Euro Weekly News - Mallorca 13 - 19 January 2022 Issue 1906

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SINCE many of the tradi‐ tional open‐air events, in‐ cluding all music concerts, to celebrate the Sant Se‐ bastià festival in Palma are postponed, 2022 will be much quieter than ex‐ pected.

As Mallorca is now in Level 3, the appearance of giants and other cos‐ tumed figures has been stopped although there will be a restrained chil‐ dren’s event and the blessing of the animals for St Anthony will still take place.

Palma Council has how‐ ever decided to turn back on the Christmas lights which were switched off (but not yet removed) on January 7.

They will now burn brightly until Thursday January 20 to cheer the city up and to encourage residents to visit the cen‐ tre to go shopping and support local businesses.

There are 135 streets with lights in the centre of Palma and other sur‐ rounding neighbour‐ hoods, so whilst there won’t be the same cele‐ brations, there will be an element of cheer.

FERRY SOLD Credit: Trasmed GLE

Palma lights

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FERRY BOAT: The soon to disappear Ciudad de Mahon.

CERTAIN costs are going to increase by at least 50 per cent following the sale of the Trasmed GLE ferry boat Ciudad de Ma‐ hon to the Irish Continen‐ tal Group for use on the Dover to Calais route.

Although the sale took place in 2021, the actual handover doesn’t occur until January 26 but here‐

with lies the problem.

Considered to be un‐ economic for the Balearic routes, due to size, the ferry was designated as being the main vessel for the shipping of so‐called ‘dangerous goods’ from the mainland, but as the shipping company in‐ tends to replace it by leasing a larger and faster

vessel, the costs will per‐ force increase.

It appears that none of the other ferry companies want to take on the role of carrying these items, so businesses and con‐ sumers in Mallorca and the other islands whilst enjoying a better service can expect shipping costs to rise.

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Cancer care FROM now until January 24, the ground floor of the Flassaders Centre of Palma City Council will host the exhibition of the Spanish Association against Cancer entitled ‘50 years changing the cancer history’.

The travelling exhibition consists of a photographic display that includes significant examples of scientif‐ ic advances that in recent years have helped to im‐ prove people’s lives thanks to the commitment to re‐ search and scholarships for young people.

The aim of the Association is that through the ex‐ hibition, all can be aware of the reality of a cancer by taking science out of the laboratory and bringing it closer to the streets.

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Rival stores to merge FRENCH supermarket chain Carrefour are reportedly planning to take over the rival Alcampo store in Mal‐ lorca triggering fears amongst consumers of a monopoly in the area.

Carrefour has three large supermarkets in Palma de Mallorca and one in Sa Co‐ ma, in addition to several smaller stores. Currently Alcampo, which belongs to the French company Auchan, only has one store which is situated in Mar‐ ratxí.

Miguel Piño, the Balearic General Director for Retail‐ ing responding to the dis‐ cussions between the two chains said: “The lack of competition is never good for the consumer.” He con‐ tinued, “the Island Coun‐ cil’s zoning plan for shops makes it difficult to open new shops of this size, so any monopoly arising from a merger would be difficult to break.”

According to FACUA, the consumer protection asso‐ ciation, this is a case of déjà vu with Carrefour’s presence on the island hav‐ ing arisen from a similar merger back in 1999. Then it was the chains Pryca and Continente who came to‐ gether under one roof.

Forced marriage proposals OFTEN the Vox political par‐ ty is accused of extremist politics, but on the face of things a new proposal con‐ cerning forced marriages in Mallorca appears to have significant merit.

Vox councillor on the Con‐ sell de Mallorca Cristina Macías was due to present a multi‐point plan to the Ple‐ nary meeting today Thursday January 13 which she said is aimed at protecting women of all ages from being subject to forced marriage.

According to Macías, data from a study from the Span‐ ish Journal of Criminal Re‐ search, “by ethnic communi‐ ties, most of the victims identified [for research] come from the Maghreb (42.9 per cent), Sub‐Saharan Africa (25 per cent), Central Asia (8.9 per cent) and 7.1 per cent were gypsies.

In the presentation to the

CRISTINA MACÍAS: Her plan is aimed at protecting women.

