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12 - 18 May 2022

Buzz off

EL CAMPELLO, Muchamiel, San Juan, San Vicente and other neighbouring towns are already taking steps to eliminate tiger mosquitoes.

The municipalities be‐ long to the Mancomunidad de l’Alacanti, a group of towns that provide com‐ bined services which in‐ clude fumigation.

Weather conditions this year are similar to 2019’s when the presence of mosquitoes was 10 times greater than normal, Man‐ comunidad sources point‐ ed out.

A specialist firm will use lorries with nebulisers to spray marshy areas and land where flooding has previously occurred and tiger mosquitoes are likely to breed. Drones will treat the zones that are inacces‐ sible to vehicles.

Both the nebuliser lorries and drones will use specific insecticides that are vege‐ tation‐friendly, Mancomu‐ nidad sources said.

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51 YEARS OF GIVING Photo credit: Original Charity Shop and Library

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UKRAINE FUNDRAISERS: Original Charity Shop and Library presents a Festival of Fashion.

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TREES FOR CHILDREN THE picnic area at Villajoyosa’s Bol Nou beach has 105 new trees.

They were planted during the town hall’s latest Arbre per Naixement event on Sunday May 1 which is held each year, naming a tree for each child who was born the previ‐ ous year.

The 105 pines, cypresses and tamarisks now growing in the picnic area’s Jardi dels Nous Vilers (New Vileros’ gar‐ den) also contributes to reforesting La Vila’s green spaces, explained Environment councillor Jose Carlos Gil. “This is a lovely day that celebrates the birth of a new member of the family,” Gil said. “And having a tree with their own name also raises each child’s environmental awareness by linking them to nature.”

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Fashion show fundraiser

THE Original Charity Shop and Li‐ brary, founded in 1971, celebrat‐ ed its 50th anniversary in 2021.

Unfortunately, due to Covid restrictions, it was not possible to celebrate this amazing mile‐ stone last year. Instead the Original Charity Shop and Li‐ brary and their team of volun‐ teers are now preparing to cel‐ ebrate 51 years of giving later this month.

“Please join us as we present A Festival of Fashion in aid of the Ukraine Appeal,” said Aileen Stiefel.

“See our chic chicas on the catwalk as they present fashion for all ages, shapes, sizes and oc‐ casions.

“Admire our lovely models as they show four rounds of outfits for morning, midday, afternoon and evening on Friday May 20 from 3.30pm to 6pm at Inn on the Green, in Javea.”

After the show there will be an opportunity to purchase clothes, jewellery, handbags and other items, and there will also be a raffle with great prizes to be won.

“The €5 entry fee includes a glass of cava to celebrate with us,” Aileeen said.

The smart and spacious Origi‐ nal Charity Shop in Carrer Nancy in Javea’s Arenal, has a consider‐ able range of high quality, main‐ ly second‐hand clothes and use‐ ful items at bargain prices.

The Original Charity Library continues to be the largest En‐ glish language library on the Costa Blanca and is located in Javea Park.

To learn more about this long‐ established registered charity visit the www.charityshoplibrary.com web page or email the info@charityshoplibrary.com ad‐ dress.

Work of art

WORK has finished on the re‐ taining wall above Moraira’s l’Ampolla beach.

This was badly affected during the storms of 2021 and throughout last summer it was camouflaged by a can‐ vas covered with a design re‐ sembling traditional drystone walling.

This was preferable to leav‐ ing the damaged wall in plain sight, explained Teulada‐

Moraira mayor Raul Llobell.

Visiting the wall on Friday May 6, accompanied by Gen‐ eral Services councillor Jose Antonio Bisquert, Llobell ex‐ pressed his satisfaction with the repairs.

“This summer we shall be able to enjoy the view from the l’Ampolla lookout point as well as a repaired and im‐ proved garden area,” Llobell said.

Double the love

BENIDORM’S Doble Amor occupational centre received a €2,300 cheque thanks to a bodega’s 2021 wine sales.

The cash came from Petrer‐based Bodegas Bocopa who, after having given one of their wines the name of Señorio de Benidorm, donate a per‐ centage of its sales to the Doble Amor centre each year.

The centre, which was founded more than 40 years ago, attends to Marina Baja residents with functional diversity.

Bodegas Bocopa manager Gaspar Tomas, accompanied by sales man‐ ager Jose Flores and the Levante zone’s manager Victor Lopez, recently presented the cheque to Casimiro Vila and Jose Luis Calvo, the Doble Amor centre’s president and vice‐president.

Also present were Benidorm’s mayor Toni Perez, local councillors and Francisco Javier del Castillo, president of the Abreca shop‐owners associ‐ ation.

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A date for July EURO WEEKLY NEWS reader Mo Venning recently asked if we knew when Algueña’s motorcycle race would be held this year.

“I have tried other sources, in‐ cluding Algueña Town Hall, but with no success,” she said.

“I know that Algueña has a ‘Mini TT’ race each year, but due to Covid it has not been run since 2019. I would love to know if it is going to take place this year, can you help?”

As it happens, we’re glad to say that we were able to help Mo and discovered that it will be held on July 10, coinciding as always, with the start of the local fiestas.

Motoclub Algueña volunteers and collaborators will convert the streets of Algueña into an urban speed circuit as they have been doing since 1991 with the excep‐ tion of 2020 and 2021.

For readers unfamiliar with Ali‐ cante Province’s inland towns, Algueña (population 1,341) is lo‐ cated 600 metres above sea level in the Vinalopo Medio area, not far from the Murcia boundary.

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NIBS EXTRA New role GATA DE GORGOS hopes to save its old Guardia Civil post, built in 1886 and closed by the Ministry of the Interior more than 10 years ago. The town hall intends to spend €730,655 on rehabilitating the dilapidated building and converting it into a museum and cultural centre.

Imminent move THE Alicante‐based Ale Hop chain that sells gifts, acces‐ sories and other items is opening three new logistics centres in Oliva, Gandia and Tavernes to avoid supply bottlenecks that could halt expansion. The move to neighbouring Valencia was prompted by lack of avail‐ able Marina Alta land, com‐ pany sources said.

Rise stays AN Alicante court confirmed a March 22 ruling which re‐ jected an appeal against the pay rise introduced in 2019 for employees at Calpe Town Hall. The central govern‐ ment’s Sub‐delegation to Ali‐ cante Province challenged the increases, maintaining that these had exceeded the legal limits for some jobs.

Star turn A TELEVISION crew from the German Westdeutscher Rundfunk channel spent two days in Villajoyosa filming the Bou Ferrer, the wreck of a Roman galley named after the divers who discovered it.

The town will feature in the Wunderschon travel pro‐ gramme shown on Sunday afternoons, Villajoyosa Town Hall announced.

Still there OWING to the old Jijonenca turron factory’s ‘historic, ar‐ chitectural and ethnic value’ the Generalitat has accepted Jijona Town Hall’s request to save the principal section of the 1920 building. The own‐ ers had applied to demolish the entire complex, location of Luis Garcia Berlanga’s 1987 film Moros y Cristianos.

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Just picture that!

MADRID-BASED brothers Luis and Arturo Meson donated 30 of their pictures to Alfaz’s non-government organisations.

They have shown their work in Alfaz on several occasions, the last time in February with their Brothers in Art exhibition.

Luis Meson presented the pictures at the Casa de Cultura on Thursday

ALFAZ DONATION: A selection of the Meson brothers’ pictures in the Casa de Cultura.

May 5 to Alfaz’s mayor

Pativel wins the day THE Valencian Community’s Green Infrastructure Terri‐ torial Action Plan (Pativel) has been reinstated.

On Thursday May 5, Spain’s Supreme Court reversed a ruling by the Valencian Region’s Upper Court of Justice (TSJCV) which annulled Pativel in 2021.

Introduced to protect the region’s remaining stretches of undeveloped coastal land and approved by decree in May 2018, the law was welcomed by some town halls but rejected by others.

In February last year, the TSJCV upheld an appeal from a company based in the Valencia region. This maintained that the law was passed without an eco‐ nomic‐financial survey of the cost of implementing Pa‐ tivel or the repercussions of declassifying land amongst other factors.

The Valencia tribunal also agreed that the project did not comply with Equality laws owing to the absence of a report on Pativel’s effects on issues involving gender, childhood, adolescence and family life.

The Generalitat’s lawyers argued that Pativel was lim‐ ited to the use of land and the activities permitted on that land, which did not require an outlay of ‘public costs.’

The legal team also pointed out that a Supreme Court ruling in February 2016 on Galicia’s Coastal Planning Plan (POL) considered that ‘not all territorial plans needed al‐ ways, and in every case’ the types of surveys and reports cited by the TSJCV.

Vicente Arques who was

No butts and no wipes JAVEA’S last plenary council meeting voted in favour of various proposals aimed at protecting the municipality’s coastline and beaches.

These included a blanket ban on smoking on all beach‐ es. The motion tabled by the town hall’s Tourism and Envi‐ ronment councillor Toni Mira‐ gall followed on from the cen‐ tral government’s recently‐ approved Rubbish Treatment Law which gives legal backing to town halls that ban smok‐ ing on their beaches.

Apart from the health as‐ pect, No Smoking beaches are also concerned about the cigarette butts that account for 30 per cent of all rubbish, Miragall explained.

Wet wipes, too, are in the town hall’s sights owing to their unclear labelling and

Rain takes its toll on bridge

THE spectre of drought has disappeared but Al‐ icante Province’s rainiest April since records be‐ gan in 1912 is taking its toll.

Villajoyosa’s Heritage and Urban Develop‐ ment departments were called in recently to assess structural damage to the Pont de Sant Argil bridge after existing cracks in the road sur‐ face allowed rainwater to accumulate inside the structure, producing internal subsidence.

Engineers said there was a real risk that this could cause further subsidence and the eventu‐ al collapse of a secondary arch at the western end of the bridge.

accompanied by Volunteers and Cooperation councillor, Isabel Muñoz, and Culture councillor Manuel Casado.

A lfaz’s S ocial V olunteers, A borigen V iew, the Red Cross, Corazon E xpres, the F riendship with Cuba ‘Jose Marti’ association and the Rotary Club International will all benefit from the donation.

This bridge across the Amadorio is still the only way to cross the river in La Vila’s inland agricultural area, but the Local Police immedi‐ ately closed the bridge once the damage was noticed.

“We are working against the clock to save the bridge from the point of view of safety and traffic but also because of its historic impor‐ tance,” Villajoyosa’s mayor Andreu Verdu said.

Experts have explained that the Pont Sant Argil was repaired in the 18th and 19th cen‐ turies, although documents reveal that the bridge already existed in the 15th century.

carelessness on the part of people who continue to flush them down the lavatory, councillors heard.

Not only do they block the sewage system but Javea suf‐ fers doubly, the councillor said, because the wipes find their way to the sea and as well as inflicting damage on the marine ecosystem, the currents return them to the coast once more.

This proposal, which was voted through, will launch in‐ formation and awareness campaigns while asking the national parliament to intro‐ duce legislation obliging man‐ ufacturers to state clearly that wipes are not biodegradable and cannot be flushed away.

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Time to come clean and go green BY 2026 a quarter of new vehicles acquired by the Valencian Community’s public and private sectors must be non‐polluting.

The Generalitat’s Cli‐ mate Change and Ecologi‐ cal Transition law, which is now beginning its journey through the regional parlia‐ ment, will require car hire firms and companies who renew more than 30 per cent of their vehicles annu‐ ally to comply with per‐ centages stipulated in the new legislation.

By 2035, these quotas will require all newly‐ac‐ quired municipal and com‐ pany vehicles to be emis‐ sions‐free.

In January 2023, the new law will impose a tax on ve‐ hicles which run on fuels that do not have a non‐pol‐ luting source, announced Mireia Molla, who heads the regional government’s Agriculture and Environ‐ ment department.

Newly‐registered cars that do not comply with the Climate Change and Ecological Transition law as well as national and Euro‐ pean Union directives will be charged according to the number of carbon diox‐ ide grammes that they re‐ lease into the air.

The proceeds of this tax will be allocated to the Eco‐ logical Transition Fund.

and finally...

SPAIN’S Military Emergencies Unit (UME) recently returned to La Nucia’s municipal training ground for rescue dogs.

As they have in the past, the UME’s dog training team and ca‐ nine units spent two days at the training ground, coordinated by the Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) 13. This non‐govern‐ ment organisation carries out search and rescue operations with dogs both nationally and internationally, and is also in‐ volved with social programmes and projects.

The La Nucia site, constructed from beams, pillars and rubble from demolished buildings, deliberately resembles a disaster area and is used by different branches of the emergency ser‐ vices to train their rescue dogs. One of the few of its kind, the training ground located on land adjoining the municipal animal shelter is regularly visited by search and rescue teams from all over Spain and as well as abroad.

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Only men penalised A BAR in Girona, Catalonia, has been criticised by the may‐ or and others on social media for charging only men an en‐ trance fee.

The Guardia Urbana fined a bar in the Plaça del Sol for charging men an entrance fee of €10, which included a drink, while letting women in for free.

The move was interpreted as discrimination on the grounds of sex. The complaint against the venue was filed on May 7 and the difference in price for men and women was widely discussed on social networks.

The mayor of Figueres, Ag‐ nés Lladó, posted on her Twit‐ ter account: “When we don’t pay for the product, we be‐ come the product.”

She continued: “We want to put an end to all sexist discrim‐ ination so that no girl thinks that her body is what gets her into any place.”

The Guardia Urbana report‐ ed the venue for sex discrimi‐ nation under the decree on recreational activities and events, a very serious offence which carries fines of between €15,000 and €50,000.

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Son’s UK-Spain fundraiser A TRAFFORD dad‐of‐two will take on a non‐stop 1,600 mile cycle to Aguilas, Murcia, in hon‐ our of his mum who tragically died of organ failure.

Jonathan Mawby, 44, will be‐ gin his three‐week ride on Fri‐ day, May 13, from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, to raise money for Myeloma UK after his mother had been diagnosed with the blood cancer in 2018.

Jonathan, who owns a garage in Knutsford, Cheshire, has spent time holidaying in Aguilas and is a keen amateur cyclist.

