. The vaccine can hopefully prevent multiple species of the disease.

The vaccine is based on technology like that used to produce the Oxford coronavirus jab. It is hoped that using this technology will have many benefits. The virus causes Ebola haemorrhagic fever.

It is estimated that the 2014‐16 outbreak in West Africa caused over 11,000 deaths. An out‐ break in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that ended in 2020 is thought to have killed over 2,000 people.

Vaccines for Ebola are already available, but they only fight one species of the virus. There are four species of Ebola. The existing vaccines only fight the Zaire species.

THOUSANDS of bees have survived more than 50 days buried at the edge of La Palma volcano. The hives had been buried under a layer of ash since the La Palma volcano be‐ gan erupting in September.

The hives were located only 600 metres away from the centre of the volcano which erupted on September 19.

Elías González, president of the Agrupación de Defensa Sanitaria (ADS) Apicultores de La Palma explained that of the original six hives belonging to the beekeeper, five had been discovered intact. The bees were rescued alive. The sixth hive’s occupants died but González believes that they may have died “not because of the volcano, but because they were already weak.”

The rescue operation took place on November 6. Officers from El Paso’s Local Police car‐ ried out the rescue mission along with support from the Military Emergency Unit (UME) and the Guardia Civil. One of the Local Police officers is a beekeeper.

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.)

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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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Denial on pay roads SPAIN denies having agreed on pay‐per‐use roads. The government has said that it has not promised Brussels that new tolls would be im‐ plemented.

New tolls had been in‐ cluded in the Recovery, Transformation and Re‐ silience Plan which was sent to Brussels. The plan was put forward in order to re‐ ceive European funds to help Spain recover from the ongoing coronavirus pan‐ demic.

The government have al‐ so said on other occasions that ‘pay per use’ tolls are needed on dual carriage‐ ways and motorways.

The potential plans have caused much controversy. In the document sent to Brus‐ sels, it states: “It is necessary to develop a system of pay‐ ment for use of the high‐ca‐ pacity road network to cov‐ er maintenance costs.”

Spain has thousands of kilometres of motorways and dual carriageways that are currently paid for by the

government. This is not con‐ sidered to be sustainable and cannot be met by the Spanish budget. A ‘pay‐per‐ use’ system would help cov‐ er these costs and according

to the document could be implemented from ‘2024 onwards’.

Confusion remains over the possible implementa‐ tion of tolls.

A right baby mix-up TWO couples in California gave birth to each other’s babies after a fertility clinic mix‐up.

Daphna Cardinale said she and her husband suspected straight away that the baby girl she gave birth to in 2019 wasn’t theirs due to the baby’s darker complexion.

They learnt about the mix‐up three months later.

Ms Cardinale said during a news conference: “I was over‐ whelmed by feelings of fear, betrayal, anger and heart‐ break.”

The Cardinales have filed a lawsuit against the Los Ange‐ les‐based California Centre for Reproductive Health (CCRH) and its owner, Dr Eliran Mor. Following the mix‐up, both babies have been returned to their biological parents. The families intend to stay in each other’s lives and plan to “forge a larger family,” Ms Cardi‐ nale said.

“They were just as much in love with our biological daughter as we were with theirs,” she added.

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10

More than 10 people a year are killed by a vending machine.

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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).

and finally...

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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Biddu loves Marbella

PRODUCER Biddu who has sold millions of records loves Marbella so much that he and his wife Sue split their time be‐ tween 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 Radio Ceylon once a week.

He joined a local band playing the music of the Beatles and the Stones but decided that he want‐ ed to visit what he saw as the home of modern pop, so set off on a journey and worked his way across the Middle East singing and playing music before arriv‐ ing in England in 1967 aged 23.

He quickly got a deal to

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

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 during 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 India’.”

In the meantime, he was still producing records with what became known as a disco beat and al‐ though they received no

air play, they kept bub‐ bling under the top 40 charts as they were being bought by those into Northern 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 ca‐ reer an enormous boost was producing Kung Fu Fighting for Carl Douglas which was a huge hit, not just in the UK but also in the USA and he followed that with records by Jim‐ my James and the Vagabonds and Tina Charles, being able to claim that he really creat‐ ed the British disco beat.

From there his career really took off around the world with hit singles from the Biddu 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 be‐ cause I really didn’t under‐ stand typical Indian pop with sitars and high‐ pitched vocals, but in the end, on the understanding that I could write and pro‐ duce 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 publish‐ ing company and son Zak runs a hugely successful music event company, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Sir Paul McCar‐ ney and Jay Z.

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Paella given protected status ARGUABLY Spain’s best‐ known dish, paella has been heralded as food that cele‐ brates the ‘art of unity and sharing’ by its regional gov‐ ernment this week. On Tuesday November 9, the Valencian government praised its history and virtues while giving over eight pages in the official gazette to the dish.