Consell, Vox wants to see the creation of a counselling pro‐ gramme for young people at risk of forced marriage, provi‐ sion of legal help to victims of forced marriage and collabo‐ ration with them in arranging annulment if the marriage has been registered in Spain.

They also recommend a campaign so that young women belonging to commu‐

nities where there is a risk of being forced into marriage know that in Spain such con‐ duct constitutes a crime and that there are areas of advice and help that they can turn to. Additionally, they want to see accommodation to care for victims of forced mar‐ riages and much tougher penalties for those who have arranged such marriages.

New vaccination centre

BALEARIC President Francina Armengol visited the new Francesc Quetglas vaccination centre in Palma on January 10 and used her time to encourage ev‐ eryone who is unvaccinated to come forward.

She observed that vaccination “is the only way we can overcome this disease both individually and collectively” and called on everyone to “to protect themselves and also protect the rest of the popula‐ tion.”

This additional facility will increase the vaccina‐ tion capacity against Covid‐19 in Mallorca by 10,500

doses per week as it has six lines working every day of the week from 8am to 8pm.

From Monday to Friday until 2pm adults are vac‐ cinated, while in the afternoon from then until 8pm and all‐day weekends, children between the ages of five and 11 are inoculated.

This new space joins the Son Dureta vaccination centre (which has increased the vaccination lines from eight to 16) and the Inca and Manacor Covid‐ express facilities which also see additional help from members of the armed forces.

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Aid for Mallorca slaughterhouses THE Popular Party are presenting a motion in the plenary session today, January 13 to ‘urge President Cladera to allocate an economic item to the slaughterhouses of Mallorca and ensure the livelihood of livestock farms.’

The spokesman of the PP in Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, has expressed “all his support and solidarity to the livestock sector of the is‐ lands and Spain.”

The spokesman, accompanied by councillors Pedro Rosselló and Toni Sureda, appeared be‐ fore the media to “demand that the Consell provide a line of aid so that the slaughterhous‐ es of Mallorca can maintain their activity and not have to close, as is the case of the Manacor slaughterhouse.” There are currently four slaughterhouses on the island. Galmés said that “they are loss‐making, and it is impossible to maintain them economically with the activity they have, which is why we are asking the Con‐ sell to get involved and make an effort to keep them open.” He added that “without slaugh‐ terhouses in Mallorca, there would be no live‐ stock, agriculture or local meat, and importing the product from the mainland would be eco‐ nomically unviable.”

Replacement teachers THE Balearic Ministry of Education and Voca‐ tional Training announced on January 12 that it is introducing a system of rapid replacements of secondary school teachers affected by Covid in the linguistic and scientific‐technical fields.

Twenty teachers will be available to take over from sick colleagues within 48 hours of reported absence and they join a further 61 primary school teachers available in similar circum‐ stances across Mallorca. This new squad com‐ plements already existing plans for support for absent staff and all schools have systems in place to reorganise resources where appropriate.

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NIBS EXTRA Donkey in a well AFTER taking part in a Three Kings procession, a donkey was on its way back to its home after dis‐ tributing presents when it managed to fall into a dry well in Son Servera, which required attendance by of‐ ficers from the Mallorcan Fire Service who rescued the animal safely.

Booster jabs THERE are 113,456 people aged between 40 and 49 in Mallorca who may now register to make an ap‐ pointment for the Covid‐19 booster jab provided that six months have passed since the last dose of Pfizer or Moderna or three months if Vaxzevria (As‐ traZeneca) or Janssen.

No passport A GROUP of anti‐vaxxers set up a ‘beach bar’ in Pal‐ ma and encouraged passers‐by to enjoy a drink or two as they promoted the fact that no Covid pass‐ port was required and those who did join them were regaled with images of Novak Djokovic.

Canyoning injury A REPORT was received by the Guardia Civil on January 9 that a 39‐year‐old man had been injured whilst canyoning in Bunyola. Offi‐ cers from the local fire ser‐ vice and the Mountain Res‐ cue and Intervention Group (GREIM) attended and managed to extricate him.

