Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 28 April - 4 May 2022 Issue 1921

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Park project delayed ALFAZ Town Hall must again put out to tender the project for revamping the El Pla park.

The company originally awarded the contract wished to double the agreed amount, due to in‐ creased overheads and the rising cost of materials ow‐ ing to the current econom‐ ic situation.

Town hall officials are now working against the clock to prepare the speci‐ fications for a new contract to ensure that modernising the park will be delayed as little as possible.

“We intend to maintain the original estimate of €300,000, which includes a €240,000 grant from the Diputacion provincial council,” Urban Develop‐ ment councillor Toni Such said.

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Turn to page 2 FINESTRAT ATTRACTION: Visitors to the recent ‘Gastronomic and Traditional Market.’

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HERE TO STAY THE free bus between Teulada and Moraira will become a permanent feature during peak peri‐ ods.

Councillors voted at the last plenary council session to continue providing the service that connects Teulada with Moraira in the summer as well as during the local fiestas, Easter Week and All Saints Day on November 1.

Only Compromis and two non‐aligned council‐ lors voted against the proposal.

When the town hall inaugurated the free bus service in August last year, Teulada‐Moraira may‐ or Raul Llobell said that the initiative was the lo‐ cal government’s response to a long‐standing need.

When the service came to an end on September 15, it had been used by more than 4,000 people, Llobell revealed during the council meeting.

“The bus is here to stay,” the mayor said. “We can officially confirm that we shall be providing this service during periods of high demand.”

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Setting the pattern for local tourism

FINESTRAT and Guadalest recently received the certificates that offi‐ cially named them Valencian Com‐ munity Tourist Municipalities.

Francesc Colomer, who heads the Valencian Community’s Tourist Board, expressed his respect for the way in which both towns had been able to meet all the demands of the 2018 Tourist Municipality Statute. He also stressed the ef‐ forts that they were making to con‐ tinue advancing as tourist destina‐ tions.

Visiting Finestrat, Colomer ex‐ plained that the changes that the Generalitat introduced with the new statute not only sought to ‘count up tourists’ but to set the pattern for the tourist municipali‐ ties it wanted for the future.

As Finestrat prepared for its Mer‐ cat Gastronomic i Tradicional mar‐ ket on April 23 and 24, Colomer ex‐ plained that Finestrat was a prime example of how to transform the

tourist model.

“Finestrat occupies a position on the frontline earned on its own merit by understanding that rou‐ tine management is the last thing that is needed,” Colomer said.

That same day, Colomer also vis‐ ited Guadalest to present the local mayor Enrique Ponsoda with the town’s own Tourist Municipality certificate.

“Localities like Guadalest corre‐ spond to the model of the new tourist municipalities we wish to recognise,” Colomer said to the lo‐ cal mayor, Enrique Ponsoda.

In Guadalest’s case, the award was well‐earned for sending out a message of hope for similar small inland towns, he added.

The Tourist Board chief also recognised that the town had di‐ rected its efforts towards “hospi‐ tality, sustainability, accessibility and digital transformation while working with the private sector.”

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Tough line on hoardings

ALFAZ Town Hall is cracking down on il‐ legal billboards on the Old Altea Road.

“These advertising hoardings have proliferated in recent years, especially in Albir where they have a considerable visual impact,” said Alfaz’s Urban Devel‐ opment councillor, Toni Such.

The town hall is currently notifying the firms responsible for the hoardings, ask‐ ing for their immediate removal.

“If they ignore this, the administration will intervene and issues fines, both for the firm and the owner of the land,” Such added.

“In this case the town hall will remove

the billboards at the expense of the of‐ fender.”

Alfaz by‐laws set fines ranging from €300 to €3,000 for unauthorised hoardings and signs, the councillor continued.

“Any business that wants to install an advertising hoarding in the municipality should apply for the relevant licence at Alfaz Town Hall,” Such said.

“What’s more, the framework and sup‐ ports are subject to size limits and are al‐ lowed only on permitted sites so that they cause as little visual and environ‐ mental impact as possible.”

‘Improve safety for River Algar’ call BOLULLA and Callosa want im‐ proved safety measures for the upper reaches of the River Algar.

The mayors from town halls are due to meet officials from the Confederacion Hidrografi‐ ca del Jucar, which is responsi‐ ble for all waterways in the area, and representatives from the central government’s Dele‐ gation.

Although warning notices exist in the area, both munici‐

palities want the zone cor‐ doned off whenever there is a significant rise in the Algar’s level as happened during the recent storms, Bolulla’s mayor, Adrian Martinez, confirmed to local media.

Three people died in two ac‐ cidents earlier this month in the Estret de les Penyes near the river’s source, which is lo‐ cated in Bolulla but is accessi‐ ble from Callosa.

A 24‐year‐old died on Sun‐

day April 17 when his body was swept downstream after falling from one of Algar’s wa‐ terfalls. Previously, on April 8, a 31‐year‐old woman, one of a group of six, and the party’s 43‐ year‐old guide, were drowned after falling into the swollen river as they took photos.

“If people want to visit this part of the river, they should choose a supervised area and not take chances,” Adrian Martinez said.

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NIBS EXTRA New park BENIDORM has new public gardens that cover 4,500‐ square metres at the Aveni‐ da Colombia‐Avenida del Murtal intersection on the Poniente side of the town.

The green zone, equipped with drip‐irrigation, has new‐ ly‐planted shrubs and trees together with turf that is a mixture of native Mediter‐ ranean grasses.

Boar off A DRIVER was injured in a collision with a wild boar at approximately 3.25pm on the CBV‐725, one of Denia’s principal access roads, on Thursday April 21, the Local Police reported. Despite ex‐ tensive damage to his car, the driver escaped without any injuries and did not re‐ quire medical assistance.

Foreign buyers NON‐SPANISH buyers ac‐ quired 992 Alicante Province properties with a value of €500,000 or more given on their deeds last year, dou‐ bling those of 2020. Accord‐ ing to notaries’ recently‐re‐ leased statistics, buyers from the Netherlands accounted for 189 operations, followed

by Belgium (121), Britain (118), Germany (85) and Rus‐ sia (62).

White wonder A RARE albino frog has been located in El Prado‐Rodrigullo wetlands in inland Pinoso, the Valencian Community’s first documented case. The frog was spotted by biologist Dr Al‐ ba Navarro Lozano and Jose Carlos Monzo Gimenez, an Al‐ icante University biologist who is an expert in managing natural spaces.

EU rescue DENIA’S Les Deveses beach will be regenerated with funds from Brussels in the first project of this kind in Spain.

The announcement came at a meeting between coastal authority Costas, the central government’s Alicante Sub‐ delegate and residents with seafront homes affected by the eroded beach.

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Better protection for Moraig

BENITACHELL is taking steps to protect the Moraig cove and the Penya-segats cliffs, an officially-protected Site of Community Importance (LIC).

The increase in visitors has affected the cove and the town hall is introducing measures to control the overcrowding of recent years, Benitachell mayor Miguel Angel Garcia explained.

Work has now begun on a €651,206 project which Benitachell’s mayor Miguel Angel Garcia recently explained in detail to Cumbre del Sol residents. Parking

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BENITACHELL MEETING: Mayor explains Moraig cove protection measures to Cumbre del Sol residents.

spaces will be reserved for local residents who, on request, will be exempt from payment, he told them.

The system focuses on regulating vehicles as they enter the parking area

above Moraig, as from here onwards visitors will only be able to reach the cove on foot.

An exception will be made for authorised emergency services vehicles and

public transport, the mayor said.

Number-plate recognition sensors will identify all vehicles accessing the beach, after which they will be registered on the municipal management system. Users will also be able to download an app to book spaces and authorisations.

Six information panels installed at strategic points inside the town will give details of the number of spaces free or warn if the car park is full. In this case, beachgoers will be able to use free public transport provided by the town hall.

Onward and Changes for Denia’s lifesaving service upward for Calpe AHEAD of Calpe’s official Easter Week figures, occupancy dur‐ ing the first quarter of 2022 returned to pre‐pandemic levels.

The early rise in bookings was felt in all tourism sectors, the town hall’s Tourism councillor Paco Avargues an‐ nounced.

This was especially noticeable in hotel reservations, which in February were seven times higher than in February 2021, while occupancy in tourist accommodation increased sixfold.

There was a less dramatic rise for campsites although these, too, were up by 63 per cent in January and February.

Foreign visitors accounted for 76 per cent of January’s visi‐ tors and 74 per cent of February’s, dipping to 63 per cent in March, figures which were similar to those of pre‐pandemic years, Avargues revealed.

“These figures could not be more positive, as they show that the tourist sector has been able to recover from the health crisis,” the councillor said.

“Easter week was very good, as we had expected and now we hope to see that this upward trend continue during the summer.”

THE Red Cross will no longer provide the lifesav‐ ing service on Denia’s beaches.

Pepe Domenech, the town hall councillor re‐ sponsible for the munici‐ pality’s beaches, explained to the local Spanish media that the Red Cross will not be putting in a bid for the new contract.

This was not because it was not financially viable, Domenech said, as the town hall had actually in‐ creased the two‐year con‐ tract by €120,00 to approx‐ imately €800,000.

Instead the organisa‐ tion’s provincial and na‐ tional governing bodies

Jucar water for the Vinalopo THE Confederación Hidrografica del Jucar (CHJ) will transfer 18 cubic hectometres of water to Al‐ icante Province’s Vinalopo area.

The agricultural growers who need this water to irrigate their crops will pay 29 cents for a cubic metre of water, a charge that they said was “ac‐ ceptable” according to the Spanish media.

The CHJ announcement brings to an end 10 years of disagreements with growers, dur‐ ing which time barely 10 cubic hectometres of water reached the province via the €400

million pipeline. The agreement, which lasts un‐ til December, has been made possible by this year’s exceptionally heavy rainfall which has filled the Jucar basin’s reservoirs to 60 per cent capacity.

In exchange, the CHJ has informed the growers in the Alto, Medio and Bajo Vinalopo, as well as the l’Alacanti areas, that they must reduce by 60 per cent the amount of irrigation water they ex‐ tract from the Vinalopo’s seriously‐depleted wells.

This will not affect water needed for domestic or industrial use, the CHJ said.

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were concentrating all their efforts “on other pri‐ orities” including the hu‐ manitarian crisis resulting from the Ukraine war.

The new contract had been based on the increase in Spain’s minimum wage, Domenech said, after the town hall annulled the conditions of the earlier agreement.

The lifesavers’ timetable has been increased throughout the high sea‐ son and there will be two more on duty during the low season. The contract also requires the new con‐ cessionary to take on the 103 employees previously working for Red Cross, Domenech confirmed.

“They will not lose this work opportunity, regard‐ less of the company that wins the contract,” he said.

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Saying no to gender violence BENIDORM Town Hall organised a minute’s si‐ lence to demonstrate its condemnation of gender violence on Thursday April 21.

Mayor Toni Perez and Equality councillor Angela Zaragozi, accom‐ panied by councillors and residents stood outside the town hall building in solidarity with the two latest vic‐ tims in Lloret de Mar (Girona).

A woman of 53 and her 18‐year‐old daugh‐ ter were murdered as they slept by the wom‐ an’s husband ‐ and the girl’s father ‐ who after‐ wards committed sui‐ cide.

These latest deaths mean that 22 women have died as the result of gender violence so far this year.

The town hall’s Equal‐ ity department empha‐ sised that it has spe‐ cialised personnel who will provide advice for any woman who feels that she is threatened.

Women can also ring the free 016 number which will not appear on any subsequent phone bill, although they are advised to eliminate the call from their list of recent mo‐ bile calls.

This service is avail‐ able in 52 different lan‐ guages 24 hours a day, year round.

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BONFIRE period extended. Villajoyosa Town Hall has prolonged the period when farmers and growers may burn stubble and agricultural waste.

This began on October 18 and should have finished on April 9 but has been extended to from April 26 until May 31.

During this time, bonfires may be lit from sunrise until 11am and must always be at least 50 metres away from trees.

“Conditions have improved after the prolonged episodes of rain in March and the halt over Easter prevented these activities which are necessary for for the municipality’s countryside,” La Vila’s Environment councillor Jose Carlos Gil said.

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Government food aid

FOOD aid will benefit a total of 1,322 million people in an ini‐ tiative that is being rolled out from Monday, April 25.

The food aid from the Min‐ istry of Agriculture, Fishing and Food is the first phase of the ‘Programme 2022 of food aid to the most disadvantaged people’.

The 2022 programme will be implemented in two phas‐ es. In the first phase, 28,375 million kilograms of food will be distributed, representing approximately 40 per cent of the total amounts to be dis‐ tributed for the whole year.

The food procured is basic, varied, nutritious, low perish‐ able, easy to transport and store. The food basket in‐ cludes rice, baked beans, canned tuna, macaroni pasta, fried tomato, cookies, veg‐ etable salad, instant cocoa, ba‐ by fruit and chicken jars, UHT whole milk and olive oil.

The programme, which in‐ volved the procurement of food through a public tender for €80 million, is co‐financed by the Recovery Assistance for European Cohesion and Terri‐ tories fund to increase support to the European Aid Fund for the Most Deprived Persons.

Water water everywhere

ON Friday April 22, 35 members of U3A Marina Baixa travelled to the Parc Natural de l’Al‐ bufera and its large freshwater lagoon, the largest in Spain, just 10 km from Valencia. The la‐ goon covers an area of 2,800 hectares and is home to some 300 differ‐ ent species of birds throughout the year.

The trip included a tour of the lagoon by boat providing an oppor‐ tunity to see the wildlife close up and the pic‐ turesque thatched barra‐ ca style houses lining the shore of the lagoon.

Lunch consisted of a traditional Valencia pael‐ la in the El Palmar restau‐ rant using rice grown lo‐ cally in the paddy fields surrounding the lagoon and cooked on open wood fires. The smell was awesome!

After lunch the group travelled to Cullera with

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Bridge Club Albir

THERE will be a new venue for the Bridge Club Albir. From Monday May 2 they will play bridge at Camping Almafra (Pda de Cabut 25 ‐ between Albir and Benidorm. They meet every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Registration is at 2.10pm for a 2.30pm start.

Membership is €50 per annum (€25 for six months) and €1 table money. Visitors are always welcome at €3 per session.

The club will be happy to help you find partners.

For more information telephone: Henriette on (34) 661 744 423, Jan on (31) 621 865 5088 or Richard on (34) 965 848 434.

JUGS ladies lunch

FRESHWATER LAGOON: A tour was undertaken by boat.

its impressive fortress built high above the town. It is built over the remains of a Moorish castle and dates back to the 10th century, its aim being to control the coastline and the estuary of the Júcar river. The group enjoyed a relaxing hour on the promenade of the bay of Cullera be‐ fore returning to Albir.

U3A Marina Baixa meet on the fourth Mon‐ day of every month (ex‐ cept August and Decem‐ ber) at the Casa de Cultura, Alfaz del Pi at 11.00am. New members are always welcome and membership for the year is just €10, so why not come along and see what the Association has to of‐ fer.

JUGS Ladies Lunch was held at restaurant Puerta Ifach on Thursday April 21.

A great time was had by all. A big thank you to David and staff and all our ladies that came to enjoy the fine food and good

company.

If you would like to join the Ladies who lunch at the next gathering on Thursday May 12 contact Anita by e‐ mail on tinka.tinkabel@ya hoo.com More info at www.u3acalpe.org.

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A PRACTICE session for a learner driver went very wrong when she lost control and destroyed a number of headstones in a Wyoming cemetery where she was honing her skills on Saturday April 16.

Around 10 headstones were badly damaged, as was the Range Rover, which sustained extensive damage to the front and under‐ carriage as well as losing a wheel. Who would’ve thought helping a learner driver practise in a cemetery could be so dangerous for the dead let alone the living, in a case of watch where you are driving.

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KING FELIPE VI of Spain has declared his personal assets for the first time, valuing them at more than €2. 5million.

On Monday, April 25, King Felipe VI made his personal assets public for the first time in history.

According to the Royal House, his wealth amounts to €2,573,392. Of this amount, just over €2.2 million are deposits in checking or savings accounts and fund shares.

According to Spanish media, just over

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King Felipe’s assets €300,000 of the monarch’s worth is made up of art objects, antiques, and jewellery.

