Euro Weekly News - Costa del Sol 24 - 30 March 2022 Issue 1916

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Negative response CALAHONDA‐based ama‐ teur radio operator An‐ drew Danby thought that he could help Ukrainian families keep in touch through other radio opera‐ tors.

Registered in both the UK and Spain, he has in the past acted as a conduit for communications with other radio operators in areas affected by war.

As a former employee with the Ministry of De‐ fence and Government Communications he thought that this would be an ideal way of helping but ran into local bureaucracy.

To be effective, he needs to erect a single HF anten‐ na (which is a simple pole) on the roof of his pent‐ house, but has been told that this needs to be ap‐ proved by community resi‐ dents at the next meeting which isn’t until April.

Turn to page 2 » Minister Juan Marin is responsible for promoting Malaga Province and Granada.

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Peak injury MARBELLA firefighters res‐ cued a young Polish man from the peak of La Concha on Thursday March 17.

A call for help was re‐ ceived by Emergencies 112 at 6.30pm and after alerting the Guardia Civil, the spe‐ cialist services of the Mar‐ bella Fire Brigade were called for. The injured man who hurt his ankle was climbing the mountain with a friend and they were about 500 metres from the top when he was injured.

Four officers helped the man down until they could put him on a stretcher and carry him to their waiting vehicle for examination.

Drivers protest THE lorry drivers’ fuel price protest nearly ground Malaga City to a halt as protesting lorry drivers converged in a slow ride on Thursday, March 17.

The protest against ris‐ ing fuel prices began ear‐ ly that day and travelled along the A7 from Es‐ tepona and as soon as the protest began, traffic began to build up and roads started to be blocked.

The city centre protest had reportedly not been

Credit: Que está pasando en San Pedro Facebook

PROTEST: A few of the many lorries that took part.

communicated to the relevant authorities, which means that the or‐ ganisers of the event could face a fine.

Not daunted however, a second protest with a slow caravan on lorries with horns bleating be‐ gan at 11am on Monday March 21 with drivers congregating in San Pe‐ dro before they started a concerted crawl to Mar‐

bella and back again.

One driver on social media asked other road users to support them, saying “we want the gov‐ ernment to see that the people support us, are with us, understand our precarious situation and share our concerns.

“You who know us well, know that we are neighbours and are not criminals.”

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Nordic travel agents visit M A L AG A P R OV I N C E and Granada have been promoted to travel agents from five Nordic countries.

Organised by the Junta de Andalucia, agents from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Nor‐ way and Sweden will spend from today, March 23 to 27 on a familiarity trip in or‐ der to be able to tell their clients about the tourist activities on offer.

Currently, Andalucia attracts more tourists from the Nordic coun‐ tries than any other mainland destination and only the Canary Islands receive larger numbers of visitors.

In 2021, Andalucian hotels hosted 25,485 travellers from Nor‐ way, 27,877 from Fin‐ land, 78,444 from Sweden and 64,217 from Denmark, which between them ac‐ counted for more than 760,000 over‐night stays in the region.

Now that travel is becoming even easier, the hospitality indus‐ try in the two

provinces is eager to increase the number of visitors and this can be done in part if those selling holidays are not only well in‐ formed about facili‐ ties, but are commit‐ ted to promoting the area.

During their visit, which has been ar‐ ranged with the assis‐ tance of Spanish tourist offices in the various countries, the 13 agents will meet with representatives of 20 different compa‐ nies, with the aim of improving their knowledge and creat‐ ing long‐term rela‐ tionships.

The agents will be escorted around some of the most interest‐ ing and impressive tourist options in the provinces as guests of the Ministry of Tourism and will have one day of intensive meetings on Friday March 25.

There will be similar tours for profession‐ als from other Euro‐ pean countries in the near future.

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NIBS EXTRA Water supply ONE good result from the almost constant rainfall during March is that reservoirs are be‐ ing refilled and in the case of the La Concep‐ ción reservoir which supplies much of the Costa del Sol, the level is now at more than 50 per cent capacity.

Informal singalong OPERA singer Clarice Williams is organising an informal singalong on the steps of the Or‐ chid House in Estepona at 5.30pm on Saturday March 26 to raise spirits as well as funds for Ukraine. It’s likely to last about half an hour with songs showing de‐ fiance.

LUX MUNDI Fuengirola is reintroducing its popular excursions which were postponed over the past two years due to the pandemic.

On Thursday April 21, working with its sister chapter in Torre del Mar, it is arranging a day trip by coach to one of the most beautiful towns in Andalucia, Priego de Cordoba.

It is located in part of the Sierra Subbetica Natural Park with its high limestone peaks, valleys and tree lined river banks.

Fuengirola pick up will be at the Recinto Ferial at 7.35am or Plaza de Toros at 7.45am and there will be a stop for breakfast so that you will arrive in Priego de Cordo-

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A day out ATTRACTION: The stunning Fuente del Rey.

ba at around 10.30am.

There will be plenty of free time to visit the many tourist

Mijas supports Ukraine Credit: Sitio de Calahonda Q&A

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Fair cop THE Fuengirola Local Police have been set‐ ting up mobile speed radar checks in 22 dif‐ ferent busy spots in the municipality. During the first two months of the year, they caught 179 offenders representing 5 per cent of the 3,273 vehicles passing by.

More officers MARBELLA intends to increase its Local Police Force by a further 28 of‐ ficers and the Fire De‐ partment by 12 new of‐ ficers which will be one of the largest public employment calls it has ever undertaken for its local security and emer‐ gency bodies.

Graffiti walls THE Casa Russia in Aza‐ lea Beach Marbella which is a Russian Club experienced an out‐ break of vandalism as graffiti was daubed on its walls with either a Z turned into a swastika or the word Russia with two swastikas. Walls were repainted on March 21.

attractions including the Fuente del Rey, the Castle, Barrio de la Villa, the beauti-

ful St Aurora Chapel in the Ermita de Nstra Sra and the Municipal Museum before you choose somewhere for lunch.

It is hoped that the situation with Covid-19 will allow for the coach to set off at 4pm for a visit to Mueloliva to buy some of its prize-winning Olive Oil before returning to Torre del Mar and Fuengirola with a stop for tea or coffee on the way back.

Tickets cost €23 (or €20 with a Friends of Lux Mundi card) and reservations must be made at the Lux Mundi Centre in advance.

Then on Thursday April 28 at 6pm there will a Taizé Prayer session at the Parish Church of San Jose.

Tattoo Convention

SKINART: Choose a new design for your body.

Daniela Wenk and Julie Borum Larsen of Finca Naundrup.

FOLLOWING an appeal posted on the Facebook group Sitio de Calahonda Q&A, run by Mijas resident Daniela Wenk, the re‐ sponse from the local com‐ munity to support Ukraine was overwhelming.

Finca Naundrup, a sports centre in Calahonda, was chosen due to their storage and access facilities to be a local drop‐off point for all donations such as medical supplies, winter clothes, toiletries and other useful items for those in need and several thousands of items were given.

One of the most impres‐ sive gestures of support came from Mijas‐based company Diving with Nic as owner Nicoli Unt (re‐ cently seen on UK TV) and his partner Ellie Hudson will take a van to the Ukrainian border with Poland this coming week‐ end to deliver all these and

their own donations per‐ sonally.

This trip has been made possible through sponsor‐ ship from the UK‐based company Revelation TV (which has a new studio in the area), which will pay for fuel and accommoda‐ tion during the journey.

ESTEPONA is known for its open‐air museum of street art, but it also welcomes skin art and the seventh Interna‐ tional Tattoo Convention will run from March 25 to 27 at the Congress Palace.

There will be a lot to see as numerous tattoo artists are taking part and there are dai‐ ly competitions to choose

New police cars FUENGIROLA Council has modernised the Local Police fleet with the incorporation of five new state‐of‐the‐art patrol cars.

Mayor Ana Mula presented the vehicles which are equipped with the latest technological innovations and accessories for the development of modern police activity on Monday March 21.

Currently, the fleet of police vehicles has a total of 13 patrol cars, a police van, 17 motorcycles, two Quads and four camou‐ flaged motorcycles.

“Citizen security is essential in a municipality with the charac‐ teristics of Fuengirola, with such a small but densely populated municipal district and such a high second‐home population.

Fuengirola is a safe city with Local Police and fire departments that are increasingly prepared and equipped,” said the mayor.

These vehicles replace five older patrol cars which had deteri‐ orated over the years.

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Entry is just €5 from 12 noon until quite late and with a bar at sensible prices (with some of the profits going to a local charity), plenty of things to look at and a load of rock and roll, it’s an event to enjoy.

Possibly not for all of the family, but with so many Spaniards and indeed visitors from other countries sporting tattoos, many will be pleased to visit, especially as it was on hold for so long due to the pandemic.

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Cudeca benefits from Padel THERE will be a padel tournament in Es‐ tepona from April 7 to 10 which will also raise funds for the Cudeca Foundation in Benal‐ madena.

The first Ambilamp Circuit Event will take place at the Los Reales Sport Club with €2 from each registration fee being donated to the hospice to help promote and offer pal‐ liative care to cancer victims in the last days of their lives.

The circuit of the First Ambilamp Circuit con‐ sists of six events that will be held from April and will end with a final master tournament to be held from October 14 to 16.

These events will be held in two venues: Los Reedsport Club in Es‐ tepona and Edufy Padel Centre in San Luis de Sabinillas, Manilva.

Registration can be made through the Padel Manager plat‐ form and all taking part will receive a commem‐ orative Siux t‐shirt.

The sponsor of the event, Ambilamp, will give a surprise gift to anyone who deposits used light bulbs for re‐ cycling at the stands set up for this purpose at each tournament.

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HOTEL for sale. Online auction house eactivos.com post‐ ed for sale on Monday March 21 the AGH Estepona Ho‐ tel & Spa with a guide price of €14,445,810.

The 90‐bedroom hotel which is set in the Paraíso Beach Hotel Complex in Estepona overlooks the A7 mo‐ torway, but has extensive gardens and is relatively near to the sea.

Although it has been closed for some time, the hotel is properly licensed to allow guests and apart from the ho‐ tel itself boasts additional tourist apartments, office premises, garage and basement.

Guests would have access to the complex swimming pool as well as the hotel’s own roof top pool and it is sit‐ uated about 10 kilometres from Puerto Banus and slightly less to the centre of Estepona.

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U-turn on electricity Children of Ukraine A PROPOSAL to cap the cost of electricity has been scrapped by the Spanish and Portuguese Ministers of the Environment.

On Friday March 18, Teresa Ribera, the Minister of the En‐ vironment, along with her Portuguese counterpart, Joao Matos Fernandes, announced a joint proposal aimed at cap‐ ping electricity prices. Their plan was to set a limit of

€180/MWh, which was to be presented to the European Commission.

The idea has now been abandoned due to a lack of support from other EU mem‐ ber states. It is unclear what new measures, if any, can be proposed to the EU. Aelec, the employers’ asso‐ ciation of the large electric utilities, has demanded gov‐ ernment intervention.

ONE of Mijas’s hottest new restuarants, Play, showed its impressive fundraising powers at an event to raise money for Ukranian children on Thursday, March 17.

Hosting a generous raffle of prizes including dinner vouchers and beauty products donated by local businesses, Play added to the money raised by donating €10 from every meal to charity Voic‐ es of Children.

Ukranian artista Olga Lukasevych, who is now based in Marbella, also generously donated sev‐ eral paintings worth between €80 and €250 to be sold at the event, while Mijas artista Jose Alvarez Gomez is donating 50 per cent of the sales of his paintings currently hanging in Play to the charity.

Further donations from generous attendees brought the total raised at the event to an amaz‐ ing €2,400.

Speaking about the impressive amount raised, Ana‐Maria Ignat‐Berget, Play’s owner, told the Euro Weekly News: “This money will help children and families to have a safe place to be, a warm mattress and a hot meal.

“I am so grateful to the community for coming out and helping.”

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David Searl FINANCE guru and legal ex‐ pert David Searl has died at the age of 82. David had a regular column in the Euro Weekly News, Legally Speaking, where each week he answered readers’ en‐ quiries on legal matters.

A US citizen, David made a life for himself on the Cos‐ ta del Sol. Jesper Sander Pedersen, President of the Costa Press Club, said: “If you are not already aware, David Searl, one of the first members of the Costa Press Club, passed away peace‐ fully on Friday March 18 at the age of 82. “David Searl, a US citizen, settled on the Costa del Sol in the mid‐70s and was until his death one of the Costa del Sol’s most important writers of articles

LEGAL EXPERT: Passed away peacefully on March 18.

and books focusing on legal substance.

He was the lead writer on law for the acclaimed monthly magazine, Look‐ out, and continued on the same track in other English‐ language media,” he added. David leaves his wife, Mary, two sons, Ben and Daniel, and three grandchildren.

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Save food. Help the planet THE worldwide issue of food waste is being tackled by an increasingly popular app called Too Good to Go. Facebook users in Marbella, on the Costa del Sol, have been discussing an app that aims to tackle our growing food wastage. Too Good to Go is the most direct way to help reduce food waste by connecting customers to restaurants and supermarkets that have surplus food that would otherwise be thrown away.

In Marbella alone, there are over 20 establishments that are involved in the initiative including Carrefour and El Campo, where you can purchase a food package worth €9 for just €3.99. This ini‐ tiative is a great saver for families and households and includes all kinds of food from fruit and veg to pastries and cakes.

The Too Good to Go website says: “In 2020 alone, 45 per cent of all the food that was thrown away in Spanish house‐ holds was fruit and vegetables, with a total of more than 474 million kilos wasted.”

TOO GOOD TO GO: Download the app in Google Play Store.

“The latest study by Too Good To Go, the largest app that fights against food waste, reveals that 70 per cent of Spaniards say they throw fruit and veg‐ etables in the trash frequently,” this is something the app aims to tackle.

All you have to do is download the Too Good to Go app in the Google Play Store, register your details and you can then be involved in saving surplus food from your nearest establishments, sav‐ ing the planet whilst also saving your money.

Strawberries no cream A ROW over workplace conditions have reportedly left fruit rotting in the fields in Huelva.

Denmark has refused to purchase the red berries from the province, Eu‐ rope’s biggest‐producing region ‐ and other coun‐ tries may follow suit.

For years, many workers have alleged workplace abuse on strawberry fields in Huelva. This week, some of the Danish press echoed these claims in an extensive report.

Salling Group, the con‐ glomerate of companies that owns large Danish su‐ permarket chains Føtex, Netto and Bilka, has fi‐ nalised its decision to cease selling strawberries and other red fruits in its stores due to the alleged abuse in the fruit fields of Huelva.

The decision comes after another large Danish super‐ market firm, Coop, had al‐ ready provisionally sus‐ pended the purchase of red fruits from its usual suppli‐ ers in Huelva.