His massive cycle will see him climb the equivalent of twice the height of Mount Everest.

Support vehicles will see him

JONATHAN: Raising funds for Myeloma UK in memory of his mum.

joined by his sister Sally Silver and dad Mike.

Jonathan Mawby said: “I’ll be

cycling around 80 miles a day.

It’s going to be tough.

“I’m raising money for Myelo‐

ma UK in memory of my lovely mum, Lee, who died on October 5, 2020.

“She had been diagnosed with myeloma in December 2018.

“Myeloma is currently incur‐ able.

“Treatments can be effective at controlling the disease but as I know from Mum’s experience, they don’t work for all patients.

“My hope is to raise much needed funds to find kinder, less intrusive treatments and ultimately to find a cure.”

You can donate to Jonathan’s fundraiser at www.justgiving.com/fundrais ing/altrinchamtoaguilas

Largest industrial investment in history XIMO PUIG, President of the Valencian Community, along with executives from Volkswagen announced on Friday, May 6, that he welcomed the company’s in‐ vestment in the motor vehicle battery plant.

The plant, which is to be built in Sa‐ gunt, will be the largest industrial invest‐ ment in the history of Spain.

The new plant will produce 900,000 batteries a year, with half going to the

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Seat factory in Catalonia and the remain‐ der going to the company’s factory in Polígono Industrial Landaben de Pam‐ plona.

Construction will begin in the first quarter of 2023 creating significant em‐ ployment and business opportunities for local industry and residents. Long term, the plant will employ 3,100 in full time roles as well as creating a further 12,000 jobs in supporting industries.

According to sources within the au‐ tonomous government, a site has been identified, with the necessary legal work being undertaken to secure usage changes.

The visit by Puig to Seat comes after Volkswagen’s recent announcement that it had signed to build the battery plant in Valencia, marking the largest single in‐ dustrial investment ever made in the country at €7 billion.

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A Pawsome time at Save My Life 7 in aid of Benidorm Dog Homing

SAVE MY LIFE 7 in aid of Benidorm Dog Homing was hosted by Fresh Ra‐ dio Spain’s Tim Ames and Matt Fisher, and had 10 amazing tribute acts in‐ cluding Little Mix, West‐ life, Blues Brothers and Take That.

The crowd was amused and enter‐ tained by the humorous wit of the pre‐ senters and e n j o y e d singing along to classics by Rod Stewart, dancing up on the stage with the ener‐ getic Blues Brothers, chanting Sweet Caro‐ line with Ben Ashley and much more, all in aid of Benidorm Dog Homing.

“The chari‐ ty is made up of three peo‐ ple, Margaret Cluckie, Mari‐ anne Jansson and myself, and we've al‐ ways strived to be trans‐

ple can see how their donations make a huge dif‐ ference,” stated Donna Sandland, who organised the event alongside Benidorm Palace owner, Cristina Climent.

“Save My Life is so im‐ portant because the event rais‐ es most of our funds for the w h o l e year!” stat‐ ed Sand‐ land.

“I’m so proud of ev‐ eryone, they’ve all been amaz‐ ing giving up their time for the cause, not just the acts who all per‐ formed free of charge but also all of our own workers,” s t a t e d Benidorm Palace Owner, Cristina Climent.

The crowd enjoyed 10 tribute acts.

parent on where the money goes so that peo‐

In addition, Resident Ma‐ gician at Benidorm Palace, David Climent and owner of El Niu Bar in Alfas del Pi,

Antonio Brown are doing an amazing 100km circuit bike ride in aid of Benidorm Dog Homing.

Save My Life raising funds.

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€200m for Ukraine refugees

THE European Commission announced a new aid pack‐ age of €200 million to sup‐ port displaced people in Ukraine, on Thursday, May 5.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said: “We came to‐

gether with a clear pur‐ pose: to support the brave people of Ukraine, who fight the aggressor and stand up for their freedom.

“We are now in the 10th week of Russia’s brutal in‐ vasion. Ten weeks during which the European Union

stood firmly by Ukraine.

“The European Union an‐ swered the call, once more, to support Ukraine. On be‐ half of the European Com‐ mission, I pledged €200 mil‐ lion for Ukraine.

“And last month, during a pledging event, €9.1 billion was raised for Ukrainians in‐ side and outside Ukraine.”

Close to eight million people, two‐third of whom are children, have been in‐ ternally displaced since the beginning of Putin’s war in Ukraine. More than 5.3 mil‐ lion have left Ukraine to seek shelter in the EU and neighbouring countries.

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Stopping cold calls

COLD calls in Spain are increasingly be‐ coming an issue for many living in the country, however an EU law has been put in place to stop them.

In the European Union, the right to da‐ ta protection is governed by Regulation (EU) 2016/679, which seeks to balance the right to protection of your data with the legitimate interests of businesses.

Simply put, if you do not want to be con‐ tacted you have the right not to be.

In Spain, you can register with Lista Robinson which is a free service that is run by the Asociación Española de Economía Digital (Spanish Association of Digital Economy).

The service is easy to register with and is free of charge. Once you are regis‐ tered with the association, businesses

THE Tory Police Commissioner for Nottinghamshire police who had promised to crack down on speeding has pled guilty to breaking the limit five times in less than three months.

Caroline Henry, admitted to break‐ ing the 30 mph speed limit, including being caught on two consecutive days.

Magistrates were told by her de‐ fence solicitor, Noel Philo, that she had written a letter to the court say‐

COLD CALLS: Put a stop to them.

will be required to stop trying to contact you, although it may take a while for companies to update their databases ‐ but there is always the option of telling them that you are on the Robinson list.

Perhaps the best thing about Lista Robinson is, it doesn’t just cover tele‐ phone calls. The service also allows you to list email and physical addresses, and not just one, but as many as you have.

Speeding hypocrite

ing she was “very sorry, embarrassed and ashamed.” Henry, who is the wife of Broxtowe MP Darren Henry, appar‐ ently wrote the letter after taking the advice of her solicitor.

Henry is expected when they return to court on July 19, to argue two of the five offences were due to ‘emer‐ gencies’, with one being when she

was “very concerned for one of her children.”

Her official website lists one of her priorities as ensuring an ‘effective and efficient’ police response to speeding.

In her election campaign she used the slogan "’Make Notts Safe’ promising to “reduce crime with action, not words.”

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SEX EDUCATION actor Ncuti Gatwa has been revealed by the BBC as the new ‘Doctor Who’, replacing Jodie Whittaker on Sunday, May 8.

Last July, the current Time Lord, actress Jodie Whittaker, sensationally announced her depar‐ ture from the long‐running sci‐fi series.

Rwanda‐born 29‐year‐old Scottish actor Gat‐ wa will take control of ‘that blue phone box show’, the Tardis. He will undoubtedly embark on gripping travels through time and space when he becomes the 14th Time Lord to re‐ generate.

Gatwa will work with scripts by Russel T Davies, who the BBC revealed will return as

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New Dr Who

showrunner. Davies previously worked on the show from 2005 to 2009.

“There aren’t quite the words to describe how I’m feeling. A mix of deeply honoured, be‐ yond excited and of course, a little bit scared,” Gatwa said of his new job.

He added, “This role and show mean so much to so many around the world, including

‘Minder’ star dies

DENNIS WATERMAN, star of Minder, The Sweeney, and New Tricks passed away aged 74 at his home in Spain on Sunday, May 8.

His death was confirmed in a statement from his family.

“We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved Dennis passed away very peacefully at his home in Spain, on Saturday evening, with Pam by his side. The family kindly ask that our privacy is respect‐ ed at this very difficult time,” it said.

Born in Clapham, South London, although famous for gracing our television screens in iconic cop dra‐ mas, his incredible career spanned six decades. At the age of 13, he was a child ac‐ tor, and played numerous roles in theatre produc‐ tions.

Undoubtedly it was his

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role in the 1970s as DS George Carter in the epic police drama, The Sweeney,

that really brought Dennis to the attention of British television viewers.

Paralysed after fall

BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT star Jonathan Goodwin has bro‐ ken his silence after a dangerous stunt left him paralysed.

Escapologist, 42, says his injuries are “likely” to be per‐ manent.

Posting a snap of himself in a wheelchair with his dog, Jonathan even went on to challenge fans to a race.

“To answer some questions... I have a T11 spinal cord in‐ jury, which means I’m paralysed from the waist down.

“If any of you want to race though, I’m pretty sure I can beat you... #bringit.”

In his Instagram post Jonathan wrote: “Six months ago I went to rehearse something and left this little hairy mon‐ key waiting patiently for me… he didn’t see his dad again until just a couple of weeks ago and when he finally did, dad had new cool wheels.

“A lot has changed in the last six months, but love is a constant and I’m very very loved. Looking forward to my next chapters and being a roll [sic] model.” Jonathan was performing a rehearsal stunt on America’s Got Talent: Ex‐ treme when he fell nine metres while being hung upside down in between two suspended cars last October.

myself, and each one of my incredibly talented prede‐ cessors has handled that unique responsibility and privilege with the utmost care.”

DR WHO: Is known worldwide.

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‘Fantastic Five’ go on UK tour

THE QUEEN is to send five family members to different nations of the UK during her Platinum Jubilee double bank holiday weekend cele‐ brations, it has been an‐ nounced.

The Queen will send the emissaries to Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland during the central weekend of the celebrations when many of the main events are taking place in London, the British press reported on Monday, May 9. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit Wales, while the Earl and Countess of Wessex go to Northern Ireland, and

THE QUEEN: Is head of other Commonwealth countries.

Princess Anne heads for Scotland.

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SPAIN reportedly wants automatic ac‐ cess to the UK’s DVLA database in return for an extension for British nationals to swap their driving licences.

Britain and Spain are working to for‐ malise an agreement that will allow Brits who stay in Spain longer than six months, a driving licence extension that will not require them to exchange their licence for a Spanish one.

According to one publication, negotia‐

spokesman said: “Members of the Royal Family will at‐ tend engagements in each

Licence demands tions have accelerated after the Spanish authorities refused to extend an interim arrangement that allowed Brits who stay longer than six months, to use their British driving licence legally.

Despite adequate notice from the Spanish government and significant warnings from the British Embassy in Madrid and others, many British people

nation, including public events marking the occa‐ sion.” Buckingham Palace has not commented on whether there would be more visits to the Queen’s overseas realms and other Commonwealth countries to mark the Platinum Jubilee.

The British media said that a visit by Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall to visit Canada, has been confirmed for later this month.

However, there has been no mention, as yet, of any jubilee visit to New Zealand, where the Queen is also head of state.

resident in Spain have failed to swap their licences.

That has left some stranded without transport. María José Aparicio of Spain’s DGT driver and vehicle licensing authori‐ ty said: “We never wanted to upset British residents and the plan is that once they have been able to apply for the swap, hopefully in a few weeks, they can start driving again while the application is processed.”

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Italy donates fire engines THE European Commission an‐ nounced on Thursday, May 5 that Italy has donated much‐needed fire engines to Ukraine, as the country battles to deal with fires caused by Russian missiles. In total 45 modern fire engines have been donated.

The news comes amid claims by Ukraine President Volodymyr Ze‐ lenskyy that Russia has destroyed over 400 clinics and hospitals in seemingly indiscriminate attacks.

Experts have suggested however that these attacks are designed to pummel the Ukrainian people into submission as its initial strategy

MUCH-NEEDED: Modern vehicles.

fails.

Non‐military donations have been an essential part of efforts to help Ukraine deal with the fallout of war, with now close to six million having fled the country. Many of these refugees have lost every‐ thing, with the invading forces hav‐ ing destroyed their homes.

It is understood that further non‐ military aid, like the fire engines which were donated by Italy, is un‐ der consideration by the European Commission and member countries as Ukraine looks to try and rebuild in those areas it has recaptured.

Coughing Putin fuels health rumours VLADIMIR PUTIN was spot‐ ted keeping warm with a heavy blanket as he oversaw the victory parade in Moscow on Monday May 9.

Putin sat among Russian military leaders and digni‐ taries with his knees draped in a heavy brown blanket, the British press reported.

None of the other atten‐

dees had blankets in the nine‐degree Celsius air in Moscow on Monday morn‐ ing.

The 69‐year‐old Russian leader was also witnessed coughing heavily, though this was not apparent during his speech.

The annual parade on Moscow’s Red Square saw

Putin claim that the troops and volunteers were “fight‐ ing for the motherland, its fu‐ ture.”

He accused the West of preparing for an “invasion of our land.”

Photos of the blanket‐ swaddled leader come after long running suspicions that Putin is suffering from a seri‐

ous illness, possibly Parkin‐ son’s.

In a televised meeting on April 21, the ‘bloated’ leader, appeared with a heavily swollen face and tapping foot as he firmly gripped the corner of his desk for min‐ utes in an apparent attempt to hide a trembling hand.

More recently there have been unconfirmed reports that Putin is set for an immi‐ nent cancer operation.

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Labour’s huge gains LABOUR took control of three previously Conservative‐ led boroughs in a swing towards the left‐wing party in lo‐ cal elections last Thursday, May 5.

Wandsworth, Barnet and Westminster boroughs all went red following the elections, while elsewhere in Eng‐ land, Labour also saw modest gains.

Many pundits believe the swing away from the Conser‐ vatives was in response to the allegations of sleaze and lockdown parties, as well as the state of the economy fol‐ lowing Brexit.

Although Labour had its strongest showing in several elections, its leader Keir Starmer is under pressure as the party faithful and political analysts believe he has not managed to take full advantage of the poor showing by the Tories.

The surprise of the night was the revival of the Liberal Democrats, who picked up nearly one in five votes.

Shell’s highest profits ENERGY giant Shell reported its highest ever quarterly profits on Thursday, May 5, as oil and gas prices surge around the world.

Adjusted earnings at Europe’s largest oil company stand at $9.1 billion in the first three months of the year, which is almost triple the $3.2 billion it recorded a year earlier.

Shell’s shares jumped more than 3 per cent in early trading last Thursday.

Shell’s Chief Executive Officer, Ben van Beurden, said: “The war in Ukraine is first and foremost a human tragedy, but it has also caused significant disruption to global energy markets and has shown that secure, reliable and affordable energy simply cannot be taken for granted.

