Costa Blanca North 16 - 22 June 2022 Issue 1928

Issue No. 1928

16 - 22 June 2022

COSTA BLANCA NORTH • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM

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THEY MADE IT!

Turn to page 2 NEARLY THERE: John Haynes, Jonny, Lee, Steve, Jez and Math make a stopover in Teulada.

Linda Hall JOHN HAYNES plus Jonny, Lee, Steve, Jez and Math arrived in Benidorm on May 28.

They had set out from Winterton (Lincolnshire) six days earlier on Honda C90s, not necessarily a biker’s first choice for a 1,500‐mile (2,414‐ kilome‐ tre) journey which began as a half‐serious idea.

The idea grew and grew because John was deter‐ mined to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support and the Lindsey Lodge

Hospice in memory of his father Rod Haynes.

“I wanted to give some‐ thing in return for the lov‐ ing care and support that he and the family received during such a difficult time,” John said.

He had originally had a

£10,000 (€11,834) target but speaking to the Euro Weekly News from Win‐ terton on June 9, he re‐ vealed that this has now reached £17,064 (€20,078) The classic Honda C90s that the six friends ac‐ quired specially for the

adventure are basically commuter bikes, but they had surprisingly few breakdowns during the epic journey.

“What technical prob‐ lems we had were easily solved there and then,” John said.

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Great experience “It’s hard to sum up the experience,” he added.

Rain in Belgium, warmer in France, cold again in Andorra and then hot, dry, dusty but marvellous weather once they were in Spain.

What stood out throughout the journey were the warmth and kindness they received from strangers, intrigued by the six riders on their Hon‐ das wearing jackets that proclaimed ‘Benidorm‐ bound. Six countries in six days. In memory of Rod Haynes.’

In France, hearing them stocking up at a Cal‐ mont bakery, another customer who spoke En‐ glish asked them what they were up to.

On learning exactly what they were up to, he in‐ vited the six friends to a meal in his home.

“We were in a bit of a hurry, wanting to get to Andorra, but how could we say no?” John said.

Off they went and were amazed to be wel‐ comed to what could only be described as a state‐ ly home.

There were so many anecdotes, John said, all of them happy, not least their welcome in Benidorm although their first stopover was in Teulada where they met up with the Shadow Riders who rode the final miles with them.

John, Jonny, Lee, Steve, Jez and Math reached Benidorm in the early afternoon of May 28 “spot on schedule,” John said.

“It was a great experience with a great bunch of lads making memories and raising funds for two deserving charities,” he summed up.

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Press Release

Celebrating 13 years open

PAUL CUNNINGHAM NURSES char‐ ity was founded in 2008 by Jennifer Cunningham who named the Charity after her son Paul, who died of can‐ cer. Jennifer cared for her son for several months and was shocked to learn that there was no hospice care nursing available in Spain.

She promised Paul to do some‐ thing worthwhile in his memory and she would name it after him, hence why we are called Paul Cunningham Nurses. In 2008 the charity was

formed to fill this gap by supplying equipment and fully qualified Nurs‐ es (not Carers) and provide profes‐ sional palliative care in the later stages of the patient’s life. This is a totally free service.

Since then Paul Cunningham Nurs‐ es charity has helped many patients to die peacefully in their own home in the Costa Blanca South area. We have opened three charity shops and rely solely on the shops and do‐ nations to fund our valuable care.

On Wednesday June 22 our shop at Quesada will celebrate being open for 13 years and we would like to invite everyone to join us. We will have gifts, drinks and some nibbles, so please come along and help us celebrate our amazing charity and the help we provide here in Spain.

Regards Debbie Turley Paul Cunningham Marketing Team.

Not such a load of rubbish

Linda Hall BEACHGOERS watched in fascination as they saw a lorry dump a load of plastic on Calpe’s Playa La Fossa.

This was the way that Gravity Wave decided to celebrate World Ocean Day on June 8. The com‐ pany, created in 2019, processes plastics col‐

lected from the Mediter‐ ranean and its ports.

Thanks to collabora‐ tion with the fishing in‐ dustry, companies and individuals via the Plas‐ tic Free Oceans move‐ ment, the company has now removed and trans‐ formed more than 70,000 kilos of plastics and abandoned fishing

nets.

“We clean the plastic and turn it into sustain‐ able products with a long useful life via the circular economy,” ex‐ plained Amaia Ro‐ driguez, Gravity Wave’s co‐founder.

An amount equivalent to the lorryload that was left on the La Fossa

beach is dumped into the planet’s seas and oceans every minute of the day, year‐round, Gravity Wave explained.

“An image says more than a thousand words which is why we wanted people to see for them‐ selves the amount of rubbish that reaches our waters,” Amaia said.

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My Blue Badge = My Freedom BREXIT may have changed many things, from voting rights to the exchange rate.

ONE of the things the UK’s departure from the European Union has not changed however is the health problems many UK nationals living abroad face daily. And nor should Brexit affect rights for the disabled.

Health is universal, unaffected by political leanings or country borders. And that is why the Euro Weekly News has put together a campaign to push the UK and Spanish governments to work together to secure the same rights for British Blue Badge holders that they had before Brexit.

Thousands of UK nationals either living in or visiting Spain had previously been able to use their blue disabled badges to park freely and accessibly due to an informal agreement between the two countries.

Since Brexit, negotiations had been ongoing between the UK and Spain over whether to continue this agreement, securing rights for some of the most vulnerable Britons living in Spain.

The British embassy in Spain told the EWN: “The mutual recognition of Blue Badges across the EU has always taken place on an informal basis at the discretion of member states. For UK Nationals resident in Spain the situation hasn’t changed as a result of Brexit.”

In September 2021 however, the UK government announced that Blue Badges would no longer be recognised across Spain, either making parking more difficult or risking fines for thousands of people.

An embassy spokesperson has now advised: “If you have a UK Blue Badge and live in Spain,

UK BLUE BADGES: Are no longer recognised in Spain.

you must return it to the original UK issuing authority. You can apply for a new Spanish disabled parking card. The process is different in each region of Spain. Contact your local town hall or social services department for further information.”

For many pensioners and disabled their car is their lifeline, giving them access to shops, doctor’s visits, and all important social contact with their community however.

Cutting off this access, especially post-Covid, is making life harder for many elderly and disabled. Others, with limited access to Spanish ad-

ministrative assistance, are daunted by the prospect of now having to apply for the Spanish equivalent.

That’s why the Euro Weekly News would like you to get involved pushing the British government to work with their Spanish equivalents on a resolution.

Help to make this resolution the right one by signing our petition at euroweeklynews.com/ 2022/06/14/blue-badges and by sharing our message as widely as possible.

Thank you.

DISABLED PARKING: Gives many easy access to shops, doctor’s visits and social contact within their community.

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Linda Hall GARY from Giving4Giving continued to support Costa Blanca charities in April and May with €8,000 in dona‐ tions.

In April, Gary’s four dona‐ tions of €1,000 each went to Anemona, the Benidorm breast and gynaecological

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Giving4Giving went on giving Health centre staff being ill-treated

cancer association, the Rain‐ bow Animal Rescue charity, the Men’s Shelter run by the Franciscans in Gandia and Al‐ tea‐based Corazon Expres charity.

Gary made another four €1,000 donations in May to

the AACC cancer charity, Alfaz social services, the Busy Bees, who help children homes in the Costa Blanca, and to the Benidorm Dog Rehoming charity.

“Giving4Giving has donated €236,000 to local charities to

date, and to continue our good work we always need volunteers at our shops in Al‐ tea, Albir and La Nucia,” Gary said.

“If you can spare four hours a week, please call Gary on 603 137 697.”

APRIL DONATION: Gary presents Dino with €1,000 for the Men’s Shelter in Gandia.

STAFF at Jalon’s health centre have been at the receiving end of attacks and insults from dis‐ gruntled members of public.

The Work‐related Risks de‐ partment at the Denia Health District (DSD) has received five reports of verbal abuse and one of physical violence involving a doctor, a paediatrician and a member of the health centre’s administrative staff.

Most of the aggression was aimed at the health centre’s re‐ ceptionists and non‐medical staff who have had to endure xenophobic insults and even jostling.

The DSD explained the situa‐

tion to the town hall who, via Instagram, called on the local population to act in a more ap‐ propriate manner. Neverthe‐ less, when the insults, shouting, threats and slurs continued Grupo Ribera, which provides the Marina Alta’s healthcare on behalf of the regional govern‐ ment, has had to provide pri‐ vate security for the centre.

“Since adopting this mea‐ sure, the situation has changed radically,” health centre staff said.

Grupo Ribera’s legal depart‐ ment does not rule out taking legal action against the aggres‐ sors, DSD sources said.

Super supercar fundraiser CLUB 55 CLASSIC CARS organised a charity fundraiser for Ukraine in Moraira on June 5.

Club 55 members and friends exhibited an amazing collection of classic, super and sports cars in front of the Castillo on the

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seafront in Moraira.

“The event was a huge suc‐ cess,” Club 55’s Gary and David said afterwards.

“We had a fabulous turnout and the drivers treated children and adult guests to 20‐minute

drives in one of the cars for a €20 donation.”

The €1,320 that they raised will go to SOS Ukraine which helps to house the displaced Ukrainians who are now living in the area.

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NIBS EXTRA New position LA NUCIA was elected to the executive committee of Spain’s National Net‐ work of Smart Tourist Des‐ tinations, increased from nine to 16 members. The decision was announced at a plenary session in Benidorm on June 10 presided by Tourism min‐ ister Reyes Maroto accom‐ panied by junior Tourism minister, Fernando Valdes.

Gender killing TONI PEREZ, Benidorm’s mayor, and Equality coun‐ cillor Angela Zaragozi led a minute’s silence outside the town hall’s main en‐ trance in memory of a 35‐ year‐old woman allegedly killed by her husband in Soria. She was the 19th woman to have lost her life at a partner’s hands this year.

More room MUNICIPAL personnel and El Campello’s cleaning concessionary FCC have begun piling up the tons of Posidonia seaweed that were washed up during the winter and spring storms on the L’Almadra‐ va and Cala Morro beach‐ es. Once removed this will leave more space for beachgoers, Beaches councillor Rafa Galvañ said.

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Montgo Stableford MONTGO GOLF SOCIETY played a Stableford competi‐ tion on Friday June 10, spon‐ sored by the Society.

The winner was Mick Farmer with 37 points, fol‐ lowed by the Socicety’s cap‐

tain George Braddick in sec‐ ond place with 36 points, while Keith Cottrell with 35 points came third, beating John Day on countback.

There were two Nearest the Pin prizes won by Sally

Chicas lunch FOR their final meeting before the summer break the Chicas Ami‐ gas tried a new venue in Moraira.

They were seated outside in a pleasant leafy square behind the restaurant, fortunately with plenty of awnings,

as it was a beautiful sunny day.

“The 42 Chicas en‐ joyed a very pleasant afternoon and were very well looked‐after,” Jan Adams said after‐ wards. “Thanks as al‐ ways to Lynn for organ‐ ising the event.”

€9,000 to sterilise stray cats A TOTAL of €9,000 has been allocated by Benissa Town Council, who have for some time worked closely with cat charities, to sterilise 150 of the stray cats in the town.

The money announced on June 8 will be accompanied by an information campaign to make residents more aware of the need to sterilise their own animals, as it will the need to ensure that cats simply aren’t dumped when they are no longer wanted.

Local cat charity Adopta Bernia said there is a never‐end‐ ing stream of cats abandoned with many of those rescued being sent abroad to new homes.

Benissa Town Council estimates the number of cats they have obtained funding for from the Provincial Council to sterilise, accounts for only around one‐fifth of the feral cats around the town.

They have appealed to residents not to abandon their pet cats and not to feed the feral ones, which is prohibited.

Local charities however say that simply not feeding the cats will do little to resolve the problem.

Cottrell and Nigel Siddall, but no Twos.

There was also a singles knockout match between Pe‐ ter Gardiner and Mike Con‐ nelly, with Peter beating Mike six and five.

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JUGS return in September THE Calpe U3A’s JUGS (Just Us Girls) group had a great afternoon at their latest lunch in Calpe.

“We are breaking now until September, have a great summer,” said the JUGS group leader, Anita.

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Picnics and buffets

Linda Hall COSTA BLANCA groups and associa‐ tion thoroughly enjoyed the Plat‐ inum Jubilee as reports still reaching the Euro Weekly News make clear.

The Costa Blanca Yacht Associa‐ tion (CBYA) organised a beach party on Javea’s Montañar beach on June 6, where the theme, of course, was red, white and blue, to which most people adhered.

Some 30 people braved the after‐ noon sun to enjoy a picnic in a per‐ fect setting, watching a few yachts

CALPE AND DISTRICT 41 CLUB has celebrated the 16th anniversary of its charter.

After three years of pa‐ tiently waiting, chairman Stu‐ art Badman was finally able to lead the celebrations of the anniversary, also marking the end of a challenging but successful two years as chair‐ man owing to Covid Covid.

Sadly Stuart’s wife Ann was in hospital following a fall, and was unable to be by his side as she obviously

sail by while toasting HM Queen Elizabeth II. The CBYA welcomes all sailors, would‐be sailors and landlubber partners to participate in racing sleek yachts in Calpe, dinghy days in Moraira, cruiser yacht day charters in Denia, Hobie catamarans in Les Bassetes (Benissa) as well as holiday cruises to Croatia, Greece and Baleares and many fun social events.

For more information, visit the www.cbya.org website.

Meanwhile, Calpe Tennis Club met for lunch on June 3 for a sell‐ out Platinum Jubilee event at the club where 80 people laughed, drank and ate well at a beautiful buffet.

Cava on arrival and for the toast was sponsored by Calpe U3A. Three members of Calpe U3A , John, Mari‐ on and Diarong, also did a fantastic job with their efforts selling raffle tickets and raised €345 which will be donated to the Calpe branch of the Red Cross.

A night to remember

wished.

Founder chairman, An‐ drew Johnson, as Master of Ceremonies on behalf of out‐ going Chairman Stuart and incoming Chairman, Peter Moore, welcomed the UK and Ireland 41 Club’s national President, Jim Conway as well as representatives of other service organisations, past and current officers,

their ladies and a number of guests.