It has been announced that they will be conducting their own investigations and sending teams to find

HUELVA PROVINCE: Strawberries left to rot in the fields.

out ‘in situ’ whether there is any truth to the abuse claims.

The investigation claimed that “Strawberry pickers with temporary work visas have few opportunities to report harassment and abuse” and that workers are being sexually abused and threatened with losing their jobs if they do not comply.

Salling Group has been

the first conglomerate of large supermarket chains that has decided to sus‐ pend its purchases from suppliers that do not allow independent, random and unannounced inspections ‐ something that will soon be a legal requirement in the European Union.

It is about ensuring due diligence throughout the supply chain, from harvest to consumer.

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HORRIFIED by the images emerging from Ukraine, profession‐ al tennis player and philanthropist Roger Federer said on Fri‐ day March 18 that he was donating $500,000 (€451,000) for Ukrainian children harmed by the war. He said having children makes you even more aware of how terrible the situation in Ukraine is.

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Ukraine event raises €5,000 ON Friday, March 18, generous mem‐ bers of the Costa del Sol community gathered together at La Scala, Marbel‐ la, for a sparkling fundraiser to support those affected by the war in Ukraine.

Raising around €5,000 for Maydan Malaga, the Costa del Sol’s Ukranian as‐ sociation, guests took part in a raffle and silent auction at the We Stand with Ukraine event hosted by La Scala’s Tibbi Aquila and organiser Natalie Fantuzzi.

In total, 60 generous local businesses and individuals donated raffle and auc‐ tion prizes, worth an amazing €5,000 to help support the cause.

Among the prizes were a signed Liver‐ pool football shirt, a week’s stay at a luxury villa in Marbella, and vouchers for a range of services, while the Euro Weekly News also supported the event donating a brand new Samsung TV worth more than €650 to be auctioned off.

With €20 from every menu at the event going towards Maydan as well, the Costa del Sol community once again showed how it pulls together to help those in need.

Olena Sampara from Maydan Malaga with Laurie Wahrenger.

HOSTS: Natalie Fantuzzi and Tibbi Aquila.

Speaking about the generosity of those coming out to support Ukraine, Olena Sampara from Maydan Malaga told guests: “Thank you very much for supporting my country.

“The money raised today will be pay‐ ing for essential transport and humani‐ tarian aid to help Ukranians af‐ fected by the war.”

The guests enjoyed entertainment.

Some of the guests and the raffle winners (above left).

To donate to Maydan Malaga visit their Facebook page.

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Simply Surviving Group spring plans THE month of March again is prov‐ ing to be a busy month for the Sim‐ ply Surviving Group with the recent fashion show at Play restaurant in Mijas Costa producing €2,311 for Fuengirola foodbank Adintre, in ad‐ dition to the donations for the Mi‐ jas Walking Tours which are still very popular. With the help of sponsors, the donation for Adintre should be close to €3,000 once again, making a total in excess of €29,000 since the start of the monthly charity events.

March finishes with one more (fully booked) Mijas Walking Tour, The Fun Quiz at Fibbers bar on the paseo in Torreblanca today, Thurs‐ day March 24 and The Breakfast Club at The Spinning Goat in Fuen‐ girola port on March 30. The quizzes are proving very popular and at only €2 per person they are not big money spinners, but give you an opportunity to meet friends and socialise. It is not important whether you can answer the ques‐ tions or not. The start time is 2pm.

Breakfast is at The Spinning Goat which is the first restaurant on the port on the central Fuengirola side.

It has recently been taken over by new restaurateurs and good reports h a v e b e e n g i v e n . At t h i s d i f f i c u l t time it is brave to take over a restaurant, so some encouragement would be appreciated and please do come along between 10 and 12 on that morning.

It is a pleasure that we are able to help Adintre Association who sup‐ port families at risk and homeless people in Fuengirola and they sup‐ ply meals for people in need.

The situation in Ukraine is heart‐ breaking. The news shows more devastation of their towns each day and more stories of civilians includ‐ ing children being killed. So sad and several people have asked if Simply Surviving Group can give prece‐ dence at this dreadful time to Ukraine. The Butterfly children DE‐ BRA were already promised help during April, but plans are under‐ way. It is definitely on the cards, but we cannot let local charities down on promises.

More details and events will be forthcoming very soon and if anyone has any idea of putting on any spe‐ cial event, do get in touch.

Val Williams: valwilliams39@ya hoo.com Alan Boardman: alanbrdmn@ya hoo.co.uk On Friday April 1, the first event in support of the charity DEBRA (But‐ terfly Children) is a Murder Mystery evening at Monaghans restaurant, which is on the seafront in Torre‐ blanca, Fuengirola. Presented by The Croft Originals, the first perfor‐ mance of this drama recently played to a sell‐out audience and received widespread praise. Set in the world of theatre as the sector emerges from lockdown, a party is being thrown to celebrate the first week of ‘House Trap’, but, as you might expect, things don’t go to plan. You are invited to apply your sleuth skills to work out whodunit!

The drama unfolds as the audi‐ ence enjoys a three‐course meal fol‐ lowing a welcome glass of wine or beer. The all‐inclusive price is just €25 with all proceeds going to DE‐ BRA. Places are limited and selling well, available from Ibex Insurance which is across from the tourist of‐ fice in Fuengirola or by WhatsApp call or in person to Monaghans restaurant on 611 513 338.

April 7 is the first Thursday of the month and so it is Lunch Bunch day and the chosen restaurant is EL RIO in Los Boliches which has a very good name.

The normal cost of lunch is €15.50 and the restaurant has agreed to €15 for our group including a glass of wine.

Their extensive three‐course menu is reduced to four choices in each course which can be chosen on the day. Arrive between 1.30 and 2.00 and book with Val Williams on 951 313 257, or email val williams39@yahoo.com.

The lunch bunch is a get together with friends, not a charity lunch.

Simply Surviving Group has a full programme of events each month and so if you would like to learn more, please check out their Facebook page or message Val Williams on valwilliams39@yahoo.com.

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NASA debut

PATRON: Has helped deactivate more than 90 explosives.

Hero dog at work A JACK RUSSELL terrier has become a hero in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.

His name is Patron and he is in charge of sniffing out and de‐ tecting mines and explosives laid by Russian troops.

Dressed in a tiny military vest, the Ukrainian State Emergen‐ cy Service (DSNS) have hailed him as a vital member of their team. Patron has already helped deactivate more than 90 explosive devices, the DSNS said on Saturday March 19. “By the way, he likes cheese a lot, so our boys are taking advantage of the occa‐ sion and are pampering him, to locate the mines and explo‐ sives,” they added. There are believed to be more than 750 dogs working in mine detec‐ tion programmes in some 23 countries.

NASA has debuted its new Space Launch Sys‐ tem with the giant rocket taken down to the pad at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida to conduct a dummy countdown.

NASA has plans to send a test rocket around the moon later this year ahead of plans to send a manned mission within the next five to seven years.

The enormous rocket, almost 100 metres tall, is designed to be much more powerful than the Apollo vehicles of the late 1960s and 1970s with the ability to travel beyond the moon as well as to carry significantly more equipment.

The rollout on Friday March 18 gave NASA the first opportunity to see the rocket and all its different elements fully stacked together.

The rocket was moved on a massive mobile

AN American company, Citizen Brick, has produced a Volodymyr Zelensky Lego fig‐ urine that has so far raised more than €130,000 for victims of the war in Ukraine.

The company, which overprints Lego and other figurines, sold the miniature Ze‐ lenskys for €90 each along with Molotov cocktails in the Ukrainian colours for €9.

Funds raised were donated to Direct Relief and other charities and the toys are

ROCKET: Was moved on a massive mobile launcher.

launcher that is over 120 metres high and weighs more than 5,000 tons.

Lego Zelensky now sold out.

Lego, whose figurines were used and who wishes to remain apolitical, said on Thursday March 17: “This initiative has absolutely nothing to do with the Lego Group. It’s the work of an independent retailer which has no connection to the company.”

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Hocus pocus A 71-YEAR-OLD who became the UK’s first official witch after being given permission by Inland Revenue to use the term on her tax return, has filed her first return including income and ex‐ penses for potions and spells.

Cassandra Latham‐Jones was given what is believed to be unique approval to register as a self‐employed ‘village witch’.

That registration allows her as a self‐employed ‘witch’ to write off certain tax‐deductible expenses including ingredients for po‐ tions. Latham‐Jones has been a witch and official wise‐woman for the village of St Buryan in Cornwall for more than 30 years.

The trained nurse and qualified counsellor offers services includ‐ ing tarot card reading, rituals, sea magic, dark arts, spells and wart charming. In addition, she carries out other duties such as counselling and community services. She says she became a witch after meeting fellow witches and maintains she is “no dif‐ ferent from anyone else in the service industry” but with “slight‐ ly unusual expenses.”

“They told me I needed to register with the Inland Revenue, so that’s what I did. It turns out I was a bit of a pioneer because no one has done it before,” she said on Sunday March 20.

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WHEN most of us are getting shorter, one old lady has bucked the trend as the Eiffel Tower grows by six me‐ tres. On Tuesday March 15 a new digital radio antenna was attached to the top of the Paris monument, raising the height of the steel structure to 330 metres. The new antenna, a DAB+ (digital audio) was airlifted onto its peak by helicopter, in a delicate operation.

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Professional diesel bonus IN an attempt to bring to an end Spain’s lorry driver strike, the government has approved a €500 million package to subsidise diesel for ‘professional use’. Following a meeting with the National Committee for Road Transport (CNTC), which does not represent striking lor‐ ry drivers, on March 18, the Minister of Trans‐ port, Raquel Sanchez, said: “We have focused on effective and efficient measures. That they

follow the structure of what has been adopt‐ ed in other countries. A bonus in the price of professional diesel, so that it has a real and ef‐ fective impact on carriers.” The nationwide transport strike is organised by the Platform in Defence of the National and International Road Freight Transport Sector. This entity is not a part of the CNTC, the only body the gov‐ ernment has agreed to meet with.

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Caribbean tour ROYALS William and Kate have launched a Caribbean charm offen‐ sive on a tour to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge landed in Belize on Saturday, March 19, but the start of the trip was disrupted by a small group of protesters.

Around 20 people at‐

tended a protest at a ca‐ cao farm. Prince William is the Patron of the Flora and Fauna International charity which owns the farm’s land.

The protesters said the land is ancestral so belongs to the public and is not “Crown land”.

The couple’s itinerary was changed as a result.

ROYALS: On a tour to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

However, the rest of the tour proceeded as planned with a radiant Kate being dubbed “the belle of Belize.”

Arnie calls for peace FILM star and ex‐Califor‐ nia Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has tak‐ en to social media to make an impassioned plea to Russian troops in Ukraine warning them to not be like his father.

Schwarzenegger’s fa‐ ther fought for the Nazis in the Second World War leaving him broken physi‐ cally and mentally, ac‐ cording to the Austrian‐ born actor.

In a video message posted on Thursday March 17, the 74‐year‐old spoke of his “affection and respect” for the Rus‐ sian people ever since meeting his hero body‐ builder Yuri Petrovich Vlasov at the young age of 14.

Urging them to learn from the plight of his Aus‐ trian father, he said there are “moments like this

Respect for the Russians.

that are so wrong and then we have to speak up.”

In a direct message to Russian troops in Ukraine, he warned: “Every bullet you shoot, you shoot a brother or sister.”

Red Nose Day DESPITE rising living costs and the after effects of the pan‐ demic, the British have once again opened their wallets and purses as Red Nose Day raised £42 million (€51 million) for charity. By contrast £55 million (€65 million) was raised in 2021. Some of the funds raised will benefit organisations providing aid to those affected by the war in Ukraine.

Broadcast from the BBC studios in Salford for the first time, the show included a star studded line‐up with comedy sketches by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, Matt Lucas and David Walliams.

A number of stars had to pull out of the show due to Covid‐ 19 including host Zoe Ball, Kylie Minogue and Joel Dommett.

Other famous faces joining the fundraising event included Tom Holland, Courteney Cox, Lulu, Paul Rudd, Chris Kamara, Vic Reeves, Jeff Goldblum, Clive Myrie, Jamie Dornan and Gordon Ramsay.

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THE UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) has announced a major shake‐up to the basket of goods used to calculate infla‐ tion.

The ONS said that lifestyles and patterns of expenditure have changed because of the Covid‐19 pandemic and its impact on work‐ ing practices with a shift away from work wear to exercise gear, as more and more

Suits you sir people work from home and more and more people look to a healthier lifestyle.

Disappearing from the basket are men’s suits to be replaced by blazers and jackets, and appearing in the basket are sports

bras. Sam Beckett, the head of economic statistics at the ONS, said: “The impact of the pandemic is still evident in our shop‐ ping habits. With many people still working from home, demand for more formal

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clothing has continued to decrease.

“So, men’s suits disappear from the bas‐ ket and are replaced with a formal jacket or blazer. Last year’s lockdown living saw an increase in the number of us working out and exercising. That has continued into 2022 with the addition of the sports bra in‐ to the basket reflecting greater spending on sports clothing,” he added on March 15.

The Queen is hiring THE Queen is hiring for a Buckingham Palace makeover and for the right applicant £30,000 could be on offer.

Her Majesty is looking for a painter and decora‐ tor to help complete a makeover at her iconic London address.

The Palace has more than 700 rooms and the decorator will be respon‐ sible for adding ‘decora‐ tive finishes’.

The deadline for the full‐time position is Sat‐ urday April 3. The Buck‐ ingham Palace renova‐ tion is expected to cost £369 million.

The makeover is con‐ troversial though as more than 100,000 peo‐ ple have signed a posi‐ tion saying that the Roy‐ al family should cough up the cash for the refurb.

The advert reads: “It’s adding the decorative finishes, for people to appreciate for years to come. Working in such uniquely historic envi‐ ronments means you’ll have the opportunity to expand your existing skills.

“You’ll regularly han‐ dle specialist wall cover‐ ings, sign‐writing and use specialist paint finishes, such as marbling and gilding,” it adds.

ON ARRIVAL: Refugees will undergo simple tests.

Health help UKRAINIAN refugees enter‐ ing Spain will not have to fill out the Spain Travel Health security document to prove that they have been vacci‐ nated against Covid‐19, the Ministry of Health an‐ nounced on Friday, March 18. They will however have to undergo a symptom check on arrival by sea or air, and those not already jabbed will be administered the vaccine.

The measures were given the green light by the Public Health Commission ‘given the exceptional situation

that Ukraine is experienc‐ ing’.

Each refugee “will be of‐ fered vaccines according to age and risk condition, and in the case of children and adolescents, vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus, polio, whooping cough, and Haemophilus influenza B,” the Ministry added. Special attention will be paid to pregnant women, or people in a situation of vulnerabili‐ ty. Across Spain, 5,500 hos‐ pital beds have been made available for refugees, of which 1,184 are paediatric.

and finally...