Useful meeting DESPITE strained relation‐ ships between the Spanish National Government and Morocco which has sus‐ pended ferries between the two countries, the Pres‐ ident of the Balearic Gov‐ ernment, Francina Armen‐ gol held a useful meeting with the Consul General of Morocco in Palma to dis‐ cuss matters of mutual in‐ terest on January 12.

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Keeping the flame alive

ON Saturday January 15, watchtowers across the Balearics will be lit at 1pm and 6.30pm as part of the celebration of the Mediterranean Tower and Watchtower for Hu‐ man Rights event.

Last year due to the pandemic it was celebrat‐ ed on social media only but now in 2022, the fires will be real again.

There are 58 confirmed

Credit: Consell de Mallorca

LIGHTING UP: Announcing the event.

ignition points in Mallorca and hundreds more which run across the Balearics,

Catalonia, Valencia, Mur‐ cia and Andalucia as well as parts of North Africa.

The concept is to allow for a moment of reflection on heritage and the vindi‐ cation of human rights around the Mediter‐ ranean and in the Balearics it is supported by the Consell de Mallor‐ ca, Amnesty International, the Institut de Marratxí and the Mallorcan Fund for Solidarity and Cooper‐ ation as well as the 112 service.

Important sculpture undergoes renovation IN 1963, the Llucmajor Council un‐ veiled a statue paying tribute to the shoemaker’s guild in the municipality which was commissioned from sculp‐ tor Tomàs Vila.

Placed in the Plaça des Sabaters the exterior of the statue had deteriorated over the following 50 plus years, with

damage caused both by the weather and actions of ignorant vandals.

The Council therefore decided that it should issue a tender calling for a team of renovators to return the statue to its original state and this was won by Llu‐ cia Bosch.

Her team is undertaking the

Day postponed THE Municipal Sports Insti‐ tute (IME) has decided to postpone the 41st edition of the San Sebastián Cycling Day due to be held on Jan‐ uary 19, the feast day of the patron saint of Palma.

This event, which has been organised by the IME since 1977, with the support of Caixabank, is a very popu‐ lar activity that has in the past seen thousands of par‐ ticipants cycling through Pal‐ ma.

Since there has been a spike in infections since the

New Year celebrations it has been decided to postpone the event until the health situation is more favourable at which time potential par‐ ticipants will be invited to register their interest.

With potential numbers much fewer, the four planned sports competi‐ tions which are part of the celebrations, namely petanque, canoeing, swim‐ ming and the iron motard (motor cycle endurance test) will take place as planned.

painstaking work, cleaning the materi‐ al with distilled water, removing un‐ sightly repairs from earlier restoration attempts, eliminating lichen and other plant life and filling in broken joints.

The finished work when completed will return as a proud recognition of the work of its shoe industry.

Palma Aquarium closes JUST four days after one of the Magi took to the waters of the Palma Aquarium on Thursday January 6, the manage‐ ment advised that it would close until March.

In a brief statement on its Facebook page, little explanation was given other than the fact that they were taking a break and hoped to open again in March.

Looking beneath the surface it is clear that there are three main reasons for the decision, all of which revolve around finance and lack

Bishops visit the Pope

EVEN the Pope has to put up with the incon‐ venience of the pandemic and accept that not all of the traditions of the Church can take place according to a timetable.

There is a requirement known as the ‘ad limina’ which requires Bishops from differ‐ ent areas of the Catholic world to travel to the Vatican City every five years to allow for a pilgrimage to the tombs of the Apostles Peter and Paul. They also meet with his spir‐

itual successor, in this case Pope Francis, to discuss matters of an ecclesial nature and re‐ port on how their own diocese is progress‐ ing since the last meeting. Originally, it was planned that all 22 bishops from the Balearics, Catalonia and Valencia would form the second group of visiting bishops, but with one testing positive for Covid, some 21, including the Bishop of Mallorca, Sebastià Taltavull actually made the trip.

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of visitors. The winter season is certainly not the most prosperous time for the Aquarium but now with the lack of visitors to the island, cancellation of school trips as well as organised visits for the elderly, the pandemic (or fear of in‐ fection) means that there are just not enough visitors to justify the cost of opening.

Clearly, the denizens of the deep within the Aquarium’s care will continue to be looked after, but those interest‐ ed in what is happening will have to follow activ‐ ities on social media for the time being.

