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HELPING UKRAINE

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JIU-JITSU CHAMPIONS

New measures agreed.

THE Community Social Services of the Velez‐ Malaga Town Council have put new measures in place to help the Ukrainian people arriving in Spain. At the anti‐war rally held on March 11, the councillor for Social Rights and Equality, Victor Gonzalez, announced that an information point had been set up where fami‐ lies interested in helping and hosting Ukrainian refugees could sign up to do so. He also said that the town council would be collaborating with hu‐ manitarian aid projects in the conflict region through the Spanish Red Cross and would be work‐ ing towards the social in‐ tegration of the refugee population in Velez‐Mala‐ ga.

The mayor, Antonio Moreno Ferrer, con‐ demned “an absolutely unjust and unnecessary war” and expressed the town council’s commit‐ ment to helping those ar‐ riving. At the rally, the town hall provided can‐ vases so that people could leave their handprints on them with paint as a sign of solidarity with the Ukrainian people.

Those interested in reg‐ istering to help can do so by calling 663 990 416 from 9am to 2pm or by e‐ mailing asuntos.so ciales@velezmalaga.es.

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Updated sports facilities THE Rincon de la Victoria Sports Department has made major improvements to sporting facilities in the municipality for a total of €12,700.

One of the improvements was the renovation of the drainage system and changing rooms of the court at the Jaime Pimentel Sports Complex in Torre de Benagalbón.

The councillor for Sports, Antonio José Martín, said that this had been done “due to the poor condi‐ tion of the tiles on the floor of the changing rooms and the problems caused by the lack of drainage of the sports court.”

Another improvement was the net installed around the multi‐sports court on Calle Frigiliana in Rincon de la Victoria.

The councillor said that this had “the aim of pre‐ venting the balls from leaving the court, as they were causing damage to the façades of the adjacent properties and the neighbours had been asking for it for several years.”

MEDAL WINNER: Lucy Birchall, aged eight, is the proud winner of a gold medal.

DESPITE only opening last year, Progress Academia in Torrox, the only Brazilian jiu‐jitsu club in the area, is fast making a name for it‐ self. Its members have al‐ ready won medals at sever‐ al competitions, the latest of which was the AEJJB na‐ tional championship held in Toledo on March 12 and 13.

As participants compete in categories based on their age, weight and belt rank‐ ing, relative beginners are given the opportunity to participate in large‐scale competitions and potential‐ ly win.

This is something that many other sports do not offer, which is perhaps one of the reasons why jiu‐jitsu is currently one of the fastest‐growing sports

in the world.

The club owner, Chris Bir‐ chall, said that the competi‐ tion experience for the chil‐ dren “starts the minute we tell them.” As nerves and excitement kick in, training intensifies and becomes more competition‐based.

Despite the growing number of medals under their jiu‐jitsu belt, Chris said: “We’re not really in‐ terested in the medals. It’s about making life‐long memories for them.”

He praised the support‐ ive atmosphere over the weekend spent in Toledo, saying that everyone had been “really present” and there had been “no rivalry.”

The proud winners are Lucy Birchall (aged eight, gold), Max Birchall (12, sil‐

ver), Alex Arnold (10, sil‐ ver), Lewis Arnold (eight, silver), Mateo Welch (13, silver), Pablo lunsdrud (14, silver), Louis Donnelly (15, bronze) and Ricardo Har‐ gadorn (adult, gold).

The club will also be of‐ fering new self‐defence classes for women every Tuesday between 7.30 and 8.30pm. Classes start on April 5 and cost just €6. For more information, What‐ sApp Chris on 711 036 961.

SPORTS COMPLEX: Major improvements been made.

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Endangered heritage THE Torre de la Miel in Nerja has been added to Hispania Nostra’s Red List of Endangered Heritage due to its ‘terrible state of conservation’. The tower dates back to the 16th century.

The Red List of Endangered Heritage includes just over 1,000 Spanish monu‐ ments that are considered to be at risk

of disappearance or destruction, 12 of which are in the province of Malaga.

The original Torre de la Miel was built in the last quarter of the 16th century as a lookout for Berber pirates, as the mouth of the river, the Río de la Miel, and the adjacent coves were particular‐ ly dangerous.

Improvements for Torrox MJOR works to improve the historic centre of Torrox have been completed.

After more than 40 years of no improvements on Calle Ce‐ badillas Bajas, in the historic centre of Torrox, the current government team has re‐ sponded to residents’ re‐ quests by renovating the drainage system.

The street was visited on March 11 by the mayor, Ós‐ car Medina, and the council‐ lor for Contracting, Paula Moreno, to mark the com‐ pletion of the project, which

involved an investment of #327,923.83.

The mayor said: “This street had been abandoned for decades by previous gov‐ ernment teams, as no im‐ provements had been made since Manuel Palomas was mayor, still under the old regime.” He also highlighted their plans for the gradual improvement of all streets in the old town and other ar‐ eas, with the priority being given to those in poorer con‐ dition and that have a large number of residents.

A-7 motorway accident AN accident involving a lorry on the section of the A‐7 motor‐ way that runs through Rincon de la Victoria forced the right lane of the road to be cut off on Monday, March 14. The accident oc‐ curred at about 9.45am, when the vehicle jack‐knifed at kilome‐ tre 256. No injuries were been reported. The Guardia Civil ar‐ rived on the scene, as did road maintenance workers, who cleared the remains from the road. The lorry driver, a 58‐year‐ old man, was treated at the scene for shock, although he did not have to be taken to a medical centre. This is the second accident involving a lorry in the area in two months. In January, a lorry loaded with potassium nitrate caught fire, forcing the motorway to be completely closed in both directions.

Between 1940 and 1945 the part of the tower that was still standing was used by anti‐Francoist guerrillas to hide weapons, and in 1956 it was still well‐ preserved. Since then, however, almost half of the structure that was standing in the middle of the 20th century has fallen into the sea.

Hospital charging points

CHARGING POST: Initially to be used by hospital workers.

TWO new charging points for electric cars in the rear park‐ ing area of Axarquia Hospital were inaugurated on March 10.

The hospital installed the two‐point charging post as part of its ongoing commit‐ ment to reducing pollution and sustainable mobility. It is initially intended to be used exclusively by the hospital workers and allows a mid‐ range electric car to be fully charged in three to four hours.

The head of Maintenance at the hospital, Ricardo Man‐ gas, stated that “transport is the activity with the highest

energy consumption in An‐ dalucia, accounting for more than 37 per cent of the total energy consumed. Hence the importance of carrying out measures such as this to im‐ prove energy efficiency, save fuel and promote sustainable mobility.”

This year will be the 10th consecutive year in which Axarquia Hospital has re‐ duced its energy consump‐ tion, despite having in‐ creased the useful surface area of the hospital by al‐ most 10 per cent, as well as the number of beds and the thermal power of its facilities in the last year.

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NIBS EXTRA Environmental education THE Rincon Town Hall is of‐ fering a series of free online workshops to educate peo‐ ple about the environment at https://www.programa‐ educacion‐medioambiental. com/. The content is de‐ signed to be clear and acces‐ sible, with a different topic covered each month. Those interested can register on the above website.

Happy Spring THE exhibition hall La Galería in Almuñecar is hosting a group exhibition entitled Fe‐ liz Primavera (Happy Spring), which showcases the work of 11 local artists. The exhibi‐ tion is backed by the Depart‐ ment of Culture and is open until March 25 10.30am to 1.30pm and 6pm to 9pm.

Trainee police ON March 14, the mayor of Torrox, Óscar Medina, the councillor for Local Police, Paula Moreno, and the chief of the Local Police, José Manuel Ruiz, officially wel‐ comed six new officers who are beginning their training period in the municipality af‐ ter having completed their studies at the Institute of Emergencies and Public Safe‐ ty of Andalucia in Aznalcázar.

Topical talks THE Velez‐Malaga Town Council, through OALDIM, will be holding a conference called ‘Resources for the Inte‐ gration of Vulnerable Groups’. There will be round table discussions and presen‐ tations on a range of topics on March 23 at the Exile Cen‐ tre in Velez‐Malaga. Registra‐ tion is free and is open until March 18 at empresayem pleo.velezmala ga.es.

University logo A TEENAGER from Velez, 18‐year‐old Ignacio Luis Her‐ rera Conde, has won the competition to come up with a logo for the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Uni‐ versity of Malaga, which pre‐ viously had no image of its own. He also won €500.

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Mediterranean Youth Orchestra THE Mediterranean Youth Orchestra (Joven Orquesta Mediterránea) will be giving a ‘Spring’ concert at 7pm on March 27 at the Casa de la Cultura in Almuñecar. The programme includes two widely performed romantic compositions, Chopin’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 and Schumann’s Symphony No. 1, ‘Spring’. The orchestra will be conducted, as usual, by Michael Thomas, a great violinist, conductor and composer.

