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The people’s paper Issue No. 1879
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La Coruña police arrest 3 over death of Samuel NATIONAL POLICE officers in the Spanish province of La Coruña arrested three people aged between 20 and 25 years old on Tuesday, July 6, in connection with the death of Samuel Luiz in the city last weekend. After investigating officers analysed security camera footage of La Coruña promenade where 24-year-old Samuel was brutally beaten in the early hours of July 4, they identified and located suspects in the crime. Sources say all three two men and a woman - are from La Coruña. National Police reported the arrests via their Twitter account and their investigation is continuing, with the probability of more arrests being made. Investigators must now establish the reasons behind the crime and they believe Samuel was attacked because of his sexuality. Samuel had reportedly left a place to go for a smoke, together with a friend, and decided to make a video call to a friend who had not gone out that night. His attackers may have thought he was filming them. Witnesses have allegedly reported hearing Samuel being called ‘faggot’, with the 24-year-old receiving a serious beating, later dying in a local hospital.
Potential drought RESIDENTS in the town of Alcaucin have been told by the local council that it is now prohibited to use water from the mains which is meant for drinking and washing to fill swimming pools, to use on agricultural land or even to water gardens.
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Masses in El Salvador THE councillor for Popular Traditions, Elena Gálvez, and the Elder Brother of the Virgen del Carmen Brotherhood, David Roman, presented a poster on July 7, of the Virgen del Car‐ men festival, accompanied by its author Lucia Muñoz. The council has announced that two masses will be cele‐ brated in honour of the patron saint of sailors, on July 15 and 16 at 8pm, during which non‐perishable food can be donated that will go to needy families in Nerja and Maro. “For the second year in a row we are going to celebrate the Virgen del Carmen de Nerja in the Church of El Sal‐ vador, thus replacing the traditional acts of this festival,” said the councillor, who congratulated the author of the poster, Lucia Muñoz, and the Elder Brother, David Roman, for the composition of the work, “which extols the mar‐ itime symbols, and the Virgin in procession through the streets of the municipality.” “This difficult but necessary decision has been made, since at this time health must come first, so we will honour our patron in the Church of El Saviour. At the same time, we will contribute to helping the needy families of the mu‐ nicipality with all the food that the neighbours and visitors will bring in these two days, and that will be delivered to the Community Social Services Centre of our City Council,” explained the Elder Brother of the Brotherhood, David Ro‐ man.
JUST GIVING: Raising funds for Motor Neurone Disease. ALISDAIR ANDERSON is raising funds for Motor Neurone Disease by cycling from Ireland to Nerja in memory of his partner. The councillor for Social Services and Sports, Daniel Rivas, and the councillor for Residents, Javier Rodríguez, held a meeting on June 29 with Ralph Anderson, father of Alisdair Anderson, who is carrying out a solidarity initiative cycling the distance that separates Dublin and Nerja. The distance is approximately 2,750km and is to raise funds, through the Just Giving platform, for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association, aimed
at fighting Motor Neurone Diseases. The councillors have transferred the institutional support to this important initiative with which almost €50,000 have been collected so far. Alisdair is scheduled to arrive in our municipality on July 17, where he will be received in Tutti Frutti Plaza. Alisdair Anderson is carrying out this solidarity action in tribute to his partner, Ruth Staines, with whom he lived in the municipality for five years, working in various establishments in Tutti Frutti Plaza.
On April 3, Ruth passed away from the disease, at the age of 31, after being diagnosed in May 2020. Ralph Anderson has explained that Alisdair’s journey began on May 14 in Dublin, in front of Ruth’s house. From there, his son reached Wexford, southern Ireland, where he crossed by ferry to Wales, continuing the journey through the United Kingdom until he crossed the English Channel. He has travelled through France to the Pyrenees, and is currently in Spain, travelling towards Nerja along the Mediterranean coast.
VIRGIN DEL CARMEN: To be celebrated in the church.
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Protecting Maro’s beauty THE mayor of Nerja, Jose Alberto Armijo has proposed the promotion of a European project for the protection of biodi‐ versity in the Natural Area of the Maro‐Cerro Gordo Cliffs to the Andalucian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FAMP). He has also demanded greater attention to the develop‐ ment of actions to preserve our protected area and promote sustainable tourism. The environmental initiative announced by Jose Alberto Armijo on June 30 has been shared by the mayor of Almuñe‐ car, Trinidad Herrera, for which both councillors have commit‐ ted to transferring the proposal to the Territorial Delegations for Sustainable Development of the Junta de Andalucia in Malaga and Granada to get involved in its development. In Andalucia, through the ‘Tune Up’ project, a pilot initia‐ tive is being worked on in the Cabo de Gata‐Nijar Natural Park and its area of influence. Led by FAMP and the municipalities of Almeria, Carboneras and Nijar, have agreed an action plan for the improvement of the protected area for sustainable so‐ cio‐economic development.
Test all clubbers, local mayor says THE mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, has said he wants to see antigen tests for all clients of nightclubs and bars at night. Mayor de la Torre suggested that all clients be given the antigen tests following the recent rise in infections in Malaga. “It is good for everyone,” the politician said on Monday, July 5. “Companies are interested because it might mean longer opening hours and they would no longer have to close at two. General health wins, the economy of the company wins, the worker wins ... Who loses? Nobody. Isn’t it safer to have a space with controls in place, knowing that there are no positive cases?
“And then you can stay until whatever time it is, no problem.” He added that the council had already been administering tests to anyone attending events organised at Malaga’s Palacio de Feria. “If these tests
are repeated every week they give a lot of security,” he said. He added that businesses would have to agree to the proposal. The news comes as Malaga police were forced to fine 22 venues over the past weekend for not complying with restrictions. Councillor for Security, Avelino Barrionuevo, said that police were out in force in Pedregalejo, Echevarria de Huelin and Teatinos. Officers also were also called in to break up a party of more than 200 people in the Peñon del Cuervo area in Malaga. MALAGA MAYOR: “Good for everyone.”
23 with fake driving licences THE National Police and General Directorate of Traffic, have intercepted almost 600 counterfeit Venezuelan driving licences which were being prepared to be exchanged for Spanish licences. The arrests of 23 people in Malaga coincided with a wider national operation where 436 people were held across Spain. Police said on July 1 that those involved obtained false documentation through social media networks, where criminal groups located in Venezuela charged them an average of $90 and
promised to deliver them a Venezuelan licence in two or three days, by post. Since August 2017, a new format has been issued in Venezuela that does not meet the legal requirements for exchanging them in Spain – which is why these citizens resorted to criminal groups to obtain a forgery of the previous format. The holders of the false driving licences have not been able to prove that they have a legal driving licence.
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KILLED: Baby chicks. GRANADA Guardia Civil officers from the Seprona Nature Protection Service unit have investigated a 69-year-old woman from Granada after some 30 Housemartin nests were destroyed and 44 chicks killed. Housemartins are a protected species in Andalucia. Several upset neighbours called authorities after the dead birds were found on a pavement. Dead chicks were found along with a large number of smashed eggs. The Seprona officers said that the windows below the nests were getting dirty. Under exceptional circumstances, and as long as the species causing the inconvenience are not among those included in the Andalucian Catalogue of Threatened Species, the Territorial Delegate for Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Sustainable Development of the Junta de Andalucia, may authorise the removal of the remains of swallow nests. This action can only take place though providing that the removal is carried out outside the nesting period of the birds, that is, before the start of the nest construction or when the chicks have permanently abandoned it.
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NIBS EXTRA Couple arrested GUARDIA CIVIL officers have arrested a couple living in a French registered camper van with two children on the beachfront of Castell de Ferro in Costa Tropical. They are alleged to have broken into nearby parked vehicles and stolen items of value since February of this year.
Free locksmith THE Salobreña Council has become the first municipality in Andalucia to enter into an agreement whereby it will from now on offer a free locksmith service to women victims of gender violence who need to have locks changed in order to keep assailants away.
Clean up GETTING ready for the volume of rubbish likely to be deposited on beaches over the summer, the Rincon de la Victoria Council will be running a campaign on Friday July 9 on the beach opposite the town hall to educate users on the need to clear up.
Ferry delay THERE was a short delay in operating the ferry from Melilla to Motril on Thursday July 1, when 11 members of the crew tested positive for Covid-19. As the balance of the crew gave negative readings the ferry was allowed to continue after extensive disinfection.
Nerja police AFTER completing a training course which started in February, four Local Police trainees were added to the ranks of the Nerja Local Police on a probationary basis on July 5 and assuming that they perform to expectations, they should be confirmed in their roles by November.
July 4 THE tiny town of Macharaviaya with less than 500 residents held a special parade on July 4 to commemorate US Independence as General Bernardo de Galvez who was born there was involved in the War for Independence and defeated the British at the siege of Pensacola.
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Nerja beach is tops NERJA has been awarded the prize for the best beach destination of the year in the 10th Edition of the La Razon Tourism Awards. The awards took place on June 30, at the Gran Hotel Miramar,in Malaga, with the participation of the mayor, Jose Alberto Armijo. The president of the Junta de Andalucia, Juanma Moreno, the vice president and councillor for Tourism, Juan Marin, the president of the Malaga Provincial Council, Francisco Salado, and the mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, also attended.
TOURISM AWARDS: An important decision for Nerja beach. Jose Alberto Armijo collected the award on behalf of the town council, from the newspaper’s di-
rector, Francisco Marhuenda, and the president of the Provincial Council, Francisco Salado.
Thanking La Razon for the recognition of Nerja as the best beach destination, Armijo said: “An award that I receive and interpret as a stimulus, as a motivation key, to continue working for the tourist Nerja, for its beaches, and to consolidate its important offer of sun and beach.” Regarding the award, the mayor has valued it as “a recognition of the work carried out over the years by municipal public officials, with the collaboration of the business sector, which has made it possible for Nerja to have the beaches that are being awarded.”
Work begins on Autocine Malaga WORK started on Monday, July 5 on the construction of Autocine Mala‐ ga, which once completed, will be the second‐largest permanent cine‐ ma in Europe, designed along the lines of the great American drive‐in cinemas. Autocine Madrid RACE will estab‐ lish this project in Malaga, located
Gang targeted high-end cars A C R I M I N A L organisation dedicated to the theft of luxury vehicles has been brought down in Malaga. National Police said the gang would steal luxury cars and then export them to Eastern European countries. P olice have arrested members of the organisation, who were of Russian, Romanian, Moldovan and Ukrainian nationalities behind the €3 million racket. The gang also had access to a five-axle trailer with a large load capacity with which they would use to transport the vehicles. If stopped by authorities, they would present false invoices obtained from various scrapyards unrelated to the illegal ones. A mongst the seized goods are two luxury vehicles, various pieces of numerous brands of luxury vehicles scrapped and in perfect condition. Various parts from up to 32 vehicles were discovered.
in the Guadalhorce industrial es‐ tate, just six kilometres from the city centre, with a capacity for 2,500 people, and a huge parking space for 250 vehicles and 200 ham‐ mocks, located in front of the cars. Now that the work has begun, it is estimated to last two months, with the projected aim of opening
the doors at the end of the summer, “with an event, at the height of this great project that comes to Malaga, and that will have great stars among the guests.” Autocine Malaga will cover 16,000 square metres and the films will be shown on a 250 square‐me‐ tre screen.