During the event, national President, Jim Conway, in a punchy and amusing ad‐ dress, installed incoming chairman, Peter, as the chain of office was passed on.

After the brief formalities, everyone then danced until midnight to the Sugar Shack duo.

“It was a wonderful evening of fun and fellow‐ ship,” Andrew Johnson said afterwards.

41 Club is a fellowship or‐ ganisation for past Round Table members, which wel‐ comes members of other ser‐ vice organisations. More in‐ formation can be found the www.calpe41club.com web‐ site.

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Arenal beach declared safe Saving the Kentish Plover FOLLOWING a protest by environmentalists, the sea off the Arenal Beach in Javea was tested and has been declared safe for swimming.

The test carried out on June 6 came after environ‐ mentalists called on locals not to bathe in the sea until such a time as the underwa‐ ter outlet was repaired. Over the weekend demonstrators

could be seen telling people it was not safe to swim in the waters.

But the Department of the Environment and Beaches have tested the water, the results of which have been shared with the Ecologists in Action of the Marina Alta.

The group who have been campaigning for the under‐ water outlet to be repaired, have been shown results

from tests conducted for weeks, and the water was within the optimal parame‐ ters to allow bathing.

The department also con‐ firmed that a contract had been issued to repair the pipeline, which had so far not affected the beach and bathing area. It also advised it will continue to monitor the water quality fortnightly until the pipeline is repaired.

A double celebration

THE ARTS SOCIETY MARINA ALTA combined their fifth an‐ niversary celebrations with the Platinum Jubilee in Teula‐ da on June 2.

Upwards of 80 members, guests, sponsors and support‐ ers enjoyed the final Arts So‐ ciety meeting at Salones Canor before the summer break.

The participants were treated to a presentation on the works of Johannes Ver‐ meer from Jane Choy‐Ther‐ low, from the Mauritshuis and Prince William Museums in The Hague.

This was followed by a re‐ ception and garden party in the Canor gardens where tapas and refreshments were available and members so‐ cialised in a calm atmosphere and warm weather.

The Society’s fifth anniver‐ sary was commended to all

by the Treasurer, Peter Eales, and a toast was offered in cel‐ ebration of Royal Platinum Jubilee, which was thorough‐ ly applauded.

Those attending originated from America, Canada, Lithuanian, Belgium, Ger‐ many Holland and of course Britain. All joined together to

celebrate the occasion in uni‐ son.

“We should also like to thank our sponsors, Blevins‐ Franks and lnmobres Calpe for their support to both the Society and Gargasindi school in Benissa,” said David Glover, chairman of the Arts Society Marina Alta.

THE Valencia Generalitat is holding a guided photo‐ graphic tour on Sunday June 19 to the l’Albufera wetlands to help save the Kentish Plover as part of the region’s celebration of World Envi‐ ronment Day. In particular, the tour will look at the problems faced by the Kentish Plover, which is endemic to and breeds in the area. Trained tour guides will provide those who join the tour with a better under‐ standing of the bird, its breeding patterns and the challenges the species faces.

Photographers will also be provided with opportunities to photograph the bird in its natural environment, as well as its nests and its young. The hope is that those who join the tour will be able to spread the word about the Kentish Plover’s plight.

The tour is free except there is a €6 charge for the

‘Let’s respect Posidonia’

THE ‘Let’s respect Posidonia’ campaign has been launched by the Marina Alta Nautical Tourism Association (ATNMA) in an effort to make boaters more aware of the need to protect local marine species.

ATNMA which works to make boating and other nautical activities compatible with envi‐ ronmental sustainability have produced an information leaflet that will be handed out weekly throughout the summer.

Available in Spanish, English and French, the leaflet aims to raise awareness and to

provide users of the local marine environ‐ ment with handy tips about how to about doing this without causing damage to marine life.

Ricardo Burriel, president of ATNMA told local media that: “We are very clear that the majority of sailors and lovers of the sea re‐ spect the environment and have good prac‐ tices.

Burriel added that ATNMA will continue to work with other local institutions, organisa‐ tions and NGOs to achieve this goal.

GUIDED TOUR: Celebrating World Environment Day.

ferry across the lake.

Only those who register will be allowed to join the tour and you will need to be in possession of a camera.

Camera phones are not al‐ lowed and you must be of le‐ gal age to participate.

To register call 963 868 050.

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Reptiles seized in Altea

TWO snakes and a ven‐ omous tarantula seized in Altea have now been rehomed in Terra Natu‐ ra, Benidorm.

Following a request

from the town hall of Al‐ tea, the Guardia Civil has rescued two snakes and a poisonous tarantula from a rural house, ac‐ cording to local press.

The animals have now been transferred to the Terra Natura, Nature and Animal Park in Benidorm.

The park’s Herpetology department has taken responsibility for the care of these animals, which have been confis‐ cated from an owner who could not prove

their lawful origin.

Terra Natura Benidorm is a nature and animal park dedicated to family leisure that also has 50 endangered species.

It is a zoological park that emerged as an inno‐ vative answer to the new demands of a modern society increasingly com‐ mitted to respect for na‐

ture and awareness re‐ garding the conservation of natural resources.

Zoological parks must especially promote and develop conservation and research actions that enhance the chances of ex‐situ survival in order to export these species back to their conditions in situ.

RENFE cancels ticket sales RENFE has suspended sale of tickets for the Alicante‐Madrid line from July on‐ wards until the rearrangement of services between the terminus stations in the cap‐ ital can be finalised and it is decided which trains and at what times they will travel to Atocha station, as well as which will be diverted to the Chamartín termi‐ nal, following the remodelling work being carried out at both stations, as reported by local press.

This rearrangement of stops should hopefully be resolved in the coming weeks.

So far, ticket sales are still open but on‐ ly until June 30, while it is possible to buy tickets for journeys between Valencia and Madrid until December.

The distribution of journeys between the two Madrid stations is expected to be made official in the next two or three weeks, once the remodelling work has been completed.

Chamartín Clara Campoamor station will take over from Madrid Puerta de Atocha station as the final destination for most of the services on the entire Lev‐ ante corridor.

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NIBS EXTRA Ahoy there THE Valencian Commu‐ nity’s Salvamento Mar‐ itimo sea rescue service will keep a close watch this summer on jet‐skis and the types of boats not requiring a skipper’s licence. Last year 650 people and 250 boats needed assistance at sea, more than any oth‐ er coastal area after Mallorca and Barcelona.

Play zones TEULADA‐MORAIRA’S General Services de‐ partment has been car‐ rying out improve‐ ments and repairs to the children’s play ar‐ eas in several plazas.

The €97,743 project has included creating a shady zone in Plaza Sexto Centenario, cre‐ ating an entirely new children’s play area in the Les Platgetes gar‐ dens and resurfacing three others.

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Students travel to Mallorca Joshua Manning MORE than 3,000 young students headed on end of year school trips from Valencia to Palma de

Mallorca on three Balearia boats on Satur‐ day, June, 11, as report‐ ed by Spanish media.

In addition, a fourth

Flags for colour blind NEW beach flags are being launched in Calpe that will help the colour blind to identify the message that is being conveyed.

The new flags, announced on June 8, follow the example of neighbouring towns including Denia by making these readable by people suffering from colour blindness.

Traditional red, yellow and green flags will dis‐ appear from the beaches and will be replaced by flags containing an identifiable image using the international recognised Colour ADD method.

The flags will be replaced with: • A diagonal bar next to a right‐pointing trian‐ gle (green flag) • A diagonal bar (yellow flag) • A triangle pointing to the left (red flag) The use of the Colour ADD method is being pro‐ moted and managed by ADEAC in Spain, the or‐ ganisation responsible for managing the blue flag awards.

Calpe Town Council hope the new beach flags will make the town more tourist‐friendly.

boat set sail from Denia.

The port of Valencia has reportedly started a spe‐ cial access arrangement in an attempt to facili‐ tate the embarkation and disembarkation, as well as general access to terminal facilities of the different companies and the Port of Valencia.

There will also be fur‐ ther departures and ar‐ rivals of student groups taking place on different ferry lines from the Port of Valencia between June 10 and June 22.

In addition, various events are also sched‐ uled to take place in the La Marina area during these days. These situa‐ tions may cause conges‐ tion at the varying ac‐ cess points.

Students were asked to arrive by bus or pub‐ lic transport, in an at‐ tempt to avoid too many private vehicles adding to the conges‐ tion.

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Health centre progresses Peter McLaren‐Kennedy THE proposed new health centre in Pedregeur has taken another step forward with nine companies submitting ten‐ ders to complete the works.

The tender, which closed on May 31, called for bids to build the new centre at a cost of up to €254,349.68.

The new build‐ ing will be a low energy facility that uses energy in the most effec‐ tive manner pos‐ sible, including making use of natural ventila‐ tion and energy sources to ensure the internal envi‐ ronment is as comfortable as possible.

Fa c i l i t i e s i n t h e new centre in‐ clude a treatment and emergencies area, five family medicine clinics, three nursing clin‐ ics and a paedi‐ atric service.

Specific atten‐ tion will be given to the treatment of women and the provision of continuous ser‐ vices.

In total the cen‐ tre will have us‐ able space of just over 1,400 square metres.

The new health centre is part of A l i c a n t e Province’s plans to improve health facilities across the region, with a total of €658.3 million being spent on upgrad‐ ing 58 primary care centres and 38 hospitals.

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Spain honours Ms Cruz PENELOPE CRUZ has won one of Spain’s top film and cinema awards for her con‐ tribution to Spanish cinema, the country’s ministry of cul‐ ture said on Monday, June 6.

The jury of the 2022 Na‐ tional Cinema Award was unanimous in its decision to honour the Madrid‐born star, describing the 48‐year‐ old Oscar winner in a state‐ ment as an “iconic actress whose brilliant legacy en‐

riches Spain’s cultural her‐ itage,” according to Spanish media.

“Committed to her craft, she seeks excellence in her work, allowing her to create some of the most unforget‐ table characters in the histo‐ ry of our cinema,” the jury added.

The recognition is the lat‐ est addition to Cruz’s long list of accolades, from an Academy Award for best‐ supporting actress in ‘Vicky

Cristina Barcelona,’ to top awards at the Cannes and Venice Film Festival.

President Pedro Sanchez congratulated Cruz after the award was announced.

“She is the embodiment of cinema, both Spanish and international,” Sanchez tweeted, citing her “im‐ mense talent and exception‐ al performances.”

Past winners of the award include actor Antonio Ban‐ deras.

Driving at 16

Matthew Roscoe OBTAINING the B1 driving licence will soon be a reality for 16 and 17‐year‐olds in Spain fol‐ lowing an announcement from the Direc‐ torate General of Traffic (DGT).

The DGT has said that 16‐year‐olds will soon get driving licences in Spain, but only for ‘electric vehicles with a maximum speed of 90 km/h and a maximum weight of 400 kg’.

Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande‐ Marlaska, said on Thursday, June 9: “In accor‐

dance with the provisions of the European Driving Licence Directive, we will regulate a new B1 driving licence from the age of 16 for electric vehicles with a maximum speed of 90 km/h and a maximum weight of 400 kg.

“It is already in use in countries like France with good results.”

Currently, the minimum age to obtain a B driving licence in Spain is 18. However, 16‐ year‐olds must pass an exam to have this new licence which should be available from 2023.

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Cruise passengers to double

PASSENGER numbers ar‐ riving in Valencia in 2022 will be almost double those in 2019 ac‐ cording to MSC Cruises.

Speaking to Spanish press on June 8, Fernan‐ do Pacheco, the compa‐

ny’s general director in Spain said they will bring close to 60,000 passengers to Valencia this year.

Pacheco said the MSC Bellissima will join the MSC Seaside, which is

already stationed in Va‐ lencia, adding extra ca‐ pacity for 5,686 passen‐ gers on each journey This will also be the first time, two of the company’s cruise ships will sail from and back

to Valencia. He said: “Not only do we think we are going to recover from the pandemic in Valencia, but we also think we are going to make much larger vol‐ umes than those made in 2019.”

Currently, he said, they are experiencing 144 per cent more bookings nationwide than at this time in 2 0 1 9 . At t h e c u r r e n t rate of bookings, the company expects to run nearly 70 per cent more sea voyages than it did in 2019.

This forecast will be good news for the local economy.

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Part of viaduct collapses A SECTION of the Castro viaduct in the province of Leon has collapsed during refurbishment work.

According to information provided to EFE by the Traffic Subsector of the Guardia Civil on Tuesday, June 7, along with the Ministry of Transport, one part of a viaduct on the A‐6 mo‐ torway collapsed. The incident occurred very close to the border between the provinces of Lugo and Leon.

No injuries were reported and traffic flow was not affected as the section which fell was still under construction so was not open to traffic. The cause of the collapse is still un‐ known, and a full investigation has been launched.

Sources consulted by EFE explained the Cas‐ tro viaduct collapse happened in the Leon province region of Vega de Valcarce, at Km431 of the motorway, in the direction of A Coruña, very close to the border with the province of Lugo.

The viaduct has been undergoing refurbish‐ ment work for approximately 12 months.

Voiceover actress dies at 90 Peter McLaren‐Kennedy THE voice that gave life to Meryl Streep, Julie Andrews and many other famous actresses in Spain has died at the age of 90.

Rosa Guiñón, whose death was announced by The Academy of Mo‐ tion Picture Arts and Sciences on Twitter on Tuesday June 7 was a Catalan actress.

Widely known in Spanish circles she was used to dubbing the voic‐ es of many of the top English speaking actresses over the years.

She completed more than 1,700 films during her long career in‐ cluding many of the most iconic

and fondly remembered movies of all time. Included in her roles was the character played by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 classic Break‐ fast at Tiffany’s, Mary Poppins in the 1964 classic and Natalie Wood in West Side Story back in 1961.

More recently she filled in for everyone from Meryl Streep to Barbara Streisand.

Married to fellow voice artist Rogelio Hernández who gave voice to Michael Caine, Jack Nicholson, Paul Newman and Marlon Brando, she leaves behind a daughter who h a s f o l l o w e d i n h e r p a r e n t ’ s f o o t‐ steps.

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WE quite often receive re‐ quests for information in our law firm regarding divorce and pets. In this context, we need to take into account the recent law 17/2021 on the legal regime of animals. This law es‐ sentially modifies the legal sta‐ tus of animals: they cease to be considered as things. From now on, they are considered as sentient beings.