The orchestra will be ac-

SPRING CONCERT: At the Casa de la Cultura, Almuñecar.

companied by the pianist Susana Gómez Vázquez, who was born in Madrid and is con-

sidered to be one of Spain’s most brilliant young pianists.

She graduated from the Royal

Charity tea for Ukraine THE Rincon Town Council, the Benalbinas Women’s Association and the Caritas branch of Benagalbón have organised an outdoor charity tea to raise funds for families affected by the war in Ukraine.

The event will take place at 5pm on Satur‐ day, March 19, in the Plaza de la Iglesia in Be‐ nagalbón. All proceeds will be delivered to the Ukrainian border through Caritas Spain, which has already sent several batches of aid from all over the country.

The event will be enlivened by the local

artist and coplero, Adolfo Cisneros. “It is a source of great pride that local artists are will‐ ing to collaborate in such an important act of solidarity,” said the councillor for Culture, Clara Perles.

Caritas has also distributed collection boxes to various shops in the village so that people can donate. Donations can also be made di‐ rectly to the account ES 33 2103 0146 94 0030016666, with ‘Caritas con Ucrania’ as the description. This money will be used to buy ba‐ sic products and materials for those in need.

41 Club Nerja AFTER a stop‐start couple of years due to the pandemic, 41 Club Nerja is finally feel‐ ing that things are back to normal. Club Chairman Pe‐ ter MacLeod has presided over four well‐attended meetings already this year and is now looking forward to an ongoing programme of meetings and lunches during the year ahead. Pe‐ ter is delighted to be able to say that things are finally back on track.

41 Club Nerja’s members come from all over Europe and were past members of Round Table in their home countries. If you are an ex‐ Round Tabler looking to rekindle some fun, fellow‐

BACK TO NORMAL: Meetings have been well-attended.

ship and community spirit and either live in or visit the area to the east of Malaga, you are welcome to go along and meet them.

Those interested can con‐ tact Chairman Peter on 0034 678 059 288 or at

pmacleod5000@outlook.co m, or Press and Recruitment Officer Steve Ryan on 0044 7546 402770 or at steve. ryan.sr56@gmail.com.

Their website is www.41clubnerja.org and they are also on Facebook.

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Academy of Music before completing two master’s degrees in Barcelona and Cologne. Her concerts regularly take her all over Europe and Latin America and she has won numerous prizes, including the first prize at the Colburn International Virtual Piano Seminar in 2020.

Tickets cost €18 and can be purchased online at www.bravoentradas.es, at the Casa de la Cultura in Almuñecar and at Viajes Eroski (Calle Mariana Pineda, 14) in Almuñecar.

Cajiz Fair CAJIZ, in Velez‐Malaga, will celebrate its traditional fair in honour of Saint Joseph from March 18 to 20. There will be an extensive programme of ac‐ tivities, with performances from the famous duo Andy and Lucas and the group Los Electroduendes, reported the councillor for Fairs and Festi‐ vals, Lola Gámez.

Lola Gámez said one of the town hall’s priorities is to sup‐ port and promote the local fes‐ tivals of each district, and she wanted to invite all residents of the municipality to participate and enjoy the atmosphere.

The festivities will begin on, Friday, March 18 at 5pm with the traditional procession in honour of St Joseph. The pro‐ gramme includes perfor‐ mances from the Laura Anillo Orchestra, Adri Cobos, the Nue‐ vo Amanecer Choir, Los Electro‐ duendes and Andy & Lucas, as well as firework displays and a party until the early hours.

On Sunday, March 20, there will be various sporting compe‐ titions, a children’s party, and free paella for all visitors.

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First Costa Rincon Race RINCON DE LA VICTORIA will be adding a new event to its sporting calendar this year, with its first‐ever Costa Rincon Race, to be held on Sunday, May 8.

The mayor, Francis‐ co Salado, made the announcement on March 10. “Never be‐ fore has this munici‐ pality experienced, promoted and pro‐ tected the world of sport as in the last five years,” he said.

The race will cover the entire coastal path of Rincon de la Victo‐ ria up to the area of Torre de Benagalbón.

It will begin at 10am at the Rincon Tourist Of‐ fice, where it will also finish.

The eight‐kilometre race is open to every‐ one, whether begin‐ ners or more experi‐ enced runners. There will be a maximum of 400 participants. Reg‐ istration costs €5 and can be made at www.dorsalchip.es.

Anyone over the age of 18 can partici‐ pate as long as they are physically pre‐ pared to face the dis‐ tance. Minors need permission from a par‐ ent or legal guardian and must be accompa‐ nied by an adult. The proceeds will be do‐ nated to two associa‐ tions that work to pre‐ vent diabetes, ADIMA and Sueño Dulce.

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THE Asociación Belenista de Velez‐Malaga will hold a free intro‐ ductory course to nativity scene‐making in the building of the Centro Cultural Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Antigua Azucar‐ era). The announcement was made on March 14 by the first deputy mayor of Velez‐Malaga, Jesús Pérez Atencia, and the president of the association, Adela Ramos.

The president of the association, Adela Ramos, said that the course will cover different techniques and will take place over two days, April 1 and 2. It will be free of charge, although places are limited to twenty participants. Those interested can register on 651 413 910.

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The Brit family fleeing Ukraine CHRIS JAMES BALSHAW and his wife and two children were forced to abandon their home in Kherson, Ukraine, when Russian forces surrounded the city. After four days of hiding in their building’s underground car park, they decided to make the dangerous journey to the border.

The family managed to get into Moldova and are currently at a refugee camp, al‐ though they are still waiting for their rela‐ tives.

Chris, originally from Bolton, said: “When they arrive safely, hopefully, we will move on probably to Romania. We are still in shock and every time we hear a door close or a loud bang, we begin to be really nervous.”

The family were forced to leave everything in Ukraine. “We have been given basic treat‐ ment and food. But we really need donations to buy essentials and hot meals and warm clothes for the kids,” said Chris.

Chris spent five years living in Fuengirola, where he worked as an entertainer and per‐ formed at many charity events. He now

FAMILY: Forced to abandon their home.

hopes to get something in return and is ap‐ pealing to the public for help.

He said: “I have done many charity events in my career, and now I would really appreci‐ ate some help for me and my family. I want

MOLDOVA: Family are at a refugee camp.

to get them back to safety. Back to my hometown in Bolton.”

Donations to Chris’s family can be made at: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help‐ bolton‐man‐escape‐ukraine.

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Queen’s corgis THE Queen is so frail she has not been able to walk her beloved corgis for the past six months.

It is estimated that the Queen has owned around 30 corgis throughout her life. The possibility that she may never walk them again has been raised. Aides are said to be taking the dogs on their daily walks. Queen Eliz‐ abeth II is 95 years old.

“She is not well enough. They are an enormous source of solace, so it is a real shame,” a source close to the palace said on Sunday, March 13.

“The Queen usually turns to her beloved corgis in times of crisis and stress and took them out almost ev‐ ery day after Philip fell ill and then died last year. Dogs remain very much part of Windsor life,” the source added.

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Backing board games SPAIN is aiming to become a world‐leader in promoting board games as a “healthy and sustainable” pastime, the Minister for Consumer Affairs has pledged.

Speaking at the opening of the InterOcio 2022 Fair in Madrid, Alberto Garzon said boardgames have “enormous potential to teach, educate and stimu‐ late” people of all ages.

“The purpose of a game is fun and that is an irreplace‐ able value in itself. Board games teach, educate and stimulate. They help devel‐ opment and personal growth and are not just for children,” he said on Friday, March 11.

Faced with “other activi‐ ties that entail risks and cause harm to the youngest and most vulnerable peo‐ ple” board games build “small but valuable contri‐ butions that make us grow as a society with healthy en‐ vironments,” Garzon added.

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BA scraps masks Brave Russian protestor A NEWS editor at Russia’s state‐owned Channel One disrupted a live news broadcast to protest against the war in Ukraine.

Marina Ovsyannikova, a mother‐of‐two, barged in during the broadcast on Monday, March 14 hold‐ ing a placard behind the presenter’s head which read: “No war. Russians against war” in English.

Below that she had writ‐ ten in Russian: “No war.

Stop the war. Don’t be‐ lieve propaganda. They are lying to you here.”

Before storming the broadcast, Ovsyannikova recorded a video and re‐ leased it to social media.

Ovsyannikova’s mother is Russian and her father is Ukrainian.