“The impacts of this uncertainty and the higher cost that comes with it are being felt far and wide.”

New EU residency rules THE European Commission has said that it wants to deal with a skills shortage by making the bloc more attrac‐ tive to non‐Europeans.

Under discussion are pro‐ posals that will change the rules on work and resi‐ dence permits, with the commission saying that

there are skills shortages in as many as 28 professions.

Industries that are affect‐ ed by structural shortages include tourism, hospitali‐ ty, IT, health and logistics.

Central to the proposals are changes to the current rules that allow for non‐EU citizens who have lived and worked in the EU for sever‐ al years to apply for long‐ term residence in the coun‐ try where they live.

Becoming a long‐term resident will require the person to live ‘legally’ in an EU country for five years, as well as not being away for more than six consecu‐ tive months and 10 months in the entire period.

They also need to have sufficient economic re‐ sources and health insur‐ ance, whilst some coun‐ tries also require the applicant to meet ‘integra‐ tion conditions’ such as passing a language test.

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Bitcoin slides to new low THE latest economic data from China has heightened fears over its zero‐Covid lock‐ down policies as bit‐ coin heavily dented.

China, which im‐ posed factory shut‐ downs and suffered port disruption, con‐ tributed to exports growth slowing to 3.9 per cent, from the 14.7 per cent increase in March, the British media reported on Monday, May 9.

This has caused a major blow to holders of cryptocurrencies af‐ ter the Bitcoin price fell to a three‐month low at less than $34,000.

Commodity prices have also weakened, causing 4 per cent falls for iron ore‐exposed shares in Anglo Ameri‐ can and Rio Tinto and Chilean copper miner Antofagasta.

These drops meant

the FTSE 100 lost 0.9 per cent or 67.25 points to 7320.69, with tech companies

again in the firing line after last week’s US interest rate rise wor‐ ries.

Harry’s PR suicide BY attending the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations next month Harry and Meghan are avoiding PR suicide claims a royal expert.

Angela Levin commented on Friday, May 6 on earlier reports that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would be attending the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

Ms Levin said it was pretty obvious that the couple had finally realised that not showing up would be PR suicide.

A spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had earlier on Friday confirmed that they were “excited and honoured to attend the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations this June with their children.”

After Trooping the Colour this year though there will be no room for Harry and Meghan, nor Prince Andrew, on the royal balcony.

Buckingham Palace announced that Her Majesty the Queen has made the decision to lim‐ it appearances on the balcony only to current working royals.

This select group also includes Princess Anne’s husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, and the children of the Cambridges and Wessexes.

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Long Covid ‘ageing’ A NEW study says that cognitive impairment due to long Covid is equivalent to ageing by 20 years or losing 10 IQ points.

Long Covid researchers from the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London exam‐ ined 46 patients admit‐ ted to a UK hospital from March to July 2020.

The study, published last week in the journal eClinicalMedicine, part of The Lancet, discov‐ ered severe illness cre‐ ates Covid brain fog, even six months after in‐ fection.

Of the 46 patients, 16 were placed on mechan‐ ical ventilation during their time in hospital.

The patients were com‐ pared to a control group.

Six months after their stay in hospital, the re‐ searchers asked the pa‐ tients and the control group to undergo a com‐ puterised test to mea‐ sure their memory, at‐

tention and reasoning.

The researchers found that compared to the con‐ trol group, those who had been hospitalised were less accurate and displayed slower response times in the test.

Suffering from brain fog?

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UK’s humanitarian aid PROVIDING AID: Supporting the most vulnerable.

THE UK has boosted humani‐ tarian aid for ‘those bearing the brunt of Putin’s vile war’ with £45 million worth of funding. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced on Thurs‐ day, May 5, that the UK will

provide a package of support for the most vulnerable peo‐ ple affected by the conflict in Ukraine. The government re‐ vealed that: “charities work‐ ing on the ground to provide care, support and protection for those in Ukraine and at its borders will receive £45 mil‐ lion in UK funding, as part of a wider package of support.

“Nearly 16 million people

are reported to be in need of humanitarian assistance with‐ in Ukraine. Over five million refugees have arrived in Euro‐ pean countries since the con‐ flict started, making it the fastest‐growing refugee crisis since the Second World War.” Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said: “Britain has stood shoul‐ der to shoulder with the peo‐ ple of Ukraine throughout this

conflict. As one of the largest humanitarian donors we will continue to make sure those bearing the brunt of Putin’s vile war have the lifesaving aid they need.

“British aid is supporting the most vulnerable in Ukraine, particularly women and children, who are facing increased risk of sexual vio‐ lence and exploitation.”

Omicron strain milder VACCINATED people are significantly less likely to

contract long Covid from the Omicron variant of Covid

than from Delta, new figures have suggested.

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), published on Friday, May 6, has shown the odds of dou‐ ble‐vaccinated adults infect‐ ed with the Omicron BA.1 strain reporting having long Covid one to two months later were 50 per cent lower than those who had Delta.

The statistics also found no evidence of a difference in risk of long Covid be‐ tween first infections with Delta compared to the Omi‐ cron BA.1 and BA.2 variants in triple‐vaccinated adults.

But the ONS said the odds of triple‐jabbed adults re‐ porting long Covid adverse effects one to two months after first being infected, were 22 per cent higher with the Omicron BA.2 vari‐ ant compared to the BA.1 strain.

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Putin’s coverage hacked V L A D I M I R P U T I N had his victory parade on Monday, May 9 sabo‐ taged with a message telling Russians they had the “blood of thousands of Ukrainians” on their hands.

The message came as Russians prepared to watch the annual mili‐ tary parade in Red Square which marks the defeat of Nazi Germany.

The hack impacted on‐ line viewers of various channels transmitted by MTS mobile operator, NTV Plus, Rostelecom and Wink.

Viewers saw a caption appear on hacked screens saying: “The blood of thousands of Ukrainians and hundreds of their children is on your hands. TV and the authorities lie. No to war.

“A cyberattack was carried out on Russian TV broadcasting chan‐ nels, because of which

subscribers could have extremist inscriptions in

the broadcast grid,” said MTS in Siberia.

State of emergency THE government in Sri Lanka declared a state of emer‐ gency just before midnight on Friday, May 6 as it moved to quell riots protesting the government’s han‐ dling of the economy.

The economy in Sri Lanka has struggled since the pan‐ demic with foreign reserves falling desperately low, re‐ sulting in shortages of basic commodities like food, medicines and fuel.

The declaration follows a month of demonstrations outside parliament which had escalated on Friday, re‐ sulting in police using tear gas to disperse the increasing‐ ly angry crowd.

The country has been calm since the declaration, with no reports of disturbances. Traffic is said to have re‐ turned to normal in the capital Colombo, with Sri Lankans waiting to hear the details of the emergency regulations. Past states of emergency have allowed the president to deploy the military to break up protests and to detain people without charge.

Excellent read online from the UK or I always pick up a copy when I’m on the coast.

Euro Weekly News keeps me up to date with what is going on on the Costa del Sol.” Ian Prosser, Reader, Essex

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ON many occasions, property owners in Spain who want or need to sell their property, go directly to a real estate agent or try to sell their property direct‐ ly, without knowing the real and legal status of it. Thus, it happens on numerous occa‐ sions, that once a buyer is found, the sale does not finish satisfactorily or is delayed un‐ necessarily, because the seller

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How to prepare the sale of a Spanish property, saving time and problems. Brexit. Pre-Sale Service. does not have the relevant documentation and informa‐ tion in place.

Thus, from White Baos Abo‐ gados we help our clients, with

a sale preparation or pre‐sale service, at the beginning of the process, to know the status of their property and obtain the documents that will facilitate the sale, once you find a buyer.

Among the services and checks performed, we can high‐ light: ‐ Land registry checks. We re‐ view the description of the property at the land registry, if it is correct, if it is updated and corresponds to the reality, if there are any charges on the property, etc. If necessary, we correct the errors, or prepare the necessary documents to do it in due time, being sometimes necessary to obtain reports from architects, certificates from the town hall, etc. ‐ Cadastre Checks. We also check the description and the cadastral map of the property and if it is correct, giving the rel‐ evant legal advice and taking the appropriate actions for recti‐

fication if necessary, prior to the sale. ‐ Certifications from the town hall. In most cases, if the buyer we found for our property is properly legally advised, he/she will request to the town halls for the certificates confirming the planning and urban situation of our property and on the exis‐ tence of possible sanctions, le‐ galisation, etc., files against our house or the owners. From White Baos, and as part of this pre‐sale service, we request these reports, so when a buyer is found, the reports will be

available, and it will not be nec‐ essary to wait for the town hall to issue them. ‐ Occupation Licence. If our buyer is properly advised, we will be requested for a valid oc‐ cupation licence for our proper‐ ty. It is possible that it is expired and we have to renew it, or ask for it for the first time, this pro‐ cess can be long, so, as part of this legal service of preparation or pre‐sale, we request it in ad‐ vance to save time.

Thus, this pre‐sale service guarantees people who want to sell and want to do it without

losing time (due to Brexit, inheri‐ tance, health, etc), and avoiding last minute surprises, to know the status of the property they want to sell, and to have all the documentation ready, without waiting to the last minute. Be‐ cause we will obtain the rele‐ vant documents for you in ad‐ vance, thus allowing, that when you find a buyer, you can per‐ form the sale in the fastest and most correct way, since you will be able to deliver all the docu‐ mentation of the property, in‐ cluding the certificates of the town hall confirming the correct urban situation, occupation, etc.

If you are considering selling your property, contact us and we will help you with our pre‐ sale or preparation for the sale service.

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information 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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Harry’s crew blocked BUCKINGHAM PALACE ‘minders’ will physically stop any Harry and Meghan Netflix crew if they try to film inside

royal events at the Platinum Jubilee, according to media reports.

Harry and Meghan, who

Identities traced

TWO British soldiers killed in the First World War were laid to rest with full military honours on Thursday, May 5, a cen‐ tury after their deaths.

An engraved spoon provided a vital link between one fall‐ en soldier and his identity.

The service was organised by the MOD’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (MOD JCCC), also known as the ‘MOD War Detectives’, and was held at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s (CWGC) Loos British Cemetery, Loos‐en‐Gohelle in northern France.

One set of remains was recovered in January 2018 during a First World War ordnance search near Lens. Also found was a pocket watch and a spoon with the number 13228 stamped on the back. MOD JCCC and the CWGC confirmed it to be the regimental number of Private (Pte) William John‐ ston, aged 39, of 7th battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.

The MOD JCCC traced a great‐great‐niece who provided a DNA sample to compare with DNA taken from the remains.

The results were conclusive.

The remains of another British soldier were found sepa‐ rately in the same area. Although it was not possible to iden‐ tify him by name, MOD JCCC did confirm he served with the East Yorkshire Regiment.

have signed a £112 million deal with Netflix, are feared they may bring disrepute to the Queen’s four‐day celebra‐ tions if the streaming giant tries to ‘exploit’ the opportu‐ nity.

A dedicated palace team will reportedly watch the film‐ makers’ every move.

A source told one publica‐ tion: “While the family are de‐ lighted Harry and Meghan are coming, there is a real fear of tension, especially over any Netflix crew. There are con‐ cerns tension could explode if the Netflix team comes to the

UK and tries to exploit their opportunities.

“The worry is they will push it and try to gain access to ar‐ eas of Jubilee celebration events where they can film Harry and Meghan and their children.

“So a team of Palace aides will be on standby to keep a very close eye on the crew, and act as minders if needs be.”

Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, announced on Friday, May 6 they will be attending the June celebrations with their children.

NETFLIX DEAL: Palace aides will act as minders if need be.

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Kate and Wills 1st names only IN a massive shake‐up of Royal protocol Prince William and Kate have torn up the rule book to ‘move with the times’ a British publication report‐ ed exclusively on Sunday May 8.

William and Kate have, according to a royal source, taken the stance after their disastrous Caribbean tour.

A source told the pa‐ per: “They want to be more approachable, less formal, less stuffy and break away with a lot of the tradition.

“When the team ar‐ rived back in London the couple had a debrief with aides.

“They went over every‐ thing and pinpointed spe‐ cific things that went wrong and how to im‐ prove moving forward.

“The general consensus was that the tour seemed out of date, out of touch, too formal and stuffy.

“So now it’s more ‘Wills and Kate’ instead of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge... ‘Just call me Wills’ type of thing.

“They want to try to avoid the bows and curt‐ sies in public, be more ap‐ proachable, less formal, less stuffy, and break away with a lot of the tra‐ dition and focus on a modern monarchy.”

W I T H stories of can‐ celled flights still fresh in the memory, now comes the next crisis for UK air‐ lines as staff shortages resulted in airlines hav‐ ing to cancel on‐board food and drink services.

Early on Saturday, May 7, easyJet said that on flights leaving from some airports there would be no trolley service and that passengers were ad‐ vised to bring their own food and refreshments.

UK airline crisis Initially, only flights from Scotland were af‐ fected, but TUI Airways later also warned cus‐ tomers flying from 15 UK airports that food will be ‘limited’.

The airline has said that due to staff short‐ ages being experienced

Heat wave G LO BA L warming and changes in weather conditions have wreaked havoc in southern Asia, where a heat wave has seen temperatures exceed 50 degrees, melting glaciers and causing major floods.

US Stormwatch who have been monitoring the situation, have recorded ‘feels like’ temperatures as high as 57 degrees in parts of Pakistan and India.

They tweeted: “Truly one of the most anoma‐ lous heat events record‐ ed in human history in terms of both duration and intensity. Much of Southern Asia, including #India and #Pakistan, has experienced almost one continuous and un‐ precedented heat wave since March.”

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RED HOT: Record highs.

In a tweet, Extreme Temperatures Around The World said that on Sunday May 8 the heat wave had seen record high temperatures for this time of year.

They tweeted: “Pak‐ istan rose to 48ºC at Sibbi and Jacobabad. In India 46.3ºC at Barmer (32.3ºC Tmin). Central Asia is also very hot, with 40ºC again in Turk‐ menistan. Warmer tem‐ peratures in Pakistan and northern India are expected next week.”

by their suppliers, they would no longer be able to serve hot and cold meals or sandwiches on all flights.

