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A gift forever HUERCAL‐OVERA will celebrate World Envi‐ ronment Day on June 5 by planting a tree for every child born there in 2021.

Each of the trees in the Calvario park will have a plaque with the child’s name, as the town hall continues the practice that began in 2018 and has been car‐ ried out each year since then with the excep‐ tion of 2020.

“The scheme has the double objective of en‐ couraging the children and, by extension, their families to care about the environment,” ex‐ plained Huercal‐ Overa’s mayor, Domin‐ go Fernandez.

“At the same time we are reforesting differ‐ ent zones in our munic‐ ipality with a gift that the families will keep forever.”

The tree‐planting is one of several town hall environmentally‐ friendly initiatives that include energy‐saving and reducing light pol‐ lution, Fernandez said.

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Tell them about it Seen from above ADRA will invest €18,000 on software linking the local population with the town hall via a communications channel. This will enable them to report, via an app, any issues or defects they notice in Adra’s public spaces.

“We continue to advance in our commitment to the environment by eliminating paper and using information technology for these procedures in a way that is direct, rapid and easy to use,” Adra mayor Manuel Cortes said.

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VOLANDO VOY: Jesus Calleja and Jose Antonio Garcia in Almocita during a break in filming.

TELEVISION personality, mountaineer and adventurer Jesus Calleja is currently filming his travel series, Volando Voy, in Almeria Province.

Volando Voy means ‘I’m fly‐ ing’ and Calleja explores Spain from the air in a helicopter, filming villages, towns and cities for his Cuatro pro‐ gramme.

Jose Antonio Garcia, who heads the Diputacion provin‐ cial council’s Sports and Youth department, recently visited Calleja in Almocita where he was filming and congratulated him and his team for his excel‐ lent programmes.

“It is an honour for the Diputacion that Calleja should come back and share his fasci‐ nation for the province with the viewers,” Garcia said. “He gives us the chance of seeing it as we so seldom see it, from the air.”

The programme would also put across the idea that Alme‐ ria is more than “sun and sand,” he added.

“If we have returned to Almeria, it’s because we liked it when we were here before, when we visited the Tabernas desert,” Calleja said. “We fell in love with Almeria because it is surprising.”

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PAWS-PATAS to rebuild block THE PAWS‐PATAS referred to in the Los Gallardos‐ based animal charity’s name belong to both cats and dogs.

The cattery plays a major role in the PAWS‐PATAS res‐ cue and adoption activities but recently the charity had to cope with a major catas‐ trophe.

“Over the years the foun‐ dations to the very impor‐ tant quarantine‐intake block have gradually become un‐ stable. After the recent per‐ sistent rain, the building had to be demolished and the rubble removed immedi‐ ately for safety reasons,” Chrissie Cremore told the Euro Weekly News.

“This has put us under ex‐ treme strain and anxiety, so we need to rebuild as quick‐ ly as possible,” Chrissie said.

“We needed more foster‐ ers because it will only get worse, but with the incredi‐ ble help from many people offering to foster, the situa‐ tion was rectified pretty swiftly.”

Nevertheless, PAWS‐ PATAS desperately need to rebuild this unit and to date they have raised €2,000, but require more like €20,000 to rebuild.

“This is a huge feat for our

already overstretched vol‐ unteers, so any fundraising help is welcome,” Chrissie said.

She explained that the PAWS‐PATAS cattery man‐ aged by Fiona is small but the charity is continually asked to help.

“We have to ask people to complete a ‘waiting list form’ which you can find on the www.paws‐patas.org website,” Chrissie said. “This is particularly pertinent now that we have nowhere to put incoming cats.”

The website also gives de‐ tails on becoming a volun‐ teer, a fosterer (always des‐ perately needed, especially for bottle‐feeding tiny or‐ phans) or helping with vet runs and, indeed, donating.

“Please mention ‘cats’ when donating,” Chrissie added.

PAWS‐PATAS also needs help with driving books each month to Scotty’s in Mo‐ jacar where they raise mon‐ ey for neutering local cats with their second‐hand book sale.

“If you’re over 25 you can use the PAWS‐PATAS van,” Chrissie said.

“To learn more, email the cats@paws‐patas.org ad‐ dress.”