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Tribute to ABBA EVEN though Swedish megastars ABBA re‐ formed to release a new album and have approved the special new show fea‐ turing their ‘Abbatars’, there is nothing like enjoy‐ ing the real thing (or at least a very close approxi‐ mation).

So be prepared to dig out your flared pants and squeeze your feet into those difficult to balance platform boots to enjoy a spectacular live tribute to ABBA at the Palma Audi‐ torium.

Following their landslide 1974 Eurovision Song Con‐ test victory with Waterloo, ABBA became a global phenomenon, releasing hit after hit: from the invit‐ ing dance beats of Mam‐ ma Mia, Honey and Take a Chance on Me to bitter ballads like Fernando and The Winner Takes It All. This spectacular show which takes place on Fri‐ day January 28 with tick‐ ets costing €32 (and there aren’t many left unsold) manages to capture the essence and the style so characteristic of the Swedish group with ex‐ travagant costumes, an exuberant staging, daz‐ zling voices and spectacu‐ lar harmonies.

So, bring out your inner Dancing Queen, shout Thank You for the Music, and come celebrate the fact that ABBA and their songs are as hot today as they were in the heyday of sequined pants and sil‐ ver boots.

and finally...

HUNGARIAN budget airline Wizz Air has announced a number of new routes from Palma de Mallorca in‐ cluding a first to London Gatwick.

This joins the existing routes to Cardiff, Doncast‐ er/Sheffield and London Luton and all of the new destinations have been introduced on the assump‐ tion that the rules surrounding air travel and the pandemic will be relaxed.

Other new destinations from Mallorca include Rome and Venice in Italy, as well as a second airport in the Ukraine.

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Cost of living up C O N S U M E R S in Spain ended 2021 paying 6.7 per cent higher prices than they did in Decem‐ ber 2020, an unprece‐ dented increase in the cost of living over the last three decades.

Within the European Union, only the Baltic countries such as Esto‐ nia, Lithuania and Latvia ended up paying more for consumer goods, ac‐ cording to data pub‐ lished on January 7.

There was no end‐of‐ year inflation data for EU countries with their own currency such as Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden, and Denmark.

Yet, the Spanish suffered an increase in prices higher than that of the Belgians, Dutch, Ger‐ mans, Italians, and French.

If the average price in‐ crease for all months of the year is considered, Spain (with 3 per cent) is below Germany (3.2 per cent) and Belgium (3.1 per cent), although above the Community average (2.7 per cent).

Iberian eagle climbing

U N D O U BT E D LY the most emblematic bird of prey in Spain, the Iberian imperial eagle, was literally on the verge of extinction. There were known to be only around 30 couples remain‐ ing in the entire country back in the 1960s.

Today, however, thanks to the efforts of institu‐ tions, experts, and citizen groups, there are already more than 100 couples in the autonomous communi‐ ty of Castilla and Leon alone. That figure, added to the rest of the country, consolidates the recovery of this species.

The Monitoring Plan of the State of Conservation

IMPERIAL EAGLE: Emblematic bird of prey.

of Biodiversity in Castilla and Leon establishes the annual monitoring of the imperial eagle populations as one of its objectives. Its aim is to evaluate the trend of both the area oc‐ cupation of the species, as

well as the size of the pop‐ ulation. Of the 101 territo‐ ries of Castilla and Leon with the presence of breeding pairs of the species, 45.5 per cent are in some Special Protection Area for Birds.

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Famed guitarist passes at 80 NATIVE Cadiz guitarist Domingo Villero Jura‐ do died on Monday January 10 at the age of 80. The mayor of Cadiz, José María González, expressed his condolences on be‐ half of the government to Domingo’s son, Domingo Villero Carro, and the artist’s ex‐ tended family.

The guitarist was self‐taught and per‐ formed alongside many flamenco greats and copla artists including Mariana Cornejo, Chano Lobato, José Mercé, Carmen Sevilla and Marifé de Triana.

The mayor took to Twitter to say: “A big hug to the family and friends of the guitarist Domingo Villero Jurado, especially to his son, to the comrade @DomingoVillero. One of those people who built the history of our flamenco through the strings of his guitar is leaving us.”