TUI explained: “We

can confirm that unfor‐ tunately due to staff shortages with our cater‐ ing supplier, there will be no hot and cold meals or sandwiches, and a

limited offering of snacks and drinks, avail‐ able on board TUI Air‐ ways short and mid‐haul flights over the coming days.

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Personality disorders

THE much publicised court‐ room that has seen Amber Heard and Johnny Depp trade accusations, was told on Friday, May 6 that Heard suffers from attention seek‐ ing personality disorders.

Officially recognised by the American Psychiatric As‐ sociation’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, attention seeking or histrionic person‐ ality are according to some mental‐health professionals outdated, sexist, and stig‐

HEARD: Attention seeking.

matising.

For her part, Heard’s psy‐ chologist has dismissed the claims, saying that she is suf‐

fering from the mental stress of Depp’s alleged abuse.

According to the American Psychiatric Association, histri‐ onic personality disorder is a narcissistic and antisocial per‐ sonality disorder, often char‐ acterised by dramatic, ex‐ citable, erratic, or volatile behaviours.

In particular, those who suffer from the affliction, show exaggerated emotions and attention‐seeking be‐ haviours.

Roman treasure found

THREE metal detectorist friends have uncovered a treasure trove of 161 Roman coins in Wiltshire.

Their discovery, made in a field near the ancient village of Pewsey, is estimated to be worth tens of thousands of pounds.

After finishing his breakfast one morning, 53‐year‐old Robert Abbott, a computer shop owner from Essex, de‐

cided to switch his metal de‐ tector on and do some searching. Mr Abbott soon came across a Roman siliqua coin. This valuable discovery could be as much as 1,600 years old, and is valuable.

As soon as his friends ‐ 63‐ year‐old Mick Rae, and David Allen aged 59 ‐ realised what he had found, they joined in.

Their weekend tally eventual‐ ly totalled 161 coins, with

some dating back to AD 340‐ 402. These included silver sili‐ qua and miliarense coins.

“Having finished breakfast first, I turned on my machine ‐ a Minelab Equinox 800 ‐ and having walked around six paces from the tent, I found several tent pegs, and, just under the surface, a late Ro‐ man silver siliqua in pristine condition,” explained Mr Ab‐ bott.

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Passenger abandoned A SON has told how his elderly mum missed her flight from Birmingham Airport to Spain because staff ‘failed to help her on board’.

Disabled passenger Sheila Cottrill, 87, ar‐ rived at Birmingham Airport three hours before her Ryanair flight to Barcelona, local British press reported on May 4.

She was due to fly out to visit son Jeremy ‐ who she had not seen since before the pandemic ‐ on Sunday, May 1.

The wheelchair user, from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, was taken through security by assisted passage staff, left close to her gate and told someone would return to help her board the plane.

But that help never came and she missed her flight.

Her son Jeremy told the local press: “It’s not the way to treat an elderly dis‐

SHEILA COTTRILL: Missed her flight.

abled passenger who was travelling on her own on her first holiday post‐Covid situation.”

Birmingham Airport said they are investi‐ gating what went wrong. A spokesman told the local press: “We feel dreadful about the experience Mrs Cottrill had. We are looking into what happened with a view to making things right.”

Starmer exposed by leak A SECRET Labour Party document obtained by one publication looks set to plunge Sir Keir Starmer into a leadership crisis.

Mr Starmer had been recorded with activists while enjoying a beer late at night, during a vis‐ it to Durham on April 30, 2021. This was in the period when indoor socialising was banned un‐ der the government's coronavirus restrictions.

Durham Constabulary announced on Friday May 6 that it was launching a new enquiry into this event. Starmer has always maintained that after the Indian takeaway and beers, he had re‐ turned to work, but the contents of this memo passed by a whistleblower seem to suggest dif‐ ferently.

The document includes the text ‘arrange take‐ away from Spice Lounge’, which is a local Indian restaurant. At the bottom of the forward‐plan‐ ning logistics document, commonly known as an ‘op note’, it simply said ‘End of Visit’.

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is ex‐ pected to reshuffle his cabinet in the summer, according to those closest to him.

The reshuffle has been expected after a less than convincing showing during local elections across England last week, with many questioning whether he is the right man to continue leading the party. Vow‐ ing to carry on, Johnson has downplayed

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Boris’s summer reshuffle

the results, referring to the strong results in the north of England.

Sources said that Mr Johnson is expect‐ ed to change his top team before the summer recess. That is set to begin on Ju‐ ly 21, however there is also talk that he may call an early election in the hope

Child hepatitis link

ROUGHLY 300 cases of a mystery hepatitis have been recorded in children around the world, with more than 20 countries now reporting cases and at least one death.

Initial indications were that the cases could be linked to the pandemic and the use of vaccines, however the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said that a number of children that tested posi‐ tive for the disease, all aged 10 or under, had come from families who own a dog, or have been exposed to a dog. They added that: “the signifi‐ cance of this finding is be‐ ing explored.”

Questionnaires, com‐ pleted by the families of those affected, found that 70 per cent of the chil‐ dren owned or had been exposed to a pet dog.

Health officials have been quick to point out that this might just be co‐ incidence, with around

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half of all homes in the UK owning a pet dog.

However, with a lack of any clear cause all possi‐ bilities are being investi‐ gated.

In the UK, more than

160 children have been identified with a sudden onset of hepatitis. At least 11 of these have needed a liver transplant, but no deaths have been record‐ ed.

that on issues of national importance people will support him.

The dismal showing by the Conserva‐ tive party is put down to the sleaze with‐ in government, the lockdown parties and the failure by Johnson’s government to get to grips with the cost of living crises.

JOHNSON: Expected to change his team.

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UNIQUE EVENT: Every year sees participation from seasoned runners.

10km night run THE Toni Herreros Memorial 10km night run on the beach in Gandia is set for Saturday June 4 at 9pm. The run is unique and special for many reasons, starting at dusk and finishing at night under the moonlight. It is a great oppor‐ tunity to do something new and enjoy the beauty of the Mediterranean.

Every year, the race sees participation from seasoned runners who complete the circuit in excellent times. A good part of the route runs along Gandia’s promenade on a beach full of tourists and in a pleasant summery atmo‐ sphere. Fun and support are guaranteed.

The race is organised by the Club d’Atletisme Safor Teika and is part of the Circuit de Curses Populars de la Diputació de València.

Since it was first created, the Gandia night run has had a female participation rate of

around 30 per cent of the total number of run‐ ners. The organisers hope to increase this per‐ centage every year and women are encour‐ aged to sign up.

This year after the race, there will be a special gastronomy fair and summer concerts, giving visitors a good reason to stay in Gandia for the weekend and discover the beach, the historic centre and the city’s many tourist attractions.

Gandia can be reached by road (AP‐7), bus train or plane (one hour from Valencia). Regis‐ tration will open from Thursday May 19 at www.10kgandia.com. The registration fee will be €10 from April 22 to May 25 and €15 from May 26 to June 1. Registration will be open un‐ til 11.59pm on Wednesday, June 1 or until 4,000 people have signed up. Registrations will not be accepted on the day of the race.

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‘Artesur’ exhibition

THE department of Culture of the town hall of La Villa‐ joyosa has inaugurated a new exhibition, ‘Artesur’, at the Barbera dels Aragonés Centre of Contemporary Art. The exhibition showcas‐ es the work of Uruguayan artists Febles Ceriani and Diego Alexandre Asi. The Uruguayan art exhibi‐ tion is divided into two dis‐ tinct parts. The first is dedi‐ cated to the universal constructivism proposed by Ceriani with a series of works on canvas that reflect humanity’s communion with the cosmos.

He manages to achieve a visual language that com‐ bines the use of lines, geo‐ metric figures, the golden ratio and symbols from all eras and civilisations that in‐ vite us to lose ourselves in the nooks and crannies of a graceful and infinite labyrinthine geometry.

The second part of the ex‐ hibition is devoted to Madí art.

The Madí movement is an artistic movement derived from abstract art. It was cre‐ ated in the mid‐1940s by the Uruguayans, Carmelo Arden Quin and Rhod Roth‐ fuss, as well as the Czech artist Gyula Kosice, who be‐ came a citizen of Argentina.

It seeks to take the concepts of creation and invention to the extreme in order to free

NEW EXHIBITION: Showcasing the work of two Uruguayan artists.

artistic creation from the limitations external to the work itself. Diego Alexandre Asi is one of the main artists working with this move‐ ment today.

Since 2010, Alexandre Asi has been dedicated to the different expressions of geometric art, especially Madí art, through the visu‐ al language of abstraction.

He has held exhibitions and lectures on Madí art in different parts of the world.

In the exhibition, the Uruguayan artist explores a landscape between plane and volume, playing with the second and third di‐ mensions in his figures, which, with extreme detail and creativity, create a joy‐

ful and playful harmony throughout the work as a whole.

‘Artesur’ will be open for visits from May 5 to June 17 from Monday to Friday from 10.30am to 12.30pm and in the afternoon from Monday to Thursday from 5pm to 7.30pm. The gallery will be closed on Friday af‐ ternoons.

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Bicycle Day MAY 22 has been chosen as the date for the long‐await‐ ed 37th edition of Bicycle Day for All, organised by the Benidorm Department of Sports. The event was origi‐ nally scheduled for March 27, but had to be postponed due to heavy rain.

Those wanting to participate do not need to register, and the event is completely free. All they have to do is show up with their bike and helmet, which must be worn at all times.

Participants will meet at 9.30am on Sunday, May 22, in the Auditorium of Foietes Park, where they will re‐ ceive a number.

Once the route has been completed, participants will be entered into a prize draw to win bicycles, helmets, gloves, water bottles and other sporting equipment.

“This is our way of thanking everyone for their partici‐ pation in a festive day which we hope will be enjoyable for cyclists and all citizens,” said the councillor for Sports, Mariló Cebreros.The participants will set off at 10.00am from Foietes towards the Paseo de Tamarindos, travelling along Avenidas Jaume I, Armada Española and Vicente Llorca Alós before returning to the starting point. The flat route is approximately 7.2km and is suitable for families with children.

The councillor highlighted the need to teach children from an early age about the advantages and benefits of cycling not only as a sport but also “as a sustainable and ecological alternative for mobility” in a city like Benidorm, which has become significantly more bicy‐ cle‐friendly.

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Ges Rogers’ Union Gap in concert June 5

MAGNUM Concert Pro‐ ductions’ next concert will feature the fabulous talents of Ges Rogers’ Union Gap. This very popular group has roots going back to the 60s and 70s and their exten‐ sive repertoire includes all the hits from this iconic band, including Young Girl, Lady Willpower, Woman Woman, Over You, and many more. The show will open with a superb tribute to the legendary Buddy Holly and is not to be missed!

The show will be held in Espai La Senieta, Moraira on Sunday June 5 and is scheduled to start at 6.00pm. Tickets can be reserved by calling Pat on 634 355 204 or by email: magnum.concerts @gmail.com.

UNION GAP: Come along and see a fab show.

So come along and see a fab show, especially as all profits will go to local charities including the Alzheimer’s centre in Teu‐ lada which is a great local cause.

Many thanks for your

support and we hope to see you soon. You can join Magnum’s mailing list which will give you prior notification of all our future events by emailing: magnum.con certs@gmail.com.

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Oliver! The Musical THE Javea Players will be performing Oliver! The Mu‐ sical in March 2023 and are planning auditions for the children’s parts on June 7 and 12. Any children aged

nine to 15 who can sing and like to be scruffy (ie street urchins) are encouraged to go along.

The first audition will be on June 7 at 5pm for the

Charity run THE association Amigos de Ucrania has organised a charity run in support of the Ukrainian people with the collaboration of the Teulada Town Hall and the Corre‐ mundos Athletics Club.

The run will take place on Sunday, May 15, starting at 9.30am and finishing at approximately 10.30am. It will be divided into two categories, one walking and the other running, both of which will be participating simultane‐ ously.

The race will start from the esplanade of Moraira Cas‐ tle and will pass through Calle La Mar, Calle Calatayud and Avenida del Portet before turning back at the Portet beach.

The aim of the activity is to show solidarity with the Ukrainian nation given the current war. Participants will have to register online beforehand at www.somesport.com and contribute €5 to the cause.

The Teulada councillor for Sports, Luis Caballero, said: “This is another opportunity to show our solidarity and support for the Ukrainian people, and sport is a tool that allows us to do our part.”

principal roles of Oliver, the Artful Dodger and Charlie.

The audition for the Chil‐ dren’s Ensemble (including Charlie) will be on June 12 at 10.30am. The final cast‐ ing for Oliver and the Artful Dodger will be decided on June 12 at 11.45am and for the Children’s Ensemble at 12.15pm, finishing at around 2pm.

In this award‐winning adaptation of the Broadway musical based on Charles Dickens’ novel, nine‐year‐ old orphan Oliver Twist falls in with a group of street‐ urchin pickpockets led by the Artful Dodger and mas‐ terminded by the criminal Fagin. When Oliver’s intend‐ ed mark, Mr Brownlow, takes pity on the lad and of‐ fers him a home, Fagin’s henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy to keep him from talking.

Please contact Cherry at cherrycabban@gmail.com or on 636 798 109 for more information regarding songs to learn for the audition.

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Bridge Club of Albir

FROM Wednesday, May 4, Bridge Club Albir are playing at Hotel Rober Palas (Calle Jupiter 2) in El Albir. They meet every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, with registration

at 2.10pm for a 2.30pm start. Membership costs €50 per year (or €25 for six months) and €1 is needed as table money. Visitors are always welcome at €3 per session. The club can

help those interested to find partners.

For more information, phone Henriette at (34) 661 744 423, Jan at (31) 6218655088 or Richard at (34) 965 848 434.

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Javier García Moreno recital

SUCCESSFUL CAREER: Has performed to great acclaim at concerts worldwide.