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Divorce in Spain. Pets care and visiting rights.

What happens to animals? New legal rules.

Obligations, rights and expens‐ es regarding animals The new article 333‐bis of the Spanish Civil Code has par‐ ticular significance, because:

On one hand, it regulates the animal’s owner, posses‐ sor’s or keeper’s duty of care.

He must ensure their welfare according to the characteristics of the species. On the other hand, it anticipates the possi‐ bility to repeat or claim the wounded or abandoned ani‐ mal’s treatment and other care‐related costs; even if these are higher than the ani‐ mal’s value.

Summarising, it highlights that in case of the pet’s death or injury the owner and those who live with him will be enti‐ tled to compensation, includ‐ ing mental suffering caused.

The pets at the divorce, sepa‐ ration proceedings, etc.

Amendments to the Spanish Civil Code The above law has substan‐ tially amended the Spanish Civil Code regarding family and pets law procedures.

depending on the situation.

Regulatory agreement in case of separation, divorce, etc.

Article 90 has been amend‐ ed, so now the measures re‐ garding pets must be included in the agreements. Therefore, there should be agreement on the following: “The custody of pets, if they exist, taking into account the family members’ interests and the animal welfare, the distri‐ bution of cohabitation and care times, if necessary, as well as the expenses associated with the care of the animal.”

Judgements

Article 91 of the Spanish Civil Code has also been amended, Now, the sentences in family law proceedings shall also de‐ cide on child custody, family dwelling, the marriage debts, the liquidation of the matrimo‐ nial property regime, etc, but also necessarily on the future of pets.

Physical custody. And pets vis‐ iting rights.

A new article has been intro‐ duced: the 94‐bis. This article claims that the judge (similarly to children’s guardianship) will decide which person takes care of the pet and the non‐ custodian spouse can request visitation rights, weekends, etc

Amending of the Spanish Civil Procedure Law (LEC) As mentioned above, arti‐ cles 771 & 774 of the LEC, which regulate the divorce and separation legal proceedings, etc, have been amended. As mentioned earlier, these arti‐ cles rule that court decisions should include provisions re‐ garding cohabitation and pet’s needs.

Conclusion In case of any doubt con‐ cerning divorce and pets or if you find yourself involved in this situation now or in a near future, please contact us and we will offer you the best legal advice.

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

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

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Restore friendship treaty Anna Ellis

THE European Union (EU) has urged Algeria to restore its friendship treaty with Spain on Thursday June 9, according to Spanish press.

Algeria made the decision to suspend a two‐decade‐old friendship treaty with Spain in an announcement saying: “The Spanish authorities have launched a campaign to justify the position they have adopted on Western Sahara, a violation of their le‐

gal, moral and political obli‐ gations as an administrator of the territory that weighs on the Kingdom of Spain.”

Shortly after the an‐ nouncement, The National Republican Party (Partido Republicano Nacional, PRN) said: “Algeria has today sus‐ pended with immediate ef‐ fect the treaty of Friendship, Good Neighbourliness and Cooperation with Spain.”

All on the same day that Spanish President, Pedro Sanchez, defended in

Congress his change of posi‐ tion on Western Sahara, which he believes is already yielding positive results in their relationship with Mo‐ rocco, despite the fact it still does not receive the support of his party nor the opposi‐ tion party.

European Commission spokeswoman, Nabila Mass‐ rali, said: “We hope Algeria will reverse its decision and work with Spain to over‐ come the current disagree‐ ment.”

Second booster

Chris King SPAIN’S Public Health Commission on Thursday, June 9, gave approval for the ad‐ ministration of a second booster dose of the Covid vaccine in the most vulnerable population. This is aimed especially at peo‐ ple in residences and those over 80 years of age, according to Spanish media.

Carolina Darias, the Minister of Health, made an appearance before the Health and Consumer Affairs Commission of the Congress of Deputies where she reported

on the actions carried out against Covid and the new surveillance and control system af‐ ter the acute phase of the pandemic.

This second booster dose of the Covid vaccine has only been administered in Spain to the population included in group 7 of the Vaccination Strategy so far. These in‐ clude some cancer patients, transplant re‐ cipients, patients on dialysis or hemodialy‐ sis, and those over 40 years of age with Down syndrome or taking immunosuppres‐ sive drugs.

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Freedom and fairness important Kate’s worry

Anna Ellis THE International Trade Secretary, Anne‐Marie Trevelyan has issued a ral‐ lying cry for global action in defence of free and fair trade ahead of the first ma‐ jor World Trade Organisa‐

tion (WTO) summit since leaving the EU. Freedom and fairness should be front and centre of the global trade agenda to ensure communities at home and around the world benefit from the

power of free trade, Trevelyan said on Sunday June 12.

She issued the clarion call as she prepared to lead a UK delegation attending the 12th World Trade Or‐ ganisation Ministerial Con‐

ference (MC12).

While there, she will urge united global action to show solidarity with Ukraine, demonstrate Rus‐ sia’s illegal assault will not undermine or weaken the rules‐based international system and push for re‐ forms that will reduce our economic dependency on aggressors.

UK will use the high‐level meeting to secure mean‐ ingful progress on long‐ standing global issues, in‐ cluding food security, over‐fishing and tariff‐free electronic trade.

While in Geneva, the Trade Secretary is expected to meet with her counter‐ parts from Ukraine, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the EU and Japan among oth‐ ers.

KATE GARRAWAY posted her worries on Instagram on Sunday June 12, about her husband Derek, after she revealed he recently returned to the hospital.

Kate has become the pri‐ mary carer for her hus‐ band, a former political lobbyist, who fell into a co‐ ma after being diagnosed with Covid in March 2020.

Derek, 56, was released from the hospital last year but his progress has been gradual.

Kate posted a short video of her garden which she describes as her happy place.

Her Instagram post read.

“So Derek has been in and out of the hospital a lot re‐ cently ‐ hopefully, the won‐ derful health teams will help him improve, but I

Kate is primary carer.

woke up early feeling ex‐ hausted and very fretful.

As you know my garden is my #happyplace so came out for some #calm and to get stuck into some weed‐ ing & planting.

“The flowers are bloom‐ ing, fruits growing, leaves dancing in the breeze. Am sure there’s a message in there somewhere for how life finds a way, and I cer‐ tainly feel better for being in amongst it.”

Emergency landing Chris King AN easyJet flight was forced to issue a Live Squawk 700 alert during the early hours of Sunday, June 12, after its captain fell ill during the approach to Edinburgh airport.

Flight EZY6938 was subsequently forced into making an emergency landing as it ar‐ rived from Heraklion airport in Crete.

A Live Squawk 700 alert is what an air‐ craft sends to the control tower to request emergency assistance, which in this case was an expedited landing onto the Scot‐ tish capital’s runway. As confirmed by

easyJet, the plane landed safely at around 1.20am under the guidance of its first offi‐ cer.

Passengers reported seeing the captain entering the toilet, and not reappearing, something that was not confirmed by the airline when asked by the British press.

According to one passenger, speaking anonymously: “The captain had been seen going into the toilet and not coming out.

The plane was met on the runway by five fire engines and two ambulances after landing.”

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Loneliness and mental health

NEW UK government research has iden‐ tified clear links between loneliness and mental health distress Research has also found that young people, disabled people and the LGBTQ community are at higher risk of chronic loneliness.

Ministers across a range of govern‐ ment departments are to launch a re‐ newed effort to tackle loneliness as part of national recovery from the Covid‐19 pandemic.

The findings, which coincide with the start of Loneliness Awareness Week, analysed mental health well‐being and

the impacts of loneliness over a sus‐ tained period, with results showing that chronic loneliness played a significant role in the onset and continuation of mental health distress.

The analysis also showed that mental health distress can play a significant role in the onset and continuation of chronic loneliness. Chronic loneliness is defined as people reporting they ‘often’ or ‘al‐ ways’ feel lonely.

It suggests that targeted early, inter‐ vention may play a more significant role in combating the effects of loneliness on mental health in the short term.

Prince Charles ‘appalled’ THE Prince of Wales has al‐ legedly called the Rwanda deportation scheme “ap‐ palling”, slating Prime Minis‐ ter Boris Johnson’s contro‐ versial migrant policy, according to comments from a private conversation that have been leaked to the British media.

According to the com‐ ments, the heir to the throne does not like the govern‐ ment’s ‘direction of travel’.

He is also reportedly furi‐ ous at the timing of the poli‐ cy, due to a scheduled con‐ ference taking place in Rwanda later this month where he will represent the Queen at the Common‐ wealth Heads of Govern‐ ment meeting in Kigali.

It is not clear how the comments were given to the press and Clarence House has neither con‐ firmed or denied that

Charles has this opinion.

Under the Rwanda scheme, spearheaded by Home Secretary Priti Patel, migrants who arrive in Britain illegally will be de‐ ported over 4,000 miles to the country, which is in cen‐ tral Africa.

The government survived legal challenges to stop the first flight taking off from Rwanda to the UK on Tues‐ day, May 31.

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Weeks of travel chaos

Anna Ellis THE owner of British Air‐ ways, Luis Gallego, has suggested the govern‐ ment takes some blame after weeks of travel chaos have seen can‐ celled flights and lengthy

airport queues.

Luis Gallego, the air‐ lines chief, said the gov‐ ernment had to “take some accountability for all this,” referring to the shortage‐induced travel disruption seen at air‐

Concert fan falls

HARRY STYLES’S concert turned into a scene of horror as a fan fell from the balcony into the crowd below.

The concert, attended by a crowd of 55,000, was taking place in Glasgow’s Ibrox Stadium on Saturday, June 11, when the incident occurred, according to British press.

Medics were sent straight to the scene.

Police say a man fell from the Club Deck, which is on the third tier of seating in the stadium.

A Police Scotland spokesperson confirmed: “Officers were made aware of a man falling from a club deck at premises on Edmiston Drive, Glas‐ gow at around 10.15pm on Saturday, June 11.”

Harry Edward Styles was born on February 1, 1994, in Bromsgrove in the West Midlands.

He rose to fame as one of the five members of the boy band One Direction.

He launched his solo career in 2016 and made his acting debut in the 2017 film ‘Dunkirk’.

ports across the country, in an interview with the British press on Sunday June 12.

Passenger demand has surged in the past couple of months while airports have been hit with staff shortages.

Grant Shapps, UK trans‐ port minister, criticised airlines in recent weeks saying, “the sector should stop overselling flights and make receiving com‐ pensation a simpler pro‐ cess.”

However, Gallego said the government must work with the aviation sector “in a constructive way.”

British Airways was re‐ ported to have cancelled 110 short‐haul flights to and from London Heathrow airport on Fri‐ day June 10.

It comes as budget air‐ line easyJet cancelled more than 1,500 flights over the past three weeks.

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Covid jab complications A UK Coroner has con‐ firmed that a 38‐year‐old woman died of complica‐ tions arising from the As‐ traZeneca Covid jab, ac‐ cording to the British press on June 11.

The tragic death of Kel‐ ly Dunley from Stoke‐on‐ Trent occurred after hav‐ ing the Covid‐19 vaccine last year when shortly af‐ terwards she developed deep vein thrombosis.

Kelly was rushed to the Royal Stoke Universi‐ ty Hospital last May after collapsing, but the post‐ mortem found the blood clot which formed in her leg shortly after the jab had travelled to her lungs.

With a family history of deep vein thrombosis, Kelly had been on medi‐ cation to prevent clotting but, a week before her death, it was heard she had stopped taking her anticoagulant medica‐ tion.

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British accent prejudice THE British Academy are to feature a large‐scale project exploring accent discrimina‐ tion as academics argue that accent‐ism is alive and well in Britain in 2022.

Though people form judgements about others from the way they speak, lis‐ teners are often unaware of their deeply embedded ‘im‐ plicit’ biases.

Dr Robert McKenzie who leads the Northumbria Uni‐ versity project said: “This is the prejudice that can dare speak its name, we are not allowed to be biased in terms of gender, we are not allowed to be biased in terms of sexual orientation.

“But denigrating accents is still allowed,” he said.

Dr McKenzie added “For people with strong northern accents, the conclusions are not good. People do think that speakers in the north of England are less intelligent, less ambitious, less educat‐ ed and so on, solely from the way they speak.

“On the other hand, peo‐ ple in the south are thought to be more ambitious, more intelligent.”

People in the north were also “stereotyped as being friendly, outgoing and trust‐ worthy salt‐of‐the‐earth folk,” he added.

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Idris Elba back in favour ACCORDING to an exclusive report by the B ritish media, the L ondonborn actor Idris Elba is once again being tipped to take the role of James Bond. The ‘Luther’ star had previously been strongly linked with landing the 007 part left vacant by D aniel Craig, but reportedly said he did not want it.

Elba professed to be more interested in taking on the role of a Bond villain, but secret market research tests carried out, ranked him very high.

“Idris has long been in talks to play a role in the next era of James Bond’s story and last year was being considered for a role as an antagonist,” a source told the media.

They continued: “However, talks surrounding him playing the lead have started again as producers realised how popular he would be after carrying out the research. He ranked highly among the diverse group of movie buffs invited to participate.

IDRIS ELBA: Tipped to play Bond.

T hey didn’t want to see him as a nemesis - they want him as the hero.”

After the last Bond film, ‘No Time T o D ie’, D aniel C raig hung up the iconic tuxedo for good, having completed five stints as the British spy.

Funding for local pubs COMMUNITY groups across the UK can from June 11, bid for levelling up funding to take back control of pubs, music venues, sports facilities, and historic buildings for the benefit of the public, the government has now confirmed.

Groups will be able to bid for a share of the government’s £150 mil‐ lion Community Owner‐ ship Fund to rescue cul‐ tural buildings in their

area that could other‐ wise be lost forever, as the second round of funding is open.

The first round of funding helped local people transform their communities into more desirable places to live, work and visit, support‐ ing 39 projects across the UK. This included £550,000 to establish a boxing gym in Oldham, £250,000 to rescue a historic spinners mill in

Leigh and £1 million for Bury fans to rescue Gigg Lane stadium.