In the video, she said: “What is happening in Ukraine is a crime and Rus‐ sia is the aggressor. Re‐ sponsibility for that ag‐

LIVE BROADCAST: Was disrupted by protestor.

gression lies on the con‐ science of only one per‐ son. That person is Vladimir Putin.

“My father is Ukrainian, my mother is Russian, and they were never enemies.

The necklace around my neck is a symbol that Rus‐ sia must immediately stop this fratricidal war and our brother peoples can yet reconcile.

She added: “We were quiet in 2014 when all of this was just starting. We did not go out to protest

when the Kremlin poi‐ soned Navalny. We simply watched this inhumane regime. And now the en‐ tire world has turned away from us. And another 10 generations of our descen‐ dants will not wash them‐ selves clean of the shame of this fratricidal war.

“We are Russian people: thinking, and intelligent. It is only in our strength to stop all of this insanity.

Come out to protect. Do not fear anything. They cannot jail us all.”

BRITISH AIRWAYS is set to scrap requirements on some flights. Accord‐ ing to BA’s chief operat‐ ing officer Jason Ma‐ honey, passengers heading out of the UK on BA flights will not need to wear masks if they are flying into a destination that does not require them.

Mahoney said: “We’re working through [the current travel restric ‐ tions] and from Wednesday, March 16, customers will only be required to wear a face covering onboard our flights if the destination they’re travelling to re‐ quires it.”

It is expected that for destinations such as Italy and the US masks will still be required on BA flights. “ Fo r destinations where the wearing of a face covering is not mandated, our cus‐ tomers are able to make a personal choice, and we kindly request everyone respects each other’s preferences,” Mahoney added on Tuesday March 15.

Ryanair could soon follow suit. Michael O’Leary said that masks could possibly be ditched on Ryanair planes by “the end of April or May.”

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LANDLADY Sam Rice of Burton upon Trent’s the Loaf and Cheese pub has banned President Vladimir Putin. She claims that if he appeared at her bar customers would “wreck him.”

Sam revealed: “It is absolutely wrong what he is doing.”

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No risk of food shortages THE Minister of Agriculture Luis Planas said that there will be no food shortages in Spain despite the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

“It is by no means one of the most serious situations, we have a very high level of food supply and this is a source of pride. We have a level of food autonomy that allows me to say that there is no problem of shortages, de‐ spite the images that are emerging of hoarding of prod‐ ucts, which makes no sense,” the Minister said on Monday,

FOOD SUPPLY: Importing raw materials from outside the EU.

March 14.

Spain is working to import raw materials from outside of

SPAIN will no longer sign any new con‐ tracts or agreements with Russian or Belarusian scientific organisations and universities. The Spanish government has also called on its international part‐ ners to halt their research work with Belarus and Russia and “as a matter of principle,” all ongoing bilateral projects and contracts involving Russian re‐ search organisations have been sus‐ pended. The Minister for Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, said the

the EU where necessary given that that is has some areas of vulnerability. Cornflour and

half a million tons of sunflow‐ er oil are imported from Ukraine.

“The EU is the largest ex‐ porter and importer in the world. We have almost every‐ thing but we have identified some bottlenecks, so we have to move towards having our own production.

“We are not in danger. We are at a remarkable high and we want to go further. We are not an island in the world and what happens in the rest of the world also concerns us,” Planas added.

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Fake banknotes

A CRIMINAL network, led by a mother and son of Lithuanian origin and composed of members mainly of Spanish, Lithua‐ nian and Moroccan origin, has been dismantled after an ex‐ tensive police investigation in Estepona, Tarragona and Barcelona. The gang counterfeited €20 and €50 banknotes using three different printing machines, having purchased the paper and guillotine on a well‐known e‐commerce plat‐ form. The counterfeiters were disseminating the fake notes by selling them on the dark web. The suspects used the ille‐ gal profits from the currency counterfeiting to invest in the production and trafficking of marijuana. Members of the network were also involved in different scams and identity theft. In one such scheme, they published false job offers for drivers and used the driving licence of the job applicants to rent high‐end vehicles, which they never returned. Europol facilitated the information exchange, operational coordina‐ tion and provided analytical support. During the action, Eu‐ ropol supported with technical expertise and cross‐checked operational information against Europol’s databases and sys‐ tems of the European Central Bank in early March.

Science suspended and finally...

measures show the international com‐ munity that scientific cooperation can only take place if there are “minimum common values.”

“Science is an instrument of peace and progress, which should improve people’s lives. Spain has always defend‐ ed scientific, technical and innovation cooperation based on universal princi‐

ples and values. The aggression ordered by the Russian government against Ukraine is unacceptable and violates these principles,” she said on Thursday March 10. In support of Ukrainian re‐ searchers, the Ministry will propose the creation of a line of projects at the Euro‐ pean level for the recovery of Ukraine’s science and research sector.

A GROUP of climbers and adventurers have broken a world record by holding the world’s highest tea party, some 6,500 metres above sea level. The party was held last year, but only confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records now, at Mount Everest’s Camp 2 in Nepal. The idea for the tea party came from Hughes, a self‐described high‐endurance athlete from Seattle, Washington. He said he first got the idea for the tea party early in the pandemic when Covid‐19 travel restrictions and shutdowns meant expeditions were not possible.

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Markle v Meghan Journalist shot dead THOMAS MARKLE, the 77‐ year‐old father of Megan, the Duchess of Sussex, said on March 13, that he is prepared to testify against his daughter in a court case that is being brought against her by Samantha Markle, her 57‐year‐old half‐sister.

Launching his new YouTube channel with Karl Larsen, his friend and celebrity photographer, Markle said: “I would be more than happy to. I’ve been trying for almost four years to get to see my daughter and her ginger

AN award‐winning Amer‐ ican journalist, Brent Re‐ naud, has been shot dead in Ukraine by Russian forces.

The 50‐year‐old was travelling in a vehicle with other members of the foreign press at the time of his death.

RENAUD: Shot in Ukraine.

THOMAS MARKLE: Is prepared to testify.

husband in a courtroom face‐to‐face. I’d be thrilled to defend my oldest daughter. She can’t defend the things she said.”

Meghan would be bet‐ ter off settling the case

than going to court with Samantha. But, should she go ahead, then he said he is more than happy to tes‐ tify against Meghan, he added The lawsuit, filed in Tampa, Florida, con‐ cerns statements made

by Meghan during her interview last year with Oprah Winfrey. Saman‐ tha claims “false and malicious statements” were made about her.

She is demanding dam‐ ages of €68,500 for defamation, and for Meghan to pay all the legal expenses incurred.

Trips still available THE latest trips offered by the Institute for the Elderly and Social Services (Imserso) for 2021‐2022 went on sale last December. But from a total of 816,029 places, more than 300,000 packages remain available for travel up until June.

Imerso trips are aimed at retired people, widowers over 55 and those over 65. Mundiplan has seven‐day trips avail‐ able along the peninsular coast for €212.96 with transport and €196.02 without transport. The cost increases an aver‐ age of €60 per additional night, although most plans pro‐ pose trips of eight or 10 days.

There are also nine‐night packages to the Balearic Islands for €308.37 with transport and €236.07 without transport.

Nine nights to the Canary Islands is €405.53 with transport and €235.95 without transport.

In both cases, if seven nights are booked instead of nine, the price is reduced.

To make a reservation, or check availability, visit: https://www.imserso.es/imserso_06/index.htm.

Another journalist was injured in the incident and a third passenger, a Ukrainian citizen, was al‐ so wounded and taken to hospital. It is believed they had crossed a check‐ point in the city of Irpin, where they had gone to film fleeing refugees, just before the shooting.

US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, described Renaud’s death as “shocking and horrify‐ ing.”

“We will obviously be tracking this latest devel‐ opment very closely and will be responding ac‐ cordingly,” he added on Sunday, March 13.

Renaud was a veteran journalist who had worked in many of the world’s conflict zones previously, often along‐ side his brother Craig. He had covered news for the New York Times, HBO, and NBC among others.

Rolling Stones in Madrid THE Rolling Stones will kick off their SIXTY European tour in Madrid as the group celebrates 60 years of mak‐ ing music together. They will tour in 10 different countries including two con‐

certs in London.

The first concert is sched‐ uled for June 1 at the home of Atletico Madrid, the Wanda Metropolitano Sta‐ dium. Their previous perfor‐ mance in Madrid was back

Prison for cyber-flashers A NEW law banning cyber‐flashing will be included in the UK’s Online Safety Bill. Anyone found guilty could face two years in prison.

Victims of cyber‐flashing are subjected to unsolicited sex‐ ual images via data sharing services, social media, dating apps and other methods.

According to Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries, the On‐ line Safety Bill will mean that tech companies will have to monitor their platforms to prevent the practice.