His heritage comes from the remunera‐ tion received over the last 25 years, first as Prince of Asturias, and subsequently, since becoming king in 2014. In that period, Felipe VI reportedly received just over €4 million.

Norway’s Constitution Day NEXT month is Norway’s Constitution Day (Nasjon‐ aldagen), a public holiday held on May 17 each year to mark the signing of the Con‐ stitution of Norway on May 17, 1814, at which point the country became an indepen‐ dent kingdom.

The day is a people’s cele‐ bration and is distinctly non‐ military. Children’s parades are organised by schools all over the country, with chil‐ dren passing through the community and visiting places such as local war memorials and homes for the elderly. The children car‐ ry the school’s banner and Norwegian flags. They are accompanied by the school’s marching band and sing the national anthem and other songs. People wear red,

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white and blue ribbons and may wear traditional dress known as bunad.

In addition to the chil‐ dren’s parades, there are pa‐ rades for the general public in which anyone can partici‐ pate.

There may be participa‐ tion from local NGOs, sports teams, firefighters, student associations or other such community groups.

There are many local vari‐ ations in how the day is cele‐ brated across the country, but there may be comic troupes, fireworks, live mu‐ sic, speeches and fun compe‐ titions for children. The streets are filled with citizens of all ages and vendors sell‐ ing treats such as ice cream, hot dogs and sweets.

Constitution Day is also

celebrated by Norwegians around the world. For exam‐ ple, there is a large celebra‐ tion held each year in South‐ wark Park, London, with a parade, a traditional church service, typical Norwegian foods and plenty of Norwe‐ gian flags.

Norwegians living abroad may also get together to cel‐ ebrate the day. In countries where the Norwegian popu‐ lation is small, the Norwe‐ gian embassy may arrange such celebrations.

Constitution Day can be considered extremely inclu‐ sive thanks to the impor‐ tance given to the children’s parades, the involvement of the local community and the lack of focus on the elected government and the mili‐ tary.

This information is made public just one month after the Prosecutor’s Office filed its triple investigation regarding the estate of Juan Carlos de Borbon, the current king’s fa‐ ther. Their investigation alleged that crimes or acts were committed when the then head of state enjoyed inviolability.

KING FELIPE VI: Assets valued at more than €2.5 million.

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THE UK and Poland are to collaborate on a cutting‐ edge surface to air missile system.

On Monday, April 25, a contract was signed for the delivery of the Common An‐ ti Air Modular Missile (CAMM) surface to air mis‐ sile system. The new con‐ tract will provide enhanced

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Cutting-edge EU celebrates anniversary security and defence devel‐ opment for NATO countries and bolster European securi‐ ty. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said: “Poland and the United Kingdom main‐ tain a wide‐ranging and im‐ portant defence partnership

and this move will benefit both countries, as well as the wider NATO alliance.

“This missile is at the fore‐ front of threat detection and deterrence, with Poland’s Short‐Range Air Defence sys‐ tem seeing even greater alignment between our Armed Forces.”

The government said: “The UK’s Sky Sabre and Poland’s NAREW GBAD systems will both use the same CAMM missiles and launcher, but with Polish designed components for the radar, C2, and vehi‐ cles.”

URSULA VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission, held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the second day of her two‐day visit to India.

Von der Leyen was scheduled to meet Presi‐ dent Ram Nath Kovind among other leaders.

The crisis in Ukraine, as well as ways to deep‐ en EU‐India cooperation, are set to feature prominently in her talks with Indian leaders.

In a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi on Monday, April 25, Von der Leyen said: “It is the 60th anniversary of relations between the EU and India. Today, our relation‐ ship is more important than ever.

“We are vibrant democracies, we both sup‐ port wholeheartedly the rules‐based interna‐ tional order and we have both large economies, and we are both facing a challenging global land‐ scape.

THE Cofrentes Nuclear Power Plant re‐ portedly suffered a new unscheduled shutdown on Sunday, April 24. It appar‐ ently occurred due to the increase of in‐ puts into the Pozo Seco soil drainage sump. According to the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN), this event led to the dis‐ connection of the power plant from the Red Electrica supply while the pertinent checks were carried out. The stoppage happened at around 3pm.

On a two day visit to India.

“For the European Union, the partnership with India is one of our most important relation‐ ships for the coming decade and strengthening this partnership is a priority.

“That is why I am pleased that today Prime Minister Modi and I have agreed to establish an EU‐India Trade and Technology Council.”

Power Plant shutdown No anomalous contributions have been identified so far, after the stan‐ dard safety measures and checks were carried out. “Before the specified val‐ ues could be reached, it was conserva‐ tively decided to start the shutdown of the plant, with the aim of carrying out a local inspection to be able to identify the potential contribution to the sink,”

said the report.

Environmental group ‘Tanquem Cofrents’ has denounced this new un‐ scheduled shutdown at the nuclear plant. They pointed out that it was the ‘third consecutive one in less than a month and a half, and the fourth since the end of the last refuelling and mainte‐ nance shutdown last December.’

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An electric night with The Manfreds at Benidorm Palace

FOLLOWING two years of waiting due to the Covid pandemic, 60s band The Manfreds had an incredible performance at the iconic Benidorm Palace on Sunday, April 24, in a show that saw the venue back to its glorious best.

Considered one of the finest and most respected bands from that era, The Manfreds took its audience back to the 60s with performances of all of their hits including Do Wah Diddy Diddy - one of the most instantly recognisable songs of the 60s - Pretty Flamingo and Mighty Quinn, in what was an electric night of music.

Original Manfred Mann members Paul Jones, Mike Hugg and Tom McGuinness, and former member Mike d’Abo were joined by Rob Townsend on drums, Marcus Cliffe on bass and Simon Currie on saxophone and flute, as the latest line-up of the group performing at Benidorm Palace.

The event also had The Roller Maniacs as the supporting act - the number one tribute to Les McKeown and The Bay City Rollers - and the typical glitz, glamour and entertainment Benidorm Palace is famous for.

Benidorm Palace said of the event: “The atmosphere was electric! Everyone was stood up dancing and banging on the tables and they wouldn’t let the band leave at the end of the night! The band were true professionals and kept the audience entertained with their iconic songs and lots of humour.

“It was great to see the venue back as it should be and it was a truly great night all round.”

INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE: The Manfreds played at the iconic Benidorm Palace.

The show kicked off at 8pm and members of the audience said it was an incredibly successful night, with one saying: “You always put on a good show, but this was definitely one of the best I’ve seen!”

Another audience member said: “Loved it … Consummate musicians who know how to entertain. Saw them in

2016 and loved the experience and have been holding on to tickets from 2020 ….

So well worth the wait!!!!”

Manfred Mann is now considered, more than ever, one of the finest and most respected bands of that era. Their numerous hits were R&B based with an undercurrent of jazz - a very unusual but winning combination of style and

substance.

The original members of Manfred Mann reunited in 1991, minus founding member Manfred Sepse Lubowitz, and decided to continue the reunion in 1999, releasing the album 5-4-3-2-1. They went on to release further albums in 2000 and 2003.

Having previously p e r formed at Benidorm Palace in 2 0 2 0 , M i k e d’Abo told the Euro Weekly N e w s ahead of the show: “We played a t Benidorm Palace in 2020 and it was a great show with a nice turnout. We remember walking up to the impressive Benidorm Palace and we are looking forward to playing there again.”

The members still perform in various bands and Mike said: “Music today is so different, there are so many various mediums to reach people, but we are still performing and enjoying it and we are still out there on the scene.”

To find out more about Benidorm Palace and upcoming events head to www.benidormpalace.com.

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Russia’s nuclear missiles

IN an interview with Rus‐ sian state TV on Saturday, April 23, Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Roscosmos space agency, confirmed that Russia intends to de‐ ploy the deadly new ‘Sa‐ tan 2’ intercontinental ballistic missiles later this year.

Mr Rogozin explained that they would be de‐ ployed in the sites and si‐

los, replacing the Voyevo‐ da missiles of the Soviet era.

Utilising these existing locations about 1,860 miles east of Moscow, in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia, would save “colossal resources and time” he insisted.

He added his belief that having such a weapon at hand will guarantee the

THE UK is sending medical aide to Ukraine to help cope with the humani‐ tarian crisis, including ambulances, fire engines, funding for health‐experts and life‐saving medical equipment.

There have been more than 130 at‐ tacks on healthcare facilities since the invasion began with around 4,800 civil‐ ian casualties reported. More than 100 fire stations and 250 fire engines have also been destroyed.

Two further convoys have already ar‐ rived in Ukraine and are providing vital support to firefighters on the frontline, the largest fire deployment to ever leave the UK. The total offer of humani‐

security of Russia’s chil‐ dren and grandchildren for the next 30‐40 years.

This missile is allegedly capable of wiping out the whole of the UK in one hit.

A test launch was re‐ ported on Wednesday April 20, but military ex‐ perts in the west believe the weapon is not ready for deployment, however,

this is still a chilling indica‐ tion of the firepower available to Vladimir Putin as tensions increase.

Putin described the Sar‐ mat ICBM as being capa‐ ble of bypassing any exist‐ ing anti‐missile systems in the world and has the ‘highest tactical and tech‐ nical characteristics’ of any weapon ever devel‐ oped.

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tarian support to the Ukraine crisis is currently around €475 million.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, “We have all been appalled by the ab‐ horrent images of hospitals deliberate‐ ly targeted by Russia since the invasion began over two months ago” and, “Together with our military support, we will help to strengthen Ukraine’s capability to make sure Putin’s brutal invasion fails.”

Responding to the announcement UK‐Med CEO David Wightwick who’s currently in Eastern Ukraine said, “I’ve seen with my own eyes the devastating impact of this cruel war. Ensuring that more than seven million internally dis‐ placed people across the country have access to vital primary health care is and will continue to be of utmost im‐ portance for many months to come.”

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Briton released Held without charge.

A BRITISH man has been released after years of un‐ lawful detention by the Houthis in Yemen.

Brit Luke Symons had been held in Yemen with‐ out charge or trial since

2017 and will now be re‐ united with his family soon.

On Sunday, April 24, For‐ eign Secretary Liz Truss commented on the release and said: “I am pleased that Luke Symons, who was unlawfully detained, without charge or trial since 2017 in Yemen, has been released. Luke was 25 when he was unlawful‐ ly detained by the Houthis.

His son was only a few months old at the time.

“He was allegedly mis‐ treated, in solitary con‐ finement, and refused vis‐ its by his family.

“He has been flown to Muscat and soon he will be reunited with his family in the UK. “We thank our Omani and Saudi partners for their support in securing his release.

“I pay tribute to our ex‐ cellent staff for their hard work in returning Luke home.”

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Pedrie Wannenburg killed FORMER Rugby star Pedrie Wannenburg has reportedly been killed in a car wreck in the USA, caused by a teenage boy fleeing police at 100mph.

According to the local authorities, the for‐ mer South African rugby star died in Texas af‐ ter being involved in a multicar pileup on Sat‐ urday April 23. The crash occurred when a teenager attempted to avoid a traffic stop.

According to one publication, Wannenburg had been travelling inside a car with his wife, his daughter and his son. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office revealed that police had been trying to stop a teenage driver when the crash occurred.

According to reports Wannenburg’s wife and daughter were not injured in the collision, but his son had to be airlifted to the hospital

CAR WRECK: After a high speed chase.

in a critical condition.

The local fire department revealed that six people had been hospitalised due to the crash.

Emmanuel Macron re-elected EMMANUEL MACRON gets another five years as Presi‐ dent of France after being re‐ elected on Sunday, April 24.

In what was expected to be a hard‐fought battle, the 44‐year‐old eventually gained a significant victory over his rival from the far‐ right, Marine Le Pen. According to exit polls,

centrist Macron polled 58.2 per cent of the votes, com‐ pared to his opponent’s 41.8 per cent.

France is notorious for the way its media reports on its elections, and by 8pm local time, most of the major news outlets and television channels were calling a victo‐ ry for Macron.

The election turnout of 72 per cent by 7pm, is appar‐ ently the lowest since 1969.

That was a significant year in French political history, when the iconic leader Charles de Gaulle resigned, to be replaced by Georges Pompidou, and only 69 per cent of the voters turned out.

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Romeo Beckham proposes POSH and Beck’s second son Romeo, 19, is planning to take the plunge with his model girlfriend Mia Re‐ gan, also 19.

Romeo Beckham and Mia Regan are, according to one publication, ‘devot‐ ed’ to each other.

The source claims the couple, who have dated since 2019, discussed mar‐ riage while on a luxury yacht family holiday in Mia‐ mi just ahead of Brooklyn’s lavish wedding to Nicola Peltz earlier this month.

“Mia is close to Romeo’s mum Victoria. It was clear the couple want a long‐ term future together and have already spoken about being soulmates.

“Marrying quickly and young seems to be in the Beckham tradition.

“They are besotted with each other and are defi‐ nitely in it for life. They also talked about how much they want a big family and can’t wait to get started.”

While Romeo’s big broth‐ er’s wedding to Nicola Peltz

Romeo and Mia devoted.

in Florida may have been the impetus for his planned proposal, he is said to be careful not to step on his big brother’s toes.

The source adds: “Romeo always wanted to wait for Brooklyn to wed and avoid doing anything that could take the lime‐ light from his brother.”

Italy Covid rise ITALY reported more than 70,000 cases of Covid‐19 on Satur‐ day, April 23.

Since the start of the pandemic emerged back in February 2020, Italy has registered a total of 162,609 Covid‐19 deaths. Af‐ ter the United Kingdom, Italy’s numbers are the second‐highest in Europe, and eighth worldwide. To date, the health authorities have reported 16.1 million cases across the country.

The number of patients of hospitalised with coronavirus stood at at 9,914 on Saturday, which is a significant drop compared to the previous day’s 10,076. That number does not include those occupying a bed in the ICU though. Saturday’s figures show a to‐ tal of 409 patients in an ICU, slightly lower than Friday’s 411. Hos‐ pitals reported 43 new patients , falling from 46 the previous day.

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Leeches have 32 brains each.

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Britney pregnancy update BRITNEY SPEARS has shared an update on her pregnancy with fans on Instagram.

The Princess of Pop said on Thursday, April 21: “I genuinely like holding this precious miracle inside of me. I just want time to stop and hold it in here for eternity … the stillness of holding something so holy and beautiful inside me makes me feel more blessed than anything.”

Spears, 40, is expecting her first child with Sam As‐ ghari, 28, who she got engaged to last September af‐ ter nearly five years of dating.

In her Instagram video the singer rocks up in a green hoodie from Beyonce and shows off her swelling belly.

She wrote: “This is one of the longest videos I have ever made … it’s almost two mins buddy!!!

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Singer rocks in a Beyonce green hoodie.

… it’s time I TAKE MY TIME !!! Pssss @beyonce thank you for this cool green hoodie !!!”

Prince Louis’ birthday

T H E Duchess of Cambridge shared The pictures were all taken by the photos of Prince Louis on Twitter Duchess of Cambridge, who is a ahead of her son’s fourth birthday keen photographer. on Saturday, April 23.

Kate Middleton normally The images were taken takes the official photos of earlier this month in her children.

Norfolk and show the Prince Louis is the youngest young prince running of Prince William and barefoot on a deserted Kate’s children and was beach. born on April 23, 2018.

Wearing a blue checked He is fifth in line to shirt and grey woolen the throne ‐ behind jumper, Louis smiles broadly his older siblings, his in the photos. father and Prince In one he holds an orange Charles. His brother cricket ball.

George will turn nine years Twitter users commented old in July, while Princess on how closely he re‐ Charlotte turns sembles his father seven in a few Young prince is turning four.

William. weeks.

THE family of Sir Sean Connery are selling the actor’s Picasso, Buste d’homme dans un cadre, after he requested a trust be set up in his name after his death.

The Sean Connery Philan‐ thropic Fund will donate money to good causes in Scotland as well as the Bahamas; the Edin‐ burgh‐born actor lived with his wife, Micheline, for more than 30 years on New Providence.

The James Bond actor bought the painting ‐ one of Picasso’s musketeer portraits, inspired by Dumas’ famed novel The Three Musketeers ‐ a few years before his death, aged 90, in October 2020.

