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DRIVE SLOWER NINE out of every 10 vehicles driven in Elche ignore the speed limit on both urban and in‐ terurban roads, the Lo‐ cal Police revealed.

With fewer people working from home, roads are busier and motorists are speeding once more, officers said.

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Privileged surroundings ORIHUELA City Hall has allocated two areas where motorhomes in transit will be able to park for the night. One is located in Soto I6, ad‐ joining the city allotments, and the other is in‐ side the palm forest, which is protected as an Asset of Cultural Importance (BIC).

“We have taken this very important step in improving our tourist options while respecting the environment and maintaining a balance between historic Orihuela and the modern municipality,” declared the city’s mayor, Emilio Bascuñana. City hall was carrying out great work in the Palmeral thanks to the city’s mas‐ terplan that has been devised to protect its 3,000 palms, including the “constant battle” against the red weevils which threaten the trees. “We are adding a finishing touch with

TORREVIEJA parish priest Fr Pedro Paya recently asked members of the Osadia (Au‐ dacity) carnival group to wear different costumes.

Fr Paya commented on Facebook that the robes and headdresses were very simi‐ lar to the those of the Im‐ maculate Conception statue in Torrevieja’s church. Their ornate but brief costumes showed a lack of respect to‐ wards those for whom reli‐ gious feelings “are very im‐

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OVERNIGHT STAYS: Emilio Bascuñana and Damaso Aparico announce park setting for campervans in transit.

this parking project for motorhomes which will have all the services they require,” Bascuñana said. “It will treat the environment with abso‐ lute respect and at the same time establish a practice that is increasingly in demand.”

Carnival conflict portant,” the priest said. Tor‐ revieja’s carnival celebrations began on February 4 and continue until March 6, prompting him to comment that he was not against carni‐ val celebrations if they did not cross certain lines.

“There is a very fine line to audacity, and those who cross it take a risk,” Fr Paya commented.

He also questioned the use of public money for some‐ thing “that could offend Tor‐ revieja’s population.”

Fiestas councillor Concha Sala explained to the local Spanish press that the town hall only paid for the pa‐ rades’ infrastructure costs, but also stressed that she did not intend to “take part in these controversies.”

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NIBS EXTRA Dama dispute ELCHE City Council rejected once again a Partido Popu‐ lar motion criticising Culture Minister Miquel Iceta.

Tabled on February 28, the PP condemned the Min‐ istry’s refusal to allow the fifth century BC Dama de Elche sculpture to return to the city where it was found as a “political decision.”

Good choice PRODUCTION company Fresco Film Services de‐ scribed as ‘a great success’ the choice of Alicante City as a logistics base for The Inter‐ preter, directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Jake Gyl‐ lenhaal. The 250 people in‐ volved spent €2.5 million in the city on hotel accommo‐ dation, eating out and leisure activities.

Not here ENVIRONMENTALIST groups, Friends of the South Alicante Wetlands (AHSA) and friends of Sier‐ ra Escalona (ASE), are for‐ mally appealing against Orihuela City Council’s ap‐ proval of plans for 2,000 properties in Cala Mosca.

The project is invalid, they claim, as it ignores the vital Vega Baja Territorial Ac‐ tion Plan (PAT).

Tax evader TORREVIEJA’S National Po‐ lice arrested a 53‐year‐old Russian wanted in his own country on tax evasion charges dating back to 2007 and 2008. Believed to be liv‐ ing in Israel, where he had relatives, or Spain, he was traced to Torrevieja, from where he was transferred to Madrid, awaiting extradition.

Joyriders hurt FOUR youths were injured in Los Desamparados in Ori‐ huela on February 27 after their stolen vehicle crashed into a tree. Three of the car’s seven occupants, all under‐ age Morrocans, fled on foot while four others were tak‐ en to hospital where one re‐ mains in intensive care un‐ der police custody.

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Support for Ukraine TORREVIEJA’S mayor Eduardo Dolon recently met representatives from the town’s Ukrainian and Russian associations.

“I assured them of my own support and solidarity and that of Torrevieja at this difficult time,” Dolon said.

“International Residents councillor Gitte Lund and I have made ourselves available for anything they might need,” he added. They first met Natalia Zhezhnyauska, president of the Ukrainian Association of Torrevieja, who conveyed her concerns about her country’s grave and tragic situation following

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CRISIS MEETING: Natalia Zhezhnyauska, Eduardo Dolon and Gitte Lund.

the Russian invasion.

Over the coming days, thousands of Ukrainian exiles needing residency papers are expected to reach Spain, Dolon said, revealing that Torrevieja Town

Getting back on track AS more Covid restrictions are lifted, the Costa Blanca Morris Dancers, members of Torrevieja U3A, have restarted their re‐ hearsals.

“We are looking for new members to join us,” Terry Sawkins said. “There’s no need for previous experience, just willingness to learn something new and join in the fun whilst supporting local charities at dance‐out events,” he explained.

“It’s also great for keeping fit, so come along and join in our fun dances and meet new people.” The Costa Blanca Morris Dancers are the only Morris team in Spain that provides the opportunity to learn traditional English dances and enjoy a great social group, Ter‐ ry pointed out. “Commencing on March 4, we meet at Dilly’s Bar in San Luis on the first and third Friday every month and the hall at the back of the town hall in Pinar de Campoverde on the second and fourth Friday from 4pm to 6pm.

For further information, check out the team’s Facebook page or contact the costablancamorrisdancers@yahoo.com email ad‐ dress.

Hall had already contacted the National Police to help expedite their documents.

He went on to explain that the town hall would be channelling food and medicines to

A 15-minute affront REGIONAL government, the Generalitat, joined voices criticising the deci‐ sion to divert Alicante Province trains from Madrid’s Atocha termi‐ nus to Chamartin.

High speed AVEs and Alvia expresses from Ali‐ cante City, Elche and Ori‐ huela will now have 15 minutes added to their journey, but although Chamartin is further from the centre of Madrid, it is at least nearer the capi‐ tal’s business district.

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Reaching a Crescendo CRESCENDO INTERNATIONAL CHOIR is re‐ hearsing again and planning a concert for May with the Chivenor Military Ladies Choir.

This will be held at Salt Church in Los Montesinos on Saturday, May 7 at 6pm.

Tickets sold for the concert cancelled in 2021 will still be valid. New tickets can be purchased from Mags (688 707 050), by contacting a choir member or at the Rincon de Miguel restaurant in Los Montesinos on Mondays between 5.30pm and 8pm.

This is also the restaurant where Crescen‐ do rehearses between 5.45pm and 8.15pm each Monday. “We are socially‐distanced and wear masks,” Nancy Klein, a choir mem‐ ber and Crescendo publicist told the Euro Weekly News. “Despite these restrictions, we

the Ukrainian Association of Torrevieja, ready to be sent out to Ukraine.

Dolon and Lund later held another meeting with Tatiana Semenova, representing local Russian association GLOBUS, as well as Sergei Mogilenskii and Peter Andreusevich from the MIR ODIN collective.

They expressed worries about the invasion, saying they hoped for a speedy end to the “senseless situation.” They emphasised their “total support” for the Ukrainian people and those they lived with in Torreviejea “in peace and harmony.”

have a lovely time singing together.” Readers interested in joining should visit the Crescen‐ do website at http://www.crescendo‐ choir.com/index.html for details.

“We are especially seeking men to join us, so please come along if you like to sing with others,” Nancy said. “The choir’s sopra‐ nos, altos, tenors and basses sing a wide va‐ riety of songs ranging from musicals to spiri‐ tuals, from pop to classical, in English, Spanish, Dutch, and Latin.

“When we give concerts, the money we raise goes to local charities.” Crescendo is truly international, with British, Dutch, Ger‐ man, Scandinavian and American mem‐ bers, while the musical director and pianist is Spanish. “Nevertheless, English is the main language spoken,” Nancy added.

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tary general of the Costa Blanca hoteliers’ associa‐ tion, Hosbec, together with the president of the Alicante Chamber of Commerce, Juan Riera, Alicante City mayor Luis Barcala and Carlos Ma‐ zon, president of the Diputacion provincial council, have already con‐ demned the decision.

Now they have been joined by Arcadi España, who heads the Generali‐ tat’s Territorial, Public Works and Transport de‐ partment.

España has asked both Adif, responsible for Spain’s rail infrastructure, and the Transport Min‐ istry for explanations.

Not only will the new measure inconvenience travellers, the Generali‐ tat maintained, but this is yet another affront to‐ wards Alicante Province, adding further tension to its relations with Madrid.

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Back to normal FRANCESC COLOMER, who heads the Valencian Community’s Tourist Board, predicts a summer recovery for tourism.

“We foresee an in‐ crease in visitors this spring with the return of celebrations like La Mag‐ dalena, Fallas and Holy Week,” Colomer said.

“They are an important turning point which, with‐ out a doubt will be the prelude to a normal high season with results simi‐ lar to the summer pre‐ ceding the pandemic.”

The improved health situation, a reduction in Covid cases and eased re‐ strictions combined with the Valencian Communi‐ ty’s tourist offer and EU policies that favour travel, all foretold renewed vital‐ ity for tourism, Colomer declared, as he praised the tourist industry.

“The sector has taught us a lesson in resistance and unity,” he said. “It withstood a complicated 2021 while increasing this feelgood industry’s branding capability with its commitment to inno‐ vation, digitisation and sustainability.”

Despite his optimism, Colomer was cautious.

“The situation is always unpredictable and the curve of Covid cases is al‐ ways unstable,” he said.

“The sector has pre‐ pared meticulously to tackle 2022 with guaran‐ teed success,” he added, urging the tourist sector to continue advancing “with caution and care in a responsible and com‐ mon‐sense manner.”

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OUTPUT at the Torrevieja desalination plant is to be increased from a daily 240,000 cubic metres to 360,000.

This, the Environment Ministry explained, will compensate for the reduction in irrigation water delivered to the Vega Baja’s agricultural growers via the Tajo‐Segura pipeline.

Spain’s Official Bulletin (BOE) announced the increase on February 25.

The original project included a future increase in output and the existing installation has sufficient land for an extension, the Ministry added.

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Specialist advice at PANGEA IN 2020, approximately 104,000 British nationals who were registered with a green residency certificate were living in the Valencian Commu‐ nity.

According to the latest official figures this is now over 110,000 but, in the meantime, not all new residency appli‐ cants have been successful.

Whilst many unsuccessful applicants have since returned to the UK, the Consulate believes that many are still living in Spain without paperwork, re‐ vealed Sarah Jane Morris, the British Consul in Alicante.

“It now is over a year since the end of the transition period,” Ms Morris pointed out. “Any British national living in Spain without their residency paper‐ work in order is going to need specialist advice and support to legalise their sit‐

uation,” she said.

“In the Valencian Community, the PANGEA offices are where you should go for free, impartial advice on your rights and options.”

The offices are staffed by social workers and often have a legal adviser with expertise in Spanish immigration law, but they are not able to submit residency applications on behalf of cus‐ tomers.

The Consul went on to say that on February 17 the Alicante Con‐ sulate held a workshop with local immigration support offices to find out what assistance is available for UK Nationals who still need to sort out their post‐Brexit residency pa‐ perwork. The workshop was also attended by the Red Cross and CE‐ PAIM, an association in Alicante

that offers immigration advice over the phone.

“It was great to get a better under‐ standing of their work and build closer ties,” the Consul said.

The Valencian Community’s PANGEA offices are listed on the https://inclusio.gva.es/es/web/igual dad‐diversidad/xarxa‐d‐oficines‐ pangea website.

Information about becoming a resi‐ dent in Spain under the Withdrawal Agreement and exchanging a green certificate for a TIE can be found at https://www.inclusion. gob.es/ficheros/brexit/guia_brex it_2020_en.pdf For general information and advice about living in Spain, visit gov.uk/livin ginspain or the Face book.com/britsin spain page.

NEW MINISTER HAS ARRIVED OUR church is happy to announce that our new minister has arrived.

Rev Dr Krista Givens has joined La Siesta Evangelical Church. She has come from Los Angeles in the USA and begins her ministry immediately, though this does not mean we are saying goodbye to our current min‐ ister, Pastora Jeanie Cooper.

Pastora Krista has a full and interesting history, having been a minister at various places in the USA, including Hawaii, and was also a minister in Hamburg, Germany, for a time. Her last ministry was at Walnut

United Methodist Church in Los Angeles.

Pastora Krista’s first service at our church will be on Sunday, March 13, begin‐ ning at 11.15am. We are very happy to welcome anyone to attend our services, but we are still operating under restricted numbers due to Covid and social distanc‐ ing.

If you would like to attend, we would ask you please to visit our website at LaSi estaEvangelicalChurch.org to obtain con‐ tact details so a place can be booked for you.

UK’s most wanted woman THE UK’s most wanted woman has been arrested in Spain.

Officers from the Guardia Civil have successfully arrest‐ ed a woman who was part of

a money‐laundering opera‐ tion. She had been wanted since 2013 and belonged to a criminal organisation that consisted of 16 people.

In late February the

Guardia Civil arrested the woman in Tarragona’s Santa Barbara. The woman is a British citizen and 47 years old. She was the only mem‐ ber of the criminal group who was still at large.

Investigators in Britain be‐ lieved that she had been in charge of laundering the profits from the criminal or‐ ganisation using multiple companies in Spain, Dubai and Andorra.

The other members of the gang were tried in 2013. The woman was tried in her ab‐ sence and sentenced to eight years in prison.

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Spanish in Ukraine THE Ministry of the Interior will be deploy‐ ing a new elite GEO group on the Ukrainian border.

Their deployment is part of ‘Operation Prussia’ in which the National Police is guar‐ anteeing the security of the two convoys that have left the Spanish embassy in Kyiv.

As happened with the withdrawal of Span‐ ish troops from Afghanistan, and the evacua‐ tion of diplomatic personnel and their collab‐ orators, the elite group of the National Police has been guaranteeing the security of the embassy and the compatriots for two weeks

now, in the face of the imminent Russian at‐ tack that finally started last week.

According to the same sources, the Nation‐ al Police have also been in charge of physical‐ ly securing the Spanish embassy after the de‐ parture of the second and last convoy on Friday, February 25, in which the ambas‐ sador, Silvia Cortes, travelled.

The officers were in charge of lowering the national flag, which they will guard until they arrive back in Spain. Along with the security tasks, the officers are attending to the needs of the evacuees with water, food, and sanitation.

‘Partygate’ questionnaire THE Met Police have con‐ firmed that more than 50 people have been sent the ‘Partygate’ question‐ naire including the Chan‐ cellor Rishi Sunak, who has denied that he broke lockdown rules.

However his receipt of the questionnaire would suggest that amongst the more than 500 docu‐ ments and 300 images, there is evidence that he

may have done so.

Scotland Yard again re‐ minded recipients that the questionnaire has formal legal status and must be answered truth‐ fully, with respondents being required to account for their presence and to give an explanation of their participation. The questionnaires have to be returned within seven days.

Sunak when asked in February whether he ex‐ pected to receive a ques‐ tionnaire told media: “No... well, I don’t know.”

The questionnaires will be sifted through along with all the documents and images provided by the Cabinet following se‐ nior civil servant Sue Gray’s own inquiry into the ‘Partygate’ allega‐ tions.