Minister for Levelling Up, the Union and Con‐ stitution, Neil O’Brien MP said: “We want to help communities across the UK save the pubs, sports clubs and historical buildings which matter most to them and would otherwise be at risk of being lost forev‐ er.

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Land of Dreams LAND OF DREAMS is a pho‐ tographic exhibition by Cristi‐ na García Rodero that will be in the Plaza de SS. MM Los Reyes de España in Benidorm until July 11.

The exhibition, organised by the La Caixa Foundation and the Benidorm Town Hall, is made up of 40 pho‐ tographs. It reflects the daily life of the inhabitants of Anantapur, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, one of the poorest areas of India, where the most marginalised and vulnerable communities in the country live.

The exhibition forms part of the ‘Art in the Streets’ pro‐ gramme, through which the La Caixa Foundation aims to bring art closer to people out‐ side the usual framework of museums and exhibition halls.

The acclaimed photogra‐ pher gives voice to the wom‐ en of Anantapur by immers‐ ing herself in their world, where the joy and suffering of those who cover up the chiaroscuro of their own exis‐ tence with colour and ele‐ gance merge.

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Costa ‘Bats’ Box Office opens Blanca 41 Tamsin Brown

JAVEA PLAYERS’ box office is now open for their latest pro‐ duction, Bats ‐ and tickets are selling so fast that theatrego‐ ers are advised to book soon‐ er rather than later. The play promises to be a fun‐packed night out for everyone who enjoys a laugh.

“I’m really pleased that peo‐ ple are keen to see Bats,” said the play’s author Phil Mansell, who will direct the production at the Casa de Cultura in Javea.

“The summer show, which in‐ cludes a pre‐show tapas meal at the nearby Bar Imperial, is always very popular and it looks like this one will be no exception.”

“The rehearsals are going very well and all of my very tal‐ ented cast seem to be having a wonderful time,” he added.

The play is a fast‐moving comedy set in the living room of a house in a quiet cul‐de‐sac where a couple find their or‐

“Look what I’ve found!” The bat expert (Chris Bell) shows off a grisly find to the cast of Bats, Helen (Felicity Ashcroft), Una (Caroline Drewett-Mansell), Anne (Graciela Kaplan) and Peter (James Ward).

derly lives are disturbed by an infestation of bats in the attic.

The fun starts when a succes‐ sion of unlikely people are all mistaken for the council’s bat control expert. When he finally does turn up, he is unable to do his job thanks to the unex‐ pected arrival of a suspicious policewoman.

Bats is one of 12 plays Phil has had published and it has proved to be very popular with amdram societies in places as far apart as Canada and Wales.

In fact, a production of Bats will be taking to the stage in Walton‐on‐Thames as you read this!

Bats will be performed from June 29 ‐ July 5 (excluding Sun‐ day) at the Casa de Cultura in Javea at 9pm following a tapas supper at the Bar Imperial at 7pm. Tickets cost €19.50 and are available online only.

Masks are recommended in the theatre. For more informa‐ tion and to book, visit www.javeaplayers.com.

COSTA BLANCA 41 CLUB was formed in 1986 when a number of Ex‐Round Tablers, who either lived permanently on the Costa Blanca or owned a holiday home in the area, decided to form the club so that they could continue to enjoy that special fellow‐ ship they had experienced with like‐mind‐ ed men while in Round Table. Many of the members are Ex‐Tablers from Great Britain and Ireland, but international members are always welcome.

Costa Blanca 41 Club is one of seven 41 Clubs on the Iberian Peninsula that are af‐ filiated with The Association of Ex‐Round Tablers’ Clubs, which has a total of around 13,000 men over the age of 45.

The Costa Blanca 41 Club meets for lunch on the first Wednesday of each month at Javea Golf Club. They assemble at 1pm and their wives and partners enjoy lunch in another room at the same estab‐ lishment. In addition to the regular month‐ ly meetings, there are social outings with the ladies on the third Wednesday of each month.

The programme varies each year and can include a paella lunch, a bodega visit, a boules evening, a walking treasure hunt or simply a meal out at one of the many restaurants in and around Javea.

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Lions Costa Blanca Camp THE Alfaz del Pi Town Hall is once again sup‐ porting the Lions Costa Blanca Camp, an initia‐ tive in its fifth year or‐ ganised by the Lions Clubs of Benidorm, Al‐ faz del Pi and Teulada‐ Moraira, in collabora‐ tion with other clubs in Spain. The internation‐ al youth camp will run from August 1 to 14.

So far, 22 young peo‐ ple between the ages of 18 and 22 from around 20 countries have con‐ firmed their atten‐ dance. The initiative will give them the op‐ portunity to get to know Spain and to be with young people from all over the world.

As usual, the organi‐ sation has planned a complete programme of visits to various places of interest in the Valen‐ cia region that stand out for their cultural, historical and environ‐ mental heritage. The

Young people from around twenty countries will attend the Lions Costa Blanca Camp.

camp, based in Benidorm, will include visits to cities such as Alicante and Valencia and also to the main tourist sites of the Cos‐ ta Blanca.

The camp encourages cultural exchange be‐ tween young people from different countries and is a true reflection of the idiosyncrasies of the municipality, where more than 50 per cent of the population is of foreign origin and where residents from

around 100 countries live together in harmo‐ ny.

Lions Clubs Interna‐ tional is one of the largest service club or‐ ganisations in the world, with more than 1.4 million members in approximately 46,000 clubs in more than 200 countries. Its members work to promote the prosperity, well‐being and progress of their communities through humanitarian and envi‐ ronmental projects.

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ÁNIMO, located within the Centro Cívico in Al‐ calalí, serves as both a drop‐in centre and the administrative offices of Jalon Valley Help.

The drop‐in centre is open every Tuesday from 10am to 1pm, and it is possible for those needing support to have private discus‐ sions in the office. For more information, call 659 624 643.

There are plenty of other activities at the centre, most of which are free of charge, al‐ though donations are appreciated. Some of the many activities are listed below.

The Valley Voices Choir meets every Mon‐ day from 4pm to 6pm.

This is a mixed choir with approximately 30 members who enjoy singing a wide range of music. They regularly hold musical evenings and concerts and new

Image: Jalon Valley

Activities at Ánimo Javea Bridge Club

The Ánimo Drop-In Centre has a range of activities throughout the week.

members are always welcome.

Contact Jenny on 646 972 024.

The Mosaics Group is held every Wednesday from 2pm to 4pm. This group offers the oppor‐ tunity to create decora‐ tive mosaics using glass and ceramics. The group buys materials to share and provides all the necessary equip‐ ment to complete pro‐ jects. Membership of the U3A Vall del Pop is a requirement. Contact

Pam Brooks on 634 310 415.

Fitsteps takes place every Wednesday from 10am to 11am. This is a dance fitness workout based on ballroom and Latin dancing (you do not need a partner) and is designed for people who want a lighter in‐ tensity low‐impact workout. The dance steps are easy to fol‐ low, enabling everyone to have fun getting fit.

Contact Pam Small on 672 637 673.

JAVEA BRIDGE CLUB has its own premises in the coastal town of Javea, on the Costa Blanca. It is con‐ veniently located near shops and the beach, with ample street parking. The clubhouse has a well‐ stocked bar, air condition‐ ing and free Wi‐Fi, which creates a comfortable and relaxed environment for their frequent bridge tour‐ naments, lessons and social events.

One of their most recent

events was a Ladies’ Day Tournament celebrating Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, held on June 2. They welcomed vis‐ itors and friends for a won‐ derful afternoon of bridge at Javea Bridge Club, and their sponsor, One Life Clothing, provided very generous prizes so every‐ one was able to choose a lovely item of clothing.

After playing, everyone enjoyed a glass of Cava and there was a superb selec‐

tion of tapas prepared by some of the members.

Javea Bridge Club prides itself on its international membership. Newcomers and visitors of all standards are always made to feel welcome and every at‐ tempt to find a partner will be made if required.

The establishment is wheelchair accessible. For details about the club schedule and location, visit https://www.bridgewebs.c om/javeabridgeclub/.

Volunteer at Aldea ANY animal lovers in the Denia area with some extra time on their hands should consid‐ er volunteering for Aldea Felina, the Denia Cat Protection League.

There are many different ways to get in‐ volved, including working with cats, fundrais‐ ing, communicating with councils and govern‐ ments, responding to queries or educating the public. The range of jobs available is broad and some can be done from home.

The association has volunteers of many na‐

tionalities, and those who are able to trans‐ late between Spanish and English are particu‐ larly valuable. German is also often spoken.

Aldea Felina is extremely grateful for all the help and love they receive from their volun‐ teers and can offer them the opportunity to be part of something great and do good in the community in return.

Those interested should fill in the form at https://www.aldeafelina.es/en/friends‐of‐ aldea‐felina.html.

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TOP GUN: MAVERICK. (V.O.S.E) EVERY DAY 18.30 Some hikers who are members of a walking group belonging to the Javea U3A.

THE Javea U3A (University of the Third Age) is an as‐ sociation where English‐speaking people who are no longer in full‐time work can find opportunities to learn and to share knowledge and skills with others.

Learning at the Javea U3A is for fun and does not lead to a qualification. Many of their activities are al‐ so simply social with the aim of fostering a sense of community. There is a wide range of activities avail‐ able in areas as diverse as history and culture, read‐ ing and writing, exercise, games, visual arts, bird watching, Spanish language, music, dancing and win‐ ing and dining.

The main activities of the U3A take place in groups which are arranged either on a regular basis or as events and trips throughout the year. Once you are a member of the Javea U3A, you can apply to join any groups that you are interested in. Note that there may be a waiting list if the group is full.

There is a one‐time registration fee of €10 and the yearly membership is €5. For more information, get in touch via their website at https://u3ajavea.com/info.

AUTOCINE DRIVE IN DENIA

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Prince William sells the Big Issue Anna Ellis PRINCE WILLIAM was spotted selling the Big Issue in Westminster on Thursday June 9.

The prince normally wears a suit and tie, but he donned a red vest and jeans as he went undercover as a Big Issue seller, accord‐ ing to the British me‐ dia.

The Duke of Cam‐ bridge happened to be noticed by a passerby who thought they recognised him and got in closer for a better look. The passerby said he had a ‘private mo‐ ment with the future King, who was humble and working silently in the background’ before the royal asked if he wanted to buy the Big

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Two have never met Peter McLaren‐Kennedy DESPITE the issues at the UK’s borders, the home secretary has never met with the head of the border force, despite being in the job for more than 14 months. David Neal, the In‐ dependent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, speaking to the Home Affairs Committee on June 8 said the home secretary had cancelled all the appointments. As a re‐ sult, he had not met with her

since being appointed in March 2021.

Neal is responsible for “monitoring and reporting on the efficiency and effective‐ ness of the immigration, asy‐ lum, nationality and customs functions carried out by the home secretary and by offi‐ cials and others on their be‐ half..”

Expressing frustration and disappointment at not being able to speak with Home Sec‐

retary Priti Patel, he said he had stopped trying to meet with her and instead main‐ tained contact with junior ministers.

With daily reports of prob‐ lems involving border controls at airports and regular arrivals of boats carrying migrants, it seems rather odd the border force head, the man responsi‐ ble for implementing border policy, has never met with his boss.

Iconic duo calls it a day PRINCE: Normally wears a suit and tie.

Issue.

When the passerby said he had ‘no change’, father‐of‐ three William produced a mobile card machine.

The Duke of Cam‐ bridge has been work‐ ing alongside projects helping the homeless since his late mother, Princess Diana, took

him to visit a London homeless shelter when he was a child.

In August 2019, he spent the night sleep‐ ing outside next to wheely bins in a sleep‐ ing bag at an event or‐ ganised by Centre‐ point, in his role at the time, as patron for the charity.

Chris King AFTER a music career of almost 30‐years, the iconic 90s duo Lighthouse Family announced on Tuesday, June 7, that they are calling it a day. The news will come as a shock to their legion of fans as the act was scheduled to perform on July 9 at the Mouth of Tyne Festi‐ val, according to British press.

“I’m so sad to let you know that after al‐ most 30 years we have reached the end of our Lighthouse Family journey,” wrote key‐ board player and producer, Paul Tucker, in a statement. He continued: “Tunde now wants

to focus on his solo career and I wish him all the best.”

Babatunde Baiyewu is the duo’s singer/songwriter, jointly responsible for the huge chart success the two performers en‐ joyed in the 1990s with hits like ‘Lifted’, ‘High’, and ‘Ocean Drive’.

“I was really looking forward to this home‐ town show and playing our songs in this amazing place close to the lighthouses that gave us our name,” added Tucker. “I am as disappointed as you are. It breaks my heart to let you down.”

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Missing British journalist Top BBC

A BRITISH journalist who was trav‐ elling with a former government of‐ ficial went missing in the Amazon after he and his guide received threats from loggers and miners in the region, as alerted by local tribesmen on Monday, June 6.

British journalist Dom Phillips and Bruno Araujo Pereira, a former gov‐ ernment official tasked with pro‐

tecting local tribes, set off by boat for a region known as the Lago do Jaburu.

Arriving on Friday June 3, they be‐ gan their trip to Atalaia do Norte on the Sunday morning in a journey that should not have taken more than a few hours. When they failed to arrive by 2pm a search party was sent out to look for them, with local

Largest dinosaur remains unearthed

NEW research by a team of scientists, in‐ cluding PhD student Jeremy Lockwood from the Natural History Museum, identi‐ fied on Thursday June 9, the remains of one of Europe’s largest‐ever land‐based hunter, a dinosaur that measured over 10m long and lived around 125 million years ago.

The remains comprising of several bones uncovered on the Isle of Wight, on the south coast of England, and now housed at Dinosaur Isle Museum in Sandown, belonged to a type of two‐ legged, crocodile‐faced predatory dinosaur

known as spinosaurids. Dubbed the ‘White Rock spinosaurid’ after the geologi‐ cal layer in which it was found.

Chris Barker, PhD student, at the Univer‐ sity of Southampton, who led the study said, “This was a huge animal, exceeding 10m in length and probably several tonnes in weight. Judging from some of the di‐ mensions, it appears to represent one of the largest (if not the largest) predatory di‐ nosaur ever found in Europe. “It’s a shame it’s only known from a small amount of material, but these are enough to show it was an immense creature.”

police and the army assisting in the search.