It will be sold at Christie’s 20th and 21st century Art Sale in Hong Kong on May 26: the most valu‐ able work by Picasso to ever be offered by Christie’s in Asia.

The painting, an epic represen‐ tation of Picasso’s iconic muske‐ teer motif: the pan‐European, 17th century swashbuckling archetype of masculinity, is de‐ scribed by experts as “one of the finest and most striking of the artist’s paintings from the last decade of his life.”

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WE have already talked in pre‐ vious articles about what re‐ volving cards are and how to claim. That you can check in our website.

In today’s article we will go deeper into the most relevant is‐ sues when dealing with a claim related to revolving cards: time limitation, nullity, lack of trans‐ parency and usury.

I have a revolving card: can I

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Revolving cards. Claim against your bank. Expert Solicitors. Time limitation, nullity, lack of transparency and usury. Court precedents. make a claim without fearing the expiry of the time limit for bring‐ ing an action?

If we start a legal action for the nullity of a clause in the contract, it is understood by the courts that the action is not time‐

barred. As it is an absolute and full nullity, there is no statute of limitations.

So, what can be alleged to claim the nullity of the revolving card contract?

The nullity of the contract can be derived from the application of a very high interest rate. The nullity can also derive from a lack of transparency in the contract.

But, if we also ask for some money to be paid back, for the action for restitution or reim‐ bursement of the amounts is brought, there is no clear posi‐ tion on whether or not the ac‐ tion is time‐barred. That is to say, if I will have all the time to be able to claim or not.

Some rulings of Audiencias Provinciales (Provincial Courts) or Juzgados de Primera Instancia (Courts of first instance) declare that the limitation period for claiming amounts on revolving cards is five years.

The Tribunal Supremo (Span‐ ish Supreme Court) has not yet taken a position on the matter.

In order to interrupt the statute of limitations, it is impor‐ tant to know it has been in com‐ munication with the bank by email or letter complaining about the revolving cards.

What is usurious interest?

Usurious interest is defined as interest that is substantially high‐ er than the normal interest rate.

But, applied what does this means in practice, how can I know if the interest on my re‐ volving card is usurious or not?

First: we need to know what normal interest rate is for this type of card. The normal interest that is considered for revolving cards is that an interest rate is

published by the Bank of Spain.

This is called the Restricted Defi‐ nition Effective Rate (hereinafter and under the Spanish abbrevia‐ tion, TEDR).

Second: it will be a usurious in‐ terest rate if it is higher than this.

The key question here is to know how much higher the interest rate must be than the normal in‐ terest rate in order to know whether it is usurious or not.

Some authors set it at two points. This is a question open to interpretation, although the Supreme Court has established some criteria.

The TEDR interest rate is pub‐ lished from 2010 onwards.

What happens if my revolving card contract is prior to this date?

The Tribunal Supremo in its 2020 ruling did not indicate which rates should be compared with those cards contracted be‐ fore June 2010 in order to know whether the applicable rate is usurious or not. Currently, the criteria of the Provincial Courts differ in terms of whether or not usury can be considered in these loans. This leads to greater legal uncertainty for users and con‐ sumers.

Conclusions We have tried to condense and explain complex and deli‐ cate information. If your case is also related to revolving cards, at White and Baos we offer a de‐ tailed and personalised study of your case, in order to know the best strategy to claim and how to do it. Contact us.

The information provided in this article is not intended as le‐ gal advice, but simply conveys in‐ formation related to legal issues.

Carlos Baos (Lawyer) - White&Baos Tel: +34 966 426 185 • info@white-baos.com White & Baos 2022 - All Rights Reserved.

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UK’s weapons for Ukraine Pension fraudsters D U R I N G a telephone call on Saturday, April 23, President Zelen‐ skyy shared updates with Boris Johnson on the current situation in the Donbas. Russia’s attacks on civilian tar‐ gets in Mariupol, O d e s s a a n d Lv i v w e r e condemned by both the leaders.

Johnson and Zelen‐ skyy have agreed on the “importance of es‐ tablishing a ceasefire and humanitarian cor‐ ridor to allow civilians to leave Mariupol.”

On the call, Johnson said that: “Russia

would be held to ac‐ count for its actions and that the UK gov‐ ernment was helping collect evidence of war crimes.” Johnson also updated Zelenskyy “on new UK sanctions against members of the Russian military and confirmed that the UK would be reopening i t s e m b a s s y i n Ky i v next week.”

According to the UK government: “The Prime Minister con‐ firmed that the UK is providing more defen‐ sive military aid, in‐ cluding protected mo‐

bility vehicles, drones and anti‐tank weapons. President Ze‐ lenskyy thanked the Prime Minister for the training of Ukrainian military personnel cur‐ rently taking place in the UK.”

HEINEKEN 0.0 Draught is set to go on tap at Coronation Street’s Rovers Re‐ turn and Emmerdale’s Woolpack.

The ground‐break‐ ing ITV deal will pro‐ mote and normalise alcohol‐free beer in Britain.

The shows will wel‐ come the alcohol‐free beer on Friday, April 29. The beer will sit next to fictional drinks like Newton & Ridley and Ephraim Monk for much‐loved landlords Jenny Con‐ nor and Charity Din‐ gle to serve.

A PAIR of fraudsters living on the Costa Blanca who were part of a criminal enterprise that de‐ frauded more than 200 pension savers have been jailed for a total of more than 10 years.

Alan Barratt, 62, and Susan Dalton, 66, were jailed at Southwark Crown Court on Friday, April 22. They had operated a call centre in Spain be‐ tween 2012 and 2014 from where they tricked hundreds of people into transferring their pen‐

sion savings into 10 schemes, which they con‐ trolled. The pair lured victims with the promise of unrealistic returns, and bonuses. Barratt was extradited from the Costa Blanca to the UK in 2021. Delivering his judgement, His Honour Judge Perrins, said both Dalton and Barratt had acted as principal points of contact for victims, earned substantial commission payments and were both aware that fraud was taking place.

Rovers goes-total On April 25, ITV re‐ vealed: “It is a seis‐ mic moment in Heineken’s ongoing mission to normalise alcohol‐free beer and a huge leap to‐ wards making alco‐ hol‐free beer more visible and accept‐ able in the UK. With a combined viewership of 11 mil‐ lion and massive in‐ fluence over popular culture, the deal is expected to help break down stigmas

and encourage people to explore the catego‐

ry as drinking habits continue to change.”

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A WOMAN at the top of Mount Walker in the Olympic National Forest in Seattle stopped to use a traditional outhouse where she accidentally dropped her mobile into the toilet. The woman dis‐ assembled the toilet seat and used dog leashes to try and retrieve the phone. When that didn’t work, she used the leashes to tie herself to the wall so that she could reach down for it. That didn’t work either and she fell headlong into the toilet. She was rescued and uninjured, but with her dignity in tatters the woman was washed down and “strongly encouraged to seek medical atten‐ tion after being exposed to human waste.”

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Princess Anne role

P R I N C E S S ANNE is ex‐ pected to be confirmed as the new head of the Royal Marines this Au‐ gust, according to a re‐ port by one publica‐

tion on Sunday, April, 24.

The Queen has al‐ legedly already offi‐ cially endorsed her 71‐ year‐old daughter to

Free tap water

SPAIN’S Organisation of Consumers and Users (OCU) has urged authorities to ensure establishments offer free tap water On April 10, the Law on Waste and Contaminated Soils for a Circular Economy was approved in Spain. Article 18.3 es‐ tablishes the obligation of bars and restaurants to ‘always of‐ fer consumers the possibility of free consumption of non‐ packaged water’. This law is designed to reduce the amount of packaging waste. The Organisation of Consumers and Users (OCU) is Spain’s oldest consumer organisation, estab‐ lished in 1975, and has voiced its joy that this has finally be‐ come law. As pointed out by the OCU in a statement, non‐ compliance with the EW obligation to offer free tap water in bars and restaurants can result in a fine for these establish‐ ments. Customers are within their rights to request the com‐ plaints form, which ‘could lead to an administrative sanction against the establishment’.

With summer approaching, a period when a lot of sport‐ ing events or music festivals are held in the open air, the or‐ ganisation has urged local entities to ‘actively’ monitor com‐ pliance with this law.

fill the role. In doing so, she would become the first female head of the famous fighting force.

This position with the British military force became vacant in 2020 when Prince Har‐ ry stepped away from royal duties. Royal in‐ siders claimed last year that Harry’s titles ‐ which he was ex‐ tremely proud of ‐ would not be passed to his brother William, for fear of causing un‐ necessary grievances between them.

The role with the Royal Marines could not be handed to Prince Edward. In 1987, after just three weeks of commando

Royal Marines new head.

training with the force, he quit.

The Princess Royal is already the head of 10 different military regi‐ ments, including her roles as an air chief m a r s h a l i n t h e R A F, a general in the Army, and an honorary Admi‐ ral in the Royal Navy.

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Only 30 per cent of people can flare their nostrils.

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Estate planning for UK nationals in Spain Estate planning is one of those tasks that is easy to keep putting off, but do not risk leaving it too late. If you do, your estate may not be distributed as you wish, and your heirs could end up paying more tax than they need have.

ropean Succession Regulation, ‘Brussels IV’, to opt for the succession law of your country of nationality to apply on your death instead. You need specifically state this in your will.

British expatriates living in Spain need to be aware of, and plan for, a number of inheritance issues.

Spanish succession and gift tax is due if the asset being inherited or gifted is located in Spain, or if the recipient is resident here.

It is paid by each recipient, with the tax rate varying depending on the relationship between the person passing the money and the person receiving the money.

There is no blanket spouse to spouse exemption.

Your last will and testament If you live in Spain, it is advisable to make a Spanish will to deal with your Spanish assets. A UK will may be effective in Spain, but a major disadvantage is that it will have to go through the UK probate process which creates delays.

If you still have assets in the UK, then you can have two wills, one for each country.

Make sure your solicitor does not inadvertently revoke the Spanish one.

Spanish succession tax

By Nicole Sandler, Associate Partner, Blevins Franks

Spanish succession law Spanish succession law imposes ‘forced heirship’ rules. In general terms, children are entitled to receive two thirds of an estate’s assets, so under Spanish law you cannot, for example, leave everything to your spouse.

This Spanish succession law will apply to foreign nationals living in Spain by default.

You can however use the Eu-

The state tax rates start at 7.65% and rise to 34%. Multipliers based on the familial relationship and beneficiary’s net worth can take tax rates much higher.

There are some reductions and allowances but at state level they are low. Spouses, descendants and ascendants only receive a re-

duction of €15,957; it is lower (or nil) for everyone else. There is a 95% reduction against the inherited value of the main home, but only for spouses or descendants who keep the property for 10 years, capped at €122,606 per inheritor.

However, the autonomous communities can adjust the tax rates, allowances and reductions to make them more beneficial for residents in the different Spanish regions.

UK inheritance tax

tate planning gaols, then seek specialist cross-border estate planning advice on how you can achieve your wishes for your heirs, at the same time as keeping inheritance taxes as low as possible.

Depending on your family situation, estate planning for Spain and the UK can get rather complex, but with careful planning and specialist advice you can get peace of mind that you have the most suitable approach in place, for yourself today and your family in future.

Many British expatriates remain liable to UK inheritance tax since it is based on domicile rather than residence. Your estate could be liable to both inheritance taxes, but a credit is given in Spain for the tax paid in the UK to avoid double taxation.

Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual is advised to seek personalised advice.

Estate planning for UK nationals in Spain

Keep up to date on the financial issues that may affect you on the Blevins Franks news page at www.blevinsfranks.com

Start by establishing your es-

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Spain visits triple Population increases F L I G H T bookings to Spain by British holiday‐ makers are reportedly three times that of Italy, its nearest com‐ petitor. According a re‐ port by Turespaña, Spain’s offical tourism

organisation, levels have still not reached those of 2019, pre‐pan‐ demic. Currently, Tures‐ paña reports that the sale of airline seats to Spain is down by 6.9 per cent compared to 2019.

Chargers change CHARGERS of all mobile phones and tablets will be uni‐ fied if a proposal by the European Parliament is passed On Friday, April 22, the European Parliament took the first step towards unifying chargers, as a measure to re‐ duce electronic waste.

The move is a reform of the directive on radioelectric devices that will force all manufacturers to install a USB C type connection which has been approved by the Commission for the Internal Market and Consumer Pro‐ tection.

This provision would apply to all mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones and headsets, con‐ soles, and portable speakers. It will apply to whatever the brand or manufacturer, including those of Apple, which until now do not use it.

Only devices that are too small for it, such as smart‐ watches, health trackers, and some sports equipment, would be exempt from this obligation.

In comparison, Greece shows a 24.1 per cent increase on 2019, while Turkey has 33.8 per cent more. Portugal al‐ so has an increase of 0.3 per cent.

Spain shows a clear domination in Google searches relating to ac‐ commodation this sum‐ mer says the report.

Almost 25 per cent of searches were for Spain, while its main competitors are below 10 per cent.

Turespaña explains this clear online domi‐ nance of the accommo‐ dation market is down to the number of bud‐ get airlines available to British holidaymakers.

These reportedly ac‐ count for more than half of the capacity of‐ fered to Spain, so that a significant percentage of British tourists turn to other means to book their accommodation.

N AT I O N A L S T AT I S T I C S INSTITUTE (INE) figures show that the population of Spain has risen due to the number of immi‐ grants, despite a consid‐ erable number of Spaniards emigrating.

Spain had inhabitants numbering 47,435,597 people on January 1, 2022, 50,490 more (0.1 per cent) than on the same date in 2021, ac‐ cording to the advance of the Continuous Census Statistics published on Thursday, April 21.

Of the total number of inhabitants, 41,923,039 have Spanish nationality (88.4 per cent) and 5,512,558 are foreigners.

The immigrant popula‐ tion represents 11.6 per cent of the total regis‐ tered population in Spain on January 1, 2022, one‐ 10th more than at the beginning of 2021 and the highest figure since 2013.

BRITS: Make up the fourth largest group of foreigners.

Despite the population increase, Spain has not yet recovered pre‐pan‐ demic levels, when it had 47,450,795 million inhab‐ itants.

British nationals make up the fourth largest

group of foreigners with 290,372 people.

The second and third largest groupings are from Colombia (312,915) and Romania (623,097).

Moroccans top the list with 879,943.

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A CAT named ‘one eye Joe’ by prison wardens in the jail where he lived were surprised after he reappeared five years later, on an oil rig in the North Sea! Dexter ‐ his real name ‐ was found in a shipping container by workers on the oil rig.

How Dexter got to be on the oil rig is a mystery.

Cats are known to travel long distances, but to reappear five years later on an offshore oil rig is rather unsual.

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TINA BROWN, a royal biographer, has made a series of remarkable claims in a bombshell new book on the royal family.

Prince Harry’s mental health was a mat‐ ter of concern to his former girlfriend aris‐ tocratic actress Cressida Bonas, according to Brown, who said that Cressida persuad‐ ed Harry to seek help from a therapist.

To find a suitably discreet person, he re‐ portedly took advice from MI6.

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Harry’s MI6 therapists

“There was a need for someone who would be incredibly discreet and who understood what it’s like to have a pub‐ lic version of your life and a private ver‐ sion of your life,” Brown said, quoting a contact.

UK economy crisis

E X P E R T S are warning that a downturn looms in the UK as the cost‐of‐liv‐ ing crisis impacts house‐ holds and businesses.

According to figures published on Friday April 22, Britain’s economy is losing steam as con‐ sumers tighten their belts. Consumer confi‐ dence is said to be at all‐ time lows with retail sales falling 1.4 per cent in March, a far worse number than forecast or predicted by any economist.

Those worse than pre‐ dicted numbers saw the pound tumble against the dollar for the first time since November 2020, with consumer sur‐ veys suggesting that the situation could worsen in the coming months.

Market research firm GfK said on Friday April 22 that consumer confi‐ dence had slumped to close to its lowest level since records began near‐

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ly 50 years ago, with prices, the war in Ukraine and the shenani‐ gans in government all playing their part.

Bank of England Gov‐ ernor Andrew Bailey

said on Thursday April 21 that the bank was having to walk a tight line between managing a 30 year inflation high of 7 per cent and avoid‐ ing a recession.

“Therapists at MI6, that’s what they do.”

