Euro Weekly News - Costa de Almeria 16 - 22 April 2020 Issue 1815

The people’s paper ISSUE NO. 1815

HOPE HORIZON

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A SMALL but significant sense of normality is being restored in Spain as the government eases the lockdown and allows millions of ‘non-essential’ workers back to work. The move comes as Spain records its lowest number of Covid-19 cases in three weeks, falling to 3,477. Construction, factory and shipyard workers can return to work after a fortnight ban, as can cleaners, sanitation and security employees among others. Ghostly quiet towns and cities will see more activity as an estimated 1.7 million people head back to work. Supermarkets are noticeably busier after closures for the Easter period, while shoppers are still taking recommended precautions, and there appears to be a rise in road traffic. While chemists, supermarkets, petrol stations, tobacconists and launderettes have stayed open through the State of Alarm, bars, restaurants, cafes and nightclubs have remained closed, and there are no immediate plans to change this. Though the lift of the ‘industrial lockdown’ has been welcomed by many, there are concerns

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RETURNING TO WORK: Hopes of some sense of normality. it’s still too early. The President of the Catalan government, Quim Torra, is not in favour of Spain’s executive’s decision, but with no power to block the move, put forward a plan to ease a potential negative im-

pact. Some of these measures include checking the temperatures of workers twice a day, with the health services alerted in any case of an increase in temperature. On Monday morning, police in Madrid were

FREE • GRATIS handing out protective masks to commuters returning to work ‘who have no alternative means of transport.’ Other measures to ease the country out of lockdown include increasing the frequency of public transport by a third while ensuring a minimum distance of 1.5 metres between passengers at any bus stops or train platforms. The Catalan government intends to stagger movements by introducing shifts and to provide workers who may come into close contact with each other with personal protection equipment. These precautionary measures may well be adopted across the country.

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EASTER HOLIDAYS AT HOME LAST week Euro Weekly News asked its readers how they would be celebrating this year’s unusual Easter holiday, as traditions and celebrations must be kept within the household as a result of the quarantine imposed by the State of Alarm and coronavirus pandemic. Given the extraordinary circumstances we find ourselves in, some of our readers have gone to extraordinary measures to make sure they make this Easter just as memorable! A few of our readers have truly missed being able to share this special holiday with their most loved ones, something that will certainly never be taken for

granted again. Although social distancing makes it impossible to go over to a relative’s house for dinner, it doesn’t mean you can’t invite the whole family to a video call. Thanks to the wonders of technology, families across the UK and Spain have been able to be ‘virtually present’ at each other’s Easter meals in an attempt to add some normalcy to this abnormal situation. Another reader in Nottingham, has let EWN know that although their camping holiday over Easter was cancelled, this did not discourage them from celebrating it in full force. They set up camp in their back garden to enjoy the sunshine and give their two little boys some form of adventure during the

EASTER CELEBRATIONS: This year was unusual. quarantine ‘holidays.’ The whole family slept in tents overnight so they could wake up ready to start their traditional treasure hunt on Easter Sunday. A reader, in Benalmadena, has remained determined to practise her faith, especially now, as we navigate through these unprecedented and tough times. Although she was not able to go to Easter Mass, her church organised the service to be livestreamed over social media. Although the faithful cannot

physically attend, they are there in spirit. She also had some incense similar to the one typically smelt on the streets of Malaga during this religious holiday which brought a comforting smell into the house. A family in Alicante decided to take it easy, sit back, and relax during the holidays. Amongst all the pressure to be productive and constantly be doing something, this couple decided to take the time to truly relax. They ordered a take-out instead of getting in the kitchen

and rented Jesus Christ Superstar to watch as a special treat. A kitchen-fanatic in Almeria decided that despite the fact that Semana Santa was cancelled she was still going to enjoy eating her favourite traditional sweet dish - Torrijas. This typical Spanish treat, which is similar to French toast, is made with old bread dipped in a milk, egg, and cinnamon mixture, which is then deep fired and finally soaked in sugar. Definitely not a treat for the faint hearted!

Music for Hope ANDREA BOCELLI: Performed a free concert.

FROM the doors of the Duomo Cathedral in Milan, Italian opera singer, Andrea Bocelli preformed a beautiful, yet audience-free concert, titled Bocelli: Music for Hope, which was live-streamed for viewers quarantined at home. The Italian tenor was accompanied by cathedral organist, Emanuele Vianelli and preformed pieces such as Ave Maria and Sancta Maria. The mayor of Milan, Guiseppe Sala, lamented that “This year, Easter will be very different for all of us. “The joyous serenity that usually comes

with this day, has been greatly troubled by the pandemic we are experiencing. I am sure that the extraordinary voice of Bocelli will be the embrace we are missing these days, a strong, special hug, capable of warming the heart of Milan, Italy and the world.” Regardless of faith, Bocelli hopes Sunday will have brought together “millions of clasped hands everywhere in the world.” To view the recording of Bocelli simply visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=huTUOek4LgU.

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Confinement comforts AS the nation is forced to stay indoors amid the coronavirus pandemic, it is hardly surprising sales of alcohol and tobacco have soared since the coronavirus outbreak. Social media is awash with images of trolleys stacked high with beer and other alcoholic beverages, as shoppers prepare for a lengthy lockdown, and tobacco sales have shot up. Whether it is to battle the boredom or as a coping mechanism, experts say the reality is alcohol and tobacco consumption is on the rise, presenting its own health, psychological and social issues. Some countries have gone so far as to ban the purchase of alcohol amid fears of a rise in domestic violence. The World Health Organisation has dubbed drinking to deal with stress an ‘unhelpful coping strategy,’ highlighting the fact alcohol is a toxic and psychoactive substance with dependence producing properties, and contributes to three million deaths each year globally. In Spain, the sale of beer rose by 77.65 per cent in the first week of April with respect to the previous week, while wine jumped by 62.7 per cent and alcoholic drinks by 36.58 per cent, according to a study in the consumer magazine Inforetail, which is supported by the Spanish Association of Distributors, Self-Service Stores and Supermarkets (Asedas). The hike since the government announcement is believed to be because people are limited to the number of visits they can make to supermarkets, and therefore buy more each trip, as well as boredom. With regards to tobacco, sales have shot up. But the industry points out this does not necessarily mean more people are smoking, it could indicate smokers are stocking up in

SALES UP: Wine purchases up more than 60 per cent.

SEX WORKERS: Have been left ‘out on the streets.’

TOBACCO: It is believed people are stocking up.

preparation for several more weeks in lockdown. The biggest tobacco producers have recorded huge sales in the first quarter of 2020. So far this year, Marlboro is by far the most valuable tobacco brand of choice in the world, with a brand value of almost €30.5 billion. L&M, which ranked second, is worth €5.5 billion. Sales of tobacco products in

the UK increased by 9 per cent in the third week of March compared to the same period in 2019, according to global data analysis firm, Nielsen. The rise is in contrast with a 1 per cent fall in the 12 months to March, compared with the same period a year earlier, as health-conscious smokers reportedly quit or switched to reduced-risk products such as vaping devices and oral tobacco. Meanwhile other industries in Spain face an uncertain future. Prior to the coronavirus crisis, estimates put revenue from Spain’s domestic sex trade at €24.5 billion a year, with an estimated workforce of 300,000 and hundreds of licensed brothels. But the industry faces ruin, with the vast majority of sex workers left ‘out on the streets’ without much support. Unlike regular employees, most sex workers won’t benefit directly from the package of loans the government or financial assistance for the self-employed. Around 90 female workers at one of Europe’s biggest brothels, Paradise, in La Jonqera, Gerona, literally found themselves on the street when the venue closed its doors on March 13, amid strict State of Alar m measures. Club owner, José Moreno, has reportedly filed for the temporary layoff scheme ERTE, which affects 69 employees, but none of these are sex workers. Moreno told El Pais “two months of closure means ruin, we’ve survived so far, but we’ll see what happens from now on.” A GoFundMe page has been set up on behalf of OTRAS Union to support sex workers in Spain, ‘who are still in danger’ and left to fend for themselves. They have raised €4,450 of their €14,000 since March 25.

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SIXTY small Costa Almeria municipalities are set to receive direct Junta de Andalucia funding to help them fight coronavirus. The Tourism, Regeneration, Justice and Local Administration regional ministry has allocated just short of €680,000 to assisting localities of less than 1,500 inhabitants and one ELA Autonomous Local Entity acquire materials for deal-

Funding to fight coronavirus ing with Covid-19. The amounts of between €6,000 and €21,000 for municipalities including Taberno, Bedar, Partaloa, Maria, Chirivel and Lubrin will be to buy cleaning and disinfection materials, masks, gloves, disinfectant gel and other protection

Disinfecting the streets TWO crews of volunteers from the Levante firefighting consortium have bolstered the Mojacar Council coronavirus State of Alarm intense cleaning and disinfection campaign.