Since then a search was carried out by divers who found personal items belonging to the British jour‐ nalist including a backpack and lap‐ top as reported by British media.

On Saturday June 11, federal po‐ lice reported they were still in the process of analysing ‘apparently hu‐ man’ remains they had found on Friday June 10, close to where the pair had gone missing.

DOM PHILLIPS: Tasked with protecting local tribes in the Amazon.

star quits Chris King

BRITISH tennis star Sue Barker announced on Thursday, June 9, that her 30‐year run presenting top sports events for the BBC has come to an end. The 66‐year‐old’s final job will be hosting coverage of the 2022 Wim‐ bledon tournament in July.

“What a wonderful time I’ve had working on some of the biggest sporting events around the world,” the 66‐year‐old Barker wrote in a statement. She added: “I will miss it terribly but after 30 years I feel the time is right for me. I’ve worked with the best of the best.”

She has presented a host of top sports events for the BBC, including the Olympic Games, the Commonwealth Games, the World Athletics Championships, the London Marathon, the Grand National, Royal Ascot, and Sports Personality of the Year, as well as long stint as host of sporting quiz ‘A Question Of Sport’.

Before embarking on a career in television, Barker had a successful tennis career, winning the French Open at Roland Garros in 1976.

That same year, she achieved her best‐ever Wimbledon finish, reaching the semi‐finals.

Sue retired from tennis in 1984.

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Queen’s bespoke gift

AS has been a tradition for previous Jubilees, Her Majesty The Queen has re‐ ceived a bespoke gift from Cabinet ministers to mark her remarkable 70 years of service.

Over the last seven decades the Queen has been served by 14 individuals from Winston Churchill to current Prime Minister Boris Johnson. James Callaghan’s

Cabinet marked the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977 by pre‐ senting her with a silver cof‐ fee pot.

Then in 2002, for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, Her Majesty received a silver‐gilt plate from her Cabinet min‐ isters which was engraved with their signatures.

To mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee a hand‐ painted enamel‐on‐copper

musical box, commissioned from Halcyon Days, has been gifted.

One hundred per cent hand made in England, fin‐ ished with a platinum mount, when opened the musical movement plays Handel’s ‘Hallelujah’. A sym‐ bol of praise, this gift hon‐ ours her exemplary service and phenomenal achieve‐ ments.

Britain is shrinking

BRITAIN is shrinking according to the head of England's Environment Agency (EA) and climate change is the cause.

EA Chief Executive Sir James Bevan said on Tuesday June 7 at a Flood and Coast Conference in Telford that many of Britain’s coastal communities will be af‐ fected and means people having to move from where they currently live. The warmer oceans and the melting ice caps he said, are not just affecting islands in the Pacific but also places closer to home including the UK.

According to a press release in advance of his speech he said: “While we can come back safely and build back better after most river flooding, there is no coming back for land that coastal erosion has tak‐ en away or which a rising sea level has put permanently or frequently under water.”

Britain has been shrinking for some time with coastal and land erosion a ma‐ jor problem for the island, whoever what is different is that climate change is both speeding this process up and increasing the dangers that go with it.

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New visas for journalists Joshua Manning GERMANY plans to give long‐term visas to Rus‐ sian journalists, as well as political dissidents, in an attempt to make it easier for them to work in exile.

Germany’s new visa measures come at a time when many Russian jour‐ nalists and dissidents are fleeing the country as it becomes increasingly harder for them to carry out their professions, as reported by French me‐ dia.

Maxim Kurnikov and Masha Mayers, who ran the Russian radio station

‘Echo of Moscow’, have moved to Berlin after a Kremlin ban caused by their reporting of the war in Ukraine.

Germany has an esti‐ mated 70 Russian jour‐ nalists set to receive the new visas that will hope‐ fully allow for them to

carry on with their jour‐ nalistic work.

Russian nationals in Germany currently only receive short‐term Schen‐ gen visas, which means they are not allowed to work in Germany official‐ ly. This is not the case with Ukrainian refugees.

52 colonels lost in Ukraine ACCORDING to the lat‐ est reports coming out of Ukraine, Russian Pres‐ ident Vladimir Putin has now lost at least 52 of his colonels since the ‘special operation’ be‐ gan in Ukraine. If the number of deceased high‐ranking personnel is correct then it is an as‐ tonishing loss by any military standards, with four commanders re‐ ported killed in as many days.

The latest death is al‐ legedly that of the youngest officer to ever reach the rank of colonel, 36‐year‐old Lt‐ Col Vadim Gerasimov.

On the orders of the leader, he was posthu‐ mously awarded the country’s highest military

order, the ‘Order of Courage’, as reported on Thursday, June 9, by the British press. These deaths have not been confirmed by the Russian Ministry of Defence.

Colonel Ruslan Shirin, a brigade commander, was also revealed to have been killed in action.

Shirin was thought to have been the chief of staff for the Baltic Fleet's 336th Naval Infantry Brigade.

These deaths come as Russian forces continue their assault on the city of Severodonetsk. Ac‐ cording to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Ze‐ lenskyy, this city is a strategic key in the even‐ tual fate of the Donbas region, should it fall.

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Six days of strikes MORE travel chaos as Ryanair staff are set to walk out on June 24, 25, 26 and 30 and on July 1 and 2, amid discontent about working conditions and pay, according to the Union Sindical Obrera (USO), on Monday June 13.

While UK Ryanair staff have not announced a strike, the in‐ dustrial action could impact Brits flying to Spanish destina‐ tions this summer.

Last week labour organisa‐ tions including SITCPLA and USO came together to de‐ mand an uplift, claiming they have “no other option” but to walk out if it is not given.

The move comes after Ryanair ‐ Europe’s largest bud‐ get airline ‐ recently walked away from talks with USO and SITCPLA. A spokesperson for Ryanair told the British press last week:

“Ryanair has negotiated collec‐ tive agreements covering 90 per cent of our people across Europe. Those negotiations are going well but the an‐ nouncements by USO and SITCPLA are a distraction from their own failures to deliver agreements after three years of negotiations and we believe any strikes they call will not be supported by our Spanish crews.”

Austria opposes Ukraine for EU AUSTRIA’S opposition to also applies to the states of the Ukraine becoming an Western Balkans and to the Re‐ EU candidate was public of Moldova,” Neham‐ voiced by Federal Chan‐ mer stated. cellor Karl Nehammer According to Nehammer the during his visit to Estonia proposal had not initially come on Friday, June 10. from Austria but instead from Austria making conditions.

Speaking on Austria’s French President Emmanuel opposition to the motion, Nehammer made it Macron. clear that he would only agree to an EU candi‐ Speaking on Russian President Vladimir Putin, date status for Ukraine together with the status Nehammer spoke of the importance of all par‐ of other applicants, as reported by local media. ties collaborating together to end the war.

For Austria, it is a necessary ‘condition’ that if “I think it is right and important to confront Ukraine is granted candidate status, “the same Putin with his war crimes.”

Portugal to receive €400m in aid

THE new EU scheme for Portugal was approved under the State aid Temporary Framework and is included in the National Recovery and Re‐ silience Plan.

Executive Vice‐President Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, stated: “Compa‐ nies active in various sectors have seen their rev‐ enues significantly decline because of the coron‐ avirus outbreak and the restrictive measures in place.

“This €400 million Portuguese scheme will en‐ able Portugal to support these companies by helping them meet their liquidity and solvency needs and ensuring the continuity of their activi‐ ties.

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Supporting companies.

“We continue to work in close cooperation with Member States to find workable solutions to mitigate the economic impact of the coron‐ avirus pandemic, in line with EU rules.”

According to the European Commission the aid will take the form of (i) equity instruments (including ordinary and preferred shares), (ii) hy‐ brid instruments (convertible bonds), and (iii) a combination of equity and hybrid instruments.

The investment amount per company is in prin‐ ciple limited to €10 million.

The purpose of the scheme is to address the liquidity and solvency needs of the beneficiaries and to help them continue their activities during and after the pandemic.

Rolling Stones concert cancelled THE ROLLING STONES on Monday, June 13, an‐ nounced the cancellation of their concert when their lead singer, the 79‐year‐old Sir Mick Jagger, allegedly tested positive for Covid‐19. The legendary British rock band was scheduled to perform in the Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam on Monday evening.

According to reports, the enigmatic frontman had started developing symp‐ toms shortly after the band’s arrival at the venue.

A statement said: “The Rolling Stones are deeply sorry for tonight’s postpone‐ ment, but the safety of the audience, fellow musicians and the touring crew has to take priority. The show will

be rescheduled for a later date.”

“Tickets for tonight’s show will be honoured for the rescheduled date. Stand by for details. Thank you for your patience and under‐ standing,” it added.

The Stones are on their 60th‐anniversary ‘Sixty’ tour, which will take in 10 coun‐ tries across Europe.

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€205m in humanitarian aid Flights grounded and high‐level Ukrainian government officials to help coordinate the EU’s crisis response on the ground.

The EU has now allocated another €205 million in hu‐ manitarian assistance for Ukraine. This brings total

EU humanitarian aid fund‐ ing and the value of in‐kind assistance to over €700 mil‐ lion in response to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, of which €13 million is dedi‐ cated to projects in neigh‐ bouring Moldova.

Lenarčič said: “For more than 100 days, we have wit‐ nessed unnecessary suffer‐ ing and countless violations of international humanitari‐ an law. In this moment of crisis, our duty is to stand by the most vulnerable.

“We have swiftly re‐ sponded by considerably scaling up our presence in Ukraine. With this funding, our humanitarian partners are providing food, water, healthcare, shelter, protec‐ tion and cash assistance.

“We are also working closely with the Ukrainian authorities to ensure the assistance provided by the EU Member States is aligned with the constantly evolving needs.”

Chris King GERMAN airline Lufthansa on Friday, June 10, joined the others who have already grounded thousands of flights this summer. The com‐ pany announced that due to a shortage of staff, from next month it is cancelling around 900 short‐haul flights, accord‐ ing to British media.

This will have a definite knock‐on effect for many ma‐ jor European destinations, with the flights being cut on Fridays and weekends. “After a good two years of the pan‐ demic, Lufthansa group air‐ lines report high demand for air travel this summer,” said a spokesperson for Lufthansa.

“The entire aviation indus‐

try, especially in Europe, is currently suffering from bot‐ tlenecks and staff shortages.

This affects airports, ground handling services, air traffic control, and also airlines.”

With staff shortages being blamed, among other rea‐ sons, several airlines have regularly been cancelling flights over the last few weeks. easyJet and TUI made cancellations over the half‐ term holiday period, with both airlines announcing flight cancellations this month.

British Airways meanwhile had already said some months ago that between March and October around 16,000 flights were going to be cut.

Pope Francis cancels trip Joshua Manning POPE FRANCIS has cancelled his upcoming Apostolic Journey to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan due to knee prob‐ lems. Pope Francis’ trip was originally sup‐ posed to take place during the first week of July, but his knee problems have caused the trip to be postponed to a later date according to an announcement by the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, on Fri‐ day, June, 10.

The announcement stated: “At the request of his doctors, and in order not to jeopardise the results of the therapy that he is undergoing for his knee, the Holy Fa‐ ther has been forced to postpone, with regret, his Apostolic Journey to the Democratic Re‐

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Anna Ellis IN light of the soaring hu‐ manitarian needs in Ukraine, Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, visited the country on Thursday June 9 to meet humanitarian organisations

KNEE PROBLEMS: Difficulties in walking.

public of Congo and to South Sudan, planned for July 2 to 7, to a later date to be deter‐ mined.”

Pope Francis has reportedly been suffering from knee pain for months, causing him to cancel various different engagements and more recently causing him difficulty walking.

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Helicopter crashes

RESCUE services in Italy on, Saturday, June 11, confirmed the discovery of seven bodies, passen‐ gers from the wreckage of a helicopter crash. A large‐scale search and rescue mission had been initiated for the aircraft on Thursday, June 9, after it disap‐ peared from radar screens.

‘The rescuers found dead the seven passen‐ gers from the heli‐ copter, four of Turkish, and two of Lebanese na‐ tionality, who were on a business trip to Italy’, reported authorities in the Italian province of Modena. The Italian pi‐ lot was also among the dead.

All contact had been l o s t w i t h t h e AW 1 1 9 Koala as it flew over a remote mountainous area on the border be‐ tween the Emilia Ro‐ magna region and Tus‐ cany. It was destined

for Treviso in the north of Italy after taking off from the Tuscany city of Lucca.

As part of the investi‐ gation, the crash scene was cordoned off. “We got the coordinates, we

went to the site and found everything burnt.

The helicopter is basi‐ cally inside a valley, near a stream,” wrote a member of the Italian A i r Fo r c e r e s c u e t e a m on Twitter.

NATO visits Finland and Sweden NATO Secretary Gener‐ al, Mr Jens Stoltenberg, visited Finland and Sweden on Sunday June 12 to Monday June 13.

In Finland, the NATO Secretary General met the President, Mr Sauli Niinistö, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Pekka Haavisto, and other senior Finnish officials, as issued in an official press re‐ lease.

On Sunday, Mr Stoltenberg was to

t a k e p a r t i n t h e Ku l‐ taranta Talks, along‐ side President Niinistö.

On Monday, the Sec‐ retary General was to travel to Sweden, whereupon he met with the Prime Minis‐ ter, Ms Magdalena An‐ dersson, and her gov‐ ernment.

The events were streamed live on the NATO website, which a l s o p r o v i d e d t r a n‐ scripts and photos of the events, as well as downloadable videos.

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Citizen phone in postponed

Peter McLaren‐Kennedy RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin postponed his citizen phone‐in marathon that al‐ lows ordinary people to ask him questions directly, for the first time in 18 years.

According to a report on June 8 by Kremlin.ru, the di‐ rect line programme which al‐ lows Russian citizens to speak directly with the president about their problems has been postponed possibly until the period between June 15 and 18.

The last time the pro‐

Putin avoiding questions.

gramme was postponed was in 2004 and is the second ma‐ jor event designed to connect the president with the public that has been cancelled this

year. Putin’s annual address to Russia’s Federal Assembly was also postponed in April, with no dates yet given for its return.

Making himself available to talk about issues dear to the caller, presents a risk as there is always the off‐chance that he will be asked a question that he doesn’t want to pro‐ vide an honest answer to.