Valencia is the region in which paella originated and the Valencia government has happily taken on the job as

PAELLA: Spain’s best known dish.

its cheerleader. “Paella is an icon of the Mediterranean di‐ et, because of both its ingre‐ dients and its characteristics as a representation of Valen‐

Check your coins RARE Brexit 50p coins are selling for thousands on eBay. Many collectors are eager to get their hands on coins cel‐ ebrating Britain leaving the EU. Recently, two rare 50p Brexit coins sold on eBay for £15,000. It is worth checking if you have one of these coins hidden away somewhere.

The Royal Mint issued the coins to mark Brexit. One side has the saying: ‘Peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations’. The other side features the Queen’s head.

Ten million of the special coins were released.

Some sellers do not seem to know what they have and are selling them for a few pounds, and others are report‐ edly trying to hit an optimistic price of £50,000.

cian culture,” read the decla‐ ration.

All the ingredients used in its preparation ‐ such as fish, meat, vegetables, the justly famous and healthy olive oil and the complete grain that is rice ‐ are part of the Mediterranean diet.” They go on to add that the fresh and fragrant mix of flavours “make paella one of gastron‐ omy’s most balanced dish‐ es.”

The government assures that the new status be‐ stowed on the food would help promote study and re‐ search into the dish and would safeguard ‘the survival of this cultural item and en‐ sure it is passed on to future generations.’

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Hero cops save baby TWO Local Police officers from the Jaen province of Andujar are heroes among the local commu‐ nity after they saved the life of a nine‐day‐old ba‐ by.

As the officers were circulating in their police vehicle on their regular patrol of the area they ob‐ served a man standing on the street holding a very young baby, he was clearly traumatised, and in need of urgent assistance.

Pulling their vehicle over to check the problem, the two officers were confronted with a baby that was obviously in the process of choking and suffo‐ cating, having difficulty in breathing. This led to

their police medical first aid training coming into play, and there on the street, the officers per‐ formed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the baby.

They managed to get the baby breathing regu‐ larly once again, before taking the baby and the father in their patrol car to the Alto Guadalquivir hospital. Health professionals at the facility were subsequently able to stabilise the baby.

A spokesperson for Andujar Town Council con‐ gratulated the two Local Police officers for their in‐ tervention and quick thinking in saving the life of the baby.

Fraudsters conned bank FRAUDSTERS conned a bank out of £45,000 by calling cus‐ tomer services thousands of times. Dario Goncalves and Dwight Watkinson had spent three years repeatedly con‐ ning Lloyds Bank. They had opened numerous online bank accounts using different names then set about ringing the customer services line thousands of times to com‐ plain about each account.

Sheffield Crown Court heard how Watkinson had

called the bank’s customer services department over 5,000 times. Goncalves beat this record and rang the bank over 8,000 times. In the peri‐ od from 2016 to 2020 the pair fraudulently received £44,924 in compensation from the bank. Lloyds Bank was not

the only bank that Watkinson had been scamming.

The bank uncovered the fraud when it launched an in‐ vestigation into the number of calls received by the cus‐ tomer services department.

The pair were sentenced to 27 months in prison.

STATS

25%

In 2020, about 25% of GAFAM’s (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft) employees are female.

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Boeing deal for crash victims Civil War grave THE aviation company, Boeing, has accepted full li‐ ability for the deaths of 157 passengers of the fatal 2019 Ethiopian Airline flight, ac‐ cording 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 account‐ able,” welcoming the agree‐ ment as a significant mile‐ stone.

The agreement opens the way for families outside the US, in countries such as Ethiopia and Kenya, to claim 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 the victims, said: “The main positive for us is that Boeing is admitting liability... we

159 passengers died.

wanted 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 wanted us to do.”

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.

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 subsidised course of University Specialist in Historical Memory 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 re‐ mains of 11 victims of reprisals during the Civil War have been found. These excavations are in addition to those car‐ ried out in previous years in the municipality of Porreres where human remains have been found.

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AFTER almost 14 years of conservatorship, the 39‐ year‐old pop star Britney Spears is a free woman again. Judge Brenda Penny, presiding over a court hearing in Los Angeles on November 12, told those present, “The conservatorship of the person and the estate of Britney Jean Spears is hereby terminated.”

Britney had been living under the control of her father, Jamie, and co‐conservators, since 2008, and has endured a long battle in the courts to finally re‐ gain her freedom.

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See the lunar eclipse FBI infiltrated 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 usu‐

ally 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

T M S I A R S H S C H E OP H T

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.

by hacker

The motives of the person are not yet known.