The teams spent a morning washing down the village and the beach area with sodium hypochlorite provided by the council, focusing particularly on zones like bus stops and outside banks,

pharmacies and supermarkets. The council stressed the firefighters made their important contribution to ensuring Mojacar is coronavirus-free outside their working hours, sharing turns and breaks in order to have teams ready to go in the event of a fire or rescue situation. The municipal cleaning service is doing regular wash downs around the municipality. A team uses

a 2,500-litre capacity water truck to thoroughly disinfect the busiest locations every 48 hours and a water truck washes down the streets every day. The local authority said the special cleaning efforts will continue as long as the health emergency State of Alarm remains in force as an important containment measure to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

CONTRIBUTION: The fire service crews carried out the disinfections in their own time.

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items, and to contract personnel. “We have to be supportive of the small municipalities, which are the ones which have the least resources,” commented Junta Vice-President and regional Local Administration minister Juan Marin.

CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Mojacar

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AN attempt to get round the lockdown restriction on more than one person per vehicle by hiding the passenger in the boot got rumbled in Huercal de Almeria. The mother and adult son who tried to pull it off were spotted by Guardia Civil out on patrol to ensure citizen compliance with the State of Alarm. The officers saw the son climb into the boot while his mum shut him in. When the Guardia went over to find out what the pair were up to, they told the officers they had done a 2.6-kilometre trip to open a bank account and thought the son could go along in the boot. The pair were sanctioned for disobeying the coronavirus crisis Royal Decree.

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Councillors donate pay to Covid-19 investigation GARRUCHA mayor and councillors are donating €10,000 of their salaries to coronavirus research. The money will go to the CISC scientific research centre “for the purpose of financing different research projects being carried out in the search for a vaccine against Covid-19, among others,” explained council leader Maria Lopez Cervantes on the local authority’s Facebook page. “In the face of the serious health, social and economic crisis caused by Covid-19, we want to demonstrate our firmest commitment with our society,” the mayor stated. Lopez Cervantes also expressed the council’s recognition for everyone whose work is contributing to the fight against the pandemic, as well as to health personnel, cleaning staff, works and service, home assistants, law enforcement, Civil Protection and the workers who “continue their work in the services and businesses which supply us with essential needs, goods and services. “In the hope this terrible situation ends as soon as possible, this government team wants to thank the people of Garrucha for their commitment, solidarity and patience,” the mayor ends.

Lions’ post-crisis plans VERA and District Lions club is thinking ahead to assistance it can provide after the coronavirus health crisis “when others will n e e d o u r h e l p m o re than ever,” press officer Ceri Norman told the Euro Weekly News. Ceri reminds people they can join as a member, or alternatively as a friend, meaning no joining fee and no requirement to attend monthly meetings, but still supporting the Lions. There are social occasions and updates on events and the work be-

ASSISTANCE: The Lions’ help will be needed more than ever once the Covid-19 crisis comes to an end, says Ceri Norman. ing done. “One option is to become a friend and volunteer. There is no commitment on the amount of volunteering, but it gives the Lions a bank of volunteers to call upon,”

elsewhere in Spain, including Marbella, Malaga, Badajoz and Barcelona. Some of the Cuevasmade screens have even gone to the UK, specifically to the Royal Berkshire hospital in Reading. The masks are being produced at home by a sizeable group of locals. Cuevas Civil Protection have been delivering the masks to the municipal medical centre, the residence for the elderly and to any residents who need them. Cuevas Council thanked the local volunteers for doing their bit to defeat coronavirus. Also health professionals, law enforcement officers and Civil Protection, and citizens for staying at home.

Ceri explained. Plans are afoot to open a Lions charity shop staffed voluntarily by Lions members and volunteers. There will also be the Party in the Park event originally sched-

uled for April later in the year. Ceri also called on local businesses to “become a friend, and support us by promoting our events, having a collection box, or by just showing your support by displaying our window sticker,” pointing out the club covers a large region extending as far as Albox and the surrounding area. For more information email veralionssecre tary@gmail.com, or send a message via Facebook or WhatsApp to Andy on 711 005 682.

Dolphins show up for Easter NOT too many people will have spotted them thanks to the lockdown, but dolphins made an Easter appearance in Mojacar. The Equinac marine life res-

cue association posted a video in which you can just make out dolphins leaping out of the sea in front of what would normally have been a seafront bustling with locals and visitors.

Volunteers working non-stop VOLUNTEERS in Cuevas del Almanzora have been working non-stop since the start of the State of Alarm to produce personal protection materials for coronavirus frontline workers. Between them they have now made more than 3,000 masks and 1,000 face screens. Six Cuevas residents with 3-D printers are producing the face screens using materials supplied by the council, local businesses and members of the public. The screens have been given out to the health centres, police, Civil Protection and banks, among others, in Cuevas itself. They have also been sent to hospitals and health centres in Murcia region and to hospitals

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ALL ALONE: Dolphins enjoying Mojacar’s quiet coastline.

Illegal immigrant document scam

BUSY: Cuevas residents have made more than 3,000 masks and 1,000 face screens.

Way down INEVITABLY the State of Alarm pushed Almeria airport’s March passenger numbers way down. The figures reveal a 62.2 per cent drop on March 2019 to just short of 20,400. Of these 15,334 were on domestic flights, representing a decrease of 64.7 per cent on a year earlier. A total of 5,045 passengers travelled on international flights, 54.1 per less than March 2019.

POLICE in El Ejido made three arrests and are investigating tens of others after uncovering a scam to get illegal immigrants necesPROFITABLE: The property owner sary documents charged immigrants between for residency ap€150 and €300 for using his plications. address. Working in collaboration with the Almeria Immigration Office and Adra Council, investigators discovered that the same address featured on no less than 58 applications for residency and works authorisations on the grounds of social ties to the community. The property owner is among those detained. Police said he had been charging immigrants between €150 and €300 for using his address. Both he and the person trying to remain legally in Spain would go to Adra Town Hall to both sign a declaration falsely stating that the immigrant lived in the property and therefore allow them to be added to the municipal ‘padron,’ or register or residents. The police identified 52 Moroccans and six Senegalese who looked to have gone down this particular illegal route to get registration of residency papers, which were subsequently included among the documentation they presented at the Immigration Office. Police said the investigation has not yet concluded and they have not ruled out further arrests.

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COMMUNITY HEROES IF there is one good thing to come out of the devastating coronavirus crisis which had turned everyone’s lives upside down, it is the strong sense of community and the spirit of solidarity we have seen across the Costa Almeria. Individual acts of kindness and support go a very long way at exceptional and difficult times like these. The health emergency and the State of Alarm restrictions have dealt a massive hammer blow to Almeria’s economy, but that hasn’t stopped local businesses from stepping up to the mark and doing their bit to help people get through it.

THE SEWING ROOM is a great example of an enterprise which is using its enforced closure under the State of Alarm restrictions to assist in the local battle against Covid-19. Under normal circumstances the business operates out of the Glad Rags boutique in Albox town centre, clearly impossible at the moment. But rather than sit on her hands the company’s Jo Ruddle has been hard at it making distinctly jaunty face masks for sale at a minimal price at Harrison’s Convenience Store. Owner Nicki Harrison got in touch with Jo as she was concerned about her customers not having protection and because she was getting enquiries about supplies as people were having trouble finding them elsewhere. So Jo set to it using bits of cotton fabric AS the health emergency restrictions come into the fourth week, understandably making sure there are sufficient supplies of food at home have taken on a whole new level of importance for many people, especially for the more vulnerable groups in society. But there are hard-working local businesses out there who even in the midst of the coronavirus crisis are going the extra mile to keep the local community well fed. TC’s bar-cafe in Albox is providing five proper meals a day for just €20. TC’s owner Cath Kinsela told the Euro Weekly News she was initially thinking about pensioners, but under current State of Alarm circumstances the initia-

CREDIT: Jo Ruddle Facebook page

Stitching skills put to good use BUSY BEE: Jo has made some 400 masks in just over a fortnight.

SOLIDARITY: “We are all in this together,” says Jo.

and elastic from her stock at home. When the Euro Weekly News spoke to Jo on Monday she had just delivered 60 to Harrison’s and had made nearly 400 altogether. Jo stresses that the masks are not medical grade, but says they are machine washable and offer some level of

protection. The mask-making is certainly keeping Jo busy, but she’s happy to be occupied and doing something useful at the same time. Jo told EWN that more than anything she wants to “help the community stay safe and to defeat this horrible virus. “We are all in this together,” Jo stresses. “The important things is to stay safe and not go out unless you have to. And if you do go out, to make sure you are protected.”

Keeping Albox well-fed

READY TO GO: TC’s are delivering pre-prepared meals to local residents. tive is really ideal for anyone living on their own or who needs a decent meal cooked for them.