The announcement comes as Russia struggles to make headway in Ukraine, with sig‐ nificant losses of equipment and life in recent days.

Europe for summer holidays EIGHTY PER CENT of travellers are looking to book in Europe for their summer holidays ac‐ cording to a study carried out by the European Travel Commission.

With the summer 2022 season approaching, the European Travel Commission has published a market study titled: ‘Exploring Consumer Trav‐ el Attitudes and Expectations to Drive Tourism Recovery’. The study shows a positive percep‐ tion of Europe as a destination, with almost all interviewed participants (94 per cent) indicating that they positively perceive Europe as a travel

destination. Travellers are most interested in vis‐ iting the Mediterranean region, in particular Spain, France, Italy, and Greece.

Some interviewees were affected by the Rus‐ so‐Ukrainian crisis, but the conflict did not nega‐ tively impact their perceptions of Europe overall.

However, travellers seem to be more cautious about visiting Eastern Europe.

The likelihood of the respondents booking a holiday to a European destination is very high, with 80 per cent of the interviewees either likely or extremely likely to do so.

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Only universal chargers legal THE European Union (EU) has approved the universal charger concept which will be effec‐ tive from autumn 2024, requiring every sup‐ plier to use the same model.

The agreement announced on June 7 will see all electronic equipment, phones, cam‐ era, laptops etc being required to use the USB type C cable for charging the equipment.

Already in use on many items and phones, with the exception of iPhones, the change will only affect new equipment supplied after the autumn date. A number of suppliers will have to make significant changes to their pro‐ duction to enable the use of the agreed ca‐

ble, hence the two year grace period.

The change will make a huge difference for consumers who will now not have to buy a variety of cables in order to charge their item.

USB Type‐C ports are now found on a wide range of devices, from simple external hard drives to high‐end laptops and the latest smartphones.

Cooperation arrangement FOLLOWING a statement by President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Joe Biden marking the second Global Covid‐19 Summit, the European Com‐ mission and the US Department of Health and Human Services have signed an arrangement to strengthen cooperation on preparedness and re‐ sponse to public health threats.

This will enable the Commission and the US to work together on a broad range of topics to jointly tackle health emergencies, contributing to establish‐ ing a strong global health architecture.

Stella Kyriakides, European Commis‐

sioner for Health and Food Safety, said: “Today’s first transatlantic ar‐ rangement on cooperation in the area of health is an important step in our al‐ ready close working relationship with the US to counter Covid‐19.”

Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Ser‐ vices, said: “Strengthening our collabo‐ ration with the European Commission through this formal arrangement signi‐ fies the importance the US places on working together toward our shared pandemic preparedness and response goals.”

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On trial for corruption

SEPP BLATTER and Michel Platini, two top former FIFA officials, have gone on trial in Switzerland for corruption.

The trial, which started June 8, brings to a head six years of criminal proceedings against the two men. If found guilty they could be sentenced to five years in prison.

Blatter, who was president of FIFA for 17 years, resigned in 2015 amid a corruption scandal with Platini being charged by federal prosecu‐ tors in Spain some two months later. Platini was

Blatter charged with fraud.

charged after FIFA made a two million Swiss francs (€1.98 million) payment to him in 2011.

Both men have denied any wrongdoing claiming they had a years‐old verbal agree‐ ment for the money in return for Platini’s consultancy work

between 1998 and 2002. But Swiss prosecutors disagree saying the payment was made without legal basis “damaging FIFA’s assets and unlawfully enriching Platini.”

Blatter has been charged with fraud, mismanagement, misappropriation of funds and forgery of a document, while Platini is accused of fraud, misappropriation, forgery and as an accomplice to Blatter’s alleged misman‐ agement.

The trial is expected to last two weeks, with a verdict due on July 8.

Life beyond earth BEYOND Earth, Europa is considered one of the most promising places where we might find currently habit‐ able environments in our so‐ lar system. Europa Clipper will determine whether there are places below Eu‐ ropa’s surface that could sup‐ port life.

NASA is preparing a space‐ craft to travel to Jupiter’s icy ‘moon’ and have confirmed that the Europa Clipper will conduct detailed reconnais‐ sance of Jupiter’s moon Eu‐ ropa and investigate whether the icy moon could harbour conditions suitable for life.

The spacecraft’s payload will include cameras and spectrometers to produce high‐resolution images and composition maps of Eu‐

SPACECRAFT: Will travel to Jupiter’s icy moon.

ropa’s surface and thin atmo‐ sphere, an ice‐penetrating radar to search for subsur‐ face water, and a magne‐ tometer and gravity mea‐ surements to unlock clues about its ocean and deep in‐ terior.

The spacecraft will also carry a thermal instrument to pinpoint locations of warmer

ice and perhaps recent erup‐ tions of water, and instru‐ ments to measure the com‐ position of tiny particles in the moon's thin atmosphere and surrounding space envi‐ ronment.

Europa Clipper will launch in October 2024 and will trav‐ el for five and half years and arrive at Jupiter in April 2030.

EU want women on board THE EU has said that from June 2026 it will require 40 per cent of the boards of all large companies to be made up of women.

The agreement reached on Tues‐ day, June 7, was supported by all 27 member states.

The directive will also require the non‐executive boards of chari‐ ties and other community‐based organisations to meet the same quota.

T h e m e a s u r e i s s a i d t o b e b i n d‐ ing with each member state to de‐ termine what sanctions will apply for failing to meet the target.

States that enforce both quotas for all executive and non‐execu‐ tive boards will be able to set the quota at 33 per cent, to begin with.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, said on Twitter: It is a great day for women in Europe. It is also a great day for companies. Because more diversity means more growth, more innovation.”

Approval of the new legislation should be forthcoming within the next month with the expectation that there will be no objections.

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FINLAND

Democracy Summit

Refugee centre

COPENHAGEN hosted the annual international Democracy Summit (originally suggested by the American government) on June 9 and 10, attended by representatives of world governments with appeals from the leaders of both Taiwan and Ukraine to be allowed by China and Russia to exist without interference.

THE autonomous region of Åland opened its first shelter to assist some 250 Ukrainians who are now refugees on the islands following the Russian invasion. This joins 49 other similar reception centres so far opened across Finland, although the majority of refugees are living with relatives.

THE NETHERLANDS

IRELAND

Damp squib

Level crossings

NEW YEAR’S EVE in Amsterdam is a time for family and quiet enjoyment until midnight when the city and much of Holland erupts into explosions as fireworks are let off. The Dutch government wanted to ban them completely but can’t get a majority.

IT’S not just border crossings that are causing a problem as there has been a huge increase in the number of traffic accidents at level crossings that are dangerous, particularly in Dublin with a jump of around 75 per cent so far this year.

BELGIUM

ITALY

Smelly flower

Boarish behaviour

THE largest and also the smelliest flower in the world, the giant arum, bloomed once again in the Meise Botanic Garden in Brabant.

Although it is a huge and beautiful flower native to Indonesia it has a strong smell of rotting flesh.

TEENAGERS enjoying an end of school picnic on the shores of Lago Albano, below the Pope's summer retreat at Castel Gandolfo near Rome were horrified when their festivities were interrupted by a visit from a family of wild boar hoping to join in the fun.

GERMANY

PORTUGAL

Car wars

PacaMac

AFTER the European Parliament approved a bill to stop the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035, representatives of the German auto industry immediately criticised the decision saying it was too early and too costly as support infrastructures were not likely to be in place.

FAST food chain McDonald’s are reportedly spending €1.2 million on producing new uniforms for their Portuguese staff in order to promote a new image after engaging young fashion designer Katty Xiomara to prepare the new design which the company hopes will invigorate its employees.

FRANCE

UKRAINE

Trojan Horse

Mobile force

THE saying ‘don’t look a gift horse in the mouth’ might apply to 18 people who have gone on trial in France accused of selling horse meat (which continues to be cheaper than beef and popular in France) which had not been cleared for human consumption.

WHILST mechanics are known to be adapting demolition derby cars to allow them to be used by Ukrainian troops to fight the Russian invasion, Uber has created a special channel to allow former drivers and others to become involved in delivering vital supplies where lorries can’t travel.

NORWAY

SWEDEN

Belated birthday

SAD SAS

ANOTHER member of the Norwegian Royal Family is old enough to start to undertake official duties as Princess Ingrid Alexandra who saw her 18th birthday last January is to enjoy two formal birthday parties, on June 16 and 17, delayed because of the pandemic.

THE Stockholm-based airline which recently reported a €142 million loss had a further hammer blow when it learnt that the Swedish government which had been supporting it financially for years has decided that enough is enough and now SAS is looking for support from Denmark.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT WHEN is all this ridiculous, upsetting and often downright insulting reversed racism going to stop? How long will it take for the authorities to gather the courage to persecute the minority whingers with the same fervour and enthusiasm they seem to reserve for the victimised majorities, who are having to watch almost everything that comes out of their mouths in case it ‘offends’ someone?

A short while ago we had that awful British‐hating Afua Hirsch, who complained that white models should not adopt Afro hair styles because they were trying to ‘steal black culture’. No mention of the thousands of hair dressing salons earning fortunes by straightening, and thereby westernising, the notoriously difficult hair of black ladies the world over!

This week has been no exception to the exponents of this one‐sided attitude, which, if they’re not careful, will turn us all into racists. The small and pretty town of Bideford has for years been referred to as ‘Little White Town’. This title stretches back to the 1850s when the town, endeavouring to

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Dream on... repel the scourge of cholera, had all its houses painted white and covered in ash. Apparently during this period, it was referred to by author Charles Kingsley in his book Westward Ho, as a ‘little white town’. Over the years, the name has become a part of its heritage and is proudly displayed on a number of public notices and postings.

Yes, you’ve guessed it. There has now been a complaint that the name is racist! What is even more annoying, is that it appears there were actually only a couple of dissenters, but in the usual ‘minority appeasement’ mode that seems to prevail over our once great country, the town council has decreed that the name be changed in case they appeared to be advocating ‘white supremacy’. You really couldn’t make it up could you? Once again the British culture and heritage is being threatened by PC people, who are in fact the biggest racists of all. I mean where does it all end? How long will it be before anything referred to as white offends some bigot or another?

I do actually recall, that at the end of apartheid in South Africa, it was somewhat frowned upon to ask for a

white coffee and more socially acceptable to request a coffee with milk! Will Whitechapel one day be referred to as Greychapel?

Whitehaven become Greenhaven?

Will it be the Purple Cliffs of Dover welcoming the illegal immigrants paddling across the English Channel?

Why don’t we expunge the word from the dictionaries altogether?

For heavens and all our sakes, when is someone going to get a grip and say enough is enough? The UK is already one of the most welcoming and politically correct places on the planet.

What do these bigots actually want?

Will they ever be happy? If nothing is ever going to please them would it not be a far better idea to find somewhere else that does? Dream on Leapy.

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is the amount currently being committed by the PERTE STAT OF (public-private collaboration) in Spain for projects WEEK €11.85 billion involving the development of electric vehicles.

Second hand Spain Credit: Wallapop

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LATEST online special from the internet giant is the Amazon Fashion Luxury Store which will launch in five European countries including Spain and the UK, offering eight top fashion brands like Dundas and Elie Saab with more to be added in the future.

El Corte Inglés

Shell companies DETERMINED to stamp out the use of shell companies in order to hide income, the Spanish government through the Tax Agency intends to investigate companies that don’t present annual accounts and to increase the range of sanctions that may be implemented.

Self-serving DURING lockdown, UK low‐cost fashion chain Matalan installed magnets at check outs in order to allow shoppers to remove electronic tags to cut the risk of transfer of coronavirus, but now it has decided to keep this requirement and customers must also put hangers away as well.

EU budget THE European Commission proposed annual EU budget of €185.6 billion for 2023, to be complemented by an estimated €113.9 billion in grants under NextGenerationEU is designed to respond to the most crucial recovery needs of EU Member States as they recover from the pandemic.

ONLINE PLATFORM: Wallapop is one of a growing number of similar sites.

SPANISH consumers are becom‐ ing more likely to repair and reuse according to ‘The Network of Change’ survey conducted by Kantar for Wallapop.

In times of financial difficulty which became most apparent during the lockdowns in Spain which is continuing with the high levels of inflation, it is quite nor‐ mal to see families cutting back on luxuries and postponing non‐ essential purchases.

There is a difference between how businesses in different countries have reacted to this situation, with the UK for exam‐

ple cutting individual profits in order to boost turnover whilst in Spain, many companies kept prices high in order to protect profits from reduced sales.

In the current situation there seems to be a third option which integrates a new level of under‐ standing of the need to be more committed to sustainability and to ensure that ‘awareness wins over impulse’.

Wallapop, founded in 2014 is basically an online option for those wishing to buy and sell second‐hand goods either in or‐ der to be part of the sustainable

economy or to simply get a good deal.

According to the report, 62 per cent of those surveyed indicate that when they finally decide to acquire a new product, they do so taking into account sustain‐ ability factors, a percentage that increases among women.

Some 55 per cent of these con‐ sumers point to second‐hand on‐ line platforms as the ones that are working the most to pro‐ mote the circular economy and the ones that most help to prac‐ tise more conscious consump‐ tion.

PPE scandal

BRITAIN is set to destroy unwanted PPE equipment losing €4 billion ac‐ cording to a report issued by the Public Accounts Committee issued on Friday June 10.

There was a mad rush for protective clothing at the start of the battle against coronavirus and there have been accusations that not only were some purchasing regulations ignored, but senior government ministers also made sure their friends obtained con‐ tracts.

This latest report issued by a panel of MPs appointed to oversee expendi‐ ture make the startling claim that the Department for Health & Social Care

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FOLLOWING significant losses in 2020, department store chain El Corte Inglés has now closed its 2021 accounts showing that it returned to a €120 million profit even though sales were €2.7 billion below its pre‐pandemic turnover and with fewer restrictions in 2022 should grow.

Billions of pounds have been wasted on PPE.

(DHSC) lost 75 per cent of the £12 bil‐ lion it spent on personal protective equipment (PPE) in the first year of the pandemic to inflated prices and kit that did not meet requirements.

This included fully £4 billion of PPE that will not be used in the NHS and

needs to be disposed of.