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NIBS EXTRA Rain damage THE Diputacion provincial council is helping municipali‐ ties to assess and repair the damage inflicted by the re‐ cent rains. This includes Sor‐ bas where April’s 40 millime‐ tres of rain has affected the foundations of the town’s care home, where it has been necessary to demolish one section on safety grounds.

May snow ALMERIA Province’s continual downpours filled the Taber‐ nas desert’s dry watercours‐ es, with the Rambla de Taber‐ nas in fall spate and fed by waterfalls on May 4, when Almeria Province was on Yel‐ low Alert. Stranger still for May, snow was recorded at the Ragua pass and Sierra de Los Filabres.

New branch CUEVAS DEL ALMZORA Town Hall has signed an agreement with Almeria’s Chamber of Commerce to open a local branch. With a business sector that was ‘dy‐ namic and important’ it was vital to provide the best pos‐ sible services while saving time and money, said Cuevas mayor, Antonio Fer‐ nandez.

Beach-ready ALMERIA’S city hall called on coastal authority Costas to replace the sand that has been eroded and washed away from seven of its beaches during the last bout of storms. It was vital, said Beaches councillor Carlos Sanchez, that the capital’s shores should return to nor‐ mal before the summer sea‐ son.

Birth plan ALMERIA Province currently has 61 midwives working in primary care health centres but needs double that num‐ ber to provide women with adequate attention, nursing unions said. Ideally there should be 69 midwives for ev‐ ery 100,000 instead of Alme‐ ria’s 17 per 100,000, one of the lowest ratios in Europe.

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All set to save La Peana LA PEANA, a holm oak growing in Seron, is one of Andalucia’s oldest and largest trees.

The 1,300-year-old tree has been officially protected since 2019 and experts are racing against time to halt its rapid deterioration. A fracture in La Peana’s centre was stabilised in February last year, but experts explained that this was only a temporary solution.

Manolo Perez Sola, president of the Friends of the La Peana Association, has now confirmed to a Cadena Ser interviewer that a definitive answer was within reach.

Photo credit: Asociación Monumento Natural Encina La Peana

LA PEANA: The holm oak has stood in Seron for 1,300 years.

“Bernabe Moya from Valencia ,one of the country’s leading botanists, has devised a way of saving the tree,” he said.

Moya’s project has now

been presented to Junta experts who are currently analysing his proposals, Perez explained.

“Once they have given their approval we can start

‘Not our fault’ claim THE company that allowed two toddlers to escape from an Almeria City nursery school were pronounced responsible for ‘grave infringements.’

The Junta’s Education Inspec‐ tion service has now investigat‐ ed the incident on April 18, East‐ er Monday, a public holiday when the kindergarten’s normal staff were substituted by em‐ ployees from a concessionary engaged by the regional Educa‐ tion authority.

Inspectors found that two two‐ year‐olds, each on a ride‐on bike, slipped out unseen while the mother of a child who arrived late spoke to assistants. A woman eventually intercepted them 300 metres away, handing them over

to the police who returned them to the nursery assistants by then looking for them.

Irate parents later told a local newspaper that they only learnt about the potentially fatal inci‐ dent when the boys’ rescuer re‐ lated the incident in the social media.

A spokesperson for the con‐ cessionary company later blamed the mother who had ar‐ rived late for leaving the door open, while maintaining that the two toddlers were found near‐ by. Meanwhile, the mother of one of the two boys said she had heard that the concessionary had sacked the assistants who let the children escape, “but not their supervisor.”

moving,” the Friends of La Peana president said, revealing that the Diputacion provincial council had already pledged an allocation from the 2022 Budget.

“We shall then ask for proposals from companies interested in taking on the work,” he added.

The contract should be awarded within two months, while treating La Peana is expected to take between two and three weeks.

“This is a rapid operation and the idea is to complete it by the autumn before La Peana is harmed by the wind and snow,” Perez said.

Disappearing plants JASMINES planted along the length of Almeria City’s Meson Gitano disappeared within a week. Not one shrub remains, lamented city hall’s Twitter account, pointing out that over and above the plants’ monetary value, a tourist attraction had been spoilt.

Meson Gitano, a complex of 12 cave houses, was transformed into a hotel in 1965, visited by the then Tourism minister, Manuel Fraga, as well as Sean Connery, Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Stephen Boyd and Brigitte Bardot.