THE Malaga‐born Javier García Moreno has en‐ joyed a long and successful career as a guitarist and teacher, having won nu‐ merous prizes in presti‐ gious national and interna‐ tional competitions and performed to great acclaim at concerts and festivals around the world. He has performed as a soloist in

orchestras such as the Berlin Chamber Orchestra, the European Union Cham‐ ber Orchestra and the Malaga Philharmonic Or‐ chestra and is co‐author of the New Guitar Method (a teaching method used at many music schools).

He gives numerous Mas‐ ter Classes in Europe and the United States and is

considered by international critics to be one of the most outstanding and important guitarists of his generation.

At 8pm on Thursday, May 19, Javier García Moreno will be giving a gui‐ tar recital at the Saló Blau in Calpe. Tickets cost €12 and can be reserved at in fo@pal‐music.com or pur‐ chased on the day.

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Sex Pistols fire again THE Sex Pistols will, to mark the Queen’s plat‐ inum jubilee, re‐release the once banned punk rock anthem God Save the Queen.

Released in 1977, the anti‐authoritarian song hit the stores in the same year as the Queen’s sil‐ ver jubilee. The song achieved notoriety by being instantly banned by the BBC and most indepen‐ dent radio stations.

The song called the monarchy “a fascist regime.” Amongst the lyrics were lines like ‘She ain’t no human being, and there’s no future, and England’s dreaming’.

Despite being banned and the nature of the lyrics the song proved a hit, reaching number two in the singles charts. The title of the song was however blanked out from the chart listing

DRONES have become common place in war, but Ukraine’s unprecedented use of small commercially available drones is re‐ portedly giving them the edge.

Operable by anyone, these small drones are being used not only to record the war but also to provide valuable intelligence to Ukraine’s armed forces, as they work to re‐ pel the invading Russian troops.

Valerii Iakovenko, the founder of Ukrainian drone company DroneUA, told Wired: “Drones changed the way the war was supposed to be.

“It is all about intelligence, collecting and

PUNK ANTHEM: 4,000 copies to be released.

to avoid causing offence.

Virgin, who the band signed with after they were dropped by A&M, will release 4,000 copies of the song to commemorate the Queen’s plat‐ inum jubilee. A further 1,977 copies of the A&M version will also be available.

Ukraine’s edge transferring data about enemy troops’ movements or positioning, correcting ar‐ tillery fire. It is about counter‐saboteurs’ actions, and it is of course search‐and‐res‐ cue operations.”

According to Iakovenko, the Ukrainian army has been making full use of the Star‐ link satellite system provided by Elon Musk, estimating that they are operating upwards of 6,000 drones for reconnais‐ sance.

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Andrew Neil back

POPULAR political commentator Andrew Neil has returned to terrestrial TV with a new Sunday politics show after a disastrous spell fronting channel GB News.

The veteran broadcaster, 72, will host a live 10‐part series, titled The Andrew Neil Show, which began on Channel 4 on Sunday, May 8, to air weekly at 6pm.

It featured Cabinet minister Jacob Rees‐Mogg as its first guest.

Neil has said his new Sunday evening politics show will focus on “intelligent discussion” rather than the “sensation and shouting” of the American opinion‐led format.

And he said the later time slot of the programme NEW estimates from the World Health Organisa‐ tion (WHO) show that the full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the Covid‐19 pandemic between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021 was approximately 14.9 million.

The WHO released the revised figures on Thurs‐ day, May 5.

“These sobering data

means his team will have ‘the waterfront to ourselves’ allowing them to ‘throw’ the news forward to the coming week.

The Daily Mirror’s Pippa Crerar and The Telegraph’s Madeline Grant will offer up their insight as political commenta‐ tors.

Neil quit as lead presenter of the right‐wing GB News station in September 2021 after just eight shows, following clashes with management over its ed‐ itorial direction and technical problems.

VETERAN BROADCASTER: Hosting a new show.

15m Covid deaths

not only point to the im‐ pact of the pandemic, but also to the need for all countries to invest in more resilient health sys‐ tems that can sustain es‐ sential health services during crises, including stronger health informa‐ tion systems,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghe‐

breyesus, WHO Director‐ General.

Excess mortality is cal‐ culated as the difference between the number of deaths that have occurred and the number that would be expected in the absence of the pandemic based on data from earlier years.

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Untrained pilot chaos

BRITISH holidaymakers on a flight from Heathrow to New York were left terrified as their pilot was forced to turn back because he was still in training.

The Virgin Atlantic flight had been in the air for 40 minutes when the first offi‐ cer piped up to say that he had not completed his final flight test.

One holidaymaker com‐ mented on the amazing mishap and said: “You could have cut the tension in the cockpit with a knife.”

After returning to Heathrow the Virgin At‐ lantic Airbus A330 had to wait for a more experi‐ enced replacement co‐pilot.

Commenting on the inci‐ dent, a Virgin Atlantic spokesperson stated: “Due to a rostering error, flight VS3 from London Heathrow to New York‐JFK returned to Heathrow on Monday May 2 shortly af‐ ter take‐off.

“The qualified first officer, who was flying alongside an

experienced captain, was replaced with a new pilot to ensure full compliance with Virgin Atlantic’s training protocols, which exceed in‐ dustry standards.

“We apologise for any in‐ convenience caused to our customers who arrived two hours, 40 minutes later than scheduled as a result of the crew change.”

UK pension increase UK pensions could be set to rise by more than 10 per cent in 2023 after Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said that he would reintroduce the pension triple lock.

The move will see pensions go up in line with an infla‐ tion rate that is currently running above 10 per cent.

With the Bank of England forecasting inflation to rise above 10.25 per cent in the fourth quarter, any reintro‐ duction of the triple lock would see record rises in the state pension. The triple lock introduced by David Cameron guarantees to increase the state pension by 2.5 per cent or the rate of inflation, whichever is higher.

Sunak suspended the triple lock, with the UK’s debt having increased enormously as the country struggled to cope with the pandemic.

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Russia’s warning

RUSSIAN filmmaker Shakhnazarov has blasted critics of President Vladimir Putin, saying that there will be “no mercy” for them.

Speaking on Russian TV Shakhnazarov said: “The opponents of letter Z must understand that if they are counting on mercy, no.

“There will be no mercy for them.

“It all became very serious, in this case, it means concentration camps, re‐education, sterilisation.

“This is very serious.”

Speculation started on Wednesday, May 4, that Putin could soon declare war against Ukraine and mobilise troops nationally on May 9. Russia’s onslaught against Ukraine so far has been called a ‘special military operation’ rather than war by THE Ministry of Health an‐ nounced on Thursday, May 5 that they had discovered a new coronavirus variant in Spain. In its latest report, the Centre for the Coordination of Health Alerts and Emer‐ gencies highlighted that some sequences corre‐ sponding to the new BA.5 mutation of Covid‐19 have been detected in recent weeks.

A warning has already been issued by the World Health Organisation regard‐

NO MERCY: The situation is now serious.

Russia. Dmitry Peskov, spokesperson for the Kremlin commented on the speculation about a national mobilisation and said: “There is no chance of that. It’s nonsense.”

He went on to add: “It is not true. It is non‐ sense.”

New Covid strain

ing the ‘transmission poten‐ tial of this variant,’ and the risk of it being immune to the current vaccines avail‐ able.

In its epidemiological re‐ port, the Ministry of Health explained that “the first stud‐ ies indicate that previous in‐ fection by the BA.1 variant of Omicron could offer a minor degree of protection against the new strain that is already

circulating in our country.”

Tedros Adhanom Ghe‐ breyesus, the director‐gener‐ al of the WHO, warned this week that the scientists who identified Omicron at the end of last year have now warned that the two sub‐ variants that have been de‐ tected in Spain, the BA.4 and BA.5, could be responsible for the increase in coron‐ avirus cases in South Africa.

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EU travel option THERE is a perfect EU travel the European Union found that they are afford‐ option for those born in ed a far easier time in entering Northern Ireland as all those than those using British pass‐ born in Ulster enjoy one very ports. special benefit regardless of the According to figures ob‐ Brexit result. tained by the Irish press, by Under the terms of the Good 2020, for the first time ever, the Friday Agreement of 1998, peo‐ number of applications for Irish ple born in the north can identify passports from those living in Easier with Irish passport. as either Irish, British or both Northern Ireland was greater meaning that they can hold dual citizenship and than those applying for UK passports. therefore both British and Irish passports.

Whilst the UK bounced back in 2021, the lat‐ Following Brexit, the number of people apply‐ est figures for 2022 suggest that there are now ing for Irish passports started to increase consid‐ more than two applications for an Irish passport erably as those deciding to travel to countries in compared to each British passport applied for.

MARCO CAVALIERI, the head of Strategy for Biological Health Threats and Vaccines of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), announced on Thursday, May 5, that the agency plans to approve Covid‐19 vaccines adapted to Omicron and other variants in September.

“Our priority is to ensure that the adapted Covid‐19 vaccines are approved by September at the latest, so

New variant vaccines that they are ready for the de‐ ployment of the new vaccina‐ tion campaigns in the Euro‐ pean Union in the autumn.

This would allow manufactur‐ ers to adjust their lines of pro‐ duction accordingly,” he spec‐ ified.

“Clinical trials of the adapt‐ ed vaccines must show that they are superior to the cur‐ rent licensed Covid‐19 vac‐

cines against Omicron and other variants,” added Cava‐ lieri.

“We are working with all the manufacturers of the vac‐ cines that are currently ap‐ proved, but it’s no mystery that mRNA vaccines are way ahead of the race. That is why we’re primarily working with Moderna and Pfizer/BioN‐ Tech.”

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Simon Cowell weds SIMON COWELL will marry his fiancée, the US socialite, Lauren Silverman next month.

A source told one publication: “Simon can‐ not wait to have Lauren as his wife and didn’t see the point in delaying it.

“He has taken charge of the planning and the date has been set for June.

“The ceremony is going to take place in Lon‐ don, with their son Eric front and centre, natu‐ rally.

“Simon and Lauren are looking forward to coming together with their family and friends to tie the knot.

“It’s been a long time coming and now Si‐ mon wants to get Lauren up the aisle as quickly as he can.”

Simon, 62, proposed to his long‐time girl‐ friend, Lauren Silverman, 44, in January after feeling like they were already engaged while living together during lockdown.

The Britain’s Got Talent creator previously told the British press: “I am planning it all, oth‐

SURPRISE: No-one knows when it will be.

erwise I know what will happen ‐ there will be 600 people and it’ll get out of control, like my 50th birthday party.”

The date for the big day remains under wraps.

“No one knows when it’s going to be ‐ that’ll be a surprise, even for Lauren,” Simon said.

Child passport blunder R Y A N A I R is reportedly enforcing an EU law they say means that children’s passports should be less than

five years old, causing issues for some trav‐ ellers.

One family has al‐ ready complained that

Climate change virus warning CLIMATE change could, over the next 50 years, cause more than 15,000 new cases of mammals to transmit viruses to other mammals, according to a study published in Nature.

The article, published on April 28, follows the likelihood that the Covid pandemic started when a previously un‐ known coronavirus passed from a wild animal to a human.

The predicted rise in viruses moving between species could trigger more outbreaks, posing a serious threat to hu‐ man health, the study warns.

The authors write that they “predict that species will ag‐ gregate in new combinations at high elevations, in biodiver‐ sity hotspots, and in areas of high human population density in Asia and Africa, driving the novel cross‐species transmis‐ sion of their viruses an estimated 4,000 times.

“Because of their unique dispersal capacity, bats account for the majority of novel viral sharing, and are likely to share viruses along evolutionary pathways that will facilitate fu‐ ture emergence in humans.

“Surprisingly, we find that this ecological transition may already be underway, and holding warming under 2°C with‐ in the century will not reduce future viral sharing."

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Ryanair’s passport guidelines have ruined their holiday. Zak and his family were denied boarding by Ryanair on Monday May 2, due to Ryanair’s rule. The family were able to fly to Tenerife with Jet2 though.

Zak’s family finally made it on holiday and had no issues at Span‐ ish border control.

Ryanair commented on Zak’s situation and told the British press: “This UK passenger was correctly denied boarding in Glasgow Prestwick because his passport was not valid for travel to the EU. “This teenager’s passport was issued in March 2017, and there‐ fore exceeded its per‐ mitted five years valid‐ ity for entry to the EU in March 2022, and was no longer valid for travel on May 2, 2022.”

The European Com‐ mission has reportedly said that it knows nothing of the law Ryanair is trying to en‐ force, however, and said that to travel to EU member nations, British passports must have been issued less than 10 years ago.

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ALIEN BOMBSHELL - ALIENS ALREADY LIVE AMONG US! NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

A SPACE expert has warned that a NASA plan to let aliens know life on Earth exists could trigger dangers like an extra‐terrestrial inva‐ sion. This eerily echoes previously released classified documents from the UK’s Ministry of Defence revealing how staff believed aliens could visit for ‘military reconnaissance’, ‘scientific’ research or ‘tourism’.

But why would ‘aliens’ with such advanced technology that enabled travel throughout the universe at hyper‐mph be interested in a week’s B&B in Skegness? Surely they’d have the technology to do their ‘reconnaissance’ from afar?

And why on ‘Earth’ would anyone want to go to the UK for a holiday? Presumably they have the run of the universe, somewhere without global warming, corrupt politicians or fleeing oligarchs.

The UK admittedly does possess some uniquely otherworldly, semi‐derelict, deso‐ late seaside resorts that might make them feel at home. Judging by some of the popula‐ tion of these places, some of them might well

have stayed and set up boarding houses, one‐armed bandit emporia and tattoo par‐ lours.

The first British cosmonaut Helen Sharman previously admitted she believes aliens do ex‐ ist, claiming extra‐terrestrials “could be living among us here on Earth,” but have simply gone undetected.

At first, her theory sounds slightly bonkers.

And then you start looking more closely at UK MPs and maybe Helen could definitely be on to something. Do those MPs sound like they’re on another planet? Well, perhaps that’s because they are...

Maybe there’s another explanation for the UFO videos recently released by military forces: to convince us of the ongoing exis‐ tence of threats, real and imaginary, to max‐ imise their funding?

Nora Johnson’s critically acclaimed psy‐ chological crime thrillers (www.nora‐john son.net) all available online. Profits to Cude‐ ca cancer charity. Email: norajohnson3@ hotmail.com.