A HACKER, who appears to be malicious, managed to hack into the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) email server on November 12. The hacker sent a bizarre mes‐ sage to at least 100,000 peo‐ ple, according to a watchdog group.

The motives of the person are not yet known. It is also not known how far they man‐ aged to penetrate the FBI’s email system.

The message sent out made no sense, but refer‐ enced cybersecurity writer Vinny Troia, and a cybercrimi‐ nal group called The Dark Overlord.

The hacker gained access to the system using a logon for the Department of Home‐ land Security’s Cyber Threat Detection and Analysis Group. This department was disbanded a couple of years ago.

It is common for the FBI to send out warnings regarding cyber threats. This is the first time that a hacker has used the FBI system to send spam messages to numerous peo‐ ple.

The FBI commented: “The FBI and CISA are aware of this morning’s incident involving spoofed emails. This is an on‐ going situation, and we are unable to provide additional information at this time.”

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Moody Blues drummer dies G R A E M E E D G E, the drummer with legendary hitmakers, The Moody Blues, passed away on November 11, aged 80.

Edge, born in Stafford‐ shire, was a founding member of the Birming‐ ham‐based group who stormed the pop charts from the mid‐1960s through to the 1970s.

The legendary drummer.

JET2 has put summer 2023 on sale from all its UK bases. Jet2 have never gone on sale for summer this early and normally would start in the spring of the previous year. The move was made due to demand from travel agents and customers, with many people hoping to book well ahead.

The programme from Leeds Bradford air‐ port went on sale on November 11 for des‐ tinations such as Mallorca, Ibiza, Lanzarote and Tenerife.

Steve Heapy, Jet2 chief executive said: “Customers and independent travel agents have been telling us how much they want to book something to look forward to into their diaries, so we have responded to that demand by putting our summer 2023 pro‐ gramme on sale earlier than ever before.

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018, having played on some of the biggest hits of the era. The band’s most famous song is the classic ‘Nights In in White Satin’. They first topped the British charts in 1964 with ‘Go Now’, al‐ so notching up a No2 hit with ‘Question’ in 1970.

2023 on sale “With Leeds Bradford airport now on sale, we have summer sun on sale from all 10 of our UK bases.

“It is a fantastic programme giving cus‐ tomers and independent travel agents unri‐ valled choice and flexibility when it comes to reaching their favourite destinations across the Mediterranean and Canary Is‐ lands.

“We know our customers will be assured by the fact they are booking flights and ATOL‐protected package holidays with a company they can trust. All of this means we are looking ahead with real confidence and anticipate a fantastic summer 2023.”

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Granada cheese success CHEESE factories in the province of Granada have claimed 14 medals, including a prestigious Super‐ gold, at the World Cheese Awards.

The international Cheese

Festival 2021 took place be‐ tween November 7 and 11 in the Asturian city of Oviedo.

There were 4,089 kinds of cheese from all over the world submitted to the com‐

Welsh smoking plans ON November 8, the Welsh Government re‐ vealed plans to end smok‐ ing in Wales by 2030. Part of the scheme will include tackling health inequali‐ ties and helping people quit.

Deputy Minister for Well‐being, Lynne Neagle, announced the target is for less than 5 per cent of the population to be smokers by 2030. A con‐ sultation on the scheme will run until January 31 and will aim to get peo‐

ple’s views on how to cre‐ ate a smoke‐free Wales and set out actions for the first two years of the plan.

According to the Welsh Government, around 14 per cent of the population in Wales are smokers and those in more deprived ar‐ eas are more likely to smoke. Research also shows that people with mental health issues are twice as likely to smoke compared to those who do not suffer from mental health issues.

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19,000

Jumbo jets use 19,000 litres of fuel to take off.

petition, with 250 judges giv‐ ing their verdicts, with a good result for the cheese factories of Spain.

The Las RRR cheese factory in Maracena, Granada came out as the top Spanish cheese factory, winning an amazing seven medals: one gold, two silver, three bronze and, most importantly, a Super‐ gold for its sheep’s milk cheese from long maturation ‘Piparra’, smeared in Iberian butter and rosemary. The Su‐ pergold winner weighs two kilos and takes six months to mature.

For Roberto Rivas, owner of Las RRR, this award is a source of pride for the quality of the cheese, but it also has a strong sentimental element as it is a tribute to his grand‐ father, who was known as ‘Piparra’, a purebred farmer.

This cheese is, therefore, one of the best 70 in the world, as credited by the cov‐ eted Supergold. In addition, the famous Pata Negra from Las RRR has won a gold medal.

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Beyond the call of duty TWO police officers used an old fishing rope to climb down a sheer cliff to rescue a man who needed CPR.