“Tech has the power to bring people together and make our lives better, but it can also enable heinous behaviour from those who wish to abuse, harm and harass,” she said.

“The forthcoming Online Safety Bill will force tech com‐ panies to stop their platforms being used to commit vile acts of cyberflashing. We are bringing the full weight on in‐ dividuals who perpetrate this awful behaviour,” she added on Sunday March 13.

in 2014 at Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium, during the 14 on Fire Tour.

“We are delighted to an‐ nounce the Rolling Stones 2022! tour titled SIXTY to celebrate 60 special years together, Mick, Keith and Ronnie will play across Eu‐ rope this summer, including two shows at London’s BST Hyde Park,” the band an‐ nounced on Twitter on March 14. The band will be touring for the first time without their legendary drummer, Charlie Watts, who passed away at the age of 80 last August.

Tickets for the June 1 con‐ cert in Madrid can be pur‐ chased from 10am on Friday March 18 on the doctormu sic.com, tickets.com, livena tion.es, ticketmaster.es, and lasttour.org websites. Prices will be between €50 and €280.

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The Bible has been translated into over 3,000 languages.

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PRINCE HARRY will not fly to Britain to attend a memorial service for his grandfather, Prince Philip, a spokesman for the US‐based royal said on Friday, March 11.

The service for the Duke of Edinburgh is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, March 29 in London.

Although no official reason was given

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Harry’s no-show for this decision, it comes only a few months after Prince Harry filed a judi‐ cial claim over police protection after the Home Office allegedly refused to al‐ low him to personally pay for protec‐

Disneyland at 30 DISNEYLAND Paris is set to celebrate its 30th anniversary next month. It opened its doors for the first time on April 12, 1992, located in the purpose‐built French resort of Marne‐la‐Vallee, employing around 16,000 people.

More than 375 million visitors have passed through the enormous 2,230‐hectare entertainment complex that in‐ cludes two theme parks. It incorporates seven hotels, the Disney Village dining and entertainment centre, and the largest space for corporate events in Europe.

After two years of partial closures due to the Covid‐19 pandemic, Disneyland Paris will celebrate its 30th anniver‐ sary with new improvements.

The castle has been renovated, and its new show will in‐ volve video projections, music, water games, light effects, fireworks, and choreography with drones. The show’s soundtrack was recorded by a symphony orchestra at the famous Abbey Road Studios in London.

In front of the emblematic castle, are located the new Gardens of Wonder. The 10 new gardens include 30 kinet‐ ic sculptures of famous Disney characters and films.

tion during visits to Britain.

A legal representative for the Duke of Sussex said Harry feared it would be too dangerous to bring Archie and Lili‐ bet from their home in California if he

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did not have the security protection of his choice. Prince Harry’s last visit to Britain was in July 2021 when he flew back to attend the unveiling of a statue on July 1, in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace, London. The statue was dedicated to his mother Princess Diana on what would have been her 60th birthday.

Hopes of bringing back Beale ACTOR Adam Woodyatt is be‐ lieved to be engaged in talks with bosses of top BBC drama EastEnders. He played the iconic soap star Ian Beale since the show’s inception in 1985, appearing in more than 3,000 episodes. He was the drama’s longest‐serving main character. After 36 years in the role, he departed on Jan‐ uary 22, 2021.

Now he is tipped to make a dramatic return, something that could help to cushion the loss of arguably the show’s biggest star, 44‐year‐old Dan‐ ny Dyer, who plays Queen Vic landlord and Mick Carter, who will leave later this year.

EASTENDERS: Adam was one of the highest earners.

A deal in the region of £300,000 is believed to be in‐ volved. One stumbling block could be Woodyatt’s ongoing divorce settlement with his ex‐wife. After 22 years of mar‐ riage he parted from 56‐year‐ old Bev Sharpe in 2020, and they have to reach an agree‐ ment. “Adam was one of the highest earners in East Enders, and there’s no doubt he’d be

looking to come back on at least the same amount of money, if not more. They’re hugely keen to get him back after the massive blow of los‐ ing Danny,” a source said on Sunday March 13.

and finally...

RYAN REYNOLDS had to be censored chatting with Lorraine Kelly about his latest film The Adam Project. During the inter‐ view, Lorraine said: “I love how you referenced movies like ET and Back to the Future. It has got a lot of heart, but it’s funny, it’s snappy, it’s clever, it’s silly and I like that too.” She then quizzed Ryan and said: “What about your little co‐star? (15‐year‐old Braxton Bjerken) He is a bit of a scene‐stealer.” Ryan jokingly quipped: “He is. That cheeky little b****, I’ll tell you that much.”

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Sir Rod’s roadworks

POP-LEGEND Sir Rod Stewart has filled the potholes near his Essex home in a bid to get his Ferrari through. The 77‐ year‐old musician said that “no‐one can be bothered to do it.”

Sir Rod shared videos of himself shovelling gravel and filling the holes on Instagram.

He had roped his mates in to help out with the project in Harlow, Essex.

“Working for a living, filling holes is good for the soul! I’m repairing the street where I live as no‐one can be both‐ ered to do it. Me and my mates. This is the state of the road near where I live in Har‐ low and it’s been like this for ages,” he posted.

“People are smashing their cars up. The other day, there was an ambulance with a burst tyre. My Ferrari can’t go through here at all! So me and the boys thought we would come and do it ourselves. We are filling the holes while mil‐ lions and millions of pounds have been spent on the M11,” he added on March 12.

STREET REPAIRS: “Filling holes is good for the

Lockdown in China CHINA is facing its worst Covid‐19 outbreak in two years. On Sunday, March 13, millions of people en‐ tered a new lockdown with infections tripling in some areas in just one day. Restrictions have been put in place in multiple provinces with outbreaks of both Delta and Omicron variants.

Jilin city health commission official Zhang Yan said the response so far had been inadequate.

“The emergency response mechanism in some areas is not robust enough. There is insufficient understand‐ ing of the characteristics of the Omicron variant and judgement has been inaccurate,” Zhang said on March 13. Jilin is home to nine million people. A surge in new Covid‐19 cases has also been reported in Beijing, Tian‐ jin, Shanghai and Chongqing.

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New Covid drug

THE World Health Organisa‐ tion (WHO) has approved its first oral treatment against Covid‐19. Molnupiravir, an antiviral in pill form, is now on the organisation’s list of recommended drugs against the coronavirus.

Produced by Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the drug, if used early enough, can pre‐ vent hospitalisations among at risk groups.

The drug is recommended for use only among Covid‐19 patients who have not devel‐ oped severe forms of the virus, but who nevertheless run a high risk of hospitalisa‐ tion. This includes unvacci‐ nated people, the elderly, pa‐ tients with immunological deficiencies, or those with chronic diseases. Its use among children, and preg‐ nant or lactating women, is not advised.

However, Doctors Without Borders warned in 2021 that a five‐day treatment with Molnupiravir at market prices could cost around

€640, although if a generic version of the drug was de‐ veloped the cost could go down to €18.

Pill has been recommended.

Knighthood for Zelensky UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelensky should get an honorary knighthood, according to some British MPs. Honorary knighthoods may be bestowed on non‐British citizens by the Queen.

“Volodymyr Zelensky is such an inspirational leader that Putin has put a price on his head. Let’s give him a knight‐ hood instead,” said Tory MP Andrew Bridgen.

Bob Seely, a member of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, said: “Zelensky has been a true leader. He has given a voice and set an example to his people in their hour of courage.”

Tory MP Michael Fabricant added on Sunday March 13: “I believe we should simultaneously award Volodymyr Zelen‐ sky an honorary knighthood for his outstanding and charis‐ matic leadership of a nation while seeking to indict Putin as a war criminal.”

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World’s deadliest sniper ONE of world’s deadliest snipers has report‐ edly arrived in Ukraine to fight Putin.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had earlier put out a call for foreign fighters to join in his country’s fight against Putin’s invad‐ ing Russian forces. In response, a mysterious 40‐year‐old ex‐soldier, dubbed ‘one of the world’s deadliest snipers’ answered his appeal.

Nicknamed simply ‘Wali’, which from Ara‐ bic translates as ‘guardian’, or, ‘protector’, the marksman is reputed to be one of the best shots in the world. He is a veteran of the Royal Canadian 22nd Regiment, and when the Ukrainian President made his ap‐ peal, ‘Wali’ was working in Canada as a

Joining in the Ukraine’s fight.

computer programmer.

He has already been in Ukraine for a couple of weeks, after flying into Poland, and then grabbing a lift into the hot zone with a friend who was transporting humanitarian aid.

£21,000 a year energy bill

ONE Bolton man’s energy bill has gone viral after it was predicted to cost a grand total of just under £21,500 for the year.