Cruise passengers removed

O N January 7, 15 peo‐ ple were removed from the MSC Grandiosa cruise ship, docked in Palma, after testing positive for Covid.

The vessel arrived with the outbreak hav‐

ing already affected over 150 people. The new cases involved 11 crew members and four passengers from Mallorca. All were re‐ quired to isolate.

The first positive cas‐ es were detected fol‐

lowing tests in Genoa, with 40 people leaving the ship and entering isolation.

The other positive cases, who were main‐ ly Italian, were detect‐ ed on January 4. They left the ship in Civi‐

tavecchia.

All of those on board had to show their Covid passport or a negative test and were required to take tests during the cruise.

Some Spanish pas‐ sengers were still iso‐

lating on board in their cabins due to contact‐ ing someone infected.

They have expressed their annoyance on so‐ cial media that new passengers were able to join the cruise while others were still in iso‐ lation, unable to leave unless permanently.

The MSC Grandiosa began the cruise on December 28 in Mar‐ seille with nearly 5,000 people on board, in‐ cluding passengers and crew.

From Palma, the ship is scheduled to travel to Barcelona.

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NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Here is a handy list for you to cut out. These are the national holidays of Spain as well as for the Balearic Islands: New Year’s Day

Sat, Jan 1, 2022

Epiphany

Thu, Jan 6, 2022

Balearic Day Maundy Thursday Easter Monday Good Friday

Tue, Mar 1, 2022 Thu, Apr 14, 2022 Mon, Apr 18, 2022 Fri, Apr 15, 2022

Labour Day

Mon, May 2, 2022

Assumption of Mary

Mon, Aug 15, 2022

National Day of Spain

Wed, Oct 12, 2022

All Saints’ Day

Tue, Nov 1, 2022

Constitution Day

Tue, Dec 6, 2022

Feast of the Immaculate Conception Day After Chirstmas

Likely Thu, Dec 8, 2022 Mon, Dec 26, 2022

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EXCLUSIVE

Costa del Sol photographer on Language of Love

IT was 20 years ago that Mark Beltran (and wife Jasmin) left the UK to settle on the Costa del Sol after spending several years working as a photographer for a number of Britain’s best‐ known newspapers.

Most recently he was contacted by Channel 4 to undertake four days of intensive work shoot‐ ing all of the stills for their Language of Love pro‐ gramme which is currently airing.

It was set in a finca in Casares and he had to take photos of presenters Davina McCall and Mallorca’s Ricky Marino, all of the men and women taking part in the show as well as ac‐ companying them on external visits to vineyards and other places of interest.

Living in Calahonda, on one day alone he drove 250 kilometres and was working on aver‐ age 16 hours a day, but enjoyed every minute.

Asked how he found the two presenters, Mark said “they couldn’t have been nicer. They also had a tough schedule as the entire show had to be completed in two weeks, but were al‐ ways cheerful and friendly and encouraged me to have photographs taken with them as well as of them.

“It was hard work but great fun and I would be happy to get involved again should there be a second series commissioned.”

The original plan when the family moved to Spain was to continue to be a photographer but also to set up a photographic agency, offering on

Photo credit: Mark Beltran

Mark behind the camera on set.

the ground images to his contacts back in the UK and he set up Solarpix with a partner which is still in business today.

Having sold his share in the agency, Mark decided to go freelance offering both still and video photography, forming his company Rocketshot Productions in 2017 and under‐ taking a huge amount of work, for companies, estate agents, book manufacturers, musi‐ cians, individuals and many more, including photographs for a book detailing David Beck‐

ham’s stay with Real Madrid.

As a cinematographer, Mark has been in‐ volved in shooting a number of documentaries, one of which Against the Tides was entered into the 2019 Marbella Film Festival and a further documentary is due to be released later this year.

Speaking about the lockdown, Mark observed that “from my point of view it was something of a disas‐ ter in as much as it was impossible to work but whenever we were allowed out, I found quite a lot to do, especially as am licensed to oper‐ ate video drones “Since Septem‐ ber 2021 things have really taken off which whilst tir‐ ing is very encour‐ aging and I have a number of projects likely to come to fruition in the coming year which will hopefully include more TV and film work.”