PC Mandir Xherija and PC Steve Merritt from North Yorkshire Police have been nominated for a 2021 Na-

Blackout warning assurance ALMOST two weeks ago, the government of Austria an‐ nounced the risk of a possible major blackout across Europe.

They even went as far as to appeal to the entire population of the country to prepare themselves for a failure in the Euro‐ pean energy supply. Such a failure would leave the entire country without electricity, internet, or heating.

Yet, in Spain, energy companies have assured that this is not possible. Spain does not have a blackout risk, neither by capacity, by generation, nor by distribution. The country’s ca‐ pacity to generate electricity is 107 gigawatts (GW) per day.

In fact, the highest consumption in the history of Spain, be‐ fore the 2008 stock market crash, was on December 17, 2007. On this date, consumers used 45 gigawatts, which is less than half of the available capacity that suppliers can gen‐ erate.

Not even during storm Filomena, when 42 gigawatts were consumed, was there any risk of shortages. The power plants generate twice what the country can consume on any given day. This means there is no risk of a generation collapse, nor is there a risk of nuclear collapse, and if it does, 10 different energy sources are available to back it up every day.

tional Police Bravery Award.

“They administered emergency CPR to the man as the incoming tide began to rush in.

North Yorkshire Police commented: “A Coastguard rescue helicopter was on the way. While [they] waited for the helicopter, they continued to perform CPR on the man for around an hour and a half in challenging and dangerous circumstances.

“Unfortunately, the injuries from the fall proved too severe for the man, and he later passed away. Our thoughts continue to be with his loved ones.”

POLICE RESCUE: The man had fallen down a sheer cliff.

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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.

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Rashford receives MBE MARCUS RASHFORD took his mum to collect an MBE presented by the Duke of Cambridge on November 9. The Manchester United striker is being recognised for his work against UK child hunger last year.

Last year, the footballer forced UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to do a politi‐ cal U‐turn in the fight against UK child hunger. He persuaded the government to provide free meals to vulnerable children in Eng‐ land during the 2020 Covid‐ 19 lockdown.

Since then, Rashford, 24,

Marcus took his mum along.

has continued his drive for social change. He has now formed a child food poverty task force, which has linked up with some of the UK’s biggest supermarkets and food brands.

Over the last year and a half, the England forward has repeatedly called for free

school meals to be extended to all children aged seven to 18 in all households earning £20,000 or less. Also, for chil‐ dren that are undocumented or living in immigrant house‐ holds with no recourse to public funds.

Last month he launched a new fight to end the ‘UK child hunger pandemic’ and urged ministers to act on the growing problem.

His campaigning has al‐ ready led him to become the youngest recipient of an honorary degree from the University of Manch‐ ester.

Parkinson’s cause revealed PATRICIA GONZALEZ-RODRIGUEZ, a prestigious scientific and medical re‐ searcher from Cadiz, claims that neurons affected by Parkinson’s disease do not die, but rather lose their faculties.

The researcher confirmed that for the first time it’s possible to discover ‘the di‐ rect cause of the disease, leaving the door open to an effective treatment’.

Thus, they can now begin to slow the progression, and even stop it.

There are currently around 120,000 people in Spain affected by Parkinson’s disease. It is a progressive disease of the nervous system that affects movement with symptoms that begin gradually, usu‐ ally as inconspicuous shaking in one hand.

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Door Dash

I Spy

IN one of the biggest corporate financial transactions in Finnish history, Wolt, a food delivery platform which was founded in 2014 and covers much of Europe, is to be merged into American company Door Dash at a cost of €7 billion paid in shares.

THE Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Supo) believes that it has been the subject of espionage by people pretending to apply for work and then following up to see who has been recruited, as applicants may view information on who finally got the jobs.

IRELAND New feed

Restricted leave

FOLLOWING experiments in Australia, farmers in Ireland plan to feed cattle with seaweed harvested from the Irish and North Seas and being added to animal feed to see whether it is beneficial to their health and also cuts down the amount of methane they produce.

IT’S going to be a long year for Irish Garda officers as due to the ongoing pandemic, the upcoming Christmas rush and shortage of officers, only 10 per cent can be on leave from any station rather than the traditional 25 per cent.

ITALY Truffle temptation

Spirited away

THE International White Truffle Fair is underway in the town of Alba and judges are keeping a wary eye out for cheats who might insert fishing shot into them to increase the weight. With a small harvest seeing prices rise to around €5,200 per kilo, temptation exists.

The iconic and easily recognised Ecto-1 car used in the 1984 movie Ghostbusters has gone missing, presumed stolen, after going on display at a comic book fair in the city of Lucca and owners Sony Pictures have taken to social media to ask for sightings.