Cath prepares quite a choice as well, going from chicken breast and pork or beef, to steak pies, all sorts of curries and a range of vegetables. She also does home deliveries in the Albox area, or people can drive to TC’s and Cath will bring the meals out to the car, duly observing social distancing recommendations. For Cath it is all about pitching in to help the community get through this unprecedented time, when so many are very worried. She is bearing up she told EWN.

“You have to cope, because we don’t know what’s going to happen when the doors open up again,” she remarked in reference to her business. On a more personal level on how she’s getting through it, Cath admitted, “I try not to think about it. “You don’t know what to expect day-to-day and how this horrible situation will come out.” Like Jo, Cath believes the most important thing right now is for everyone to “stay indoors and wait until it all calms down.” But Cath is looking forward to the day when she can “open up and we can get on with our lives and have a bit of normality, and seeing everyone being able to breathe easy again.”

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Twitter Donation TWITTER co-founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey has pledged to donate $1 billion to the fight against coronavirus. Dorsey tweeted that he would move the amount representing some 28 per cent of his wealth from his shares in Square, a digital payments company he also co-founded, to a new charitable fund called Start Small “to fund global Covid-19 relief.” "After we disarm this pandemic, the focus will shift to girl’s health and education, and UBI," he added, in a reference to the idea of universal basic income. Dorsey also promised it “will operate transparently, all flows tracked here.”

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PRAISING STAFF: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. JACK DORSEY: Helping the fight. The Twitter chief’s donation is the largest single donation to the efforts to defeat coronavirus.

Federer’s Challenge WHILE Wimbledon was cancelled this year because of the coronavirus, it looks like tennis star Roger Federer is staying in shape and has gotten more people to join him. Tennis is best and traditionally played with at least one partner, the champion shows that it can

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be a demanding solo game too. At this time of social distancing, the star has issued a challenge for anyone trying to work out alone; it’s caught on of course and gone viral. You can watch the video on his Twitter account @rogerfederer. Watch the video and try it for yourself.

THE Duke and Duchess of Cambridge praised NHS staff and other key workers for doing an “amazing job” as they met some of their children during a virtual visit to a school in Burnley, Lancashire. William and Kate carried out their first royal tour via video link, chatting to pupils and teachers from the school to learn how they are coping during the coronavirus outbreak. The couple ‘virtually visited’ Casterton Primary Academy, close to Burnley General Hospi-

tal, which has remained open to teach children of key workers and other vulnerable youngsters. “To you and everyone who is in during this time, it must be such a relief for all the parents who are key workers to know that their children have the normality and structure and they’ve got a safe place for them to be,” Kate told the children and teachers. “So really, really well done and for all of you, I know it’s not easy circumstances, but it’s fan-

tastic.” A teacher replied: “Thank you so much. I think everyone is just pleased to be able to help.” William added: “Good northern volunteering spirit going on up there, very good of you!” There was a lighter moment when one of the children asked the future king: “The first William was William the Conqueror. What do you want to be called?” The duke laughed before bashfully swerving the question, saying: “I don’t think I can answer that.”

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OUTRAGE poured on the Costa del Sol and the Costa Blanca as Madrid City residents headed to the coast and their second homes despite the State of Alarm. Motorways were jammed with traffic as residents from Madrid, the worst affected coronavirus area in Spain, headed to their second homes on the coast for Easter.

Coastal outrage Whilst police attempted road blocks anticipating a surge, it didn't seem to deter as hundreds of cars jammed roads for the journey. It's caused an onslaught of calls

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JAM-PACKED: Hundreds of cars.

and messages into the news desk of the Euro Weekly News as readers hit boiling point with outrage at such actions of selfishness as well as breaking the law.

Drug trials CÉSAR HERNÁNDEZ: Some initiatives will not work but others become trials.

THE Covid-19 health crisis has created a high demand for drug trial approvals. In the last month, the Agencia Española del Medicamento has received some 120

“intentions of interest,” says César Hernández, head of the department of Medicamentos de Uso Humano. Of these, 35 have been specified in the formal

presentation of a document, of which 21 have already been approved and are in progress. In addition, permission has been given to carry out another 57 observational studies. Hernández points out that of the 120 initiatives some will never come to fruition, but others will become trials. In certain cases, if they worked with the same idea, they have been asked to group together. "It is more interesting that they come together, that there are fewer but larger initiatives so that it does not happen as in China, where many trials were carried out with so few people that the results have not been useful," says the specialist. For Hernández, the high number of initiatives is good for everyone: it encourages research in Spain, allows groups to gain experience and take advantage of the great potential of Spanish public health, which, due to its universal access and technical level, is traditionally a good participant in large-scale trials. In this case, there are also many affected, which makes it much easier to get volunteers.

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Laser Tests For Covid-19 S PA N I S H m e d i c a l re searchers are looking at the use of laser technology to spot if people have the coronavirus. The Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) has been running six laboratory demonstrations in a longterm project to see if lasers can detect cancer cases and other bacterial infections. Those tests have been promising and scientists believe that once prototypes have been successfully put through their paces, they

hope that the new laser units can be distributed to scan for the coronavirus within a year. Professor Laura Lechuga, from the ICN2 said: “Our detector box is user-friendly with a minimal amount of operating knowledge needed. It could be widely used by doctors and nurses to test patients." The concept is all done by photonics, which focuses on the properties of light, and would bring an instant test result. According to the scientists, their system is allegedly

A CLINICAL trial on how to protect Spain’s health workers from the coronavirus will begin shortly, the Health Ministry has announced. More than 19,000 health workers have tested Covid-19 positive since the beginning of the outbreak - 15 per cent of all cases in Spain.

PROFESSOR LAURA LECHUGA: Detector box is user-friendly. more reliable than the currently used finger-prick testing kit for Covid-19, which

has caused some disagreement over the reliability of the test results.

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For EU support THE majority of Germans are in favour of the EU financially supporting Spain and Italy - the two countries hit hardest by the pandemic. A survey by the ZDF chain shows 68 per cent of Germans think the EU should offer financial aid to both countries. Voters from all parties are in favour, with the exception of the far-right party, AfD, where just 28 per cent support the idea. The parties with the most support are the Grune (85 per cent) and Die Linke (81).

Trials to protect health workers A 10th have been hospitalised and a fifth have recovered. In light of the risks health personnel face on a daily basis, Spain’s Health Minister Salvador

Illa has confirmed the country will soon begin a clinical trial on how to stop frontline workers from becoming infected. The Clinical Trial for the Prevention of Coronavirus Infection

in Health Workers (Epicos), will study 4,000 health workers at all levels, from dozens of hospitals in 13 regions in Spain. Illa said it is the largest trial of its kind in Europe.

The Spanish Medicines Agency has reportedly received 120 proposals for trials in the last few weeks, 21 of which are already approved and underway.

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ALTHOUGH the majority of Guardia Civil officers are involved directly in policing activities as decreed in the State of Alarm due to coronavirus Covid-19, some sections are still undertaking their usual duties. One such is the Nature Protection Service Seprona and they are keeping an alert eye to activities of companies which may try to take advantage of what they perceive to be a lessening of police surveillance. One such company in Coria del Rio,

Sevilla is involved with the production of fertiliser and officers discovered that the company decided to take a chance of remaining undiscovered by discharging contaminated water into the drains through a manhole close to its premises. The discovery was very simple as samples of rainwater accumulated in the grounds of the business, showed, when tested, that they were polluted with waste and the company is likely to be charged with an environmental crime likely to affect public health.

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Sunbather and surfer caught out SUNBATHERS and a surfer who ignored the State of Alarm lockdown restrictions in Spain’s Canary Islands have got caught out. A Guardia Civil helicopter spied two women sunning themselves in a cove on the Pechiguera coast in Yaiza in Lanzarote. The mother and daughter, German residents in Spain, face sanctions for violating the coronavirus health emergency measures on confinement. Just a short time later Guardia officers came across another island resident walking her dog on an area of waste ground in Puerto Calero after driving five kilome-

PROHIBITED: The surfer violated lockdown restrictions movement. tres from heron home in La Asomada, again in violation of the restrictions on movement. Over the water on Fuerteventura, the Guardia discovered a young man surfing in Pozo Negro. He and the three women sanctioned in Lanzarote could have to pay fines of between €601 and €30,000.

Cross-border medication delivery SPAIN-BASED Portuguese citizens stuck in their home country under lockdown restrictions got much-needed medication thanks to a collaboration between the Spanish Red Cross and Guardia Civil and Portugal’s GNR Republican National Guard. All three of the Portuguese live and work in Spain, but found themselves trapped in their holiday homes in Bem-

posta after the border between the two nations was closed. They all got in touch with the Red Cross to see if they could help get their regular prescriptions to them, the nearest authorised border crossing point for travellers and goods being some 100 kilometres away. The Red Cross got the Guardia on board, who in turn contacted the Portuguese authorities.

The result was the literal handing across the border of the medications to the GNR officers, who then did the home deliveries. At the same time the Guardia and Red Cross handed over a donation of materials for a Bemposta residence for the elderly from the pharmacy in Fermoselle, where two of the Portuguese nationals are usually based.