Brown reveals that after the couple split in 2014 Harry wrote to Cressida, saying: “I admire you, I wish you well and above all thank you for helping me to address my demons and seek help.”

Prince Harry took advice from MI6.

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Palace crimes Miranda back H U N D R E D S of crimes have been reported at royal palaces in the past three years including of‐ fences involving weapons, drugs, violence

and robbery.

A total of 470 crimes were recorded at Buck‐ ingham Palace, Kensing‐ ton Palace, St James’s Palace and Clarence

House ‐ either inside or in close vicinity to the grounds ‐ between 2019 and 2021, according to media.

The number of crimes, which included 25 weapons offences, have been described as “aston‐ ishing” and “frightening”

by Dai Davies, a former head of royal protection at Scotland Yard.

The former chief super‐ intendent told media: “If you can steal or cause inci‐ dents at or near the royals, what does that say about the current security?”

The media outlet sub‐ mitted a freedom of in‐ formation request to the Met Police asking for de‐ tails of crimes reported at the four royal residences in London.

Data shows that less than 1 per cent of crimes resulted in an offender being charged, cautioned or fined.

MIRANDA HART has confirmed that the fourth series of her hit comedy show is ready to hit our screens Fans of the hilarious Miranda Hart will no doubt be overjoyed at the news on Sunday, April 24, that her self‐titled, award‐winning comedy show, is making a welcome return to our television screens.

It has already been seven long years since the last episode was broadcast by the BBC on New Year’s Day 2015. At the end of that episode, Miranda told her au‐ dience, “I don’t know when and if I’ll see you again.

“A lot of lovely people have kept on asking for the return of Miranda, so here we are, and I hope everyone likes it,” the 49‐year‐old comedy genius told

COMEDY SHOW: Miranda is returning.

one publication.

She confirmed that a fourth series was already written and completed. The only thing not confirmed is whether the BBC will be screening the new series.

Self-driving bus THE UK’s first self‐driving bus will be carrying out on‐road testing from Monday, April 25, in preparation for passen‐ gers stepping aboard lat‐ er this summer.

The Project CAVForth pilot, which is jointly funded by the UK Govern‐ ment’s Centre for Con‐ nected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) and the project partners Fusion, ADL, Stagecoach and Transport Scotland, will see five single‐deck au‐ tonomous buses operat‐ ing at SAE Level 4 over

the Forth Road Bridge be‐ tween Ferrytoll Park and Ride in Fife and the Edin‐ burgh Park Train and Tram interchange.

The buses are fitted with Fusion Processing’s ground‐breaking sensor and control technology, CAVstar, that enables them to run on pre‐se‐ lected roads without the safety driver having to in‐ tervene or take control.

The buses will provide a service capable of carry‐ ing up to 36 passengers over the 14 miles across the bridge, with capacity

for over 10,000 passen‐ gers a week.

Ukrainian worker support SCOTLAND is set to provide a new service to ‘offer vital ad‐ vice’ and ‘urgent practical sup‐ port’ to Ukrainian workers in Scotland in the horticultural industry.

The Scottish government highlighted on Wednesday, April 20 that: “Ukrainian workers play a key role in soft fruit and vegetable produc‐ tion in Scotland, but due to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia they are facing a range of concerns about their work, their homes, and their fu‐ tures.

“The new Worker Support Centre, run by Scottish charity JustRight Scotland, will pro‐ vide key support to workers on these issues as well as im‐ migration advice to enable them to stay and work in Scotland, while returning to Ukraine is still unsafe.

“The Centre will serve as a first contact for Ukrainian agri‐ cultural workers in Scotland, and will be staffed with for‐ mer horticultural workers who speak Ukrainian and Russian.”

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Galapagos wreckage ON Saturday, April 23, a scuba‐diving boat sank off the coast of one of the Galapagos Islands, leaving thousands of gallons of diesel leaking into the nearby ecosystem.

The ‘Albatroz’ had been carrying 47 barrels of diesel when it sank near Santa Cruz according to the Petroecuador oil com‐ pany.

The Ecuadorian Envi‐ ronment Ministry said that an oil slick had oc‐ curred. However, crew members were able to es‐ cape from the wreckage safely and measures were put in place to control it, including the use of dis‐ persants and booms to contain the oil.

The Galapagos National Park Directorate took to Facebook to reveal details of the situation. The or‐ ganisation said: “GNPD maintains monitoring of the bay due to the sinking of a boat “Park rangers of the Galapagos National Park Directorate maintain monitoring of Academia Bay, in Santa Cruz, includ‐ ing nearby visitor sites and the subtidal zone, to employ the necessary mitigation measures after the sinking of the boat Al‐ batroz early this morn‐ ing.”

N I G E R I A N fraudsters allegedly made €250,000 in an online scam that targeted vul‐ nerable people as the Guardia Civil investi‐ gate 13 people in Spain.

Operation Loverboy, is investigating the al‐ leged perpetrators of love scams, carried out from Spain, with con‐ nections in Italy, UK and Nigeria, the force

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‘Loverboy’ internet scam said in a statement on Saturday, April 23.

The operation began in June 2021, when one of the victims informed the Guardia Civil that she had been swindled over the internet for months.

The perpetrators had gained the trust of the

Queen toddler photographs THE Royal Family led trib‐ utes to the Queen on her 96th birthday on Thursday, April 21 with gun salutes and a new photograph of the monarch.

The Royal Family Twitter account shared this photo‐ graph of the smiling Queen as a two‐year‐old.

“Happy Birthday Your Majesty!

“Today as The Queen turns 96, we’re sharing this photograph of the young Princess Elizabeth aged two.

“Then, in 1928, it was nev‐ er expected she would be Queen, and this year Her Majesty is celebrating her #PlatinumJubilee ‐ a first in British history,” the birthday message said.

The Royal Family Twitter account also shared a lovely new photo of the Queen

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The smiling 2-year-old.

where the monarch is pic‐ tured with two of her fell ponies, Bybeck Katie and By‐ beck Nightingale, taken last month in the grounds of Windsor Castle.

The Prince of Wales and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, also posted on Twitter.

They wished her “ particu‐ larly special 96th birthday” alongside various pictures, including one of Prince Charles kissing his mother’s hand.

victim getting them to make bank transfers of more than €34,000.

The type of scam, also known as ‘fake virtual boyfriend/girlfriend’, consists of the offender

taking advantage of the victim’s psychological vulnerability to create a false identity.

In some cases, they pose as Hollywood ac‐ tors and actresses,

feigning a love or sexual interest, which usually leads to a virtual rela‐ tionship that can last several months before gaining the trust of the victim.

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More Spain flights Illegal online content

JET2 has added flights to UK airports as summer demand surges for popular Spanish destinations.

Holidaymakers are des‐ perate to get away as travel restrictions ease across Eu‐ rope.

The airline has boosted the number of flights from Belfast International, Edin‐ burgh, Newcastle, East Mid‐ lands and Glasgow Airports.

CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays Steve Heapy re‐ vealed: “After the removal of all travel restrictions, interna‐ tional travel is looking like it did before the pandemic.

This return to normal has led to customer confidence bouncing back strongly, with

SUMMER 22: One of the most popular times for a holiday.

holidaymakers jumping at the chance to get away.

“As such, we are seeing enormous growth for all sea‐ sons, with Summer 22 prov‐ ing to be one of the most popular times for a holiday.

In response to that, we have added additional capacity to a range of sunshine destina‐

ORPHAN elephant Kerrio was rescued by the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust from the Kerio Valley after becoming lost when gunfire had broken out in the area and the elephants had stampeded.

The wildlife trust took to Twitter on Saturday April 23, to share a delightful video of the animal.

The organisation commented: “Be‐

tions, providing customers and independent travel agents with even more choice and flexibility.

“We are pleased to be of‐ fering a huge programme for Summer 22, with capacity being bigger than it was in Summer 19, and we are now expanding this even further.”

AFTER 16 hours of negotia‐ tion, an agreement was reached on Saturday April 23 that sets new rules to control illegal content on‐ line in the EU. The new rules will require large tech firms like Google, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and others to do more to tackle illegal content on their platforms or face very large fines.

The Digital Services Act (DSA) follows the Digital Markets Act (DMA) which are part of EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager's

Gorgeous orphan elephant yond her importance as a critical key‐ stone species, orphan elephant Kerrio has a beautiful smile! Her new life as part of our herd has given this or‐ phaned female the strength to heal and thrive.”

After the rescue, it was thought that

Kerrio was partially paralysed. She is now settling in well with her new fami‐ ly and is gaining strength in her legs.

Anyone who wishes to adopt Kerrio or one of her fellow orphan friends can do so at https://www.sheldrickwildlife trust.org

New rules have been set.

strategy to curb the online tech giants. The combined laws could see companies like Google and Amazon having to change their busi‐ ness model in the EU com‐ pletely.

Vestager said in a tweet: “We have a deal on the DSA: The Digital Services Act will make sure that what is illegal offline is also seen and dealt with as ille‐ gal online ‐ not as a slogan, as reality.”

The agreement has been welcomed by many MEPs, among them Dita Charan‐ zova, who had called for such rules eight years ago.

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Stunt failed RED BULL’s first ever ‘plane swap’ stunt failed on Sun‐ day, April 24 as the plane spiralled out of control in the USA’s Arizona. The bizarre stunt saw two cousins attempt to swap planes in the air by skydiv‐ ing from one plane to the other. The stunt did not go to plan and one aircraft nosedived before crashing into the Arizona desert.

The Red Bull sponsored stunt saw cousins Luke Aikins, 48, and Andy Far‐ rington, 39, risk their lives as they skydived from sin‐ gle‐engine Cessnas. After both men leapt from the planes, Farrington’s plane had issues and started to nosedive towards the ground. Speaking after the stunt Farrington revealed: “It just went and instead of stopping in that 90 degree dive, it just kept going and got over on his back.

“It was just not a chance,” but through am‐ bition and creativity, you can make it happen.”

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Peter Kay appearance THE comedian Peter Kay, 48, made a rare public ap‐ pearance in Lancashire on Saturday, April 23 to launch a wheelchair ac‐

cessible boat.

Speaking to fans, the comedian who recently returned to the stage, said he was doing great

Russia’s ambition

RUSSIA has finally revealed its full plans for Ukraine, which are to take full control of the Donbas region as well as south‐ ern Ukraine.

Russian news agencies reported on Friday April 22 that Rustam Minnekayev, the Deputy Commander, revealed Moscow’s ambitions in Ukraine.

Minnekayev reportedly suggested that Russia did not plan to wind down its offensive there anytime soon and that full control of southern Ukraine would improve Russian access to Moldova’s pro‐Russian breakaway region of Trans‐ dniestria.

Moldova’s foreign ministry said it had summoned the Russian ambassador to express ‘deep concern’ about the re‐ marks amid fears that the country could use southern Ukraine as a launch pad for new attacks.

Minnekayev was quoted as saying: “Control over the south of Ukraine is another way to Transdniestria, where there is also evidence that the Russian‐speaking population is being oppressed.”

Moldova said in a statement on its website that: “These statements are unfounded and contradict the position of the Russian Federation supporting the sovereignty and terri‐ torial integrity of the republic of Moldova.”

after having kept a low profile since 2017, when he stepped away from the limelight to deal with unforeseen family circum‐ stances.

The appearance over the weekend at the Low‐ er Rivington Reservoir was to launch a ‘wheely‐ boat’ near his home in Bolton, one that will give disabled adults and chil‐ dren the chance to enjoy water‐based activities at the centre for the first time.

He told media: “It’s very lovely to be here to‐ day, I’m honoured to be asked to launch this fan‐ tastic wheelyboat, which I hope gives a lot of people a lot of pleasure and hap‐ piness out on the water.

“The Anderton Centre is a fantastic place and I love coming here, and the people are really nice and when it’s a nice day and there’s a heatwave, you think you’re in the south of France.”

HIGH PRICES: Swedes, Danes and Germans pay the most for properties in Spain.

Most expensive houses THE latest data from the General Council of Notaries shows that Swedes, Danes and Ger‐ mans buy the most expensive houses in Spain.

According to the data, this group spent al‐ most double the amount Spaniards spend on buying homes, with an average price in the second half of 2021 of almost €2,750 per square metre. That figure is substantially higher than the average of €2,016 per square metre paid by foreign buyers.

The average price represents an increase of 14.3 per cent and is the highest since the second half of 2008 when the average price

reached €2,125 per square metre, that figure being achieved prior to the banking crisis.

By comparison the average Spanish home buyer spent €1,503 per square metre during the same period.

Spending the least were the Moroccans at €688 per square metre, the Romanians at €990 and the Ecuadorians at €1,087.

The highest prices reached were in the Balearic Islands where foreigners paid €3,780 per square metre. On the mainland the high‐ est prices were reached in Madrid and the Basque Country at €2,625 and €2,243 per square metre respectively.

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www.euroweeklynews.com SPANISH Army logistics ship ‘Ysabel’ departed for Poland on Thursday, April 21, trans‐ porting 200 tons of military aid destined for Ukraine.

She is transporting the largest cargo yet of weapons and military equipment, des‐ tined for Ukraine to help in the conflict with Russia.

As revealed by Pedro Sanchez, the President of Spain, during his visit to Kyiv, she is carrying weapons, 30 lorries, and 10 light vehicles.

This load doubles the previ‐ ous amount that Spain has supplied to Ukraine.

Ysabel is embarking on her first voyage abroad, after first entering service at the end of 2021. This massive 16,361 gross tons vessel is capable of moving more than 1,000 mili‐ tary vehicles and combat tanks on its six cargo decks.

Its original use was to sup‐ port the movement of troops and materials between the Spanish mainland, Ceuta, Melilla, and the two archipelagos, and to support deployments on international missions.

She has a crew of 60 sailors, with six officers on board.

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Spanish aid YSABEL: Embarking on her first voyage abroad.

New talent

HOLLYWOOD stars Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have, through their compa‐ ny Group Effort, signed a deal to partner with Netflix to bring on new talent from underrepresented commu‐ nities.

The partnership will see the two companies focus on below‐the‐line career opportunities in film and television production. The aim is to create training and entry‐level job options for marginalised communities in the US and Canada, pro‐ viding support, on‐set pro‐ duction training and place‐ ment on several Netflix productions in 2022.

The pair said: “We start‐ ed the Group Effort Initia‐ tive a little less than two years ago to create a pipeline for underrepre‐ sented voices in our indus‐ try. Its growth has exceeded our wildest expectations and it could not have suc‐ ceeded as it has without the unwavering support of Net‐ flix.

“What started on The Adam Project will now ex‐ pand to many more Netflix productions. We thank Scott Stuber and the entire team for their commitment to inclusion. We won’t let you down,” they added on Thursday April 21.

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Donald Trump rant PIERS MORGAN has re‐ vealed more of the details of his interview with Donald Trump in which the former president walked out in an ex‐ plosive row over the ‘stolen’ US presidential election.

The 75‐minute interview was screened on the launch show of Piers Uncensored on TalkTV on Monday, April 25.

In a newspaper column, Piers Morgan explained how the pair, who have been friends for 15 years, had a perfectly normal interview for the first hour.

“Trump displayed the ex‐ tremely forthright style and brash humour which first propelled him into the White House, and certainly showed no sign of losing any of his fa‐ bled energy,” Morgan wrote.

“But things took a dramat‐ ic downward turn when I fi‐ nally brought up his refusal to accept defeat in 2020 and the appalling scenes on Jan‐ uary 6,” he added.

“I told him I believe he lost the supposedly ‘rigged, stolen’ election, I repeatedly

pointed out his failure to pro‐ duce any evidence of the widespread voter fraud he insists occurred to rob him of

his presidency, and I blamed his refusal to admit defeat for the deadly riots at the Capitol.”

Madeleine suspect CHRISTIAN BRUECKNER, the convicted sex of‐ fender currently serving time in a German prison, has finally been named as an official suspect by Portuguese police in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Prosecutors in Ger‐ many have been con‐ vinced for some time that he is the chief suspect.

Hans Christian Wolters, the chief prose‐ cutor in Germany, iden‐ tified 44‐year‐old Brueckner as the main suspect in 2020, but he has yet to be charged

with the crime.