PORTUGAL Take It

Stella power

A NEW campaign sees takeaway become bring it in, as the Take It promotion by environmental foundation Zero encourages customers to bring their own containers (which is allowed by law) when ordering and collecting a takeaway meal, in order to save using disposable containers.

THE town of Cascais has purchased a piece of equipment named Stella which will convert rubbish into hydrogen in order to ensure that waste no longer goes to landfills and instead be used in the supply of municipal buses and waste collection vehicles.

RUSSIA Romanov jewels

Covid raffle

THREE pieces of jewellery formally owned by the Romanov grand duchess Maria Pavlovna the Elder, which were smuggled out of Russia in 1917, comprising a sapphire and diamond brooch and matching ear clips, sold well above estimate for $900,000 at a Sotheby’s auction in Geneva.

ACCORDING to the Moscow Times, authorities in the town of Imeni Lazo are giving people who take the Covid-19 vaccination, raffle tickets with the chance to win haircuts, dental services, gym memberships and microwaves whilst top prize, three tons of coal, is worth 15,000 roubles (€180).

SWEDEN Female PM

Borg Jr.

FOLLOWING the second resignation by Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson was unanimously elected as the new leader of the Social Democrats (SAP) party and if she passes a vote in Parliament, will become Sweden’s first female prime minister.

TENNIS legend Bjorn Borg was on hand to see his 18-year-old son Leo participate in his first senior ATP tournament in Stockholm having been given a wild card. The teenager, ranked 2,139 in the world, lost to Tommy Paul, ranked 53, but enjoyed the experience.

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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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CHANGE(P) 1.457,50 262,60 2.974,0 2.887,5 1.485,50 6.436,0 2.015,0 9.026,4 717,40 597,60 3.359,0 403,70 588,60 573,80 1,382 196,04 684,60 4.319,0 1.959,80 345,80 2.618,0 520,00 170,60 2.802,0 1.958,0 1.522,4 66,04 2.600,0 1.561,50 3.791,0 9.892,0 6.128,0 3.830,5 394,70 610,00 3.491,0 11.820,0 12.315,0 983,60 1.599,20 365,80 3.152,0 1.537,50 2.370,00 436,20 168,88 1.598,00 539,00 5.092,0 2.378,00

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White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. TransDigm Group Inc. Orion Office REIT Inc. Wi Markel Corp.

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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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Ethnic Xmas 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!

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com. expatradioscotland.com Mon. Fri. 1pm till 4.

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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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SHOULD TV REBOOTS It’s never too late to change BE GIVEN THE BOOT? ROBERT SHALLIS NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

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WE’RE living in an age of endless TV re‐ boots with news that there are currently plans for a new series of 40 year‐old ‘Berg‐ erac’, based again on Jersey.

But reboots are invariably disappointing because the original was part of its time that can’t be recreated second time round.

Everyone’s moved on and the world’s a completely different place today. Alterna‐ tively, they weren’t brilliant shows even back then.

In theory, I’ve nothing against remaking movies or TV shows. It’s not unlike a fresh restaging of a Shakespeare play ‐ if some‐ thing new and different is added to the production. In practice, though, the major problem with reviving 80s TV is that our tastes have fundamentally altered as have our TV viewing habits.

In the 80s, there were very few channels so shows like ‘Dynasty’ and ‘Dallas’ (like‐ wise rebooted) became popular because there wasn’t much else. And provocative, challenging, creative TV’s moved on from the predictability of the hourly slot where the same thing happens every week.

Most of these revivals are just the result of creative laziness, because either nobody can dream up any fresh ideas, or the bean

counters in charge won’t take the plunge with new ones. They’d rather just rely on rewrites and hope enough people have been born who can’t remember the old se‐ ries and will be presented with something ‘different’.

Basically, recycling old themes rarely works. Shows that were popular by default not merit then, rarely ‘ignite’ now. There are plenty of new concepts to exploit, but everyone’s too frightened of ‘offending’ the easily offended, so nobody takes chances anymore.

Which reminds me, the arctic blasts hit‐ ting the UK must be due to climate change, right? Or is it all down to Brexit, again? But it’s not all bad ‐ it should suit the snowflakes, provided they’ve safe spaces where the temperature’s mild and no‐ body’s talking about this ‘offensive’ weath‐ er or any ‘scary’ stories.

In fact, even thinking about my own scary thrillers is sending icy, blood‐curdling shivers down my spine...

Nurse! That’s better, now I’m back on the meds!

Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘The Sentinel’, ‘No Safe Place’, ‘Betrayal’, ‘The Girl in the Woods’, ‘The Girl in the Red Dress’, ‘No Way Back’, ‘Landscape of Lies’, ‘Retribution’, ‘Soul Stealer’, ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora‐johnson.net) available online as eBook (€0.99; £0.99), Apple Books, pa‐ perback and audiobook. All profits to Cos‐ ta del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

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I WAS inspired to write this month’s article after talking to an old friend who has recently made some brave and incredible changes to their life, resulting in becoming a better, more fulfilled and successful version of themself.