DINO’S IN THE SAND is the new sand festival in Belgium’s Mid‐ delkerkse which will run from July 1 to September 11 this year.

In 2021, there were more than 100,000 visitors who turned up to the first festival of its kind in the town and organisers were staggered by the response. This year, it’s moving to a new loca‐ tion on the beach at the Arthur De Greefplein to try to ensure that residents are not inconvenienced by the number of peo‐ ple who turn up and with 6,000 tons of sculpting sand available there should be plenty of exhibits to be viewed.

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Increased interest rates THE Bank of England’s Mon‐ etary Policy Committee has voted in favour of increasing the interest rate from 0.5 per cent 0.75 per cent. With the ongoing war in Ukraine, fur‐ ther increases could be seen this year.

Eight members of the com‐ mittee voted in favour of the move on Thursday March 17.

Minutes from the Monetary Policy Committee meeting said: “Given the current tight‐ ness of the labour market, continuing signs of robust do‐

Bank of England decision.

mestic cost and price pres‐ sures, and the risk that those pressures would persist, most members of the Committee judged that a 0.25 percentage point increase in Bank Rate was warranted at this meet‐ ing.

“UK activity had been somewhat stronger than had been expected at the time of the February Report and there had been indications that the current tightening in the labour market might not reverse direction as quickly as had been expected.

“The effects of Russia’s in‐ vasion of Ukraine would likely accentuate both the peak in inflation and the adverse im‐ pact on activity by intensifying the squeeze on household in‐ comes,” the minutes added.

Improving energy efficiency THE government in Madrid has agreed to distribute €170 million to Spain’s au‐ tonomous regions to improve energy effi‐ ciency and the circular economy in compa‐ nies in the tourism sector.

The Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, said on March 16 that the funds come from the Next Genera‐ tion EU programme and will contribute to reducing energy costs and the carbon foot‐ print. The government expects that this

€170 million will be able to finance more than 2,600 actions in the accommodation sector, helping to improve efficiency and re‐ duce consumption in the face of soaring electricity prices.

Minister Maroto said that the investment is in addition to the €570 million fund for im‐ proving tourism competitiveness, which will finance actions to improve energy and light‐ ing in tourist establishments, and to develop the circular economy.

GLOBAL chipmaker Intel has unveiled plans for a new plant in Germany as part of its plans to spread its pro‐ duction capacity across Eu‐ rope. The €17 billion plant is part of a planned €80 billion investment programme for the next 10 years that will see plants being established in a number of other Euro‐ pean countries.

Intel said on March 15 that their goal is to create “a next‐generation European chip ecosystem” that will help tackle the ongoing glob‐ al shortage of semiconduc‐

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Intel’s new plant Planning expansion.

tors, as well as work to ad‐ vance the technology.

A shortage of semiconduc‐ tors has plagued the conti‐ nent’s car making industry

with demand from east Asia affecting supply, an issue the company hopes to resolve by making the EU self‐suffi‐ cient.

The initial investment is said to be in the region of €33 billion, of which €17 bil‐ lion will go to the new plant, with the remainder being used to improve facilities in Ireland and to establish a de‐ sign and research centre in France.

Spanish shipbuilding boost THE government has approved the Strategic Project for Naval Recovery and Economic Transformation (PERTE), which aims to mo‐ bilise a total investment of €1.46 billion and contribute to the creation of around 3,100 quality jobs.

The Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, said the project is based on public‐private partnership and will allow the transformation of the naval indus‐ try’s value chain through its diversification towards marine renewable energies, the de‐ velopment of low‐emission ships, its digitali‐ sation, the improvement of its environmen‐

tal sustainability, as well as the training of its workers.

Maroto said on Wednesday March 16 that the project responds to the govern‐ ment’s commitment to promoting a driving industry for our economy, which will also contribute to Spain’s industrial autonomy.

The Naval PERTE will promote the collab‐ oration of the different industrial actors, contribute to the modernisation of the sec‐ tor and increase its competitiveness by around 15 per cent, with an annual growth rate in the naval industry of 9 per cent, Maroto added.

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Portable battery Major supply crunch A BRITISH company has launched what it believes is a world first, a portable elec‐ tric vehicle battery pack that will allow drivers to recharge their car wherever they are.

Essentially a spare battery in a suitcase, the battery pack will fit in the average car’s boot for use when needed.

The ZipCharge Go, which will be available for delivery early 2023, was designed like a rolling suitcase and is intend‐ ed to provide a backup when a charging point is not avail‐ able.

According to research con‐ ducted in the UK more than a third of the population would

not consider an electric vehi‐ cle because of concerns about keeping it charged. The unit uses state of the art bi‐di‐ rectional charging that allows the battery to be fully charged within one hour pro‐ viding extra mileage of roughly 32 to 65 kilometres depending on the car.

Reception centres open SPAIN has opened four reception centres for Ukrainian refugees, including a centre in Ali‐ cante.

The Minister for Inclusion, Jose Luis Escriva, said the government is committed to a “rapid deployment of Reception and Referral Cen‐ tres in Madrid, Barcelona, Alicante and Mala‐ ga to facilitate the care of displaced persons and offer emergency shelter to those who need it.

“We have strengthened our reception net‐ work, in coordination with other public ad‐ ministrations and third sector entities, and with a new family reception programme.

Spain has been one of the fastest European countries to transpose this directive and also one of those that has adopted it most exten‐

sively, as we have extended the subjective scope of application to groups that we consid‐ er should also be protected,” he said.

The reception centres are multifunctional.

“Firstly, they receive displaced persons from Ukraine and give them an initial orientation.

Secondly, they enable the completion of work and residence permit procedures within 24 hours and finally, they decide on the refer‐ ral of those in need to the most suitable places available, following in‐depth inter‐ views,” Escriva said.

“For this reason, the creation of these Re‐ ception, Care and Referral Centres makes it possible to centralise all these functions in a single place, facilitating the care of displaced persons,” he added on March 15.

IN the face of the emerg‐ ing global energy crisis triggered by Russia’s in‐ vasion of Ukraine, practi‐ cal actions by govern‐ ments and citizens could achieve significant re‐ ductions in oil demand in a matter of months, re‐ ducing the risk of a ma‐ jor supply crunch, ac‐ cording to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

The IEA’s 10‐point plan for achieving this in‐ cludes reducing speed limits on highways by at least 10kph, as well as in‐ troducing ‘car‐free Sun‐ days’ in cities. They also want to promote car sharing and restrict ac‐ cess by car to large cities based on licence plate numbers. Teleworking at least three days a week would save some 400,000 barrels, including the ef‐ fect of reducing the im‐ pact of using car air con‐ ditioners in summer.

If all 10 measures were adopted, it would lower oil demand by 2.7 million

barrels a day within four months, the IEA said on Friday, March 18.

Green drones THE Royal Air Force (RAF) has launched its first successful drone using an alternative to fossil fuel. Under Project Vermeer, the RAF flew a four‐metre drone with synthetic fuel. Synthetic kerosene is entirely fossil fuel‐free, made by mixing raw materi‐ als with high sugar levels, such as food waste, with bacteria to create an oil substance that is then converted into aviation fuel using chemicals and heat. Air Vice Marshal Lincoln Taylor said: “The RAF needs to ensure that we are at the forefront of tech‐ nology to safeguard our own resilience and operational capa‐ bility, whilst minimising our damage to the environment.

“Fuel scarcity and cost will only ever increase in its impact on our operations and synthetic fuels for our aircraft are one po‐ tential solution to this situation as we look to secure the objec‐ tives of the next generation RAF of tomorrow,” he added on Wednesday March 16. As the process does not require large‐ scale infrastructure, synthetic kerosene can be made any‐ where, making it an attractive option for military deployments around the world.

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The longest time between two twins being born is 87 days.

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Amazon Prime AMAZON has been accused of intentionally making it harder to quit Prime.

The company is alleged to have launched a project code‐named ‘Iliad’ to bam‐ boozle Prime users with questions and offers before they could eventually get to the web page where they could end their subscription.

Figures included in leaked documents show that can‐ cellations dropped by up to 14 per cent with fewer mem‐ bers navigating through to the final cancellation page.

Whilst the initial project is no longer in use, a version of the original is still active to‐ day.

Multiple complaints have been filed in a number of countries asking for investi‐ gations to be opened into Amazon Prime’s cancellation process.

Amazon denies any wrongdoing. Jamil Ghani, Vice‐President of Amazon Prime said: “Customer trans‐ parency and trust are top pri‐

orities for us.

“By design we make it clear and simple for cus‐ tomers to both sign up for and to cancel their Prime

membership. We continually listen to customer feedback and look for ways to improve the customer experience,” he added on March 15.

Ukrainian drivers UKRAINIAN refugees’ driving licences will be valid in Spain for at least one year, the government announced on Tuesday, March 15.

The new measure was approved by the Director Gen‐ eral of Traffic, Pere Navarro, and is a “response to the ex‐ traordinary and exceptional nature of the situation cre‐ ated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the magnitude of the massive influx of displaced persons.”

Under the new rules Spain recognises the “validity of the Ukrainian driving licence to drive in Spain for a peri‐ od of one year after obtaining temporary protection, as long as the driving licence is valid and the holder is of the age required in Spain to obtain an equivalent Spanish li‐ cence.”

Ukrainian licence holders will also be able to swap their driving licences for a Spanish licence if they choose to.

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The largest snowflake ever recorded was 38cm across.

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Little Mermaid

No smoking

COPENHAGEN’S iconic statue of The Little Mermaid became an unexpected casualty of the Russian invasion of Ukraine when on Sunday, March 13, it was sprayed with the letter Z (currently recognised as support for Russia) followed by an equal sign and a swastika.

INTENT on eliminating the culture of smoking from Denmark, the government intends to ban the sale of tobacco products to anyone born in 2010 and after, so that eventually it will become a smoke free country, although recreational cannabis smoking is illegal there but still takes place.

THE NETHERLANDS New epidemic

Blaming Russia

NOW that the country seems to have learnt how to keep Covid-19 more or less under control, Holland is now officially in the grip of a flu epidemic, with the number of people diagnosed with the disease ‘rapidly increasing’, according to national health institute RIVM.

BOTH The Netherlands and Australian governments have announced that they are taking legal action against the Russian government as they present arguments to the International Civil Aviation Organisation blaming Russia for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 caused by rebels firing a Russian supplied missile.

BELGIUM In tune

Shrimp champion

ABOUT 100 violinists, mainly children, with the youngest being four years of age, took part in a mobile concert in the streets of Antwerp to support Ukraine and to raise money for the victims of the Russian invasion on Saturday March 12.

THE Royal Order of Horse Shrimp Fishers has chosen self-styled ‘shrimp town’ Oostduinkerke as the site for the first Belgian shrimp peeling championship which is due to be held on June 26, with participants expected from across Belgium and even France where the world championship is held.

GERMANY Inaugural flight

Chip boom

FOR historical reasons, there were never many flights between Berlin and the USA due to the problems with East Germany and all flights stopped in March 2020, but on March 28 2022, United Airlines will start its first flight from Berlin BER Airport to Newark in New Jersey.

ALTHOUGH it’s not a short-term solution, US micro chip manufacturer Intel said that it is to invest €17 billion in building a new site in Magdeburg by 2027, possibly influenced by financial support as well as a huge requirement from German automobile manufacturers.

FRANCE Secrets revealed

Corsican autonomy

AS workers prepare to rebuild the spire of Notre Dame damaged in the 2019 fire, the cathedral is revealing new secrets, including several previously unknown tombs and a human shaped sarcophagus made of lead, which archaeologists believe dates back to the 14th century.

WORRIED by an insurgence of violent nationalism on the island of Corsica, birthplace of Napoleon, the French government has finally announced that it may be prepared to discuss some form of autonomy for the island in the event that it is returned to power following the upcoming elections.

NORWAY NATO chief

Bomb shelters

NATO’s popular Norwegian secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg has been the subject of some controversy as he was recruited to become Governor of the Bank of Norway, but now he is reportedly being urged to extend his stay at NATO after October 1.

A LAW requires that all Norwegian bomb shelters should be ready for use within 72 hours of an alert, but due to the end of the Cold War the majority have been used as storage and there is only space for half of the population.

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UK visit

Migratory birds

PRESIDENT Sauli Niinistö spent March 14 and 15 first attending a meeting of the Joint Expeditionary Force, a military coalition of like-minded countries in Northern Europe and then visiting Boris Johnson at 10 Downing Street to discuss Ukraine and ongoing relations between the two countries.

RESEARCHERS at the University of Helsinki can now correlate the habitats of migrating birds based on the thickness of snow so that when it is deep, more settle near warmer urban areas but when the covering is light, they prefer to be out of town in arable lands.

IRELAND Guest of Honour

Republican heirloom

HOLLYWOOD actor John C Reilly known for many roles including his portrayal of Oliver Hardy was international guest of honour at the St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin. His father who is Irish used to take him to the parades in Chicago and he still goes whenever he can.

A LOCK of hair belonging to republican leader Michael Collins sold for £18,000, whilst a revolver said to have been carried by him when rescuing future Irish president Éamon de Valera from Lincoln gaol in 1919 sold for £9,000 in a Belfast auction on March 15.

ITALY Flow restricted

Pick your own

ITALY’S longest river, the Po is losing much of its flow after 100 days without rain, according to the water authority and the level of some of its tributaries, including Trebbia, Secchia, and Reno are at their lowest since 1972.

FORGET Amsterdam, as Rome’s TuliPark, which allows visitors to pick their own tulips, reopened on Tuesday March 22 until the middle of April (or until all tulips have gone) and visitors will have a choice of thousands of tulips from more than 100 different varieties.

PORTUGAL New routes

Tighter rules

AFTER scrapping a number of Lisbon flights as the Portuguese government wouldn’t give up TAP routes, Ryanair has introduced four new routes for the summer, Faro to Madrid and Valencia, as well as Porto to Bergerac, in France, and Ponta Delgada to Nuremberg, in Germany.

FOLLOWING criticism from the Sephardic Genealogical Society, effectively saying it was too easy for Jewish people such as Roman Abramovich to obtain Portuguese citizenship if they could trace relatives to the 16th century, the government intends to require applicants to show a real connection with Portugal.

UKRAINE Marks and Spencer

Signs removed

CONSERVATIVE MP Alicia Kearns who was speaking about Marks and Spencer and their still open stores in Russia parodied their advertising slogan saying “this isn’t just food this is blood and rape food,” whilst the company explained that the stores were run by a Turkish based franchise.

BRITAIN’S Ministry of Defence said on Thursday March 17 that the Russian invasion had stalled partly due to the fact that many of their vehicles could not cope with off-road conditions, which meant that they had to stick to roads where signs had been removed and bridges destroyed.