Madeleine disappeared in 2007 from a holiday complex in the town of Praia da Luz, on Portu‐ gal’s Algarve.

Despite the disappear‐ ance taking place in Por‐ tugal, the police had never named an official suspect, until now. This week, Brueckner has been declared an ‘argui‐ do’ by Portuguese inves‐ tigators. It is a police sta‐ tus which means even though he has not been arrested or charged, he is considered to be much more than a witness.

STATS

1,460

The average person has over 1,460 dreams per year.

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North Sea gas THE German regional authority responsible for the Wadden Sea Islands gave the green light to a Dutch company to drill for gas in the North Sea around Schiermonnikoog and Borkum on Wednesday April 20.

Dutch firm One‐Dyas plans to begin drilling for gas some 20 kilometres north of the islands as soon as possible now that the German au‐ thorities have relaxed their attitude towards the gas extraction in the seas around the islands.

The area is said to contain low calorie gas that is suitable for domestic use in the Netherlands and parts of Germany according to Chris de

A PLEA for help from a refugee dad who fled Ukraine with his son carrying just a few essentials has had an overwhelming response, after saying he had no choice but to leave his 11‐year‐old son’s prized Lego collection behind.

Igor Sidorov drove two of his four sons from Kyiv to Vi‐ enna just before the Russian invasion, taking what little they could.

After Ireland waived its visa requirement, Sidorov flew with his sons to Galway. But

Ruyter van Steveninck, Director of One‐Dyas.

He believes that the field and those nearby have a potential to deliver 60 billion cubic me‐ tres of gas, with The Netherlands using 40 bil‐ lion cubic metres a year and Germany 90 bil‐ lion.

De Ruyter van Steveninck said: “We think that we can supply 5 per cent of Dutch gas de‐ mand on an annual basis.

“Local gas is cleaner, more reliable and more affordable than imported gas. The German gov‐ ernment realises this and that is why they now support the project.”

Lego love Andrii was lost without his prized Lego, something he had loved playing with ever since he was a toddler.

Sidorov knew he had to do something so posted a plea on Facebook in several groups, including ‘Ukrainians

in Ireland.’

In the post he explained the situation adding that his child was a “very clever boy, but that he was lost without his Lego.”

Sidorov said he was abso‐ lutely taken aback by the overwhelming response and the generosity of people say‐ ing parcels have arrived from all over the world: “There is Lego all around me. In the re‐ ception, in the room, every‐ where. My kid now has more Lego than he had before.”

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Star-studded celebration ITV has announced de‐ tails for the Queen’s Plat‐ inum Jubilee Celebration.

An all‐star cast has been lined up and it includes Dame Helen Mirren, Damian Lewis, Omid Djalili and Tom Cruise.

“The Celebration will take viewers on a gallop through history, from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I through to the Corona‐ tion of Queen Elizabeth II, culminating in a grand fi‐ nale,” the broadcaster said on Thursday April 21.

Phillip Schofield and Julie Etchingham will host the live ITV broad‐ cast, The Queen’s Plat‐ inum Jubilee Celebration, which will feature guests including Adjoa Andoh, Lord Andrew Lloyd Web‐ ber, Ant & Dec, Dame Joan Collins, Sir Mo

WINDSOR CASTLE: The event will be broadcast live.

Farah, Dame Maureen Lipman, Sir David Jason, Alan Titchmarsh, Dame Kelly Holmes, Moira Stu‐ art and Sir Trevor Mc‐ Donald, with special per‐ formances from Keala Settle, Gregory Porter, Katherine Jenkins as they pay tribute to the Queen’s remarkable 70 years of service.

The theatrical arena

event will include 1,300 performers and 500 hors‐ es and is made up of four acts, each overseen by a different event host ‐ confirmed to be Tom Cruise, Damian Lewis, Adjoa Andoh and Alan Titchmarsh respectively.

The event will be broadcast live from Windsor Castle on Sun‐ day, May 15.

STATS

1.92

There are more than 1.92 billion websites online.

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Nuclear subs

BRITISH nuclear submarine, HMS Audacious, was loaded with Tomahawk missiles while docked in Gibraltar on Tuesday April 19.

HMS Audacious arrived in Gibraltar on April 16, only a few days after another nuclear‐pow‐ ered submarine, the American vessel, USS Geor‐ gia. Their arrival in the British Overseas Territory had caused consternation in Spain, especially with the environmental organisation, Verdemar Ecologists in Action. They have expressed con‐ cern about the presence of two ‘floating bombs’ in the Bay of Algeciras.

A formal complaint had also been filed by the government of Spain regarding the appearance of the American vessel in the Rock, considering that the Rota naval base in the province of Cadiz

SCIENTISTS have managed a radical solar breakthrough that allows energy to be stored for more than 15 years and without batteries, mean‐ ing solar energy can be utilised any time of the day and irrespective of the weath‐ er. A Dutch‐Chinese design team looking for a small, sim‐ ple way of storing solar ener‐ gy for the market of smaller electronics have engineered a

SUBS: Loaded with Tomahawk missiles.

is more suitable to serve this type of submarine.

This is the first visit to the Rock of Gibraltar by HMS Audacious, which is the Royal Navy’s fourth Astute‐class nuclear‐powered submarine. It is a so‐called hunter‐killer submarine, and is one of the largest and most advanced ever built costing £1.492 billion and weighing nearly 8,000 tons.

Solar breakthrough

molecule that changes shape when it comes into contact with sunlight, rearranging car‐ bon, nitrogen, and hydrogen, to form an isomer.

The isomer is an energy‐ rich molecule with a different configuration that holds its shape when immersed in liq‐ uid. Researcher Kasper Moth‐ Poulsen, Professor at the De‐

partment of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Chalmers University, said: “This is a radically new way of generating electricity from so‐ lar energy. It means that we can use solar energy to pro‐ duce electricity regardless of weather, time of day, season, or geographical location,” he added on April 20.

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George Michael uncut

A NEW documentary to be released later this year in cinemas will shed light on George Michael’s per‐ sonal life, said David Austin, a long‐time friend of the singer.

The documentary, George Michael Freedom Uncut, is a follow up to the 2017 documentary George Michael Freedom.

Produced before his death, the documentary is directed

by Austin along with Michael who also narrates the story.

“The film is George’s final work. Narrated by George

Delves into Michael’s personal life.

himself, it is the complete story,” said Austin on April 20.

The documentary delves deep into Michael’s personal life, giving access to him as never before. Included in the

Driving revolution

THE UK is set to welcome self‐driving vehicles to the country with changes to the Highway Code.

The government revealed on April 20: “The changes to the code will help ensure the first wave of technology will be used safely, explaining clearly that while travelling in self‐driving mode, motorists must be ready to resume control in a timely way if they are prompted, such as when they approach motorway exits.

“The plans also include a change to current regulation, allowing drivers to view content that is not related to driving on built‐in display screens, while the self‐driving vehicle is in control. It will, however, still be illegal to use mobile phones in self‐driving mode, given the greater risk they pose in distracting drivers as shown in research.”

Transport Minister Trudy Harrison added: “This is a major milestone in our safe introduction of self‐driving vehicles, which will revolutionise the way we travel, mak‐ ing our future journeys greener, safer and more reliable.

“This exciting technology is developing at pace right here in Great Britain and we’re ensuring we have strong foundations in place for drivers when it takes to our roads.”

coverage is the devastating loss of his mother and his heartbreak at the untimely passing of his first real love, Anselmo Feleppa, from an AIDS related illness aged only 36.

Many of the artists that Michael worked with are also featured, including Stevie Wonder, Sir Elton John, Mary J Blige and Cindy Crawford.

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COSTA BLANCA SOUTH

Put to good use TORREVIEJA Town Hall will spend its €48.7 mil‐ lion Budget surplus from 2021 on grants, infras‐ tructure and public spaces.

Announcing the decision on Wednessday April 20, Torrevieja’s mayor Eduardo Dolon argued that injecting the public money will create employment.

During his meetings with representatives from the town’s different districts and social groups, more investment and more work were the most frequent requests, Dolon added.

Finance councillor Domingo Parades pointed out that modifying the Budget in this way put Torrevieja near the top of the list of town halls that use savings to reactive the local economy with productive public expenditure.

“This does not compromise future spending and at the same time it increases employment while making Torrevieja more attractive for tourism,” Paredes said.

The town hall would use €48.7 million in differ‐ ent areas, he added, although €32 million was destined for infrastructure and public spaces.

Other allocations include €1.3 million for the beach controllers who were initially introduced during the pandemic and will again be em‐ ployed during the high season.

There will be cash for repairs to the Palacio de los Deportes sports centre, which has already overrun the original budget, as well as €8 million for the Paseo de la Libertad promenade.

Another €1.3 million allocation will be used for food supplies for those at risk of social exclu‐ sion and €3.5 million for job‐creation pro‐ grammes.

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Yusuf Hamied Centre opens

AXARQUIA

Spanish courses for Ukrainians THE Training and Employment Department of the Rincon de la Victoria Town Hall has organised free Spanish courses for Ukraini‐ an refugee families in the municipality in collaboration with the Association of Lan‐ guage Centres of Rincon de la Victoria (ACIR) and the Red Cross.

On April 20, the councillor for the area, María de la Paz Couto, said: “These Spanish classes are aimed at Ukrainian people who have come to Rincon de la Victoria fleeing the war in their country, and need support to integrate socially and occupationally.”

The mayor of Rincon de la Victoria, Fran‐ cisco Salado, highlighted “the importance and urgency of supporting all Ukrainian citi‐ zens who are going through such a difficult time, leaving their homes and families be‐ hind because of the Russian invasion.”

The classes will have a total duration of 60 hours and will be held over five weeks on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the municipal Training and Employment facilities in La Cala del Moral, and in the afternoons at the Hotel Moon Dreams Calabahía.

MALLORCA

Racecourse improvements

COSTA DE ALMERIA

Almeria pupils’ plea for peace Dr Hamied opened the new centre named after him.

A FIVE‐MINUTE video thought up by Alme‐ ria Province high school pupils is making a call for peace throughout Europe.

The clip shows how pupils from 18 schools in 10 European countries grouped together outside their centres to replicate the international peace symbol.

Like the Valle del Andarax and Sierra de Gador high schools, all participate in the Erasmus+ programme that supports educa‐ tion, youth and sport in Europe.

“When the Ukraine war broke out, we decided to launch a shared project that would send out a common message,” ex‐ plained the Erasmas coordinator at the Valle del Andarax school in Canjayar.

They contacted the European schools they have been in touch with since becom‐ ing an Erasmus centre in 2021, asking pupils to stand together to form the peace symbol and send back a drone shot of the result.

The Canjayar pupils then compiled these in a montage and to avoid copyright prob‐ lems, composed and sang Stand for Peace to accompany the video.

NEWSDESK

THE Cudeca Foundation Benalmade‐ na inaugurated the Yusuf Hamied Centre, the headquarters of the Cud‐ e c a I n s t i t u t e f o r S t u d i e s a n d R e‐ search in Palliative Care on Wednes‐ day 20 April.

The main objective of this centre is to train social and healthcare professionals at all professional lev‐ els to improve the quality of care in palliative care, as well as to develop innovative models of intervention and research.

The Centre will thus fulfil two ob‐ jectives: to train future specialists in Palliative Care through teaching, re‐ search and awareness‐raising, and to finance part of Cudeca’s healthcare work as a complementary source of income, which will help to cope with the increase in the number of pa‐ tients treated Dr Yusuf Hamied, patron of the project attended, alongside various dignitaries including the mayor of

Benalmadena, Victor Navas who thanked Dr Yusuf Hamied for his generosity and commitment in mak‐ ing all of this possible.

“Benalmadena is once again at the forefront of palliative care with this new centre, in which the Cudeca Foundation will contribute its valu‐ able experience to improve the qual‐ ity of palliative care, while develop‐ ing innovative models of intervention and research,” said the mayor “This is the first centre of its kind, dedicated to training and research in palliative care, not only in Spain, but probably in all of Europe, which is why Benalmadena and Andalucia should be proud of the prestige it will bring,” Dr Hamied said.

Remembering his friend, he added “Although unfortunately the founder of Cudeca, Joan Hunt, is no longer with us, her aura and spirit will al‐ ways be present in this institute.”

THE Consell de Mallorca, is to spend more than €2 million to improve the Son Pardo Race‐ course facilities in Palma.

Attending a presentation about the plans by President of the Council, Catalina Cladera on April 25 were representatives of the equestrian sport sector, the Balearic Trotting Federation, Equestrian Federation of the Balearic Islands, Trotting Horse Breeders Association, Minitrot Association, Alevins Club and professional men’s associations. “The infrastructure of this race‐ course is more than 60 years old and needs maintenance, but we are going further and we are also doing improvement work,” said Cladera, who explained that during this legisla‐ ture, the Consell de Mallorca has already invest‐ ed a total of €3.8 million in improving the facili‐ ties of the Son Pardo and Manacor racecourses.

It is the largest investment made by the Con‐ sell de Mallorca in the racecourses and the world of trotting in recent years. “This invest‐ ment has a direct and indirect impact on Mallor‐ ca’s economy, as trotting combines sport, the primary sector and tourism,” she added.

With regards to the intended expenditure, €1,790,000 is to be used to build a roof in the stands, in order to offer shade and shelter to the public. At the same time, the roof will have inte‐ grated photovoltaic installation with the aim of advancing to the maximum in renewable ener‐ gies and in the saving of energetic consumption.

In addition, other actions will be carried out to improve the stands, such as the refurbishment of the central corridor, where safety railings will be installed.

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EUROPEAN PRESS DENMARK

Monkey see

Alternative power

HAVING let the UK set the pace, Denmark is now the first country in the European Union that is in talks with Rwanda about transferring asylum seekers to the East African nation, having already passed a law last year to allow their transfer to foreign holding centres.

RETAILER Coop Denmark has announced that all of its stores in the country will cease to use any fossil fuel by June 1, 2023. It has spent the last five years looking at alternatives which include heat pumps, solar cells, and other forms of green energy.

THE NETHERLANDS Sex workers

Greenhouse gas

SOME 300 sex workers took part in a survey to discuss how they had coped with working during the pandemic, with 65 per cent saying that they suffered financially due to the controls, although 90 per cent said they went back to work in 2021.

RYANAIR announced on Wednesday April 20 that it had entered into a partnership with Neste, the world leading sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supplier, to power approximately a third of its flights at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol with a 40 per cent SAF blend to reduce greenhouse gas.

BELGIUM Nigerian bronze

Fewer journeys

AFTER seizing a priceless Nigerian Bronze, the Belgian government auctioned it for €240 in 2007, but an investigation has established that it was stolen from Nigeria’s National Museum several years earlier and is valued in the millions. Now the museum is demanding its return.

SOME months are designated as special, such as Veganuary and alcohol-free February and now under the banner ‘30 days, fewer cars’ a group in Flanders is trying to persuade car drivers to abandon their vehicles and use other forms of transport wherever possible in June.

GERMANY Leader resigns

Helping Palestine

SUSANNE HENNIG-WELLSOW, one of the leaders of Germany's socialist party announced online on April 20 that she is resigning “with immediate effect” due to a number of personal reasons, problems with the party’s “handling of sexism” and a need for new faces.

GERMANY entered into an Agreement on Wednesday April 20 with the Palestine government to build two solar energy power stations in Gaza to provide their population with a clean energy source, which will also contribute to reducing the cost of water treatment.

FRANCE Vote Macron

Avian flu

DESPITE being jailed in Moscow, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny still has access to Twitter and on Wednesday April 20 sent out a tweet to followers urging them to vote for Emmanuel Macron in the upcoming French elections rather than Marine Le Pen, who he says has links to Putin.

THE capital of the Foie Gras industry in the Dordogne is suffering from a spreading outbreak of avian flu which has seen hundreds of birds slaughtered, including those on an important breeding farm which supplies goslings to farmers throughout the area.

NORWAY Government apology

Vessel docked

ON the 50th anniversary of the repeal of the country’s anti-sodomy law, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre apologised on behalf of the government to members of the Norwegian Homosexual Community who had been badly treated or persecuted prior to the change in the law.

ECO-FRIENDLY hybrid-powered cruise vessel, Havila Capella, has been temporarily taken out of service due to its insurance being affected by sanctions against Russia. The Norwegian vessel is financed through a leasing company in Hong Kong, whose owner is funded by the Russian Ministry of Transport.