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It’s not a dirty word

CATALAN Socialist and former Spanish Minister Josep Borrell who now holds a senior position in the European Union has said that nationalisation is not a dirty word. He argues that in the current state of fiscal emergency, it is per­ fectly in order for EU member states to temporarily take over companies which are struggling to continue to trade, if they seem to be likely to have long term prospects once the crisis is over. Putting Spanish money into Bankia for example was a form of nationalisation.

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is the second tranche of loans to be made available by the Spanish government so that companies and the selfemployed can continue until the State of Alarm is cancelled.

Blockbusters films for free

Game console sales soar THE Revolut digital bank has re­ leased information regarding pur­ chase habits amongst its 500,000 or so Spanish clients since the declara­ tion of the State of Alarm. Generally with its client base be­ ing young urban professionals the results will not be typical of the whole of Spain and some could have been guessed at, but never­ theless are quite interesting. With no branches and all busi­ ness conducted through a mobile app, it is very easy for the company to collect and analyse figures quick­ ly.

By John Smith First and foremost one of the largest areas of growth has been with regards to the purchase of video games with growth for PlayStation up 158 per cent in March with Nintendo not far be­ hind at 139 per cent. The second fact that jumps out is that although the number of trans­ actions in supermarkets has dropped by about 10 per cent, the spend is much higher than usual which means that people are visit­ ing less often and buying more on

each occasion which is in keeping with Spanish government recom­ mendations. Companies like Amazon who arrange home deliveries of all man­ ner of different products have un­ derstandably benefited as have home entertainment organisations like Apple, Netflix and Spotify, al­ though the percentage growth in this sector is in low double figures. The recommendation not to use cash has caused cash withdrawals at ATMs to fall by 83 per cent, but the biggest casualties are fast food outlets and retail clothing stores.

FOUNDED by the Spanish govern­ ment, the RTVE TV channel is about to launch a specialist online free film channel featuring some of the most popular and success­ ful recent Spanish films by direc­ tors such as Pedro Almodóvar and Javier Fesser. New films will be added regu­ larly during April to the somos­ cine site and although they will of course be broadcast in Spanish, this is a chance for those expatri­ ates who either speak the lan­ guage or want to improve their knowledge in a fun way to see the latest blockbusters.

LEGALLY SPEAKING Must president be a member? The president of our community of 35 properties has been in office for 20 years and now asks at the AGM for someone to relieve him, but his requests have been in vain. Can the names of all residents be ‘put in the hat,’ and the selected person must take office? Many members are of ill health and others only visit here for three months at a time. Is it possible to pay a non­member of the community to serve as president? Our administrator says that Spanish law requires that the community presi­ dent must be an owner. Is this correct? If a name is drawn out of the hat, can that person refuse to serve without con­ sequence? M S (Costa del Sol) Yes, the law says that a community YOU AND THE president must be LAW IN SPAIN a member of the community. A per­ son elected president is required to serve unless he can convince a court judge that he is unable to do so. Per­ haps you could reach an understanding with your admin­ istrator to take on extra duties in exchange for an in­ crease in his fees. This would ease the burden on the president.

DAVID SEARL

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

BUSINESS EXTRA

Petro Euros THANKS to the massive drop of value of shares around the world, the Saudi government backed investment fund PIF has spent more than €1 billion in the past few weeks in purchasing shares in European oil companies.

UK overdraft THE Bank of England has offered the British government the opportunity to borrow up to an initial £400 million by way of an overdraft to help cope with the need to fund additional expenditure caused by the lockdown and Covid-19.

Credit rating STANDARD & POOR’S (S&P) the American credit rating agency has warned that it may have to reduce its rating of Spanish toll road operator Abertis because of the reduction in travel on motorways due to the coronavirus and State of Alarm.

British banks unite THE majority of British Banks and Building Soci­ eties have received ap­ proval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to grant interest free overdrafts of up to £500 to customers with good

credit records. Each bank is making a different offer to cus­ tomers although RBS/ NatWest which still has British government in­ volvement is initially the most parsimonious of

the biggest banks, just undertaking to only charge 18.9 per cent! All of these offers start in April but individuals with UK accounts should check with their banks to see the offer.

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Cut back in oil production FOR the oil producing countries in OPEC and also OPEC+, a high price for crude is absolutely essential in order to keep their economies buoyant in this time of coron­ avirus crisis. Finally it looks as if two of the largest producers Russia and Saudi Arabia are in agreement as to cuts in production in order to try to make the wholesale price increase from the extreme lows that have occurred in the past month. Simply with national and inter­ national lockdowns, the number of people driving has dropped con­ siderably meaning that consump­

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IN AGREEMENT: Oil production continues but at slower pace.

Diageo pay dividend THERE’S money in the black stuff but that’s not just oil as owners of Guinness, Diageo have decided to buck the trend by paying a good dividend to their shareholders.

This goes very much against the grain of other large organisations which have cancelled or postponed theirs but Diageo are paying 27.41p per share held.

More than 50 per cent of Guinness sales are made in pubs and bars, but whilst that revenue is lost, there has been an increase in sales through stores and supermarkets.

tion of diesel and petrol has slumped. Aviation fuel has also taken a sharp drop as fewer airlines are flying fewer people to fewer desti­ nations. To achieve this however there has to be some form of unity amongst major producers and it is only recently that Russia joined OPEC+. Another large producer is Mexi­ co and although part of OPEC+ it is reluctant to reduce production as it needs a constant volume of funds to support its weak econo­ my. According to the Mexican Presi­ dent, the US, although not part of either group, might help resolve the situation by offering to cut its own production as a ‘gift’ to Mexi­ co, although one of the reasons could well be that the production of shale oil is more expensive than production by traditional meth­ ods. If your car’s fuel tank is low, now may be the time to think about filling it up.

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BUSINESS EXTRA Virus buster SANOFI a French pharmaceutical company which manufactures Plaquenil, a drug based on hydroxychloroquine, which is being tested to see whether it can counter the effects of Covid-19 will send a quantity to Spain.

Massive gain AS the stock markets start to recover slightly, the biggest gainer in a single week was Spanish owner of Zara, Amancio Ortega whose worth increased by just under €7 billion, beating fellow billionaires like Jeff Bezos according to Fortune magazine.

Milko calling ONE area of UK business that has benefited from coronavirus is that of dairies which make home deliveries and more streets have seen the return of the electric floats as milkmen across the country add more essentials to their daily deliveries.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT JUST what is wrong with these people? With thousand dying by the day and millions more infected, we are still getting the purveyors of piffle stringing numbers together in an effort to convince us that these amounts of people would have died anyway! Just what planet are they on? For heavens and sanity’s sake, why don’t they all crawl back into their dens of flat earth fantasy and leave those with even a modicum of common sense to face up to reality and get this devastating conflict over with? Rest assured, somewhere out there will also be morons blaming the whole pandemic on some alien attack or other. Ah well, takes all sorts. It’s not only the present situation I find worrying, it’s the aftermath that will see our mental and financial resources stretched to the very limits. I think we need to prepare ourselves for a steep rise in divorce

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Never be same again

A CHANCE: To respect our fellow man.

rates, rampant mental issues, family breakdowns and harrowing tales of personal tragedies. Millions of jobs will have been lost, a multitude of businesses will have crashed and we will undoubtedly experience a re-

cession far worse than any we have seen in the past. There will be soup kitchens on the street with food banks and accommodation for the homeless in greater demand than ever. Hopefully we will avoid rioting and looting in our streets

but don’t hold yer breath! On the positive side there will be tales of valour, victory, sacrifice and succour. The human race is a remarkable phenomena and I believe this horrendous experience will make us far stronger and closer together. Recognising our own fallibilities, will, I feel make us completely rethink our priorities and recognise just how fragile our physical being can be. I think we will be more caring for each other, more attentive to environmental issues and certainly more appreciative of our services and medical workers. Although money will obviously be a major concern, I believe people will have realised that wealth, position and worldly goods mean nothing to a bane that can desecrate the human race in a heartbeat and certainly has no respect whatsoever for material power or wealth. This whole terrifying experience

has been an enormous wake up call. It’s time to step back and smell the flowers. Time to take a long hard look at ourselves and say hello to the neighbours. An opportunity for those, who will undoubtedly continue trying to segregate and undermine our societies, to be shown once and for all they will not be tolerated - with firm measures implemented to prevent them doing so. The one certainty in all this is that our existence as we know it will never be the same again. We must all take this chance to rethink, replenish our resolve and begin to create a new world order of peace, love and respect for our fellow man. And if it has to be achieved with a dove in one hand and a sword in the other. So be it. Keep the Faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com EXPATRADIO.UK