According to the bill post‐ ed on Twitter, the man would be hit with an initial monthly payment of £1,954.

This is due to be taken by British Gas on April 1. The energy consumer would then have to pay 10 regular

Energy bill went viral.

monthly payments of exact‐ ly the same amount.

Other people joined the viral Twitter feed to share their ridiculous energy bills.

One user shared their bill from January which said he owed British Gas £7,024.28 each month.

Another person joked that they were paying for South Yorkshire’s electricity. Her bill showed a direct debit of over £5,000 a month to EON.

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Missile accident Aid for refugees

THE Indian Ministry of De‐ fence said that a missile fired at Pakistan was launched “accidentally.”

The border between the two countries is heavily mili‐ tarised and there have been episodes of tension sparking fears of a conflict between the two nuclear‐armed states.

“On March 9, 2022, in the course of a routine mainte‐ nance, a technical malfunc‐ tion led to the accidental fir‐ ing of a missile. It is learned that the missile landed in an area of Pakistan. While the incident is deeply regret‐ table, it is also a matter of re‐ lief that there has been no loss of life due to the acci‐ dent,” the Indian Ministry of Defence said.

The statement came hours after Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned what it called an “unpro‐ voked violation of its airspace” and warned India “to be mindful of the un‐ pleasant consequences of

SHIPMENT: Consisted of blankets and family cooking kits.

MALFUNCTION: Led to accidental firing of a missle.

such negligence and take ef‐ fective measures to avoid the

recurrence of such violations in future.”

New summer routes

RYANAIR has announced five new routes for summer 2022 between Spain and other European destinations.

The new summer schedule will have five additional routes to destinations such as Perpignan and Rome, which means that the airline will have a total of 687 routes at 27 Spanish airports over the coming summer period.

The five new routes are: Madrid ‐ Faro; Barcelona ‐ Poitiers; Valencia ‐ Perpignan; Castellon ‐ Brussels Charleroi and Girona ‐ Rome Fiumicino.

“With 90 bases and more than 2,400 routes operating this summer, Ryanair is driving traffic recovery and creat‐ ing jobs across Europe,” the budget airline said on Friday March 11.

Deadly camel A CAMEL escaped from a small zoo in rural Tennessee, killing two people and at‐ tacking law enforcement offi‐ cers who were pursuing it.

The animal was later shot dead.

Obion County Sheriff Karl Jackson said his office re‐ ceived a call on Thursday, March 10 from someone who had seen a camel loose in an area near The Pumpkin Barn, a recreational farm with a small zoo.

When they arrived at the nearby Shirley Farms area,

they found two people un‐ conscious. They later died at the scene from their in‐ juries.

The camel then attacked a police vehicle as well as offi‐ cers who were attempting to transport the victims to a mobile medical unit.

The officers opened fire on the camel because the safety of those present was at risk, according to the statement from Sheriff Jackson.

The deceased have been identified as Bobby Mathe‐ ny, 42, and Tommy Gunn, 67.

THE Spanish Red Cross and Iberia have sent their first shipment of humanitarian aid to Budapest for Ukrainians fleeing the conflict.

The 12 ton shipment con‐ sisted of tarpaulins, blankets and family cooking kits. It was sent on Thursday, March 10.

The airline currently oper‐ ates three direct flights a week from Madrid to Budapest. The route usually uses narrow‐ body aircraft but the flight car‐ rying aid was made by a wide‐ body aircraft, an Airbus A330‐200, to increase cargo capacity.

“Ukraine is going through an extreme situation and needs the solidarity and commit‐ ment of those who can con‐ tribute in any way,” said Tere‐ sa Parejo, Iberia’s Director of Sustainability.

“Aviation can contribute a lot in emergency situations like this, and at Iberia, we have made ourselves available to NGOs such as the Red Cross to channel this solidarity as best we can,” she added.

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Referendum

Rock toilet

IN 1993, the then Danish government negotiated an opt out from European military missions and is the only one of the 27 member states to have this option. Now in view of recent developments it will hold a referendum on June 1 to decide whether to return.

PRINCE MIDNIGHT, an American heavy metal musician and artist, has donated a toilet he sculpted to look like Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich to the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! museum in Copenhagen where it will be displayed in their ‘odditorium’.

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THE speaker in the Dutch Parliament is being encouraged to exercise her rights to ban MPs from taking part in debates if they are found guilty of abusing or threatening other MPs in the house especially after threats were made to two Muslim MPs earlier in the year.

THE opening of the temporary home of the Amsterdam Museum at the Hermitage has gone ahead after initially being cancelled due to its links with its sister museum, the Hermitage in St Petersburg. The Dutch Hermitage has since severed all ties with the Russian institution.

BELGIUM Royal Visit

Bizarre roundabout

KING PHILIPPE and Queen Mathilde visited a reception centre for Ukrainian refugees in the Molenbeek suburb of Brussels on March 9 to learn more about how they left the country and to welcome them to Belgium, offering what comfort they could.

WHEN local authorities in the town of Mechelen wanted to knock down 14 houses to allow buses to turn around when they terminated their journey, one owner, 80-yearold Dirk Van den Broek refused to move, so his house now sits alone on a new roundabout.

GERMANY Michelin stars

VW camper van

THE latest edition of the German Michelin gourmet restaurant guidebook published on March 9 added 17 new Michelin Star restaurants in Germany bringing the total to an all-time high of 327. It also added one more three-star establishment to the existing eight.

HAMBURG on March 9 saw the much-awaited unveiling of the electric version of the iconic 1960s Volkswagen camper van, popular for decades with so-called hippies and surfers.

The ID Buzz is made from recycled synthetic material and can transport five people and luggage.

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RIGHT wing presidential contender Eric Zemmour has praised Britain over its decision to impose stringent restrictions on Ukrainians seeking visas and he wants France to do the same. Zemmour thinks France should only accept Ukrainian refugees with direct family links to the country, while Muslim refugees should not be allowed entry at all.

A REPORT by The Connexion says that one unexpected benefit from the invasion of Ukraine is that French flag manufacturers have been swamped with orders for Ukrainian flags and are having to take on more staff and order additional materials to keep up with demand.

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Gran Via 18 WITH the opening on March 12 of megastore WOW, put together by former El Corte Ingles CEO Dimas Gimeno, came the news that the building in which it is housed, Gran Via 18 in Madrid, is on the market for around €90 million.

Jedi Blue IN a show of possible cooperation, the EU and UK Competition and Markets Authority have both be‐ gun investigating what is known as the ‘Jedi Blue’ arrangement be‐ tween Google and Meta, formerly Facebook, over potential breaking of competition rules for online dis‐ play advertising.

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Heathrow passengers down HEATHROW Airport says that pas‐ senger numbers are down by 50 per cent when compared to pre‐pan‐ demic levels.

Although there are signs that more people are thinking of using the UK’s busiest hub airport in the future, only 2.8 million passengers were recorded in February which was also 15 per cent below forecast.

It noted that outbound leisure de‐ mand is recovering strongly as coun‐ tries are starting to remove travel re‐ strictions however, demand from inbound leisure and business travel remains suppressed by the testing and quarantine requirements that

Levelling Up IN February the British Government published its Levelling Up the UK White Paper recognising that the huge spread of towns and cities is a major problem.

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London is really the exception that tests the rule as it now sprawls in all directions, but does at least have a transport system which covers the majority of its suburbs.

A STRONG economic bounce back in the UK during January may be short lived, warned a industry expert as the Office for National Statistics re‐ vealed that the economy grew by 0.8 per cent compared with a 0.2 per cent contraction in December.

Suren Thiru, Head of Economics at the British Chamber of Commerce, said on Friday, March 11, the day the figures were released: “While there was a strong rebound in output in January as the impact of Omicron started to ease, the figures have been pushed into the rear‐view mir‐

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Based on the strength of out‐ bound leisure bookings being report‐ ed by airlines, peak days in the sum‐ mer holidays could be very busy, at

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If correct, this is higher than cur‐ rent airline, handler and airport ca‐ pacity, so they say that they are putting passengers first by gearing up across the airport for peak de‐ mand, working with airlines to re‐ duce check in times and recruiting 12,000 new staff In addition, Terminal 4 will be re‐ opened before July but for incoming passengers there is a fear over Bor‐ der Force’s ability to scale up to meet demand.

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Economic problems ror by renewed domestic and global shocks, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“Consumer facing services firms enjoyed a particularly strong start to the year, following the partial re‐ lease of pent‐up customer demand as concerns over Omicron started to fade.

“UK’s economy could stall in the near term as rising inflation, soaring

Madrid trade fair

energy bills and higher taxes increas‐ ingly drag on activity, despite a prob‐ able boost to output in February from the end of Plan B Covid restric‐ tions,” Thiru said.

“Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has increased the risk of a recession in the UK by exacerbating the already acute inflationary squeeze on con‐ sumers and businesses and derailing the supply of critical commodities to

ONE of the traditional homes for investment at times of crisis sees money moving into gold.

Although it did rise following the invasion of Ukraine and reached an all‐time high of €1,849, it has dipped and then recovered slightly sitting at around the €1,829 per ounce mark as of Mon‐ day, March 14.

Many, including US politicians fear that the Russian Government has been stockpiling gold for at least a decade and already pro‐ duces 80 per cent of all European gold.

Moves are afoot to try to ban the sale of Russian gold as Putin could cut the market price by up to a third if he decided to unload large volumes to pay for the inva‐ sion of Ukraine. many sectors of the economy.

“Raising interest rates and taxes at this time would weaken the UK’s growth prospects further, by under‐ mining confidence and diminishing households’ and firms’ finances.

“We urge the Chancellor to use the upcoming Spring Statement to tackle the cost‐of‐doing‐business cri‐ sis by delaying the National Insur‐ ance rise and committing to no fur‐ ther policy measures that will increase costs for business for the re‐ mainder of this Parliament,” he added.

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Glovo back in Ukraine

DELIVERY group Glovo has partially resumed opera‐ tions in Ukraine, in order to provide essential services in 20 cities across the country, including Kyiv.

The company announced on March 9 that its objec‐ tive is to provide humanitar‐ ian support and offer essen‐ tial logistics to those in need, connecting customers and couriers with partner restaurants, pharmacies, grocery stores and NGOs. Glovo does not seek and will not have any financial gains from these services in Ukraine and waives com‐ mission and delivery fees to partners, NGOs and phar‐ macies.

Additionally, while all us‐ er delivery fees remain, they will be donated through a Ukraine‐based NGO, Come Back Alive, which looks to support the Ukrainian society.

Given the current circum‐ stances, the active couriers’ compensation has been adapted to ensure they can support themselves and their families and all couri‐ ers are covered by local and global insurance.

Since operations resumed in Ukraine, nearly 10,000 or‐ ders were delivered in a sin‐ gle week, with nearly 1,000 active stores and more than 700 couriers operating so far.

Originally founded in Spain, Glovo has seen huge expansion and the majority

Credit: Glovo

PROVIDING SUPPORT: Back delivering in the Ukraine.

of shares were purchased

by Germany’s Delivery Hero early in 2022.

Meanwhile, in Spain, a war of words has broken out between Uber Eats and Glovo after the Uber deliv‐ ery arm wrote to the Span‐ ish Government saying that it cannot recruit sufficient couriers.

It alleges that whilst it is complying completely with the requirement to ensure workers are contracted, Glovo still allows some to be registered as self em‐ ployed and they can then choose to work only in the most lucrative hours of the day.

According to a report by IBTimes, a spokesperson for Glovo rejected this claim and said that it complied with the law.

Backing circular economy THE European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide a €20 million loan to Hinojosa, a recycled paper and packaging solutions company in Xativa Valencia.

The company is dedicated to supporting what is known as the circular economy so that everything it produces can be recycled thus reducing waste to a bare minimum.

The long‐term loan will allow Hinojosa to mod‐ ernise or upgrade equipment in its eight Spanish fac‐ tories and part will be spent on digitisation and in‐ stallation of solar power to reduce its CO2 footprint.

Although introducing new technology, the com‐ pany also expects to increase its work force in the future.

BUSINESS EXTRA Mango profits SPANISH clothing store Mango which has been in the financial dol‐ drums for some time, has reported that 2021 delivered its highest profits in almost a decade, with a net profit of €67 million, more than three times the €21 million reported be‐ fore the pandemic hit.

Bonus back THE John Lewis Group which owns Waitrose has undertaken to pay staff a bonus after cutting it completely during the pandemic, although di‐ rectors have offered to give theirs to charity. In addition, it will ensure all employees earn the mini‐ mum real living wage.

European hotspot THE president of the Jun‐ ta de Andalucia, Juanma Moreno told the Por‐ tuguese News Agency LUSA that he believes the Algarve, Alentejo and An‐ dalucia regions can be‐ come the next economic hotspot within Europe in less than three decades thanks to planned future cooperation.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT PERHAPS if the UK hadn’t packed hotels and facilities across the country with thousands of young, mobile toting young males from the Middle East, they would be able to cope more easily with genuine fellow Europeans seeking refuge from the Ukraine?

These physically fit boat people are still costing the country millions of British pounds a day. Most have not one ounce of gratitude in their whole self‐entitled bodies. Quite the reverse, many have complained that their food and accommodation is not up to standard. Ha! What standard? I thought they had all come from the rubble of war‐torn starving countries? This whole politically instigated exercise is an unmitigated disaster.

If it wasn’t so dangerous it would be almost laughable. A short time ago, I pointed out that these young men, with their Nike trainers and remarkable absence of female compatriots ‐ who had purportedly trekked for miles with no visible access to food or financial support ‐ all looked remarkably fit and presumably could afford large sums of money to pay the people smugglers for their boats and ‘travel arrangements’. It was my opinion

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Selfish that someone had to be footing the bill. I suggested that Putin could be one contender interested in seeking to install a sleeper army into the UK. Imagine my surprise and indeed consternation when, a few days ago, it was revealed that Putin was negotiating with countries in the Middle East to supply young fighting conscripts to join up with his troops in the Ukraine. It was also disclosed that large numbers had already signed up.

Coincidence? Somehow, I think not. It will be interesting to see if, in the weeks ahead, the numbers of young ‘refugees’ in Calais is significantly reduced. This would be a sure sign that this potential army is being temporarily diverted to other areas, where their services are more urgently required.

Just saying.

Somewhat conveniently lost in the initial pandemic panic of 2020, the Relationships and Sex Education for children (RSE) quietly became mandatory in British State Schools.

On the face of it this idea sounds an intelligent and beneficial scheme, set to deal with many of the issues that beset

youngsters born into the 21st century. That is of course until you look more carefully into this heavily woked and often child abusive piece of British Government educative legislation. To be honest there is far too much of it to include here.

This is a short list of subjects that have been introduced into the classrooms of the innocents. It includes lessons on being ‘born in the wrong body’ which teaches children as young as six to ‘reject themselves; lessons about how friendship and sexual attraction are the same; teaching ‘gender equality’ to tots as young as four and lessons about masturbation recommended for six‐year‐olds! Anyone feeling angry yet? Don’t tell me these people aren’t dangerous. In my opinion they should all be locked up.

Keep the Faith.

Love Leapy leaplee2002@gmail.com To read more articles from our columnists and to have your say in the comments go to www.euroweeklynews.com

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TV & Film Review by Laura Kemp

Netflix - Pieces of Her NEW Netflix series Pieces of Her, starring the incredible Toni Collette (About A Boy) as Laura Oliver, has not received great reviews on Rotten Toma‐ toes ‐ with a critic rating of 50 per cent and an audience rat‐ ing of 39 per cent ‐ and I have to agree that there were too few pieces of her to make up the final puzzle.

I was hooked on the eight‐ part series Pieces of Her during the first episode, which sees Laura and her daughter Andy Oliver, played by Bella Heath‐ cote (The Neon Demon), in‐ volved in a mass shooting at a restaurant. Laura brutally slices the neck of the shooter to pro‐ tect Andy, resulting in world‐ wide attention ‐ something that could cost Laura and Andy their lives. But my interest began to fade with each episode.

Andy goes down the rabbit hole to find out where her mother learnt her impressive assassination skills and the real truth behind Laura’s incredibly wealthy family and her past ‐ queue flashbacks and disjoint‐ ed scenes that are synonymous

with the genre of a mystery thriller. However, Pieces of Her holds back too much, ending up in the series being some‐ what frustrating, with too much information being held back to feel like you have any idea of what is actually happening and why.

With so many twists and turns, that probably make more sense in the hit book by Karin Slaughter that the series is based on, by the time you start figuring out what is going on, which doesn’t happen until around episode five, it is difficult to stay interested in the narra‐ tive and the characters.

The brilliant acting carries this series, Toni Collette can do no wrong in my opinion, and this isn’t a narrative that you can easily dip in and out of or watch casually because of the intrica‐ cies of the story. If you like mys‐ tery dramas and have spare time then it’s worth a watch, however, you may come away disappointed and feeling a bit flat.

You can stream Pieces of Her on Netflix now.

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Ukraine crisis is a wake-up call for the West rather than flattery. Like his attempt to lead white Siberian cranes towards their winter habitat when he flew a microlight dressed in white to fool the birds. And finished up look‐ ing more like a character from Bowie’s Space Odyssey phase.