By the late 70s Meson Gitano’s popularity had waned and lay empty until city hall decid‐ ed to give it a new lease of life by acquiring the complex in 2009 and including it in the Town Plan with shops, bars and a cultural centre.

As European Union funds were involved, and because Meson Gitano was located in a protected area, it was necessary to carry out archaeological soundings which in 2014 re‐ vealed a settlement inhabited between the 11th and 13th centuries.

Palomares clean-up clarified THE Spanish government’s legal service maintained that the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) was not responsible for eliminating radioactivity in Palomares.

Palomares was the 1966 scene of a ‘nuclear accident’ when four unarmed ther‐ monuclear bombs were re‐ leased during a mid‐air crash between two US aircraft.

Three fell on Palomares, contaminating a two‐square

kilometre area, some of which still needs cleaning up and which environmentalist group Ecologistas en Accion insists is the CSN’s responsi‐ bility.

According to the Abogacia del Estado lawyers, the Roy‐ al Decree covering emergen‐ cy measures to offset the consequences of the Ukrainian war meant that the CSN was not obliged to respond in court to Ecologis‐

tas en Accion’s claims that it should deal with any re‐ maining Palomares contami‐ nation.

The Royal Decree clarified ‘indubitably’ that the central government, via its Environ‐ ment Ministry, was compe‐ tent in this respect, the state lawyers declared.

Should doubts remain re‐ garding the CSN’s obligation to set a deadline for decon‐ taminating Palomares, the

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anti‐crisis measures made necessary by Russia’s inva‐ sion of Ukraine meant that imposing decontamination activities “is not, and never has been” within the CSN’s remit, they said.

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Music festival went ahead THE organisers of the Apache Music Festival held in the Tabernas desert on Sunday May 1 now face prosecution.

They sold 6,000 tickets for the concert, despite know‐ ing that Tabernas Town Hall had refused to authorise the event. The promoters presented incomplete docu‐ mentation, town hall offi‐ cials pointed out, and in any case the Natural Resources Management Plan (PORN) for Sierra Alhamilla and the Tabernas desert prohibits spectacles and leisure activi‐ ties. “What’s more, the or‐ ganisers failed to present third‐party insurance,” Tabernas mayor Jose Diaz told the Spanish media.

He went on to explain that the town hall, suspect‐ ing that the promoters in‐ tended to go ahead with the event with or without permission, contacted the Junta and the Guardia Civil.

Local Police and Environ‐ mental officers turned up at the Western Leone venue, where they started pro‐ ceedings against the pro‐ moters on finding more than 2,000 people attending the event.

The organisers face fur‐ ther fines for illegal camp‐ ing, dumping rubbish and creating a parking area for the coaches ferrying the concertgoers to the festival site. “It’s true that the com‐ pany stated that it would remove the rubbish from the area, but it only did so two days later when the wind had already scattered the litter,” Diaz said.

“Although it was not our responsibility, we went round constantly after‐ wards to keep the place clean.”

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THE Cuevas del Almanzora dam is now watertight.

The Cuenca Mediterranea Andaluza ‐ formerly Confederacion Hidrografica del Sur ‐ has now concluded a €7 million project car‐ ried out over several months to seal the reservoir and prevent the seepage that has wasted so much water in the past.

Following the recent rains, the reservoir now contains 40 cubic hectometres of water, 30 per cent of its capacity.

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A TRAFFORD dad‐of‐two will take on a non‐stop 1,600 mile cycle to Aguilas, Murcia, in honour of his mum who tragically died of organ failure.

Jonathan Mawby, 44, will begin his three‐week ride on Friday, May 13, from Al‐ trincham, Greater Manch‐ ester, 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 joined by his sister Sally Silver and dad Mike.

Jonathan Mawby said:

Son’s UK-Spain fundraiser “I’ll be cycling around 80 miles a day. It’s going to be tough.

“I’m raising money for Myeloma 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 in‐ curable.

“Treatments can be effec‐ tive at controlling the dis‐ ease 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.justgiv ing.com/fundraising/ altrinchamtoaguilas

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

Licence demands SPAIN reportedly wants auto‐ matic access to the UK’s DVLA database in return for an ex‐ tension for British nationals to swap their driving licences.

Britain and Spain are work‐ ing to formalise an agreement that will allow Brits who stay in Spain longer than six months, a driving licence extension that

will not require them to ex‐ change their licence for a Span‐ ish one.