Mark with Davina and Ricky.

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The best time to buy your funeral plan THE increased Pound against the Euro and a new January offer from Golden Leaves makes this the best time to buy your pre‐ paid funeral plan.

The funeral plan experts at Golden Leaves have announced a reduction on deposits, two years interest‐free payments, and pay‐ ments from €51.43 a month.

This offer, which is available throughout January, will also see the payment term on Golden Leaves plans increased to up to sev‐ en years, making the monthly payments on their Opal plan €51.43 a month and pay‐ ments on their Pearl plan €58.23 a month.

Funeral plan deposits will be reduced to €100.

Golden Leaves are experts in funeral plans, ensuring that your wishes are carried out in full when the time comes and saving your loved ones from having to plan your funeral in another country and another language.

Their plans also ensure that you beat rising funeral costs, making sure that your service is paid in full and that your loved ones are not left with any further costs.

Their experts can help you find the right plan for you, whichever type of service you want and wherever you want to hold it, making sure that you get the service you set out and helping your loved ones.

Golden Leaves offers three funeral plans, the Opal plan, Pearl plan and Golden plan.

FUNERAL PLAN: Save money and begin choosing the right one for you.

The Opal plan offers a simple funeral ser‐ vice, including a coffin, cremation, urn, hearse and funeral staff.

The Pearl plan offers a traditional funeral service, including burial or cremation, and a quality coffin or urn.

The Golden plan is for those who want to be repatriated to the UK and offers all the services for a repatriation and funeral in the UK. When you buy a Golden Leaves funeral plan the funds are held in the Golden Leaves

trust, which manages the funds to achieve stable long‐term growth.

The trust is overseen independently by a board of trustees and fully regulated. The fund is annually, independently audited and subject to strict actuarial reporting to ensure that it remains solid, stable, and above all,

completely secure.

When you buy one of its pre‐paid plans, they ensure that your money will remain safe.

Whether you purchase your plan by way of a single payment or monthly instalments, all Golden Leaves Funeral Plan funds once re‐ ceived, are paid directly into the Golden Leaves trust.

The Golden Leaves trust independently manages the funds to achieve stable long‐ term growth, specifically to cover the in‐ creasing cost of funeral services.

The trust is regulated and is overseen by a board of trustees, who have appointed Julius Bar and Quilter Cheviot as the investment fund managers for the trust, and Lloyds as the fund’s banker.

The fund is annually, independently audit‐ ed and subject to strict actuarial reporting to ensure that it remains solid, stable, and above all, completely secure.

To save money on your funeral plan and ensure that your loved ones are not left to plan your service or with further costs, con‐ tact Golden Leaves before January 31 and begin choosing the right funeral plan for you.

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Rapid testing A COVID test that takes less than one minute and is designed for use in schools, airports and events has been submitted to the UK’s medicines regulator for ap‐ proval. The test, which is portable and approximate‐ ly the size of a desktop computer, can detect Covid particles in saliva samples in 50 seconds, ac‐ cording to creator Kidod Science and Technology.

This is significantly quick‐ er than lateral flow tests, which can take around 30 minutes for a result and PCR tests, which can take 24 hours or longer.

The technology differs from that used in PCR tests which look for genetic ma‐ terial of Covid, and lateral flow tests which detect vi‐ ral proteins inside the nose and throat. President of Ki‐ dod Science and Technolo‐ gy Moshe Golan said: “The point is that we detect the people who are infected, not just carrying the parti‐ cles of virus, which is a big difference.”

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Disney star dies Stay safe on inflatables

A BREAKTHROUGH Disney star has died suddenly aged 29 leaving her family and fans in shock. South Korean actress Kim Mi‐soo passed away on January 5, as revealed by her agent.

Kim Mi‐soo starred in the Disney+ series Snowdrop in which she gained attention for her portrayal of student ac‐ tivist Yeo Jung‐min. In a state‐ ment, her agency said: “Kim suddenly left us on Jan 5. The bereaved family is currently very heartbroken by the sud‐ den mournful news. The be‐

reaved are deep in their sor‐ row at the sudden sadness.