Fair could be September THE possibility of Malaga fair being held in August has been ruled out, but many still hope that the fair could take place in Septem‐ ber. In June, Francisco de la Torre, the mayor of Malaga ruled out holding the fair in August due to an increasing number of infections due to the potentially deadly coronavirus and the ongoing fear that the Delta strain could take hold. De la Torre has not ruled out holding the fair in September instead though. Paqui
Macias, spokesperson for Izquierda Unida and Podemos believes that the fair may be held in September if it is safe to do so. In or‐ der for it to take place multiple requirements would need to be met to ensure everyone’s safety. But, if the fair does not go ahead, then Ma‐ cias believes that the money saved by the town hall should be given to those who have been affected by the pandemic.
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Flamenco festival
NATIONAL POLICE have arrested two men in Velez-Malaga for a string of robberies. The crime duo are accused of breaking locks on access doors or metal shutters, or gaining access to buildings by forcing windows open. Police say the crime spree lasted through May and June and all occurred close to the centre of town. Once forcing their way into the premises, the pair stole cash registers. Police say that one of the accused men has a long criminal past that includes 66 previous convictions. A second suspect was caught as he was attempting to break into a premises. The suspects, both men and aged 48 and 49 respectively, face a slew of charges. At least one property was searched as part of the investigation.
45th year of festival.
VELEZ‐MALAGA Council has announced the dates of this year’s Juan Breva Flamenco Festival, which is now in its 45th year and will host some of fla‐ menco’s biggest names. The festival will take place on August 27 from 10.30pm at the Cerro de San Cristobal. Tickets are priced €19 and can be pur‐ chased on the website www.entradium.com. Guests can arrive from 9pm and the venue will be complying with all current regulations and preven‐ tion measures related to the virus.
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New summer collection for Lux Mundi TORRE DEL MAR charity Lux Mundi has announced its summer collection is now on sale at its shop. The store, at the Lux Mundi Ecu‐ menical Centre, is open every Mon‐ day, Wednesday and Friday from 11am to 1pm. The charity is also hosting a series of events throughout July, including a craft group on Mon‐ days from 10am to 1pm priced at €5 or €4 for Friends of Lux Mundi card holders. Also on Mondays is a knitting and crochet group from 10.30am to 1pm. Meanwhile, on Wednesdays the charity holds an art group from 10am to 1pm, priced at €5 or €4 for Friends of Lux Mundi card holders. On Fridays, the charity holds its coffee morning, servings up cakes and beverages in its shaded garden. All events are held at the Lux Mundi Ecumeni‐ cal Centre in Torre del Mar on Avenida Moscatel 1”I”, (Jardines Viña Malaga/An‐ tigua Casa de la Viña). For further infor‐ mation please con‐ tact the centre on 952 543 334 or luxmundi@lux‐ mundi.org.
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Readers asked: Is Statue of Diana ‘disappointing’? ONLY 24 per cent of our readers claimed to like the statue of Princess Diana which was unveiled last week at Kensington Palace. The statue, designed by Ian Rank‐Broadley, has not proved popular, and criticism has ranged from the religious overtones of the stat‐ ue to the unlikely masculinity of Diana’s face. Meanwhile, our readers generally said it was disappointing and not a good likeness, adding that it was drab and not lifelike, while others were unsure of the significance and had expect‐ ed to see Diana with her sons, not depicted with other children. Some said that it is not very flattering and that her hair, clothes and face aren’t those of “the smiling lady we all know.” Some described it as dark and cold, and a “hideous waste of money.” Some of our readers asked why it was needed, saying that it was pointless. Those who liked it pointed out that the statue shows her “on one of her missions” and “doing what she did best,” and others added that they like what it represents, pointing out that it was a “memo‐ rial to the children’s charities she helped” and
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Works by Warhol and Dali in Nerja THE Nerja Museum held the opening ceremony of its new temporary exhibition on Thursday July 1, dedicated to German art glass from 1975
to 1999, with works by Warhol and Dali. This exhibi‐ tion, which will remain at the Museum until Sunday, Octo‐ ber 3, is the first to be organ‐
Man dies in Granada fire NEW STATUE: ‘Drab and not lifelike.’ that it shows her love for children and the fact that she was a true “people’s person.” Many said that whatever the statue looks like, she will “live on in our hearts and minds” and “will al‐ ways be loved and remembered.”
BLAZE: The man’s body was found inside the house. A HOUSE fire in Granada has tragically left one man dead in his own home. The body of a 60‐year‐old man was discovered by the emergency services after a house fire in Granada was put out. The fire occurred in the Granada municipality of Be‐ nalua, according to Emergencias 112 Andalucia. The fire broke out on Sunday July 4 and emergency ser‐ vices received a call at around 2.15am. The emergency ser‐ vices were alerted to smoke which was spotted coming out of the ground floor flat in Calle Azucarera in Benalua. The town is located in the north of the Granada Province. Firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze at the house but sadly once the fire was put out they discovered the body of a 60‐year‐old man inside the house. The necessary judicial protocols have now been activated.
NERJA Council has planned lighting improvements to the Balcon de Europa and the Church of El Salvador. Mayor Jose Alberto Armijo announced the works that were detailed on Thursday July 1 with parish priest, Fr Petre Chelaru and municipal Industrial Technical Engi‐ neer, Juan Aguilar. “To bet on improving the image of our tourist flagship, the Balcon de Europa, and of
Seeing town in a new light the Church of El Salvador, is to bet on the consolidation of the Nerja tourist brand as a quality destination,” the mayor said, adding the pro‐ ject includes lighting of the facade of the church, its bell tower and its sides. In addition, the pillars of
ised since March 2020. “That these types of exhibi‐ tions are in our museum is ex‐ cellent news, from the point of view of culture, but also in its tourism aspect, since it complements the offer of the municipality, thus contributing to the reactivation of tourism,” said Jose Alberto Armijo, the mayor of Nerja, adding the exhibition high‐ lighted the importance of cul‐ ture. During the visit to the exhibi‐ tion, which has been overseen by the director of the Museum of Glass and Crystal of Malaga and owner of the works, Gon‐ zalo Fernandez‐Prieto, the councillor for Culture and Edu‐ cation, Gema Laguna, has ex‐ pressed her interest in working in a coordinated manner, to‐ gether with the director of the Museum of Nerja, Juan Bautista Salado, to organise vis‐ its by schoolchildren from the municipality to the exhibition. The exhibition brings togeth‐ er 51 pieces including two by Andy Warhol and one by Sal‐ vador Dalai along with works by Harvey Littleton, Erwin Eisch, Samuel Herman and Sybren Walkema, maximum exponents of the Studio Glass movement, which was born in the 60s in the US and later ex‐ panded throughout Europe. Many of the glass works have never before been shown in public. the arches of the Paseo Bal‐ con de Europa, its vaults and two lines of palm trees will be lit up with the installation of LED spotlights. The total work will cost a little over €100,000 and will be subsidised by the Min‐ istry of Tourism of the Junta de Andalucia. Pavements in the area will also be re‐ placed and improved at an additional cost of almost €140,000.
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New Alzheimer’s drug on trial ELEVEN patients from the Victoria Eugenia Hospital in Sevilla are participating in the clin‐ ical trial of a drug against Alzheimer’s that modifies the evolution of the disease, unlike current treatments that are purely symp‐ tomatic. The drug has already been approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the US. The hospital said the drug Aducanumab has been shown ‘to cleanse the brain of these pathological amyloid proteins.’ Alzheimer’s disease is characterised by the accumulation of amyloid plaques in the brain. The drug is an intravenous treatment and patients receive a monthly dose. The new drug “represents a before and af‐
ter in the way of approaching this disease and above all a way of hope for patients and their families,” said Felix Viñuela, the director of the Neuroscience Service at the hospital. Its effectiveness has been demonstrated in the most initial phases of the disease, whether in the phase of mild‐cognitive im‐ pairment or in the phase of mild dementia, Dr Viñuela said. In mild‐cognitive impairment “there is an objective memory impairment but the pa‐ tients do not have any functional repercus‐ sions, since they continue to carry out all their daily activities, including the most com‐ plex ones such as handling financial matters or continuing to work,” the doctor said.
82-year-old off to space EIGHTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD pi‐ lot, Wally Funk, will join Jeff Bezos in a trip to outer space next month. Funk was denied her chance to become an astro‐ naut decades ago due to her gender. Now, at the age of 82, she will finally have her opportunity to travel to out‐ er space.
She will be an honoured guest on the Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket that will lift off from West Texas on the 10‐minute trip to space on July 20. Funk will join Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his brother and the secret win‐ ner of a charity auction. Bezos, fellow billionaires
Elon Musk and Richard Bran‐ son have been investing bil‐ lions of dollars on their rock‐ et start‐ups, but Bezos will be the first of the three to actually travel into space on a rocket developed by his own company. Bezos will be stepping down as Amazon CEO on Ju‐ ly 5.
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Enforcers to visit seniors HUNDREDS of thousands of pensioners could see ‘enforcers’ turn up at their door to clawback TV li‐ cence fees. After a row between the government and the BBC, pensioners aged over 75 sadly lost their free TV licence entitlement. This happened 11 months ago and now the BBC are ready to ensure that they get their money. Capita have been instructed by the BBC to start making ‘customer care visits’ and these will begin in the autumn to pensioners’ homes. Pensioners were given a reprieve during the pandemic, but
Indiana Jones AS revealed in the UK press, the latest Indiana Jones filming has had to be put on hold for maybe as long as three months after veteran star Harrison Ford injured his shoulder and will need an operation on it, when he was apparently hurt filming a stunt scene recently. This stoppage comes after the fifth installment in the franchise had already been delayed due to the pandemic, with an insider saying, “It is Harrison’s last outing as Indiana and everyone thought it would be plain sailing. After the initial delays, everyone was raring to go. But now Harrison is injured and it is worse than first thought.”
this is set to end on July 31. Anyone over 75 could face prosecution if they do not arrange payment. A spokesperson for the BBC said: “From the autumn, subject to Covid restrictions, customers who have not made arrangements may receive a customer care visit from a specially trained support team to assist them in becoming correctly licensed. “We are now planning how we arrange cus‐ tomer care visits and are looking at a range of op‐ tions.” The BBC also said that: “In line with general poli‐ cy, anyone who watches or records live TV pro‐ grammes on any channel, or downloads or watch‐ es BBC programmes on iPlayer, must be covered by a valid TV licence.”