J F Kennedy once said “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”

Many of us focus too much on the past which tends to mould our present day as opposed to actually really living in the present moment and appreciating a brand‐new day, a fresh start, a new page, a new story which you can compose yourself.

By allowing past influences, defeats and traumas to hold us back will only keep us there and always be an excuse to justify why we haven’t achieved what we really want to in life.

So, how do we change for the better, how do we become who we really want to be? The way to change is to first ‘welcome’ the future and not be fearful of it. Remember that you are the author of ‘your’ book of life. You can write a new story or you can continue living in your old story book that has become all too familiar and being uncomfortably comfortable. You can fill your day with new challenges, a new way of being or you can let it be filled very quickly with unwanted challenges and problems.

It’s never too late to change and become the person you dream about being. Success is anything you decide it to be as long as it is what you want, especially if it’s for the greater good of yourself and others. If you can be proud of your achievements and how you’re living your life, then that is the measure of success.

Many people do not actually find their true success or calling in life until after the age of 40 or 50, for some even 60 and beyond, so it’s never too late.

It is all too easy to say ‘I’m too old to change, I’m too set in my ways.’ However, the reality is actually the opposite. It’s only what we tell ourselves on a regular basis that causes us to believe such untrue statements. Once we break that habitual way of thinking and replace it with more empowering statements such as ‘I am capable of doing amazing things, I’m ready to succeed.’ The quicker things will start to change and so will you.

Being aware of your thoughts and dismissing the seeds of doubt before they take hold is important. The weeds that grow in the garden of your mind that have been holding you back will start to dissipate and be replaced with new life full of colour, beauty and clarity once you start thinking differently.

Decide what it is in life you really want, write down what you’ve always dreamed of doing or being, however small it may be. Writing it down is a great step to helping you achieve your goals and dreams.

Everything is possible and you are more than capable of becoming a better version of yourself. You have a choice, to accept your life as it is or change it for the better.

Have a clear intention, a full expectation as to what you really want, expect the best and believe you’ll get it.

It’s never too late to change!

Rob Shallis www.robshallis.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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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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It’s not going to finish well MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man WHY is it when you are having a conversation with someone - usually the hairdresser they always ask, “Are you going on holiday?” and you say, “yes”. Then they ask, “Are you going anywhere nice?” I always want to answer, “no not really but I got such a good deal on a two bed apartment in Afghanistan (insert your own war zone here) I had to take it, how could I resist?” I have the same feeling when sales people or waiters ask how I am. I’m over 70 years old; you really don’t want to know how I am. But as you asked me I will try and keep it short and just fill you in on the main details, pull up a chair, it should only take 20 minutes or so!

There seems to be an extraordinary amount of drink spiking cases happening.

Almost 200 incidents have been reported to UK police forces over the past two months.

That is an insane amount. WTF is going on?

The NPCC said there have been 198 confirmed reports of drink spiking in September and October across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, plus 24 reports of

some form of injection. This is madness. I know several people it has happened to. It seems to be done with no other purpose except to cause the most terrible reaction to the person it’s been administered to. It’s hard enough for youngsters these days to enjoy themselves without having to worry that everyone that gets near to you maybe be a potential poisoner. Venues have to make sure that CCTV is covering every area and the folks have to be very vigilant and, if caught and found guilty, the perpetrators have to have very long prison sentences.

Austria, on Monday, began a targeted lockdown against unvaccinated people, confining adults and minors aged 12 and older to their homes. The move is initially expected to last 10 days. This affects about two million people. Sorry this just isn’t right in so many ways. I don’t give a monkey’s whether people are vaccinated or not, these are ridiculously mad measures to make. That along with the chance that 60,000 health workers in the UK are about to lose their jobs. This type of segregation is not going to finish well.

I read an article the other day that a guy in New Zealand got shot dead and when they did his death certificate the cause of death was Covid, because he had tested positive a couple of week earlier. Insane!

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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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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?

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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.

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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Extend the life of your blow dry THE party season is here, and with it, an ar‐ ray of social events, pho‐ tographs, and reunions which can leave even the least vain of us reaching for the hairdry‐ er.

But the constant whirl‐ wind of parties can leave anyone who styles their hair, faced with the choice between endless washing and blow drying or turning to dry sham‐ poo to extend the life of their style.

While dry shampoo was once an emergency‐ only beauty product due to its chalky, white residue and unpleasant smell, today’s dry sham‐ poos are a much more sophisticated product and can be used in mul‐ tiple ways.