As for the brave Ukrainians, their best prospect is that they’ll eventually drive the Russians out of their ravaged country and we in the West can then help rebuild. Ukraine’s agony has bought us time. Hopefully, the West will use that time to ready our defences, so that Russia (or China) will no longer be able to dismiss our capability to look after our in‐ terests.

Meanwhile ‘Slava Ukraini!’

NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson

AS a columnist you ask yourself, in the wake of Putin’s merciless invasion, whether you had better write about Ukraine, because it is all anyone wants to read about, or whether you had better not, because it is the one thing nobody wants to read about.

I have avoided writing about Ukraine, not because I don’t care, but the opposite. I have close friends there whose future is frighten‐ ingly uncertain since the primary fear is what a cornered Vladimir Putin might do. There is a sense that nothing makes sense, nothing can be predicted, because he follows no logic that standard politicians would apply.

But then this former KGB agent is no stan‐ dard politician. Just look at how carefully he’s polished his public image as a ‘caring’ man of adventure, frequently appearing bare‐chest‐ ed for cameras. He’s been shown wrestling heroically with a python after it ‘escaped’ from a Moscow zoo. Tranquilising a tiger, Nora Johnson’s opinions

UKRAINE: Hopefully they will drive the Russians out of their ravaged country.

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IMPLICATIONS OF WAR

DAVID WORBOYS THINKING ALOUD IN 2003 an American‐led coalition including the UK, Poland and Aus‐ tralia overthrew Iraqi dictator, Sad‐ dam Hussain, who, despite his ear‐ lier invasion of Kuwait in 1991, no longer posed a threat to the world.

Yet now, when there is a real threat to Europe and beyond, the horrific destruction of Ukraine is allowed to proceed unchecked.

If, as soon as Putin’s forces en‐ tered Ukraine, NATO had inter‐ vened, or at least established a no‐ fly zone, the world ‐ and certainly Europe ‐ would probably be a safer place today. The problem is that we are dealing with a psychopath who is prepared to do anything to achieve his ends and remain in pow‐ er.

The brave leadership of Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, stands in stark contrast to the toothless response of NATO and the Russian people. Certainly, it is not an easy decision for either.

NATO’s existence as a purely defen‐

The life of one child is priceless.

But are there exceptions?

sive organisation renders it of little use in the face of attack on a non‐ member, no matter what the risk to its NATO neighbours. Although, a confrontation with Putin risks a war in Europe, and possibly a nuclear one, this may be unavoidable any‐ way unless Putin is quickly deposed.

This is where the Russians come in. The suffering of Russians cannot compare with that of Ukrainians but they are hurting. The extremely

brave anti‐war protestors and jour‐ nalists risk up to 15 years in prison and who knows what kind of torture by this evil regime. And another 15 years for Navalny?

Ordinary Russians, at home and abroad, are seeing their assets and lifestyle decimated. Over 200,000 Russian soldiers are stuck in the snow, far from their homes and their families. But the vast majority are either too scared to risk an upris‐

ing or they support the atrocities in Ukraine. It is primarily the responsi‐ bility of the Russians themselves to overthrow this insane autocrat.

I have to admit this nightmare has affected my sleep and I can now better understand what my parents and their generation went through during the first six years of my life, not least during the Blitz. And it was much worse on the continent and more recently in Syria.

However, it is heart‐warming to see the goodness in people in a world beset by so much evil. What an inspiration to see the courage of the Ukrainian President and people alongside so much kindness and heroism in the face of such tragic dif‐ ficulties.

I also find it uplifting to observe the welcome extended to refugees

by Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Moldova and Romania and the gen‐ erosity of many other countries’ citi‐ zens. It is, however, heartbreaking to see the suffering, the displacement and destruction of innocent Ukraini‐ an citizens including children, their country and their dreams.

All this to glorify the ego of one bullying psychopathic criminal who cares for nothing but his distorted view of legacy.

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CLAIRE GORDON FINDING BALANCE IN AN UNEVEN WORLD THERE will almost always be times when you can find yourself agreeing with someone who usu‐ ally holds wildly differing viewpoints from your

Cross-sections own. A person could be from the other end of the political spectrum with ways of thinking that don’t align with yours

but there still may be some things that, at the core, you make the same judgement on. This is just the way of the world. To rail against holding any matching beliefs at all with people you may not particularly like just be‐ cause of who they are is limiting to all involved.

Shutting out all of the opinions of another per‐ son based solely on who they are closes the door on any learning opportu‐ nities for both parties.

Unless the view being put forth is harmful or the person has had multi‐ ple chances to join a dis‐ cussion and has not learned anything or grown, then I will try my utmost to stay open to what they have to say.

Looking at things from

different angles can en‐ hance your own opinion, help you understand oth‐ er people’s reasoning, or even find places of com‐ mon ground to begin to work out from.

Shouting down others has become a thing that is rewarded in modern society. The loudest speaker claims the most authority in a world in which arrogance is king and complex thinkers are not held in high regard when this type of culture is allowed to prevail. Ad‐ mitting ignorance in some areas and asking questions to better un‐ derstand a situation is looked down upon as a sign of weakness when it really should be lauded as an attempt to be a better person.

Invented tribal lines prevent people from learning more about each other and becoming a more well‐rounded ver‐ sion of themselves in the process. Ego holds peo‐ ple back from listening to opposing viewpoints and assessing if there are oth‐ er valid points they could take on board at all.

Many people don’t want to join in discus‐ sions in case they are cor‐ rected or held to account for what they are saying.

Others overreact to con‐ structive criticism and then undercorrect as a result, meaning they don’t grow and learn as much as they could with‐ in the opportunity given.

When discussion and debate feel like an attack on your ego, you only

take in small amounts of information and dismiss the rest, when it could be something that helps you think clearer about a sub‐ ject.

Holding space for lis‐ tening to others, sharing schools of thought and not becoming defensive over any difference of opinion is a skill we all need to carry on develop‐ ing throughout our lives.

It is something that isn’t encouraged by modern society, so it is up to us to find ways to conduct ourselves in this manner as we interact with each other. The best way to learn more and be confi‐ dent in your convictions is to understand a situa‐ tion from many direc‐ tions, which will never happen when swathes of information are cut off completely.

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SCAM OR SALES? I WAS interested in your item on page 3 of the current edition of your informative newspaper.

It may be just coincidence, but this sounds very much like the approach that I have encountered a number of times over recent years, here on Gata Residencial.

Young men turn up and ring my doorbell and notwithstanding that I have a number of signs indicating that I already have an alarm system, they try to sell me a new one.

When I say, no thanks, they offer to demonstrate the problems that my system suffers from.

These guys represent Securitas Direct, and there are always a number of them blitzing our Urbanisation with their sales pitch.

They seem to be quite successful, as a number of houses in my neighbourhood, whose houses already had an alarm system, are now showing their signs.

Regards.

Ken

Praise for Leapy Dear Sir Just read your March 10/16 weekly sermon and had to write and say WELL DONE, my sentiments exactly !!

I applaud you for saying what many think but do not/are not able to express in the mainstream media.

Your column is a brief glimpse of

SALES PITCH: Offering to demonstrate problems with current system.

sanity in a topsy turvey world. Would that you could advise/order the politicians etc who govern the ordinary persons’ lives to such an extent.

Leapy Lee THANK YOU Sid

Long time plan Hi, What is happening in Ukraine is something that Putin had been planning for a long time. KGB has spies in all our countries, speaking the language as natives, without accent.

Pity some guards at the border treated Africans and overseas students without pity. Beating Africans and as-

UNWELCOME STRIKE AFTER the travails of the last two years and then the Russian invasion of Ukraine, what do we need next? A transport strike!

Drivers’ unions complain that they are badly affected by the rising price of fuel which is why they need to take strike action. But the main losers will be the general public who have had to put up with so much since the start of the pandemic.

Every business and every household suffer from the rise in energy prices, be it gas, electricity or fuel, but when most of the country was in lockdown and those in the hospitality industry had no work, drivers were still able follow their trade.

Certainly, some of their demands which include not having to unload deliveries, monitored rest stops and retirement at 60 are not unreasonable and the right to strike is important in any democracy, but timing is essential.

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king the students for money to board the buses, some buses with empty seats. They walked for four nights and when they arrived in Poland, they were treated as human beings. Welcomed, fed, wounds treated and a bed.

Embassies were informed. This was not reported by BBC, but French and Belgian TV. Putin had Trump in his pocket. On a visit to Russia, Putin knew Trump’s weakness, WOMEN. I leave you to imagine the rest.

Our Leaders are being protective of us. Do we want to die of nerve poisoning?