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Birmingham delays

Hero pilot

TRAVELLERS have com‐ plained that they have been hit with severe queues at Birmingham Airport. Issues have re‐ portedly arisen as pas‐ sengers have queued in

ONE Ukrainian pilot has been named the ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ after reportedly shooting down 10 Russian planes.

According to Ukraine’s official Facebook account, during the first 30 hours of the war, the pilot shot down six planes.

Taking to Twitter, Ukraine released footage of the pilot. The post read: “Ukraine probably not its first ace since World War II. This is the anonymous pilot of the MiG‐29, nicknamed the Ghost of Kyiv.”

They added: “To be‐ come an ace pilot, you need to shoot down five planes. And the Ghost of Kyiv shot twice as many.”

The post continued: “And although it is still unknown who is piloting the Ukrainian MiG‐29 plane and whether he is responsible for the 10 downed Russian planes, Ukrainians are grateful to

their hundreds to get through security.

One passenger heading home to Belfast told me‐ dia: “I was in the queue for at least an hour.

“The thing with an air‐

port is they will always absolutely know how many people are coming through because every‐ one is checked in. I’d al‐ ready checked in and as soon as I turned round the corner I was met with a queue of around 200 people, maybe more.

“Some were very el‐ derly and had no place to sit down. We were all just stuck there standing in this queue.”

The passenger went on to add: “People were frustrated be‐ cause there was no communication while we were waiting as to what the issue was and when I finally got through to the security point, only two lines were open. To be fair to the staff, they were working flat out but it just took so long to get through.”

this hero with brass balls, who’s having Russian air‐ craft for breakfast.

“God speed and happy hunting.”

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Vehicle thefts THE Ministry of the Interior has released data that shows an average of 37,000 vehicles are stolen every year, although the country is not in the top 10 for car thefts in the European Union.

The European average is 150,000 cars stolen each year with Greece topping that list with over 180,000 or 500 a day.

Other countries where car theft is high may surprise you, Sweden, Czechia (the Czech Repub‐ lic), France, Italy and of course Greece.

Perhaps the worst aspect of the high rate of car thefts is that less than 10 per cent of the cars stolen are recovered, with police saying that the chances of finding the vehicle are the best within the first 48 hours.

After that the chances of recovering the vehi‐ cle drop dramatically.

This they say is down to the speed of the or‐ ganised car theft rings who move swiftly to re‐ move from Spain or to break them up and to sell the parts.

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Star suffers horror skating injury DANCING ON ICE’S Connor Ball took to social media to share an im‐ age of his horrific injuries after he fell during Sunday’s show on Febru‐ ary 27. Connor had been skating with partner Alexandra Schauman

Kurt Zoumastyle cat attacks THUGS are carrying out Kurt Zouma‐style cat at‐ tacks as part of a new on‐ line obsession.

In February, Kurt Zouma was caught on video having abused his pet cat. His football club fined him £250,000 over the incident. The RSPCA also took his cats away.

The football star was seen on film kicking and slapping one of his cats.

The incident has sparked a horrific craze.

One online group has tak‐ en to sharing similar at‐ tacks. They have been sharing the footage on social media.

According to one publi‐ cation, one pet owner from Dorset was left with expensive vet bills after her cat was attacked.

Pet owner Dawn was shocked when her young cat Murphy returned home after having been viciously attacked.

when he fell and sliced his leg open.

Connor has made it through to next week’s show though. The star took to Instagram to share photos as he prepared for the show. He al‐ so shared an image of his injured

leg. Connor posted: “Swipe for my night’s progression! but warning: don’t swipe too far if you’re squeamish…

“What a crazy night, I really did get too much into the whole pirate

thing. thank you for all the mes‐ sages I really appreciate it, I’m abso‐ lutely gutted about the routine but so grateful you guys still went abso‐ lutely mad and voted me through I can’t thank you enough!!”

BALL: Fell and hurt his leg.

Convoy nearing Kyiv

Van Gogh auctioned

ON Tuesday, March 1, a convoy of Rus‐ sian forces was seen stretching a stag‐ gering 65 kilometres near Kyiv.

The convoy was made up of tanks, sup‐ port vehicles, artillery and armoured ve‐ hicles, while satellite data from Maxar Technologies found ground forces and ground attack helicopters in Belarus.

On Monday, February 28, peace talks were held between Ukraine and Russia but according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the shelling of Ukraine by Russia intensified. He believed that the timing was not coincidental.

Zelenskyy commented: “The talks were taking place against the backdrop of bombing and shelling of our territory, our cities. Synchronising of the shelling with

A MASTERPIECE painted by Van Gogh while he was at a psychiatric hospital is set to be auctioned in New York for around $45 million.

One of the works painted while he was in the Saint‐Remy psychiatric hospital will head‐ line Christie’s 20th‐century art auction scheduled for next May. The piece, Champs près des Alpilles, painted in 1889, has re‐ mained in private hands since its creation and has never been exhibited in public. It is also one of two works that Van Gogh sent from the hospital to his

CONVOY: Included armoured vehicles.

the negotiating process was obvious. I be‐ lieve Russia is trying to put pressure (on Ukraine) with this simple method.”

The Ukrainian president has said that no concessions will be made “when one side is hitting each other with rocket ar‐ tillery.”

Danger of cyberattacks THE Spanish government has asked senior civil servants and diplomats to change their passwords in order to avoid potential Russian cyberattacks.

The advice comes from the National Cryptologic Centre, a cybersecurity body attached to the National Intelligence Centre.

This alert comes after the Ministry of Digital Transformation in Ukraine reported the largest cyberattack in the country’s history on February 15, “against state websites and the banking sector.” The minister of Digital Transformation, Mikhail Fyodorov, pointed out that the attack had been prepared in advance and had a cost “amounting to millions of dollars.”

The head of the Ukrainian Security Council’s cybersecurity department, Ilya Vityuk, said that while it was too early to point to a direct perpetrator, it could not have been a lone hacker or small group, given the high cost of such an operation.

good friend Joseph Roulin.

“Painted during his stay at the asylum at Saint‐Remy, and later owned by his friend Joseph Roulin, (...) Champs près des Alpilles is inextricably linked to the tragic biography of the painter,” said Vanessa Fusco, co‐head of Christie’s 20th‐cen‐ tury auction in New York.

The painting, which was owned until 2003 by designer Yves Saint Laurent, is a land‐ scape he painted outside the asylum in the south of France where he was treated for a year after a mental health crisis that led him to cut off his ear.

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FOLLOWING the recent trend set by major recording artists, Neil Di‐ amond has become the latest superstar to sell his entire work of mu‐ sic. Universal Music has purchased the entire catalogue of the 81‐ year‐old singer/songwriter’s incredible catalogue of songs, as well as the publishing rights.

It is not known how much money exchanged hands in the deal, but it is believed to be in the region of the £300 million that Bob Dy‐ lan previously received from Universal Music.

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www.euroweeklynews.com THE conflict in the Ukraine has already pushed the gas price as it rises as much as 60 per cent in one day, however it has still yet to achieve the pre‐Christmas high of €160/MWh. With the war not likely to end any time soon and with sanctions in place gas prices are likely to remain high in the short to medi‐ um term, however there is one good thing that has come out of it which is that the European Union is now firmly committed to building its own sus‐

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Gas up 60% Supply is guaranteed. tainable energy supply.

Like so many countries in Europe, roughly 25 per cent of Spain’s electricity is gen‐ erated through plants that use gas to generate elec‐

tricity pushing the price to the consumer above €240/ MWh, a price reversing all the reductions that has been seen this year.

The Minister of the Eco‐ logical Transition, Teresa Ribera, has said that the en‐ ergy supply is “guaran‐ teed”, but at the same time warned of rising prices with most households likely to see a sharp increase in their electricity costs again.

No longer neutral ON Monday February 28, Switzerland said the country would adopt all EU sanctions against Russia in retaliation for its invasion of the Ukraine.

The move is a huge deviation from the country’s history, Switzerland historically having remained neutral when it comes to international conflicts.

A statement issued by the government following the council meeting said: “In view of Russia’s continuing military intervention in Ukraine, the Federal Council took the deci‐ sion on February 28 to adopt the packages

of sanctions imposed by the EU on February 23 and 25.”

The statement also said that the sanctions will be adopted immediately, including those imposed on the Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Repeating its offer to mediate the govern‐ ment said: “Switzerland reaffirms its solidari‐ ty with Ukraine and its people; it will be de‐ livering relief supplies for people who have fled to Poland.”

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Breast cancer progress INOPERABLE breast tumours have been suc‐ cessfully eliminated using new technology test‐ ed in a Sevilla hospital According to a statement issued on Saturday, February 26, by the Ministry of Health, new technology to fight cancer tumours has been developed by a group of professionals from the Virgen del Rocio University Hospital in Sevilla.

Led by Santiago Velazquez, a radiophysicist from the Comprehensive Oncology Clinical Unit, his team has discovered a treatment that suc‐ cessfully allows the elimination of some inopera‐ ble breast tumours.

“The technology created, called Exabreast, makes it possible to increase the precision and fusion of different types of images such as those from CT and MRI, and to irradiate the breast tu‐ mour with more precision, more energy and in THE UK government has fi‐ nally presented plans to stop the money laundering that the country is renowned for, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson say‐ ing that the country is “No place for dirty money.”

The government an‐ nounced plans to table the Economic Crime (Trans‐ parency and Enforcement Bill) on Tuesday, March 1, which they say will stop the

New technology was tested in Sevilla.

less time,” said the statement from the Health Ministry.

Adding, “with this technique, as detailed by Velazquez, we have changed the type of cell death, we break the cell membrane, allowing tumour DNA and RNA remains to come out of the tumour, which makes it easier for the im‐ mune system to detect the tumour cells.”

Dirty money laundering of ill‐gotten wealth through the pur‐ chase of UK property.

Underlying the bill is the need for property owners in the UK to declare their true identity, which will target those who use shell compa‐ nies to make their purchas‐

es.

A separate Economic Crime Bill is also in the off‐ ing, which wlll target compa‐ ny ownership. It is under‐ stood that the bills allow for the jailing of anyone who breaks the rules, for up to five years.

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Nurses needed SPAIN only has one school nurse for every 8,497 pupils, according to the General Council of Nursing, which described the presence of these professionals as “clearly insufficient” in many communities.

The differences between regions are enor‐ mous: Madrid has 700 school nurses for every 1,198,079 pupils and Cataluña only has 70 for every 1,327,705 children.

The situation is paradoxical, as in Spain it is compulsory to have an occupational nurse at companies with more than 500 workers, but not in schools with hundreds or even thousands of pupils.

So far, more than 50,000 signatures have been collected from individuals and associations and they have been delivered to the Congress of Deputies to request a nurse in every school.

“We think it is essential to have a nurse in ev‐ ON Sunday, February 27, search efforts on Indonesia’s Sumatra island continued af‐ ter 10 people were killed due to an earthquake.

A disaster official said that nearly 400 people had been injured and thousands of people had been displaced from their homes.

On Saturday, February 26, two bodies were recovered

PETITION: It is essential to have a nurse in every school.

ery school, not only to care for children, but also to carry out their role as health educators,” En‐ gràcia Soler Pardo, president of ACISE‐ACEESE (Spanish Scientific Association of Nursing and School Health) said. She added: “There is a great lack of knowledge both in society and in the po‐ litical world about the work that a nurse does in a school.”

Indonesia earthquake by rescuers searching the rubble of homes. The West‐ ern Sumatra province was hit by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake on Friday Febru‐ ary 25 according to the Na‐ tional Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari.

Deaths were reported in the Pasaman and the West Pasaman districts and the quake was felt as far away as Singapore and Malaysia.

Thousands of people were forced to flee their homes and head for temporary shelters when the quake hit.

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Saving the ISS ELON MUSK has vowed to save ISS after Russia threat‐ ened to let the Internation‐ al Space Station fall from orbit and land in Europe or

the United States.

Any attempts from Rus‐ sia to drop the International Space Station (ISS) will be met with resistance from

Dangerous animals THE Guardia Civil has seized 53 venomous and dangerous an‐ imals from the private collection of an individual in Gran Ca‐ naria.

The animals include an alligator snapping turtle, a Gila monster, a Chinese crocodile lizard, several species of caimans and an African dwarf crocodile.

These protected and venomous animals are subject to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and their owner has been ar‐ rested as part of operation Naja‐Gc, reported the Guardia Civil in a statement.

The animals come from America, Africa, Asia and Oceania, and are considered endangered and vulnerable protected species.

During the search of the individual’s home, the police came across a range of different facilities used to house the various species: three large aquariums, 40 terrariums and two rooms equipped for the breeding of rodents and two primates.

These facilities pose a danger to the lives, physical integrity and health of people, as they are located in an urban residen‐ tial area.

Elon Musk and SpaceX. Musk has swung into action already to help give Inter‐ net access to the people in Ukraine. He has activated the Starlight satellite sys‐ tem for the country.

A row raged on Twitter over the International Space Station. On Friday February 25, Dimitry Ro‐ gozin tweeted: “If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an uncontrolled deorbit and fall into the United States and Europe?”

One Twitter user quickly replied: “I think Elon is re‐ ferring to this above.”

So Elon answered: “SpaceX.” Musk was asked if SpaceX would keep the ISS in space. He tweeted back and said: “Yes” Ukraine had called on Musk to help out with In‐ ternet access. Russian at‐ tacks had left the country without the Internet for days.

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Trade deal SECRETARY of State for Trade Anne‐Marie Trevelyan has signed the UK‐Singapore Digital Econo‐ my Agreement (DEA) along‐ side Singapore’s Minister‐in‐ charge of Trade Relations, S Iswaran. According to her, this will cut costs, slash red tape and pave the way for a new era of modern trade as it sets the standard for trade rules, helping the UK Build Back Better from the Covid pandemic. Happy to see Sin‐ gapore’s trade deal which follows similar agreements with Japan, Australia and New Zealand, the British government suggests this DEA is the most innovative trade agreement ever signed, and the first by a Eu‐ ropean nation.

It will strengthen trading relationship with Singapore ‐ worth £16 billion in 2020 ‐ by ending outdated rules that affect both goods and services exporters, making it easier for UK business to target new opportunities in both Singapore and the wider region.

Aid to Ukraine SPAIN is to send 20 tons of humanitarian aid, including medicines and medical supplies worth more than €150,000 to the war‐torn country of Ukraine.

Under the umbrella of a Team Europe initia‐ tive, the transportation will be carried out by road, at a reported cost of €10,000. On Satur‐ day, February 26, Mr Albares attended the re‐ ception of the first shipment of humanitarian aid to Ukraine, which will depart from the Tor‐ rejon de Ardoz airbase in Madrid.

Mr Albares was accompanied by Dmytro Matiuschenko, the charge d’affaires of the Ukrainian embassy in Spain, as well as Anton Leis, the director of the Spanish Agency for In‐ ternational Cooperation and for Develop‐ ment.

ONE person was reported dead on Sun‐ day, February 27 after they were run over by an AVE high‐speed train in Cordoba.

The tragic incident occurred at an unau‐ thorised crossing point near the Villarrubia station.

The tragedy took place at around 11.20am, and involved the 10.28am Mala‐ ga‐Madrid AVE train. As a result of the ac‐ cident, the passengers were transferred to another Renfe train at around 1.35pm, af‐ ter the judicial authorities allowed them to resume the journey to their destination.