DRY SHAMPOO: Save time and money on hair styling.

These new formulas can benefit the hair and scalp and are no longer limited simply to spray cans, now coming in foams, wipes, and pastes, offering variety for those put off by the spray‐and‐rub applica‐

tion.

What’s more, far from simply degreasing oily hair ‐ which in itself can help extend an expen‐ sive blow dry by a day or two ‐ newer formulas can provide other styling benefits.

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Fake it ‘til you make it AS the temperatures plunge and Spain’s usually clear blue skies become cloudier, most of us notice our summer glow starting to fade.

While it is always advisable to reach for the fake tan rather than spending hours in the sun, winter is a particularly good time to take advantage of the wide variety of products promising a safe and natural‐ looking colour.

The perfect fake tan begins by exfoliating to ensure the surface of your skin is smooth.

Whether tanning your face or body, use a gentle exfoliator, massaging the product in small circles before rinsing it off.

Take some extra time on your knees and elbows, which are normally drier.

Now you can wax or shave, as doing this after applying your tan may cause an uneven finish. Next you can moisturise, which will prevent the fake tan sticking to dry patches. It is im‐ portant to remember not to remove hair or moisturise within 24 hours of applying fake tan.

Finally, apply the product it‐ self, starting at your ankles and using long, sweeping motions to evenly distribute the fake tan onto your body. The tech‐ nique differs slightly for the face, where you should mix fake tan with a moisturiser be‐

fore gently applying it, while taking care to avoid your eye‐ brows and hairline.

If you’re stuck for time how‐ ever, try a tinted moisturiser in a shade darker than your nor‐ mal skin tone for a quick boost of colour.

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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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Science week TORREVIEJA Council is hosting a series of free science events at the Centre Cultural Virgen del Carmen.

On Saturday, Novem‐ ber 20, at 1am there will be a dramatised route and tasting, ‘Be‐ tween salinas and vine‐ yards,’ in the PN Laguna

de la Mata, organised

by Ars Creatio.

Meanwhile, on Mon‐ day, November 22, at 7pm there will be a talk on ‘Strategies for the development of healthi‐ er meat products,’ by Dr Juana Fernández Lopez, professor at CIA‐ GRO‐UMH.

Finally, on Tuesday, November 23, at 7pm, there will be a confer‐ ence on ‘genetic im‐ provement of tradition‐ al tomato varieties,’ by Dr Santiago Garcia Mar‐ tinez, professor at CIA‐ GRO‐UMH. For more information, visit www.torrevieja.es.

Art Piano and flute music exhibition AN art exhibition will take place at the Campoverde Church and Community Hall on Saturday, Novem‐ ber 27 from 11am to 1pm.

Displaying works by lo‐ cal artists, the exhibition will offer a range of art as well as food and drinks.

For more information, or to join the art group, contact Dave on 966 763 569 or Sue on 865 750 461.

A CONCERT will take place at the Palacio de la Musica in Torrevieja on Thursday, November 18.

Starting at 9pm, the free concert will host music by Jordi Lopez.

Organised by the the De‐ partment of Culture at Torrevieja Council, the

MUSIC: By Jordi Lopez.

concert will take place at the Palacio de la Musica at C / Union Musical Torreve‐ jense 45 in Torrevieja.

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Goodbye petrol Top 10 dream cars FOLLOWING the recent COP26 Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, countries and car manufacturers have agreed that all vehicles sold from 2040 (2035 in

the main automotive markets) will only be electric propulsion mod‐ els, 100 per cent without emissions.

Some 30 countries made this pact, led by the United Kingdom, in direct agreement with six major brands of car manufacturers. It was agreed that they would stop the production not only of petrol and diesel vehicles, but of any type of propulsion that pro‐ duces greenhouse gases.

This means that by 2040, hybrid and liquefied gas cars would also stop be‐ ing sold.

Out of the 27 EU mem‐ ber states, Germany, France, and Spain, were the three countries not to sign this agreement.

The United States, China, and Japan also declined.

Ford, General Motors, Volvo, Mercedes‐Benz, Jaguar Land Rover, and BYD, are the manufactur‐

ers that have committed to stop selling, and therefore also stop pro‐ ducing, these aforemen‐ tioned types of vehicles.

If I buy a diesel vehicle in 2030, will I have to stop using it?

No. The restrictions apply to manufacturers and sales establish‐ ments, both in this new climate agreement, and in the law already ap‐ proved in Spain. Drivers and users who have a diesel or petrol vehicle will be able to continue driving it until the car reaches the end of its useful life.

Considering that the useful life of a vehicle is, on average, 10 years, these production restric‐ tions will allow meeting the objectives set by the European Union. Their demand is that by 2050 all vehicles circulating in the EU must be zero‐ emissions.