Pesetas are now officially history SOME two decades after the euro became the common currency of much of Europe and Spain, the Bank of Spain has officially stopped exchanging old pesetas into real money. The Bank of Spain had been offering €1 for 166.386 pesetas up to June 30, and were generally accepting the old notes dated after 1939. Now, the notes and coins are worthless.
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Recovered Picasso dropped by police A PICASSO painting was dropped by officers after they recovered pieces stolen in a 2012 art heist in Athens. The Cubist Picasso piece, ‘Head of a Woman’ (1939), was personally donated to Greece by the Spanish master in recognition of the country’s resistance to the Nazi Germany regime. However, an art heist in which many famous pieces were stolen saw the painting disappear until now. During the press conference, where it was revealed that artworks had been found, footage shows officers letting the painting drop to the floor. Luckily, there was no damage caused to the piece! The painting slid off its perch and an officer swiftly picked it up from the ground. Police said that a builder, 49, had confessed to the 2012 art heist and has now been arrested, claiming his motives were his love of art and that he did not intend to sell the paintings. He had initially hidden the pieces in a house before recently moving them to thick vegetation at a local gorge. “This painting is of particular importance and sentimental value to the Greek people, as it was personally dedicated by the great painter to the Greek people for their fight against fascist and Nazi forces,” Mendoni said. TEN European countries, including Spain, will accept the Indian‐made AstraZeneca vaccine, also known as Covishield, after it was initially not included the EU’s Covid vac‐ cine passport scheme. At least five million Brits could have been prevented from travelling as a result. The vaccines have still not been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and
Tragic Tenerife search ends
TOMÁS GIMENO: Disappeared along with his two daughters at sea. THE judicial authority investigat‐ ing the case of the girls Anna and Olivia allegedly murdered by their father in Tenerife is expected to call for the cessation of the track‐ ing operations of the oceano‐ graphic vessel Angeles Alvariño. The captain and the vessel’s head of search operations came to the conclusion that it is “impossi‐
Indian-made vaccine do not qualify for the EU’s vaccine passport scheme under its current rules. But on July 2, eight EU states including Spain, plus Ice‐ land and Switzerland, said they would ac‐ cept the Indian‐manufactured vaccine at their borders. On Friday, the European Commission said it was exploring options
ble” to continue with the tracking in the face of the rugged and diffi‐ cult to negotiate underwater ter‐ rain. The head magistrate of the Court of Violence against Women number two of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the body in charge of the case, made the decision on June 30, after having received a report
for accepting the Covishield vaccine across the bloc but warned this could take time. “In order to ensure a coordinated ap‐ proach, the Commission is in discussion with the member states to see which is the best approach to follow,” a spokesperson for the Commission said. “I don’t think you can say it will not be possible to come to the EU with this vaccine,” he added.
from the ship that described the search as “completely unap‐ proachable.” According to the technical report, in the course of the search, the Judicial Police were able to collect and analyse new in‐ formation. Officers discovered that the boat had drifted for a long while after Tomás Gimeno’s mo‐ bile phone signal had been lost, af‐ ter which the engines started working again and he sailed for around three minutes before they cut out again. Thus, “the point where the en‐ gines stopped again becomes the most probable point where Thomas could have thrown him‐ self into the sea,” surmised the team.
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Baby boomers pension bust? JOSE LUIS ESCRIVA, the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations is suggesting that those from the ‘baby boom’ generation - those born from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s might end up getting a smaller pension. The minister explained that the generation is “wider” and will have to assume “some of the effort that must be made to moderate pension spending during a specific period of time.” He said on July 1 that to facilitate this, the government would have to choose between “a small adjustment in their pension” or alternatively, they could “work a little more.” Escriva said Spain “does not have an acute pension problem” but rather “a temporary problem” to face an increase in spending that the retirement of the baby boom generation would entail.
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First steel cut for HMS Belfast
THE first steel has been cut for HMS Belfast, the third ship in the Royal Navy’s fleet of next genera‐ tion Type 26 anti‐submarine frigates. Prince William officially cut the steel for the UK’s newest warship, at a ceremony held at BAE Sys‐ tems’ Govan shipyard on the River Clyde. The steel cut marks the offi‐ cial start of build on the third of eight Type 26 warships. The steel cut represents an im‐ portant milestone for the Type 26 programme, the Royal Navy, UK
Prince William attended. defence and shipbuilding in Scot‐ land. All eight Type 26 frigates will be built by BAE Systems on the Clyde, sustaining around 1,700 jobs in Scotland and 4,000 jobs across the wider UK maritime supply
chain. “Scotland is a world leader in shipbuilding and it’s great to see construction of the British military’s latest warship beginning by the Riv‐ er Clyde in Govan,” said Alister Jack, the Secretary of State for Scotland. “When complete, HMS Belfast ‐ and the rest of the seven strong Scottish built Type 26 fleet ‐ will help protect the UK and our NATO allies 24/7. In the meantime, the anti‐submarine frigate building pro‐ gramme is boosting our country’s prosperity through the investment
and skills footprint defence projects bring,” he added. The Type 26 is an advanced war‐ ship whose primary purpose is anti‐ submarine warfare to protect the Continuous at Sea Deterrent and Carrier Strike Group. The UK’s first three Type 26 ships ‐ HMS Glasgow, HMS Cardiff and HMS Belfast ‐ were ordered for £3.7 billion. HMS Birmingham, HMS Sheffield, HMS Newcastle, HMS Edinburgh and HMS London will form the second batch of Type 26 warships.
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New animal centre to open at Heathrow AIRLINES, pet owners, and logistics or travel operators, will be able to benefit from a new London Heathrow Airport animal reception centre, which is due to open later this year. The specialist facility, operated by Animal Aircare Ltd, will double as an approved border control post and stateof-the-art animal reception centre. Services will include assistance with airline approvals to carry animals, transit of animals through London Heathrow Airport, boarding, travel boxes, and processing the necessary documentation to ensure the safe and comfortable movement of pets and other animals internationally.
Martin Lewis furious after teacher scammed Pet shop manager sold endangered animals
MARTIN LEWIS has been left in a ‘cold fury’ after a retired teacher was scammed out of £125,000. Theresa is a retired teacher and made an appearance on Good Morning Britain, and revealed how she had been scammed by an illegal advert which used Bear Grylls’ face. The scam involved Bitcoin, and left her facing thousands of pounds’ worth of debt and has badly hit relationships with family and friends. On the show host Susanna Reid said: “They were just milking you for money and you couldn’t withdraw. “The thing is, not only did you lose a huge amount of money - £125,000 in all - but it’s damaged the bond you have with friends and family, which must have had a massive impact on your support system and your
mental health.” Theresa commented: “Yes, absolutely. The friend that lent me the money - I think it affected our relationship after. It’s very hard, with my daughters it was hard because they tried to advise me.” Martin explained to Theresa how the scam was not a surprise to him and had left him in a cold fury. Martin said: “Can I just say to you - you said it was astonishing. It’s not for me - I had someone lose £100,000 this weekend, I had someone lose £200,000. I cannot tell you how many people there is in your position.” Luckily, Theresa has been able to get half of the money back with the help of her bank, but she has still been left thousands of pounds out of pocket.
A PET shop manager in Sevilla has been convicted of selling up to 14 endangered animals. A local court convicted him of selling threatened species that included a crested gecko, a Madagascar day gecko, a panther chameleon, a Harris eagle and eight python snakes. The crimes fall under the regulations for the protection of flora, fauna and domestic animals.
All the animals had been kept by the pet shop manager who failed to comply with regulations under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the European Union regulation on the protection of wild fauna and flora. Officers from the Guardia Civil had initially inspected the pet shop in January 2019 and discovered that there were ‘up
to 14 animals of endangered species for sale’ in the pet shop according to the local press who accessed the man’s sentence, which was issued by Sevilla’s 15th Criminal Court. The man has been sentenced and fined €1,200. He has also been disqualified from being employed in animal-related jobs for two years and banned from hunting or fishing for the same period.
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Spanish rental prices falling SPANISH rental prices have fall by 5.6 per cent year-on-year. At the end of June 2021, renting a home in Spain now costs an average of €10.70 per square metre. The decrease is more pronounced in large rental markets, led by a decline in Barcelona where prices
Courier stole victims’ identities THE Guardia Civil have arrested a woman for scamming more than €80,000 from various clients of the courier company where she worked in the town of Isla Cristina, Huelva. Authorities say she stole their identities to commit the scams. The investigations began in February when a person said that there was a loan of €43,000 in his name without his authorisation. Investigating officers were able to figure that all had sent their documentation previously to a courier company. They say the suspect used those papers to obtain loans and financial services in their names.
have fallen by 13.2 per cent in one year and followed by Madrid (-12.4 per cent), Palma (-8.5 per cent), Malaga (-8.1), Sevilla (-7.6 per cent) and Valencia (6.3 per cent). “During the pandemic we have realised that stock is the factor that most directly influences rental prices, so we will have to be aware of how it evolves in the coming months to know what can happen with the rents,” said Francisco Inareta from Idealista. “In any case, all the policies that bring more supply to the market will be helping to lower or contain prices, while all punitive or coercive legislation run the risk of obtaining the opposite results to those desired, that is product withdrawal and rise in prices.” Despite the national fall, the price increased in 11 Autonomous Communities. The highest increase occurred in Cantabria (5.2 per cent), La Rioja (4.9 per cent), Castilla-La Mancha (4.9 per cent) and Galicia (4.7 per cent). With also significant increases were Navarra (3.8 per cent), Extremadura (3.6 per cent), Murcia (3.5 per cent) and Asturias (1.9 per cent). The Balearic Islands, for their part, registered the largest drop in the last 12 months at 10.7 per cent. They are followed by the decreases in Madrid (-10.5 per cent) and Catalonia (-9.3 per cent). Madrid and Catalonia are the most expensive communities to rent a home.