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Nurses strike

Springwatch Finland

WITH some 25,000 of their members on strike since April 1, two nursing unions have announced that rather than expand the strikes, due to efforts by the government to restrict the strikes, they are considering recommending mass resignations instead.

THE Finnish branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is planning regular webcasts showing the highly endangered Baltic ringed seals living in the Finnish archipelago area of the Baltic Sea as they bask in the spring sunlight after shedding their winter coats.

IRELAND No Crypto

Zombie motors

IT is understood that the Irish government is in the process of preparing a new law which will ban all political parties from accepting campaign donations in cryptocurrency in a move to ensure that the Russian government is unable to use that form of payment to influence elections.

BUYERS of second-hand motor vehicles in Ireland will have been shocked when a report

by MotorCheck.ie revealed that since Brexit almost 40,000 vehicles which were declared insurance write offs in the UK have been sold in the Republic without confirmation of their history.

ITALY Dozy tourists

Aye Eye

HAPPILY, the Leaning Tower of Pizza isn’t leaning any further after two Mexican tourists decided to enhance their photos by using a drone on the evening of Sunday April 17. Not only is it a no-fly area, but they managed to crash the drone into the tower.

UNLIKE the Paris Wax Museum, Rome’s version has not removed the statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin from its display, but someone obviously didn’t approve as they stuck their finger in its eye with so much force that it was damaged.

PORTUGAL Blanking Zelenskyy

Boar shot

THE six MPs who belong to the Portuguese Communist Party declined to attend Parliament to watch the screening of an address by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy claiming that he is a war monger who supports neo-Nazis so should not be given any encouragement.

POLICE in the town of Olhao were alerted to the fact that a wild boar was roaming the streets on the evening of Good Friday when there were still plenty of people around. Trying to persuade the boar to leave, it apparently charged the officers who promptly shot it.

UKRAINE Medical students

BoJo Lane

A REPORT in the British Medical Journal highlighted the plight of some 18,000 Indian medical students who were attending universities throughout Ukraine prior to the Russian invasion. Most managed to cross into neighbouring countries for evacuation back to India, but face an uncertain future.

IN a show of much needed support for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the Ukrainian town of Fontanka, close to Odessa, is to rename one of its lanes after BoJo in recognition of all that he is doing to support the Ukrainian struggle.

SWEDEN Election candidate

Sex toys

ALTHOUGH he originally formed the ultraright wing political party Stram Kurs in Denmark, leader Rasmus Paludan who set fire to the Koran, reportedly intends to stand for election in the Swedish Parliament as he claimed citizenship there because his father was born in Sweden.

WITH Sweden often cited as one of the more permissive societies in Europe, this has been confirmed by a study undertaken by TechySex.com which reveals Swedish Googlers are top of the list for people who show an interest in sex toys.

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FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Online tax A SURVEY by commercial estate agency Colliers found that 89 per cent of respondents would be in favour of the introduction of online sales tax in the UK to take the pressure off physi‐ cal retailers who pay a disproportion‐ ate amount of the business rates bur‐ den.

No bank charges AFTER establishing that 25 per cent of all new bank accounts opened in Spain are online only, Sabadell has become the latest to offer this service and to attract new clients undertakes to make no charges for its normal banking services.

Toys ‘R’ Us AFTER recovering from the financial problems of its US parent, Toys ‘R’ Us Spain and Portugal were taken over by investment company Green Swan but it was announced on April 22 that the owners had applied for voluntary bankruptcy in Spain following a poor Christmas and New Year.

Fancy a Break THE Kit Kat slogan of ‘Fancy a Break’ could change to ‘Break the Bank’ as makers Nestlé have indicated that having already increased the price of a bar by 5 per cent (and raking in greater profits) prices could go higher if raw material gets more expensive.

New house SHOPPING online has got even easier so you can buy a prefabricated house in Spain online from supermarket group Carrefour. Ideal as a garden apartment, the cheapest model costs €13,000 and the most expensive €18,000 but you have to put it together from a flat pack.

Property market ALTHOUGH not favoured by the Bank of Spain, many investors have made large amounts of profit from trading in crypto currency and a re‐ port in beincrypto.com suggests that due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, those looking to cash in their profits are looking to buy Spanish property rather than invest in the stock market. The only prob‐ lem they are facing is finding sellers who are prepared to accept all or part payment in Bitcoins.

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STAT OF WEEK €24.2 million

is the amount that Spanish insurer Linea Directa reported as profits for its last financial year, a drop of 18 per cent due to inflation and more claims following lockdown.

Kleinwort Hambros announces senior appointments in its Gibraltar Client Relationship Management team K L E I N W O R T H A M B R O S an‐ nounced on Monday April 25 several senior hires to its Client Relationship Manage‐ ment (CRM) team in Gibraltar as the bank continues to strengthen its client offering.

This follows a series of ap‐ pointments across its regional offices in the UK and Channel Islands.

Joe Bautista and David Isted join as Private Bankers from J Safra Sarasin, with over 30 and 20 years of experience respec‐ tively. Joe Bautista’s vast inter‐ national professional network has helped him to build a broad client book of over £1 billion of assets, ranging from private clients to institutional insurance companies as well as family offices. With a wealth of international private bank‐ ing experience, gained from working in both the UK and Gibraltar, David also brings a broad range of clients to the team, which includes asset managers. Both will report to Tony Millan, senior banker and new business director.

Carlos Ibanez joins as Head of Fixed Income, also from J Safra Sarasin, with an interna‐ tional career spanning over 20 years. He has worked across Spain, the UK and Gibraltar, where he has been based since

Carlos Ibanez.

David Isted.

Joe Bautista.

Laura Grover.

2011. Carlos’s expertise, which lies in the bond markets as well as the insurance compa‐

nies’ segment, has led to com‐ mendations for his work in the field, having received the Best

Giving consumers more ON Wednesday, April 20, the UK government announced that reforms will be put in place to protect the public and boost competition.

According to the Depart‐ ment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy “Plans include making it clearly illegal to pay some‐ one to write or host a fake review, so people are not cheated by bogus ratings, and clearer rules for busi‐ nesses to make it easier for consumers to opt out of sub‐ scriptions so they are not stuck paying for things they no longer want.

“Prepayment schemes like Christmas savings clubs will

have to fully safeguard cus‐ tomers’ money through in‐ surance or trust accounts.

This will prevent scandals like Farepak, in which the business went bust and thousands of people lost their money.”

Consumer Minister Paul Scully said: “We’re making sure consumer protections keep pace with a modern, digitised economy.

“No longer will you visit a five star‐reviewed restaurant only to find a burnt lasagne or get caught in a subscrip‐ tion in which there’s no end in sight. Consumers deserve better and the majority of businesses out there doing

the right thing deserve pro‐ tection from rogue traders undermining them.”

The government revealed that: “The average UK household spends around £900 each year influenced by online reviews and spends £60 on unwanted subscrip‐ tions.

“The reforms underline the government’s commit‐ ment to seizing the opportu‐ nities provided by leaving the EU and adapting to the lessons of the pandemic, which has accelerated the trend towards online shop‐ ping and cast a spotlight on bad business practices like fake reviews.”

Portfolio Manager of the Year Award in Madrid. Carlos will report to Susie Jackson, Head of Offshore Investment Man‐ agement who leads the teams of Jersey, Guernsey and Gibral‐ tar.

Laura Grover joined in late 2021 as an Associate Private Banker. Laura relocated to Gibraltar from the UK to join the Kleinwort Hambros team, after working remotely for Ar‐ buthnot Latham Private Bank during the pandemic, and ABN AMRO Asset Management and State Street Bank before that.

Emma Perez, Gibraltar Chief Executive Officer at Kleinwort Hambros, commented: “We’re thrilled to announce the new hires in our Gibraltar office.

Their outstanding reputation in the industry will be crucial for our activity in a location with such a small jurisdiction and a tight professional net‐ work.

“These appointments follow a range of hires to build the CRM team. They only reaffirm our strong commitment in Gibraltar and the local commu‐ nity as we look to further strengthen and grow our busi‐ ness in order to achieve our ambition to be a leading re‐ sponsible bank for client ser‐ vice and expertise.”

Arctic tensions THERE are eight Arctic states which have coop‐ erated peacefully since the time of Russian Pres‐ ident Gorbachev who tried to demilitarise it.

Now with the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the threat to Finland and Sweden not to join NATO, things could start to hot up in the ever‐di‐ minishing North Pole which is suffering from global warming.

Members of the loose alliance are Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Russia and the United States and with the cur‐ rent political situation and the constant need for access to precious energy resources as well as fishing stocks, all could change.

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CHANGE(P) 1.333,00 191,35 2.517,5 3.341,0 1.476,50 4.588,0 1.622,5 10.234,0 634,80 567,20 2.424,0 434,70 521,40 742,00 0,010 146,70 516,80 4.082,0 2.619,00 383,00 3.327,5 518,20 187,65 3.073,0 1.609,5 1.330,5 78,46 1.639,0 1.693,50 3.176,5 7.684,0 5.916,0 3.889,5 328,00 578,20 2.739,0 10.515,0 8.262,0 765,00 1.726,80 461,70 2.490,0 969,40 2.027,00 515,30 151,28 1.675,00 578,40 5.108,0

% CHG. 1.306,75 187,40 2.480,0 3.202,5 1.421,64 4.443,0 1.592,0 10.090,0 616,00 552,20 2.361,0 428,80 509,40 727,40 0,010 143,71 506,00 4.006,0 2.518,00 371,05 3.236,5 504,80 182,85 3.035,0 1.557,0 1.296,0 77,72 1.598,0 1.670,00 3.115,5 7.558,0 5.862,0 3.812,5 321,30 543,40 2.687,0 10.085,0 8.038,0 749,60 1.704,60 441,05 2.429,0 946,40 1.976,00 505,60 144,58 1.621,50 566,00 5.006,0

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1.564,50 5.028,0 74,40 239,20 1.873,5 748,80 253,70 45,45 7.880,0 772,60 119,60 1.485,00 1.168,00 218,50 6.064,0 5,00 999,40 2.183,0 605,71 999,00 6.222,0 2.373,00 524,00 604,60 5.395,0 88,94 1,00 716,00 1.316,50 0,5000 2.944,0 874,84 1.356,50 3.019,0 2.102,9 1.253,00 1.438,00 12.120,0 1.809,50 1.297,50 503,80 129,54 264,50 233,10 3.577,4 1.120,00 126,34 2.760,0 1.001,50

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1.563,50 5.014,0 73,14 236,60 1.860,0 744,80 252,10 45,03 7.834,0 770,00 118,85 1.470,00 1.162,00 217,50 6.040,0 5,00 998,00 2.171,0 603,60 996,40 6.070,0 2.353,00 523,40 604,60 5.316,0 88,51 1,00 711,00 1.310,00 0,5000 2.940,0 871,74 1.352,50 3.010,0 2.087,5 1.252,63 1.438,00 12.105,0 1.805,00 1.297,00 501,60 128,45 260,40 228,50 3.498,5 1.116,00 125,66 2.750,0 990,60

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CHANGE 150,99 185,55 255,90 167,87 182,67 229,79 165,47 52,96 66,34 71,23 332,50 309,82 194,62 140,44 47,65 183,15 130,52 255,00 86,14 283,20 134,93 163,52 179,05 175,75 533,35 53,54 216,56 46,80 160,36 121,89

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SPAIN has launderettes by petrol stations but now entrepreneurs in the UK have come up with the sip and shop concept with the latest example being a laun‐ derette in Brentwood Essex which not only has a café on site, but also boasts a liquor li‐ cence.

Cheap electricity ON Wednesday April 20, for the first time in recorded history, Spain had the cheapest elec‐ tricity costs in Europe thanks to a large influx of renewable energy and although by the fol‐ lowing day, it had lost its title, at least one day is better than none.

Problems with Algeria SPAIN may regret recognising the Moroccan claim on Western Sa‐ hara which whilst resolving rela‐ tionships with that country, may have serious consequences with regards to the importation of liq‐ uid gas from Algeria.

To say that there are significant tensions between Morocco and Algeria is to understate the situa‐ tion and much concerns the West‐ ern Sahara which came to a head when a political deal was struck between the Trump Administra‐ tion and Morocco.

In return for Morocco agreeing to improve relations with Israel, the Americans recognised its claim on Western Sahara which upset the Algerian leadership who are known to be pro‐Palestine.

The deal with the Maghreb‐Eu‐ rope Gas pipeline which ran from Algeria through Morocco to Spain expired in October 2021 and the Algerians declined to extend it, thus cutting Morocco (and by ex‐ tension Spain) off.

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Prime Minister Sanchez visited Morocco on Thursday April 7.

rians promised to pump more gas through a separate direct pipeline to Spain.

Following the Spanish recogni‐ tion of Morocco’s claim on West‐ ern Sahara (which the Spanish say is in accordance with UN resolu‐ tions as well as other EU member states such as France and Ger‐ many), the Algerians recalled

their Ambassador from Madrid and are still considering their po‐ sition.

If the situation isn’t resolved then Algeria could decide to re‐ duce or suspend the supply of natural gas to Spain and even though new deposits have been found in Morocco, it will take some time to bring them online.

Less drug money THE movement of drugs from North Africa to Spain creates a great deal of wealth for a small number of people and an even greater amount of grief to those purchasing the drugs according to Spanish gov‐ ernment policy.

One of the ways that the drugs arrive is in high‐speed boats which are much more difficult to catch than RHIBS and the ownership of these is banned.

On Tuesday April 19, offi‐ cers from the National Po‐ lice arrested 22 people in Spain who were involved in the clandestine manufactur‐ er of these vessels and 20 of these speedboats in various states of completion were seized, thus temporarily cut‐ ting off the lucrative but ille‐ gal business.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT THE endeavours of the British media to convey the idea that the country is enjoying some kind of diversity blessed Shangri la grows more ludicrous by the day.

Don’t take my word for it.

Recently a Spanish colleague of mine, with no axe to grind whatsoever, told me that she had been idly flipping between TV channels when she came upon a documentary that caught her interest.

She duly watched the programme with its intermittent commercial breaks and was under the impression she had in fact unwittingly stumbled on an African channel being presented in English. She told me she was actually quite dumbfounded to discover she had not been watching a programme from Uganda or Ghana at all, but an ITV presentation from the UK! Over 60 per cent of British commercial advertising is now presented by predominantly non‐

1984 white actors. Far from solving the problem of racial disharmony, these grossly disproportionate actions are widening the racial gulf like never before. Non‐whites make up 18 per cent of the UK population.

This shows that people are being cast in these commercials and other areas of TV programming, purely because of their ethnic backgrounds or the colour of their skin; this is blatant racism pure and simple. If the situation were reversed there would be a public outcry and probable legal proceedings.

I say once again that racism is a two‐way street. The actions of the media and commercial institutions are a disgrace. To constantly depict multicultural families and mixed marriages (0.2 per cent!) is not only grossly misleading, but blatant brainwashing and disinformation bordering on the thought police propaganda of George Orwell’s 1984.

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TV & Film Review by Laura Kemp Once again I can only assume the reason for all this left wing and woke appeasement is to gain votes for the Labour party in the next election.

As per usual the left are underestimating the intelligence of the British public. All their smearing and adverse propaganda is actually having the reverse effect; even if the entire 18 per cent of ethnic citizens decided to cast their votes for the media’s beloved Labour, the percentage of clear thinking potential citizens they are actually encouraging to support the Conservatives far outweighs any extra votes they may gain for the left.

It rather reminds me of Diane Abbot who, each time she opened her mouth, gained a multitude of support for the opposition.

Recently I received photographs from last year of whole UK streets being closed down, with tablecloths laid down the centre of each road, while the feast of Eid al‐Fitra took place to celebrate the end of Ramadan.

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The John Wayne Gacy Tapes LISTEN to the chilling voice of convicted serial killer John Wayne Gacy in the new Net‐ flix three‐part documentary series Conversations With a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes.