FIRST SHIPMENT: Of humanitarian aid.

“Spain, as a people with strong roots in soli‐ darity, is extraordinarily sensitive to the pro‐ found suffering of the Ukrainian population,” said Albares during his visit. He also took the opportunity to reiterate his strongest condem‐ nation of Russian aggression against the Ukrainian people.

Train accident Renfe has reported that this person was hit at an unauthorised crossing point about 800 metres from the Villarrubia sta‐ tion, on Km354 of AVE track 1.

As reported by the company, passen‐ gers on board the train involved in the ac‐ cident were informed of the incident through text messages on their mobile phones, through the train’s public address system, and through the Twitter channel @InfoRenfe.

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University strikes ACADEMICS at universi‐ ties in the UK have walked out in a protest against pay and what they say are unsustainable working conditions, with many cit‐ ing burnout and cuts to their pensions as the rea‐ son for the strikes.

Tensions have been ris‐ ing between universities and members of the Uni‐ versity and College Union (UCU) since 2018, when staff first went on strike over pensions.

Those concerns have continued to escalate with what the union says are unmanageable workloads,

exacerbated by the Covid‐ 19 pandemic. They also cite long‐term real‐term wage cuts, unequal pay and a lack of job security.

The walk out is likely to af‐ fect students across the country with lectures can‐ celled, conferences called off and laboratories closed.

More than 50,000 union members were called out on strike across 68 UK in‐ stitutions on February 21 and 22, following industri‐ al action at 44 institutions the previous week. Ten days of strikes are planned in total.

and finally...

THE ‘largest plane’ was destroyed in Ukraine. The plane named ‘Mriya’, or ‘dream’ is said to have been de‐ stroyed by Russian attacks. The aviation world is in mourning for the loss.

Ukrainian authorities said they plan to rebuild the plane which had been at an airfield near Kyiv.

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AMID ongoing ‘technical issues’ British Airways announced the cancellation of all the morning’s short‐haul flights from Heathrow on Sunday, February 27.

However it also said all its long‐ haul flights departing from Gatwick and London City would continue to operate as normal al‐ though passengers may experi‐ ence some delays.

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BA cancellations The airline apologised to pas‐ sengers saying that it hoped to be operating normally from noon, with ongoing technical is‐ sues still affecting flights.

The company did not say what the technical issues were with ini‐

tial reports suggesting that it was an IT outage, however the com‐ pany has neither confirmed nor denied the reports only saying that their systems had not been hacked as some reports suggest‐ ed.

RAF Sniffer dog honoured A SNIFFER dog working in Afghanistan for the RAF has been awarded the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross.

A German shorthaired pointer who worked as a sniffer dog for the RAF in war zones in Afghanistan, in a ceremony in Lon‐ don on Tuesday, February 22, became the 74th animal to be awarded the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) Dickin Medal.

This prestigious honour is the highest possible recognition during military com‐ bat.

Hertz was born in Croatia, and aged one, after showing exceptional skills in detecting drugs, was given a pioneering role of sniff‐ ing out ‘personal electronic devices’ such as GPS devices, SIM cards, and mobile phones. He is the only sniffer dog to have

Hertz has exceptional skills.

ever been able to do this.

“In terms of British military working dogs, he is a one‐off,” commented his han‐ dler, and trainer, warrant officer Jonathan Tanner. “He’s very much a unique animal,” he added proudly.

After spending two months with Hertz, he was ready to start work, going on to sniff out more than 100 devices during his military career.

A statement issued by the company said: “We are extreme‐ ly sorry that due to the continu‐ ing technical issues we are facing, we have unfortunately had to cancel all short‐haul flights from Heathrow until noon today.”

HEATHROW: British Airways flights had to be cancelled.

Pipeline halted

Abortion law

THE German Ministry of Economic Affairs has said that in view of the Russian aggres‐ sion in eastern Ukraine, the government will halt the controversial Russia Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline certification.

The undersea pipeline would see gas from Russia making its way to Northern Eu‐ rope faster and cheaper, and the delay in the certification will hurt Russia who cur‐ rently pay the Ukraine vast sums of money for gas that is piped through the country.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) said in Berlin that he had asked the Federal Ministry of Economics to take the necessary adminis‐ trative steps to prevent certification of the gas pipeline for the time being, “And with‐ out this certification, Nord Stream 2 cannot go into operation.” He said it was clear that the situation now had to be reassessed, and that “all the questions that concern us had to be taken into account.”

SPAIN’S government has moved to offer abor‐ tion services in all public hospitals with anyone over the age of 16 not needing parental consent.

According to the Spanish minister of Equality, Irene Montero, the reform of the abortion law is well underway.

The Ministry has been working on the propos‐ al for several months. “Voluntary termination of pregnancy will be guaranteed in all public hospi‐ tals,” Montero stated at the Congressional Equal‐ ity Commission.

She also outlined some of the main points from the text, which is not yet public and which will have to be negotiated within the govern‐ ment before it can be approved as a draft bill.

Although Montero acknowledged “the impor‐ tant progress” made by the law in 2010, she also highlighted the need to update it 12 years later in view of the “obstacles” that “still hinder full ac‐ cess” to these rights.

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Also known as a musician and author.

SALLY KELLERMAN, who played Maj. Mar‐ garet ‘Hot Lips’ O’Houlihan in M*A*S*H, has died at the age of 84.

The Oscar‐nominated actress passed away on Thursday, February 24. She was also known for her work as a musician and au‐ thor.

Ms Kellerman's death was confirmed by her son Jack. He explained that his mother had been suffering from dementia, and passed away in California’s Woodland Hills, at an assisted care facility.

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M*A*S*H star dies In an incredible showbiz career that spanned more than 60 years, Sally’s first film role in ‘Reform School Girl’, was in 1957.

From there, she went on to appear in some of the biggest television shows of the day, in‐ cluding Star Trek, Bonanza, Hawaii Five‐O, The Outer Limits, and The Twilight Zone.

Her biggest and most memorable role has to have been playing Maj. Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ O’Houlihan, in Robert Altman’s 1970 film M*A*S*H, for which she earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Unfortunately, she lost out to Helen Hayes for Airport.

Shark death fiancee speaks THE fiancée of the British man killed in a shark attack said she was the ‘luckiest woman alive.’ The Brit was the first person to have been killed by a shark for 60 years in Aus‐ tralia.

Simon’s fiancé Jessie Ho told one publication the British expat was “one of a kind.”

She paid tribute and said: “Si‐ mon is the love of my life and I am the luckiest woman alive to have met him.

“He was generous and selfless.

He loved me, his family and his friends so fiercely.

“He is my soulmate, and was a wonderful son, brother, uncle and friend.” The pair had been keen scuba‐divers, hikers and campers.

Simon left behind family in Corn‐ wall. Due to the ongoing coron‐ avirus pandemic, the couple’s mar‐ riage was postponed in 2020. The pair would reportedly have been wed in only a few weeks.

Simon Nellist, 35, tragically died in a shark attack on Wednesday, February 16 in Little Bay in Sydney, Australia.

WARNED VIEWERS: Speaking on This Morning.

Energy price rise MARTIN LEWIS has issued an energy price rise up‐ date after Russia invaded Ukraine last week.

As the full‐scale invasion was launched oil prices soared.

Speaking on This Morning, Lewis warned viewers that energy prices are rising.

Martin explained: “News of what is going on in Ukraine and Russia has seen wholesale energy prices hit sky high. They have spiked sky high. How on Earth we factor that into the equation, I will be honest, I do not know.”

He went on to add: “I was talking to my team to‐ day. We do not know. Is it a two day spike? Is it a two week spike? In which case, it is not that big of a deal.

“Is it a two month spike? A two year spike? In which case the fixes now may be very cheap if we look into a crystal ball into the future and this contin‐ ues to escalate for a long time.”

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New banking protocol A NEW Spanish banking pro‐ tocol has been agreed thanks to the dedicated hard work of retired doctor Carlos San Juan De Laorden and his 647,950 supporters on change.org.

Following his first visit to Madrid to meet with the Min‐ istry of Finance, he returned on February 21 at the request of Minister Nadia Calviño to learn the details of the new protocol to strengthen the so‐ cial and sustainable commit‐ ment of the banking sector.

Considering that Spanish bu‐ reaucracy (like many other

People power does work.

countries) has a reputation of moving very slowly, this reac‐ tion, just a month after the pe‐ tition went online is quite amazing and shows that sometimes people power does work.

According to the man whose headline was “I’m old not an idiot” this new docu‐ ment addresses many of the requests that he had placed and the highlights, including a requirement that banks ex‐ tend their opening hours to al‐ low more face‐to‐face meet‐ ings.

Importantly also, there will be a cancellation of the need to make appointments online as this was causing distress to many older people who are not comfortable with the inter‐ net.

Star saves family ACTOR Benedict Cumberbatch saved a ‘petrified’ family from a tricky situation while filming his new movie The Power of the Dog last year.

Cumberbatch revealed the details, say‐ ing: “I came back from shooting the film in August and we were off to the beach. To get there we had to cross a field and in the field was a petrified family who just could‐ n’t move, they were frozen because of a

herd of cows with calves, “I thought, ‘I can do this,’ and I just sort of parted the waves of cattle. The family was like, ‘That was incredible. Hey, aren’t you Sherlock?’ It was very un‐Sherlock ac‐ tivity!”

Cumberbatch has now reportedly been nominated for a best actor Oscar along‐ side Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit‐McPhee and Kirsten Dunst.

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Visit to NATO programme ON Friday, February 28, the British Ambassador to Spain, Hugh Elliott, visited the Tactical Leadership Programme ‐ a multinational headquarters based at Los Llanos Air Base, Albacete, made up of military and civilian personnel from 10 NATO nations, including the UK and Spain.

The Ambassador learned about how the programme improves both pilots’ skills and cooperation between the dif‐ ferent NATO air forces, as well as a demonstration of two flight simulators.

ON Friday, February 25, the Netherlands dropped its re‐ quirement for the use of masks, social distancing and coronavirus passes as it moves to treating the virus as it would others.

Most other restrictions have been removed as well, howev‐ er those visiting the country will still need a negative test to travel.

The use of Covid passes has been suspended with the re‐ striction of opening hours for

Visit to Albacete air base.

HMA Hugh Elliott said: “On days like today, after the bar‐ baric and unjustified attack by Russia on Ukraine, we are es‐ pecially conscious of the im‐ portance of NATO and of being

alongside our allies. I want to reiterate my government’s condemnation of this invasion and our support for the people of Ukraine.”

“It is an honour to be here today to see first‐hand the im‐ portant work carried out by the armed forces from Spain, the UK and our allies to max‐ imise collaboration in aerial missions.”

“What happens here in Al‐ bacete is an excellent example of how our armed forces pre‐ pare, train and operate togeth‐ er.”

Covid laws dropped bars and cafes being removed.

These establishments are now able to operate pre‐pandemic opening hours.

The use of masks and the re‐ quirements for social distanc‐ ing have not ended but have been reduced to the lowest level possible, with face masks only being required in public transport and on planes.

The country having been

the first in Europe to experi‐ ence an Omicron outbreak, is somewhat cautious when it comes to foreign travel with all visitors to the country from outside the EU requiring a neg‐ ative test. No distinction is be‐ ing made any more to the pan‐ demic status of the country with all of those outside of the EU being treated in the same manner.

A 39-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested for trying to steal a defibrillator from a Metro stop in Granada.

National Police officers arrested the man on Thursday, February 24, charging the man with with attempted robbery, and of resisting arrest.

The man, a national of the Ivory Coast, report‐ edly has a prior police record and allegedly broke the panel protect‐ ing the device and start‐ ed the defibrillator.

He subsequently stole the device and attempt‐ ed to board a train to flee from the scene, but was prevented from es‐ caping by the quick reac‐ tions of the security guard, who managed to detain him until the po‐ lice arrived.

When confronted by police officers at the scene, he reportedly re‐

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Bizarre crime acted in a violent man‐ ner, while refusing to confirm his identity.

In addition to the de‐ fibrillator, officers found the man to be in posses‐

sion of a card payment terminal, and several stones with which he al‐ legedly broke the front of the defibrillator cas‐ ing.

Russian Ambassador expelled LIZ TRUSS, the UK Foreign Secretary reportedly expelled Andrei Kelin, the Russian ambassador to the UK, from a meeting at the Foreign Office on Thursday, February 24 as tensions reached boiling point between the two nations.

After what allegedly evolved into a heated debate, Mr Kelin was told by Ms Truss to leave her office immediately.

A source told media, “Liz Truss kicked him out early. Said he should be ashamed of himself, that Russia has lied re‐ peatedly and lost its last shred of credibility with the inter‐ national community.”

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was quick to con‐ demn the Russian President’s ‘hideous and barbaric’ inva‐ sion of a sovereign state. He vowed to unite with other world leaders to defeat the Russian dictator, who he ac‐ cused of unleashing an unprovoked “tidal wave of vio‐ lence,” on the former Soviet territory.

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The average person living in Sweden eats about 10 kilos of chocolate a year.

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TUI ‘nightmare’ HOLIDAYMAKERS have finally revealed the details of their holiday nightmate after were hit with a 20‐hour delay on a TUI holiday on February 12.

The holidaymakers had been heading back from Cape Verde to Birmingham Air‐ port. Initially, the travellers were stuck at the airport for five hours before their flight was finally cancelled.

They were heading back to the hotel when they were finally told that a medi‐ cal emergency had occurred on board the outbound flight. This meant that the plane had ended up in Tenerife and was

ACCORDING to reports, a man in his 70s was in‐ volved in a fatal accident at Heathrow Airport on Wednesday, February 23.

The man had been work‐ ing for cargo firm Dnata and was crushed to death by a loading machine at Heathrow’s terminal three.

Police are reportedly now investigating the inci‐ dent.

A Heathrow Airport spokesperson said: “We can confirm that following

not available.

A spokesperson for TUI commented on the medical emergency. They said: “We can confirm that TOM705 from Sal to Birm‐ ingham on February 12 was delayed due to a passenger on the outbound flight requir‐ ing urgent medical attention.

“We understand delays can be frustrat‐ ing, but we did everything we could to get passengers home as quickly as possible.

“The safety and well‐being of passengers and crew is always our highest priority and we’d like to thank passengers for their pa‐ tience and understanding.”

Fatal accident a tragic accident on our air‐ field, an airport colleague has passed away.”

The spokesperson added: “Our deepest con‐ dolences go to the family and friends affected by this accident. We will be fully cooperating with the au‐ thorities as they investigate this incident.”

A Dnata spokesperson said: “We are deeply sad‐

dened to confirm that a Dnata colleague passed away whilst on duty at Lon‐ don Heathrow Airport.

“We are fully co‐operat‐ ing with the authorities in their investigations into the incident.”

Heathrow also hit the news last week after the airport was forced to can‐ cel multiple flights due to technical issues.

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Kate Garraway’s ‘bonkers’ update KATE GARRAWAY has shared details of Derek’s ground‐breaking treatment in Mexico which she believed at first was a “bonkers idea.”

Talking about the medical trial Kate commented: “It came at a really low point where I thought, ‘this is not sustainable’.