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Half time called on sausage wars THE UK and EU have called half time on the so-called sausage wars with the UK securing a three-month extension on exports of chilled meat to Northern Ireland. Chilled meats from Great Britain, such as sausages and chicken nuggets, which would otherwise be prohibited in Northern Ireland, will continue to move from Great Britain to Northern Ireland after the UK and the EU agreed to extend the grace period allowing this until September 30. The extension means that Northern Ireland consumers will be able to buy chilled meat products from Great Britain, and allows for further discussions to continue on a permanent solution. The UK’s minister for Brexit, David Frost, said, “We are pleased we have been able to agree a sensible extension on chilled meats moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland - one that does not require rules in the rest of the UK to align with future changes in EU agri-food rules. “This is a positive first step but we still need to agree a perma-
nent solution. Northern Ireland is an integral part of the United Kingdom and its consumers should be able to enjoy products they have bought from Great Britain for years. The British government pro-
posed to the EU that it would “be sensible” to extend the chilled meats grace period, on certain conditions. “Crucially, the agreement does not require the rest of the UK to align with any changes in EU agri-food rules during the
EU probes Spanish airlines THE EU has opened an in-depth investigation to assess the proposed acquisition of Air Europa by IAG, two of Spain’s biggest airline groups, under the EU Merger Regulation. What happens next could reduce competition and cause the price of domestic and international flights from Spain to increase. The EU Commission is concerned that the proposed transaction may reduce competition in the markets for passenger air transport services on Spanish domestic routes and on international routes to and from Spain. Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, responsible for competition policy, said, “IAG, which flies with Iberia and Vueling among others, and Air Europa are leading airlines in Spain. They are also key providers of connectivity between Spain, the rest of Europe and Latin America. We will carefully assess whether the proposed transaction would negatively affect competition on domestic, shorthaul and long-haul routes to and from Spain, possibly leading to higher prices and reduced quality for travellers. IAG and Air Europa are respectively the first and third largest providers of scheduled passenger air transport services in Spain.
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Planning a comeback
HAPLESS Matt Hancock is planning a comeback accord‐ ing to pals, but angry locals in his West Suffolk constituency want the disgraced ex‐Health Secretary to resign from the House of Commons.
According to the UK press, Hancock is genuinely sorry for breaking Covid rules and wants to maintain a good re‐ lationship with his three children after he dumped their mother, Martha Han‐
53 arrested in Spain OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil have arrested 53 people accused of swindling €50 million from investors in Spain. The group now face trial for fraud and organisedcrime links after being accused of setting up more than 700 false companies before scamming their victims into putting money into the businesses, eventually making more than €50 million. Police began investigating in 2018 after receiving complaints from several banks claiming that the gang had managed to defraud them of €1.3 million. According to officers, the money made by the gang was then stashed in accounts in Switzerland and Panama. During the investigation, officers seized more than €1 million in cash from one member of the gang who worked for the group transporting large amounts of cash earned from the sale of drugs inside and outside Spain.
cock, by phone on June 24 when he realised pictures of him kissing his tax‐funded aide, Gina Coladangelo, would appear on the front page of The Sun the next day. “He blames himself for ev‐ erything ‐ this is no‐one else’s fault. For now, his chil‐ dren are his priority and he is going to take some time away. But he knows he has to re‐emerge at some point. It is going to be a long way back ‐ he knows that ‐ but he is going to try,” a friend said. The backlash against Han‐ cock in his constituency is being led by Conservative councillor Ian Houlder. Houlder told The Tele‐ graph, “I am furious. I do not include his personal affair, which in anybody’s mind is quite sordid, but he has been standing up there for a year pontificating to every‐ body in the country. That’s what I found really con‐ temptible.”
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S P A I N’S traffic cops are planning more radars, more speed drones and more checkpoints this summer. The Directorate‐General for Traffic (DGT) has un‐ veiled a three‐prong plan for more intensive policing over the summer months. And that means more speed con‐ trols, more drink‐ and drug‐ driving tests, and increased
checks on motorcycle travel in the coming busy weeks. The DGT estimates there will be 91.2 million journeys on Spanish roads during the months of July and August alone. In June this year, 110 peo‐ ple have lost their lives, 64 more compared to June last year, and 40 more than in June 2019.
Do you know how to react in a traffic emergency? WORRYINGLY, half of the people driving in Spain do not know how to react when they have to perform an emergency traffic stop, not knowing how the emergency red triangles are used. And 14 per cent don’t know they are required to wear reflective vests when getting out of their vehicle. A study prepared by the Royal Automobile Club of Spain (RACE) and the energy company BP, reveals that three out of four Spanish drivers have had an emergency breakdown or an accident during a trip, yet 22 per cent did not use their emergency triangles.
Interior Minister Fernando Grande‐Marlaska is deter‐ mined to improve those numbers, saying “vaccines make us immune to the virus, not to traffic acci‐ dents.” The DGT expects a very significant increase in week‐ end travel and short‐term trips, with national mobility similar to that of summer 2019. Given this, three large special control campaigns will be established by the DGT, in addition to the tradi‐ tional motorway and dual‐ carriageway exit and entry operations carried out by the traffic police. The traffic police plan ex‐ tensive patrolling operations every weekend. As well as increased patrolling and surveillance, the traffic po‐ lice will be deploying 780 fixed speed control radars, 545 mobile radar devices and 12 helicopters.
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Covid-19 common in cats and dogs COVID‐19 is common in pet cats and dogs whose owners have the virus and they should avoid contact with their animals in the same way they would with hu‐ mans, according to new re‐ search. Cases of owners spreading the disease to their dog or cat have been documented before,
but are considered to be of neg‐ ligible risk to public health. However, as vaccination and other measures reduce human‐ to‐human transmission of the virus, it is becoming imperative that we understand more about the potential risk posed by ani‐ mal infections. To find out more, Dr Els
EU launches cancer centre The EU has launched the Knowledge Centre on Cancer, the first Flagship action delivered under Europe's Beating Cancer Plan. The Knowledge Centre is a new online platform to gather evidence and coordinate actions against the number one cause of death among under-65s in Europe. Launched on June 30, it will map the latest evidence on cancer, provide healthcare guidelines and quality assurance schemes, as well as monitor and project trends in cancer incidence and mortality across the EU. It is also a space where everyone invested in the fight against cancer can share best practices, collaborate, and coordinate to make the most of our collective knowledge and evidencebased science. THE EUROWEEKLY NEWS is urg‐ ing its readers to support local businesses in the community by going local through the lock‐ down and for your all your shop‐ ping this year, instead of feeding online giants and superstores. During this lockdown, we chal‐ lenge you to rediscover your local high streets, markets, butchers, greengrocers and all of the won‐ derfully quirky independent busi‐
Broens and colleagues at Utrecht University studied dogs and cats of people who had tested positive for Covid‐19. A mobile veterinary clinic visited the homes of owners who had tested positive in the past two to 200 days and oropharyngeal and rectal swabs and blood samples were taken from their cats and dogs. Some 156 dogs and 154 cats from 196 households were test‐ ed in total. Six cats and seven dogs (4.2 per cent) had positive PCR tests and 31 cats and 23
dogs (17.4 per cent) tested posi‐ tive for antibodies. Eleven of the 13 owners whose pets had positive PCR tests agreed for them to under‐ go a second round of testing one to three weeks after they were first tested. All 11 animals tested positive for antibodies, confirming they had had Covid‐ 19. Three cats still had positive PCR tests and were tested for a third time. Eventually, all PCR‐positive animals cleared the infection and became PCR negative.
Stress can turn hair grey, but it is reversible, researchers find LEGEND has it Marie An‐ toinette’s hair turned grey overnight just before her be‐ heading in 1791. Though the legend is inaccu‐ rate, hair that has already grown out of the follicle does not change colour. A new study from researchers at Columbia Univer‐ sity Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons is the first to offer quantitative evidence linking psy‐ chological stress to greying hair in people. And while it may seem intu‐
An end to caged farm animals? THE EU will propose phasing out of cages for farm animals in a document that will be ready by 2023 and in force by 2027. The move comes after a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) ‘End the Cage Age’ was signed and supported by more than one million citizens across the EU. The EU will now plan for a legislative proposal by 2023 to prohibit cages for a number of farm animals. The proposal will come as part of the ongoing revision of the animal welfare legislation under the Farm to Fork Strategy. While all farm animals benefit from current legislation on the protection of animals, only laying hens, broilers, sows and calves are covered by rules on caging. In its response to the ECI, the Com‐ mission commits to table, by the end of 2023, a legislative proposal to phase out, and finally pro‐ hibit, the use of cage systems for all animals mentioned in the Initiative. Hens, pigs, calves, rabbits, quail, ducks and geese stand to benefit from the proposed changes.
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nesses in your area. Due to the Covid‐19 pandem‐ ic, you may have to support many local businesses by order‐
ing online and making use of any click and collect services they can operate if you are unable to get out due to health reasons or lockdown restrictions. The joy of shopping local means that independent busi‐ nesses can help support the local community. Although it may be a euro or two cheaper elsewhere or on‐ line, consider where your money is actually going. By shopping at an indepen‐ dent store you’re putting food on a local family’s table, and there is no better time than now to give back to your community by mak‐ ing a small gesture and shopping in this way. Many local stores support lo‐ cal charities, support and sponsor local sports teams and in many cases the small independent stores are actually much more than just a small high street shop, they’re a family’s legacy, often passed down through numerous generations and support not just
the current owner but the gener‐ ation before. For those stores which are new, that extra couple of euros spent there are supporting someone’s dream and ambition, and also the courage it took them to step out alone, which is no easy task. It takes quite a large chunk of money to set up an in‐ dependent store and compete with the multinational and chains. So be sure to pre‐order your meat from a local butcher and get your spuds from a local greengrocer, let us revive that community spirit and get to know our neighbours again. You could also consider pur‐ chasing gift vouchers from local businesses to help them over the coming weeks, thinking outside the box can often lead to some fantastic ideas. Why not buy a meal for two, an hour’s tattoo time at a local studio, a hair cut at a local salon or an online study course for someone looking to
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change their career path. As people are struggling with finances thinking about what friends and family may actually need is important too. Whilst it’s nice to give a glamourous gift perhaps pre‐paying a family member’s phone bill for the month would actually be a better gift. Helping people alleviate stress and worry , give the gift of peace of mind through these dif‐ ficult times. Choosing to spend your money locally will really make a difference in the recovery of the local economy. When we buy local, our money stays lo‐ cal, and it strengthens the local economy in two ways. First, buy‐ ing local keeps money circulating within the local economy. Stud‐ ies have shown that local busi‐ nesses recirculate a greater share of every euro as they create lo‐ cally owned supply chains and in‐ vest in their employees. Data shows that local retailers return 52 per cent of their rev‐ enue back into the local econo‐
itive that stress can accelerate greying, the researchers were surprised to discover that hair colour can be restored when stress is eliminated, a finding that contrasts with a recent study in mice that suggested that stressed‐induced grey hairs are permanent. The study has broader signifi‐ cance than confirming age‐old speculation about the effects of stress on hair colour, says the study’s senior author Martin Pi‐ card, associate professor of be‐ havioural medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. “Understanding the mecha‐ nisms that allow ‘old’ grey hairs to return to their ‘young’ pig‐ mented states could yield new clues about the malleability of human ageing in general and how it is influenced by stress,” Pi‐ card said “Our data add to a growing body of evidence demonstrating that human ageing is not a linear, fixed biological process but may, at least in part, be halted or even temporarily reversed.” my, compared to just 14 per cent for national chain retailers. Money circulating through the local economy benefits everyone who is a part of each transaction. For example, let’s look at a local farmer growing produce. First, they sell to a local restaurant, which in turn prepares the fresh produce and sells it to local cus‐ tomers. The farmer pays its local employees and the restaurant uses revenue from sales to buy supplies from a neighbourhood hardware store. This example illustrates how the recirculation of money in the local economy leads to a stronger financial foundation for our neighbours and communi‐ ties. Buying local also fuels new employment and job opportuni‐ ties for people within our com‐ munity. Studies show, locally owned businesses employ more people per unit of sales and retain more employees over time. A fantastic example of how to support your local community is with a Charity Gift certificate, why not donate to your loved one’s favourite cause. Just remember to follow the latest government advice and any guidance businesses have to keep everyone safe.