Thought to be the inspira‐ tion behind Stephen King’s Pennywise the clown, John Wayne Gacy was convicted of raping and murdering over 30 young boys and men in the 1970s. Now, this Netflix docuseries delves into his twisted mind, giving us access to the police tapes recorded at the time and video footage of the police officers digging up the crawl space under Gacy’s house where he buried his victims. This docu‐ mentary series has an im‐ pressive 80 per cent critic rat‐ ing and 80 per cent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is a must‐watch for lovers of true crime.

Following the disappear‐ ance of 18‐year‐old Robert Piest, a murder that Gacy ulti‐ mately confessed to commit‐ ting, Gacy spoke at length to law enforcement officers.

Convicted serial killer.

In a similar format to the incredibly popular Netflix se‐ ries The Ted Bundy Tapes, it is these recordings, as well as interviews with police offi‐ cers, talking heads and vic‐ tims who managed to es‐ cape, that make up this chilling docuseries.

Although I am a lover of true‐crime documentaries, television shows and movies, I did find this one quite hard to watch. The way Gacy talks about his sexuality and at‐ traction to young boys, with the murders carried out dur‐ ing the Gay Panic of the 70s, it’s clear it was his shame that caused these horrifying mur‐ ders to take place. Gacy was ultimately executed in 1994 and, coming from the horse’s mouth, it is disturbing to hear such atrocities made to sound so ordinary.

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CLAIRE GORDON FINDING BALANCE IN AN UNEVEN WORLD I T seems like there is a larger and larger seg‐ ment of the popula‐ tion that considers it‐ self to be all‐accepting, kind, and easy‐going, based on a behaviour that is actually less than wel‐ coming.

This behaviour is rooted in predeter‐ mined assumptions of the usefulness of peo‐ ple based upon their productivity or what they look like. A lot of the time these as‐ sumptions are proven wrong, but this doesn’t stop this gang o f s u p p o s e d d o ‐ g o o d‐ ers from completely missing the point.

It shouldn’t matter about a person’s sup‐ posed contribution to society if that soci‐ ety’s way of judging what is useful or not is r o o t e d i n r a c i s m , s e x‐ ism, homophobia and more.

This way of thinking states, for example,

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Conditions that the only asylum seekers that are ok are the ones who turn into doctors.

The only fat people allowed to exist are ones that are ‘healthy’ or trying not to be fat anymore. The only dis‐ abled people that should escape the ableism that is rife in our society are the ones who ‘overcome’ their circumstances to achieve something great, etc.

This rating of people on the contribution scale is rooted in white supremacy and capitalism and we would all do well to unlearn the notion that a person is only worthy of living peace‐ fully if they fit into a mould created by a world that doesn’t ac‐ cept them as they are.

People’s worth is in‐ herent. It has nothing to do with how other people see them, or

how they move through this world. Ev‐ eryone is deserving of respect and a conflict‐ free space on the plan‐ et they can exist in.

The danger of the people who believe they ‘accept everyone as they are’, until said people cross an invisi‐ ble and made‐up boundary, is that they are harder to spot and harder to reason with than people who are out and out bigots.

They do believe that they are welcoming and understanding, so as soon as someone brings up the notion that they might not be, ultimate offence is taken. And there is lit‐ tle to no reasoning with an offended per‐ son.

It is a shame, be‐ cause I hold the con‐ viction that if we all worked on ridding our‐ selves of preconcieved notions of other peo‐

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ple, we would be kinder to ourselves.

When we stop judging our fellow humans

solely on their contri‐ bution to the economy or imagined societal constructs, the more

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rest and peace we will all get. We are more than our perceived productivity. We all have a place here and we should be allowed to take it and be proud, regardless of where on the make‐ believe scale others may put us.

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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

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Explaining Mansplaining

HENRY VIII: A large man puffed with pride.

started on teenagers on buses with 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 straddling the world. Nothing more than frustrat‐ ed 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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NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS

Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

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THERE are so many other things to worry about right now ‐ I’ll spare you the list ‐ and you could rightly say that Jimmy Savile is the least of our con‐ cerns. However, a recent TV documen‐ tary’s chilling revelations about Sav‐ ile’s half‐century as a predator reasonably answered the question ‘What happened?’ but failed to exam‐ ine ‘Why did it happen?’ ‐ and, more importantly, could it happen again?

It showed Savile’s manipulation of those in power and the famous over decades. How he astutely courted friendships with influential people like Prince Charles and Margaret Thatcher.

They in turn were seen to be con‐ sorting with a ‘man of the people’, a working class hero almost. So the ben‐ efit was mutual. Savile was famous, a star, and (apparently) doing good deeds ‐ so Thatcher, the BBC and the rest wanted some reflected glory for themselves, and would likewise ac‐

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The working class hero who wasn’t

MANIPULATION: He astutely courted friendships with influential people.

quire some of his common touch.

Savile’s origins (as a former miner) were working‐class, but his behaviour certainly wasn’t. He was hardly a work‐ ing‐class hero. His nominal allegiances ‐ class, Yorkshire, Catholicism ‐ were al‐ most incidental. Both a papal knight and a knight of the realm, he had an IQ

high enough to give him membership of MENSA, but how he applied that in‐ telligence was scarcely examined.

He created an identity which churned out cash for himself but also for others.

The ‘others’ included those that ex‐ ploited him commercially as well as the charities which benefited from his ef‐

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forts. In a final interview (confession?) weeks before his death, he admitted: “I got away with it. I broke legs. I’m tricky.” ‘Tricky’, really? We might call him Machiavellian and malevolent, car‐ toonish even if that wasn’t an insult to Bugs Bunny.

Savile groomed and gaslit not just his victims (sexual abuse on an almost in‐ dustrial scale) but the entire nation.

The missing element here was an ex‐ planation of how this monster lived ‘in plain sight’ ‐ why he was what he was ‐ and could it happen again.

The oft‐quoted saying ‘the past is an‐ other country’ is true in so many ways.

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KNOW YOUR PRICE I WOULD like to bring attention to all visitors getting petrol or diesel that the price on the pumps is not correct. When you pay they should give you a refund.

This was advertised in Spain, but visitors are not aware of this.

On Wednesday hubby pulled into a local garage in Fuengirola and while putting €20 in, I went inside to pay with a €20 note. The cashier then was going on to serve the next customer, so I asked for a receipt.

Very reluctantly she gave a receipt for €17.34 complete with change.

When we arrived at golf the following day there were a few visitors who always pay in euros for petrol when I asked them. Could not believe how many had been robbed. Filling their tanks and just putting the right money down on the counter with no refund. I am well aware that not all garages are the same.

This was the first time it had happened to me. I think it is time that they displayed the correct amount on the pumps before many more are ripped off.

Sylvia

Lovely Spain THE Euro Weekly News is, in my opinion, the absolute best free publication on the Spanish Costas.

I would pick it up for just the Leapy Lee column that I fully agree with over 90 per cent of the time.

His words in EWN 14~20 April

FUEL PUMPS: Incorrect pricing.

struck home again with me and started this rank.

My wife and I chose to move to Spain and our commitment was such that we sold everything that we owned in the UK to facilitate the purchase of a modest house on the Costa Blanca North.

We swapped terribly congested roads, unaffordable council taxes, high utility bills and grey skies for the relaxed and welcoming sunny shores of Spain. Fuel prices in Spain were not only much cheaper than the UK, but oil price fluctuations were implemented, up or down, in hours or days so that the customer benefited from any downward movement. Electricity and gas prices in Spain have spiralled over the last few years so yes we suffer for a number of winter months as we cannot afford to pay for a comfortable ambient temperature in our home. We wrap up in warm clothing and blankets with hot water bottles

UPCOMING ELECTIONS THE next couple of months are going to be important barometers of the feelings that the electorate have for the governments of both Spain and the UK. Neither country will hold a general election in the immediate future, but there will be a contest over control of the Junta de Andalucia and local elections in the UK. Both national governments have been responsible for guiding their respective countries through the years of the pandemic and now that we appear to be out the other side, each is facing serious problems of significant inflation and to some extent general dissatisfaction.

On balance, it would seem that the ruling Conservative Party in the UK is in a worse situation than the PSOE/Podemos coalition as the Partygate Scandal just won’t go away and Brexit hasn’t exactly given the country the huge boost in prosperity that the politicians

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and mouth obscenities at Ian Duncan Smith who cancelled our winter fuel supplement.

Would we wish to be back in the UK? Absolutely not. Like most ex pats we find the quality of life is so much better in Spain. The national health service is magnificent and the UK NHS could learn a great deal on cost cutting.

The other cost of living in Spain is food and drink where price and quality far exceeds anything on offer in the UK. My regular bottle of wine is a couple of euros and an indulgent onr litre bottle of Scotch whisky for €6.

With the atrocities happening in the Ukraine how can the UK press continue with ‘Partygate’ as headlines. So the PM and others broke the rules. Move on, it’s not important in the great scheme of things. Boris Johnson delivered the Brexit referendum, he was a world leader in obtaining Covid-19 vaccines way ahead of Europe. He was one of the first world leaders to support the Ukraine in their unprovoked attack by Russia and continues to lead the world in that effort.

No one likes the sort of restrictions implemented by administrations to combat Covid, but every leader of all the governments were faced with a new and unknown enemy. They all tried their utmost to protect the population and defeat the infection.

Boris included.

Stuart

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promised. Bearing in mind that the current UK government swept to power due to the defection of so many Labour supporters in the expectation of a brighter future, it seems almost inevitable that the Conservatives will suffer, if only because voters want to show a sign of overall displeasure with the regular revelations about ministers and their behaviour.

Whilst many may disagree with his management of the economy, the Pedro Sánchez government doesn’t appear to have been accused of inappropriate behaviour and has managed to start to deliver EU Recovery Funds.

It seems inevitable that the Partido Popular will however have the most members elected to the Junta de Andalucia, but many will watch to see whether their leader will ally himself with Vox in order to maintain power or whether Ciudadanos can recover and give its support.

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SUNNY SKIES: Would you swap them for your home country?

Alison Kemp Low wages, no contracts and high taxes in Spain.

Dave Cawdell Not just a weather thing. I moved to Arizona 30 years ago.

Every time I go back and see the land of the cold, grey, wet, cramped and expensive, I remember why I put up with 115F summers.

Linda Exton I moved back to the UK seven years ago, after 22 years. Didn’t get much time to enjoy sunny Spain as you had to work 6/7 days a week to pay your bills and nearing 60 was a bit much .

War Ren They’re certainly pushing the limits. The natural environment allows the government a lot of sins, but they are increasingly imposing regulations and enforcement on the minutiae of daily life whilst retaining all the inefficiencies they always had.

They can’t expect to continue stifling the people with taxes and regulations yet provide none of the efficiencies which ordinarily go along with such regimes.

Sharon Saville We have been here two years, both 57 and retired early.

Absolutely love it here. I don’t get people saying it’s cheaper to live in the UK as it’s not. We find everything cheaper here.

Been back to the UK to see family, everything is more expensive.

Mags Margaret Georgina Marsh Yes moved back get more help here and the weather is turning better than Spain, food is cheaper, we have excellent NHS.

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• Covering and support‐ ing a tooth with a large fill‐ ing that has much tooth re‐ maining.

• Holding a dental bridge in place.

• To aesthetically im‐ prove misshapen or

severely discoloured teeth.

• Protect and cover a dental implant or tooth that has had root canal treatment.

Crowns can be made from many different mate‐ rials, one of the most durable and popular being zirconium due to its strength and natural look when fitted. It is a good choice for crowns particu‐ larly at the back of the mouth, as these must be able to withstand consider‐ able force when chewing food.

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Benefits of Turkish baths T U R K I S H baths, also known as steam baths or hammams, have their origins in the R oman E mpire. R omans used to meet at such places to socialise and carry out recreational or sporting activities. With humidity of almost 100 per cent and temperatures of around 50 degrees Celsius, Turkish baths have important benefits for your health.

T he steam in T urkish baths can give you smoother, rejuvenated skin and a clearer complexion thanks to the dilation of the pores, which open up and release impurities that have been caused by factors such as poor diet or pollution.

The high temperatures activate the circulatory system and moisten the airways, which can help with coughs, bronchitis, sinusitis and other respiratory issues. Steam baths are also very relaxing and

STEAM BATHS: Have important benefits for your health.

highly recommended for stress and anxiety.

B efore going into a T urkish bath, drink a glass of water to avoid becoming dehydrated and take a shower with warm water and soap.

Afterwards, dry your skin thoroughly. Once inside, it is recommended that you remain seated for about 20 minutes. After a while, you can get out and take a shower with cold water.

When you finish, drink plenty of water again to rehydrate your body and replenish all the fluids lost. It is also important to always finish with a cool bath to regulate your heart rate.

Not everyone can take a T urkish bath. P eople with cardiovascular problems and varicose veins should avoid them because the high temperatures can make the symptoms much worse.

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Pollution and your skin Y O U probably already knew that healthy skin requires a balanced di‐ et, enough sleep, a good cleansing routine and year‐round sun protec‐ tion, but you may not have given that much thought to pollution and other environmen‐ tal factors.

Traffic, cigarette smoke, heating, air con‐ ditioning and chemical cleaning products are just some of the every‐ day sources of pollution that can affect your skin and the various other organs in your body.

Recent studies have shown that other than UV radiation, which is extremely damaging and even lethal to the skin, there are other en‐ vironmental causes that directly affect our largest organ, causing spots and wrinkles, dry‐ ness, changes in tex‐ ture, the loss of colla‐ gen and increased

EXHAUST FUMES: Are one of the worst pollutants.

sensitivity.

The main effects of pollution on the skin are excessive dehydra‐ tion; oxidative stress caused by the produc‐ tion of free radicals, leading to premature ageing; age spots and blotches (also caused by the sun and hormonal changes); wrinkles, due to dehydration and free radicals, eczema and hy‐ persensitivity.

The worst pollutants for the skin include aro‐ matic hydrocarbons, such as exhaust fumes

from vehicles and facto‐ ries; tobacco smoke; heavy metals produced by waste incineration or cement production; and particulate matter from dust or forest fires.

The effects of pollu‐ tion on the skin can be lessened by cleansing properly, using products with antioxidants, pro‐ tecting against solar ra‐ diation and consuming plenty of fruit and veg‐ etables rich in vitamins C and E, such as or‐ anges, lemons, peppers and broccoli.

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A LT H O U G H w e a r i n g shoes provides com‐ fort, support and pro‐ tection, walking bare‐ foot has a range of important benefits for our bodies. Ideally, your feet should have direct contact with the ground for at least a little while every day,

Take your shoes off if not outdoors then at home.

Walking barefoot helps to stimulate the musculature of the feet, allowing them to be strengthened and toned without being

constantly squeezed into footwear, which can cause deformities.

The nervous system is particularly sensitive in the feet, and walking barefoot can improve balance and proprio‐ ception and is great for stress relief due to the presence of countless nerve endings in the soles of the feet.

Finally, having your feet in direct contact with the ground aids circulation and facili‐ tates blood flow to all areas of the foot.

Taking your shoes off when you get home is not only good for your feet, but also for your general health.

In some countries, such as Japan or Swe‐ den, it is customary to remove shoes when entering the house.

The soles of your shoes are likely to be covered in all kinds of bacteria, which is then trans‐

Walking barefoot is fine.

ferred to the home.

Remember that going barefoot is generally fine at home, on the beach or on grass, but it is not recommended in public spaces such as gyms, swimming pools or changing rooms, where fungi and infections can spread easily. It is im‐ portant to practise good hygiene by wash‐ ing your feet after walking barefoot and before going to bed and keeping them well moisturised.

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Digestive troubles?

STOMACH pain, heartburn, bloating and gas can all be symptoms of poor diges‐ tion. Not all foods are di‐ gested equally, and some may be more difficult for our bodies to break down.

Read on to find out five foods you should avoid if you have digestive troubles.

• Fast food Regular consumption of the trans and hydrogenated fats found in processed snack foods, readymade meals, pastries, cakes and certain dairy products can lead to abdominal inflamma‐ tion, acid reflux and stomach pain.

• Dairy products Dairy products are one of the best natural sources of calcium. However, lactose is difficult to digest. Those who are lactose intolerant may experience severe pain, diar‐ rhoea and bloating and should opt for plant sources of calcium such as soy milk.

• Hot chilli peppers In small quantities, hot

chilli peppers can be benefi‐ cial, as they contain cap‐ saicin, an antioxidant that helps to prevent blood clots.