“I don’t believe that we can have 24‐hour care forev‐ er, there’s a point when money runs out. We can’t give up on him. This doctor dealt with people, not as se‐ vere as Derek, but in the area, offered us the chance to be a test case.

“He can sustain sitting in a wheelchair for 20 minutes.

So the thought of going 5,000 miles seemed properly bonkers.

“We worked hard. I feel worried about [being posi‐ tive] because I don’t want to launch false hope. Flipping

heck, if this works I’ll spend the rest of my life campaign‐ ing for it to come here and be free.”

Abramovich barred from UK CHELSEA’S billionaire owner Roman Abramovich has effec‐ tively been ‘barred’ from living in Britain, according to re‐ ports.

In 2018 Abramovich withdrew his visa application, reported‐ ly due to delays with his application after Russian oligarchs faced criticism over the Salisbury poisonings.

A senior security source has told one publication that a per‐ manent visa application would “almost certainly be rejected.”

It now seems that he will effectively be barred from Britain.

Reportedly Abramovich’s case is being handled by the Home Office’s ‘Special Cases Unit.’ Reports suggest immigration offi‐ cials have been directed to prevent him from living in the UK. On Tuesday, February 25, Abramovich was named as a key oligarch that had been enabling Vladimir Putin. He has denied all claims and said that he should not be sanctioned.

A list of names was compiled to be targeted by UK sanctions but Foreign Secretary Liz Truss refused to reveal if Abramovich was on this list.

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Shared treatment details.

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Sloths can hold their breaths for up to 40 minutes.

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easyJet passengers stranded EASYJET has apologised to passengers who were stranded 320 miles away from their Gatwick destination following flight disruption caused by Storm Eunice.

Flight EZY8122 from Berlin was expected to land in Gatwick, but was diverted to Newcastle due to bad weather.

One passenger slammed the airline for a “total lack of communication.”

The traveller said: “We were on the tar‐ mac there for approximately five hours where the pilot tried to resolve the prob‐ lem of returning us to Gatwick.”

They added that later they were told to make their own way home, saying: “We were left to make a quick decision to get on a metro to Newcastle Central to get the

THE British Embassy in Madrid has announced an extension until April 30 for those living in Spain and us‐ ing a UK driving licence.

The embassy said: “That means that those of you who were living in Spain be‐ fore 1 January 2021 can continue to drive in Spain with your valid UK driving licence until April 30, 2022.

“If you moved to Spain after January 1, 2021, your

Strong winds caused flight disruptions.

last train to London King’s Cross.”

An easyJet spokesperson commented on the complicated situation due to Storm Eunice. The spokesperson explained: “Due to strong winds impacting parts of the UK during the storm, like other airlines, we experienced some disruption to our flying programme.”

UK licence update licence will be recognised for six months from the date you obtained resi‐ dence, or until April 30, 2022, whichever is later.

“For those of you who registered your intention to exchange your licence with the DGT before December 30, 2020, but have not yet done so, you have until

April 30 to request an ap‐ pointment.”

The Embassy added: “As the Ambassador said, nego‐ tiations are continuing and we are committed to reach‐ ing a long‐term agreement with Spain to enable UK li‐ cence holders to exchange their licences without tak‐ ing a test.”

Prince Harry sues

Has launched an action.

COURT filings show that Prince Harry has launched an action against the publisher of the Daily Mail, who he is suing for libel.

The action against Asso‐ ciated Newspapers Limit‐ ed (ANL) was filed on

Cryptocurrency theft OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil have arrested five people for hacking a cryptocurrency company in Madrid and stealing around €6 milliom.

The operation carried out by the Guardia Civil was codenamed 3COIN. This is said to be the first case of this type that has been solved in Spain. The case spread as far as Tenerife, Barcelona and Bilbao ac‐ cording to the Guardia Civil.

Officers carried out an investigation which discov‐ ered that the attack had originated from an illegal download. A company employee had downloaded a pirated film from an online portal.

Once the sophisticated computer virus had been downloaded hackers took control of the employee’s computer. From there they were able to access the rest of the company.

The initial attack took place in the summer of 2020. The group learned about the company, its characteristics and structure before stealing cryp‐ tocurrencies worth millions.

Wednesday, February 23 but it is not known which paper it applies to or which article.

A spokesperson for the duke said: “I can confirm the duke has filed a com‐ plaint against Associated Newspapers Limited.”

This is not the first time the duke or his family have sued the company, with his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, previ‐ ously having brought a successful privacy claim against ANL over articles that reproduced parts of a handwritten letter to her estranged father, Thomas Markle.

Prince Harry is also in‐ volved in litigation against the Home Office over his security arrangements when he and his family are in the UK, after the Home Secretary upheld a decision by the police not to afford them protection or to allow him to person‐ ally pay for police protec‐ tion.

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Elton John crash ROCK star Sir Elton John was involved in a horrific in‐ cident when his private jet had to carry out an emer‐ gency landing on February 22.

His aircraft reportedly suf‐ fered hydraulic failure whilst it was at an altitude of 10,000ft. Attempting to land in the middle of winds that reached around 80mph, twice the plane’s pilot had to abort his landing manoeuvre at Farnborough Airport in Hampshire. Once the aircraft finally made it safely onto the runway, fire crews were seen rushing to the scene as a pre‐ caution.

In pictures obtained by one publication, the 74‐year‐ old British musical legend is observed stepping out from the £66 million private jet and into the torrential rain at the airfield.

“The jet was being buffet‐ ed and couldn’t land. It was horrible to see,” a witness told the publication.

Scotland restrictions FACE coverings will no longer be required in Scotland from March 21, according to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

Speaking on Wednesday, February 23, the politician also announced that the Covid‐19 passport scheme would end f r o m M o n d a y , Fe b r u a r y 2 8 , bringing to an end the coun‐ try’s certification process.

The decisions were an‐

No face masks outdoors.

Four-day week A SERIES of labour reforms announced in Belgium on Tuesday, February 22 will soon allow workers to choose a four‐day working week, and will give employees the right to ignore their bosses after they finish work.

That means the ability to turn off work devices and ignore work‐related mes‐ sages after hours without fear of reprisal. Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo told a press conference: “We have experienced two difficult years. With this agreement, we set a beacon for an economy that is more innovative, sustainable and digital. The aim is to be able to make people and businesses stronger.”

Workers in the gig economy will also receive stronger legal protections under the new rules approved by the multi‐party coalition, while full‐time employees will be able to work flexible schedules on demand. Enacting the reforms is how‐ ever months away as the draft legislation will have to pass through multiple read‐ ings by federal lawmakers.

nounced as part of the Scottish government’s plans for manag‐ ing the pandemic with a new ‘strategic framework’, that will see masks retained in indoor settings like on public trans‐ port, but not elsewhere.

Covid‐19 guidance will no longer be required to be fol‐ lowed by places of worship, businesses and service providers, and customer con‐ tact details will no longer have to be kept for the purposes of contact tracing.

All other restrictions will also end on the same date as the end of the certification scheme.

The first minister outlined her government’s commitment to “continued access to PCR and lateral flow testing free of charge where we transition to a system of testing that is more targeted.”

The announcement that Scot‐ land is to end the certification scheme follows the earlier an‐ nouncement by Boris Johnson that all restrictions will be re‐ moved.

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Dying thoughts A MAN who was attached to a ma‐ chine to scan for brain seizures has allowed scientists to accidentally record his brain as he dies from a heart attack.

The sad turn of events has provid‐ ed insight in to what might happen moments before we die. The study, published in Frontiers In Ageing Neuroscience, focused on an 87‐ year‐old man who was hooked up to a machine monitoring brain ac‐ tivity as he was being treated for epilepsy.

What they found was an increase in gamma waves, brain waves that are associated with more sophisti‐ cated cognitive functions and are especially active when we are con‐ centrating, dreaming and meditat‐ ing, as well as retrieving memories and processing information.

The recorded brain waves known as gamma oscillations, suggest that, as we die, we experience the same neural activity as during dreaming, recalling memories, or meditating.

The findings raises the question of whether our lives really do ‘flash before our eyes’ in our final mo‐ ments.

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Emma’s stalker EMMA RADUCANU’S stalker has been given a five‐year re‐ straining order along with community service.

The British tennis ace had been stalked by 35‐year‐old Amrit Magar with Magar on one occasion decorating a tree outside her house with Christ‐ mas lights.

He also walked a staggering 23 miles to get to her home before stealing an item of clothing from her father, thinking the shoe he stole be‐ longed to Raducanu.

Magar also showered Radu‐

Emma felt creeped out.

canu with unwanted gifts. He left a note on a bunch of flow‐ ers that read: “Nothing to say but you deserve love.”

Raducanu has been left

A FOURTH dose of Covid vaccine is to be admin‐ istered to those aged over 12 in Andalucia. Elias Bendodo, the Minister of the Presidency, Public Administration and the Interior, and spokesman for the Andalucian Government, announced on Tuesday, February 22 that a fourth vaccine dose will be administered to all of the immunosup‐ pressed population of Andalucia. This sector of the community received their third dose five or six months ago. A fourth dose has already been given to those aged over 12 in Group 7. They are people suffering from any of the conditions or

WITH 22 animals dead in three months, volunteers at the Paterna Animal Shelter in Valencia have made it public that they blame the managers of the facility for having them euthanised.

The information has come to light after a request for in‐ formation was sent to the Pa‐ terna City Council itself from a

feeling afraid of going out on her own. According to the British press she told the court: “Since all this has happened I have felt creeped out. I feel very apprehensive if I go out, especially if I am on my own.”

In addition to the restrain‐ ing order, the stalker has been given an 18‐month communi‐ ty order. This will include 200 hours of unpaid work. He has also been electronically tagged and will have an overnight cur‐ few for eight weeks. The cur‐ few will run between 9pm and 6am.

Fourth dose pathologies of very high risk of Covid.

Mostly they are the immunocompromised, such as solid organ transplant recipients, those with hematopoietic stem cell transplants, in the case of immunosuppressive treatments, recipi‐ ents of Car‐T therapies, people with primary im‐ munodeficiencies, those undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy, and people with Down’s Syndrome.

Rescue centre deaths group of regular volunteers at the shelter who “have been prohibited from entering it since December.” The shelter, is according to the volunteers, managed by the City Council through the municipal compa‐

ny Gespa, and “it has eutha‐ nized almost 20 animals in the last quarter of 2021 alone.”

The high number of ‘deaths’ has alarmed volunteers at the shelter, who requested, in ad‐ dition to the figures, the names of the euthanised, adopted or deceased animals, information they say has not been provided.

US helicopters.

Black Hawk crash TWO Black Hawk heli‐ copters belonging to the National Guard crashed during a train‐ ing accident at the end of February.

The two UH‐60 Black Hawks crashed close to a popular ski resort in the US according to the Utah National Guard.

Jared Jones, chief warrant officer 5 with the Utah National Guard revealed that fortunately no skiers or crewmembers had been injured during the crash. The crash occurred near the Snowbird ski resort.

He went on to add: “As the first aircraft landed … portions of the blade of the lead helicopter separated and it appears struck the second heli‐ copter.”

The shocking acci‐ dent is being investi‐ gated. No further de‐ tails were currently known.

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ON Friday, February 25, the Council of Ministers gave the green light to what is effec‐ tively the first animal protec‐ tion law in Spain, but many still don’t understand why dog owners will need train‐ ing.

Ione Belarra, Minister of So‐ cial Rights and Agenda 2030, has now explained that Spain wants to penalise those who abuse animals and to teach young boys and girls to re‐ spect the environment and all living beings.

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Animal laws Spain refuses troops government wants owners to understand the responsibili‐ ties of pet ownership, and to have this understanding they feel it is important that people have the required knowledge to look after their pet correct‐ ly.

She said the intention is to have a short informational course that can be undertak‐ en either face to face or on‐ line, forming part of the need

to change the culture and un‐ derstanding of pet ownership.

What they want to avoid is the situation where people ac‐ quire only to abandon them when they realise what is in‐ volved, as they do the possibil‐ ity of the pet being abused af‐ ter taking ownership.

The course has yet to be de‐ signed, suffice to say that pro‐ fessionals and vets will be in‐ volved.

Free housing ONLINE rental company Airbnb has made an incredible offer to house ‐ free of charge ‐ up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees who might be flee‐ ing from the war‐torn country.

Brian Chesky, the company’s CEO, has al‐ ready contacted the leaders of Hungary, Roma‐ nia, Poland, and Germany offering this help.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began on Thursday February 24, an estimated 300,000 refugees have poured across the borders into neighbouring EU nations. French and EU offi‐ cials have pointed out that there could be many millions more yet to come, and that the bloc needs to be prepared.

Taking to Twitter on Monday morning, February 28, Chesky urged, “We need help to meet this goal. The greatest need we have is for more people who can offer their homes in nearby countries.”

A statement from the company released on Monday, February 28 said, “We know that hosts and guests on Airbnb around the world will be eager to stand up and assist this massive effort to help those fleeing Ukraine.”

In the next few days, Airbnb will release full information on how people can support this initiative, which will include offers of free or dis‐ counted stays.

SPAIN’S Defence Minis‐ ter, Margarita Robles, said Spain will not in‐ crease its military pres‐ ence in eastern Europe She announced on Fri‐ day, February 25, that Spain will not be sending additional troops to join those already deployed in eastern Europe with Nato forces. This is de‐ spite the fact that other countries are mobilising extra soldiers to the re‐ gion after Russia’s inva‐ sion on Thursday Febru‐ ary 24, of Ukraine.

Ms Robles made it clear that because Ukraine was not a mem‐ ber of NATO then Spanish forces are not required.

But, any aggression against one of the coun‐ tries belonging to the At‐ lantic Alliance will imme‐ diately have “immediate consequences” she stressed.

Robles was appearing in La Moncloa to explain the results of the telem‐

DEFENCE MINISTER: Appeared in La Moncloa.

atic meeting of the NATO countries, in which the president of the govern‐ ment, Pedro Sanchez, had participated. Like the

rest of the leaders, she explained that he had ex‐ pressed his absolute re‐ jection of the Russian in‐ vasion of Ukraine.

and finally...

THERE were scenes of devastation as a storm hit Mini‐ Europe Brussels with the sad sight of the Tower of Brus‐ sels City Hall falling onto Market Square.

Don’t worry however as no‐one was injured and it should be possible to repair the incredible damage with‐ in a month or so. Mini‐Europe is a park featuring all the wonders of Europe, in miniature. Bonsai trees, flowery groves and dwarf trees embellish the 350 monuments which have been reproduced at scale 1/25.

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T H E US Supreme court has put an end to former President Donald Trump’s fight to block the release of capitol in‐ surrection records sought by those investi‐ gating last year’s deadly attack on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters.

Trump’s appeal follows the court’s January 19 or‐ der that led to the docu‐ ments being handed over to the House of Repre‐ sentatives investigative committee by the federal agency that stores gov‐

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Largest cruise ship THE Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, has made its debut and is now ready for its first passengers.

Built by Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint‐ Nazaire, France ‐ the Wonder of the Seas is three years in the making and measures 360 metres (1,188 feet), more than the length of three football pitches.

Its 18 decks house 6,988 guests in eight neighbourhoods, one of which contains over 20,000 real plants. Its on‐board features include what’s described as the ‘tallest slide at sea,’ as well as a 10‐deck‐high zip line and a huge poolside movie screen. The ship is crewed by 2,300 staff.