There is no clear disposal strategy for this excess but the Department says it plans to burn significant vol‐ umes of it to generate power ‐ though there are concerns about the cost‐ef‐ fectiveness and environmental impact of this ‘strategy’.

The report goes on to say that as a result of DHSC’s ‘haphazard purchas‐ ing strategy’ 24 per cent of the PPE contracts awarded are now in dispute including contracts for products that were not fit for purpose and one con‐ tract for 3.5 billion gloves where there are allegations of modern slavery against the manufacturer.

Wake up AIRLINE unions and pilot groups are up in arms over a tweeted video message sent to WizzAir staff by CEO of the Hungarian air‐ line Jozsef Varadi.

His actual words were: “Now that everyone is get‐ ting back into work, I un‐ derstand that fatigue is a potential outcome of the issues, but once we are start to stabilise the ros‐ ters, we also need to take down the fatigue rate.

“I mean, we cannot run this business when every fifth person of a base re‐ ports sickness because the person is fatigued. We are all fatigued, but sometimes it is required to take the extra mile.”

Later it was explained that this was not aimed at pilots who are required to step down if there is any chance of endangering pas‐ sengers.

Repsol surprise ON June 9, Repsol’s Board of Directors approved the sale of a 25 per cent stake in Repsol Renewables to the consortium formed by the French insurance company Crédit Agricole Assurances and Switzerland‐based En‐ ergy Infrastructure Partner (EIP) for €905 million.

The transaction values Repsol’s renewable busi‐ ness at €4.38 billion, includ‐ ing debt and minority hold‐ ings which is considerably higher than expected espe‐ cially as the business was only started three years ago.

Renewable electricity gen‐ eration is one of the main pillars in Repsol’s decarbon‐ isation model after it be‐ came, in 2019, the first com‐ pany in its industry to make a commitment to reach zero net emissions by 2050.

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COMPANY PRICE(P) 3I Group 1.122,75 Abrdn 169,40 Admiral Group 2.098,0 Anglo American 3.548,9 Antofagasta 1.405,00 Ashtead Group 3.869,0 Associated British Foods 1.576,5 AstraZeneca 9.789,0 Auto Trader Group Plc 540,40 Avast 482,30 Aveva 2.370,0 Aviva 400,00 B&M European Value Retail 351,05 BAE Systems 782,00 Bank VTB DRC 0,612 Barclays 156,06 Barratt Developments 473,90 Berkeley 3.931,0 BHP Billiton Ltd 2.515,50 BP 429,55 British American Tobacco 3.424,3 British Land Company 497,80 BT Group 178,10 Bunzl 2.592,0 Burberry Group 1.594,5 Carnival 790,0 Centrica 79,09 Coca Cola HBC AG 1.675,5 Compass 1.701,00 CRH 2.906,0 Croda Intl 6.234,0 DCC 5.334,0 Diageo 3.499,7 DS Smith 285,30 EasyJet 437,40 Experian 2.376,5 Ferguson 9.038,0 Flutter Entertainment 8.402,0 Fresnillo 808,80 Glencore 494,40 GSK plc 1.741,00 Halma 2.038,0 Hargreaves Lansdown 783,90 Hikma Pharma 1.531,00 HSBC 505,50 IAG 117,61 Imperial Brands 1.757,00 Informa 521,40 InterContinental 4.510,0

CHANGE(P) 1.139,88 173,25 2.138,0 3.639,2 1.426,00 3.938,0 1.596,0 9.831,0 546,80 484,50 2.403,0 404,60 355,50 786,80 0,612 159,08 490,70 4.036,0 2.550,50 431,15 3.492,5 508,60 178,70 2.639,0 1.627,0 817,4 80,50 1.701,5 1.730,00 2.951,5 6.346,0 5.390,0 3.525,5 287,30 445,00 2.404,0 9.140,0 8.484,0 816,60 496,40 1.748,80 2.081,0 785,40 1.567,00 508,20 119,84 1.783,29 531,00 4.635,4

% CHG. 1.122,75 169,10 2.095,0 3.531,8 1.398,50 3.862,0 1.575,0 9.766,0 539,60 474,40 2.342,0 399,90 349,80 774,20 0,612 155,96 473,70 3.931,0 2.506,50 426,70 3.424,3 497,00 174,60 2.590,0 1.591,5 786,6 78,36 1.669,0 1.700,50 2.906,0 6.228,0 5.332,0 3.498,0 284,50 429,00 2.370,0 9.018,0 8.296,0 745,80 483,61 1.730,80 2.031,0 778,60 1.529,50 502,90 116,88 1.750,21 520,20 4.513,0

NET VOL 17,42K 1,19M 52,70K 31,77K 37,55K 13,32K 47,31K 166,14K 297,07K 45,66K 40,34K 600,91K 565,08K 832,49K 0 7,65M 354,84K 17,08K 454,92K 3,16M 20,60K 197,38K 1,52M 47,20K 44,19K 285,56K 670,86K 50,03K 299,27K 124,19K 20,53K 48,04K 243,10K 1,57M 951,45K 174,08K 34,73K 35,71K 662,98K 1,01M 962,51K 57,55K 92,11K 54,01K 5,31M 3,57M 82,21K 312,01K 3,33K

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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

1.427,50 4.275,0 66,83 208,29 2.020,0 723,00 237,30 42,66 6.956,0 771,60 150,80 1.434,00 1.075,50 217,55 6.018,0 1,89 901,78 2.152,2 603,76 975,80 6.018,0 2.133,00 472,90 548,60 5.608,0 87,32 0,60 611,60 1.197,00 0,0453 2.638,0 713,42 988,20 2.888,0 2.291,5 1.188,04 1.489,64 9.702,0 1.714,00 1.135,00 579,00 121,03 245,50 165,40 3.629,0 1.047,00 125,74 2.556,4 830,00

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NET VOL

1.440,50 4.351,0 68,46 213,70 2.028,0 738,60 240,70 43,38 7.112,0 775,20 153,35 1.449,50 1.086,50 221,70 6.138,0 1,89 916,80 2.197,9 611,40 980,20 6.080,0 2.154,41 478,30 555,60 5.650,0 89,78 0,60 621,40 1.206,00 0,0453 2.690,0 733,00 1.009,50 2.893,0 2.299,5 1.201,76 1.500,00 9.808,0 1.740,00 1.163,00 586,40 124,55 251,29 169,94 3.662,5 1.056,00 126,12 2.649,0 842,80

1.417,50 4.273,0 66,78 208,10 1.997,5 722,60 236,70 42,65 6.922,0 771,00 149,80 1.433,50 1.073,50 217,40 6.012,0 1,89 899,20 2.149,1 603,20 971,40 5.990,0 2.133,73 472,00 547,40 5.589,0 86,78 0,60 610,60 1.196,50 0,0453 2.636,0 713,40 986,00 2.872,0 2.276,5 1.188,04 1.484,00 9.670,0 1.708,95 1.134,50 578,60 121,00 245,46 163,88 3.620,5 1.042,50 124,22 2.556,0 829,60

155,64K 15,55K 588,06K 1,43M 35,24K 85,66K 2,89M 28,12M 46,20K 36,73K 1,56M 5,79K 434,06K 3,78M 31,52K 0 385,06K 73,07K 132,57K 807,12K 82,62K 4,65K 261,39K 180,69K 259,00K 5,69M 0 99,12K 2,21K 0 33,50K 994,96K 246,93K 80,88K 2,23M 44,36K 43,87K 16,24K 54,33K 53,32K 652,37K 1,79M 496,10K 384,73K 268,85K 162,78K 5,46M 68,78K 200,01K

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US dollar (USD) ........................................1.0465 Japan yen (JPY)........................................140.74 Switzerland franc (CHF) ...........................1.0378 Denmark kroner (DKK) .............................7.4391 Norway kroner (NOK) ...............................10.275

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PRICE 137,65 154,42 240,01 137,13 127,00 215,18 175,40 43,49 61,41 61,87 287,02 289,24 186,28 136,19 39,18 172,55 119,55 237,38 87,18 252,99 114,73 141,95 178,45 169,30 484,63 50,82 199,51 41,54 121,70 99,40

CHANGE 142,47 157,88 242,08 140,76 132,19 220,22 178,57 43,99 61,88 65,08 298,65 296,50 188,69 137,80 40,08 173,97 123,40 239,51 88,04 260,58 117,09 143,15 183,95 170,81 490,15 51,40 203,42 41,92 122,74 102,12

CHANGE% VOLUME(M) 137,58 5,85M 154,36 2,73M 237,40 2,89M 137,06 91,00M 126,85 7,63M 215,01 2,59M 173,65 9,48M 43,29 20,15M 60,46 14,91M 61,86 6,38M 286,85 3,60M 288,64 4,59M 186,21 2,86M 135,25 4,63M 39,18 42,84M 170,62 6,61M 119,32 12,66M 237,16 1,98M 86,71 8,58M 252,53 30,98M 114,26 6,25M 139,45 6,60M 177,20 7,83M 168,08 1,18M 480,93 2,60M 50,47 19,83M 199,18 5,15M 41,08 6,04M 119,34 8,35M 99,38 15,13M M - MILLION DOLLARS

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Growing inflation THE Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE) announced that annual consumer prices rose by 8.7 per cent in May, up from April figure of 8.3 per cent mainly due to energy and food prices but with those stripped out core in‐ flation was at its highest since 1995 at 4.9 per cent.

Interest rates WITH negative interest rates set by the European Central Bank (ECB) it has now confirmed that it plans to increase by 0.25 per cent in July, the first‐ rate hike in 11 years to try to fight inflation with the expectation of further in‐ creases during the year.

Money making INDITEX just can’t stop making money and de‐ spite €216 million provi‐ sions for losses in Russia and Ukraine, it has re‐ vealed that first quarter sales were €6.7 billion, the highest quarter in a decade as it woos con‐ sumers back to its stores by adding new online charges.

Boots sale THE anticipated selling price for Boots the Chemist went as high as £7 billion but now accord‐ ing to Bloomberg, US owners Walgreens seem likely to consider a £5 bil‐ lion bid. This has appar‐ ently come from a consor‐ tium of American investment fund Apollo Global Management Inc. and Indian multinational Reliance Industries Ltd. If a sale is agreed, it will indi‐ cate whether Britain is still seen as a ‘bargain base‐ ment’ for international in‐ vestors looking to take over vulnerable compa‐ nies as happened with Morrisons most recently.

Four-day week DOZENS of UK companies began a four‐day work week trial on June 6 in an atmosphere of rising infla‐ tion, staff shortages and transport strikes.

The trial, which involves dozens of companies from across a broad spectrum, will see staff continuing to be remunerated on their ex‐ isting packages, provided they can maintain 100 per cent productivity.

Researchers from leading universities will be working alongside the companies to monitor the impact of the four‐day week on produc‐ tivity and the well‐being of staff. They will also monitor the effects of the shorter working week on gender equality and the environ‐ ment.

The study follows the ap‐ proval earlier this year in Belgium of a four‐day work‐ ing week as well as an ex‐ periment by Spain’s Tele‐ fónica, although some

RESEARCH STUDY: Fewer days but greater productivity required.

suggest that it’s difficult enough to get to speak to any of their employees working five days a week!

Cambridge and Oxford Universities are also in‐ volved in the study along with the organisers the 4 Day Week Global.

Initially floated by the then leader of the Labour

Party Jeremy Corbyn, the idea of a four‐day work week has grown in populari‐ ty, however, there are fears that the already flagging customer service across the UK will deteriorate even fur‐ ther.

Those involved in the study believe, however, that a five‐day working

week is no longer fit for pur‐ pose and that a four‐day working week will improve productivity and increase general happiness and well‐ being.

One financial draw back, unless working from home, those on a four‐day week will still have to pay the full amount for season tickets.

Cheaper electricity on way GET ready for cheaper electricity in Spain after Congress approved the Royal Decree that will lower the price on June 9.

The measure came into force on Tuesday, June 14 and began to take effect on Wednesday, June 15.

Initially, the impact will be felt by consumers subscribed to the regulat‐ ed rate, but little by little it will also affect those who are in the free mar‐ ket.

With the price of energy skyrocket‐ ing due to a number of factors, this proposal attempts to correct one of the defects of the marginal system that governs the electricity market.

Natural gas is the most expensive source of energy and it controls the final price in the wholesale market.

For this reason, the intention of this decree is to set a limit on the price of gas at €40/MWh. Over the course of a 12‐month period, this will increase to €70/MWh. This is also designed to eliminate

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LITTLE BY LITTLE: Affordable air conditioning this summer.

the ‘extra income’ obtained by the rest of the sources, whose production costs are much lower and benefit from the increase in the price of gas.

It should be noted that the govern‐ ment began with much higher expec‐

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tations of this mechanism. Initially, the forecast was that household elec‐ tricity bills would be reduced by 30 per cent, but now the government has estimated that it will be 15 per cent.

CURRENTLY, Algeria is the second largest supplier of gas to Spain after the USA and it was only last year that it decided not to re‐ new the treaty which al‐ lowed for gas to pass through Morocco to the Iberian Peninsula.

At that time, Spanish politicians were quick to enter into new negotia‐ tions with the Algerians who at the time were in‐ tent on penalising Morocco rather than Spain and agreed to increase gas flow though the direct pipelines.

Relations however have dropped to an all time low following the Spanish about face to support the Moroccan claims on West‐ ern Sahara which has re‐ sulted in the banning of all non‐ gas trade by the Alge‐ rians.

With continued escala‐ tion in world energy prices, gas could become a very important bargaining chip for Algeria to hold over Spain.

Lidl expands LIDL is making progress in its objective of continuing to grow steadily in Spain with the opening of five new shops in June after in‐ vesting some €32 million and creating more than 70 new jobs.

The new supermarkets are located in La Pobla de Vallbona (Valencia) which is open, Santa Pola (Alicante), Figueres (Girona), Madrid and La Rinconada (Sevilla).

The Santa Pola and Girona stores will open to‐ day June 16, with Madrid and Sevilla stores opening on June 23.

This follows the February opening of nine new outlets and is part of a €1.5 billion investment plan in the Spanish market.

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Natural mosquito repellents MOSQUITOS are a nui‐ sance during the summer or in hot, tropical regions. Al‐ though they can transmit diseases in some places, mosquito bites are mostly harmless. However, those who have ever been unable to sleep because of a mosquito buzzing in their ear or who have suffered for days with an itchy bite will be pleased to know that there are some effective natural repellents.