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EUROPEAN NIBS DENMARK
FRANCE
Moroccan visit
Digital currency
THE Danish foreign minister, Jeppe Kofod, visited Morocco to discuss a number of matters including the fact that many illegal migrants pass through North Africa as they attempt to enter Europe and Denmark wants to find a more just and humane asylum system.
WITH the rapid move away from hard cash and into payment by card, the Governor of the Bank of France warns that Europe needs a digital euro and a European payment system sooner rather than later, especially as Visa and Mastercard are American companies.
THE NETHERLANDS Pulse fishing A DEMAND for information from the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries by broadcaster NOS has shown that officials knowingly fed incorrect information to the European Union in order to obtain large numbers of pulse fishing licences. Use of electric pulses to catch fish is now banned.
BELGIUM USB deal
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NORWAY Whale’s hearing A CONTROVERSIAL plan to capture whales off the coast of Norway and spend four days testing their hearing has finished for this season as not a single whale was tempted into the ‘traps’, but scientists from Norway, Denmark and America will try again later
FINLAND
IN order to avoid being charged with assisting customers to evade tax in Belgium, Swiss investment bank UBS has come to an arrangement with the Belgian authorities to pay over €50 million and this compares well with the reported €4.5 billion previously paid to France.
Scooter scare
GERMANY
SWEDEN
Birth right
Today’s moose
THE German federal parliament has passed a bill which grants German citizenship to descendants of Jews, Roma and Sinti, and political opponents whom the Nazis had stripped of citizenship or prevented from acquiring it thus restoring rights to some who had been deprived of German passports.
THE Swedish Transport Department was forced to issue a major warning about the likelihood of a number of moose straying onto the road and affecting traffic in both directions on the E4 between the junctions Ättekulla and Helsingborg S. Happily the animals wandered off again and no-one was hurt.
NEARLY 70 per cent of those who responded to a recent survey created by the Finnish Road Safety Council said that they believe electric scooters are a threat to pedestrian safety. Almost one in four confirmed that they had found themselves in a dangerous situation.
UK Government Ministers have led calls for Professor Chris Whitty to be offered po‐ lice protection after a string of attacks on the scientist by members of the public have heightened fears for his safety.
Police launched an investi‐ gation over two men who ha‐ rassed England’s Chief Medi‐ cal Officer after video footage emerged of him on social me‐ dia being heckled as he walked through St James’s
Comedian Lee Hurst kicked off Twitter COMEDIAN Lee Hurst has been kicked off Twitter for abusive Chris Whitty tweets. Lee Hurst’s tweets caused much controversy on Twitter when he said the attack on Chris Whitty, England’s Chief Medical Officer, was ‘not enough’. The shocking attack happened last week and Hurst has now seen his Twitter account suspended over the abusive tweets. Video footage came out last week which showed Whitty walking through Saint James Park in London and being grabbed by two men. Whitty attempted to free himself from the men who also filmed the incident. Comedian Hurst shared his opinion of the attack with some 18,000 followers on Twitter before the account was suspended after users reported him to Twitter officials. Not only was Hurst reported to Twitter but also to the police as followers claim that he was ‘inciting hatred’.
Park in London at 7.20pm on Tuesday June 27. In the viral video, Professor Whitty appeared to be grabbed by two men who are shouting and laughing. He at‐ tempts to walks away and cross the road before the men grab him again and shout “oi oi” “"one photo, one photo please.” The professor himself is un‐ derstood to have dismissed the park incident as “school‐ boy behaviour” and said he would not have told anyone if the footage had not already spread online. He has said not to want to take the matter any further. A statement released by the Metropolitan Police said that the incident has been record‐ ed as “common assault”, and that officers took down the details of the two men at the time of the attack. The men were apparently ‘robustly’ warned about their behaviour then ordered to leave the area.
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A race against Delta surge EUROPE is racing to vaccinate people, particularly the young, as fears mount that the Delta variant may crash across the continent. French region Landes, a favourite with surfers, has delayed lifting restrictions until July 6 because of a high number of Delta in-
fections. “We do not want to take the risk of having a restart of the epidemic. We have all the cards in hand to avoid a fourth wave of the epidemic,” said Gabriel Attal, a French government spokesman, said on June 30. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and
Covid passport now in use
THE new Covid passport came into force on Thursday July 1 and has been promoted by the European Union to make travel within the EU easier. So far in Spain 2.7 million of these Covid passports have al‐ ready been issued by the Ministry of Health and the au‐ tonomous communities. The idea for the Covid passport was put forward by Greece early last year. The aim of the passport is to help the tourism industry during the summer and the ‘digital green certificate’ or Covid passport was approved in May 2021. All member states of the EU will use this system from July 1. The passport comes as both a digital and paper version and has a QR code. The Covid passport shows if a person has been fully vaccinated, has recovered from the coronavirus or has a negative test.
Control said recently that the Delta variant is likely to account for 90 per cent of all cases in the EU by the end of August. In Germany, Delta accounts for 15 per cent of all Covid cases and the rate of infection is doubling by the week. Italy also fears the Delta variant will become dominant and Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, has expressed concerns that the EURO 2020 final is being held in Wembley given the UK’s problem with the variant. Anna Teresa Palamara, an Italian epidemiologist, said, “Our epidemiological monitoring shows a rapidly evolving picture that confirms that also in our country, as in the rest of Europe, the delta variant of the virus is becoming dominant.” THE UN said tourism in Europe could recover in the second half of this year. The research carried out by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN’s World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) found that, despite some recovery this year, the tourism sector will not fully re-
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Sanchez shuts door on Catalan vote PRESIDENT Pedro Sanchez has warned there will never be a Catalan independence referendum but a separatist leader shot back “give us time.” Speaking in parliament after his meeting with the President of Catalonia, Pere Aragones, Sanchez said, “There will be no referendum, unless those who defend it manage to convince three-fifths of this House to modify Article 2 of the Constitution and then those changes are ratified. But I already anticipate that the PSOE will never accept it.” However, the spokesman for Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, a left-wing pro-independence party, Gabriel Rufian, quickly shot back at the President, “Mr Sanchez, you say that there will be no referendum. You also said that there would be no pardons. Give us time.” It was a clear dig at Sanchez who has been criticised by opposition parties for saying prior
SANCHEZ: Has been criticised. to his election that he would not grant pardons. In an interview with La Sexta, Aragones said that he and Sanchez are yet to find a middle ground. "The positions are very far apart. We defend independence and the government defends the unity of Spain,” he said.
Tourism set to recover ‘in second half of the year’ bound until 2023. According to the report, vaccinations and vaccine passports will this year see an increase in tourism after international arrivals across the world fell by 73
per cent last year. “The outlook for this year doesn’t look much better,” said Ralf Peters of UNCTAD’s trade analysis branch. “There is an expectation of a certain recov-
ery in the second half of the year, at least for North America and Europe to a certain extent.” Spain’s vaccination rollout has so far seen more than half the population receive at least one dose of a jab, while several age groups, including the over 80s, have been completely immunised.
FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Airport city AFTER an understandably quiet year, airport manager AENA has announced that it plans to look for investors to help it develop land around Madrid Barajas airport with a view to creating what is referred to as a new airport city in the surrounding area.
Gummy bears CONFECTIONERY giant Haribo has warned that it is finding it difficult to meet UK demand for its products at the moment due to a shortage of lorry drivers caused by the pandemic and the increasingly difficult customs requirements following Brexit.
Bacardi promotion IN an innovative promotional campaign to help existing customers in Barcelona and Madrid to recover some of the lost business, the Bacardi spirits group which owns such brands as Bacardi rum, Bombay Sapphire gin and Dewar’s whisky will give a 50 per cent subsidy to 750 establishments.
Anthony Joshua invests TWO-TIME Heavyweight Champion of the World and Olympic Gold Medallist, Anthony Joshua OBE, has invested in Manchester based percussion muscle therapy and recovery brand, Pulseroll. Joshua, who is a regular visitor to the Costa del Sol has been using Pulseroll’s full range of vibration massage devices for nearly five years and will also join the company’s board of directors in an advisory capacity. On the partnership, Joshua said; “Joining the Pulseroll family as an investor and ambassador is just the start. I am looking forward to helping with the development of the next generation of recovery technologies. I’m always using the products even when not training.”
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€300 million
is the amount Spanish investment fund GPF received when it sold The Natural Fruit Company, Spain’s leading distributor of citrus fruits to Femman Capital.
El Corte Inglés’ new acquisition IN a short statement re‐ leased on Thursday July 1, El Corte Inglés announced that it had completed a transaction to take over Madrid‐based gourmet su‐ permarket chain Sanchez Romero for an undisclosed sum. Supermercados Sanchez Romero is a Spanish com‐ pany founded in 1954, which specialises in food and consumer product re‐ tailing, with a number of its products already on
sale at El Corte Inglés’ own supermarket chain Super‐ cor and Hipercor super‐ stores. The year 2020 was not a good one for the depart‐ ment store, except for on‐ line and instore sales of grocery products and by taking over this company, it says that the “transac‐ tion strengthens El Corte Inglés’ foothold as the leader in high‐end super‐ markets, with a broad and unique sales proposition.”
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Sanchez Romero has 10 supermarkets in Madrid, with over 9,000 square metres of combined sales floor. It also owns a 4,000 square metre distribution hub in Alcala de Henares (Madrid), where the com‐ pany also has its offices and headquarters. The company is noted for its broad, varied and unique product and ser‐ vice offering, as well as the type and formats of its
What are the rules for garden apartments with a sea view which have fences 1.5m high between them. Is it permitted to install a pergola two and a half metres high close to the fence, which blocks the sea view of the neighbour? Do you have to have permission from the neighbour to do that? I’ve heard that permission is needed whenever you are closer than two metres from the neighboor. Is that correct? R M (by email) Yes, there are some situations where a YOU AND THE LAW two‐metre distance IN SPAIN must be maintained but your situation is different. All of your gardens are in fact on community of property owners’ land. Everything outside the building walls in effect belongs to the community. You are assigned the private use of it, but the garden area itself belongs to the community. This means that your neighbour must obtain permission from the AGM in order to make any change in his garden. This would include permission from the neighbour whose view is being blocked. If he does not have this permission the community can order him to re‐ move the pergola.