The Wonder of the Seas will operate out of Fort Laud‐ erdale and will offer five to seven night cruises in the Caribbean, and later in the year in the Mediterranean.

Trump challenged the original ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Cir‐ cuit on December 9, which had upheld a lower court ruling. In that ruling it said Trump had no ba‐ sis to challenge President Joe Biden’s decision to al‐ low the records to be handed over to the House of Representatives select committee.

The ruling by the Supreme Court is a major blow to Trump’s fight over the Capitol insurrec‐ tion records as it is to his efforts to stop himself from being implicated.

MARIE LE PEN, the right wing French National Ral‐ ly candidate, suspended her presidential bid as it became clear that she is struggling to win enough support from local lead‐ ers.

She cancelled a press conference on education on Thursday, February 24, as well as an engagement on Friday, February 25 that would have seen her travel to the Somme.

Her spokesperson told the media that she lacked a little over 40 of the 500 signatures of support needed from local elected officials to be able to run for the top office.

Le Pen, who is a contro‐ versial figure, has seen her support from local of‐ ficials dwindle amid com‐ petition from other right‐ wing candidates, even though she has the sup‐ port of the influential mayor of Beziers, Robert Menard.

Menard had flirted with support for ultra‐right polemicist‐cum‐politician Eric Zemmour, a candi‐ date that has received the backing of ex‐US presi‐ dent Donald Trump.

Following her loss in the

2017 run‐off Le Pen had sought to sanitise her par‐ ty’s image, to make it more acceptable to the majority of the country who voted for the current President, Emmanuel Macron.

Victims’ rights THE Catholic Church in Spain has taken a major step forward after announcing that an external au‐ dit is being commissioned to investigate alleged child abuse. The audit will be conducted by a law firm and will be similar to that carried out in France and Germany.

The announcement by the President of the Epis‐ copal Conference, Cardinal Juan José said that the audit will be undertaken by Cremades & Calvo Sotelo and will be ‘complementary’ to those that are carried out by the government.

In making the announcement he again asked the victims for forgiveness, explaining that the Church “wants to take a step forward in its obligation of social transparency, help and reparation to the vic‐ tims and collaborate with the authorities in cases of sexual abuse of minors that affect the Spanish society.”

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THERE are tiered laws concerning the age of drinking alcohol in Denmark where 16-yearolds can drink any alcohol up to 16.5 per cent proof and then 18 for stronger liquor, but there are proposals that only 18-year-olds should be allowed to buy booze of any type.

ALTHOUGH no one in the area of Lolland has reported that one of its kangaroos is missing, local police are appealing for information as there have been several sightings by drivers of Skippy (or a cousin) at the side of the road.

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A 27-YEAR-OLD man from Amsterdam who took a hostage in the Amsterdam Apple store on February 22 and demanded €200 million in cryptocurrency to let him go, died in hospital after being run over in the street by a police car whilst trying to escape.

THE founders of Kever Jenerver (a Dutch gin), have announced they have received a demand from a law firm representing Yoko One to stop selling a jenever-based cocktail drink they had created and called John Lemon. They say that if they don’t comply, they will be sued.

BELGIUM Saving birds

Paper shops

IT’S not easy being a sea bird when you have to battle against raging seas and howling winds, which is why the Ostend Bird Sanctuary has been busy dealing with a large number of birds simply exhausted due to the storms or covered in oil.

IN the UK everyone knows about betting shops, but in Belgium there is a completely different slant, as numerous so called ‘paper shops’ are allowed to take bets but many are mini casinos which have a handful of out-ofdate magazines according to the government.

GERMANY Airport protest

Ukraine solidarity

MEMBERS of the ‘Uprising of the Last Generation’ group staged a protest by gluing themselves to access roads to airports in Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich on February 23 in protest at food waste in Germany. A total of 19 demonstrators were removed by police.

THE day before Russia invaded the Ukraine, the iconic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was lit in blue and yellow, the colours of the Ukrainian flag at the request of the mayor, Franziska Giffey who was in quarantine suffering from the effects of coronavirus.

FRANCE Hunt complaint

Abortion law

AFTER a man was shot in the chest and killed by a hunter who claimed he thought it was a wild boar, 120,000 people have signed a petition calling for France to ban hunting of any type two days a week as well as on public holidays.

PRIOR to the forthcoming April elections and following the pandemic when many clinics were closed, French lawmakers have voted to extend the deadline before which a woman can obtain an abortion from 12 to 14 weeks, more than 45 years after abortion was made legal.

NORWAY Eurovision

False start

GIVEN that Wolf a Banana is the English title of the song chosen to represent Norway at the next Eurovision Song Contest, keeping to the theme, the duo presenting the song are known as Subwoolfer and both wear yellow wolf masks speaking via an interpreter.

AN internal flight from Bergen to Bodø in northern Norway on the Widerøe airline had to turn back after a drunk passenger started threatening cabin crew and passengers when he couldn’t get more alcohol and after being subdued was taken off by police.

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What is International I N T E R N AT I O N A L W O M E N’S DAY is observed by many coun‐ tries on March 8, celebrating the political, cultural and his‐ torical achievements of women around the world.

International Women’s Day marks the achievements of women and also serves as recognition in supporting and taking action against gender equality.

The first International Wom‐ en’s Day (IWD) was born in the USA in honour of the 1908 gar‐ ment workers’ strike in New York, where women protested against their working condi‐ tions.

However, the first milestone was much earlier ‐ in 1848. In‐ dignant over women being barred from speaking at an an‐ ti‐slavery convention, American women Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott joined a few hundred people at their na‐ tion’s first women’s rights con‐ vention in New York. They de‐ manded civil, social, political and religious rights for women in a Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions ‐ the move‐ ment was born from there.

The holiday was initially as‐ sociated with far‐left move‐ ments and governments until its adoption by the global femi‐ nist movement in the late 1960s, becoming a mainstream global holiday following its adoption by the United Nations in 1977.

It was in 1979 that the most comprehensive bill of rights to protect women was created ‐ the Convention on the Elimina‐ tion of All Forms of Discrimina‐ tion against Women (CEDAW) ‐ defining the meaning of dis‐ crimination against women and

IWD: Marks the achievement of women and supports action against gender equality.

Why is purple used on International Women’s Day? MARCH 8 marks International Women’s Day, but why is the colour purple used to commemorate the movement for women’s rights and appreciating the social, economical, and cultural feats of women?

Purple is the internationally known colour for symbolising women, a shade that represents dignity and justice. Purple has a long history as the colour of the Women’s Liberation Movement, with the National Women’s Party in the USA suggesting wearing the hue because ‘Purple is the colour of loyalty, consistency and purpose, unswerving steadfastness to a cause.’

The IWD states that purple is the colour of the future, as well as the past: “Purple is historically associat‐ ed with efforts to achieve gender equality.

“In this context, it was first used alongside green and white as the colours of the Women’s Social and Po‐ litical Union, the organisation that led Britain’s women’s suffrage movement in the early 20th century,” said the IWD organisation.

So wear purple on International Women’s Day, it’s the easiest way to show your support!

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the requirement to eliminate it.

The growing movement, which has been strengthened by four global United Nations women’s conferences, has helped build the commemora‐ tion into a rallying point to build support for women’s rights and participation in the political and economic spheres.

This year, the theme for IWD is ‘Break the Bias’, highlighting the need for a world free of bias, discrimination and stereo‐ types against women.

Although we have moved a long way from the inception of IWD, we still have a long way to go until we see equal rights, equal pay and the end of gen‐ der discrimination.

Anne Frank (1 929 – 1945) “How wonderfu l it is that nobo dy need wait a sing le moment befo re starting to impro ve the world.”

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Mary Willoughby of Darrmar Storage, Mallorca DARRMAR STORAGE is a family‐ run storage business owned by Mary Willoughby and her husband Darren, however, there is a strong and powerful female presence in this company that gives it an edge!

Beginning as a demolition business, the couple decided there was a need for storage and house clear‐ ance facilities in the area and, from there, the business was born.

Four strong women, Mary, Sue, Charlene and Gillian, provide a unique and friendly service to clients in a typically male sphere, giving a personal touch and a friendly face at the forefront of what they lovingly call ‘the Darrmar family.’

Mary describes her goals as “look‐ ing after the team, we are like the aunties in a family! We are posi‐ tioned to be able to empathise with our clients and their needs, provid‐ ing customers from all over the world with secure and affordable storage space in south west Mallor‐

THE TEAM: Has gotten to know their clients on a personal level.

ca. We deal with both business clients looking to store goods and stock and personal customers for those requiring additional personal storage.”

When asked whether she had ex‐ perienced any pitfalls or obstacles being a female in a typically male sector, Mary said herself and Darren

have created a unique company ‐ gaining their business success from word of mouth ‐ that has a team of men and women working together to achieve their goals. The business deals with many returning clients and have gotten to know their cus‐ tomers on a personal level in order to provide the services they need.

MARY WILLOUGHBY: Looks after the team.

So whether you just need a small space to store your items, a tempo‐ rary space whilst you are in the pro‐ cess of moving or carrying out a re‐ form, or if you are a business looking

for a solution of where to store your stock, then Darrmar Storage has the answer you are looking for and you are sure to get your service with a smile!

Sue Kiff of APAA Dog and Cat Rescue

SUE KIFF: Explains what motivates her.

APAA Nerja is a registered animal res‐ cue charity whose goal is to rescue and rehome abandon ed and abused dogs and cats in the Nerja area. The Euro Weekly News spoke to the charity’ s treasurer, Sue Kiff, on what motivates her and what it’s like to be a woman in business.

Sue previou sly worked for a bank, working her way up to train the staff in the business, noticing that most bankers were male and it was a typically male

APAA NERJA: Volunteers are motivated to spend their spare time finding homes for abandoned dogs in the area.

sphere. Sue said: “I worked my way up through the bank and ended up being a staff trainer. I did notice that the bankers were mainly men and that, in banking, it wasn’t what you know, but who you know ‐ typical of many businesses. Now, I know lots of women in banking and working for banks, so that shows a posi‐ tive change for women in the industry.”

Now, Sue has worked her way from dog walker to treasurer in APAA ‐ an ani‐ mal charity that is solely run by powerful

and caring women. The charity has two shops in Nerja, both run by women, and the Director of the compan y is also fe‐ male.

Asked why she thought this and what motivates her, Sue explained: “I am mo‐ tivated by the animals and by getting these dogs out of the gutter and into homes. Animals are, sometimes, treated terribly in Spain and this is what moti‐ vates me to help at APAA. “Althou gh there are some men who

walk the dogs, it’s still mainly women and the charity is spearheaded by wom‐ en, lots of them Spanish. Many foreign women from the UK, Germany and Swe‐ den volunte er at the charity shops or walking the dogs.”

Although many of the women volun‐ teering for the charity have full‐time jobs, they are still motivat ed to spend their spare time finding homes and fos‐ ter carers for abandoned dogs in Nerja and the surrounding area.

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Current female leaders We have looked back through history at powerful female leaders who changed the course of history and forged ahead in times of darkness, bringing nations together rather than dividing them. However, we also have some current female leaders who are still shaping the course of history today.

MAGDALENA ANDERSSON programmes to alleviate poverty Eva Magdalena An‐ among children. dersson is a Swedish Compassionate yet strong, politician and has Ardern made history in been the first fe‐ 2018 when she attended male Prime Minis‐ the United Nations gener‐ ter of Sweden al assembly meeting with since 2021. her three‐month‐old baby Andersson has in tow ‐ setting a new expressed three po‐ standard for women want‐ litical objectives: to ing to balance their career lead Sweden away and parenting. from the privatisation Ardern said: “If I can do one of the welfare sector, thing, and that is change the Has three political objectives. taking back “democrat‐ way we think about these ic control of schools, healthcare and elderly things, then I will be pleased we have care.” achieved something.”

She also expressed her desire to make Away from politics, women have been Sweden an example in climate change for leading the way and setting an example in the rest of the world and has promised to charity and philanthropy, improving the end the segregation of immigrant commu‐ lives of women and girls. nities, putting a stop to the increasing bombing and shooting incidents ‐ many of MALALA YOUSAFZAI ‐ which have been gang related and occurring THE MALALA FUND in disadvantaged immigrant neighbour‐ In 2012, hoods. when young Most recently, Andersson has strongly Pakistani condemned Russia’s ongoing invasion of M a l a l a Ukraine, saying “We stand in solidarity with Yousafzai Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.” was on her way to JACINDA ARDERN school she Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party was the vic‐ and the country’s youngest Prime Minister, tim of a hor‐ Jacinda Ardern has forged her own way in rific shooting. politics and highlighted how women can be The support she effective leaders as well as mothers. had shown for girls’ Supports girls’ education.

Ardern has become education made somewhat of a her a target for the feminist icon extremists who carried out the attack. and has en‐ Following her recovery, she created ergised fe‐ the Malala Fund in 2013 as an organi‐ male vot‐ sation to empower women and girls, e r s , dedicating her work to ensuring all calling females have safe access to educa‐ for free tion. universi‐ She became the youngest recipi‐ ty educa‐ ent of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 tion, the and, in her own words, said of female decriminali‐ solidarity: “I think realising that you’re sation of abor‐ not alone, that you are standing with mil‐ tion, and the cre‐ lions of your sisters around the world, ation of new is vital.”

Has become a feminist icon.

Michelle Oba ma (1964 - pre sent) “There is no lim it to what we, as women, can accomplish .”

Women who led the world With the current Ukraine crisis and International Women’s Day being commemorated in countries across the world, The Euro Weekly News has been taking a look at some of the most powerful women in history who have previously led us through similar dark times.

CLEOPATRA (69 BC ‐ 30 BC) “I will not be triumphed over.”

This seemingly simple, but meaningful, quote from Cleopatra shows how she would have pursued even the smallest of victories.

While queen of Egypt (51–30 BCE), Cleopatra influenced Roman politics at a critical time and, at the height of her power, controlled virtually the entire eastern Mediter‐ ranean coast ‐ the last great kingdom of any Egyptian ruler.

QUEEN ELIZABETH I (1558 ‐ 1603) “I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stom‐ ach of a king, and of a king of England too.”

On August 9 1558, Queen Elizabeth I used her power over language to frame the narra‐ tive of the Spanish Armada.

As fear of invasion by Spain remained high in England, especially with the action of the Spanish Armada taking place so close to its shores, the words Queen Elizabeth I reported‐ ly spoke at Tilbury have gone down in history and become one of Britain’s defining mo‐ ments, leading her to be named the saviour who stood strong to protect her nation.

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (1820 ‐ 1910) “Every woman, or at least almost every woman, in England has, at one time or another of her life, charge of the personal health of somebody, whether child or invalid,‐ in other words, every woman is a nurse.”

Refusing marriage for a career in nursing, Florence Nightingale championed cleaner and safer hospitals during the Crimean War. In 1954, Nightingale brought a team of 38 volunteer nurses to care for the British soldiers fighting in the Crimean War ‐ which was intended to limit Russian expansion into Europe ‐ this was the first time that women were allowed to officially serve in the military.

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (1884 ‐ 1962) “A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.”

Eleanor Roosevelt supported the advance‐ ment of women in professional and political positions and supported the rights of work‐ ing‐class women through organisations in‐ cluding labour unions.