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DO I DETECT AN ACCENT? GAVIN LAMBE-MURPHY JUST before the lockdown restrictions became our way of life, I found myself, perhaps sub-consciously going into slow down mode. As if my mind and body could already sense a change was coming, and without realising it, I started moving at a far slower pace. I recall on March 12, I cancelled all appointments and RSVP’d ‘no,’ to all upcoming engagements. For the first time in years, I had no flights booked, and no packing to do usually I travel between Milan, Monaco and Marbella each month. As a first, I had an empty diary and a sense of freedom. Freedom that I hadn’t realised would soon be taken away. During these days before isolation, I became something of a beach hippy. Marbella, unlike other places, is relatively quiet at this time of year, so I spent my days trying the various chiringuitos, from Playa Los Monteros to Cabopino. Some fantastic, whilst others should be ashamed of the mess they operate. After a few days of beach lifestyle, and a number of long, sunny lunches, I finally made it to the far end of East Marbella, to a great spot, Simbad. A place I look forward to returning to, once the outside world reopens. At lunch, as I sipped a glass of wine and stared out to sea, an English man at the next table, leaned in to say he recognised me from my column and asked how lunch was going. He seemed a nice sort - middle aged, well-dressed and smiling. I replied to let him know that both my choices were perfect. He looked strangely, before asking, do I detect an accent? I have to admit, it did make me laugh. An accent, what on earth do you mean? I asked, although it was clear what he meant. By my accent, he was of course referring to the fact that I wasn’t from the UK. That’s one thing I have noticed since moving to Spain, those from England feel that anyone without a similar accent, is the odd one out. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’ve nothing against people from the UK, or in fact anywhere, but I did feel the need to point something out. This is Europe, a

BEACH HIPPY: Sipping a glass of wine. place where many nationalities blend together and the only ones with the accent are the non-nationals, of whichever given country we visit. He stared blankly, as if offended, before proceeding to list the statistics of how many UK expats there are on the Costa, and how important they are to the local economy etc. My accent is somewhat neutral, having lived in London, Italy, Monaco and now Spain. In fact, I am sometimes asked where m from, as my accent can sound quite mixed up. When he learned that Im Irish, he went on to crack pretty stupid jokes about the Irish accent and asked me to say things such as 33, to see if I could pronounce it correctly. Naturally, I declined his odd request. It was after about 10 minutes of his now intrusion, that I explained I have trouble understanding most accents from the UK, and while he was finding his evaluation of the Irish accent hilarious, I suggested he look at some of the bizarre accents of his own people. He didn’t find that too funny. I finished lunch and walked back along the beach, stopping when a lady wished to say hello to my dog, Henry. Isn’t it a beautiful evening, she exclaimed, with a posh London accent. Innit though, I replied with a wink. Try to stay strong, and remember, we will lunch again. Once the restaurants reopen, we must dress up and go out. So many of these bars and restaurants, have supported so many worthy local causes, to keep spirits strong during these tough days. When, we are free again, let’s make a huge effort to support our local businesses.

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DAVID WORBOYS MAHATMA GANDHI said “the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated.” Mankind has been blessed with mental and physical faculties, superior to all other beings. With this comes responsibility for the welfare of each other, of trees, plants, marine life and the environment. And animals! How well are we doing? For the past 60 years, the factory farming of animals has led to the unimaginable suffering of countless billions of cows, pigs and chickens. These innocent sensitive animals are separated from their young, injected with chemicals and unnatural ‘food’ and caged, often in their own faeces, with no space and just enough air to sustain their wretched existences. The United States is the biggest of hundreds of guilty nations. When we ourselves are no longer ‘caged,’ will we begin to

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FACTORY FARMING: Innocent, sensitive animals are separated from their young. learn from our own present inconveniences? In Spain, bullfighting is still practised in the majority of regions. I am ashamed that I have attended two corridas - in Barcelona (1961) and in Granada (1968). I boasted that I had seen the legendary Antonio Or-

donez and I read Hemingway and even studied the history. By the early 70’s, I regarded it as a depraved form of entertainment, marketed as a ‘contest’ between man’s skill and the bull’s strength. It is nothing of the sort. For me, seeing little children among the spectators ap-

plauding the barbaric torture of these proud beasts is disturbing, whatever the colourful traditions and drama. Millions of pigs are slaughtered in the most inhumane way in this country that keeps millions of birds locked up for ‘life’ in tiny cages. Every day

there are reports of the sadistic treatment and appalling neglect of beasts of burden, farm animals and domestic pets. It is clear to me that we are currently experiencing a major ‘market adjustment.’ We have abused our domain over our fellow beings, the animal kingdom. We have polluted the air, sea and land of our own planet and messed up the climate. We are destroying the rain forests. As travel, migration and globalisation have expanded, our standards and morals have dropped dramatically. There is too much selfishness and hatred and not enough love and compassion. We are all guilty in varying degrees. The Spanish and the American people have so many virtues, especially as individuals. As societies, they have failed miserably in regard to animal rights. And we are all paying a price. I fear that, if we don’t quickly mend our ways, there will be worse to come.

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DEAR Euro Weekly, Thank god (‘scuse the pun) you still graced us with some Easter news and ideas. I was so worried it was all going to be brushed under the carpet this year. We have two young children and normally make a big deal of getting up and having hot cross buns, painting eggs and then taking the kids out to roll them down the hill. The kid’s section you did was a good idea as we are running out of ideas for them so we dipped dyed the eggs and hid them around the house instead. I tried to make hot cross buns, but am no Mary Berry, they were a bit hard. I hope all the readers managed to have a lovely time too, even if it was just Skyping their families or watching Easter films. Happy (belated) Easter. Suzie Bellows Marbella

Caffeine dream Dear Euro Weekly, Thanks for keeping me going. I can’t wait to get back outside, I am genuinely missing random human contact. Before the lockdown I would be moaning about too many people in the street, the Spaniards congregating in the middle of small pavements for a family chat, nobody covering the tills on

OUR VIEW Keeping control MILLIONS of people around the world, sheltering in their homes from the coronavirus, have turned to communications platforms like Zoom, Facebook Messenger, Skype and Instagram in order to work or stay connected to friends and family. Some aren’t willingly surrendering their online identities during this pandemic, many are being compelled to do so by their schools, family or work. For those fortunate enough to have laptops and reliable broadband internet at home, it is not sufficient to simply update privacy policies or customer agreements. Technology companies see an opportunity in this crisis. Verily, a division of Google’s parent company requires a Google account to find and arrange Coronavirus testing and says it may share your personal health information with third parties. Parents seeking a remedy for their children’s boredom could be forgiven for not poring over lengthy privacy policies before connecting them with grandparents on video chat or entertaining them with a few hours of streaming YouTube videos. Many companies make it exceedingly difficult to opt-out of data collection, burying permissions deep on their websites or frequently changing privacy policies that dictate how and how often personal information can be harvested. Once you start using some services it can also be hard to stop, particularly if your files or photos are stored there. It may be tempting for corporations to see their increasing numbers as a sign of long-term prosperity, but consumers need the option to delete user profiles after the crisis. People have lost control over a lot as a result of the coronavirus. At least they should be able to control what happens to their personal data.

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COMMENTS FROM FACEBOOK Spain Considers Closing Borders and Turning Away Tourism This Summer to Focus on Keep Summer Safe For Nationals Sue Mary Get the country back to a stable state of health and hopefully this pandemic will have gone by next year. Resources need to be used for the local population rather than an influx of holidaymakers.

Mike Baxter calls police macho ar*eh@les during lockdown on Spain’s Costa Del Sol and Costa Blanca and requests common sense Tammi Garcia Blackaby Easter bunny.

Mercadona when it’s busy, you know the regular moany old man stuff. Now I just can’t wait to see people in the street, children playing in the parks again, angry rushes along the high street to get home to my dog after work. It’s funny the things you take for granted that you miss. Hopefully, it will continue to make me feel differently. I don’t miss the beggars or being shoulder barged by ignorant people, but I do miss my favourite coffee! Yours in need of a good cuppa. Frank Dollimore Los Boliches

I think they are doing an amazing job... whether we like it or not they are there to protect us... and every single one of them is putting their selves and their families at risk every day...!!!

Spain’s lockdown could last until May 29 if it follows China’s strategy to combat Covid-19 Graham Wilson The lockdown is just in place to help hospitals cope with the amount of people who are infected by limiting contact. Just because the lockdown is lifted or changed does not mean the virus is less serious or has gone. Everyone will need to keep doing what they are doing by limiting contact until the vaccine is found or there could be a second wave. Anyone who thinks bars and restaurants will be open and we can all go out and start socialising or go to the beach are fooling themselves.