Before using any type of repellent, think about whether your home is the perfect den for mosquitos.

Fountains, swimming pools and even plant pots are ide‐ al for their reproduction and survival, which is why it is important to try to keep the water as clean as possible.

Having said that, try these natural repellents: ‐ Add about 20 drops of

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Mosquito repellents are essential for avoiding those pesky bites.

eucalyptus oil to a contain‐ er of water and place it near your bed. You can also add it to products such as body cream or shampoo and use them before going outdoors. ‐ Place a few sprigs of eu‐ calyptus, rosemary or thyme on the doors and windows of the rooms in your home. These plants give off a scent that is very unpleasant to mosquitoes, making them an effective repellent.

‐ As you probably find it impossible to keep the win‐ dows closed during sum‐ mer, you can repel mosquitos by placing glass‐ es filled with water and some white vinegar on the window sills. ‐ Incense, candles and oils of certain fragrances, such as citronella, lemon, laven‐ der and basil, are very effec‐ tive against mosquitos, making them ideal for open spaces such as gardens or patios.

HEALTH & BEAUTY

By Clinica Britannia

Benefits of Dental Implants IF you do not have all your teeth, it can be embarrass‐ ing when smiling, make you look older, cause your teeth to shift position and can often be painful to eat.

Before the creation of dental implant technolo‐ gy, there were almost no substitutes when it came to a missing tooth. The most common recom‐ mendations were to get removable dentures, or to have fixed bridges placed in the mouth. Today, im‐ plant surgery has made it possible to restore one’s missing teeth without it af‐ fecting the person’s teeth or general dental health.

Implants are designed to look like a natural tooth, composed of metal and porcelain, they are a perfect replacement to fill the gap. The implant root,

DENTAL IMPLANTS: To give you greater confidence.

made of titanium which is easily accepted by the body acts as a replace‐ ment for the missing tooth’s root. A tooth‐ coloured crown is placed on top of the implant to match the other teeth.

The benefits of implants is that they are more se‐ cure, there will be virtually no movement, they allow your face to maintains its

natural shape as there is no bone shrinkage, giving you greater self‐confi‐ dence. You will not need to avoid eating certain foods that would other‐ wise cause you discom‐ fort.

Contact your Dentist to check if a dental implant would be a suitable option to fill your gap.

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Flash Pearl Cleaning system DO you want to boost your confidence and smile with pride no matter what your age?

Then the FLASH PEARL CLEANING system may be the answer you are looking for. Many of us suffer from tooth discolouration, due to ‘lifestyle’ habits such as drinking coffee, red wine, or smoking.

FLASH PEARL CLEANING is a safe, gentle, and effective way of removing stubborn lifestyle stains from your teeth helping to make them appear whiter, brighter and feel cleaner than they ever have before. Your Dental specialist will use this system to gently remove these stains, restoring your natural smile.

Due to its formulation, it is also an ideal cleaning product for those pa‐ tients with a sensitivity to sodium bi‐ carbonate or with high blood pres‐ sure. The base of FLASH PEARL is a natural tasting calcium, that due to its spherical particles design rolls

For brighter, whiter, cleaner teeth.

smoothly over the surface of the tooth, gently abrading off stains and plaque without damaging enamel or the support structures of the tooth, this also helps in reducing the acidity of oral fluids, decreases plaque build‐ up.

Contact your Dentist now for a check‐up to see if this amazing clean‐ ing treatment is suitable for you.

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A few more TV irritations NORA JOHNSON

only with their casting but in every‐ thing from production values to plots.

BREAKING VIEWS But the key to all the dramas that hook you are the characters who Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. draw you into the story that may of‐ ten be quite thin.

E V E R Y new British TV Characters like Tony drama now seems to be a Soprano (‘The Sopra‐ cop show. So predictable, nos’, ostensibly about though maybe under‐ the Mafia, is also standable why one Tory about morality, reli‐ MP in his 60s googles, um, gion, being young, ‘tractors’ for entertain‐ old, middle‐aged and ment. Well, each to his frequently extremely own! funny; I’m still waiting Take the latest, ‘DI Ray’, for the sequel: ‘The for instance. For a country Contraltos’), Reacher where police are unarmed in, um, ‘Reacher’, there were countless guns Bosch in ‘Bosch’ and in evidence. Many years many others... ago an unarmed cop pal But then, as a crime in London arrested a flee‐ writer myself, I’m a ing suspect by shouting: tad biased!

Nora’s latest thriller.

“Stop or I’ll shoot!” Back Nora Johnson’s crit‐ then he was congratulated, today ically acclaimed psychological crime he’d be disciplined. thrillers (www.nora‐johnson.net) all Basically, I much prefer to watch US available online including eBooks or European drama productions (€0.99; £0.99), Apple Books, audio‐ nowadays. They seem to reflect the books, paperbacks at Amazon etc. real world much more faithfully, not Profits to Cudeca cancer charity.

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FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH FROM time to time letters and articles are published warning readers about ‘new tricks’ being used to steal from unsuspecting victims. As a former 30‐ year career detective in the UK and over 20 years working as a volunteer with the National Police, and a couple of years with the Guardia Civil, I know there are no new tricks, just some you may not be aware of.

There are a few precau‐ tions which will afford protection from most pickpocketing attempts.

Don’t take unnecessary valuable items with you when you go out, never put items of value in easily accessible pockets, espe‐ cially in loose fitting gar‐ ments. You will not ‘feel’ an attempt to steal.

If approached by a stranger in a public place, or jostled, bumped into etc, very common getting on and off buses, trains, in markets, etc, be aware it may be an attempt to steal from you, so where possible keep your dis‐ tance. And of course it’s not wise to put valuable items in handbags, back‐ packs, bum bags, etc.

Generally, it’s better not to take difficult to replace original documents out with you if that can be avoided. Keep copies of all valuable documents, photos of watches, jew‐ ellery etc at home, so if you are a victim you will have them to assist police investigations.

If you have a mobile I suggest downloading the ‘Alert Cops app’ so you can easily summon police

help or inform them in En‐ glish of crimes being com‐ mitted.

John Carrington

Superiority Little men and their big ambi‐ tions Napoleon, Hitler and now Putin.

Is it because they feel it nec‐ essary to impose themselves

upon others who are far supe‐ rior than they could ever be?

Putin has made himself president of Russia for life and locks up any political opposi‐ tion, plus with his anti ‐west‐ ern stance ensures that there is no chance of peace in the world.

VIVA UCRANIA !

Brian Johnston Benalmadena

OUR VIEW INEVITABLE BUT PREVENTABLE THE fire season appears to have arrived early in Spain, this year spurred on by very hot weather coupled with strong winds.

Councils across the nation have been implementing procedures to try to stop the outbreak of forest and scrub fires, but much depends upon individuals being sensible and taking precautions themselves.

Speculation about the cause of the recent fire in the Pujerra area of the Costa del Sol has been rife but as yet no firm statement has been given.

There is no doubt that over the years fires have been started maliciously either out of spite or for some obscure financial reason and in the worst cases people have lost their properties and firefighters have died.

Other reasons for fires include, use of barbecues in areas where they shouldn’t be, throwing away lit cigarette ends and even leaving behind glass bottles which act as magnifying glasses for the sun.

However, the Euro Weekly News would like to advise everyone to be careful during the summer months and people should be extremely cautious.

The work of the various emergency services is always exemplary, but with large areas of scrub and forests, they are inevitably fighting on the back foot once a fire starts and we all have an absolute responsibility to do what we can individually to ensure that we don’t act irresponsibly.

Fire is dangerous and costly both to those who are directly affected whether by evacuation or loss of their homes as well as to the councils who fund the emergency services and ensure that their staff are not, wherever possible, endangered.

Hopefully this year will be safer than 2021 and everyone will do their best to reduce the risks wherever they can.

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Laura Kemp A N E W LY r e l e a s e d study carried out by Dogs Trust has re‐ vealed that around eight in 10 owners said companionship for themselves was a rea‐

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The research, which involved collecting da‐

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ta from a large number of respondents (8,050 current and 2,884 po‐

tential dog owners completed the survey), sought to explore own‐ ers’ motivations for acquiring dogs.

Other popular rea‐ sons to get a dog were to help a dog in need, which had been the motivation for half of current owners, and many current and po‐ tential owners wanted a dog to encourage them to exercise, with nearly three quarters of potential owners giving this as their rea‐ son.

Ka t r i n a H o l l a n d a n d Rebecca Mead, re‐ searchers at Dogs Trust who led the study, said: “Despite the huge popularity of dogs in the UK, there is a lack of published evi‐ dence exploring exact‐ ly why people get dogs. As the UK’s lead‐ ing canine charity, we wanted to address this gap and, while there are no big surprises from what we found, we’re really glad to have some solid evi‐ dence about why peo‐ ple choose to bring a dog into their life.”

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A newly released study from Dogs Trust reveals the reasons people become dog owners.

Commonly men‐ tioned dog qualities in‐ cluded their ‘loving’ and ‘loyal’ nature and some participants dis‐ tinguished dogs’ roles and qualities from those of other pets, in‐ cluding cats, highlight‐ ing the distinct kind of companionship they offer.

People who had pre‐ viously owned a dog referred to this experi‐

ence as a motivating factor for getting a dog again, with prior own‐ ership a reported in‐ fluence for around three quarters of po‐ tential owners.

For others, prior ex‐ periences of meeting dogs contributed to their decision, with around a quarter of current owners saying this had influenced them.

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Mandatory sleep detectors THE General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) has re‐ minded drivers that mandatory fatigue and sleep detectors will be fitted in new cars from July 2022.

It is estimated by the body that 93 per cent of traffic accidents are due to driver distraction, and for this reason, from July 2022, all newly regis‐ tered cars must incorpo‐ rate the eight Advanced Driver Assistance Sys‐ tems (ADAS) in them.

Although the Intelli‐ gent Speed Assistance (ISA) will ensure that drivers do not exceed the established speed limits, they must also carry the fatigue and sleep detector.

The fatigue and sleep detection assistant was born with the aim of helping to solve distrac‐ tions that are the result of tiredness or lack of adequate attention.

According to provi‐ sional data from the DGT, during 2020, a total of 380 people lost their lives when the vehicle in which they were travel‐ ling went off the road.

This device works through three elements.

First of all, there is a sensor built into the steering wheel that anal‐ yses the pressure the driver exerts on it. It al‐ so gauges the move‐ ments of a driver’s hands and any changes of direction.

In the most advanced systems, a camera will also be installed that monitors the move‐ ments of the face and features. In addition, the engine control unit will analyse the length of time the engine has been running.

Through these mecha‐ nisms, if the detector as‐ sesses there is fatigue ‐ or in the case of driving for more than two hours without stopping ‐ it will emit a light signal in the form of a cup of coffee, accompanied by a text that will warn the driver to stop.

NEW CARS: Will be fitted with sleep detectors.

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Red Bull unbeatable MAX VERSTAPPEN won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku on Sunday, June 12, to extend his lead at the top of the driver’s championship to 34 points.

There is still some way to go, but Red Bull looks to be unbeat‐ able already this season.

Teammate Sergio Perez brought the other Red Bull car home in second place to strengthen the team’s hold on the constructor’s cham‐ pionship too.

Charles LeClerc had started on pole in the Ferrari for the sixth time out of eight races, and his second consecutive pole in Baku. An engine failure put him out of the race though, his second retire‐ ment with engine problems al‐ ready this year, something that will surely cause worry to the Ferrari chiefs after their showing in Monaco.

To compound Ferrari’s woes,

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their Spanish driver Carlos Sainz had retired earlier following a hydraulic failure, after running in second spot.

A stunning move by Perez saw him beat the Frenchman into Turn 1 and into the lead. Ver‐ stappen gave chase until the virtual safe‐ ty car was called up‐

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen on the podium in Azerbaijan.

on after Sainz drove his Ferrari into the run‐off area on lap nine.

Ferrari took advantage of a pit stop, hoping the fresh rubber would give them an edge.

It took the Dutch world cham‐ pion until lap 15 to gain the lead, with team orders instruct‐ ing Perez to let him through. An‐ other virtual safety car ap‐ peared after an engine failure on Kevin Magnussen’s Haas ‐ al‐ so supplied by Ferrari ‐ after which, the race was simply a pa‐ rade as the Red Bulls drove to victory.

Britain’s George Russell brought the Mercedes home in third to clinch a podium finish, with his teammate, former world champion Lewis Hamilton fighting through the field to fin‐ ish behind him in fourth.

Next up, the teams travel across to the other side of the globe for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal on Sunday, June 19.

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One of the greatest rugby players ever dies aged 73 THE world of rugby was in mourning on Sunday, June 12, after news of the death of the legendary Wales and British Lions fly‐half and captain Phil Bennett OBE, at the age of 73. He was globally recognised as one of the greatest No10s to ever grace the game.

Scarlets Rugby announced his passing on Twitter, revealing that the rugby great had died at his home in the Welsh market town of Llanelli, surrounded by close family.

Bennett was an integral part of the supreme Welsh rugby team of the 1970s that scooped two Grand Slams in the Five Nations Champi‐ onships. When the British and Irish Lions embarked on their historic unbeaten tour of South Africa in 1974, Bennett was again a key player in this achievement, scoring a personal tally of 103 points.

Having played in several positions for Wales, Bennett made the No10 jersey his own in 1972 when he succeeded another Welsh icon, Barry John. His outstanding ability on the rugby pitch earned him an OBE in 1979, and in 2005 he was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame.

In a post on Twitter, the Welsh Rugby Union described Phil Bennett as: ‘a rugby legend in every sense, and a true gentleman’.

‘We are saddened to learn of the death of Phil Bennett. Phil toured with the Lions in 1977 and was a key member of the revered Invinci‐ bles of ‘74. Our sympathies are with his family and friends at this time.

He will be greatly missed. RIP Lion #50’', tweeted the British and Irish Lions.

English rugby icon Sir Bill Beaumont tweeted: ‘Desperately sad to hear of Phil Bennett’s passing. One of the greats of Welsh and Lions rugby. Many a wonderful memory of touring with him in 77. Lovely person. Condolences to his family and friends at this sad time’.

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