When her husband Franklin Roosevelt was inaugurated as president of the United States in 1933, she transformed the duties of the first lady and began the progression of women’s right and became the eyes and ears for her husband when he became unwell.

During the Second World War, Eleanor fought for the rights of Jewish refugees fleeing from Nazi Germany and continued to travel the world on behalf of her hus‐ band.

Supported the advancement of women.

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Women changing the world THIS year’s International Women’s Day is centred around breaking the bias, and these successful women have certainly done that.

International Women’s Day (IWD) has been celebrated for hundreds of years in countries around the world, marking the achievements of women and also serving as recognition in supporting and taking action against gender equality. This year, the Euro Weekly News has taken a look at some of the most successful women who have broken the ‘glass ceiling’.

According to UIS data, less than 30 per cent of the world’s researchers are wom‐ en, however, throughout the centuries, women have been incredibly influential in sci‐ ence, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). Take Mag‐ gie Aderin‐Pocock, for exam‐ ple, a once space‐obsessed dyslexic schoolgirl who be‐ came one of the top scientists and BBC presenter who now encourages young girls into STEM ‐ changing the stereo‐ type of scientists and TV per‐ sonalities from being white and male.

Although the majority of people have heard of the pub‐ lication The Huffington Post, very few people know that the driving force behind it was very successful female en‐ trepreneur Ariana Huffington.

Huffington not only built the company herself, but also proved that she was able to successfully sell the company to AOL for around $315 mil‐ lion. Even after selling the company, Huffington still has a big role in the daily opera‐ tions.

The saying goes “behind ev‐ ery successful man, there is a woman” and Sheryl Sandberg ‐ the true founder of Facebook ‐ is a great example of this.

Often thought of as a man’s realm, Sandberg’s main focus was to generate revenue and

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help Facebook to become profitable. Her work helped the $100 billion company val‐ uation.

In politics, Labour MP Stella Creasy was recently denied maternity leave and also told to leave the Commons when she brought her sleeping ba‐ by into the chambers, causing uproar from fellow females.

Together with the charity Pregnant then Screwed, Creasy is spearheading the This Mum Votes project to champion policies to help parents in all workplaces and to fund mothers to stand for office to argue for them ‐ making the world of work a better place for women.

With many women forging ahead to end inequality, gen‐ der bias and the gender pay gap, International Women’s Day is a great way to get in‐ volved and learn how you can change the world for women for the better.

Stella Creasy.

Maggie A-P. Ariana Huffington.

The world’s most powerful women FORBES’ 18th annual list of power women includes 40 CEOs, 19 world leaders, an immu‐ nologist and, for the first time in more than a decade, a new number one has entered the list. Here are the top five power women leading the world…

In at number one is philanthropist, author and ex‐wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Following the announcement of her divorce, Scott pledged to give away over half of her wealth over the course of her lifetime.

Kamala Harris is in at number two, the first woman, black person and first south Asian‐American to become the US Vice President ‐ inspiring women and girls all over the world.

At number three is Christine Lagarde, the first woman to head the European Central Bank in 2019 and the first female to run the International Monetary Fund ‐ forging more female voices into a typically male sphere.

Chair and chief executive of General Motors, Mary Barra, is fourth on the list as the first woman to lead one of the big three automakers in America. The company is setting an example by being one of the only two global businesses that have no gender pay gap.

Melinda French Gates is one of the most powerful women in philanthropy, as co‐chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Although previously married to Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Melinda became a billionaire in her own right after Bill Gates transferred her $2.4 billion worth of stock. Much of her work has been dedicated to the rights of women and girls.

Melinda Gate s (1964 - pres ent) “A woman with a voice is, by definition, a stro ng woman.”

Kamala Harris.

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Sustainable tyres

Snow joke

IN April this year, finalists in a challenge to produce more sustainable tyres will see their entry driven by a professional racing driver over one lap of the Nokian Tyres Ivalo Test Centre White Hell, in Lapland, with the winner having the chance to work with Nokian Tyres.

SNOW in Helsinki is not only much greater than usual or even forecast and despite the fact that the council budgeted to spend €24 million on clearing it, they now believe that it will cost around €5 million more and they are running out of space for it.

IRELAND Guinness is good

Royal visit

ONE of the ingredients in a pint of Guinness which creates the most amount of damaging CO2 is barley and the Irish brewer has announced the roll out of a three-year experiment working with 40 of its farmer suppliers to try to reduce emissions.

TO celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, members of the Royal Family will undertake a series of tours in the spring of 2022 and the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will be visiting the Republic of Ireland from Wednesday March 23 to Friday March 25.

ITALY Transport strike

Olympic winners

A NATIONWIDE transport strike affecting local buses, trams, subways and railways across Italy took place on Friday, February 25, although generally, unions agreed to ensure that there were some services running during morning and evening rush hours. The reason for the strike was over working conditions.

ACCORDING to reports from the US Media, the Italian Olympic Committee is spending €2.4 million to reward every medallist who was successful at the Beijing Winter Olympics and if they were in a team each individual receives the full amount ranging from €180,000 to €60,000.

PORTUGAL Genocidal assassin

Vegan leather

FORMER judge Rui Fonseca e Castro accused the Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of being a “genocidal assassin” for allowing the coronavirus vaccinations to be administered and said this on a video hoping to be sued by the President to further publicise his argument.

PORTUGAL has banned the phrase vegan leather when applied to items such as shoes, clothes and bags that look like leather but are made from synthetic products, as the government believes that the phrase is not just confusing but is deliberately misleading.

RUSSIA Logo removed

Oil price

RUSSIAN gas giant GAZPROM is a major sponsor of German football club FC Schalke which has announced that “Following recent developments, FC Schalke 04 have decided to remove the logo of main sponsor GAZPROM from the club's shirts. It will be replaced by lettering reading ‘Schalke 04’ instead’.

ONE of the side effects of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine is the fact that the price of crude oil surged above $105 a barrel for the first time since 2014 on fears that all important gas supplies from Russia to Europe will be either restricted or cut.

SWEDEN Joint statement

Avicii museum

THE Swedish Football Association along with Poland and the Czech Republic have issued a joint statement refusing to travel to Russia for the 2022 World Cup playoffs next month amid the escalating crisis. The three are in the same qualifying round with Russia for the Qatar World Cup.

AS a gesture of recognition towards the late DJ Avicii who played at their wedding, Princess Sofia and Prince Carl Philip attended the opening of a new interactive museum dedicated to the DJ (who committed suicide in Oman in 2018) in Stockholm on February 24.

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FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Positive news SPANISH national tourism authori‐ ty Turespaña, has announced that according to figures compiled by the Labour Force Survey (EPA), the unemployment rate in the Spanish hospitality sector in the last quarter of 2021 stood at 10.1 per cent, a full 2 per cent lower than in the same quarter of 2019.

SWIFT conclusion ONE of British PM Boris Johnson’s proposed measures against Russia is to remove them from the SWIFT international payment system used by banks all over the world and if agreed by the EU and USA could hurt Russia or propel it to‐ wards China to form a joint version.

Less exposure SPEAKING on February 25, Minister of the Economy, Nadia Calviño, ob‐ served that “Spain has less expo‐ sure” to the Russian economy than other members of the European Union at an informal meeting of EU Economy and Finance ministers discussing the consequences of the Ukrainian invasion.

John Lewis change FOR almost a century, retailer John Lewis has boasted ‘Never Knowing‐ ly Undersold’ promising to match prices on like‐for‐like brands sold by other retailers that sell both online and through shops. On Friday February 25 it announced that this would stop in the summer as so many buy from online only stores.

Stumbling blocks IN theory, economic and political re‐ lations between Spain and Moroc‐ co should be strong, but there are two major stumbling blocks which have hindered trade. First is political with Spain continuing not to recog‐ nise Morocco’s rule in the Western Sahara and the other is economic and concerns smuggling and the en‐ claves of Ceuta and Melilla. A new policy paper from the Moroccan In‐ stitute of Strategic Intelligence (IMIS) highlights the smuggling of goods from the enclaves into Mo‐ rocco, the problem of migrants liv‐ ing outside the enclaves trying to get in and the appetite in Spain for Moroccan grown cannabis.

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is the profit that insurance company Catalana Occidente made in 2021, representing an increase of almost 75 per cent on 2020 figures.

Old risks, new challenges Digital OLD risks, new challenges, same ob‐ jective said Bank of Spain Governor Pablo Hernández de Cos, Chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Su‐ pervision.

Delivering the keynote speech at Eurofi High‐Level Seminar 2022 in Paris on February 25, he said that the Committee will continue its work related to Covid‐19, with a view to ensuring that banks remain resilient and contribute to the recov‐ ery.

The outlook continues to be marred by uncertainty and diver‐ gences across regions. Per capita in‐

comes in 2023 will remain below their 2019 levels in nearly 40 per cent of emerging market economies, in contrast to advanced economies.

He observed that while the global banking system has largely weath‐ ered the pandemic to date, it is cru‐ cial that banks remain alert to risks and vulnerabilities as the pandemic continues to unfold.

Debt levels ‐ encompassing both public and private debt ‐ are at an all‐time historic high of nearly $300 trillion (€268 trillion) or 350 per cent of global GDP.

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The unwinding of public support measures ‐ which were critical in shielding banks from losses thus far ‐ means that banks will have to in‐ creasingly rely on their own re‐ sources to absorb potential shocks.

The risks of a sharp house price correction triggered by changes in interest rates or financial costs will test banks’ resilience in the event of a debt overhang and economic slowdown.

In his opinion, the banking world must also learn from the experience of the past few years to help guide future areas of work.

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If you get no response, you finally have recourse to the complaints department of the Banco de España.

You will probably need professional help with this complaint, such as your lawyer or gestoria. And you can always change banks, but you will have a hard time recovering any money they owe you. It is better to make your move after you have got your complaint resolved.

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THE furlough scheme introduced by the UK government to help people and businesses financially during the pandemic has reported‐ ly seen billions lost through fraud and error.

According to a Commons Public Accounts Committee, the UK Gov‐ ernment’s response to the pan‐ demic “has exposed the taxpayer to substantial financial risks from

Furlough scheme fraud fraud and error” and it does not know the exact amount, but esti‐ mates it to be £5.3 billion, which is 8.7 per cent of the scheme’s total spend.

The total cost to the exchequer through all Covid‐19 loans and schemes is closer to €15 billion,

with HM Revenue & Customs, the Department for Work & Pensions, and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy all having been party to the losses.

The report reads: “Government estimates that losses due to fraud and error from the Coronavirus

Talent

THE European Pillar of Social Rights was created to ensure that those with disabilities have equal rights with the able bodied to find work.

It is estimated that just 51 per cent of the disabled in Europe are in work, but in Spain the number of people with disabili‐ ties entering the job market has risen by more than 20 per cent in the last six years.

This is due to the commitment of organisations such as ONCE and the EU partly funded Digital Talent programme which aims to provide trainees with the lat‐ est skills in new technologies where those with disabilities can compete on an even playing field.

Not so Innocent AFTER viewers complained about a TV advertisement from Coca Cola owned Innocent drink brand, the UK Advertising Stan‐ dards Authority (ASA) has ruled that it was misleading.

The cartoon encouraged peo‐ ple to buy Innocent’s product and it drew a strong association between Innocent Drinks and a positive impact on the environ‐ ment.

The ASA acknowledged that the ad contained aspirational messaging, including imagery of people recycling but considered that many consumers would in‐ terpret the overall presentation of the ad to mean that purchas‐ ing Innocent products was a choice which would have a posi‐ tive environmental impact.

For this and other reasons, the complaints were upheld.

Job Retention Scheme alone will be £5.3 billion. The estimated loss due to fraud and error across all Covid‐19 response measures is not known, but is expected to be at least £15 billion across measures implemented by HM Revenue & Customs, the Department for Work & Pensions, and the Depart‐ ment for Business, Energy & Indus‐ trial Strategy.”

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Currency outlook: Ukraine crisis and central bank rate speculation drives currency volatility

LOOKING AHEAD: An expected March rate hike could lend some support to the pound.

ASK THE EXPERT Peter Loveday Contact me at euroweekly@currenciesdirect.com

Euro EUR/GBP: Unmoved at £0.83 EUR/USD: Up from $1.12 to $1.13 The euro traded in a wide range in February, with the single currency being rocked by fears over a potential war breaking out in Eastern Eu‐ rope, as well as a surprisingly hawkish turn by the European Central Bank (ECB).

The former has acted as a key headwind for the euro in recent weeks as tensions between Russia and Ukraine mounted. EUR investors were naturally unsettled by the potential im‐ pact a war in Europe and the sanctions im‐ posed by Western powers could have on the Eurozone economy.

On the other hand, the euro was given a shot in the arm as the ECB concluded its first policy meeting of 2022 in early February.

In her post‐meeting press conference Chris‐ tine Lagarde, refrained from reiterating her previous stance that a rate hike this year would be ‘unlikely’, sparking considerable speculation the ECB’s first rate hike in over a decade could come before 2023.

Looking ahead, the situation in Ukraine will likely act as a key catalyst for the euro in the coming weeks. A fully fledged invasion by Rus‐ sia could place considerable pressure on the single currency.

Pound GBP/EUR: Unchanged at €1.19 GBP/USD: Up from $1.34 to $1.35 The pound was also infused with some volatility over the past four weeks as UK politi‐ cal jitters offset the announcement of another interest rate hike from the Bank of England (BoE).

As was widely expected, the BoE concluded its February policy meeting with the announce‐ ment it would be raising interest rates to 0.5 per cent. This helped to underpin Sterling in re‐ cent weeks, particularly after the bank signalled rates may continue to rise in the near‐term af‐ ter four of nine policymakers broke ranks to

vote for an immediate hike to 0.75 per cent.

However, the pound’s gains have been sti‐ fled somewhat by UK political developments amidst considerable pressure on Boris Johnson to resign as Prime Minister over his involve‐ ment in the Downing Street ‘partygate’ scan‐ dal.

Also weighing on Sterling sentiment are growing concerns over the UK’s cost‐of‐living crisis, amidst fears UK economic growth could be stymied by households reigning in their spending.

Looking ahead, an expected March rate hike from the BoE could lend some support to the pound this month, but any substantial gains are likely to be curtailed by the same cost‐of‐liv‐ ing and political concerns.

US Dollar USD/GBP: Down from $0.74 to $0.73 USD/EUR: Unchanged at €0.88 The US dollar has flip‐flopped over the past month amidst fluctuating expectations for the next Federal Reserve rate hike.

While a March hike appears inevitable, questions remain over how aggressively the Fed might raise interest rates. Strong payroll and inflation figures had bolstered expecta‐ tions the Fed could pursue a half‐percentage increase next month.

However some notably dovish minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s January policy meeting has subsequently tem‐ pered these expectations.

Elsewhere the uncertainty surrounding the Ukraine crisis has also infused volatility into the US dollar amidst the uneven risk appetite which followed Russia’s first incursion into the country.

In the coming weeks the trajectory of the US dollar will no doubt remain linked to the Fed’s next interest rate decision. If the Fed opts for a more aggressive rate hike the US dollar might soar.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT TRAGICALLY, my prophecies of last week regarding the Russian atrocities in Ukraine have materialised almost to the letter. The only prediction that surprisingly didn’t transpire was China’s accord with Putin’s actions.