However, excessive intake of spicy foods is linked to prob‐ lems such as gastritis, ulcers, heartburn and stomach pain.

• Processed meats Processed meats have lost their nutrients and have had many chemicals added to them which can cause seri‐ ous digestive problems.

Their intake is linked to chronic constipation, inflam‐ mation and an excessive ac‐ cumulation of toxins in the blood.

• Alcohol Although technically not a food, alcoholic beverages in‐ flame the mucous mem‐ brane that protects the stomach and can sometimes cause irritation of the diges‐ tive tract. Because it takes time for the body to metabolise alcohol com‐ pletely, nausea and diar‐ rhoea may occur until the process is complete.

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Raising funds EVERYONE is aware of the humanitarian crisis that is en‐ gulfing the people of Ukraine, who have lost their homes and loved ones and who have had to flee their home‐ land. U3A Moraira‐Teulada wishes to help as much as they can, and they are organ‐ ising a concert by the Enter‐ tainers, the proceeds of which will go towards help‐ ing the people of Ukraine.

The concert will take place at La Senieta, Moraira, on May 10 at 6pm, with a wel‐ come drink at 5.30. For those who are not familiar with the Entertainers, they are a group of friends and volunteers who sing a variety of dance songs and ballads with the main aim of their audience having fun.

They perform at events throughout the year to raise money for charity.

Tickets are €15 each and can be booked by contacting Prue at prue.jackson@ moraira‐teulada.org. Prue will provide the details for payment at the time of book‐ ing.

STALLS: Include antiques, ceramics and stamps.

Jalon flea market

THE Jalon flea market, which is held every Satur‐ day from 9am to 2pm in the area of L’Azud, is one of the oldest in La Marina and is extremely popular with not only local resi‐ dents, but also tourists who arrive on day trips from Benidorm.

It is held right next to the Cooperativa de la Mare de Déu Pobra, an ex‐ cellent winery that is also

worth a visit. Many people take advantage of the trip to the flea market to also buy wine or oil.

The Jalon flea market has many stalls specialis‐ ing in collector’s items such as stamps, coins, banknotes, stones, shells and fossils, as well as an‐ tiques including furniture, ceramics, farming acces‐ sories and other curious items.

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Ferran Freixa exhibition ‘FERRAN FREIXA: La luz pre‐ sente’ is an extensive retro‐ spective collection of 70 pho‐ tographs and includes images from some of the best‐known series by the Barcelona‐born photogra‐ pher. It is the first exhibition since his death last year and the first time his work has been exhibited in the province of Alicante. It is the result of a collaboration be‐ tween Benidorm Town Hall and the Photographic Foun‐ dation.

The Benidorm councillor for Historical and Cultural Heritage, Ana Pellicer, said: “The exhibition will allow the viewer to delve into the creative production of Ferran

Freixa and discover the poet‐ ry that exists in all his pho‐ tographs.” Freixa explored themes such as the passage of time and the traces it leaves in architecture, the beauty of everyday objects and urban landscapes, the Mediterranean, the ruin and erosion of cultural heritage and how nature recovers its stolen land.

Freixa was a nationally and internationally renowned photographer who had exhibitions in gal‐ leries and museums all over the world. ‘Ferran Freixa. La luz presente’ will be on dis‐ play at the Museu Boca del Calvari in Benidorm until June 15.

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SCAN Mascotathon 2022 SCAN, the Society for the Care of Animals in Need, will be holding their yearly Masco‐ tathon on Sunday, May 29, at the SCAN Cen‐ tre in El Verger. The walk is an easy 3km and everyone is invited to take part with or with‐ out their dogs. The day will then continue with food and drink (a barbecue, chicken and potatoes, paella or vegetarian paella), gift stalls, a dog show and live music.

There will be contests for the best small breed, best medium breed, best large breed, best old dog, best dog and owner and best SCAN dog.

Registration for the walk costs €10 per per‐ son and includes one plate of food and one drink. Extra food can be purchased for €2. Ex‐ tra drinks are €1.

Those who would like to do the walk as a sponsored walk and collect donations from their family and friends are welcome to do

DOG WALK: Anyone can take part.

so, although this is not required. A sponsor‐ ship form can be downloaded and printed from https://www.scancostablanca.com/ mascotathon/. People are encouraged to register for the Mascotathon and pay in ad‐ vance so that the organisers have a good idea of the number of people attending.

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Bomba and bombó rice in Pego THE town of Pego is set to be‐ gin May in a big way, with the first week of the month full of events combining gastrono‐ my, culture, trade and tradi‐ tion. Thursday, May 4, marks the start of the new edition of the Jornades Gastronòmiques de l’Arròs Bomba i Bombó, several days dedicated to the locally grown bomba and bombó rice, which is com‐ monly used in Valencian cui‐ sine. There will be seven restaurants offering menus featuring the typical rice as the main ingredient.

From May 4 to 8, the partic‐ ipating restaurants will offer a menu with starters and a rice‐ based main course at prices ranging from €12 to €20.

Reservations must be made in advance. The list of restau‐ rants can be found at https://www.pegoilesvalls.es /va/evento/411‐jornadas‐ gastronomicas‐del‐arroz‐de‐ pego.

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What a bazaar situation!

THE latest production from the Javea Players, Bazaar & Rummage, deals with ago‐ raphobia, the irrational fear of open places. It can be an extremely debilitat‐ ing condition and sufferers literally become frightened to leave the safety of their homes.

Sue Townsend’s comedy Bazaar & Rummage does not mock the illness, but rather the bizarre situation in which its characters find themselves.

Neurotic self‐serving do‐gooder and voluntary charity worker Gwenda has dedicated her entire life to the ‘poor and igno‐ rant’ in an attempt to honour the misguided teachings of her Daddy.

She and trainee social worker Fliss plan a jumble sale as recovery therapy for three extremely dif‐ ferent sufferers.

Katrina is an ex‐variety songstress; liberal‐tongued Margaret is working‐class, and Bell Bell’s phobia has

JAVEA PLAYERS: Deal with agoraphobia.

been exacerbated by tragic circumstances.

Packed with Townsend’s clever use and misuse of words, with some hysteri‐ cal one‐liners, the play takes us to a place where all is not quite as it seems, as the women divulge the experiences that are most likely at the root of their ir‐ rational fears.

Bazaar & Rummage will be at the Javea Players’ Studio Theatre until Satur‐ day, April 30, and again from Wednesday, May 4,

to Saturday, May 7.

The play has some strong language and adult themes.

Tickets cost €12 and are only available online. Pre‐ ordered drinks will be served at long tables to avoid crowding at the bar.

Seating to accommodate disabilities can be request‐ ed at boxoffice@javea players.com.

For more information, visit www.javeaplayers.com/jp /box‐office.

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Caprice Ladies’ Choir AFTER many years of con‐ ducting Gilbert & Sullivan shows and concerts, as well as amateur musical theatre shows and choirs on the Cos‐ ta Blanca, Aileen Lightfoot has started her own all‐ladies choir, Caprice, which specialis‐ es in a mixture of different musical styles with something to appeal to everyone.

Caprice meets for rehearsals each Wednesday evening in Calpe and is accompanied by

CAPRICE: Their next concert is ‘A Million Dreams’.

Kirsty Glen on piano. A month‐ ly sub is payable at the start of each month. All ensemble songs are sung in three‐part

Dmytro Choni concert ON Tuesday, May 3, the renowned Ukrainian pianist Dmytro Choni will be performing at the Teatre Auditori at the Social Centre in Denia. Choni previously performed in Denia in Octo‐ ber 2020 and will now make his return with a repertoire that includes pieces by C Debussy, J Brahms, A Ginastera, Liszt and Prokofiev. Choni gained worldwide recognition in 2018, when he won first prize in the prestigious Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition, ahead of two ex‐ cellent finalists, the Russian Aleksandr Kliuchko and the Chi‐ nese Yutong Sun. Since then, the Ukrainian pianist has be‐ come a regular in the world’s leading concert halls.

Tickets cost 15€ and can be purchased at https://www.notikumi.com/2022/5/3/concierto‐de‐dmytro‐ choni‐en‐denia.

harmony in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere, with other songs sung as solos or duets to show‐ case the talent in the group.

The choir have already given two concerts that were very well received and are hoping to perform at least three times a year in support of various lo‐ cal charities. Their next con‐ cert, ‘A Million Dreams’, will take place on Sunday, May 6, at 6pm at Ermita San Josep in Benissa. Tickets cost 10€ and proceeds will go towards sup‐ porting the Costa Blanca Chap‐ laincy. Tickets are available on 696 514 613, at Margaret & Elena’s Card & Bookshop (Ga‐ lerias Mar Azul) or at http://www.capriceladies choir.com.

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DAVID WORBOYS I NORMALLY like to stick to a theme, but this time I’m going off on several tangents. I think it’s a funny world: funny (amusing) and funny (amazing). Many things can make it amazing, but it’s people and their situations that make it amusing. We find it amusing that other people are different, es‐ pecially eccentrics. Sadly, however, many people actually dislike others simply be‐ cause they look different from them. They may have different skin colour, they may be obese, exceptionally short in stature, ug‐ ly or effeminate. But a line seems to have been drawn somewhere. Perhaps with the late Michael Jackson.

As I write, people with blue eyes don’t dis‐ criminate against those with brown eyes ‐ or grey, green or hazel eyes ‐ but some have an aversion to our friends blessed with epican‐ thic (oriental) eyes. There may be amuse‐ ment at extremely hooked or unusually snub noses, but no discrimination against their owners. And yet many white people feel alien ‐ or even hostile ‐ to those of us with brown, ‘black’, ‘yellow’ or ‘red’ skin ‐ al‐ though not against the impressive Christine Lagarde who has orange skin. While the same applies in reverse, by far the greatest

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IT’S A FUNNY WORLD

Supreme Court judges dressed as Santa Claus was funny, but not amusing.

concern nowadays is white prejudice against blacks. Different physical features are associ‐ ated with different cultures, but what is the problem with being different? If we were all identical, what a boring world it would be!

I find it funny (amazing) that almost every‐ body today spends most of their waking hours gawping at the palm of one hand, usu‐ ally laughing or talking to themselves, as they sit with a friend having a coffee, wait in

a queue or pay for a purchase in a shop. It’s certainly not amusing when they do this whilst driving or sleep‐walking across a zebra crossing.

It also seems funny (amazing) that, until 2009, the UK Final Appeal (Supreme) Court consisted of hereditary peers dressed as Santa Claus.

Some people couldn’t organise a booze‐ up in Downing Street. The wife of a service‐

man (not a Texan) discovered too late that she had mailed all the invitations for her hus‐ band’s homecoming party in envelopes with names, but no addresses. Only their neigh‐ bours turned up. He was not amused.

Some jokes are innocuous, such as: ‘Are dogs allowed in this restaurant?’ ‐ ‘Only if ac‐ companied by a human.’ Unfortunately, most of the really funny ones were of an of‐ fensive nature, which means many people did not find them remotely amusing. They could be blasphemous, sick, discriminatory or, in the case of Derek and Clive, downright filthy. But to most of us they were very fun‐ ny.

So, let’s finish with a silly but amusing joke.

Detective Inspector Brawn: “Can you explain that?” Detective Sergeant Fallows” “No, sir.”

Brawn: “Do you know why they did it?” Fal‐ lows: “No, sir.” “Have you asked them?”

“No, sir.” “No, sir? Is that all you can say?”

“Yes, sir.”

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IT carries an iconic British badge but these days MG is owned by Chinese car maker SAIC, and built in China. Gone are the days of sporty two seaters in favour of more populist SUVs, an estate and a very smart hatchback, and what by today’s standards are bargain prices. There is now a very capable range of EV power within the MG line‐

ROAD TEST

by Mark Slack up too.

The latest MG ZS is a differ‐ ent matter though. Style is subjective, but most who saw my test model mentioned words like smart, stylish and quite a few admired the op‐ tional Battersea Blue paint‐

Stylish MG work. Inside the good vibes continue with decent legroom, a quality feel and premium look. The top of the range Exclusive model tested here has an extensive standard equip‐ ment tally and puts rivals to shame at the price.

Two engines are on offer, both petrol units, a 1.0‐litre turbocharged three cylinder and a more conventional 1.5‐litre four cylinder. They are mated to a six speed manual or automat‐ ic transmission and a five speed manual with the 1.5‐ litre engine.

Prices for the range start from €20,476/£16,995 with my top of the range Exclusive model driving in at €25,727/£21,350, with the 1.0‐litre power unit, six‐speed manual gears and optional Battersea Blue paint finish.

Standard fare includes pretty much everything you would

has lots to offer price conscious buyers

Facts at a Glance Model: MG ZS Exclusive 1.0T GDi Engine: 1.0-litre, 3-cylinder, turbocharged petrol Gears: 6-Speed manual Price: €25,727 (£21,350) Performance: 0-100 kmh (60 mph) 10.5 seconds/Maximum Speed 180 kmh (112 mph) Economy: 6.6l/100km (42.7 mpg) Combined driving Emissions: 149 g/km Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.

need including sat nav, cruise control, keyless entry and start, auto lights and wipers, heated front seats, faux leather upholstery, air condi‐

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justment and six speaker sound system. Phew! On the road the ZS is a smooth and comfortable ride. The six‐speed manual gear‐ box is a delight with a slick change and well‐ chosen ratios. Quiet and refined, with par‐ ticularly comfortable seating, it has excellent steering and handles surprisingly well with minimal body roll. MG’s new car profile is growing and they have relatively re‐ cently added an all‐electric ZS, including a long‐range version, the MG5 EV estate and a plug‐ in hybrid HS model. MG mod‐ els are increasingly gaining in build quality and feel, with the ZS representing especially good value. Compared to sim‐ ilarly priced rivals the MG will probably not hold its value to the same level, but in many cases looks and feels better quality, rides and drives better and is a very nice place to be for your daily commute and holiday drive.

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English darts legend passes away MIKE GREGORY, the leg‐ endary English darts player has passed away on Tues‐ day, April 19, at the age of 65. Incredibly, for such a skilled and iconic player, he never won the official world darts title.

His closest opportunity was against Phil Taylor in 1992, when he reached the final of the World Darts Championship. Gregory had a mind‐blowing six darts at a title‐winning double, before eventually losing in a sud‐ den‐death playoff against the future legend from Stoke‐on‐Trent.

Gregory was a founding member of the WDC, but switched back to competing in the BDO. During his long career at the oche, he was victorious in the first two events to be staged by the brand new PDC, claiming

DARTS LEGEND: Mike had a great sense of humour. the World Masters title events in 1992 and 1993.

In 1983, and again in 1992, he reached the final of the World Masters. He also won the News of the World on two occasions, and also the MFI World Matchplay ti‐ tle.

“The Professional Darts Corporation expresses its condolences to the family and friends of former player Mike Gregory, who passed

Tyson Fury is the champion A DEVASTATING upper‐ cut by Tyson Fury on Saturday, April 23, was enough to see him de‐ clared the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Fury de‐ stroyed Dillian Whyte in front of 94,000 boxing fans at a packed Wemb‐ ley Stadium, as two En‐ glish boxers went toe‐ to‐toe on St George’s Day. Fury retains his WBC heavyweight belt in the process and immediate‐ ly reiterated his plan to retire from the fight game in his post‐fight interview. With the 6’ 9” showman known for his talk, it does remain to be seen if he carries out this threat.

The Gypsy King landed that one stunning blow to Whyte’s chin to drop him in the sixth round.

It was left to the referee to make the simple deci‐ sion to end the bout as the boxer got back onto his feet and wobbled unsteadily toward him.

The thunderous right uppercut that put Whyte on the canvas in the sixth would proba‐ bly have stopped any fighter. If Fury does re‐

tire then he will most certainly have gone out in style.

away on Tuesday aged 65,” read a statement from the PDC. Social media was buzzing with tributes to the popular darts ace.

“Sorry to hear that Mike Gregory has passed away.

Thoughts go out to all his family at this sad time,” posted 16‐time World Champion, Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor.

George Noble, the profes‐ sional darts referee tweet‐ ed, “Unfortunately it is true, he passed away this morn‐ ing. I just spoke to one of his friends... a real shame Mike had a great sense of hu‐ mour.”

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