Regards SA

OUR VIEW

In this case, it seems that the unions are using the general public as a tool to influence the government and already there have been some signs of panic with certain goods unavailable and queues at some petrol stations.

At the moment, what we need is some relief from the misery and encouragement for overseas visitors to return to Spain, but if an indefinite strike does cause genuine shortages in Spain, then tourists will simply opt to go to other holiday destinations.

Hopefully, this situation will be resolved quickly although the Spanish government can do little about the price of fuel, unless it decides to take a cut in tax. Some slightly encouraging news is that the United Arab Emirates intends to increase production which would cut the wholesale price of crude oil.

UKRAINE PRESIDENT: Does he deserve to get a knighthood?

Theresa Attwood Oh give it a break. From videos and news articles I’ve seen, from what the Ukraine army did to people from 2004, that all gets hushed up, ever thought that’s why Putin has gone in.

Bloody joke.

Jay Denton Oh give it a break, has any of these over inflated MPs seen his record before this war? Ukraine has long been regarded as the most corrupt country in Europe.

Helen Jordan How many leaders would stand by their people and fight.

Anyone else would be giving orders safely away from all of it.

Well done to this amazing man.

Victoria Lynn Absolute hero, visiting wounded soldiers in hospitals while the evil imbecile who caused this war is hidden away!

Robert Miller Snr What for, he made a wrong call, this war was very avoidable, more debate should have taken place and the concern Russia had for its borders and military and rocket bases being built on the borders guarantee request by Russia were not given by Nato who are basically run by the USA Democratic Party, which escalated this atrocity.

Sheila Hounslow I think he would rather support and freedom at the moment.

Those tongs come later .

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Most pet owners are well aware that owning a pet comes with a lot of responsibilities, but these help to give the day purpose and structure. Many people also feel a sense of achievement when their animal is happy and healthy.

It has also been suggested that owning a pet reduces the risk of heart disease and other cardiovascular illnesses, pos‐ sibly due to the extra exercise pet owners usually under‐ take or the fact that having an animal companion helps to relieve stress.

Studies have also shown that animal owners are also less likely to suffer from depression and anxiety, as playing with your pet releases feel‐good hormones.

A MORE unusual kind of pet has been rising in pop‐ ularity in households in re‐ cent years.

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by Mark Slack

THE inexorable EV march continues as new greener motoring becomes more commonplace. There’s still a somewhat frag‐ mented charging network but the other ‘problem’ sometimes levelled at EVs is they lack character, they don’t set your driv‐ ing senses alight. How‐ ever, not all EVs are equal and I have been driving one that offers all the fun and charac‐ ter of a hot hatch.

The MINI Elec‐ tric 3 is not cheap a t €41,789/£34,500), prices start from €34,521/£28,500 for the MINI Electric 1, re‐ duced to €32,705/£27,000 with the UK government grant. So you really have to want a car that will largely be a city car, possibly still sec‐ ondary to a combustion powered vehicle. The rea‐ son? Range, or rather lack of it.

MINI quote a 145‐mile range, but this is ideal world not real world. Even driving carefully, to max‐ imise the MINI’s clever energy regeneration, in the real world I would think about 110 miles is going to be your limit.

Now if this seems like a

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MINI Electric

adds a serious fun factor to EV motoring

bad start then lets redress the balance, there are so many posi‐ tives to the MINI Electric.

Unlike the sometimes an‐ odyne driving experience of many modern cars the MINI is huge fun to drive.

The immediate throttle response produces instant power that charges the MINI to 62 mph in 7.3 sec‐ onds. But that really does‐ n’t do justice to the sense of speed, the instant pow‐ er leaves many more powerful cars struggling to catch‐up.

It charges quickly from a fast public charger, or a home charger (and you really do need a home

Would make a very welcome addition to your garage.

charger), admit‐ tedly it has a small battery but nonetheless charging is surprisingly quick. An‐ other surprise was how using the plethora of standard goodies, includ‐ ing heated seats, didn’t seem to unduly dent the battery’s charge level any more than would normal‐ ly be the case.

Nicely bolted together and with a quality feel, the MINI has a reassuring‐ ly solid ambience. A fir‐ mish ride still manages to soak up the bumps and comfort the posterior.

Space is at somewhat of a premium in the luggage department thanks to those batteries, but inside two people are amply catered for and an addi‐ tional two adults certainly wouldn’t complain on shorter journeys.

I suspect even the most ardent car fan, if their motoring requirements were suited to an EV, would find the MINI Elec‐ tric a very welcome addi‐ tion to their garage. I cer‐ tainly did… even though, sadly, I had to give it back!

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Detecting ‘invisible’ DGT velolasers

VELOLASERS, also known as invisible radars, have been present on Spanish roads since 2018. They are compact, and very light, so they can be in‐ stalled by the DGT at any point of the traffic net‐ work, whether they are high capacity, national, or urban roads.

Being mobile radars, their known location is not always available, despite the fact that the DGT reg‐ ularly updates lists with the sections of the road where these speed detectors can be found. It is possible to consult the location of the fixed and section speed cameras on the website of the General Directorate of Traffic.

With the latest updates to the Traffic Law, which come into force on March 21, the sanctions against drivers who use radar detectors and inhibitors are going to be much harsher, and are going to be accompanied by more economic high fines.

Thanks to the social network for drivers, Social Drive, it is now possible to consult an in‐ teractive map created in Google Maps, to find out where these invisible speed cameras are located.

They are distributed throughout the country, and the locations are added to the interactive map thanks to the collaboration of drivers, who report the position of the speed cameras as soon as they have been found on the road.

These velolasers are small radars that are barely 50 centimetres high, and only need a tripod to en‐ able them to function. They have up to five hours of completely autonomous operation, and are con‐ trolled by a Wi‐Fi connection.

Capable of detecting speed violations in both di‐ rections of traffic (although they work better in ur‐ ban environments), these devices have a precision that allows them to operate between 15 and 50 metres away, distinguishing even the largest vehi‐ cles from conventional passenger cars, and there‐ fore differentiating which speed limits are applica‐ ble to each vehicle.

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WALKING FOOTBALLERS EXCEL ON AND OFF THE PITCH

IN fantastic news for walking football in Spain, Ian Salt, brother of Malaga WFC play‐ er manager Gray, has been chosen to represent England in two upcoming interna‐ tional games against Finland and Sweden.

Younger brother Gray said, “It’s wonderful news for our family, our club and for walk‐ ing football in general in Spain. Ian worked extremely hard to get through the rigor‐ ous selection process, and now hopefully he will prove his goal scoring prowess on the international stage.”

Ian commented, “Looking forward to my full England debut and proud to be repre‐ senting Malaga WFC at Spar‐ bankshalen sports complex in Varna Sweden on Saturday March 19.”

In other walkingfooty.com news, Nerja Utd and Aston Viñuela played a friendly on

NERJA UTD: Played a friendly against Aston Viñuela.

Ian Salt is off to Sweden.

TORROX TORNADOES: Are looking for new members.

Sunday March 13. Utd ran out 6‐3 winners, but the game was notable for the reason that it was played. The event raised €207 for the Red Cross Ukraine appeal in Ner‐ ja, and also a collection of a

van full of aid, medicine, food, blankets and clothing.

After the recent successful Iberian Walking Football tour‐ nament, Torrox Tornadoes are looking to expand their membership. They have a 50‐

59 team and a 60+ team, with a Hill Walking Group and Padel Group which are grow‐ ing in popularity.

Sunday Morning Sessions 8.45 at San Roque Stadium Torrox, they also play friendlies and tournaments.

Messi may be seeking Barcelona return LIONEL MESSI appears to have reached a desperate position in Paris, after his move to the French cham‐ pions from Barcelona last summer. His season is go‐ ing from bad to worse, culminating in the Champi‐ ons League defeat at the hands of his old rivals, Real Madrid last week.

According to sensational reports, it was suggested on Monday, March 14, by respected Spanish journal‐ ist Gerard Romero, that Jorge Messi, the 34‐year‐old Argentine superstar’s father, has been calling offi‐ cials at the Camp Nou asking them to take his son back.

After signing for Paris St Germain amid huge fan‐ fares, Messi has struggled to make any impact what‐ soever, bagging just two goals in 19 Ligue 1 matches.

In last weekend’s game with Bordeaux, every time he touched the ball, the crowd booed him.

Even a 3‐0 win was not enough to prevent the fans from also giving Neymar the exact same treatment.

On a reputed £1 million a week, the fans seem to ex‐ pect a lot more from the player. Graffiti was even daubed on a wall at the club’s training ground urging Messi to quit the club.

After building a team full of international stars, PSG have continually failed to shine in the later stages of the Champions League. This season they have been eliminated in the round‐of‐16, something that the fans are finding hard to accept clearly.