By abstaining from the vote at the UN Security Council, the Chinese have shown that even they refuse to condone the deeds of this sinister dinosaurian throwback. One thing you can take to the bank is that Putin would never have risked this invasion if Trump had still been at the helm! This evil opportunist perceived his potential enemies, with its sad bunch of weak leaders, scuttling out of Afghanistan and all rather more absorbed in appeasing the woke brigade than taking any robust military action ‐ and pounced.

By the same token, with our lamentable efforts to prevent ‘global warming,’ we have closed down our oil and energy production to such an extent we have become disproportionately reliant on supplies from the East, which is subsequently restricting our ability to impose more effective sanctions.

In other words the liberal lefts are

TRAGEDY responsible for even more misery than already anticipated ‐ I told you they were dangerous! What the blinkered greens refuse to acknowledge is that for every mine or factory that closes in the West, the equivalent opens in the scornful East. These disillusioned tree huggers live in the same Shangri la la land we all craved in the marihuana haze of the 60s; a time when we thought that peace and love would prevail and people would spend a blissful existence dancing around with flowers in their hair.

As much as I too would love to think that this was the future of the human race, in the world of today’s realities it just ain’t gonna happen. Try asking one of those brave Ukrainian fighters what they think of gender free toilets and political correctness, when their people are being murdered and their country laid to ruins by a neighbouring tyrant.

And what about those defiant and brave citizens who are standing up to the might of one of the most powerful nations of the world? Shades of ‘The Mouse that Roared’. Even the

housewives are signing up to fight. They are a pure antithesis of the cowardly boat mob; deserters that have fled their countries and left it to their enemies while they plead for succour in the West ‐ another action the lefties condone.

It’s time we put all these misdirected ‘holier than thou’ PC clowns back in their woolly boxes and rearrange our priorities before it’s too late. In about a thousand years, when the human race mutates to more mundane matters, we can bring ‘em all out again. Till then we must get back to reality and support the beleaguered Ukrainians in any way we can. Let’s just hope someone in Russia sees sense and rids us of this evil dictator, before his ego involves us all in a war none of us can win!

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FEATURE

TV & Film Review by Laura Kemp

Documentary review - A fatal flaw in Downfall: The case against Boeing NETFLIX’S Downfall is a fright‐ ening look at what caused two Boeing planes ‐ considered the safest aircraft in the world ‐ to crash, killing 346 people. This documentary has a re‐ spectable critic rating of 89 per cent and an audience rating of 92 per cent on Rotten Toma‐ toes, and the reviews on social media are just as positive.

This shocking documentary uncovers the negligence and corporate greed that led to the two fatal crashes that hap‐ pened just months apart ‐ Lion Air Flight 610 on October 29, 2018, and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 10, 2019.

The opening scene is an air‐ port, a place that we usually think about with excitement, travel and opportunities ‐ con‐ trasting the terrible and terrify‐ ing fates that the pilots and pas‐ sengers had aboard the two ill‐fated Boeing 737 Max planes.

The documentary, which is directed by Academy Award‐

nominated filmmaker Rory Kennedy, brings to light the shocking cover‐up from Boeing and their PR attempt at blam‐ ing the Ethiopian plane crew.

Boeing had, in fact, failed to train its pilots and pro‐actively decided to not inform them about the MCAS safety system which ultimately led to the tragedies.

It also exposes the larger questions about America’s ethos, Wall Street’s involve‐ ment and a culture of reckless cost‐cutting ‐ regardless of hu‐ man safety.

This documentary is clearly narrated, including testimony from ex‐pilots, ex‐engineers who used to work for Boeing helping build planes, and the families of victims of the crash‐ es. It is an exceptionally strong expose with a clear aim that still does not take away from the tragedy of 346 people losing their lives.

Downfall is now available to stream on Netflix.

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Community in conflict CLAIRE GORDON FINDING BALANCE IN AN UNEVEN WORLD SO conflict between Russia and Ukraine is upon us, like it has been threaten‐ ing for eight years before the Western media picked it up and decided to make it the main headline. As the frontline tightens and physical combat becomes a reality, misinformation spreads and fights a sepa‐ rate war within the realm of the internet. People ask on local forums whether certain shops and bars are owned by Russian citizens as if the boycott of those small enterprises has an effect and impact on the wider scope of Putin’s ad‐ vance into foreign lands.

People think that by sepa‐ rating people into ‘us and them’ they are contribut‐ ing to resistance against a singular leader and his misguided warmongering.

What some people are

failing to un‐ derstand is that one lead‐ er’s foray into invasion does not reflect an entire country’s mentality. There are thou‐ sands of Russian people protesting Putin’s acts of aggression, even though they face arrest and bru‐ tality for doing so. The cor‐ relation between Putin’s actions and the will of his people is as unfounded as saying every English per‐ son is 100 per cent behind Boris Johnson and every decision he makes while in office.

Government and press offices are sometimes in place to turn people against one another.

Something the Tory party has been excelling at since they came to office is ‘di‐ vide and conquer.’

Most people have no choice in whether their re‐ spective countries go to war. It is the leaders of a country that determine

foreign policy and work out how to drag their peo‐ ple along. It is usually a matter of explaining how they are under attack by ‘others’ and telling them they must protect them‐ selves while being patriot‐ ic to the place that they were born into, dismissing the people who were un‐ fortunate enough to land outside of the borders put down across the land they know.

While some people de‐ cry the work that left‐lean‐ ing people do amongst the bigger picture that is the world today, I feel it is more important than ever to respect the individual.

We are, after all, all people at the end of the day, re‐ gardless of where we were born or the colour of our skin. The more that we can band together in the face of self‐centred, con‐ flict‐focused leaders and build community and self‐ sufficient networks, the better we can survive and

To read more articles from our columnists and to have your say in the comments go to www.euroweeklynews.com Claire Gordon’s opinions are her own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.

stand resilient as the cor‐ rupt world around us crumbles. Every person having their own state and

their own means to live in the world without being reliant on a capitalist sys‐ tem is basically what so‐

cialism is all about and the work the left does feeds into this. It shouldn’t be ig‐ nored.

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I hope it gets back to normal MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man OK it’s time stop all the nonsense and get things back to normal here in Spain. At the moment if you live in the UK and have not been fully vaccinated and boosted you cannot come here on holiday. This has always been discriminatory and many countries including Israel, Portugal and Croatia are now accepting that this is no longer a problem.

I believe that if you are tested and shown to be negative there is no reason to have this rule and now many countries agree. This policy has badly affected the tourism trade here and hopefully will end very soon and help get things back to feeling like the welcoming holiday resort Spain has always been.

We went to a great tapas bar the other day - well I think it was great - it had a blackboard outside with some really tasty looking tapas dishes on it. We sat outside, ordered our drinks and then the waiter came and asked if we had decided what we wanted to eat. We had and proceeded to tell him what

we wanted and he then proceeded to tell us he didn’t have any of them! So what looked like a fabulous selection turned out to be a very average selection but we were there, so like a pair of real punters, we found something to eat. To make matters worse we went to another place the next day that had loads of dishes advertised on the wall, actual lovely appetising photographs, but when I asked about one of them the server said, ‘Oh don’t take any notice of them, we don’t do them anymore’. I asked, ‘then why have them?’ She said they hadn’t got round to removing them! On the plus side she did show us a printed menu which had a lot of dishes that we did like.

Talking about bars, when we used to come here on holiday over 20 years ago we used to eat at a restaurant where I regularly noticed the manager, who ran the place, putting cash in his sock when no-one was watching. I don’t know how he got away with it because surely I couldn’t have been the only one that noticed. Finally the governor obviously found out and sacked him, but three months later the now ex-manager opened his own bar a few doors away and ironically called it Sticky Fingers!

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OPEN LETTER TO THE From our Facebook MAYOR OF TORREVIEJA HOW is it possible that a family occupying a house on a street in Torrevieja, can tear down part of the wall in front of the house to raise it with new bricks?

Then they re-wall the neighb o u r ’s e n t r a n c e i n t h e w a l l with bricks and cement, a little later they tear down part of the n e i g h b o u r ’s w a l l , t o r a i s e i t with new bricks, without any authority caring in the least.

Has the family occupied this house as well?

Does this mean that if I want a larger living space, can I then make an opening from the inside of my house to the neighbour and take over his house and re-wall the entrance to the wall?

Neighbours (Address redacted)

Long delays at Palma airport again JUST a quickie, over one hour wait to get through Passport Control @ the airport again.

Appears to be prejudice against third world visitors,

PROBLEMATIC: Can people just do what they want?

British, as two control officers for about 400 plus people.

European walk through.

Also what has happened to taxi fares, gone through the ceiling.

Ridiculous how much things have gone up on the Island.

Regards Nick

Love that Claire!

Thank you Euro Weekly News!

IT’S nice to see a different and

Emma

PUTIN: What should the western leaders be doing?

Zendini Escapologist Yes they could actually fight against him, sanctions against a billonaire will not work, only make the ppl suffer ppl are dying

Peter Chapman They could stop recruiting for NATO.

Miss-o GH

PRAY FOR UKRAINE THE situation in Ukraine is so fluid that it is pointless to do more than record some of the events of the past few days and consider how they apply to those of us living in Spain and the UK. At the end of the day, as individuals we are essentially helpless to influence events, but we can publicly show our support for those experiencing the horrors of invasion although whether that really makes any difference is difficult to know.

The sunflower is Ukraine’s national flower and symbolises the warmth and power of the sun, so many people are taking images of fields of sunflowers and posting them on social media to show their support for the people.

This is particularly pertinent for Andalucia which is one of the major areas of growth in Spain although they are grown commercially in

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fresh point of view. Seems like people are quick to complain about everything but don’t want to take any responsibility (Leaps), but Claire is reflective and shows that THINKING is the way to go.

I might be old but I like to always keep an open mind and an open heart to everything.

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many parts of the country.

Although war can bring significant income for the arms producers, it can also hurt the financial position of those who have made their fortunes, as the value of shares drop and sanctions take effect on the wealthy in Russia.

It is reported that a number of oligarchs have met with President Putin to tr y to pressurise him into pulling back, not necessarily out of the love of peace, but more likely for the love of commerce and money.

I r o n i c a l l y, i n B r i t a i n , o n e o f P o r t u g a l ’s newest passport holders, Roman Abramovich has reportedly been banned from living in the UK and has ‘handed over’ control of Chelsea Football Club to supporters one day before they beat Liverpool in the Carabao Cup wearing a strip of blue and yellow, the colours of Ukraine.

The sooner sanity returns the better for all.

What they can do now, is answer a question: where have they suddenly got so much millions €, to be sent to Ukraine, if till now they were even struggling to pay salaries to their own population, being in crisis practically at the edge of poverty?

Jeanette Richardson Just get rid of him, one way or another surely someone can do the job before he becomes another Hitler.

Jason Acn Yes if all the countries don’t stand by and by and unite against this madman, they must be made accountable !!!

Erika Stanbury If he can send Russians in undercover, why can’t the west do the same, and help where it really matters?

Celia Emery What else could they do well, they could really stand up to him.

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Benefits of hobbies for your mental health HOBBIES have a whole host of benefits for your mental (and physical) health, so why not take up a new one or rekindle your love of an old one?

Most of us have at least one hobby, whether garden‐ ing, playing an instrument or taking photographs. Howev‐ er, despite the long list of benefits of hobbies for our mental and physical health, the hustle and bustle of ev‐ eryday life sometimes lead us to prioritise other things.

Numerous studies have demonstrated the huge val‐ ue of having a hobby thanks to the great emotional satis‐ faction and stress release they can provide. Life is not all about work, and taking a break to enjoy a hobby for a few hours can even increase productivity and creativity at work. This is why many com‐

HOBBIES: Have an all-round positive effect on health.

panies already offer such ac‐ tivities to their employees.

Broadly speaking, these are the main benefits of hob‐ bies:

‐ They help you to develop skills and abilities and allow you to discover previously unexplored talents. ‐ They create balance in

your life by helping you to disconnect from the stress and worry of your daily rou‐ tine. ‐ They are a great way of fighting against nervousness and cheering you up when you are feeling down. ‐ They have been shown to help to prevent diseases such as Alzheimer’s by keeping people mentally active. ‐ They require effort and discipline and therefore con‐ tribute towards self‐control. ‐ You can meet like‐mind‐ ed people and make new friends. ‐ They encourage creativity and healthy competition.

Chess, cooking, hiking, sewing, ballroom dancing… the options are endless.

Hobbies undoubtedly have an all‐round positive effect on health, so what are you waiting for?

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The University of Andalucia CONSULAR MATTERS REGULAR readers of my col‐ umn here in Euro Weekly will know me as the owner and founder of Just Law Solicitors and the Danish Consul for An‐ dalucia and Extremadura, but I am also a visiting lecturer at the International University of Andalucia.

I am preparing a lecture for Spanish Judges and Lawyers on the legal system in Denmark, not perhaps the most interest‐ ing topic for English expats here in Spain. However, it did get me thinking. There are a number of expats who come and live in Spain or retire to Spain and find themselves at a bit of a loose end. Personally, I try and keep myself busy with

UNIVERSITY: You can study for a master’s degree, doctorate or training in a wide range of subjects.

my law firm, my two rescue dogs and my local church, but what about people who wish to continue their education or maybe start their university education here in Spain, or anywhere in the world for that matter?

Well, this is where the Inter‐

national University of Andalu‐ cia comes in. They have a num‐ ber of foreign students from all over the world, you can study for a master’s degree, doctor‐ ate or permanent training in a wide range of subjects. There are 17 Master’s degrees, 30 degrees and 80 per cent of the

courses are taught online. The university was founded in 1994 and has campuses in Huelva, Jaen, Malaga and Sevilla.

Their website is www.unia.es and it is really worth a look if you need a Uni‐ versity here in Spain. Examples of the courses offered include,

Spanish law in English, Digital Marketing and International relations to name but a few.

So now could be the time to start or go back to university whilst you enjoy life in Spain.

As aways this isn’t legal ad‐ vice and if you have a legal is‐ sue here in Spain you should always take advice from a qualified lawyer like myself who knows how to deal with your legal issue.

Make sure you get their reg‐ istration number and check with the local Bar Association to make sure that they can practise.

Unscrupulous people do ex‐ ist, like everywhere in the world it is better to be safe than sorry.

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Guys and Dolls by Studio32 Musical Theatre Company STUDIO32 Musical Theatre Company has been entertaining people with their shows on the Costa Blanca for almost 10 years.

Their next show, the romantic comedy Guys and Dolls, will be performed in May at the Cardenal Beluga Theatre in San Fulgencio.

The show stands out for its striking and unique costumes, which include a 60‐year‐ old Indian crepe evening dress valued at £100 and a hand‐made bowler hat that was once used at Masonic evenings and is worth over £200.

The Company has always been commit‐ ted to raising money for charity, and over the years they have managed to raise al‐ most €40,000 for various different causes, including the San Fulgencio Alzheimer’s As‐ sociation, charities for the homeless, a musi‐ cal school in San Fulgencio, the Red Cross and Men’s Sheds.

The company have previously performed well‐loved musicals including Oklahoma, Fiddler on the Roof, Mack and Mabel, Chica‐ go and Anything Goes, and welcome any‐ one who wishes to get involved as an actor, singer, dancer or backstage assistant.