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US fashion giant Gap has confirmed it plans to close all of its 81 stores in the UK and Ireland and will continue to operate the business online only. The firm said it would close all its stores “in a phased manner” be‐ tween the end of August and the end of September ‐ 19 stores which were already scheduled to close in July as their leases were expiring will close as well.
stores, and the high quali‐ ty of its fresh products. It currently has 419 em‐ ployees and reported €61 million of revenue with €6.2 million net profit in 2020. The company’s current manager, Enric Ezquerra, who took over the compa‐ ny in 2017 is staying on and there are likely to be plans to expand the chain into other major cities throughout the Spanish peninsula.
Funerals and coronavirus
Can he block view?
Aldi expansion GERMAN supermarket group Aldi continues to target Spain as a major area for growth having opened 23 new stores in 2020 and will now increase its logistics capacity by 61,000 square metres to support the 340 existing stores and 5,500 employees.
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Biel Glasses A SMALL Spanish start‐up company Biel Glasses has just won a prize for innovation at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona for their glasses aimed at those with low vi‐ sion. The founders, a married couple found that their two‐ year‐old son had very poor eyesight and he was diag‐ nosed with low vision which cannot be corrected with nor‐ mal glasses or operation. With a lot of effort and nearly €1 million spent in de‐ velopment, relying on crowd funding and their own invest‐ ment, they have created a pair of glasses which incorpo‐ rates computer technology, 3d vision and artificial intelli‐ gence to allow anyone with low vision to be able to im‐ prove mobility and autono‐ my.
Global tax deal MANY restrictions which ap‐ plied to funerals and memo‐ rial services throughout the coronavirus pandemic have now been lifted, but recom‐ mendations and regulations still remain in place to pre‐ vent Covid from spreading. Depending on where the funerals or memorial ser‐ vices will be held, it is impor‐ tant to know what restric‐ tions are in place at the time. Failing to comply with regulations could lead to fines. Don’t attend a funeral or memorial service if you have Covid‐19, and if you have symptoms or have been in
contact w i t h someone who tested positive, you should get tested too. If you attend a funeral, keep your hands clean and your face covered, and make sure you avoid get‐ ting too close to others. Limit the number of people you come into contact with and try to stay outside as much as possible. If you have to be inside, check that the room is well‐ ventilated. If you are at high risk of complications from coronavirus, it may be best to stay away.
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Mind the Gap The company has not disclosed ex‐ actly how many employees the clo‐ sures will affect but said it intends to shortly start a consultation process with the staff. In a statement, Gap said: “Due to market dynamics in the United King‐
dom and the Republic of Ireland, we shared with our team today that we are proposing to close all company‐ operated Gap Specialty and Gap Out‐ let stores in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in a phased manner from the end of August until
AFTER several years of dis‐ agreement between the Trump Administration and European Union states, a deal has finally been agreed with regards to tax payments by global corporations. An announcement from the Organisation for Econom‐ ic Co‐operation and Develop‐ ment (OECD) confirmed that officials from 130 countries have agreed to review the global tax system to ensure big companies pay tax wher‐ ever they operate. According to the OECD, there should be a minimum corporate tax rate of 15 per cent and it believes that this deal could raise an additional €120 billion in revenue. The only negative is that Hungary and Iceland have de‐ clined to sign up for the deal. the end of September 2021. “We are thoughtfully moving through the consultation process with our European team, and we will provide support and transition assis‐ tance for our colleagues as we look to wind down stores.” The firm said it was “not exiting the UK market” and would continue to offer a web‐based store when all the shops had closed.
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COMPANY PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) 3I Group 1.202,50 1.203,00 Admiral Group 3.122,0 3.131,0 Anglo American 2.992,5 3.002,0 Antofagasta 1.466,50 1.478,00 Ashtead Group 5.466,9 5.468,0 Associated British Foods 2.327,0 2.332,0 AstraZeneca 8.713,6 8.776,0 Auto Trader Group Plc 646,20 647,00 Avast 496,20 497,00 Aveva 3.846,8 3.904,4 Aviva 412,60 412,90 B&M European Value Retail SA572,00 575,12 BAE Systems 524,74 527,40 Bank VTB DRC 1,332 1,332 Barclays 175,72 175,86 Barratt Developments 710,40 713,60 Berkeley 4.686,8 4.705,0 BHP Group 2.175,50 2.185,00 BP 323,64 323,95 British American Tobacco 2.822,2 2.833,5 British Land Company 518,90 521,00 BT Group 195,80 196,35 Bunzl 2.438,0 2.440,0 Burberry Group 2.046,6 2.055,0 Carnival 1.669,2 1.681,2 Centrica 52,81 52,94 Coca Cola HBC AG 2.624,0 2.646,0 Compass 1.593,00 1.594,00 CRH 3.638,0 3.648,0 Croda Intl 7.458,0 7.465,2 DCC 5.946,0 5.980,0 Diageo 3.457,2 3.478,8 DS Smith 427,20 429,29 EasyJet 942,46 944,80 Experian 2.846,0 2.866,2 Ferguson 10.185,0 10.205,0 Flutter Entertainment 13.575,0 13.575,0 Fresnillo 812,44 815,95 GlaxoSmithKline 1.432,07 1.442,77 Glencore 320,20 321,15 Halma 2.750,0 2.755,0 Hargreaves Lansdown 1.610,00 1.611,00 Hikma Pharma 2.526,00 2.555,00 HSBC 421,75 423,00 IAG 187,56 188,30 Imperial Brands 1.566,89 1.577,50 Informa 522,60 529,40 InterContinental 4.904,4 4.913,6 Intermediate Capital 2.183,00 2.183,00 Intertek 5.550,0 5.584,0
% CHG. 1.192,50 3.101,5 2.945,5 1.451,00 5.432,9 2.309,3 8.688,0 641,20 493,80 3.827,0 406,60 570,12 521,80 1,314 172,32 705,60 4.678,5 2.153,00 320,43 2.808,8 515,33 194,40 2.427,0 2.039,4 1.657,0 52,54 2.621,0 1.580,00 3.625,0 7.428,3 5.934,0 3.456,0 425,56 913,97 2.837,3 10.140,0 13.375,0 806,11 1.427,60 316,06 2.738,0 1.600,00 2.524,00 417,93 180,32 1.564,50 518,80 4.867,8 2.158,00 5.544,0
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129,10 277,60 3.097,0 700,72 264,00 47,43 7.900,0 470,60 162,33 1.933,00 921,70 204,00 7.924,0 34,20 1.957,00 3.015,0 681,40 1.394,75 6.434,0 1.977,14 501,40 659,00 6.009,0 103,66 7,66 1.486,8 1.486,31 1.445,2 686,69 1.773,00 16,64 3.502,0 1.323,00 1.117,00 2.552,0 1.587,64 1.613,50 13.740,0 1.513,00 1.528,50 457,80 274,84 162,80 228,00 376,20 4.240,8 992,40 122,04 3.241,0 991,60
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130,64 277,70 3.107,0 705,71 264,30 47,55 7.904,0 470,80 162,33 1.938,50 927,70 205,00 7.966,0 34,35 1.993,45 3.034,0 681,40 1.395,00 6.469,0 1.983,03 501,80 659,00 6.057,0 103,85 7,72 1.487,8 1.487,61 1.446,4 687,48 1.779,00 16,79 3.506,0 1.324,25 1.117,00 2.556,2 1.598,00 1.622,50 13.775,0 1.519,50 1.530,50 460,09 276,00 163,80 228,60 376,60 4.259,5 996,40 122,28 3.241,0 1.000,50
128,80 273,60 3.084,0 697,68 261,70 46,91 7.854,0 462,60 160,38 1.926,50 920,50 202,20 7.914,0 33,98 1.956,80 3.004,0 674,80 1.381,00 6.408,0 1.974,63 498,80 650,60 5.983,0 101,51 7,64 1.468,6 1.467,70 1.425,0 683,39 1.772,00 16,61 3.473,0 1.313,30 1.108,39 2.540,6 1.587,64 1.608,00 13.715,0 1.508,50 1.507,50 456,50 271,30 161,30 225,37 363,90 4.231,1 987,80 121,66 3.188,6 986,60
296,32K 4,96M 27,93K 20,34K 1,58M 7,83M 26,01K 95,59K 246,36K 11,53K 522,30K 1,58M 25,38K 94,85K 23,30K 33,89K 454,03K 43,80K 69,92K 15,21K 212,88K 86,14K 270,99K 3,45M 154,35K 542,93K 542,53K 1,41M 30,67K 1,28K 132,04K 18,95K 629,34K 18,49K 8,89K 42,01K 32,33K 5,02K 127,25K 153,91K 316,37K 423,55K 1,64M 2,83M 1,10M 89,53K 114,99K 1,23M 20,63K 149,63K
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CHANGE 200,29 2.577,0 3.511,72 249,90 140,00 240,11 218,37 106,40 53,62 54,45 356,44 376,60 323,12 222,05 146,95 56,99 169,30 156,32 234,11 78,77 278,00 159,97 136,64 248,96 700,00 409,87 56,57 238,78 141,08 178,36
CHANGE% VOLUME(M) 197,94 1,61M 2.535,4 1,06M 3.436,92 3,18M 246,25 1,94M 137,75 78,95M 233,47 15,72M 215,58 2,43M 105,04 7,11M 52,84 15,07M 54,00 10,61M 352,62 11,52M 372,42 1,60M 321,35 2,20M 219,71 1,54M 139,46 16,83M 56,32 17,22M 165,64 9,06M 155,12 11,43M 232,44 1,85M 77,76 7,67M 272,50 26,47M 157,64 6,40M 135,42 5,57M 245,84 4,06M 673,26 27,10M 403,88 1,98M 56,26 11,39M 235,82 4,38M 139,35 8,76M 174,62 11,10M M - MILLION DOLLARS
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Most Advanced NVR Inc. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. AutoZone Inc. Mettler-Toledo International Inc. Credit Suisse FI Large Cap Growth Enhanced UBS AG FI Enhanced Large Cap Growth ETN BlackRock Inc. Cable One Inc. Danaher Corp. 4.75% Mandatory Conv. Paycom Software Inc. Biglari Holdings Inc. Cl A
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Most Declined Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl A Texas Pacific Land Corp. Boston Beer Co. Cl A Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3X Shares International Business Machines Corp. Lindsay Corp. Laredo Petroleum Inc. Wayfair Inc. Cl A TopBuild Corp. Sturm Ruger & Co. Lemonade Inc.