Unfair fine Dear Euro Weekly News, With regards to officers cracking down on Spain’s city dwellers travelling to the beaches of the Costa Blanca for Easter. On Sunday, April 5 I was fined €600 for walking on the beach with my dog. The Molinell (Oliva) beach is 400m from my house which lies in a touristic area where at this time over 95 per cent of the properties are empty. In the three weeks we’ve been under lockdown I might have seen five others on the beach also with their dogs and another five in the whole urbanisation. I don’t see what justifies the €600 as obviously I didn’t pose a threat to others and/or myself. In fact, the officer was the only person who had come within two metres from me at that time. Michael Woods Oliva, Denia

Your own fault Dear EWN, Are people idiots? I have seen a large number of people on Face­ book moaning about being stopped by the police whilst they are off out to buy some fags or some other non­essential outing. Stay in your house! If it is all over the news, in the papers, there are police patrolling the street you only have yourself to blame. Also, if you go out I hope you get fined however many times it takes to get the message into your head. If you are not bothered about your own health maybe you will care about others? Yours truly, James Thompson Denia

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Main airline Ryanair announce when they will resume flights to Spain’s Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca Airports Duncan Morris How can any airline give a date to start flying as no one knows when the crisis will end. They are purely doing it so they have income from customers’ bookings.

Spain’s Government orders Costa Blanca’s coastal towns to remove ‘anti-tourism’ barriers Richard Morton NO! Lockdown means lockdown end of. What you fail to realise is that when restrictions are lifted there will still be many thousands of people infected. Therefore, the chances of a second spike are very real.

Sunbathing Covidiot gets so drunk that THREE paramedics need to treat him despite being in high demand amid Covid-19 Jace T Adams How unsafe must those paramedics have felt when he was projectile vomiting in front of them? And he didn’t even receive a fine or a caution? This is why so many people aren’t taking the lockdown seriously in the UK!

Europe’s borders may stay shut for six months more due to threat of Covid-19 from US and other countries Kathleen Sutcliffe Absolutely, otherwise can see this flaring up all over again, and all this time in lockdown will have been in vain. BETTER SAFE THEN SORRY. Keep the borders SHUT.

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GET DOWN WITH THE KIDS FRANKLY SPEAKING

BY JULIE FRANK

I’VE been thinking about the Millennials. They get so much criticism, don’t they? I can hear the likes of our Leapy Lee and his idol Richard Littlejohn grumbling “don’t know they’re born, do they ‘eh? They should be forced to do National Service, blah blah.” Donald Trump, who Lee and Richard probably admire was a draft dodger, let’s not mention that though! What made me think about the Millennials was something my American friend posted on his Facebook page “This is so not fair for high school seniors who had their prom and graduation ceremonies taken away from them. Being born after 9/11 and growing up with wanton violence, only to enter adulthood amidst a worldwide pandemic. They really got the bad end of the stick here.” I thought, you know what, he’s right. All I’d seen up until then was criticism of our youth. Comparing the Pandemic to the War or shortages in the 70s. The old ‘they

MILLENNIALS: They get so much criticism, but they are coping well. should just get on with it because we had it worse’ attitude. You cannot compare this Pandemic to the War. In the War, what kept people going was community spirit. There is no community now, we are all separated. I think back to when I was a young woman - I lived for the weekends and my friends. For as much as I loved my parents, the last thing I wanted to be doing was stuck indoors watching Saturday night TV with them! This is possibly the most mentally challenging thing our kids will ever have to go

through. I think it’s great how the Millennials are coping. Yes, they may have taken to Instagram to post selfies of themselves in daft face masks. I’ve heard about some bizarre challenge they’re doing about not showering too! But generally, they’re sticking to the social distancing rules. Inside. Making their own memories. It’s middle aged people who don’t seem to be able to stay indoors. I’m seeing photographs of them in the media, not the kids. I also saw a suggestion that we clap for our children one night. Not a bad idea at

all. This may not be an actual war for them, but it’s just as challenging. If we can’t clap, just appreciate the effort they are making, by staying away from everything that’s normal at their age. As the Queen said “Those who come after us will say the Britons of this generation were as strong as any. That the attributes of self-discipline, of quiet good-humoured resolve and of fellow feeling still characterise this country. The pride in who we are is not a part of our past, it defines our present and our future.”

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Pause for Peace “IF God is good, how could God let this happen?” How often I’ve been asked this question in recent weeks! And indeed, how many times has this question been asked throughout history as successive disasters overtake humanity. And I was reminded recently of the occasion in March 2015 when Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of the Evangelist Billy Graham, was asked this very question by Jane Clayson during a televised interview on the American Early show, following another calamity that had then struck the country. But unfazed by this question, Anne explained her belief that God cared deeply about such occurrences, but that for many years He had effectively been told to get out of our schools, our government, our business and our lives. And God, not wishing to impose Himself on humanity, had simply done as requested and quietly backed out of our national, political and public life. More recently, in relation to this latest pandemic, Anne has been quoted as being more worried about the fear coronavirus has provoked than of the

virus itself. For fear is utterly debilitating, undermining our whole sense of wellbeing. So she reminds us of the words of that well-known 23rd psalm ‘Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me’ and of the words of Isaiah 41 ‘Do not fear, for I am with you, do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you.’ And whilst we may not know of a cure for Covid-19, yet the Bible clearly shows that faith is the absolute cure for fear. Jesus himself warned of coming ‘pestilences,’ of earthquakes, of wars and of famines, but time and again he also encouraged his followers to ‘have faith and be not afraid.’ So here, I suggest is where we can pause to rid ourselves of fear, as by faith we become filled with God’s peace. So does God care? Well, at Easter we remember God allowed humanity to torture and crucify Jesus, but He certainly cared, which is precisely why He didn’t intervene. For no matter how often we reject Him, God’s love is readily available to all.

Duncan Burr is Licensed Lay Reader for the Anglican Chaplaincy of Costa Almeria and Costa Calida (further detail available at www.mojacarchurch.org) and may be contacted at d.burr@albox-online.net

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DIONE

16 - 22 April 2020

GET OVER YOURSELF!

LOCKYER A S TAT E M E N T t h a t m o s t find hard to digest and become defensive over, yet it’s something that we all need to do! Negativity is so easy to spread and whilst we are going through the experience of lockdown and the Coronavirus, people are reacting to fear and frustration, which in turn follows negative behaviour. As a person, I would like you to take a deep look at yourself and your thoughts, feelings and behaviours over the last week or two. If you are on social media, how many times have you voiced your opinion on the Coronavirus, the government or the lockdown without facts? What has been the content of your conversations on social media or with family and friends? Have you shown

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YOUR CHOICE: You can control your emotions, thoughts and feelings.

anger? Have you shared sadness? Here is where I say, we all need to GET OVER OURSELVES! You cannot control anything or anyone outside of you, you can only control the emotions, thoughts, feelings and behaviours that you attach to the situation. For example, if by watching the news channel it fills you with dread or causes anxiety, turn it off! If you are on social media and all you seem to read is people’s opinions and scaremongering, unfollow them. No-one is telling you, you have to read it. No-one is forcing you to follow or listen to anyone. That choice is totally yours! If it doesn’t serve you, remove it. Stop creating barriers for yourself, stop giving yourself more reasons to feel anxious, angry, sad or any other negative feeling. Ask yourself what is it I need in MY life to feel happy? What do I need right now to feel positive

emotions to get me through this current situation? For me personally, I know I need to be surrounded by like minded positive people therefore, if you’re not positive, you’re not in my life. It’s that simple! This doesn’t mean I’m heartless or nasty, it means I have created realistic barriers to protect my own mental health and I advise you all to do the same. Do the things that make you smile, create the thoughts that keep you positive and content. Once you get over yourself and implement these rules, you will live a much more stable and positive life. If you are the person that posts negative statements on social media, or you voice your non factual opinions to friends and family, ask yourself what is the real reason you are doing so. I know it’s not to scare everybody, so what is it you actually need? What is your fear and how can you turn that into a positive?

If you would like to dig a little deeper into your own thoughts, feelings and behaviours or you would like to complete one of my courses to live a happy and healthy life with yourself, please email me coachingwithdione@gmail.com.

HAVING THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson

N O T s o l o n g a g o , I w ro t e about podcasts and playlists l a u n c h e d b y S p o t i f y, t h e world’s largest audio streami n g c o m p a n y, t o a l l e v i a t e stress for dogs while their owners were at work. What a difference two months make. As a result of lockdown and pet owners are forced to stay h o m e a l l d a y, o u r p e t s a re having the time of their lives! An owner of a dachshund in the UK recently posted on Twitter: “My dog has been so happy that everyone is home for quarantine that his tail has stopped working. The vet said he had sprained his tail from excessively wagging it!” An Instagram account has been set up so fans can follow her pet’s progress. Here in Spain, you can’t go out except to walk the dog. A friend has a dog; the neighbours don’t. The dog is exhausted.

DACHSHUND: Is happy to have owners at home.