SWEDEN Iconic Zlatan

Bird hotel

EVEN at the age of 40, Swedish idol Zlatan Ibrahimovic is an important part of their football team and has been called up to the squad trying to qualify for the World Cup. If they beat the Czech Republic he will play against Poland.

TWITCHERS will love a new room known as the biosphere which has been suspended amongst the pines of the Treehotel in the area of Harads. The glass dome containing furniture and a double bed is covered by 350 bird nesting boxes.

FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Madrid investment ALLIANZ Real Estate has made its second PRS (private rental sector) investment in Spain with the ac‐ quisition of nine prime residential buildings in the Chamartín district of Madrid for €185 million, follow‐ ing its first investment in Barcelona and Madrid last year.

In administration SHIRTMAKER TM Lewin has been forced to call in UK administrators for the second time in less than two years, as more people work from home and therefore don’t need so much formal wear. Hav‐ ing closed its 150 shops, it em‐ ployed 50 staff for its online only business.

New name IN order to promote its commit‐ ment to renewable energy, Ence Energia a subsidiary of Spanish pulp producer and energy group Ence has changed its name to Magnon Green Energy, the group announced on Wednesday March 16 and will introduce a new, self‐ explanatory logo.

Chef wars TV celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo will be the avatar face of a new cooking‐themed play‐to‐earn game Big Town Chef and he is looking for investors in the game which will allow players to pro‐ duce their own fresh vegetables, trade virtual ingredients and com‐ pete in cook‐off battles.

Air Europa THE on/off sale of Air Europa to IAG is back on again as a new agree‐ ment is in place between IAG sub‐ sidiary Iberia and the airline owned

by Globalia. In return for a seven‐ year unsecured loan of €100 million to Globalia (subject to approval from its current lenders), Iberia will have the exclusive rights to negoti‐ ate an agreement to purchase dur‐ ing the coming 12 months. If at the end of the loan period, it is not re‐ paid in full then IAG will be entitled to take a 20 per cent share of Air Europa. In addition, in the event that a bid comes in from any other airline, IAG will have preference if it matches the offer.

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£807 million

was the reported turnover made by UK pub chain Wetherspoons for the last six months of trading to January 31 which resulted in a £13 million loss.

P&O Ferries sack 800 staff THURSDAY March 17 was a day of turmoil at P&O Ferries after it was revealed that the company would be making major redundancies fol‐ lowed by an announcement that its 800 sailing staff would be losing their jobs with immediate effect.

Early on that day, all sailings were suspended ahead of a major an‐ nouncement from the company as rumours circulated that the compa‐ ny, which has 20 ships, would be go‐ ing into liquidation, although this was denied by the company.

According to the British press, a P&O Ferries spokesperson said: “We have made a £100 million (€119 mil‐ lion) loss year on year, which has been covered by our parent DP World. This is not sustainable. Our survival is dependent on making swift and significant changes now.

Without these changes there is no future for P&O Ferries.

“These circumstances have result‐ ed in a very difficult but necessary decision, which was only taken after seriously considering all the avail‐ able options.

“As part of the process we are starting today, we are providing 800 seafarers with immediate severance notices and will be compensating them for this lack of advance notice with enhanced compensation pack‐ ages.”

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said: “I am very concerned about the news from P&O Ferries this morning and we will be speaking to the company today to understand the impact on workers and passen‐ gers.

“Important to note other opera‐ tors continue to run cross Channel routes, so passengers and goods can flow, but I am working with the Kent Resilience Forum to min‐

imise disruption.”

It is understood that the company will initially be using agency staff to reinstate its services within the next week or so and will be recruiting for‐ eign sailors to secure its long‐term future.

After the announcement of the redundancies, the Nautilus union chief said: “The news that P&O Fer‐ ries is sacking the crew across its en‐ tire UK fleet is a betrayal of British workers. It is nothing short of scan‐ dalous given that this Dubai owned company received millions of pounds of British taxpayer’s money during the pandemic.

“There was no consultation and no notice given by P&O. Be assured the full resources of Nautilus Inter‐ national stand ready to act in de‐ fence of our members. We believe it is in our members’ best interests to stay onboard until further notice.”

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A SERIES of new laws concerning road transport of goods went through the Spanish Parliament without any votes against on Thursday March 17.

This decree was first debated last year but clearly came to prominence due to the road haulier’s strike which is beginning to have some ef‐ fect and was championed by Minis‐ ter of Transport Raquel Sánchez.

Although the strike is not support‐ ed by the main driver’s unions, there are still a significant number of inde‐

Hauliers strike pendent drivers who are deter‐ mined to cause disruption so that their demand for a reduction in fuel costs is acted on.

The new laws will make it easier for lorry drivers to work in as much as they will not be required to load and unload lorries, nor will they

have to stick to agreed prices if fuel costs increase prior to the work be‐ ing undertaken.

Until such time as there is a posi‐ tive reduction in fuel prices howev‐ er it seems unlikely that the hauliers will be placated and will continue to travel in convoy to

Finnish cooperation THE Finnish Government is keep‐ ing a close watch on the Spanish recovery plan which focuses on green and digital transitions and has made it one of the biggest re‐ cipients of the EU recovery pack‐ age.

Thanks to this and the fact that Finland is heading on a similar path, the Minister for Develop‐ ment Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari, accompanied by a business delegation, visited Madrid from March 20 to 23 to promote cooperation between Spain and Finland.

During the four‐day visit, he met with a number of different Spanish ministers and introduced them to the 14 Finnish companies travel‐ ling with him which have expertise in different kinds of digital solu‐ tions.

Another food concept THE successful UK arm of Dallas based Wingstop which has more than 1,700 locations worldwide, announced on Thursday March 17 that it now has its eyes set on the Spanish market.

It plans to open four ‘ghost kitchens’ in Madrid, the first two as early as March 31 to offer a de‐ livery only service in Spain’s capital city before intending to expand across the country opening restau‐ rants through a franchise model.

“We are excited to bring the flavour of Wingstop to Spain ini‐ tially, leveraging a delivery‐only method. By embracing our en‐ trepreneurial spirit, in just 12 weeks from planning to execu‐ tion, we’re getting Wingstop in front of consumers in Madrid,” said Wingstop Vice President EMEA, Lisa Paton. slow traffic generally.

After reports of intimidation of drivers who are continuing to work, the government has announced that it plans to mobilise 23,000 police offi‐ cers in order to ensure driver’s safety and to break up jams.

The matter of reviewing fuel prices for hauliers which is apparent‐ ly being considered by the govern‐ ment will be the deciding factor as to whether the strike continues for any length of time.

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Inditex profits up again

Credit: Inditex

PROFITS INCREASE: Óscar García Maceiras and Pablo Isla revealed the figures.

THE Inditex bandwagon just keeps rolling on and 2021 final figures have re‐ turned to pre‐pandemic levels with turnover of €27.72 billion, up 35.8 per cent on the previous year.

As net profit increased by 193 per cent to €3.24 bil‐ lion, executive chairman, Pablo Isla, said on Wednes‐ day March 16 that, “after two years of pandemic, this set of results demonstrates the incredible ability to adapt to any circumstances that characterises all the people who work here, borne from their commit‐ ment and talent.”

The group’s CEO, Óscar García Maceiras, singled out “the leadership demon‐ strated by the company on the digital transformation front in recent years, this places us in an unrivalled position to offer an excep‐ tional level of engagement with our quality and sus‐ tainable fashion.”

Although the bulk of rev‐ enue is still generated in‐ store, online sales reached €7.5 billion, accounting for 25.5 per cent of total sales, reinforcing the company as a global leader in ecom‐ merce.

Despite all of its invest‐ ments in stock, stores, staff, distribution centres and on‐ line development, the group’s net cash stood at a record €9.3 billion at year‐ end, having increased by 24 per cent during the year.

The company outper‐ formed its sustainability targets for 2021, specifically for the use of renewable energy ‐ accounting for 91 per cent of total consump‐ tion.

It opened 226 stores in 40 markets during the year and on January 31, 2022, employed 165,042, up from 144,116 the previous year, with more than 80 per cent of the contracts being per‐ manent and there is no

Sales down UK grocery supplier Ocado has reported a slump in sales in the three months to the end of February 2022.

It believes that there are three main reasons, first‐ ly more people were returning to work and there‐ fore were not ordering so much for home delivery.

Secondly, ever‐increasing prices have made them consider their spend and thirdly because they were able to return to bars and restaurants as restrictions were eased, they were spending more outside of the house.

Although not dramatic, sales dropped 5.7 per cent to £574.7 million and the company is now reducing its annual growth sales forecast to around 10 per cent.

gender pay gap with three times more women than men employed.

BUSINESS EXTRA Sanctions ON March 14, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke on the phone to his Spanish counter‐ part José Manuel Al‐ bares Bueno about the situation in Ukraine and made it clear that China does not support the in‐ vasion, nor should it be affected in any way by sanctions brought against Russia.

Inflation continues AT the same time as raising the base interest rate to 0.75 per cent on Thursday March 17, the Bank of England warned that due to the ongoing situation in the Ukraine and the rise in energy costs it expects inflation to jump to 8 per cent or more.

Primark online ALTHOUGH it has held out for years, the hugely popular low priced Pri‐ mark clothing store is to ‘bite the bullet’ and of‐ fer an online service due reportedly to a drop in sales during the pan‐ demic and aggressive marketing from Chinese competitor Shein.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT “WHOEVER controls the media controls the mind,” observed 60s’ icon and The Doors’ front man Jim Morrison. He wasn’t alone in this observation of course.

Many, even William Shakespeare, have voiced similar sentiments. Malcom X once reflected: “The Media is the most powerful entity on earth; they can make the innocent guilty and the guilty innocent ‐ that’s power.”

These realities naturally haven’t escaped the leaders of both sides of this horrendous conflict in the Ukraine. Putin’s methods are painfully obvious; shut down all the media sources that disagree with the government ‐ job done. Ukraine’s approach has been a touch more subtle.

Of course, when your country is being destroyed by a monstrous regime and the bodies of innocent civilians litter the streets, the truth is there for all to witness.

That said, President Zelensky’s showbiz acumen is standing him in good stead. His simple green t‐shirt, which he wears for all his interviews and TV appearances, is no accident and has subsequently become an iconic symbol of his country’s struggle with Russian oppression. The picture of a citizen

Media punching the front of a tank convoy has been widely distributed around the world.

What I am not trying to do here is undermine the pure horror and horrendous criminal actions of the monster that is Putin or the tragic suffering of the Ukrainian people. What I am endeavouring to do is show how very important it is for the media to report all events in an unbiased and truthful way.

This is actually why the press hated Donald Trump. By his use of direct social media, he cut out these middle men and, to their absolute chagrin, virtually castrated their power of public manipulation in one fell swoop.

What is glaringly omitted from the reports of the West’s media are the true reasons Putin felt threatened by the Ukraine. There are in fact quite a number.

The country is highly disposed to far right extremism. Its neo‐Nazi leanings have been well chronicled and if you looked closely at a recently released picture of a female Ukrainian soldier, which was quickly taken down, you would have

clearly seen the Nazi Black Sun symbol on the front of her uniform.

Large numbers of their citizens belong to these fascist groups and they are highly trained, which is why they are doing such a remarkable job holding off the might of the Russian army. These groups pose a very real threat to all defenders of human rights, LGBT activists and left‐wing feminists. They are also anti‐sematic white supremacists. Putin is indisputably correct.

Living next door to one of Europe’s largest armies, with all its Nazi ideology, should indeed give him cause for concern, particularly if they are allowed to join NATO. His method of dealing with it is of course unacceptable.

Keep the faith Love Leapy Leapylee2002@gmail.com.

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FEATURE

TV & Film Review by Laura Kemp

Bad Vegan documentary THE four‐part documen‐ tary series Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives on Netflix follows the criminal case of Sarma Melngailis, co‐founder of celebrity‐ favourite restaurant Pure Food and Wine and the ‘it’ girl of New York’s early 2000s vegan food scene.

This series has a minus‐ cule 28 per cent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, however, I think it deserves much higher than this.

Vegan superchef Sarma Melngailis opened her pop‐ ular NY restaurant Pure Food and Wine before meeting a man online who promised, through a bizarre sequence of gaslighting and brainwashing, to make her beloved dog Leon immor‐ tal. Very similar to Netflix’s The Tinder Swindler, Sarma and her mother end up handing over millions of dollars to Anthony Strangis, aka Shane Fox, who called himself a black ops special‐ ist.

The story is told by Sarma herself and her former

members of staff, and we hear first‐hand how Strangis made her believe he was part of some sort of alternate spiritual world where ethereal beings are watching their every move and can somehow make Sarma’s dog immortal ‐ leading to the couple disap‐ pearing on the run for months.

We find that Sarma isn’t Strangis’ only victim and that he previously attempt‐ ed to convince his ex‐wife to poison their child with salt. Told in her own words, his ex‐wife is startling proof that Sarma hadn’t gone completely mad in believing Strangis and also highlights how it can be so easy for abusers to hide their mo‐ tives and convince others.

The story is a frightening look at manipulation, brain‐ washing and psychological abuse. Sarma is a likeable person whose staff adored her until she met Stringis and lost her sense of self and ultimately her success‐ ful business.

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OUR PASSION FOR PETS DURING THE PANDEMIC nonverbal cues, which doesn’t indicate word recognition, let alone comprehen‐ sion. But what about guide dogs?

Guide dog assessment is first done at six or seven weeks based on character traits.

Then they go through first level training for about 15 months with a foster family before being assessed if they meet guide dog character and fitness requirements which are VERY tough. Finally, there’s a minimum of 20 standard commands they must master.

How about a dog for PM? There’s no competition from any party. They’d win best in show, paws down!

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

AFTER another week of unremittingly grim news, here’s something a bit lighter: dogs have learnt to respond to human verbal and nonverbal cues and under‐ stand 200+ words and phrases. A fact doubtless of particular interest to all new dog owners during the pandemic.

Well, my dog has a vocabulary of 200+ words, responding to ‘walk’ ‘walk’ ‘walk’ even when said in 200 different ways each time. (There are expats who, after decades of living in their chosen country, understand fewer than 200 words of its language!). When she wouldn’t stop fol‐ lowing me around the house if she heard the word ‘walk’, I started spelling it in‐ stead. She then learnt to spell (she’s al‐ ready an expert at lip reading).

I’ve resorted to Spanish or French. But I think she cottoned on to the intonation so I now say ‘perambulation’. She hasn’t cot‐ Nora Johnson’s opinions

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toned on to that yet...