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KEY POLICIES: Rishi Sunak gives Mansion House speech. NOWADAYS it seems that no senior British politician can give a speech without some‐ one ensuring that the contents are revealed in advance. This is exactly what has hap‐ pened with Rishi Sunak who was due to give his first Man‐ sion House speech on Thurs‐ day July 1 which is considered the Chancellor’s key policy speech of the year. According to the BBC he in‐ tended to announce that he will make the UK the most “advanced and exciting” finan‐ cial services hub in the world even though Amsterdam took over from London as the largest financial trading centre in Europe as Brexit changes fi‐ nally came into force. The full speech was actually released on Twitter by the Treasury with teasers several hours before the Mansion
House event and contained a number of promises and statements of intent. There will be action to en‐ sure that companies report the effects on the environ‐ ment that their businesses have and what they plan to do to mitigate damage over the long term via the new Inte‐ grated Sustainability Disclo‐ sures Requirements. He has also given an under‐ taking that Britain will be able to compete equally with members of the European Union, especially in the finan‐ cial sector, but also confirmed that the USA is now one of Britain’s most important mar‐ kets for finance and that posi‐ tive discussions are ongoing with China. He looks to the future with young leaders and en‐ trepreneurs taking the stage
Cryptocurrency AS the European Central Bank (ECB) expresses its wish to see a digital euro at some time in the future, the European Union is worried about uncontrolled cryptocurrency. At the same time, as part of its programme to increase expertise in new technology, the Spanish Government has been contemplating issuing some form of crypto exchange mechanism, although the Chairman of the Bank of Spain has warned against investment in that form of online currency. Now, according to Spanish financial news outlet Cinco Dias , the EU intends to charge the ECB, Bank of Spain and National Stock Market Commission (CNMV) to supervise crypto-related activities in Spain with effect from 2022.
and said “As the baton passes to a new generation of leaders in finance, I feel optimistic about the future. Ambitious at home. Confident internation‐ ally.”
BUSINESS EXTRA Profits up UK based JD Sports has increased its full-year profit outlook to ‘no less than’ £550 (€605) million, compared to £324 (€356) million the previous year. With 3,300 stores in 29 countries, including a new Spanish subsidiary, turnover has grown substantially in the past year.
Bounce back WITH Spain in a major lockdown situation in the second quarter of 2020, the economy was in a difficult situation, but in accordance with expectations, the second quarter of 2021 has seen a bounce back and in fact economic output rose a record 18 per cent.
Back to work MORE than one million workers in the UK came off furlough in May thanks to the reopening of the economy and with 2.4 million workers still on the furlough scheme which ends in September, this is the lowest number since the start of the pandemic.
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT THE only colours that do truly worry me are the rose‐coloured hues that tint the glasses of authorities when they view the true problems that beset many of our great cities ‐ no matter how they try to generalise those responsible for the lawlessness that prevails; no matter how they carefully fail to mention any particular creed or section of the public at fault. Irrespective of how many advertisements they produce on TV showing everyone living happily together in environments of multicultural diversity, the true circumstances indisputably reveal that most of the problems originate firmly at the doors of the black communities. Last week the LBC revealed that 74 per cent of young people awaiting trial in London prisons are black. Couple this with the inescapable fact that 90 per cent of all knife crimes are committed by young blacks. And the black community makes up 13 per cent of London’s population.
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Rose-tinted glasses Until the wokes and PC brigade are put firmly in their place and the whole situation can be openly admitted and honestly approached by reasonable people with no fear of racist accusation or threats of retribution, it will NEVER be sorted. The disinformation and downright lies perpetrated by the media MUST be addressed. The UK is not a Shangri La of happily integrated communities with all ethnicities and nationalities living together in spacious and prosperous environments. This deceptive propaganda is a blatant insult of the public’s intelligence. A large section of black citizens lives in overcrowded run‐down areas with no hope of EVER integrating with the white indigenous population. Existing within these environments are numbers of one
Authorities’ view is clouded. parent families, consisting of children who will never know or even see their absent fathers. Consequently, children run wild, often spilling over into what they observe as the ’privileged’ white areas, where even more hatred is spawned. They find companionship and a sense of belonging in the lawless drug gangs that become the ‘family’ they have never experienced. They are then instilled with a warped sense of loyalty to their gang leaders,
many of whom have been raised in the same unloved and dysfunctional way as they themselves. In other words, it is a vicious circle that simply MUST be broken. Special policing efforts need to be taken to infiltrate these violent gangs and incarcerate their leaders. Morally decent black families, unable to escape these areas, must be encouraged to inform on criminal gangs and given adequate protection
and secure accommodation for their efforts. Stop and search must be a priority too for police, and slum areas must be cleared. Billions need to be invested. More youth clubs and citizens advice points must be established. Successful minority professionals must be encouraged to visit these areas and give a message of hope to these young people. Freedom of speech must be seen as a priority and most importantly the disgraceful media distortion has to stop. Falsification of the facts is the most evil travesty of them all. Keep the faith Love Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com To read more articles from our columnists and to have your say in the comments go to www.euroweeklynews.com
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WHAT REALLY IRRITATES ME ABOUT TV SHOWS 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
FOR starters, characters always find a park‐ ing space, or plonk their car down anywhere without acquiring a ticket in streets unusual‐ ly devoid of traffic for the time of day. And ever see anybody in a TV show pay the taxi driver before leaving the cab? Characters who are interviewed by the po‐ lice in a murder enquiry, particularly at their workplace, where, though they’re clearly be‐ ing considered as suspects, they continue to work ‐ unpacking boxes or cleaning a car or fiddling with a computer keyboard. If you were being interviewed by the police could you keep working at the same time? And what about characters talking to themselves about what they’re thinking/do‐ ing (so that the viewer knows what’s happen‐ ing), but who does that in real life? Phone calls that are over in five seconds and usually don’t involve ‘Hello’ or ‘Goodbye’? Charac‐
TV SHOWS: Just how realistic are they? ters who apply for a job for which they’re patently under‐qualified, but which they get anyway in a show where the plot holes could accommodate an ocean liner drifting side‐ ways? Let alone characters coming home where ALL the lamps are already on. Who put them
on? Did they leave them on all day? Female characters waking up in nanoseconds looking beautiful with full, perfect make‐up. Eye shadow, lipstick the works! Who goes to bed like that? Conversely, when detectives use their flashlights to check out a crime scene instead
of switching the lights on. Or when the victim goes into a dark house, yet fails to turn the lights on! I mean, who looks for an axe mur‐ derer in the dark? Finally, on a completely different note, many thanks to all of you who’ve purchased my just‐published thriller, The Sentinel, the latest in my ‘DI Barbara Forster and Alice My‐ ers Crime Thriller Series.’ What’s more, now available in audiobook format narrated as be‐ fore by my good friend Rayner Bourton who created the role of ‘Rocky’ in the original Lon‐ don production of ‘The Rocky Horror Show.’ Thanks, too, for helping my other novels sell so fantastically well. And keep those great comments coming to my website and dona‐ tions to Cudeca! Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘The Sentinel’, ‘No Safe Place’, ‘Be‐ trayal’, ‘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.nora‐johnson.net) available online as eBook (€0.99; £0.99), Ap‐ ple Books, paperback and audiobook.
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It’s a ludicrous situation
MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION
Views of a Grumpy Old Man WHAT’S going on in the world? Outdoor Covid ‘test’ events are taking place in football stadiums and crowds at Wimbledon. There are still rules about going to restaurants, cinemas and theatres and when it rained at Wimbledon and they closed the roof didn’t that then become an indoor event? All nonsense. If people want to go on holiday, let them. Have tests to leave and return but stop making money on the tests. It’s costing families thousands just for testing. If the government wants people tested let them pay. You have the ridiculous situation of millions of people being tested for a disease they have no symptoms of. My ITV needs renewing at the end of July. I was aware that you now have to book in advance but I didn’t realise what a horror story it actually is. I went in my garage, which always does my pre-test check-up then take it for testing, in May to book for July. He said he couldn’t get an appointment, come back in June. I did - same problem - told me to come
back in July which I did today and now he is telling me to come back in August - after it’s run out which of course I pointed out. He just shrugged and said don’t worry about it, won’t be a problem - yeah not for him! It’s a ludicrous situation. With Mrs S’ car they at least gave me a booking date and a piece of paper to show the police that there was an appointment booked. This time nothing, just a shrug and told not to worry. Is this happening everywhere? Two thugs attacked Chris Witty in the street and videoed themselves doing it. One’s been sacked from his job as an estate agent and once again there are people saying that it’s wrong he’s been fired. I’ll tell you what’s wrong is that a bloke, regardless what you think of him, because he’s been on the telly, can’t walk along the street without being attacked, just because these thugs decide they want a selfie with him. The police should have got involved and nicked them. Poor guy looked terrified. The ridiculous thing is that if it had been someone a bit lively and he knocked them both out, people would be saying he overreacted. Totally no win situation for him. My opinion is they should have been nicked and at least fined for assault. Email: mikesenker@gmail.com
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VOLUNTARY SELF-ISOLATION DAVID WORBOYS WHEN it has not been compul‐ sory, many of us have voluntari‐ ly self‐isolated during Covid, thus surrendering freedom of movement. In a sense, others have been doing this all their lives. Outside our office on a street in Barcelona in the 80s, an elder‐ ly man known as Martin was en‐ sconced in an ONCE kiosk where you could buy lottery tickets. Ap‐ parently, he had been there ev‐ ery weekday for the past 40 years and had never been no‐ ticed as absent. He was always there, confined to a space of about one square metre. Likewise, my barber, whose salon had a kitchen and bath‐ room attached. From 1977 to 1995, I was travelling extensive‐
Self Isolation may be voluntary - or involuntary. ly. At any time from Monday to Saturday between 10am and 6pm, I knew where Franco was. I could be in an office, a hotel, an airport or a restaurant anywhere in Europe, the Americas, Japan, South‐East Asia or Australia but, unless he were ill, Franco would be merrily snipping away in his Berkshire village salon ‐ until he
hung up his scissors in 2018. Martin and Franco had chosen a presumably contented lifestyle within a very limited environ‐ ment. Like shopkeepers and pub‐ licans, they can get out in the evenings, travel at weekends or take holidays, but the fisherman on the beaches of Axarquia and the tillers of the surrounding soil
rarely stray far from their famil‐ iar world. Most careers involve restric‐ tion of free movement. We may spend most of our days in an of‐ fice, a factory or a warehouse, but at least there is space to move around and a change of scene in the evenings. Even airline crews, flying ev‐ erywhere, may have a routine, being confined most of their working lives to a small space and repetitive routes. But they experience a variety of restau‐ rants, hotels and cultures in their free time. The president of a company I worked for frequently flew from London to New York spending one night there and returning the following day. On several oc‐ casions he did this twice in one week! Otherwise, assuming he was awake, he was in his or somebody else’s office or tuck‐ ing into a business lunch or din‐ ner.