As for my parents’ dogs in the UK, they’ve just got used to a run in the back garden to do their early morning business and one big walk a day without the two shorter ones they’re used to. Though they’re disappointed at the reduction in passing canine traffic to bark at out of the front window, they’re lucky being in the country with its open spaces to run in, unlike pets in urban areas. Basically, they know only a few commands: stop that bloody racket (invariably ignored); come here

(obeyed, unless there’s something much more interesting going on elsewhere); and NO (the ultimate tail-between-the-legs belly crawling fake apology). Everything else is a monologue ( ie my parents talking to themselves). Experts advising on home-schooling children and maintaining fitness levels recommend getting into strict routines during lockdown. Here again, my parents’ dogs love the new regime, apart from the stricter rules on eating ALL the food in their bowls and the 8pm clapping which wakes them up. But they’ll get used to it. I can imagine dog therapists will be kept quite busy with separationanxiety issues once owners are back at work and normality returns! Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘No Safe Place,’ ‘Betrayal,’ ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.norajohnson.net) available online as ebook (€0.99; £0.99), ibook, paperback and audiobook. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

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YOUR STARS FOR NEXT 7 DAYS PISCES (February 20 - March 20)

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23)

So far as your work or business life is concerned, those in authority may seek to see things done their way. Where they seem to pay lip service to your needs, that is all it is talk. Be clear that you want action and that you will not give in easily. Humour will not help.

With your self-confidence on a high note, you are ready to sing the song of your future. There will be highs and lows but that is what makes life interesting and exciting. Do not now avoid changes for the sake of peace. What is exciting and balanced this week is where your future lies.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Putting yourself first is necessary at the moment. There is so much happening this week that you may be tempted to run yourself ragged trying to do it all yourself. It is possible to persuade others to give a hand and, although it may seem too much trouble at the time, you will reap the benefits in the longer term.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) You should bear in mind that you are the best one to decide what you want, when you want it and how you will go about getting it. Others may offer you short cuts, but is that really going to deliver the goods? I think not.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You know where you are going and who with, but there is this one unresolved thought in your mind. It is just a thought, isn't it? Or is it more? This is something only you can answer. Be prepared this week to take advice and ask questions.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) You are still looking more to the past than to the future, but now it seems that circumstances are urging you to move ahead at more of a pace. Because the matter becomes urgent, it may seem to you that circumstances are overtaking you. The choice is still yours if you show speed and determination.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) What you truly want in life is now becoming clear to you. Not for you the fuzzy ideas of the past. Now, you realise that, if you do not give a strong lead, then others will lead you. To avoid going backwards now you must be determined and clear. Show others that you are firmly taking the lead in your future.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Where you see things failing to go your way, it may seem that others are being unfair. It is unlikely to be that simple. Perhaps, by being too easygoing and friendly, you have given the impression of not being particularly caring. State your case and change the tune.

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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Judgment may be impaired this week and it would be advisable to get second and even third opinions. In much the same way that you sometimes have an instinctive feel for things and situations, you now have this sensation about a certain person. An unbiased and imaginative opinion scatters your stress.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) This week be prepared to be forthright when it comes to a certain difficult situation. This involves someone trying to get you to make a decision you are either not sure of or against. Your good humour is unlikely to deflect them but being openly insistent may.

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You've Been Framed! You've Been Framed! Superstore Superstore Dinner Date Dress to Impress Catchphrase You've Been Framed! The Ellen DeGeneres Show Dinner Date Dress to Impress Superstore Superstore You've Been Framed! You've Been Framed! You've Been Framed! You've Been Framed! Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Family Guy Family Guy Plebs Plebs Family Guy Family Guy

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Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me The Steph Show Sun, Sea and Selling Houses Countdown A Place in the Sun: Home or Away Escape to the Chateau: DIY Kirstie's House of Craft The Simpsons The Simpsons Channel 4 News Location, Location, Location Pandemic: Can Science Beat Coronavirus? Feel Good Friday Night Dinner Joe Lycett's Got Your Back

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Cryptic Across 1 Prize taken from astrophysicist (6) 4 Skinhead doesn't have trousers (6) 9 Con a former policeman (5) 10 Keep track of fool in middle of heath (7) 11 I'm on the phone still (8) 12 Fighting at the end of May, be careful (4) 14 A cry of pain descriptive of a coward (6) 16 Qualifier raved about bad start (6) 19 Platinum blonde reveals no emotion (4) 20 Traces of strange prediction (8) 23 Landing includes solitary colonist (7) 24 Publication for children (5) 25 Bird allowed outside tavern (6) 26 Those obnoxious creatures are trapped, never mind! (6) Down 1 Confirm exam, if the end of July (7) 2 Drug turns up in emu I possess (5) 3 Intellectual euphoric at summit (8) 5 Solitary mortgage by the sound of it (4) 6 Company chief ordered to get a small house (7) 7 Street light without a home (5) 8 Mean simply missing school (5) 13 Had sieve fixed with glue (8) 15 Ridicule pool man swimming (7) 18 Firm with nothing in stock (5) 17 Very cold November for a marsh bird 19 Plane constructed in Asian country (5) (7)

Code Breaker

21 A service revolution in part of India (5) 22 Kelly has inherited unit (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 4 represents Q and 18 represents Z, so fill in Q every time the figure 4 appears and Z every time the figure 18 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 1 Inclined to fear or alarm (5) 4 Cigarettes (slang) (4) 7/18 Rehearsal (3,3) 8 Permitted (7) 9 Told untruths (4) 10 Japanese dwarf tree (6) 12 Rough (6) 14 Cab (4) 17 Insignificant (7) 18 See 7 19 Retained (4) 20 Adjust finely (5)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

Across 1 Hervidores (7) 4 Banco (asiento) (5) 7 Desagradable (5) 9 Friendship (7) 10 Merecer (7) 11 Mugre (grasa) (5) 12 Brown (6) 14 Tejón (6) 18 Level (standard) (5) 20 Cotton (7) 22 To have a bath (7) 23 Codo (5) 24 Seven (5) 25 Pobreza (7)

Down 2 Perhaps (5) 3 Expensive (4) 4 Bird of prey (6) 5 Women's long, formal dresses (5) 6 Increase (8) 7 Exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing (8) 11 Aid (6) 13 Get up (5) 15 Be in accord (5) 16 Surplus (4)

The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

Down 1 Reino (7) 2 Thesis (5) 3 Serpientes (6) 4 Traer (5) 5 Nada (7) 6 Seto (barrera) (5) 8 Wasteland (5) 13 Venganza (7) 15 Ángulo (5) 16 Escapar (3,4) 17 Despertar (del sueño) (4,2) 18 Clouds (5) 19 Grande (5) 21 To owe (5)

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The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (DEBATE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Earwig 2 Gentry 3 Import 4 Breezy 5 Teeing 6 Molten 7 Betide 8 Vermin 9 Blithe 10 Device 11 Iodine 12 Baleen 13 Behind 14 Titian 15 Blanch 16 Border 17 Baboon 18 Berate 19 Hobble

Nonagram

TIME Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? • The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. • Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. • No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. • No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case M) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

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Average: 14 Good: 20 Very good: 28

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

QUICK Across: 1 Brass, 4 Basis, 7 Alligator, 8 Tome, 9 Deface, 12 Sodden, 13 Snag, 16 Odourless, 18 Defer, 19 Snare.

CODE BREAKER

Down: 1 Blunt, 2 Alarmed, 3 Sulk, 4 Begged, 5/17 Set off, 6 Surge, 10 Amnesia, 11 Terror, 12 Sword, 14 Grime, 15 Bets.

CRYPTIC

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Across:

Across:

1 Sausage, 5 Chain, 8 Omens, 9 Uniform, 10 Nascent, 11 Peers, 12 Solace, 14 Wrests, 17 Budge, 19 Novella, 22 Arizona, 23 Idols, 24 Helot, 25 Everton.

1 Hacksaw, 5 Charm, 8 Beret, 9 Arrears, 10 Siempre, 11 Llave, 12 Storms, 14 Naipes, 17 Regar, 19 Undress, 21 Plateau, 22 Olive, 23 Desks, 24 Bufanda.

Down: 1 Swoon, 2 Utensil, 3 Aisle, 4 Equity, 5 Clipper, 6 Alone, 7 Nemesis, 12 Sabbath, 13 Cheroot, 15 Sellout, 16 Insane, 18 Drill, 20 Voice, 21 Arson.

Down:

1 Habas, 2 Cartero, 3/22 Set off, 4 Whales, 5 Cerilla, 6 Araña, 7 Mussels, 12 Striped, 13 Markets, 15 Presión, 16 Suburb, 18 Glass, 20 Sueca.

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QUIZ: SAINTS ALIVE? 1. Between 1914 and 1991, the Russian city known in English as Saint Petersburg was known by two other names. Name both. 2. Danse Macabre (1874), the opera Samson and Delilah (1877) and The Carnival of the Animals (1886) were all famous works by which French composer? 3. Never Ever was the first UK number one hit single for which English-Canadian group in November 1997? 4. Saint Paul is the state capital of which state of the USA? 5. The Mercedes-Benz Superdome, formerly the Louisiana Superdome is the home ground of which NFL American football team? 6. What connects the name of the group that had a 1971 UK top 20 hit single entitled Leap Up And Down (Wave

Your Knickers In The Air) and the patron saint of music? 7. Which city is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in north-western Spain? 8. Which comedy performer’s biggest success was his eponymous television series where his comedy ‘partner’ was a St Bernard dog named Schnorbitz? 9. Which writer created the charming anti-hero Simon Templar, better known as The Saint? 10. With a population of over 12 million, which ultramodern city is the largest city in South America? Not a lot of people know that… the Order of St Isidore of Sevilla, formed in January 2000, is a chivalric order that aims to honour Saint Isidore as patron saint of the internet, alongside promoting Christian chivalry online.