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FINLAND

Wailing Day

Chewie, we’re home

WEDNESDAY May 4 was designated Big Wailing Day in Denmark as it was time to perform the annual test of 1,078 sirens situated around the country, which was first started in 1994 and takes place the day before National Day on May 5.

FOR the first time, the largest Star Wars private collections in the world visits Finland this year as the Unofficial Galaxies summer exhibition is due to open in the Tampere Hall on July 1 and visitors will be invited to dress as their favourite character

IRELAND

THE NETHERLANDS Liberation Day

Mixed blessing

CHELSEA Pensioner, 96-year-old Harry Rawlings (one of 20 Second World War veterans who travelled to Holland for the event) lit the Freedom Flame at midnight on Thursday May 5 in Wageningen to mark Liberation Day which is a public holiday in The Netherlands

IRELAND has been particularly successful in attracting international companies such as Facebook and Google to set up data centres thanks in part to the beneficial tax rules, but it now appears that these centres account for 14 per cent of all electricity used in the Republic.

BELGIUM

ITALY

Ruffled feathers

Oops

WHEN police stopped a British number plated car on the Brussels orbital road on May 1, they were surprised on looking inside that it was full of exotic birds such as canaries, parrots and parakeets as well as some pigeons, an astonishing 415 in total.

AN elderly female tourist appeared to have either fainted or tripped over a low barrier at the Galleria Borghese in Rome on May 4 and managed to damage a 17th century painting of St Francis by Guido Reni, which will now have to be removed and restored.

GERMANY

PORTUGAL

Condom conundrum

COTEC meeting

MAKING history in Germany, a court has ruled that a woman who damaged her reluctant partner’s condoms in a bid to become pregnant was guilty of ‘stealthing’ which normally occurs when a man secretly removes his condom during sexual intercourse, unbeknownst to his partner.

TRAVELLING to Oporto, King Felipe arrived on May 3 to take part in the annual COTEC meeting where representatives of Italy, Portugal and Spain meet to discuss innovation and international cooperation.

From Oporto, he travelled to Braga where the actual meeting took place.

FRANCE

UKRAINE

Electric fires

Decathlon returns

AFTER the second of Paris’s 149 electric buses caught fire for no apparent reason, the decision was made to take them all out of service temporarily so that the Bollore Bluebus 5SE could be checked for inherent faults, although no-one has been injured by the fires.

AFTER closing its four stores in Ukraine, French chain Decathlon has announced that it has reopened its shop in the Petrivka Retail Park in Kyiv and has also gone back online to supply goods to other parts of the country wherever delivery is possible.

NORWAY

SWEDEN

Record number

NATO doubts

IN 2021, some 41,100 people were granted Norwegian citizenship, the largest number ever with Swedes topping the statistics due to the fact that dual nationality is now allowed.

Perhaps unexpectedly British, Danish and Polish applicants beat non-European refugees in gaining Norwegian passports.

THE potential application by Sweden and Finland to join NATO could be stymied if the Croatian President Zoran Milanović is able to veto any deal at the upcoming Madrid summit.

He is at odds with the Croatian Parliament, but the vote may be for ambassadors only.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT HAVING just (about) recovered from a second bout of the dreaded Covid contagion, it did cross my mind just how quiet all the Covid deniers have become.

At one time the social media was awash with individuals scoffing and decrying the very existence of this very real and potentially devastating disease. The conspiracy theorists were rampant, not only denying the disease actually existed, but a large number blaming it all on a devious plot to bring the whole of mankind to its knees and totally reset the world as we knew it!

I can only assume that as time went on and more and more of these people actually contracted the disease themselves, or were confronted with friends and relatives that fell victim, even the bloodiest minded of them finally had to accept the truth. None will ever admit it of course. That is the problem with conspiracy theorists, they are generally sufferers of rampant insecurity or inferiority complexes and to bolster their own frailties try to convince others they are more aware of situations and events in the world

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Covid deniers than the majority. People who suffer from this malady will find conspiracies in just about everything; it constantly boosts their fragile egos by making them appear (and feel) important. Well I find them very dangerous indeed.

I also think they owe an apology to all the medical staff, doctors, nurses and laboratory workers who spent their time, and on many occasions actually laid down their lives in the fight to combat this devastating disease. They should also apologise to all who have lost loved ones and those still fighting the effects of the dreaded Long Covid, which has also been proven to be very real and utterly debilitating to so many ‐ they won’t of course, they never do.

Many of these conspiracy theorists are also deniers of historical events. Large numbers maintain that man has never walked on the moon or even actually travelled in space. Try telling that to the parents and loved ones of the tragic crew of the ill fated Challenger, or of the seven that died when the Columbia shuttle disintegrated on reentry in 1973.

To be honest if we listened to the conspiracy theorists, mankind would probably not exist at all. Mind you

sometimes I do actually think myself that we could all be figments of our own imagination. Ah well.

My second ‘Ah well’ of the week occurred the other night. After appearing at a prestigious beach front nightspot on Mallorca, I was approached by a beautiful young woman that appeared to have been enjoying my spot with some gusto.

Probably in her early 20s, she laid a hand gently on my arm and, gazing up adoringly, told me she was Swedish and had truly enjoyed my music. ‘You brought back so many wonderful memories’ she crooned seductively.

‘Oh really’ I stuttered, preening slightly but somewhat taken aback. ‘Yes’, she went on, ‘you reminded me so much of my late grandfather’‐ Ah Well!

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$100,000

a night is the cost of enjoying the top suite in the world’s most expensive hotel, the Palms Casino Resort Hotel in Las Vegas.

Diesel costs spiral Credit: Alex Holyoake flickr

ONLINE cryptocurrency exchanges such as Binance and Coinbase are either having to suspend services in Spainorarehavingdifficultyinreceiving approval to start them in a toughening of oversight by both the Bank of Spain and watchdog CNMV.

Visit Rwanda ACCORDING to the UK press, the British government plans to spend £100,000 on running a foreign language social media campaign targeting countries with the greatest number of potential economic migrants, saying that “Britain is closed for business” so they could end up in Rwanda instead.

British tourists WITH Schengen requirements very much in the mind of British holiday‐ makers, the National Statistics Institute (INE) confirmed that of four million international tourists visiting Spain in March, 18.3 per cent or 826,399 were British nationals who were able to cope with the post‐Brexit entry require‐ ments.

Cake Face AN amateur baker in Norwich has taken the plunge and set up her own home delivery business offering a combination of sweet treats and a large helping of mindfulness. Cake Face not only delivers cakes, but also inspiringwordsandalinktoanuplifting song.

Industrial output decline LATESTnewsfromtheSpanishNational Statistics Institute (INE) released on May 6 revealed that industrial output had dropped in March after getting slightly stronger in February. Although the percentages are relatively small in number terms, the drop of 1.8 per cent following a 0.9 per cent growth the previousmonthtranslatestomillionsof euros of lost production. In real terms over a 12‐month basis, production has grown by just 0.1 per cent and appears to have been held back firstly by Covid restrictions during 2021 and now by a combination of higher costs of raw material and supply‐chain delays.

Nearly 60 per cent of Spanish vehicles use diesel.

FUEL costs in Spain are giving the con‐ sumer no respite at the moment.

The 20 cents per litre discount that the government introduced on April 1 has relieved the situation slightly, but the cost of petrol and diesel just keeps increasing, with Economy Min‐ ister Nadia Calviño warning retailers that she may withdraw the discount if it is not passed on to consumers.

According to data from the EU Oil Bulletin published on Thursday May 5, diesel has broken a record in Spain by reaching an average cost of €1.872/litre which means that it ex‐

THE UK government has de‐ manded fair play for all and will target large tech firms who take advantage of consumers as well as small businesses.

Although no implementation date has been confirmed, the De‐ partment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) an‐ nounced on Friday May 6 that it planned to launch a new digital watchdog with statutory powers.

The Digital Markets Unit (DMU) will be created in order to enforce pro‐competition rules and rebalance the relationship tech giants have with consumers and businesses, so they are bet‐ ter protected from unfair prac‐ tices.

Plans will be turned into reality

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ceeded the price of petrol for the fifth consecutive week.

Data from the Geoportal of gas sta‐ tions of the Spanish Ministry for the Environment show that in 1,288 petrol stations, its cost is already above or close to €2/litre. That is equivalent to 11.3 per cent of the forecourt pumps in the country.

Specifically, in 780 stations it has al‐ ready hit that cost, while in the rest it is at €1.999/litre. In another 6,000, its cost exceeds €1.90/litre, slightly above the €1.872/litre average.

Despite diesel cars being doomed

to disappear in the future, a report from the We Are Safe disclosure ini‐ tiative, promoted by the employers of Unespa insurance companies, said that 14.6 million of the 24.6 million cars on the road in Spain are still de‐ pendent on diesel.

Even with these reported increas‐ es, fuel costs in Spain are still lower than the average of the European Union, and the eurozone. In these two zones, the average cost of petrol stands at €1.870, and €1.882, while diesel is at €1.939, and €1.921 respec‐ tively.

Fair play for all as fines up to 10 per cent of glob‐ al turnover will be implemented for breaches and senior tech bosses will face tough penalties if firms fail to comply with the rules The DCMS said that the majori‐ ty of UK companies now rely on powerful tech firms to ensure customers find their business on‐ line.

International firms control key online gateways for millions of internet users and give prefer‐ ence to their own apps and browsers. They are also able to set their own prices for the on‐

line services they provide busi‐ nesses without challenge, which can be passed on to consumers.

The impact of weakened com‐ petition is stark ‐ the Competi‐ tion and Markets Authority esti‐ mates that Google and Facebook made excess UK profits of £2.4 billion in 2018 alone ‐ harming consumers through higher prices.

Smartphone users could get more choice of which search en‐ gines they have access to more choice of social media platforms as new entrants enter the mar‐ ket and more control over how their data is used by companies.

Iberdrola investment FOLLOWING the news that Volkswagen/SEAT planned to spend €10 billion on the elec‐ tric vehicle business in Spain and is starting with a huge new building in Valencia, it has to be remembered that going electric, requires a lot of electricity.

Spanish utility company Iberdrola has jumped in quickly and announced that it plans to invest €500 million in the construction of a 250‐ hectare solar farm not far from the gigafactory’s loca‐ tion in the area of Sagunto.

The plan is to ensure that all of the electricity used by the factory is supplied by Iberdrola which will, through its investment, ensure that the manufacture of the VW batteries is possible using on‐ ly renewable energy.

Funding a green future THE Spanish Venture Capital fund behind Glovo and Spotify is going green as Seaya Ventures partners with Iberdrola and Nortia.

Hoping to raise €300 million and become the largest Venture Capital fund focused on sustain‐ ability in southern Europe, Seaya Andromeda has already attract‐ ed investments of €130 million.

The fund will invest in technol‐ ogy‐driven companies focusing on GreenTech, Circular Economy, Agritech and Sustainable Food Value Chain and will be promot‐ ing a sustainable and healthy so‐ ciety by reducing waste and pol‐ lution, through investments in top European tech‐driven com‐ panies.

As the fund endorses EU and Spanish aims to help provide a greener future, it anticipates fi‐ nancial support from the Spanish government.

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COMPANY PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) 3I Group 1.316,50 1.344,00 Abrdn 187,30 193,25 Admiral Group 2.349,9 2.409,0 Anglo American 3.599,0 3.723,5 Antofagasta 1.504,00 1.572,50 Ashtead Group 4.142,0 4.264,0 Associated British Foods 1.592,0 1.640,0 AstraZeneca 10.568,0 10.632,0 Auto Trader Group Plc 622,80 638,80 Avast 525,00 540,40 Aveva 2.284,0 2.309,0 Aviva 427,70 451,00 B&M European Value Retail SA490,40 498,70 BAE Systems 763,80 766,40 Bank VTB DRC 1,000 1,000 Barclays 150,34 154,44 Barratt Developments 488,70 498,30 Berkeley 4.135,0 4.204,0 BHP Billiton Ltd 2.696,50 2.749,50 BP 423,94 427,30 British American Tobacco 3.363,5 3.370,5 British Land Company 502,80 507,00 BT Group 183,85 188,85 Bunzl 3.134,0 3.142,0 Burberry Group 1.560,5 1.613,5 Carnival 1.240,0 1.287,5 Centrica 80,00 80,95 Coca Cola HBC AG 1.610,0 1.645,5 Compass 1.696,00 1.739,50 CRH 3.216,5 3.282,5 Croda Intl 7.566,0 7.698,0 DCC 6.286,0 6.348,0 Diageo 3.964,0 3.996,0 DS Smith 333,30 338,60 EasyJet 526,20 558,00 Experian 2.776,0 2.813,0 Ferguson 9.860,0 10.045,0 Flutter Entertainment 8.600,0 9.016,0 Fresnillo 780,40 800,20 GlaxoSmithKline 1.785,20 1.793,40 Glencore 495,30 502,50 Halma 2.452,0 2.481,0 Hargreaves Lansdown 891,20 916,20 Hikma Pharma 1.700,50 1.734,50 HSBC 510,50 523,00 IAG 145,62 151,50 Imperial Brands 1.682,53 1.685,95 Informa 569,40 581,20 InterContinental 5.082,0 5.262,0

% CHG. 1.316,50 186,95 2.347,0 3.587,0 1.504,00 4.136,0 1.587,0 10.486,0 622,80 502,40 2.242,0 427,60 490,10 747,00 1,000 149,92 488,70 4.098,0 2.675,00 416,75 3.303,0 495,00 181,80 3.097,0 1.559,0 1.238,5 78,86 1.609,0 1.695,50 3.204,0 7.536,0 6.254,0 3.950,5 332,70 522,60 2.755,0 9.856,0 8.592,0 777,40 1.767,80 489,55 2.433,0 890,40 1.657,50 509,80 145,56 1.663,00 569,40 5.078,0