Self‐isolation is not always vol‐ untary. It could be a result of one’s economic or financial situ‐ ation or it may be a temporary requirement of Covid law for travellers returning to the UK. Prisoners are denied freedom to come and go as they please, as are many modern‐day slaves. The parrot locked in a cage outside a restaurant on Nerja’s Burriana beach suffers a pitiful existence as a sacrifice to the oc‐ casional amusement of a passing child. It can’t even flap its wings. What is it thinking as it watches the seagulls gliding freely in the infinity of the sky above? The dog permanently tethered day and night by a rope no longer than a metre probably senses that it is missing out on exercise, nutrition and affection. To read more articles from our columnists and to have your say in the comments go to www.euroweeklynews.com
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DEAR reader, How goes it up there on the main‐ land? There’s no news at all from you, though you’ve got my email. You must be very busy? Don’t overdo it, now it’s get‐ ting hot. Prevention’s better than cure. For goats too. This is St John’s Eve, the ancient ritual of dunking goats in the sea took place, maintaining a tradition that dates back to the original, pre‐Spanish islanders, the Guanches. Four hundred goats were herded down from Valle de La Orotava to ‘en‐ joy’ an early summer health and fertility‐ boosting bathe in Tenerife’s Puerto de La Cruz. As recent statistics reveal the overall Canarian (human) birth rate to have plummeted, perhaps islanders might join in next time? Interestingly, birth rate drops are a big island phenomenon. Small islands (La Gomera, El Hierro, La Graciosa) not only maintained normal birth rates, but in‐ creased them. Various theories occur to
TENERIFE: Youths are continuing to party. me, but lack of space spares you them. Here in La Gomera, we’re awash with pregnant ladies and happily free of Covid, while 39km away Tenerife’s short on fecundity, but so overloaded with new Covid cases that Level 3’s been re‐ imposed, delivering the coup de grâce to Canarian tourism. Other countries don’t differentiate. There may be very little Covid on most islands but Tenerife’s figures put them all out of bounds. The Baleares are on Britain’s green list, but all eight Canary Is‐ lands remain amber. Tenerife’s high percentage of under
40s are apparently indifferent to the damage their partying does. Emergency measures, like the first open‐24‐hours, walk‐in vaccination centre in the Pabel‐ lón Santiago Martín in Santa Cruz, pro‐ posals to suspend student grants and benefits of rule‐breakers and stricter policing ‘will be implemented.’ Cabildo president Pedro Martín insists: “Tenerife can’t continue like this,” but the horse has already bolted. I was up in your neck of the woods re‐ cently, doing the spectacular Caminito del Rey, wearing not only a helmet, but an obligatory mask there in the open air,
CAMINITO: Masks were obligatory even in the open air. suspended above the abyss. Super care‐ ful. The Malaga to Tenerife flight arrived too late for the last ferry home, so I stayed there and witnessed the other extreme. There was such a total ab‐ sence of all the measures we’ve faithful‐ ly adhered to elsewhere that I retreated to the hotel, avoiding drunken tourists partying unchecked. Had Señor Martín got on the case before, thousands of tourism jobs throughout the Canaries would’ve been saved. Tourists may be scarce, but the tide of Africans in perilously small boats trying
to get to Europe via the islands contin‐ ues. Locals in Órzola, Lanzarote, saved lives after a boat capsized at night just off the coast. “We heard screaming and shouting out there and ran to help. People weren’t far out, but they were too weak and scared to try to get in, so we had to carry them in,” said Marcos Lesmes from Órzola. “It breaks your heart to see mothers with small children in such dis‐ tress.” May your heart, dear reader, remain unbroken. Enjoy July! Barbara Belt. barbarabelt@gmail.com
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I HAVE an apartment purchased in 2002 by Carvajal beach, Benalmadena, Malaga. I have written to you before (about five years ago) and the letter was published. I am writing again to reiterate what I said then. I am a considerate smoker always aware of who might be affected by my bad habit. I always discard my butts responsibly, ie, coke can or empty water bottle with a little sand inside, when I am on the beach. But time and again I see, predominantly Spanish tourists, putting their cigarettes out in the sand, they seem to have no regard for the environment. In Portugal they have signs at the entrance to the beaches, telling everyone not to use the beach as an ashtray. The beaches there (the ones I have seen anyway) are in pristine condition. I am sure this would work in Spain. If the town hall can afford to put up signs all over telling us the bleeding obvious about Covid, then why not a few signs about the environment. I do not agree with banning smoking, there’s enough restriction as it is. But maybe with the threat of a fine, if caught, they just might show some consideration for the environment. BW
For Leapy Lee. In the past couple of weeks I have noticed that the UK adverts are now dominated by black people - why? The 3 per cent of black people in the UK are now occupying between 30 per cent and 100 per cent of adverts. What has changed? Also, I am reliably informed that any Muslim who declares his house as a place of worship is no longer required to pay Council Tax. Is this true? Can a white Anglo Saxon declare that, as a devout Christian, he has prayer meetings at his house and get the same treatment? If the answer is no then this is a racist arrangement-correct? Please do your
HOPEFULLY MOVING FORWARD IT seems incredible that despite all of the evidence, not just scientific but through personal experience and in many cases loss that people are still suggesting that coronavirus and its variants are a myth, no worse than flu. Many of us thought at the beginning of 2020 that press reports were over exaggerating the dangers of the approaching pandemic and that the virus would soon peter out but here we are 18 months later and it is still with us. Conspiracy theorists suggest that the vaccines secretly contain microchips which will allow governments to keep tabs on everyone who is vaccinated, but that
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suggests a level of scientific excellence across the world which has not been demonstrated previously. What is sure is that there are more unvaccinated people still catching the virus than those vaccinated and although there are some serious side effects for a very small number of those injected, this really had to be expected, recognised and then controlled. Individuals and businesses want and need to continue a return to some form of normality and whilst many may disagree with the decision to allow large events to take place with signifi-
cant crowds, it does seem one way of testing whether the socalled herd immunity does work after vaccination. If large numbers of spectators do develop symptoms of the virus, then clearly herd-immunity will be seen to be the wrong path to follow. Some wonder whether it was wise to allow Prince William and Prince George to be seen at Wembley not wearing masks and only time will tell whether this was an example of foolish bravado or a calculated risk to show the public that things are starting to look up. Let’s hope so.
NO MASKS: Such events are tests to see what will happen.
Readers divided over crowds at sporting events without masks WE asked our readers their opinion on crowds being allowed at football matches and sporting events like Wimbledon or the Grand Prix with no masks. The general opinion is that this sort of event will help us get back to some sort of normality and open things up. EWN readers think that we need to learn to live with Covid as it’s not going away and said that it was great to just see people enjoying themselves. One reader said that if things like this are not allowed “the vast majority of people will end up with mental health problems and no future at all.” Another said “Yes, it’s time we learned to live with this; masks didn’t stop the Chinese or the Koreans or the Japanese catching the virus, did it? And they have been wearing masks in public for many decades.” Another reader pointed out “Of course it should be allowed, most of the UK, especially the old and vulnerable are now double jabbed, the number of deaths is at pre-pandemic levels.” Several pointed out that such events are tests to “see what impact large crowds will have on the spread of the virus. Everyone attending will have tested negative. They also have to test afterwards to see if any virus has transmitted.” There were, however, some who were totally against it being allowed, saying that it was “total madness” and that the interests of economy outweighed those of people’s health. The problem, they pointed out, is that a lot of people think that “it can’t happen to them.” Some suggested that football “seems to get away with any and everything” and were angry about it when at some schools, parents weren’t allowed to attend their children’s Sports Day events. A few readers said that it’s too soon to start allowing large gatherings without masks, especially when people travelling “from Spain to the UK are required to quarantine for 10 days and pay for two tests whilst in quarantine.” Some were, in their own words, “seething” and said “I have not seen my daughter for two years with all these restrictions and there they are running wild by the 1,000s. Money talks!” Others complained that while 60,000 were allowed at a football match “only 150 for a British speedway meeting which is more distanced than sitting in a football stadium. Teams having to suspend fixtures because they can’t make a living. Bloody disgusting!”
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FIVE WALKING FOOTBALL TEAMS BUT DELLA IS THE WINNER LAST Friday night (July 2) at a very hot and sticky Retamar Sports Centre, Benalmadena two Ladies teams from Benal‐ madena and a visiting Ladies team from Viñuela contested the Walking Football Associa‐ tion of Iberia Cup. Benalmadena’s A team tri‐ umphed 4‐1 against their B team in the first game, but succumbed to the experience of ex Internationals Sheila and Gemma in the Viñuela team going down 4‐2. This meant Benalmadena B team had to win against Viñuela to have a chance of a play off. They certainly tried taking a 1‐0 lead. They couldn’t hold out and a late goal for Viñuela meant the trophy was headed for the hills. Benalmadena’s influen‐ tial player with five goals was Rosanna who plays for Malaga Ladies in the Professional Ladies League. For the men with the ab‐ sence of several teams it was left for the small Viñuela visit‐
The Walking Dead and Malaga before last week’s matches. ing squad to defeat Malaga 60s 1‐0 in their first game and drawing 0‐0 in the ‘return’. However, the real ‘winner’ was local lady Della Hunt who is very ill with MND. WFAI col‐ laborated with the Walking Football League to arrange this match to raise much‐ needed funds for Della. Thanks to Kelly who organ‐ ised the Benalmadena Ladies, Sheila Viñuela Ladies, Steve the Viñuela men and Gray Salt the Malaga 60s. Thanks to the generosity of the players and their followers who dug deep in their pockets and bags, the fantastic sum of
John Ramage and Sheila Clifford, Captains of the victorious Aston Viñuela teams with their cups.
The Aston Viñuela Ladies Walking Football Team with the Walking Football Association of Iberia Cup. €1,192 was raised. This was presented to Michelle Ferretti, Della’s best friend, on behalf
of the family. In a later com‐ ment Della’s husband Simon thanked everyone for a
tremendous effort which is much appreciated. In other news Wednesday July 1 saw the old rivals The Walking Dead facing up to Malaga. In the first A match it got off to a lively start with both teams having a player sent to the sin bin for aggres‐ sive tackling and protesting decisions. This settled the teams and it was the WD who were having the best of the play.
However it was just before half time before their ascen‐ dency paid off. Robinson scor‐ ing from a through ball from Canty. Malaga battled but couldn’t break the WD. Walk‐ ing Dead A 1 ‐ Malaga A 0 Special mention to both goalkeepers who had some fantastic saves to keep the score down. The B teams carried on from their seniors testing each other early on. Again, it was a late well worked move which allowed Brian to slot home and ensure a double for the Walking Dead. The WD Ladies produced a splendid buffet which was served up to both teams and was much appreciated finish‐ ing off a night enjoyed by all. Finally, the League Manage‐ ment Committee voted re‐ cently on a proposal put for‐ ward by Nerja for an A and B League next season. This has caused some controversy and it will be interesting to see the outcome. More next week.