M OV E 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.

Using the hashtag #DreamCar on Insta‐ gram, they crunched the numbers to see which makes and models of cars are most tagged. They found that the American muscle car takes the top spot as the most bragged about vehicle on the social plat‐ form. It was ahead of European manufac‐ turers such as Lamborghini, Porsche, and Mercedes.

Here are the Top 10 dream cars on In‐ stagram (% of posts tagged with #Dream‐ Car) 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 %) 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 includ‐ ing singer Billie Eilish, legendary actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and rapper Snoop Dogg.

Dodge Challenger.

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Skoda Enyaq - a winning EV choice ROAD TEST

A winning EV choice.

by Mark Slack WITH so many mar‐ ques owned by single corporate entities it’s perhaps no surprise that economics dic‐ tate a certain com‐ monality. So Sko‐ da’s Enyaq shares its underpinnings with the VW ID range and in particu‐ lar the ID.4. However, there are some subtle but notice‐ able differences 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‐con‐ suming 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 giv‐ en the right circumstances, this is one of the most use‐ able EVs I have tried. It’s also one of the more affordable, albeit electric cars are still ex‐ pensive compared to petrol powered equivalents.

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.

With five trim levels, two power options and all‐wheel‐ drive on offer, there’s no shortage of choice. Prices start from €37,366/£32,010 (including €2,918/£2,500 UK

government 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 bat‐ tery, that 256 mile range and a decent array of standard kit from Bluetooth, naviga‐ tion and Wi‐Fi hotspot through to keyless stop/start, cruise control and light and rain sensors.

The Enyaq is an im‐ posing vehicle that lacks some of the styling oddities that 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 plastic. Quite how durable this would prove I don’t know but it makes an impact. 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 insu‐ lated. It’s comfortable 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, soak‐ ing up the worst excesses of our potholed tarmac, and the handling is decent rather than exceptional. 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 win‐ ning EV choice. It’s only let down only by the poor EV in‐ frastructure in the UK.

SPORT ALVARO FONTES won his third Spanish champi‐ onship title last weekend at Circuit de Barcelona‐ Catalunya. The Malaga‐ born driver, who already won the Spanish GT Championship in 2012, and the TCR category in the Spanish Endurance Championship in 2015, continues to build his leg‐ endary status on Spanish circuits.

Together with his co‐pi‐ lot, Dutchman Mirco van Nostrum, Fontes won the TCR category of the Span‐ ish Endurance Champi‐ onship on Sunday, November 14, which con‐ cluded its 2021 season in Montmelo in Catalonia.

Fontes and van Nos‐ trum, were a perfect match at the wheel of the Audi RS3 LMS of SPV Rac‐ ing in the striking spon‐ sorship colours of the Pur‐ ple Rain Lounge in Altea, rounding off their superb racing season with a title.

On the first lap, the Malaga‐born rider was al‐

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Third title for Fontes

FONTES: Dedicated the title to the sponsors, Purple Rain Lounge for their support.

ready up into second place, but on the fourth lap, he overtook Amalia Vinyes, and gained the lead.

From then on, Fontes totally controlled the race, staying ahead of Santi Concepcion Jr, who even went off the track in his effort to chase down both the Andalucian, and the Andorran driver, Vinyes.

“I am very happy to have won my third title in a Spanish championship, and of course to have con‐ tributed to my teammate Mirco, and SPV Racing to become champions.

“I think I did a good first relay, which was my job as the most experienced driver. Mirco rounded off the task with a second place that tastes like a vic‐ tory because of the time

handicap we had,” ex‐ plained Fontes.

He added, “I want to dedicate this title to our sponsors, especially Pur‐ ple Rain Lounge, and friends, for their support.

The Audi was never the best car, but we were very consistent, and the work of the SPV Racing engineers and mechanics was the key to our suc‐ cess”

HONDON FLYING HONDON VALLEY FLYERS made it two wins in two matches in the Costa del Sol Walking Football League at PINOSO on Wednesday November 10 when they beat the home side six goals to one.

Hondon now look forward to the visit of Formentera which should provide them with a stiffer test. Can they keep flying and make it three wins from three?

In another League match Moraira will play host to Pinoso. Both lost to Hondon.

Who will come out on top in this one?

To find out make sure you get your copy of the Euro Weekly News.

In other news Esquina Park Rangers emerged as winners ESQUINA PARK of the mini tournament played RANGERS: Captain at Mojacar last weekend receives the Mojacar (November 13) adding anoth‐ Tournament trophy. er cup to their growing collec‐ tion. Runners up were Los Amigos (Mojacar) followed by visiting teams Malaga and Benahavis. A successful day enjoyed by all and played in the true spirit of the game.