According to one publica‐ tion, negotiations have acceler‐ ated after the Spanish authori‐ ties refused to extend an interim arrangement that al‐ lowed 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 peo‐ ple resident in Spain have failed to swap their licences.

That has left some stranded without transport in the mean‐ time until they can change their licences over.

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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, Agnés 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 dis‐ crimination so that no girl thinks that her body is what gets her into any place.”

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

€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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Italy donates fire engines THE European Commission announced on Thursday, May 5 that Italy has donat‐ ed much‐needed fire en‐ gines to Ukraine, as the country battles to deal with fires caused by Rus‐ sian missiles. In total 45 modern fire engines have been donated.

The news comes amid claims by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Russia has destroyed over

400 clinics and hospitals in seemingly indiscriminate attacks. Experts have sug‐ gested however that these attacks are designed to pummel the Ukrainian peo‐ ple into submission as its initial strategy 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 mil‐ lion having fled the coun‐

try. Many of these refugees have lost everything, with the invading forces having destroyed their homes.

It is understood that fur‐ ther non‐military aid, like the fire engines which were donated by Italy, is under consideration by the Euro‐ pean Commission and member countries as Ukraine looks to try and re‐ build in those areas it has recaptured.

Speeding hypocrite THE Tory Police Commissioner for Not‐ tinghamshire 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 breaking the 30 mph speed limit, including being caught on two consecutive days.

Magistrates were told by her defence solicitor, Noel Philo, that she had writ‐ ten a letter to the court saying she was “very sorry, embarrassed and ashamed.” Henry, who is the wife of Broxtowe MP Darren Henry, apparently

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 ‘emergen‐ cies’, with one being when she was “very concerned for one of her chil‐ dren.”

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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New Dr Who

SEX EDUCATION actor Ncu‐ ti Gatwa has been revealed by the BBC as the new ‘Doc‐ tor Who’, replacing Jodie Whittaker on Sunday, May 8.

Last July, the current Time Lord, actress Jodie Whittak‐ er, sensationally announced her departure from the long‐running sci‐fi series.

Rwanda‐born 29‐year‐old Scottish actor Gatwa 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 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, beyond 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, in‐

cluding myself, and each one of my incredibly talent‐ ed predecessors has han‐ dled that unique responsi‐ bility and privilege with the utmost care.”

‘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 actor, and played nu‐ merous roles in theatre productions.

Undoubtedly it was his 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.

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

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.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE ‘minders’ will physically stop any Harry and Meghan Net‐ flix crew if they try to film in‐ side royal events at the Plat‐ inum Jubilee, according to media reports.

Harry and Meghan, who have signed a £112 million deal with Netflix, are feared they may bring disrepute to the Queen’s four‐day cele‐ brations if the streaming gi‐ ant tries to ‘exploit’ the op‐ portunity.

A dedicated palace team will reportedly watch the filmmakers’ every move.

A source told one publica‐ tion: “While the family are delighted Harry and Meghan are coming, there is a real fear of tension, espe‐ cially over any Netflix crew.

There are concerns tension could explode if the Netflix team comes to the UK and tries to exploit their oppor‐ tunities.

“The worry is they will push it and try to gain access to areas of Jubilee celebra‐ tion 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.

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Heat

G LO B A L warming and changes in weather condi‐ tions have wreaked havoc in southern Asia, where a heat wave has seen tem‐ peratures exceed 50 de‐ grees, 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 In‐ dia.

They tweeted: “Truly one of the most anoma‐ lous heat events recorded

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RED HOT: Record highs.

in human history in terms of both duration and in‐ tensity. Much of Southern Asia, including #India and #Pakistan, has experi‐ enced almost one contin‐ uous and unprecedented

heat wave since March.”

In a tweet, Extreme Temperatures Around The World said that on Sun‐ day May 8 the heat wave had seen record high tem‐ peratures 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 Turkmenistan. Warmer temperatures in Pakistan and northern India are ex‐ pected next week.”

WITH stories of cancelled flights still fresh in the mem‐ ory, now comes the next cri‐ sis for UK airlines as staff shortages resulted in air‐ lines having to cancel on‐ board food and drink ser‐ vices.

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

Initially, only flights from Scotland were affected, but TUI Airways later also warned customers flying from 15 UK airports that food will be ‘limited’.