NET VOL 601,98K 2,47M 370,64K 1,65M 403,56K 518,11K 951,60K 841,22K 691,98K 2,76M 278,53K 4,03M 3,30M 3,59M 0 40,66M 1,25M 102,71K 1,88M 4,32M 1,79M 1,19M 5,50M 284,30K 116,83K 613,77K 1,28M 287,37K 1,29M 477,88K 123,73K 145,80K 1,55M 1,12M 3,22M 476,25K 438,66K 269,18K 598,58K 3,31M 18,47M 195,59K 545,38K 983,45K 13,43M 19,50M 81,71K 1,40M 283,80K

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Intermediate Capital Intertek ITV J Sainsbury Johnson Matthey Land Securities Legal & General Lloyds Banking London Stock Exchange Meggitt Melrose Industries Mondi National Grid NatWest Group Next Norilskiy Nikel ADR Ocado Persimmon Phoenix Prudential Reckitt Benckiser Relx Rentokil Rightmove Rio Tinto PLC Rolls-Royce Holdings Rosneft DRC Sage Samsung Electronics DRC Sberbank Schroders Scottish Mortgage Segro Severn Trent Shell Smith & Nephew Smiths Group Spirax-Sarco Engineering SSE St. James’s Place Standard Chartered Taylor Wimpey Tesco Tui Unilever United Utilities Vodafone Group PLC Whitbread WPP

1.469,00 5.184,0 72,16 232,60 2.302,0 739,43 248,95 44,28 7.512,0 772,80 116,55 1.591,50 1.204,50 212,70 6.030,0 1,89 852,20 2.101,4 592,40 966,60 6.398,0 2.398,00 547,40 608,60 5.580,0 82,66 0,60 719,00 1.325,50 0,0453 2.896,0 886,98 1.195,50 3.103,0 2.306,5 1.326,00 1.531,50 11.650,0 1.872,00 1.286,50 570,00 127,15 272,70 232,20 3.647,0 1.134,50 124,20 2.784,0 1.018,00

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NET VOL

1.521,50 5.220,0 76,86 235,50 2.369,0 747,00 255,50 46,72 7.660,0 774,00 121,35 1.632,00 1.210,50 223,70 6.282,0 1,89 931,00 2.143,0 606,80 1.017,00 6.452,0 2.414,00 553,00 627,00 5.686,0 86,22 0,60 731,60 1.360,50 0,0453 2.960,0 920,00 1.208,50 3.118,0 2.325,0 1.338,50 1.539,50 11.890,0 1.890,00 1.317,00 584,00 130,00 274,30 242,10 3.671,0 1.140,50 124,74 2.917,0 1.037,50

1.469,00 5.152,0 72,10 231,10 2.294,0 729,60 249,00 43,98 7.494,0 770,00 116,50 1.568,50 1.183,00 209,70 6.016,0 1,89 853,00 2.100,0 592,40 965,00 6.370,0 2.361,00 543,20 608,60 5.556,0 82,64 0,60 717,40 1.321,50 0,0453 2.894,0 885,80 1.166,50 3.049,0 2.252,0 1.313,50 1.512,50 11.650,0 1.845,00 1.286,50 569,00 127,10 270,50 231,40 3.611,5 1.108,00 122,54 2.782,0 1.015,50

376,43K 206,50K 11,58M 2,63M 351,11K 1,12M 7,26M 50,01M 199,06K 325,70K 16,13M 1,32M 2,03M 19,44M 205,84K 0 985,70K 310,84K 1,06M 1,78M 501,77K 2,06M 2,46M 789,39K 1,25M 14,35M 0 475,84K 9,10K 0 340,11K 2,13M 2,80M 504,29K 8,65M 1,49M 329,82K 67,73K 812,74K 415,63K 8,35M 5,69M 11,75M 1,86M 1,84M 2,20M 23,36M 282,88K 1,13M

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US dollar (USD) ........................................1.0544 Japan yen (JPY)........................................137.23 Switzerland franc (CHF) ...........................1.0385 Denmark kroner (DKK) .............................7.4400 Norway kroner (NOK) ...............................9.9424

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COMPANY 3M American Express Amgen Apple Boeing Caterpillar Chevron Cisco Coca-Cola Dow Goldman Sachs Home Depot Honeywell IBM Intel J&J JPMorgan McDonald’s Merck&Co Microsoft Nike Procter&Gamble Salesforce.com The Travelers UnitedHealth Verizon Visa A Walgreens Boots Walmart Walt Disney

PRICE 151,59 174,80 237,50 160,80 154,25 220,06 168,24 50,63 64,82 69,40 317,29 304,64 202,27 136,57 45,46 177,52 124,81 251,68 88,20 279,43 121,17 156,05 176,73 174,16 500,50 47,98 210,41 43,84 153,03 113,67

CHANGE 153,65 176,74 237,93 164,07 157,98 223,10 169,45 51,20 64,96 70,36 320,56 311,36 204,67 137,26 45,91 179,69 126,10 254,49 88,49 286,35 124,75 157,29 182,10 175,27 510,67 48,33 214,58 44,35 153,83 115,27

CHANGE% VOLUME(M) 151,26 433,10K 174,13 282,96K 234,88 395,88K 160,59 19,83M 153,65 1,82M 218,48 490,19K 167,15 1,95M 50,52 2,32M 64,48 1,90M 68,98 1,12M 316,39 289,20K 303,94 692,01K 201,85 654,15K 136,02 933,50K 45,25 5,72M 177,23 902,68K 124,42 2,29M 251,07 416,91K 87,90 1,22M 278,90 6,98M 120,96 1,03M 155,73 1,37M 176,39 1,23M 173,13 140,75K 499,23 439,21K 47,84 3,24M 209,67 1,04M 43,72 920,93K 152,37 954,93K 113,26 1,98M M - MILLION DOLLARS

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BUSINESS EXTRA ECB interest THE European Central Bank (ECB), having stood firm against increased interest rates now believes it will have to happen, but over a period of time with con‐ trolled hikes which will take interest rates from negative to positive, with one board member sug‐ gesting a July start.

Pizza the action DOMINO’S, imported from America but one of Britain’s most successful takeaway suppliers has recorded a drop in sales as prices for its hot pizzas in‐ creased due to the return to pre‐pandemic rates of VAT. This may then benefit supermarkets where un‐ cooked pizzas are VAT free.

VW factory SPANISH President Pedro Sánchez attended the for‐ mal presentation of the Volkswagen gigabattery factory in the Valencian town of Sagunto on Thurs‐ day May 5, where compa‐ ny chairman Herbert Diess confirmed that it planned to spend €10 billion on electric car production.

Innovative travelling VEHICLE manufacturers have been concentrating on the production of electric buses, cars and delivery ve‐ hicles, but there is a new Spanish company offering something more affordable.

Unlike electric bicycles and e‐scooters, Malaga based Urbet, having toyed with small electric bikes from Chi‐ na sees a market for the equivalent of a 125cc motor bike which is electrically powered. Styled to look like vintage bikes, prices range from €2,000 to €9,000 and with a range of up to 350 kilometres and almost negli‐ gible running costs, this start‐up which currently has two showrooms could be a company to watch.

Oil fuels inflation THE British economy con‐ tinues to face ever rising inflation, forcing the Bank of England to raise inter‐ est rates to their highest level since 2009 and to warn of a possible reces‐ sion.

One of the main rea‐ sons for this huge spike in inflation is the cost of oil and gas prices which were spiralling towards the end of 2021, but have shot up further with Russia’s inva‐ sion of Ukraine.

Despite claiming to have lost £3.1 billion by cancelling deals involved with Russian gas and oil, energy giant Shell has re‐ ported profits of £7.3 bil‐ lion in the first quarter of 2022, more than double the profits it made in the previous year.

Similar increases in profits have been con‐ firmed by other compa‐ nies such as BP and Nor‐ wegian company Equinor which supplies Britain with 25 per cent of its nat‐

PROFITS UP: The Chancellor is handy with a petrol pump.

ural gas has also reported record profits.

Many politicians argue that Chancellor Rishi Sunak should introduce some form of ‘windfall’ tax on the companies benefiting from these enormous hikes in profits but, until now, he has ap‐ peared opposed to this concept.

The concept of such a temporary tax is not to penalise the companies by taxing all of their prof‐ its but by taking a per‐ centage of the unexpect‐ ed additional profits, the UK economy would bene‐ fit and this would release funds to help those most hit by inflation such as pensioners and the low‐

est paid.

The latest ‘gaff’ by Prime Minister Boris John‐ son who, when told that a pensioner was riding bus‐ es most days purely to keep warm, wrongly claimed that it was thanks to him that she has a free bus pass, probably didn’t go down well with voters in the May local elections.

Fighting dangerous apps MALICIOUS apps unknowingly down‐ loaded by hundreds of thousands of users put people’s data and money at risk, according to a new report.

The UK hopes to boost security stan‐ dards in a bid to better protect people from hackers when they download apps to their phones, TVs and games consoles.

The app market in the UK is said to be worth nearly £19 billion as people use apps to carry out everyday tasks such as shopping, banking and making video calls.

On May 4, the UK government re‐ vealed that: “There are few rules gov‐ erning the security of the technology or the online stores where they are sold.

“A new report on the threats in app stores published today by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) shows people’s data and money are at risk because of fraudulent apps containing malicious malware created by cyber criminals or poorly developed apps which can be compromised by hackers

FINANCE

EVERYDAY TASKS: Everyone uses apps nowadays.

exploiting weaknesses in software.”

The government hopes to increase security for users under new proposals for a code of practice for app stores.

Cyber Security Minister Julia Lopez said: “Apps on our smartphones and tablets have improved our lives im‐ mensely ‐ making it easier to bank and

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shop online and stay connected with friends.

“But no app should put our money and data at risk. That’s why the gov‐ ernment is taking action to ensure app stores and developers raise their secu‐ rity standards and better protect UK consumers in the digital age.”

WITH Spain embarking on its massive press to be‐ come the technology hub of Europe, not only will its next generation of IT creators need to under‐ stand what they are do‐ ing, but will also have to be fluent in English.

This is because the ma‐ jority of programming de‐ velopment and training is undertaken in such a way that English is the domi‐ nant language.

When one considers the huge potential labour force in Latin and South America, it is clear that a large number of people will be unable to cope with the language prob‐ lem, so Mexican program‐ mer Primitivo Román Montero created Lengua‐ je Latino, a Spanish open‐ source programming lan‐ guage to help those entering the profession to cope.

Energy tussle AS Spain looks to place a cap on the price of natural gas used for power gener‐ ation, it is being criticised by energy companies al‐ though the plan, agreed jointly with Portugal, has been approved in princi‐ ple by the European Union.

Inflation is a major problem for the country and accurate forecasts through the National Statistics Agency (INE) are crucial, but according to Economy Minister Nadia Calviño, one large un‐ named utility company is causing a major problem.

In a radio interview on Thursday May 5, she claimed that this company has been ignoring several requests for information from INE which hinders the ability of the agency to prepare precise figures.

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By Clinica Britannia

Keep feet in top condition MANY of us think that being healthy means just taking care of what we eat, our weight and exer‐ cising. While this is ex‐ tremely important and an essential part of our well‐ being, we must remem‐ ber not to neglect the health of our skin, hair, mental health, and our feet.

Our feet are very im‐ portant to us, after all they take us everywhere we need to go, so they should be treated with re‐ spect.

Regular checks with a Podiatrist can help keep our feet in top condition, by trimming the nails, re‐ moving calluses on the soles of the feet to relieve any pressure points.

You may also be ad‐ vised to see a Podiatrist if you are elderly and dia‐ betic, being specialists in this field they can check

FOOT HYGIENE: An essential part of our well-being.

your foot hygiene and in‐ fections often caused by the disease.

Treatment for an in‐ grown toenail, cracks on the soles of the feet, ath‐ letes’ foot, fungal infec‐ tions, verrucae or foot and heel pain can be easi‐ ly treated. Tailor‐made in‐ soles can be made for footwear if necessary to help realign the foot, cor‐

rect posture, relieving pain and pressure.

Hallux Valgus is a com‐ mon progressive foot de‐ formity, in where the big toe joint is affected, caus‐ ing pain and functional disability of the foot. Now a Podiatrist can easily treat this through mini‐ mally invasive surgery, giving you pain free and more beautiful feet.

HEALTH & BEAUTY

Medication and gluten C O E L I A C disease is a health problem that af‐ fects many people world‐ wide, although the ma‐ jority of sufferers remain undiagnosed. The only treatment available is to eliminate the consump‐ tion of gluten, so it is par‐ ticularly important to identify both foods and medication that may con‐ tain gluten.

Coeliac disease is a chronic disease of the im‐ mune system that affects the small intestine and causes inflammation of the mucosa, making it dif‐ ficult for the digestive sys‐ tem to absorb the vita‐ mins, minerals and nutrients contained in food.

People with coeliac dis‐ ease cannot tolerate gluten, a set of small pro‐ teins contained in the flour of cereals such as wheat, barley, rye, oats, spelt and their deriva‐ tives, including starches.

European Parliament

BREAD PRODUCTS: Can contain gluten.

Regulation No. 1169/2011 establishes the obligation of companies to inform on food labels of the pres‐ ence of substances or products that may cause intolerances or allergies, including cereals contain‐ ing gluten.

In the case of medica‐ tion, one of the excipients most commonly used as a diluent or disintegrant in the manufacture of tablets and pills is starch.

Starch from maize, potato or rice does not affect pa‐ tients with coeliac dis‐

ease, but wheat starch can.

For this reason, current legal regulations require pharmaceutical laborato‐ ries to declare whether gluten is present as an ex‐ cipient in medication on the product labelling and in the leaflet provided.

It is important to bear in mind that in the com‐ position of medicinal products, gluten does not usually appear as such but with the name of the ex‐ cipient that may contain it, eg starch.