Guys and Dolls will be performed on May 18, 19, 20 and 21. Those interested can visit

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Camera Club PHOTOGRAPHY enthusiasts can sharpen their skills and meet others who share the same interest at the Los Alcázares Digital Camera Club, where all levels are welcome, from complete beginners to those with years of experience. The Los Alcázares Digital Camera Club is always on the lookout for new mem‐ bers, who may or may not be permanent residents in Spain. They always have a Zoom meeting on the first Tuesday of the month at 10.30am (Spain) or 9.30am (UK), where members discuss their monthly photo competition and usually watch a photogra‐ phy workshop video. On the third Tuesday of the month, the Club has an Activity Day involving some‐ thing that allows members to practise what they have learned, such as a local field trip to take pho‐ tographs, a workshop on photographic techniques or a visit to an event. Anyone interested in joining Los Alcázares Camera Club can find more informa‐ tion at http://www.los‐alcazares‐camera.club/ or can contact the Chairman, John Dorsett, on 0034 966 762 715 or the Secretary, Pip Shail, at mike shail45@googlemail.com.

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The Show Must Go On NETWORKS THEATRE in Orihuela city is back. After two years of inactivity due to the pandemic, this ambitious theatre company makes its return to the stage in its very own purpose‐built theatre with a hilarious comedy called The Show Must Go On. The show is performed by four of the company’s most experienced actors who are sure to keep the audience laugh‐ ing all evening. The comedy is about a less‐than‐successful amateur dramatics group as they endeavour to put on a show. Chaos ensues as a desperate direc‐ tor takes drastic action to save the com‐ pany using his own custom‐written pan‐ to script. With its misprinted text and rebellious cast, this high comedy is the perfect example of how the show must go on. Tickets for the shows are now on sale and cost just €4. There are perfor‐ mances on March 10, 11 and 12 at vari‐ ous times. Visit https://www.network stheatre.com/ to make reservations.

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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 sup‐ porting local high streets, markets, butchers, green‐ grocers and all of the won‐ derfully quirky independent 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 com‐ munity. You may find something a euro or two cheaper online but have you considered where your money is actually go‐ ing?

By shopping locally you’re putting food on a local family’s table and there is nothing better than giving back to the communities that have given us so much. Local stores support charities and they sponsor local sports

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DAVID WORBOYS THINKING ALOUD IN my late 30s and early 40s, I was a sun‐worshipper. The way that I ex‐ pressed my devotions was to lie in the sun baking my body to a brownish hue. I remember having lunch on a beach at a chiringuito in Portugal with no parasol, no sun‐ hat, no shirt and no protective sun‐ lotion. The beer was lukewarm in five minutes, the butter was soon sliding around on the plate and the fish was undergoing its second grilling. The sky was blue, the sun was strong and the air was about body temperature ‐ 37 degrees. I was doused in Nivea (not with nat‐ ural coconut oil or aloe vera) and I thought all was well with the world.

I remember a mentally chal‐ lenged acquaintance of that era called Jack Bramall, known to his friends as ‘Silly Bugger’. In those far‐ off unenlightened days, he was also known as the Nutter. Jack ‘Silly Bug‐ ger’ Bramall used to howl at the sun as others howl at the full moon. As

SUN WORSHIP There are different ways of worshipping the sun.

he lived in overcast England, he for‐ tunately had limited opportunities to do this. I have only met him three times and, having once witnessed him manifesting his unique and dis‐ turbing form of sun worship, have never been on holiday with him.

Since retiring to Nerja, I have be‐ come a different kind of sun wor‐ shipper. I no longer sunbathe in the hope of looking like a tanned movie star, because my skin will never be

golden nor coffee‐coloured. And I don’t howl at the sun when it rises ‐ as it does practically every day here.

But each morning when I look at the sunrise, I feel a shot of adrenalin.

A simple morning coffee on a bar terrace in the sunshine, is something I never tire of. Walking in the moun‐ tains or along the shore, I marvel at the rich blue sky of Andalucia.

I never feel the same when the weather is overcast. Although I don’t

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howl at the clouds (or even at a full moon!) the joy of being alive is not the same. And this is wrong, be‐ cause this kind of sun worship can still be a dangerous obsession.

Reliance on the presence of the sun to feel enthusiastic about things is unhealthy. The weather in all its variety, although affected by climate change, is still dictated by nature.

We are all too aware how desper‐ ately we need rain down here. We need clouds, thunderstorms and snow at higher altitudes. We even need the strong winds. Farmers, fishermen, builders, surfers and the elderly all have different require‐ ments.

But to me the sun is everything.

By several assessments, Spain is the world’s healthiest nation, partly due to diet, but also because of the out‐ door life. The sun brings us unlimited supplies of free Vitamin D ‐ and, with a little help from rain and labour, nourishes our wonderful range of seasonal fruits.

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

David Worboys’s opinions are his own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.

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Viking hermitage A VILLAGE in Spain with just 640 inhabitants is the last place anybody would ex‐ pect to find a Viking her‐ mitage, but, in the Burgos municipality of Covarrubias, this is the exception. If you ever find yourself in the au‐ tonomous community of Castile and Leon then do yourself a favour and visit this village.

Back in the 13th century, Princess Kristina of Norway made a trip to Spain to mar‐ ry Philip of Castile, brother of Alfonso X the Wise. After the wedding, Kristina wanted a chapel to be built in honour of St Olav, the patron saint of Norway.

Felipe de Castilla agreed to her request, and promised the construction, but it would not be carried out un‐ til eight centuries later. On September 18, 2011, al‐ though she was not there to

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see it, the princess’s wish was fulfilled when the Chapel of Saint Olav was in‐ augurated.

This was achieved thanks to the Princess Kristina Foun‐ dation of Norway, which since 1992 has fostered cul‐ tural exchange between Spain and the Nordic coun‐ try, with the aim of promot‐ ing any type of cultural and nature activities.

The Chapel of San Olav is an incredible architectural space, located just two kilo‐

metres from the urban cen‐ tre of Covarrubias. Its most stunning aspect is its bell tower, rising to almost 30 metres high, with a chapel where you can find various different religious represen‐ tations.

If you are a purveyor of gastronomy, Burgos is renowned for its black pud‐ ding, and don’t forget the chorizo. If you have more of a sweet tooth, then you will surely love their pasta and mantecadas.

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Reach for the stars!

ROBERT SHALLIS I’VE always been rather fond of the phrase by Dr Norman Vincent Peale; ‘Reach for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.’

In other words, have very high expectations or ambitions. Always set your sights high.

We often hear of people achiev‐ ing some amazing things in life but how do they do it and why do so many fail to get there?

Well contrary to the above quote, people tend to aim ‘too’ high and focus too much on the end goal. It’s great to have an end goal, a dream, a vision of where you want to get to, but as much as it can be an exciting prospect initial‐ ly, it can soon dissipate, but why?

Fear, limiting beliefs and a nega‐ tive mindset can disable you before you even begin, however, I will cov‐ er these elements in another arti‐ cle.

Firstly, everything starts with a thought; our dreams, ambitions or goals which can be incredibly excit‐

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ing at first, but the problem is we don’t take action because the reali‐ ty of getting there can be too over‐ whelming for many of us. However, taking action is paramount and can help cement the belief we have in our dreams and can help drive us forward.

So, the key is to set small achiev‐ able goals each day in order to help steer you towards the bigger end goal. By taking much smaller steps, by making smaller goals and ticking them off each day will give you little bursts of motivation to take you to the next goal. Just like stepping

stones, moving onto the next one and the one after. Once you get so far you have less incentive to go back and more incentive to contin‐ ue. Every step forward is like a little reward to yourself. Look at these small steps as a ‘to do’ list and tick them off as you go. That way, the feeling of being overwhelmed is less likely to raise its ugly head.

These mini goals are like small in‐ vestments that will eventually grow over time. After a period when the end goal and dream are relooked at, you’ll be surprised how much further you are toward reaching it.

Believing you can achieve your end goal is of primary importance and the closer you get to it, the stronger it becomes, but it’s impor‐ tant to try and have that belief from the outset. The famous Phycologist William James’ quote sums this up very nicely when he said ‘Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful un‐ dertaking is the one thing that en‐ sures the successful outcome of your venture.’

So, keep believing in yourself and your amazing ability to achieve so much more. Imagine how it would feel to finally achieve a lifetime goal. Whatever the goal is it’s per‐ sonal to you, it’s your goal, your dream and your choice to start the process and make it happen.

Make a decision, take action! If it’s the wrong choice then at least you’ll find out a lot quicker in order to move onto the next one.

So, ‘reach for the moon,’ aim high, what’s the worst that can happen? Maybe you’ll ‘land in the stars’ but either way the journey to‐ wards your new found goals and dreams will give you renewed vigour along the way and strength to get from where you are now to where you want to be.

Rob Shallis (Certified Life Coach) 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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www.euroweeklynews.com THE General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) took to social media to warn road users.

Spain’s DGT took to social media to call on road users to use their indicators. They high‐ lighted the importance of using indicators to avoid road accidents and help traffic flow smooth‐

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Simple gesture can save lives ly on the roads.

According to the DGT, many people forget to use their indicators when changing lanes af‐ ter overtaking, when parking and when leav‐ ing a roundabout.

The ‘Second Observa‐ tory on the behaviour of drivers’ report highlight‐ ed that more than 50 per cent of drivers forget to use their indicators when they change lanes.

The report also high‐ lighted that nearly 70 per cent of drivers use

their indicators incor‐ rectly while carrying out an overtaking manoeu‐ vre.

The DGT reminded road users to use their indicators appropriately to prevent accidents.

The organisation high‐ lighted that indicators should be used on a roundabout when changing lanes or leav‐ ing when the round‐ about. The organisation also reminded drivers in Spain to use their indica‐ tors when overtaking.

INDICATORS: Many people do not use them properly.

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ROAD TEST

by Mark Slack ONE sometimes wonders how manufacturers conjure up names for new models.

It’s fairly obvious what Hyundai was thinking when it came up with the name Genesis for its luxury arm.

The first book of the Old Testament, Genesis, starts with the words ‘In the be‐ ginning’, so a rather good name for a new marque.

Having been in America since 2015 Genesis is only now arriving on European shores with a five model range of two saloons, a shooting brake and two SUVs. Two all‐electric mod‐ els will arrive shortly. My test model, a G70 saloon, comes with the choice of two engines; a 2.2‐litre diesel or a 2.0‐litre petrol with two power outputs and three trim levels.

G70 prices start from a sector competitive €40,107/£33,400 with very good standard equipment even on the lead‐in model.

You’ll get LED lights, intelli‐ gent cruise control, auto

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Genesis G70 - style Presence and continent crossing comfort

G70: Has very good standard equipment, even on the lead-in model.

dimming, powered and heated door mirrors, keyless entry and start, auto lights and wipers, front and rear parking sensors with rear view camera, navigation, smart phone connectivity, air conditioning and electric seat adjustment. There’s even (as far as this writer’s concerned, hallelujah!) the no cost option of a light inte‐

rior rather than the seem‐ ingly omnipresent funereal black.

My G70 was the top trim Sportline model and with the 2.2‐litre diesel priced at €48,035/£40,030. Those ad‐ miring the G70, and there were many, thought it strik‐ ingly smart and, subjective though looks are, it’s hard to disagree. The good news

continues inside too with a very pre‐ mium feel and touches like perforated and fluted uphol‐ stery show there’s more than a degree of thought gone into the detail.

A welcome array of prop‐ er buttons, possibly because the G70 is an updated ver‐ sion of the car that won the 2019 North American Car of the Year, means it lacks the overdone digitalisation of so

many new cars.

On the road the G70 feels and drives like it looks, pre‐ mium luxury. It’s no sports machine but picks up its feet when required and can be fast paced on cross country routes. The automatic trans‐ mission changes are seam‐ less, with paddle assisted changes for added involve‐ ment. There’s the usual too

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interventionist lane keeping ‘safety’ kit, that involves far too many actions to stop it being meddlesome, which to be fair applies with most manufacturers.

The G70 may not rewrite the automotive rule book but it’s got style, presence and enough creature com‐ forts for continent crossing relaxation.

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BUSY WEEK IN WALKING FOOTBALL Footballer booked THE Costa Blanca Walking Football League got under way last week with two fixtures. On Tuesday, February 22 Portobello visited Moraira WFC in a game the ‘yellows’ needed to win to keep the pres‐ sure on League leaders Hondon Valley Flyers. And they did it in style.

On a small pitch they dominated the game and only some excellent saves by the Moraira goalkeeper kept the score down. Por‐ tobello ran out 4‐0 winners to go within a point of the leaders and with two games fewer played.

On Friday February 25 Moraira played their sec‐ ond game in three days when they visited For‐ mentera in a CBWF League game and on this occasion were more successful but had to work hard for the win. The game was well balanced with Moraira leading 2‐1 at half time.

Formentera rued a missed penalty.

Portobello won over San Pedro Amigos.

Formentera rued a missed penalty with Moraira keep‐ ing up their challenge for top spot with a 3‐1 win.

In a friendly match Cam‐ posol WFC crossed the bor‐ der from Murcia where they lost out 10‐1 to an ex‐ perienced Esquina Park Rangers side warming up

for their visit to Torrox (Malaga) in the Euro Week‐ ly News Iberian Challenge Cup. Despite their efforts EPR failed to reach the fi‐ nal which was won by Ath‐ letic Club Federacion Bil‐ bao defeating Malaga WFC. Portobello over 60s visit‐

ed San Pedro Amigos on Sunday February 28 and emerged 6‐5 winners. A draw probably would have been a fair result but the ‘yellows’ edged it once they adjusted to the small pitch.

Pinoso returned to ac‐ tion this week when they entertained Portobello in a match important to both sides. A win would take the ‘yellows’ to the top of the League while a Pinoso win would keep them in touch with the leaders.

Match report in next week’s Euro Weekly News... make sure you get your copy!

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for t-shirt message PREMIER LEAGUE footballer Matty Cash scored the open‐ ing goal on Saturday, February 26, for his club Aston Villa, in their splendid 2‐0 away win against Brighton, but was then booked.

Cash promptly celebrated by taking off his jersey to display a message written on his t‐shirt underneath to former Polish teammate Tomasz Kedziora. The 27‐year‐old Pole is currently playing as a defender for Dynamo Kyiv, in the capital of war‐ torn Ukraine. The message read, ‘Tomasz Kedziora + family, stay strong bro’.

Following strict FA rules about players removing their shirts, referee John Brooks had no option but to give Cash a yellow card. Brooks’ action caused controversy in the Sky Sports studios, who were covering the match.

Presenter Jeff Stelling roundly criticised Brooks for being an ‘inexperienced’ Premier League official, and urged the FA to scrap the booking. “He’s been booked for it! John Brooks is an inexperienced Premier League referee,” exclaimed Stelling.

Adding, “Hopefully when people come to their senses, the Premier League will just ignore that. They should just ignore that.”

Users on social media were quick to comment, although to be fair to the referee, he was only following guidelines laid down by the FA. One user commented, “Is the ref joking?

That is actually ridiculous,” while another wrote, “It is the law to be booked for that, but the inexperienced ref could have shown some compassion and common sense and let him off.”