The airline has said that due to staff shortages being experienced by their suppli‐ ers, they would no longer be able to serve hot and cold meals or sandwiches on all flights.

TUI explained: “We can confirm that unfortunately due to staff shortages with our catering supplier, there

will be no hot and cold meals or sandwiches, and a limited offering of snacks and drinks,

available on board TUI Air‐ ways short and mid‐haul flights over the coming days.

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 reported 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 paper: “They want to be more approach‐ able, less formal, less stuffy and break away with a lot of the tradition.

“When the team arrived back in London the couple had a debrief with aides.

“They went over everything and pinpointed specific things that went wrong and how to improve 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 curtsies in public, be more approachable, less formal, less stuffy, and break away with a lot of the tradition and focus on a modern monarchy.”

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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 S O N 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, arrived 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, War‐ wickshire, was taken through security by as‐ sisted 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 el‐ derly disabled passenger

who was travelling on her own on her first holi‐ day post‐Covid situa‐ tion.”

Birmingham Airport said they are investigat‐ ing what went wrong. A

spokesman told the local press: “We feel dreadful about the experience Mrs Cottrill had. We are looking into what hap‐ pened 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 visit to Durham on April 30, 2021. This was in the period when indoor socialising was banned under the government's coronavirus restric‐ tions.

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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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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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 report‐ edly giving them the edge.

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

Valerii Iakovenko, the

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

“It is all about intelli‐ gence, collecting and transferring data about enemy troops’ move‐ ments or positioning, cor‐ recting artillery fire. It is about counter‐saboteurs’

actions, and it is of course search‐and‐rescue opera‐ tions.”

According to Iakovenko, the Ukrainian army has been making full use of the Starlink satellite sys‐ tem provided by Elon Musk, estimating that they are operating up‐ wards of 6,000 drones for reconnaissance.

Andrew Neil back VETERAN BROADCASTER: Hosting a new show.

POPULAR political com‐ mentator 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 se‐

ries, titled The Andrew Neil Show, which began on Chan‐ nel 4 on Sunday, May 8, to air weekly at 6pm.

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

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

And he said the later time slot of the programme 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 com‐ mentators.

Neil quit as lead presenter of the right‐wing GB News station in September 2021 after just eight shows, fol‐ lowing clashes with manage‐ ment over its editorial direc‐ tion and technical problems.

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Simon to wed S I M O N COW E L L will marry his fiancée, the US socialite, Lauren Sil‐ verman next month.

A source told one pub‐ lication: “Simon cannot 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 go‐ ing to take place in Lon‐ don, with their son Eric front and centre, natu‐ rally.

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

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

Simon, 62, proposed to his long‐time girl‐ friend, Lauren Silver‐ man, 44, in January after feeling like they were al‐

SURPRISE: No-one knows when it will be.

ready engaged while liv‐ ing together during lock‐ down.

The Britain’s Got Tal‐ ent creator previously told the British press: “I am planning it all, other‐ wise 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.

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Teen’s passport blunder

FAMILY TESTING: Found that 70 per cent of the children owned a pet dog.

Child hepatitis link

ROUGHLY 300 cases of a mystery hep‐ atitis 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 positive 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 being explored.”

Questionnaires, completed by the families of those affected, found that 70 per cent of the children owned or had been exposed to a pet dog.

Health officials have been quick to point out that this might just be coinci‐ dence, with around half of all homes in the UK owning a pet dog. However, with a lack of any clear cause all possi‐ bilities are being investigated.

In the UK, more than 160 children have been identified with a sudden on‐ set of hepatitis. At least 11 of these have needed a liver transplant, but no deaths have been recorded.

RYANAIR is reportedly en‐ forcing an EU law they say means that children’s pass‐ ports should be less than five years old, causing issues for some travellers.

One family has already complained that Ryanair’s passport guidelines have ru‐ ined their holiday. Zak and his family were denied boarding

by Ryanair on Monday May 2, due to Ryanair’s rule. The fam‐ ily were able to fly to Tenerife with Jet2 though.

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

Ryanair commented on Zak’s situation and told the British press: “This UK passen‐ ger was correctly denied boarding in Glasgow Prest‐ wick because his passport was not valid for travel to the EU. “This teenager’s passport was issued in March 2017, and therefore exceeded its permit‐ ted five years validity for entry to the EU in March 2022, and was no longer valid for travel on May 2, 2022.”