Now, it’s all very well to talk about dogs And of course, all dogs can count. Just and intelligence, but my cat, bless him, can try taking three biscuits from the tin and understand several languages and to show only giving them two. In fact, my dog can his superiority chooses not to engage with solve quadratic equations though her any of them. But have you ever seen a cat To read more articles from our columnists spelling is admittedly poor. I blame the sniffer, cat for the blind or police cat van? and to have your say in the comments go state of our modern education system. Or Critics claim dogs are simply ‘respond‐ to www.euroweeklynews.com Brexit. ing’ to their owner’s tone of voice and are her own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.

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EVERYONE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAR… Dear Editor, Readers are aware of Vladimir Putin’s satanic genocide in the Ukraine and the people there have three options: 1) Fight to the death 2) Flee if possible 3) Surrender and be carted off to death camps in Siberia Russian people watch State Television and do not know the reality of the war, plus their sons are sent to die in the Ukraine, fighting courageous men defending their own country.

We in the west are doing the best we can, but are limited due to the risk of Nuclear War! God bless the Ukraine and their families.

Yours sincerely, Brian

Such kindness This week I was introduced via a friend here in Mallorca to another aspect of this terrible war. A guy from Romania called Ovi. Ovi has a job, a home, family and is just a normal guy, like most of us, doing normal daily things, just as we do.

Ovi is proof of the flip side of this war and of the kindness of humanity at its greatest. On Saturday he borrowed a friend’s minibus at 3am and drove six hours to the Moldova/ Ukraine border to collect our family fleeing Odessa, three generations of women, children and grandparents.

Once he had the family loaded into the minibus, he drove three hours to his

THE WAR: It is not the people’s fault and they do not deserve it.

uncle’s home where he took the family in. They received food, showers and a warm, safe place to stay for two nights.

Finally Ovi drove them two hours to the nearest airport where we had arranged flights to Barcelona and onwards to Mallorca.

All he asked was money for fuel!

Ovi is a hero, he doesn’t need a gun, he helps fellow humans, neighbours, people who have lost EVERYTHING, people he doesn’t even know. A true inspiration and someone that has touched the hearts of all the refugees he is helping and all of us in Mallorca. Ovi and his family are helping lots of families every week.

Ovi is not alone of course and whilst we sit comfortably in our dwellings on our calm, safe island we should remember the world has a lot of people like Ovi and maybe, just maybe we could all strive to be more like them!

LORRY DRIVERS’ STRIKE ONE effect of any perceived crisis such as the lorry drivers’ strike is people flocking to supermarkets to stock up with what they consider to be necessities.

There have been reports in Andalucia in particular of empty shelves and a lack of some items such as fresh fruit and even toilet paper.

There seems to have been a groundswell of support on social media for those drivers who are taking action, although using your lorry to travel at slow speeds whilst using precious and expensive diesel to complain about the cost of it does seem a little counter-productive.

The Spanish government has taken note however and met with the National Committee for Road Transport (CNTC) with the intention of reaching a deal to end the strike. It appears likely that some €500 million in support by way of a

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Can you imagine that? A world that actually cares about neighbours, friends and even strangers from another country in desperate need.

God bless our new friend Ovi and all the people caring for the refugees who don’t deserve this war.

We will take our whole family into our home now too, until a longer term solution can be found, we just need to find people like Ovi here in Mallorca willing to help resettle the refugees and make them feel safe and welcome.

This war is not their fault, they did not deserve this and neither did any of the everyday people of Europe. None of them wanted to leave their homes and lives.

I’ve never met Ovi, I hope one day I shall. But for sure, I will never forget his kindness to my family.

Sincerely, Martin

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discount on diesel for ‘professional drivers’ is on the table.

The only problem is that the CNTC does not appear to have any control over the striking drivers, so a deal between a government that won’t speak to the drivers and an organisation that doesn’t represent them is somewhat suspect.

Still, we can hope that things are resolved quickly so that our friends in the hospitality industry, which is vital to the economy, don’t find themselves unable to serve hungry and thirsty customers on top of their ever-increasing costs caused by inflation.

Meanwhile, consumers continue to get the short end of the stick as diesel prices won’t be cut for them and they still have to cope with dayto-day price increases in so many areas.

REFUGEES: Should people be paid to offer them a home?

Debi Pye I do think the Ukrainians need help, it’s just terrible what is happening to them. I also think something needs to be done about the homeless in the UK. I’m currently doing 50 miles in March for Shelter. It upsets me how many people in the UK who are homeless and get no help from the government.

Thank god for homeless charities and good hearted citizens.

Lynne Hayward Unfortunately most people inc pensioners barely have enough to live on themselves.

Joanna Æ May People can’t afford to live with everything going up, of course they will need funding and £350 is not a lot really considering the amount it would cost to put them in a hotel. I do have compassion for these people as they are genuinely fleeing from war.

Beathe Olsen Wright £350/m is far more economical than scrambling to find them accommodation elsewhere. I just think that doing this should state ‘person in need’ and include any homeless/war veteran/ other refugee.

Valerie Hatcher How can you give money to them when you didn’t give it to the Veterans.

Edward Leto Is the same offered to families taking in any homeless person/ family or is the offer just for taking in Ukrainians?

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Optometrist’s warning over dangerous TikTok trends SOCIAL media users taking part in viral TikTok chal‐ lenges are putting them‐ selves at risk of blindness, an expert has warned.

Dr Nigel Best, an op‐ tometrist at Specsavers, is urging people not to take part in these trends which sees them exposing their eyes to bright lights and toxic sub‐ stances.

He said: “These challenges can be extremely dangerous and can put your eye health at risk. It really isn’t worth jeopardising your sight for a sake of a few likes and shares on social media.”

One of the challenges going viral on the platform sees people mixing bleach, hand sanitiser, jelly and shaving cream in a bag and holding it up to their eyes. It is thought

CLAIRE GORDON FINDING BALANCE IN AN UNEVEN WORLD AS I have mentioned be‐ fore, I have a hard time understanding why a group of people who are willing to stand up for what they believe in and

this will make them appear brighter, however this is not the case.

Dr Best said: “Simply don’t do it! Apart from the fact that it won’t make your eyes any brighter, if the bag splits and the contents leak out it could cause corneal scarring, ex‐ treme pain and blindness.”

Another video doing the rounds sees users trying to change their eye colour from brown to blue by expos‐ ing the eye to bright light while using the S5 filter on their phones. However, Dr Best says this could lead to permanent damage.

“When exposed to bright lights we would naturally avert our eyes and our pupils would constrict. These two actions will reduce the amount of potentially harmful

BRIGHT LIGHTS: Can damage eyes. light falling on the retina.

“By intentionally exposing your retinas to bright lights, you risk permanently damag‐ ing the light sensitive cells on your retina and causing blind spots,” he said.

The ‘fingereyechallenge’ is also making appearances on people’s feeds, which while isn’t as invasive as the others, it could cause some dam‐ age.

It involves someone holding their finger over one eye while looking towards that finger with the opposite eye. Videos see them holding it in place for 10‐15 seconds before moving their finger resulting in eyes temporarily pointing in differ‐ ent directions.

Dr Best said: “There are six different muscles controlling the movement of each eye and it only requires one of these 12 eye muscles to be‐ come misaligned for any rea‐ sons for a squint and double vision to occur.

“Optometrists will some‐

times use tests similar to the finger challenge to test the strength of the eye muscles but in a very controlled and safe way. We would advise against people carrying out these tests on themselves as it could result in eye strain and temporary double vi‐ sion.”

There are nine Specsavers Ópticas stores in Spain, in Marbella and Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol, Santa Ponça in Mallorca and Javea, Calpe, Benidorm, Torrevieja, Guardamar and La Zenia on the Costa Blanca. Visit www.specsavers.es to find your nearest store or book an eye test.

Change starts now push to try to make the world a better place for the people in it, are la‐ belled as overly sensi‐ tive and weak.

While I know that the

reason it is done by peo‐ ple holding the power is to keep the ones asking the questions in their place, why the ordinary person on the street parrots the same rhetoric is something I have a harder time with.

As times change and the world evolves, lots of the forward move‐ ment is for the better.

As people learn more about themselves and others, the momentum moves to create under‐ standing and empathy, but only if people let it and let down their guard.

For the large majority of our existence on this planet, ignorance of the world as a whole was in‐ evitable. There were on‐ ly so many ways that communications could

be made outside of peo‐ ple’s own small spheres, and that varied informa‐ tion could be shared be‐ tween diverse sections of humanity. As knowl‐ edge becomes more and more widely available, ignorance is increasingly a choice and it is one a lot of people make.

Instead of opening up to things that may chal‐ lenge their opinion or view of the world, peo‐ ple shy away or stay stuck repeating past mistakes. Instead of hearing out something that may make them feel uncomfortable, but that will ultimately help them grow and improve everyone’s experience, they place their heads in the sand and hide away from new things. This is cowardly snowflake be‐

haviour. Standing up, being willing to learn from others, and making your voice heard when you are fighting against a corrupt system is not.

I don’t think the new generation and the peo‐ ple who have accepted them and their causes are sensitive at all. I think they have been able to look at the infor‐ mation that is available to them, understood that this is a world and a system that is only made to benefit very few people at the cost of everyone else, and have decided that enough is enough.

A lot of what people have grown up with that has been normalised is actually toxic, trauma‐ tising, and perpetuates injustice.

The world is changing and people are pushing for a better experience.

As Wales brings in a smacking ban this week, there are already cries of “it never did me any harm” ringing through the halls. I beg to differ.

If people can in one breath condemn teach‐ ing children about their bodily autonomy and then talk about allowing people to continue physically abusing their children in the next, something has gone wrong somewhere. Just because you had to live through it doesn’t mean it should be carried on.

It should stop here be‐ cause we know better now, so we can do bet‐ ter, for all of us.

This sentiment goes for much more than just smacking.

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Natural cosmetics Dressed for success COSMETIC products such as shampoos, soaps, creams and make‐up often contain nu‐ merous chemicals such as parabens, sulphates, ammo‐ nia and other substances that can have a harmful effect on our skin and the environ‐ ment.

Natural cosmetics are an ideal solution to this because they bring us a wide range of benefits straight from nature.

They conserve all their active ingredients and are fully effec‐ tive without any kind of chemi‐ cal manipulation, nor do they contain any irritating chemical preservatives, artificial per‐ fumes or synthetic colouring.

This means that they are ideal for those with sensitive skin, in‐ cluding children and pregnant women. Because of their gen‐ tle natural components, our skin tolerates them perfectly.

They cause no side effects, irri‐

NATURAL PRODUCTS: An ideal solution as they bring a wide range of benefits.

tation or allergies. If you make the switch, your skin will thank you.

It is also important to do our part for the environment. Nat‐ ural cosmetics are made using environmentally‐friendly ingre‐ dients, do not contain pollu‐ tants and are packaged in recy‐ clable materials. They are cruelty‐free, meaning that they have not been tested on animals.

Purchasing natural and tox‐ in‐free cosmetics is key to deal‐

ing with the mistreatment of the thousands of animals that have to suffer in laboratories for the testing of traditional cosmetic products. Doing our bit to prevent animal experi‐ mentation costs very little.

We should get used to checking the packaging of the products we buy and try to be‐ come more aware of what our cosmetics contain. We should look out for seals that certify the natural origin of the ingre‐ dients.

Sunflower oil alternatives THE consequences of the cur‐ rent war in Ukraine are being felt in the rest of Europe. One such consequence is the in‐ creased price and limited sup‐ ply of sunflower oil, which has already led many people to look for alternatives.

How healthy a particular type of oil is can be deter‐ mined by the type of fats it contains (saturated or unsatu‐ rated) and its smoke point, the temperature at which it starts to oxidise and release harmful compounds. Unsaturated fats are generally preferable to sat‐ urated fats, although more re‐ cent scientific evidence has be‐ gun to indicate that not all saturated fats are so harmful to health. The smoke point de‐ termines what each type of oil should be used for, as some oils may not be a problem

when used raw, but are not recommended for frying.

Olive oil, especially extra vir‐ gin olive oil, is considered to be the healthiest oil. It is mainly composed of monounsaturat‐ ed fats, which are good for the heart. However, its smoke point is relatively low, so it is best reserved for dishes that do not require too much heat.

Other oils rich in unsaturated fats are peanut oil, walnut oil,

sesame oil, avocado oil and or‐ ganic soy oil.

Coconut oil is somewhat controversial. It is very high in saturated fats, but according to some studies, it may not have as negative an impact on health as previously thought.

However, moderation is ad‐ vised. Oils to be avoided in‐ clude vegetable oil, margarine, corn oil, hydrogenated soy‐ bean oil and butter.

WE discussed in the last column about researching and visiting colleges, univer‐ sities and companies. However, do you know how to dress for the occasion?

If you are interested in fashion, you wouldn’t turn up at a top company or editorial magazine in a tracksuit, you would dress for the job. Dress like you work there already. A smart classic dress or trouser suit is the best option and make sure it is well ironed, shoes pol‐ ished and your hair and nails are clean and tidy. After all you are selling yourself to these people.

Make sure the bag you carry has all the right essentials like a pen and paper to take any important notes.

For formal meetings at colleges, uni‐ versities and companies, dress as you would for a job interview.

Men: * Wear a suit, shirt and tie. * Wear matching socks. * Don’t wear trainers, even if they’re black.

Women: * Skirts or dresses should be no short‐ er than just above the knee. If there’s a split at the back, check this will still be re‐ spectable even if the skirt or dress rides

@MINDFULTEENWORLD ON INSTAGRAM up a bit. * Check that the length of your skirt or dress is still okay when you sit down, and that the lining doesn’t poke out at the bottom. * Check that no part of your bra or your cleavage will show in any position, including leaning forward. * Estimate how far you’ll have to walk and wear shoes that are comfortable enough. If you want to wear high heels, considering bringing a smart pair of flat shoes in your bag as back‐up. * Avoid chipped nail polish.

Both: * If you have piercings, keep their dec‐ oration discreet. * It’s okay to wear religious dress. * Prepare an outfit that can be adapt‐ ed for different temperatures. The build‐ ing you’re in could have overenthusiastic central heating or air‐con, whatever the weather outside. Layers are your friend.

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SALÓN VARIETÉS THEATRE IT’S time for the spring musical at the Salón Varietés Theatre in Fuengirola!

The Sound of Music has been beloved worldwide since the musical film with Julia Andrews and Christopher Plummer of 1965!

It’s stage adaptation is a firm favourite amongst musical theatre lovers!

Directed for the Salón Varietés by Peter Mitchell, and with a brilliant cast of Gemma Lloyd as Maria, Oliver Greene as Captain Von Trapp, Catrina Helsby, Joanne McCafferty and Peter Oliver, not to mention the adorable and talented cast that play the Von Trapp Children! In total 24 talented actors, singers and dancers!

Having enjoyed a long career as a per‐ former and having directed many shows in the UK, Peter has directed over 100 musicals, pantomimes and reviews at the Salón, since moving to Spain!