Answers: 1. PETROGRAD (1914 to 1924) and LENINGRAD (1924 to 1991), 2. CHARLES-CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS, 3. ALL SAINTS, 4. MINNESOTA, 5. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS, 6. SAINT CECILIA, 7. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA or SAINT JAMES OF COMPOSTELLA, 8. BERNIE WINTERS, 9. LESLIE CHARTERIS (born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin), 10. SÃO PAULO

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Stephen Backshall MBE, English naturalist, April 21, 1973, 47 He is a BAFTA-winning naturalist, writer and television presenter, best known for BBC TV’s Deadly 60. His other BBC work includes being part of the expedition teams in Lost Land of the Tiger, Lost Land of the Volcano and Lost Land of the Jaguar. He has worked for the National Geographic Channel and the Discovery Channel. Spencer Prior, English coach and former footballer, April 22, 1971, 49 He was a central defender who retired at the end of the 2006– 07 season, finishing his career with hometown club Southend United, where he began his career. He is the current Technical Director of Thai League 1 club Port FC.

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With all that said I believe the right person, it should go without saying, will accept you for who you are and the diagnosis you come with. If a person criticises your condition or refuses to understand it, needless to say, you need to get rid! They are not the one for you! But you know what…! Better you tell them early on and find out their reaction than during a bad episode and then having to deal with that on top of things. But actually tell them... it’s important. Because eventually, if things do work out for you both, you will need to have a conversation about what you might need from them or what they might need expect from you. If they don’t want to date you because they can’t handle it, that’s fine, but it’s unfair on both of you if they are forced to make that decision while you are ill. But whatever you do… don’t do what I did and when he did try to talk to me about it, tell him to eff off and then wonder why he did, in fact, eff off!! The story of Ms Bipolar’s life… Let me know your thoughts or if you have anything you would like to add! Don’t forget to email me on the address below or follow me on facebook @Mswillowbipolar. Love Ms Bipolar x

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Refreshments: The British drink tea, the Spanish prefer coffee and when they do drink tea they either add hot milk or none at all. Alcohol: For British drinkers, alcohol can be an end in itself, without a tapa or nibble in sight. For the Spanish it precedes, accompanies or follows meals (but not breakfast). Food: The British like Spanish food but don’t get its basic frugality and can’t cope with the flatulence created by pulses. The Spanish don’t notice. Breakfast: Loads of us still go for the Full English, the Spanish grab a cup of coffee and Pan con Tomate. Elevenses and Almuerzo: Coffee (not tea) and a biscuit for the British. Anything WEATHER: A topic for Brits. from yesterday’s leftovers Football crazy British. to a foot-long roll with chorizo for the Spanish. Construction and manual workers accompany this with wine or beer. Lunch: Light for the British, heavy for the Spanish who believe you should lunch like a king. Dinner: The British dine like Shakespeare. kings and the Spanish dine Romance: The British are not genlike paupers (or claim to). Nature: The British are in harmony erally recognised as being romantic. Climate: The British venerate the with nature but the Spanish are wary The Spanish are. Surprisingly they weather and its vagaries as a topic of it, unless they were born in the don’t possess a word for it. for conversation. The Spanish take countryside in which case they theirs for granted. leave it as soon as possiFamily: The British love their famiSex: The British are not generally ble. lies, but don’t always say so. recognised as the world’s best Religion: British The Spanish love theirs and lovers. The Spanish are. Enough churches are fresay so, long and loud. said. Children: Britain has a quently empty. birthrate of 1.7 children The Spanish are per woman, the Spanish anti-clerical and Spanish are Cervantes. supposed to like 1.3 per woman. They churches are frebullfighting. would like more but can’t quently empty Often empty. afford it. but overflow for christenings, National sport: weddings, first communions The British are footand funerals. ball-crazy but the Schools: The British know all about Spanish are supEton, Winchester and Harrow, but posed to like bullfighting. Not true: bullrings the names of elite Spanish schools are empty, and the Spanish are a mystery to the non-elite. are football-fanatics. Art: The British have GainsborLiterature: The British have Shakeough, Turner, Lucian Freud, David Turner. speare, the Spanish CerHockney and Francis Bacon. The vantes. Both died Spanish have Murillo, Ribera, El Greon April 23, co, Velazquez, Goya, Fortuny, 1616. Go figSorolla, Picasso, Miro, Dali, Antoure. nio Lopez and… we’ll leave it Animals: there. The British Language: The British would are sentilike to speak Spanish, but do mental about not try hard enough to comall animals, but municate. The Spanish want Sentimental the Spanish are to speak English and try very, Brits. not except where very hard and manage to Velazquez. their own pets are concerned. communicate.

One huge similarity THESE are light-hearted differences for difficult times for two nations whose past relations have been toxically hostile. Look no further than the Spanish Armada, which the Spanish still call the Armada Invencible. Centuries later can two peoples whose societies, religions, habits and mindsets are so different find common ground when they most need to? Of course they can. Think back to when the British - referred to as the English then - helped the Spanish oust Napoleon’s invaders from the Peninsula in the 19th century. After that, things were never quite so bad between both countries, because there is nothing like a common enemy to unite former foes. Now we are facing a common enemy again in the Covid-19 coronavirus that respects no frontiers and has invaded every one of the world’s continents apart from Antarctica. The English-speaking community came to Spain and remained in Spain because they love this country. It’s easy to say the British and the Spanish are like chalk and cheese when it would be more apt to say Cheddar and Manchego. Both are strong, both are heavy with their own flavour and a character that evokes each culture. We are here because we love Spain and that’s enough for all of us to fight this deadly invader together.

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We are keeping our clients connected A S a l e a d i n g Te l e c o m munications provider in Spain, Telitec has a duty to keep operating in order to facilitate communications during the coronavirus crisis. (Article 18 of Royal Decree 463/2020). Therefore we have implemented various steps to maintain our networks and to keep clients connected, whilst at the same time taking all steps to ensure the safety of our team and anyone that is necessary that we come into contact with. We had actually put procedures in place before the virus existed to allow a relatively easy transition for the majority of our staff to work

from home and to maintain customer service. This has been testing for the whole team at Telitec and in part working from home has required self-discipline which all the staff at Telitec have embraced. We are determined that our clients at least know that they will be able to stay in contact with their loved ones through our internet and all other for ms of communications we provide. Our customer service team have even taken upon themselves to contact frequently any client that they know is alone, which speaks volumes for the ethos and quality of the team. Everyone has played their part and I am very proud of

how they have all risen to this unprecedented challenge. This is not something any of us thought we would see in our lifetime, it has been devastating to Spain and the world. On a personal note I can feel and see a difference in the way people are viewing life. Adjusting to what is really important, caring for those less fortunate, creating a community spirit and applauding those, like the health workers who are putting their lives at risk each day to save lives. I only hope that when we come out the other end and life returns to normality that we maintain those beliefs. Please stay safe.

CUSTOMER SERVICE: Jan from Telitec says everyone has played a part and is proud of how they have risen to the challenge.

If you are a Telitec client and want to speak with us you can either call our usual number of 965 743 473 or email (details on our website www.telitec.com). We are also offering some free minutes to keep in contact with your family and friends, which you can find out more by contacting us.

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ESTATE AGENTS ROYAL BRITISH LEGION - Why not make this year the year you volunteer? Call and see how you can help either as a caseworker (with full training) or as a Telephone Buddy. We also visit beneficiaries who are housebound or in hospital. If you feel you could support us here in Spain, and you have a Spanish phone number then why not email us for more info tbuddyhhvis its@gmail.com . If you or your partner served or are serving, and you feel you need help or support then contact us using the details on the card, we are here for the small things as well as the big, sometimes talking to someone is the first step to feeling more in control. It can be a personal need or some help with your home or information on what or who to speak to on a medical issue, we help with signposting if we cannot help directly, just call and have a chat with Pam who will try to guide you to where you need to be. If you would like to go to a branch meeting then find your nearest one at, www.britishlegion.org.uk/c ounties/spain-north - ZURGENA branch meeting on the 1st Thursday of the

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MOTORING WE ARE currently the market leader in our country in the sale of direct car, motorbike, home and company fleet insurance. Since we started out in 1995, our philosophy has always been to offer an excellent service with the best prices in the market. For the most competitive quotes in English, call Linea Directa on 902 123 309. (200726)

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