The European Commission

has reportedly said that it knows nothing of the law Ryanair is trying to enforce, however, and said that to

travel to EU member nations, British passports must have been issued less than 10 years ago.

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 unknown coronavirus passed from a wild animal to a human. The pre‐ dicted rise in viruses moving between species could trigger more outbreaks, posing a serious threat to human health, the study warns. The authors write that they “predict that species will aggregate in new combinations at high elevations, in bio‐ diversity hotspots, and in areas of high human population density in Asia and Africa, driving the novel cross‐species transmission 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 future emergence in humans.

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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% CHG.

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

currenciesdirect.com/mojacar • Tel: +34 950 478 914 THE ABOVE TABLE USES THE CURRENT INTERBANK EXCHANGE RATES, WHICH AREN’T REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RATE WE OFFER

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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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132.81K 100.21K 34.85M 114.96K 3.97M 13.47M 748.00K 0.43K 2.40M 764.97K 27.28M

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86.26K 436.04K 1.18M 2.63M 932.46K 3.31M 5.29M 864.08K 4.86M 2.74M 133.36K

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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

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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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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.

Great show

Your say Just a quickie ‐ love the ‘Break‐ ing Views’ column that really makes me and my friends smile in these trying times, Nora’s sense of humour matches ours perfectly. Thank you Nora and ‘Euro Weekly News’!

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New website I wanted to let you know about your new website and I must say I like it a lot more. It’s easy to navigate and much more clear than your old one. The arti‐

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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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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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Dyeing your hair yourself

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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GO LOCAL

THE EURO WEEKLY NEWS has urged its readers to support local businesses in the community by shop‐ ping locally in recent times. Now things are heading back to normal, we challenge you to main‐ tain that habit by support‐ ing local high streets, mar‐ kets, butchers, greengrocers and all of the wonderfully quirky inde‐ pendent businesses in your area.

L o c a l businesses make our villages, towns and cities what they are.

They add unique character.

They are conve‐ nient. And they offer excellent produce f r o m known suppliers.

The joy of shopping locally means that independent business‐ es can support the local community. You may find something a euro or two cheaper online but have you considered where your money is actually going?

BUY LOCAL: By shopping locally, independent businesses can help support the local community.

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

In many cases, they are much more than just a business, they’re a legacy.

They may have supported generations of the same family. Likewise, brand new local stores and bars may help the generations of the future fulfil their dreams and ambitions.

Remember, your local store is going up against multinationals and chains.

They can’t win that battle on their own. So give them your support.

Spending your money lo‐ cally will make a real differ‐ ence to the local economy.

Local businesses recircu‐ late a greater share of ev‐ ery euro they receive at lo‐ cal level. They create locally owned supply chains and they invest in their employees.

So remember.

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

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Humans regulate their

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Make sure your pet has lots of fresh water and you can also leave ice packs and frozen wa‐ ter bottles around the house for dogs, cats and small mammals to lie against.

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12 - 18 May 2022

Fines for having poor windscreen visibility THE Directorate‐General for Traffic (DGT), as we know, has become extra vigilant on the roads of Spain. A big concern of the entity is road safe‐ ty, so it is essential to maintain your vehicles and not fall foul of the traffic cops needlessly.

There are a number of situations relating to driver visibility, and windscreens, in which a traffic cop can issue a fine. Maybe you are ful‐ ly aware of all of the following, but it never hurts to refresh your memory anyway.

Here are some of the things you could end up getting a traffic fine for: • If the windscreen, or any of the car’s win‐ dows show damage or breaks that hinder your visibility, you can re‐ ceive a fine of €200.

• If you have not com‐ pletely removed the layer of ice from the windscreen, or if it is very dirty, thus hinder‐ ing your visibility, you can be given a fine of €80.

• If you have unau‐ thorised stickers, sheets, or other ele‐ ments on your wind‐ screen, or car windows, you can receive a penal‐ ty of €200.

• If you drive with tinted or coloured rear windows, and you do not have the homologa‐ tion proof, you can face a fine of €200.

• If you drive with the windscreen wipers in poor condition so that when it rains they do not perform their task correctly. This can make it difficult for you to see through the screen

properly, which also en‐ dangers road safety, and you can receive a penalty of €80.

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