Including sing along songs such as Do‐Re‐

MUSICAL: Including sing along songs.

Mi, Climb Every Mountain, How Do You Solve a Problem, My Favourite Things and so many more, The Sound of Music is a highlight of the Salón’s season 2021‐2022.

With a full 10‐night run from March 25 ‐ April 3, this is one to book early for! Call 952 474 542 or book online at salonvarietes.com!

Teatro Salon Varietes, C/ Emancípación, s/n, Fuengirola 29640 - Malaga.

Telephone (+34) 952 474 542 - boxoffice@salonvarietestheatre.com Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 11.00 - 14.30 We also open one hour before any show!

A CHARITY dinner in Duquesa featuring Love to Sing choir on April 6 will raise funds for Darkness in‐ to Light organisation.

The three‐course dinner at the Restaurante Duquesa Golf Club (three choices for each course including vege‐ tarian option) costs €30 per person and includes a wel‐ come drink, the choir per‐ formance and a grand raffle with guests welcome from 7pm.

There are a limited num‐ ber of tickets available and reservations have to be made in advance by con‐ tacting allyson@exgspain. com on +34 659 772 448 or costadelsol@darknessinto light.com on +353 863 122 192.

The Darkness into Light Charity under Pieta House alongside other partner charities have been work‐ ing together to raise aware‐ ness against Suicide and Self‐Harm Prevention around the world since 2013.

Photo credit: Love to Sing Choir

Charity dinner in Duquesa The Sound of Music

RAISING FUNDS: The Love to Sing choir.

In 2018 DIL succeeded in forming a partnership with Afesol Salud Mental and encouraged them to move into the area of Suicide and Self Harm Prevention which they did with great enthusi‐ asm and DIL have given in excess of €40,000 so far to Afesol.

In the next couple of months, Afesol will be opening a centre in Es‐ tepona which has kindly been given by the Estepona Town Hall to Afesol for use as a day centre for mentally challenged local people and shortly it is hoped to have a

suicide prevention pro‐ gramme placed perma‐ nently in this building in col‐ laboration with the Ciceron Programme.

The Darkness into Light Charity Walk this year is on Saturday May 7 and regis‐ tration is now possible via www.darknessintolight.ie who encourage everyone who took part in last year’s walk to wear the t‐shirts they obtained then in order to save the environment and free up more funds to Afesol.

Early Bird Registration finishes on March 31.

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THE Cirque du Soleil re‐ born after the pandemic returns to Malaga City with their first ever acro‐ batic performance on ice with CRYSTAL. It’s not just an ice show but brings together world‐ class ice skaters and acro‐ bats who claim their new frozen playground with speed and fluidity as they challenge the laws of grav‐ ity with never‐before‐seen acrobatics.

CRYSTAL invites you to suspend reality and glide into a world that springs to colourful life with as‐ tounding visual projec‐ tions and a soundtrack that seamlessly blends popular music with the signature sound of Cirque du Soleil in a performance that is suitable for all ages.

The very short run is in

Credit: Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil reborn

ICE SHOW: One of the many amazing acts in CRYSTAL.

December at the Palacio Martin Carpena in Malaga City on December 11 and then December 14 to 18 with tickets currently cost‐ ing from €50 to €104, de‐ pending upon the time and date of the perfor‐ mance and can be ob‐ tained by visiting the Cirque du Soleil box office website at https://www.livena

tion.es/artist‐crystal‐ cirque‐du‐soleil‐1269764.

With 15 separate seg‐ ments, the show lasts two and a half hours with a 20‐ minute intermission and will be the only chance this year for those of us in the Costa del Sol to catch the innovative Canadian based troupe made up of acrobats and athletes from all over the world.

Mad Men and artists THE next lecture organ‐ ised by the Arts Society Benahavis takes place on Tuesday March 29 at the Benahavis Town Hall with doors opening at 5.30pm and the lecture starting at 6.30pm sharp.

Entitled Mad Men and artists, Tony Rawlins who knows the industry inside out explores how the ad‐ vertising industry exploit‐

ed fine art over the years from the Renaissance to the present day and his lecture will be accompa‐ nied by a wide range of visuals and videos.

See Michelangelo’s David wearing Levi’s jeans and learn about how some adverts amuse, whilst others were not quite as successful.

The lecture will last ap‐

proximately one hour and admission is free to mem‐ bers of the Arts Society Benahavis, costs €10 for members of other soci‐ eties or €12 to guests and all lectures are followed by a complimentary drink and an opportunity to meet the speaker.

Find out how to join at http://theartssocietybe nahavis.com/.

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Ballet returns to Estepona ON Saturday, May 21 at 6.30pm the ac‐ claimed company created by the award‐ winning and acclaimed Moldovan soloists Cristina and Alexei Terentiev will present Sleeping Beauty at the Felipe VI Auditorium.

Composed by Tchaikovsky it was, in its original form, the longest of his ballets but this version will last two hours including a

20‐minute intermission and tickets cost €28 from the TAF box office.

The story of Princess Aurora put to sleep aged 16 by the enraged Fairy Carabosse who was not invited to her christening, only to be awoken by a kiss from Prince Desiré has been used in book, film and even pan‐ tomimes over the past 100 years.

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Advertising the four Spanish dates.

Simply Red return SIMPLY RED will be appear‐ ing at Marenostrum Fuen‐ girola on Sunday June 5 as part of a huge European tour which sees just four Spanish dates.

Singer Mick Hucknall and

the band last played Fuen‐ girola to great acclaim in the first ever Marenostrum Festi‐ val in 2016 before making the trip to Palma, Mallorca.

This expert in the art of blue‐eyed soul is touring in

support of his 2021 released album Simply Red Remixed which features new versions of his best loved hits.

Under Hucknall’s leader‐ ship, Simply Red built a golden career over the years and after three decades of good music, he has sold more than 60 mil‐ lion records worldwide with five number one albums, but surprisingly just one number one single (Fair‐ ground) in the UK charts.

Tickets are now on sale at https://marenostrumfuen girola.com/ starting from €55 plus booking fee.

Audiences can expect to see the singer and his six‐ piece band perform all of their most popular numbers including Holding back the years, If you don’t know me by now, Sunrise, Stars and Something got me started, plus perhaps one or two of their less well known num‐ bers.

Whole Lotta Band THE Whole Lotta Band, a Spanish tribute to Led Zep‐ pelin will play Malaga on May 13 as part of their na‐ tionwide tour.

Formed in 2011, the four dedicated musicians make it their life’s work to accu‐ rately reproduce one of Rock’s greatest and often loudest bands.

Whole Lotta Band man‐ ages through its show to transport you for almost three hours to the Led Zep‐ pelin universe, with the set‐ ting, the sound and the staging, accompanied by the most characteristic ele‐ ments that dominated the English band.

Needless to say, you can relive the sound of Stairway To Heaven, Kashmir and Whole Lotta Love plus oth‐

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Live and on stage.

er great numbers as they appear at the Sala Paris 15 in Malaga City with tickets costing €15 in advance at https://mutick.com/e/whol e‐lotta‐band‐en‐malaga or if you wish to wait for the night, entry will be €20 at the door.

If you saw English group, Whole Lotta Zep at either of their Estepona appear‐ ances a few years ago, here’s a chance to compare the two great tribute bands.

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Simply Smokin’ THE sound of popular band Smokie will soon be heard in Benalmade‐ na as a new five‐piece tribute band of English musicians known as Smokin’ will perform at the Moonlight Bar on Saturday April 16.

Many will remember such hits as Living next door to Alice and in fact the original band re‐ leased 10 singles and their best of album sat in the UK charts for five months and topped some charts around Eu‐ rope.

They were still playing across the UK and Eu‐ rope until final original member bassist Terry Ut‐ tley died earlier this year but the remaining mem‐ bers of Smokie who played in Fuengirola 11 years ago are now hon‐ ouring contractual com‐ mitments during 2022.

They aren’t planning to visit Spain, so the Smokin’ tribute at the Moonlight Bar in the Sunset Beach Club will see them replicate that unmistakable Smokie sound playing all their most popular songs in an evening of nostalgia and fun.

Tickets cost €5 in ad‐ vance from Sunset Beach Club or €10 on the night.

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BY NICOLE KING MARBELLA has always been my ‘happy place’. The minute we’d walk out onto the stairs to start our descent from the airplane, I had that feeling, that know‐ ing, that I was home. I’ve been coming here since I was a toddler and 50 plus years on the feeling is unchanged.

I never questioned why I love it as I re‐ call it wasn’t the sun or the beach nor the ocean in particular that were the at‐ traction. It was simply an overall sense of well‐being and excitement for each new day.

It was only while introducing a spe‐ cialised optic product into Spain that I began to understand that the light and brightness here, compared to the grey‐ ness of the UK, had a lot to do with it.

I came to appreciate, among other things, that the light sets our biological clock and that each one of us processes light at different speeds. If we consider that 80 per cent of what we know about the world around us comes through our eyes and our visual system is stimulated and works 100 per cent on how light en‐ ters our eyes, we recognise that our atti‐

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Being by the seaside, particularly where there’s sunshine like here in Mar‐ bella, has the added advantage of expo‐ sure to the sun, which favours the pro‐ duction of vitamin D and strengthens our immune system.

There are truly so many factors that make Marbella such a feel‐good place but it’s nice to know, even proven by studies, that it’s in our best interest too.

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DAVID WORBOYS THINKING ALOUD OVER the years, there have been hundreds of best‐selling publications exhorting us to discover our best po‐ tential and inner strength through self‐examination.

The influence of these classic works has resulted in an increasing recogni‐ tion of life’s opportunities and our place in the universe. Dale Carnegie’s ‘How to win Friends and influence People’ of 1936, Napoleon Hill (‘Think and Grow Rich’, 1937), Norman Vin‐ cent Peale (‘The Power of Positive Thinking’, 1952) and Eckhart Tolle (‘The Power of Now’, 1997) have all shown us the way to achieve differ‐ ent interpretations of success.

Carnegie shows us how to relate to our fellow beings for the greater good of all of us. “A stranger is a friend you have not got to know yet.” Hill focus‐ es on achieving material wealth and, along with it, a richness in character.

Whereas Peale demonstrates that the way we think and believe deter‐ mines our achievements, Tolle ex‐ plains how we miss the point of our

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Have they read ‘How to win friends and influence people’?

existence (the present moment) by dwelling in excessive reflection on the past and worrying about the future.

They are all saying we can call on our minds to believe we can achieve anything. The mind controls the body and its immune system. Self‐belief enables us to overcome illnesses, set‐ backs, grief and remorse.

We are encouraged to love and believe in ourselves as we nurture our bodies, minds and spirits. But self‐

love means being grateful for who we are; it does not mean regarding ourselves as superior to other people.

We are, after all, connected to all oth‐ er beings as individual parts of the universal energy.

We are all incarnated here for a maximum of 120 years, temporary custodians of all we possess and of all our knowledge, experiences and rela‐ tionships. All this will evaporate when the Grim Reaper calls time. Eventual‐

ly, the human body (our temporary encasement), will quickly succumb to the flames or the worms and will eventually cease to exist. But energy is indestructible.

In meditation we can feel the ener‐ gy within our inner body and through it we can sense how our spirit will sur‐ vive beyond mortality. This is very comforting.

In the past I have witnessed two very odd forms of parental incentivi‐

sation. Many years ago, in a crowded shopping centre, a mother was heard screaming at her eight‐year‐old son “I told you to come here, you stupid bastard!”

What kind of a self‐image is she hoping to cultivate in this young lad?

And what does it say about her own past moral standards? More recently, I heard another woman, in a pub, conscious of her son’s need for re‐ fined table manners, advising him to “wipe your mouth, you grubby little bugger.” Hmmm!

Most of those of us who seek im‐ provement need motivation, whether through books, yoga, Tai‐ Chi, religion or role models. Children, especially, need positive guidance and encouragement to become the best they can be. The future is in their hands.

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SUZANNE MANNERS THERE is nothing so exasperating as being told how to do something by someone with less experience than yourself. Male or female, young or old, but mostly male (this is not an equal opportunity rant). Once or 20 times I have listened to a male col‐ league explain to me how to correctly apply an initiative I myself have intro‐ duced into the workplace or talk me through a process I can follow fast asleep and with both hands full (wine glass and chocolate of course).

Mansplaining is a symptom of a con‐ trolling personality along with a sense of entitlement , an over inflated sense of self worth and deafness to other opinions. Manspreading on the other hand is just down right rude and an‐ noying. Whenever I see a man sitting wide legged on a bus or train en‐ croaching on the seat adjacent I want to batter them with an umbrella. Even worse are those fellows who sit with one ankle resting on the other thigh showing their next seat neighbour the sole of a dirty shoe (and don’t get me started on teenagers on buses with

Explaining Mansplaining

HENRY VIII: A large man puffed with pride.

their feet on the seats). Taking up space in the world has been the abso‐ lute right of men for centuries,spurred on by evolution. Look at the size of a peacock’s feathers! While women shrink into themselves, sit demurely on half a seat, arms in, legs shut tight (and above the age of 50 just disappear), men will fill the space they inhabit with little regard for anyone else (exactly like a cat).

Take Henry VIII (“Please take him!” uttered Christina of Denmark who wished nothing more than to keep her‐ self and her head in Denmark). Holbein painted him as a large man puffed with pride, legs wide apart as if straddling the world, thrusting his bejewelled codpiece into the eye of the beholder.

His unfortunate wives had to suffer hours of mansplaining from the tyran‐ nical monarch who believed himself expert in all things political.

Today when reviewing the horrors in the world (past and present) and the extremes to which manspreading can evolve if left unchecked. Men who mourn the past and whose dearest

wish is to be viewed with the same fear as dictators and kings. Puffed up and prideful with their over inflated sense of entitlement, desirous of strad‐ dling the world. Nothing more than frustrated tyrants.

It may be a simplistic point of view but I believe that behind the bombast and the rhetoric are spoiled, self ob‐ sessed little boys who have never been told to “shut up and share.”

History is littered with the ashes cre‐ ated by the lengths to which men will go to puff up and increase the space they take up in the world. Man the pumps make me bigger and scarier and just a little bit ridiculous… like the thrusting codpiece of old, the tiny black moustache and death’s head in‐ signia, jack boot and red badge little bunched up fists crying “Me, me, me.”

This is why equality is so important.

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The business idea first came from Dan who wanted to start a glass manufacturing busi‐ ness making sealed units (double glazing) as back in the UK he was a line manager oversee‐ ing the making of such units. Dan started the business with his wife and parents‐in‐law in 2004 and Dan’s brother joined them not long after, so as the pair had grown with their fa‐ ther who owned a window and door manu‐ facturers, it wasn’t long until the company ex‐ panded.