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IF you fancy changing your hair colour for where, and you should protect your fore‐ a new look, you can do it yourself fairly head, temples, ears and neck. Using a fa‐ easily. However, it is impor‐ cial or body cream will provide tant to choose a quali‐ a barrier and prevent the ty product. If it is dye from penetrating the first time, the skin. Of course, opt for one gloves are essen‐ that includes tial. all the tools Always apply required the dye from (gloves and a the roots to the spatula or ends. Separate comb) and a your hair into dif‐ post‐dye condi‐ ferent strands to tioner. distribute the product Avoid washing evenly and use a comb your hair the day to get the mixture into CHANGING COLOUR: Test it out first. before colouring, the hair. because this will re‐ Leave the dye on move the scalp’s natural oil. You are going your hair for the exact amount of time to be using some slightly aggressive prod‐ recommended. Too little time may lead to ucts, and oil provides good protection. poor results and too much time will prob‐ Once you have chosen the product, do a ably result in significant damage to the test with a small amount of the mixture hair fibres. on your skin to check for a possible aller‐ Finally, wash your hair with lukewarm gic reaction. Make sure there is no sting‐ water and shampoo for coloured hair. Fin‐ ing or redness. ish with some conditioner for the final It can be tricky not to get dye every‐ touch.

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UK TV: Mixed-race actors currently appear regularly in commercials.

Hi, I’m in total agreement with Leapy Lee and previous letter writers, highlighting the highly disproportionate number of mixed‐race actors currently ap‐ pearing in UK TV commercials.

I’m all for the proportional in‐ clusivity on TV of all races, where historically correct how‐ ever, having watched the latest film version of David Copper‐ field, where the titular character is black, as is the wife of Bob Cratchit in the festive BBC pro‐ duction of A Christmas Carol, I have to ask the question, “WHAT THE DICKENS?” Terry PS. I also went to see the Manfreds at Benidorm Palace.

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OUR VIEW CELEBRATING EUROPE DAY EUROPE DAY was marked on Monday May 9 across the 27 member states of the European Union.

The day marks the anniversary of the historic declaration of French foreign minister Robert Schuman in 1950, envisaging a Europe free from war and founded on the ideals of cooperation and sharing resources.

So, this is a day to honour peace and unity throughout Europe and of course during the 72 years since the declaration there has sadly been some form of physical aggression somewhere in Europe ranging from coups in Cyprus, Greece and Portugal to cross border fighting as Yugoslavia broke up.

The fall of the Berlin Wall as well as the dissolution of the USSR did see a modicum of democratic change, but since then there has been the internal conflict (fired by external elements) in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as Kosovo.

Then as the Russian Bear came out of hibernation, there has been conflict in many parts of the old Soviet Union culminating in the invasion of the Ukraine.

In the meantime, as new members joined the European Union, there was just one ‘dog in the manger’, that wanted all of the benefits but none of the commitments which saw Britain voting to leave and even six years after the decision, the UK is still in dispute with the EU over the terms of the divorce.

Here in Spain, although individuals with British passports may have seen some restrictions on their lifestyles, it appears that the country as a whole has and is continuing to see real financial benefits from its membership of the ‘club’ and long may this last.

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Spectacular sky Spain

Meteor showers seen annually.

THE annual celestial spec‐ tacle known as the Eta Aquarid meteor shower can be seen every year be‐ tween April 19 and May 28. Although they can be observed from the north‐ ern hemisphere, one of the best locations to spot them is in the tropics, such as the Canary Islands.

Eta Aquarids come from Halley’s Comet, as does Oc‐ tober’s Orionid Meteor Shower. Both occur every year when the Earth passes through a ring populated

with fragments detached from the comet.

During their long journey, they leave small metallic particles that pass through the atmosphere and disin‐ tegrate. These become the shooting stars that we see.

Halley’s Comet was dis‐ covered by Edmond Halley (1656‐1742), and is, with‐ out a doubt, one of the most popular celestial ob‐ jects in history. Thanks to its orbit around the Sun, ev‐ ery 76 years we can see it with the naked eye. The last

time it was visible was in 1986, and we must wait un‐ til 2061 for this to occur again.

This year will reportedly be a good year for the ob‐ servation of the eta aquar‐ ids, as the crescent of the Moon will allow us to see the meteor shower. To do this, you have to find a place away from obstacles that affect your views, such as buildings, trees or moun‐ tains. These should always be located away from light pollution.

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I SAW a video the other day of a bloke on a bike go into a store in the USA and load up with as many goods as he could carry and ride out. No-one tried to stop him.

In fact the staff just stood there filming him. I then found out the reason for this is because State law says that stealing merchandise worth $950 or less is just a misdemeanour which means that law enforcement probably won’t bother to investigate, and if they do, prosecutors will let it go. That’s absolutely nuts!

Why won’t store employees do anything about this theft? Because they don’t want to take the risk. I doubt many would, knowing that one employee was murdered recently after trying to stop two thieves. It just doesn’t make any sense to me that you can nick up to a grand’s worth of stuff without getting nicked. I also read that these thieves go in four/five handed and just help themselves and walk out.

I went into Primark the other day and it looked like people only go in there to see how much mess they can make. The place looked like a jumble sale. Who has the patience to rummage through all that stuff?

Not me - see you later. Mind you at their prices, the American shoplifters would have a field day and would need a small van to nick a grand’s worth of stuff!

The UK voted for something last week.

My opinion of voting in the UK is trying to make up your mind whether you prefer dog poo or cat poo, because it doesn’t matter what party wins you will still finish up with a load of mess! I must also remember that when you get nicked for breaking the law, like Boris did, you just have to say ooops sorry and then ignore it. What a load of bull hooks.

Finally stop this woke nonsense now!

Men are being asked if they could be pregnant before some treatments, because the health authorities do not ask what sex you are when filling out consent forms.

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HEADACHES BY THE NUMBER DAVID WORBOYS I’LL start with a question. A diary and a pencil purchased separately cost €11. The diary costs €10 more than the pencil. How much is the pencil? Easy. Answer at the end.

The money required to buy a house for €2,000,000 in cash would require 25 kilometres of €10 notes laid out, end‐to‐end, along the mo‐ torway ‐ from Nerja to Velez‐Mala‐ ga or from Puerto Banus to Es‐ tepona. The notes would weigh 220 kilos ‐ twice the weight of Lennox Lewis in his prime.

No number contains an ‘L’ in its spelling in English until we reach one million. There is no ‘B’ until one billion. In rugby union the only impossible points score‐lines are 1, 2 and 4.

There are 2,755 (dollar) billion‐ aires in the world today ‐ roughly one in every 2,867,500 people. A single billion is an enormous num‐ ber. One billion seconds ago the

USSR was still in existence (it was 1991). A billion minutes ago the Mayan civilisation was at its peak.

A billion hours ago we were emerg‐ ing from the stone age (112,000 BC).

Elon Musk is worth $282 billion.

To go back in time by one second for every dollar of Elon Musk’s worth, we would go back 8,773 years The speed of light is 300,000 km per second. The distance of one light day is 26 billion km; one light year is 9.5 trillion km. Earth’s Milky Way galaxy is 100,000 light years in diameter. Trying to define the en‐ tire universe in numbers, with its estimated 140 billion galaxies, would give me a headache.

Finally, Spain’s greatest literature figure died on April 22, 1616. The following day England’s died too.

Ah! The pencil costs 50 centimes (and the diary €10.50).

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DOGS, cats, rabbits, ro‐ dents and other small mammals don’t deal w i t h t h e h e a t l i k e h u‐ mans do and, as the temperature starts to rise and heat waves in‐ crease, veterinarians have called for vigi‐ lance.

Many pet owners judge the heat by how they feel but there are many things we should consider as responsible animal owners.

Fo r e x a m p l e , l o t s o f dog owners don’t realise how hot the pavement gets when under the heat of the sun ‐ some‐ thing that can burn dogs’ paws and cause painful blisters and wounds.

Humans regulate their body heat through sweating, however, dogs and cats only sweat through their paws and noses, while rabbits and birds don’t sweat at all. Dogs rely on panting as their way

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Keep pets cool such as a car, and walk dogs in the early morn‐ ing or at night ‐ checking

the temperature of the pavement to make sure it isn’t too hot for their paws.

Make sure your pet has lots of fresh water and you can also leave ice packs and frozen wa‐ ter bottles around the

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house for dogs, cats and small mammals to lie against.

For rabbits, dampen their ears with a cold washcloth (never bathe a rabbit, this can lead to shock which can be fa‐ tal).

KEEPING COOL: Dogs rely on panting as their way of cooling down.

to cool down, allowing water to evaporate across their lungs, tongues, and moist sur‐

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by Mark Slack WITH cars increasingly looking alike it gets more difficult to identify what at‐ tracts people to a particular

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Honda HRV - comfort, practicality and toys! car. Of course for some people who are not ‘into’ cars it’s a decision of practi‐ cality, cost and other sensi‐

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ble, more tangible reasons.

What if you are pro‐ ducing more every‐ day motoring fare and trying to sepa‐ rate your cars from the rest of the mar‐ ket? Well you could take a leaf out of Honda’s book as a lot of their range is aimed at more practically minded motorists, yet stand out from the merely functional, while avoiding the avant‐ garde.

The HRV started life in 1999 as a rather boxy but interesting design and while the new HRV (priced from €34,302/£28,835) arguably lacks some of the exterior character of that original, it’s a smooth and striking look comparing favourably with rivals from the likes of Peugeot. Internally the HRV is a very nice place to be seated, with even lead‐in models offering options to

HRV: One of the nicest mainstream cars.

‘Jazz’ things up (excuse the Honda pun).

A central touchscreen and buttons (hurrah!) mark a clean rather than mini‐ malist look. There’s a quali‐ ty, premium feel through‐ out and seating is comfortable with a decent range of adjustment and good space for occupants.

The luggage area is smaller than expected, but nonetheless capable for most activities.

Equipment levels are ex‐ cellent with the basics in‐

cluding heated front seats, full technology on the com‐ munications front, parking sensors front and rear and a camera, navigation, smart entry and start plus auto lights and wipers.

On the road the HRV’s quality feel comes through in a nicely insulated drive, decent acceleration and suspension that smooths the bumps. Three drive modes assist with econo‐ my, and changes between modes and petrol or electric power are smooth and un‐

perturbed. The self‐charg‐ ing hybrid power plant means it’s a good move to cleaner motoring without range anxiety.

At low or modest acceler‐ ation levels the HRV retains a refined air, but exercise your right foot and the CVT automatic gearbox creates quite a din while it holds the revs and the speed catches up. It may not last long but is out of kilter with the HRV’s otherwise refined ambience. Moderating your driving style helps, but at some point you will require that push of power and en‐ dure the vocals that come with it.

The HRV is one of the nicest mainstream cars I have driven and will doubt‐ less, as Hondas do, perform faultlessly for years. If you want your daily drive with comfort, a dose of practical‐ ity and plenty of toys, then the HRV could be for you.

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Major Premier League club in shock move

IT emerged on Friday, May 6, that current Premier League champions Manchester City have been asked to be kept informed on the situation re‐ garding Paul Pogba. The Frenchman’s contract with neighbours Manchester United expires this summer and he is being tipped to leave the club.

Pogba will soon be a free agent after six years of a sec‐ ond spell at Old Trafford.

Several huge clubs on the continent are believed to be keeping tabs on the 29‐year‐ old. These include Paris St Germain, and his former team, Setia A giants, Juven‐ tus.

Pep Guardiola is known to be in the market for a new central midfield general to replace loyal servant, Fer‐ nandinho. The Brazilian club captain has already an‐ nounced that he wants to leave this summer.

Pogba is in the same stable as Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, who is thought to be on his way to City this summer. Both players were involved with super‐agent Mino Raiola, who passed away last week, aged 54.

It remains to be seen whether the French star would want to court the con‐ troversy that surrounded a similar by move by Argentini‐ an forward Carlos Tevez, when he moved across the city from United to City back in 2009.

There is no doubt Pogba could demand top wages, something that is not lacking at the Etihad. He is thought to be earning around £165,000 a week with Unit‐ ed, plus bonuses. He came very close to joining Man City back in 2016, but his move from Juventus fell through.

Whatever happens, City must wait until July 1, when Pogba will become a free

PAUL POGBA: His contract expires in the summer. agent. Under FIFA rules, clubs on the continent have

already been able to ap‐ proach him since January 1.

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RUGBY SEVENS RETURNS

THE 35th Costa Blanca Rugby Sev‐ ens will return to Villajoyosa Stadi‐ um on Saturday, May 21 with 20 teams and €5,000 in prize money.

Villajoyosa host an Annual Inter‐ national Rugby Seven‐a‐Side Tour‐ nament each year at Villajoyosa Rugby Stadium.

This year is the 35th running of the event, and as usual the tour‐ nament is held over two days on Saturday, May 21 and Sunday May 22.

The Sevens caters for all levels of senior seven‐a‐side rugby, both na‐ tional teams and invitational sides.

There is cash winners prize mon‐ ey for the elite international cham‐ pions in the women’s and men’s categories worth €2,000.

Runners‐up will receive €500, bringing the total to €5,000 in prize money.

This thriving event is supported by the Generalitat Valenciana, Villa‐ joyosa City Council, Alicante Provin‐ cial Council and Costa Blanca Tourist Board.

Sponsors are Coca Cola, Hospital Clinica Benidorm and Viator. In to‐

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Men and women’s teams play seven-a-side rugby.

Cash prizes are up for grabs.

tal, 20 teams are confirmed to take part, 10 women’s and 10 men’s.

The Saturday games will take place from 10am to 8pm and Sun‐ day’s will be held from 10am to 7pm.

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Lewis Hamilton put on notice SEVEN time world champion Lewis Hamilton has es‐ caped a F1 ban after he threatened to withdraw from the Miami Gran Prix if told to remove his jewellery.

Drivers were put on notice at the last meeting by the new race steward, who said he would begin en‐ forcing the long‐standing rule banning drivers from wearing jewellery.

Hamilton appeared at Friday May 6th’s pre‐race conference wearing three watches, eight rings and four necklaces, according to a report in the British press.

Hamilton, who begrudgingly removed his earrings ahead of Friday’s practice session, has since been given a ‘grace period’ to remove his nose ring, ac‐ cording to Sky Sports reporter Ted Kravitz.

He isn’t the only driver who wears jewellery, ac‐ cording to Kravitz. The most high profile of the drivers who do, some believe that Hamilton is being singled out unfairly.

The grace period offered is, according to Kravitz because the hole through which the nose ring was inserted, has closed up and will need to be surgically removed.

No details have been provided on the grace period, with questions remaining whether he was able to have it removed before the race on Sunday May 8.

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