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FUNERALS

GLASS CURTAINS GLASS CURTAIN repairs, specialist in replacement of discoloured plastic strips that act as a seal between the glass panels. Call Julian 655 825 931 (294354)

GOLF FOR SALE

FURNITURE FURNITURE wanted, same day collection, also house clearance and removals. 697 511 071 (294952)

GARDENING PROFESSIONAL garden services from Fuengirola to Estepona. All aspects of gardening and full maintenance and landscaping, free quotes, competitive prices. Contact Andrew 600 259 981 Andrew@gardenprofessionals.com (291784)

IRRIGATION IRIS-IRRIGATION and landscapes. TRENCHLESS NO DIG Irrigation installation, Cables, Fibre Optic, Electric & Lighting Cables. New Installations & problem-solving. Turf (supply and laying). Garden constructions. Tree surgeon. Clearing. Astro Turf (Free Quotation) 676 747 521 (292929)

GATE REPAIRS ELECTRIC GATE /GARAGE DOOR automation repaired. Free, no obligation quotation.

Call Colin - 636 394 641 (294530)

GATES ELECTRIC GATES/Garage Doors. Intercoms/access control systems and replacement remotes. New installs and repairs. For all your electric gate and garage door requirements call us on 605 356 469/952 786 178. The Garage Door Co & 2 Way Gates. tgdc@hotmail.co.uk www.2waygates.com (292651)

GENERAL SERVICES EXPERIENCED CAPABLE YOUNG MAN available for laboring work, heavy lifting & support with removals.

Can supply trade contacts.

Native English speaking and also fluent in Spanish.

Please call or WhatsApp me at +44 7707 557342 (295652)

FULL set of irons never used, plus ping putter. Offers for the lot. 625 908 687 (293391)

GUTTERING GUTTERING: Protect your property from rain damage. Quality guaranteed. 26 years installation history in Spain. Envirocare. All areas covered 952 663 141/670 409 759 info@envirocare spain.com www.enviro carespain.com (295314)

HEALTH & BEAUTY BEAUTY TREATMENTS BOTOX & fillers from €95.

Skinny Jab & Fat reducing injections. Cover Coast & Inland. www.beautifulmarbel la.es 609 347 086 (295540)

CHIROPRACTOR FUENGIROLA, Myofascial Release. J Schaegen, Specialised in treating neck, back & extremity disorders, 30 years in Practice. 652 291 224 www.bodywork.es (292480)

INSURANCE

HEATING FIRES: Electric, Gas, Wood Burning Stoves.

Quality guaranteed. EnviroCare. All areas covered. 952 663 141/670 409 759. info@enviro carespain.com www.en virocarespain.com (295314)

HOME IMPROVEMENTS VINYL WRAP VINYL SOLUTIONS WHY REPLACE WHEN YOU CAN RENOVATE? Modern adhesive vinyl coverings in hundreds of styles and designs can renovate a tired kitchen, bathroom, wall panels, bedroom wardrobes, fridge doors. Turn a tired looking wood designed kitchen into a modern solid colour or metallic look without painting or replacing. Work carried out on site with 10 year warranties Contact Ian 644 546 176 for design brochure and samples. (292272)

HOT TUBS AND SPAS HOT TUBS new used, bought, sold, hired. Also move & repairs. Used good Hot Tubs for sale. 691 973 131 / +44 7836 379122 (294340) If you can read it, so can your clients. Contact us and have

HOUSE CLEARANCES ALHAURIN FURNITURE EMPORIUM furniture wanted, same day collection, also house clearance and removals. 697 511 071 (294952)

INSURANCE EU INSURANCE DIRECT. Best prices, best service, best cover for all your Insurance needs. TEL 951 080 118 or 952 830 843 (282687) MOTOR INSURANCE. For the most competitive quotes in English call Linea Directa on 952 147 834, you could save as much as 30% and you can transfer your existing no claims bonus. Call Linea Directa on 952 147 834 for motor insurance with a human voice in English from Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm and save money now! (200726) STAY SAFE! Abbeygate Insurance Call 971 277 455 For your security www.abbey gateinsure.com (291234) LSM INSURANCE. No fat singing blokes or trumpeting telephones, just professional service at the best prices for all your insurance needs including car, household, commercial, life, health and travel. Tel 952 578008 or www.lsmin surance.biz for a quotation (295139)

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INVESTMENT OPP. 12% PA Fixed Rate Return.

UK Commercial Property. Low entry level. Tel: 965 020 402 (294802)

LOCKSMITHS LOCKSMITH emergency / appointment. Doors opened without damage, locks changed, patio doors and windows secured, 24 hour honest, fast and reliable service. Call Paul 657 466 803 (288129) ENGLISH 24/7 LOCKSMITHS AND SECURITY COMPANY, FREE HOME SECURITY SURVEY. 636 770 865 / 952 660 233 WWW.SECURITYOFS PAIN.COM CONTACT DAREN (294126)

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MISCELLANEOUS GOLD & SILVER Bought & Sold, Rolex & Patek Philippe Watches Tel – 678 716 693 (288662)

MOBILITY THE WORLD OF MOBILITY superstore. Your independent living & mobility specialist. All mobility needs under one roof. Sales, Repairs & Rentals. FREE delivery with all online sales. www.world ofmobility.es/shop (295079) SENIORWORLD (est.2008) – MOBILITY scooters, wheelchairs, stairlifts, nursing beds, rise ‘n’ recline chairs & a large range of daily living aids for sale or hire, for a better life. Visit our showroom in Los Boliches - or call on 952 663 131 or 670 964 181 for advice & best prices (294342)

MOSQUITO SCREENS ACE OF SHADES – Don’t let the bugs get you!

Available in enrollable, slider and pleated. Large choice of colours including wood effect. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceofshades.design (101730) MOSQUITO Screens for windows, doors and a high-quality sliding patio door screen. All finishes available. Quick service.

All areas covered. Call Julian 655 825 931 (294354) MOSQUITO screens, sliding, pulldown, pleated, colours call Mosquito Nick 647 072 861 www.mos quitonick.ws (293466)

MOTORING FOR SALE – SELLING YOUR SPANISH CAR? PHONE Bill Brady for the best cash price. Stay safe and phone Bill on 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbrady cars.com

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CLASSIFIEDS MASSIVE SAVINGS AT BILL BRADY CARS has been established on the Costa del Sol since 1986, in which time he has helped thousands of expatriates to buy or sell their quality used Spanish cars and also keeping all the documentation simple so you understand all that is going on (which is important). You can contact Bill direct on 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 or billbradycars.com NEW Cars and SUVs coming soon please check our web page billbradycars.com.

KIA SOL, Diesel, One private owner, Low km, 9995 € .

952 838 842 & 608 950 221, billbradycars.com MUST be the cheapest car on the coast CONVERTIBLE Automatic / Diesel Mercedes SLK 250 CDI. 2012 R:H:D: With service history 96’000 Klm. ( 60’000 Mls ) New ITV. ( MOT ) Health forces this sale this car is immaculate for year yes the price is correct WAS 14’995€ Now slashed to only 12’995€ 952838842 608950221 billbradycars. com IMMACULATE JAGUAR X Type 3.0 Sport Automatic.

This is a RHD car with Spanish plates and ITV. Genuine 74k miles and full service history. Metallic blue with cream and walnut interior. Two owners from new. Company directors second car. €4,500.

Tel: 951 400 234 (295538) Nissan Qashqai+2 2L Tekna Diesel. RHD Spanish plates. VGC 7 seats, Sat Nav etc. FSH, ITV November 2022. 107,000m €8,000 Contact 622 685 338 (295648) WE ARE currently the market leader in our country in the sale of direct car, motorbike, home and company fleet insurance. Since we started out in 1995, our philosophy has always been to offer an excellent service with the best prices in the market. For the most competitive quotes in English, call Linea Directa on 952 147 834. (200726)

CAR SERVICES MOBILE MECHANIC will come to your home or work.

Servicing, repairs, ITVs & diagnostics. Call Mick on 617 553 072 (293920)

CLASSIFIEDS ENGLISH bodyshop, fully equipped, Mijas Costa. No Job Too Small. 952 667 074 (293789)

WANTED ALL CARS / Commercials wanted, runners or non-runners. Cash. Buyer collects.

Transfer included. 605 109 796 (294574) WANTED, wanted, wanted!!

All cars, all years, all models… from exotic to classic.

Spanish, English, Dutch plated. Call us on 951 977 329 or 606 647 597. (293494) CAMPER VANS, CARAVANS, MOBILE HOMES, BOATS AND ALL PLANT, DIGGERS, DUMPERS, MOTORBIKES, CARS AND COMMERCIALS WANTED. BEST PRICE PAID, CASH TODAY, ANY REGISTRATION WITH OR WITHOUT PAPERS. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 (290739) CAR, VANS BOUGHT WITH/WITHOUT PAPERS. CASH WAITING 678 808 837 (290739) CARS, VANS UK OR SPANISH BOUGHT FOR CASH. FREE COLLECTION IN SPAIN/UK. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 OR 952 669 701 (290739) CARS, VANS, ANY REGISTRATION, INSTANT CASH, FINANCE/EMBARGO UK OR SPANISH 685 524 921 (290739) WANTED CARS AND VANS, FREE COLLECTION, SAME DAY 685 524 921 (290739)

IMPORT / TRANSFER CARS transferred, history checks, Imports and Embargo problems. Change of use and lost papers. Change your car to Spanish plates, simple efficient service. Cars bought and sold. Please call 678 808 837 Or email carsinspain @live.co.uk (290739)

MUSIC ENHANCE YOUR SPECIAL DAY WITH THE BEAUTIFUL SOUNDS OF LIVE SPANISH GUITAR PLAYED BY DAVID CHRISTIAN-CLARK. ECLECTIC REPERTOIRE. RECOMMENDED BY TOP WEDDING-PLANNERS AND AGENTS. SEE HIM ON GOOGLE & FACEBOOK. PARTY BAND AVAILABLE ALSO. CALL 00 350 540 367 29 (295061)

NAUTICAL INTERNATIONAL SKIPPER LICENCE, VHF/DSCRadio or Radar Courses held in English individual or small groups starts soon. 626 245 098 (295374)

www.euroweeklynews.com PASSPORT RENEWALS UK & IRISH Passport renewals including photo’s.

Complete Service. Cath’s Cards. 952 885 759. www.cathscards.es (291992)

PEST CONTROL COCKROACHES, ANTS, insects, fleas, mice, rats, wasps, termite specialists.

Fumigations, bars, restaurants, houses, etc. Sanitary department officially registered certificates. Guarantee.

Serving the coast since 1985.

Only legal English owned pest control company on the coast. If you want the best then phone N.P.S. Nigel 606 008 940 (293982)

PETS KENNELS CAT & DOG World Kennels and Cattery. 952 112 978 / 630 197 435. www.catand dogworld.com (295535)

PET CHARITY ACE CHARITY ‘El Refugio’ in La Cala de Mijas is a registered charity. We have on average 275 dogs in our care and we receive no help from the Town Hall or the Andalucian government. We desperately need foster homes and adoptants for our many dogs, especially the small ones and puppies who do not do well in a big shelter. We are grateful for any help offered, including donations of food and blankets. Visiting times are from 13.00 to 15.00 and you can always turn up or make an appointment by calling Denise on 669 018 736. Our website is www.ace-charity.org where you can view all the dogs in our care. (93320) ADANA THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN ESTEPONA. We always need volunteers to walk and socialise with our dogs and help with cleaning.

We also need good homes for our animals that you can see on www.adana.es. Kennels open every day 10-1.30, Camino de Casares, near Parque de los Pedregales, Estepona. (5 minutes from the Poligono) For more information call 952 113 467, available from 10.00am until 14.00pm. (93319) ANIMEX Foundation offers free will upgrading when leaving something for abandoned animals. Contact ani mexfoundation@gmail.com or call 692 166 434 now for this absolutely free service (288287) ARCH - The Andalucian Rescue Centre for Horses, registered charity 8448, the Cen-

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tre is now open again to visitors every Sunday from 9am until 2pm. Working closely with the Spanish authorities, we rescue, rehabilitate and rehome abused and abandoned horses and donkeys.

Come and meet our current rescues, learn about our work and how you may be able to help. Run solely by a small team of dedicated volunteers, the Centre is located between Alhaurin el Grande and Coin in Comm. de Viña Borrego behind Venta Miralmonte. For more information and directions see our website www.horserescuespain. org, our Facebook page Centro Andalusi de Rescate de Caballos or tel. 610 845 491 or 656 935 613 (93322) SEPE the horse and donkey charity is open to the public at weekends from 10.00 to 5.00. Volunteers are much needed in all departments and are welcome at any time. For our riding for the disabled classes, we are also in need of extra helpers.

We are nationally registered by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior (164640) but only with your support can we give the equine a voice.

If you can just commit to 2 or 3 euros a month it will really help make a difference. You can find us at Lauro Golf Equestrian Centre, Alqueria, Alhaurin de la Torre. Tel. 608 258 950 info@sepeonline.net www.sepeonline.net (93321) SOS ANIMAL REFUGE we have dogs, young and old looking for homes. Some of our dogs have been with us for some time and would love to find a cosy spot to curl up in and a knee on which to rest their heads. If you have room in your heart and home we would love to hear from you. We do not put our dogs to sleep - no matter how old, they are safe with us. For day to day needs and to pay for veterinary care, we much appreciate the support we receive. We desperately need items to sell on our market stall to help raise funds and are happy to come and collect. So, if you are having a clear-out, please contact us on 605 227 155. If you would like to know more about re-homing, please call 653 257 875. Visit our website www.sos-ani mals.org or please phone Sandy on 952 385 923 or 666 814 056 if you would like to make a donation or help in any way. (93317)

PLUMBING PLUMBING. Leak detection & blocked drains. Tel 952 568 414 / 661 910 772 / drain spain.com (289699)

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PROPERTY TO LET LONG TERM RENTALS AVAILABLE and also wanted. Super prices.

Apartments, townhouses, villas, fincas, shops, offices, bars, restaurants.

Coast & inland. Tlf 679 111 522 (295641) WWW.INTERMARBELLA. COM Costa del Sol Property Long Term Rentals All areas / All budgets / All types. Spain +34 951 708 422 UK +44 208 144 5008.

Email i n fo @ i n t e r m a r b e l l a . c o m (295509) MIJAS countryside townhouse. 2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms. Spectacular sea views. Storage, pool and Parking. 800€. To see photos. www.bit.ly/MIJAS. Tlf. 627 642 642 (292529)

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES MALAGA EXPAT CONSULTING - Spanish Paperwork: NIE, Residency, TIE, Non-Lucrative & Golden Visas, Car Transfers, Property Tourist License, Translations, Property Search & Relocation Consultancy. Outstanding service at competitive rates. Call or WhatsApp Irina Saltmarsh 687 733 743 www.malagaexpat.com (295136)

PROPERTY

WE have many clients actively looking for villas, townhouses & apartments from Torremolinos to Calahonda. Call Joe 626 864 683 (294765) WWW.INTERMARBELLA. COM Costa del Sol Property Sales & Long term rentals wanted. All areas / All budgets / All types. Spain +34 951 708 422. UK +44 208 144 5008. Email info@inter marbella.com (295509)

PROPERTY FOR SALE WWW.INMOANDALUZ. COM. Bargain inland properties for all budgets, fincas, village homes, apartments and villas. Legal building plots. 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (292246) WWW.INTERMARBELLA. COM Costa del Sol Property for sale. All areas / all budgets / all types. Spain +34 951 708 422. UK +44 208 144 5008 Email info@inter marbella.com (295509)

PROPERTY WANTED SELLING UP?? Why not give us a call an let us give you an honest and realistic valuation of your property.

List with us and let us take the stress out of selling yo u r h o m e . N o s a l e n o fee!! English agent on the ball with clients waiting.

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ELVIRIA Inland -1 bedroom, 1 bathroom modernized detached house. 10 min drive to coast. Long term let. €700pcm. Call 711 073475 (295656)

REMOVALS/STORAGE 15 CUBIC metre van returning to the UK 8 th April 2022. Space available each way. Tel. 639 928 090 (295018)

MAN AND VAN MAN & VAN, 20€ ph. Removals, Rubbish & House Clearances. Paul 634 112 677 (289055) 2 MEN, Van €30 p hour.

House Clearances & Storage. 651 081 610 (294942) MOVEIT-storeit.com Tel David 696 810 618 (291053)

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL LOCAL REMOVALS AT AFFORDABLE RATES. 1/2 DAY FROM €90. FULL DAY FROM €175. WE ALSO PROVIDE A FORTNIGHTLY DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE TO UK AND EUROPE (INCL SCOTLAND). WORLDWIDE SHIPPING TO USA, AUSTRALIA, ETC AND FULL STORAGE FACILITIES. TEL (0034) 952 578 507 OR (0034) 637 892 278 / EMAIL garymoveit@ya hoo.co.uk (295077)

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JDS EURO TRANSPORT & REMOVALS - Regular trips throughout Europe. Contact Julian 00 44 7884 908 929/00 34 637 066 114 See Facebook Page for recommendations (293747) MOVEIT-storeit.com Tel David 696 810 618 (291053)

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ROLLER SHUTTERS ACE OF SHADES - PERSIANA (security shutter) electric and manual, various colours available including wood effect, we also offer a repair service.

Make your home more secure! Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@ace ofshades.design (101730) ROLLER shutter repairs, 7 days a week, conversion from manual to motorised, new installations.

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SERVICES FURNITURE FRENCH POLISHING REPAIRS, restoration etc. restore your valuable furniture to its former glory. Tel 647 579 519 / 952 499 944 (285318)

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SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT DISTRIBUTION DRIVERS wanted for Costa del Sol and Costa Tropical. One day per week. Must be legal to work in Spain, have own transport, know the areas and be reliable.

Please send CV with covering letter to Martyn by email mab021262@gmail .com (292475)

SOLAR SOLAR Hot Water heating: FREE HOT WATER. 26 years installation history in Spain. Envirocare.

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SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR BLINDS ES Ideal for Large Glazed Areas To Reflect Heat / Glare And Stop Furniture Fading And Still Keep The View. Save Heat in The Winter To Improve Your Living Environment. ian@solarshadetint ing.com Tel Ian 958 496 571 / 644 546 176

SOFT FURNISHINGS CURTAINS, blinds, cushions and much more. Free estimates and home visits. Tel 657 369 343 or rosanna carmella@hotmail.com (293734)

SWIMMING POOLS POOL MAINTENANCE, & Repairs, including heaters & regrouts. Friendly & reliable service. Malaga to Estepona & inland areas. 678791495 / 952756168 www.sparklenrip ple.net (288721)

WESTARPOOLS. Pool construction, renovation, repairs and heating. 619 246 372 / www.westarpools.com (295064) SWIMMING Pool Heating Pumps, Pool Covers, Rollers, Filtration Systems. 26 years installation history in Spain. Envirocare.

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TRANSLATORS OFFICIAL TRANSLATIONS All Languages. 952 789 204 Mobile 654 613 094 sanpedrotransla tions@gmail.com (295071)

TV & SATELLITE REPAIRS – TVs, Plasmas, LCDs, Digi-Boxes, Video, HiFi & microwaves. Free estimates, can collect. 35 years’ experience. John 952 491 723 or 600 706 201 (295141) BRITISH BBC / ITV TV channels, Smart TV, Satellite, Firesticks, Wi-Fi Networks, Marine Electronics. Andrew & Jayne 711 021 678 or +447968 488 998 www.costaelec tronicsolutions.com (295537)

UPHOLSTERY ADVANCED Cleaning Services. Professional carpet and upholstery cleaning, 28 years experience, wet/dry clean.

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WINDOWS DREAM Windows & Building Services UPVC windows & doors. High quality at great prices 15yrs on the coast. All work guaranteed. Also offer Aluminium windows, Mosquito screens, Persianas, Glass replacements, shower screens & much more. Call us on 619 604 562 dreamwindow1@outlook .com (294545)

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WINDOW TINTING MOBILE SERVICE. ITV Legal. Solar Reflective tint for glass curtains, balconies, yachts. Stop fading, heat & glare. 958 496 571 – 644 546 176 ian@solarshadetint ing.com (290765)

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ROAD TEST

by Mark Slack WITH so much integration of plat‐ forms carmakers are increasingly looking at differentiating their products from the competition, and within large groups like Volk‐ swagen Audi it is arguably even more important. SEAT has pro‐ gressed this idea with the Cupra range. Originally Cupra were the sports orientated models within the SEAT line‐up but the name is now a brand in its own right, hav‐ ing dropped the SEAT name, with a complete Cupra range.

While some are very obvi‐ ously SEAT models the Spanish carmaker has produced one model that doesn’t exist with‐ in its sister brand. The For‐ mentor! It’s attached to a rather splendid car, and de‐ spite the fact that even the largest engine in the range is on‐ ly 2.0‐litres it sounds fantastic on start‐up. Although this is ‘manufac‐ tured’ sound it does add to the ap‐ peal and make it feel something special. With a top power output of 305 bhp the performance lives up to the soundtrack.

Prices start from €34,426 (£28,895) and much of the kit in the top‐of‐the‐line versions finds

Cupra Formentor Premium Performance

Facts at a Glance

An impressive machine.

Model: CUPRA Formentor 2.0 TSI VZ3 310PS 4Drive DSG Engine: 2.0-litre 4-cylinder turbocharged petrol Gears: 7-speed automatic with all-wheel-drive Performance: 0-100 kph (62 mph) Petrol 4.9 secs Maximum Speed Petrol 249 kph (155 mph) Economy: Petrol 8.6 l/100km (32.8 mpg) WLTP Emissions: 193 g/km WLTP Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.

its way into the lead‐in models too.

There’s a 12” touchscreen, full LED lighting, auto‐dimming rear view mirror, cornering lights, wireless phone charging, adaptive cruise control and keyless entry and start.

The engine line‐up starts with a 1.5 TSi, 147 bhp, through to the

MOTORING

2.0‐litre 305 bhp mentioned earli‐ er. There are manual and auto‐ matic transmission choices, all‐ wheel‐drive and petrol/electric hybrids. As ever, especially with VAG products, there is rather too much digitalisation, and a conse‐ quent lack of buttons, but familiar‐ ity would over time make life easi‐ er. That apart it’s a very nice place to be with, in my top line model, extremely comfortable seats and an impressive build quality and the general feel of this being an up‐ market car.

At €52,691 (£44,225) it may seem expensive, but look at some of the rivals and it be‐ gins to look competitive. De‐ spite the lack of a premium badge it has the advantage of being something different to the usual premium crowd.

On the road it handles extremely well for such a large machine, with sports suspen‐ sion and four‐wheel‐drive that’s perhaps not surprising, and the ride is comfortably firm compared to similar sports models within the VAG stable.

This is an impressive machine and for my money the pick of the Cupra range, being a very individu‐ al model rather than a bespoke, or tailored, picked straight from the pages of the SEAT catalogue.

New traffic laws in force ON Monday, March 21, Spain’s new Traffic Laws came into force. The Direc‐ torate‐General for Traffic (DGT), will be implementing this whole range of new, and modified, laws relating to the gener‐ al use of roads in the country.

The new Law on Traffic, Circulation of Motor Vehicles and Road Safety, applies to all road users, including those riding scooters or bicycles.

Here is a brief description of the new laws, and the penalties they will incur: Mobile phone For using, or even holding mobile phone devices while driving, six points will be de‐ ducted, instead of the current three. The financial penalty remains at €200.

Safety belts and child seats This includes other mandatory protec‐ tion elements, such as the helmet. The loss of points increases from three to four for not using them, but, in addition, not using them properly is now included. Fine remains unchanged at €200.

Cyclists and mopeds It will be mandatory to change lanes when overtaking cyclists or mopeds when travelling on roads with more than one lane in each direction. On single‐lane roads, you must maintain the minimum lateral separation of 1.5 metres, or you will lose six points (previously it was four).

The fine will continue to be €200.

Stopping, or parking in a bike lane, or on cycle paths, is also prohibited. Failure to comply is considered a serious viola‐ tion.

Throwing objects on the road Any object thrown onto the road, or its surroundings, that could cause an acci‐ dent or fire, will see six points deducted instead of the current four. This is consid‐ ered a serious offence, and carries a penalty of €500.

Recovering lost points A period of two years must pass with‐ out committing further infractions to re‐ cover the initial balance of points. Until now, this period varied depending on the seriousness of the offence committed.

Safe driving courses Additional training is encouraged, be‐ cause, with the new law, two points will be awarded by the DGT to a driver who completes a safe and efficient driving course. The requirements of these cours‐ es and the procedure will be regulated in a Ministerial order.

Youths, alcohol and drugs The legal level of alcohol in blood, or in expired air, will be zero for underage drivers of any type of vehicle (mopeds, microcars ‐AM permit‐, motorcycles up to 125 cc (A1), bicycles and personal mo‐ bility vehicles, which include scooters).

Similarly, circulating under the influence

of drugs is prohibited.

Breathalyser unit These will be mandatory for road pas‐ senger transport vehicles that are regis‐ tered after July 6, 2022. The law requires an interface to be installed so that an Al‐ coholock device can be installed later. As of that date, new homologated cars will have to include 10 driving assistance sys‐ tems.

Overtaking Passenger cars and motorcycles are prohibited from exceeding the speed lim‐ its on conventional roads by 20 km/h when overtaking. This change has gener‐ ated a lot of controversy because there are many detractors due to the added risk that it may entail.

Radar detectors Radar detectors and inhibitors are ex‐ pressly prohibited, clearly distinguishing them from warning devices. Carrying them in the vehicle ‐ even if they are not used ‐ will incur a penalty of €200, and a loss of three points.

Many other actions are incorporated in the new DGT Traffic Law. For example, not respecting traffic restrictions when protocols are applied in the event of pol‐ lution episodes and low emission zones (ZBEs will be mandatory in municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants from 2023). This incurs a €200 fine.

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NEW CAPTAIN AT THE HELM OF EVENTFUL F1 WALKING FOOTBALL REFEREES SEASON OPENER

K E I T H D O U G H T Y has taken over the reins of the walking football ref‐ erees association. Keith who is an ex‐FA league and cup referee brings a multitude of experience to the role and after a successful recruitment drive by walkingfooty. com, he explained his big plans: “Walking Football is a unique small‐sided ball game which is becoming ever more popular since its inception back in 2011.”

As the sport continues to grow in Spain, the Iberian Walking Football Referee’s association has been set up with its main aim to ‘Recruit, Train, Mentor’ and generally improve the standard of refereeing across the peninsular and is fully af‐ filiated to the Walking Football Association of

SWEDEN: Ian Salt with his England teammates.

Iberia. We have training courses coming up in May/June 2022 so if you are interested in becom‐ ing a Walking Football Referee, go to the IWFRA website. https://www.iberian walkingfootballrefer eesassociation.org/ Malaga Walking Foot‐ ball Club hosted ‘Big Bob’s pub quiz’ At the Harp and Shamrock, Fuengirola at the week‐

end. The event raised a much needed €202 for Suspirios de Quatro Patas animal shelter in Mijas Costa.

Bobby Smith, star of Bargain loving Brits in the Sun who was the quiz master said, “I’m delight‐ ed to be able to help in this small way.”

Covid continues to be a concern, and the league is progressing in a steady way, with the emphasis always on the health and well‐being of supporters.

Ian Salt from Malaga WFC has returned after helping England win in a four‐country tournament in Sweden. Ian said, “It was a great experience and one I hope to re‐ peat.” Current league leaders the Walking Dead have charity events in aid

REFEREE: Keith Doughty.

RECRUITMENT DRIVE: Referees take centre stage. of Prostate Cancer UK, they have signed shirts from West Ham and Spurs. For more informa‐ tion visit their Facebook page, https://www.face book.com/walkingfoot ballcostadelsol/. More on this next week.

A NEW season of Formula One racing kicked off on Sunday, March 20, with the Bahrain Grand Prix. Located in the heart of the Sakhir desert, the Bahrain International Circuit certain‐ ly threw up an entertaining start to the 2022 F1 calendar.

Charles LeClerc had qualified in pole position, and after going car‐to‐car with reigning world champion Max Verstappen’s Red Bull, the Frenchman drove his Ferrari to victory. Incredibly, this was the Italian team’s first win since 2019.

With only three laps remaining, the Dutchman dramatically retired from the race with a ‘reliability failure’. This allowed the other Ferrari driver, Spain’s Carlos Sainz, to move up to second, giving the legendary Scuderia an incredible one‐two on the podium.

Drama continued into the final lap, as Sergio Perez spun off the circuit with Lewis Hamilton hard on his tail. This crowned an awful start for Red Bull with neither of their drivers finishing the first race of the season.

Hamilton took the third spot, but his Mercedes never looked to be in the running really, with both cars lacking the required pace. Having said that, Mercedes’ new boy, George Russell, clinched a glorious fourth position in his debut for the team.

LeClerc held his nerve to claim that elusive win for Ferrari, saying after the race, “It’s incredible to be back at the top,” while his teammate Sainz added, “Ferrari is back and it’s prop‐ erly back.”

There were some awesome results by various drivers and teams. Haas, last season’s slowest car, gained a fifth placing thanks to Kevin Magnussen. Finland'’ Valtteri Bottas shone as well, bringing his Alfa Romeo home in sixth.

Zhou Guanyu, in the other Alfa Romeo also romped home in tenth in his debut.

WIN: For Charles LeClerc.