“We sincerely ask you to re‐ frain from making up rumours or speculative reports so that the bereaved family, who are in shock and grief‐stricken, can reverently commemorate the deceased. As per her family’s wishes, the funeral will be held quietly in private.

“Please wish for Kim Mi Soo to rest in peace, and once again, we offer our deepest condolences to the deceased.”

The cause of death has not yet been reported.

Pope’s bold pet claim

POPE FRANCIS risked the wrath of the world’s childless pet owners by claiming those who chose animals over chil‐ dren have “a certain selfish‐ ness.”

Pope Francis spoke to a gen‐ eral audience at the Vatican about parenthood, in which he said that pets “sometimes take the place of children.”

“Today … we see a form of

selfishness. We see that some people do not want to have a child,” he said. “Sometimes they have one and that’s it, but they have dogs and cats that take the place of children. This may make people laugh but it is a reality.”

He said the practice “is a de‐ nial of fatherhood and mother‐ hood and diminishes us, takes away our humanity.”

F O L L O W I N G recent tragedies in Australia and Valencia, the Or‐ ganisation of Con‐ sumers and Users (OCU) has provided a checklist for parents to consult before us‐ ing a bouncy castle.

A castle should not be open if the wind exceeds 38 km/h.

They must be well anchored, but with flat anchors that do not protrude. If this is not possible, sand‐ bags should be used.

There must be at least two monitors always supervising the attraction.

It is recommended that there be a mini‐ mum perimeter of two metres, extend‐ ed to 3.5 metres on open sides.

Children of differ‐ ent age groups should not use the

BOUNCY CASTLES: Must meet several standards.

attraction at the same time. A child of 13 or 14 could dam‐ age a five‐year‐old.

At the access to the castle, there must be a ramp that must cover the entire width of the entrance arch.

The castle must meet EN14960 stan‐ dards. There must al‐ so be a plate identify‐ ing the power of the pump to be used, the users, the year of manufacture and the address of the com‐

pany. The attraction must also have civil liability insurance and an activity li‐ cence.

The attraction must be properly inflated on all sides, paying special attention to its firmness in the en‐ try and exit area.

The inflator should have at least one me‐ tre of free space around, and the elec‐ trical elements must be located where people cannot ac‐ cess.

GO LOCAL

THE EURO WEEKLY NEWS has urged its readers to support local businesses in the community by shopping locally in recent times. Now things are heading back to normal, we challenge you to maintain that habit by supporting local high streets, markets, butchers, greengrocers and all of the wonderfully quirky independent businesses in your area.

Local businesses make our villages, towns and cities what they are. They add unique character. They are convenient. And they offer excellent produce from known suppliers. The joy of shopping locally means that independent businesses can support the local community. You may find something a eu‐ ro or two cheaper online but have you considered where your money is actually going?By shopping locally you’re putting food on a local family’s table and there is nothing better than giving back to the communities that have given us so much. Local stores support charities and they sponsor local sports teams. In many cases, they are much more than just a business, they’re a legacy. They may have supported genera‐ tions of the same family. Likewise, brand new local stores and bars may help the generations of the future fulfil their dreams and am‐ bitions.

Remember, your local store is going up against multinationals and chains. They can’t win that battle on their own. So give them your support. Spending your money locally will make a real difference to the local economy. Local businesses recirculate a greater share of ev‐ BUY LOCAL: By shopping locally, independent ery euro they receive at local level. They create locally owned supply businesses can help support the local community. chains and they invest in their employees.

So remember.

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THE year 2021 was a bad one for electricity generated by wind power in Denmark as there was simply less strength in the winds than in previous years according to Energinet with a drop of almost 3 per cent to 43.6 per cent of the national requirement.

ONLINE platform GetSmarter has identified Copenhagen as the world’s most sustainable city in a new report on green lifestyles entitled ‘Sustainability: The Meaning, Changing Perceptions, and Expanding Agendas’. The majority of Scandinavian capitals appeared in the top 20, but Spain was not represented.

THE NETHERLANDS Red light

Special deal

SPENDING a reported €20 million Amsterdam City Council has bought nine buildings in the red-light district of Zeedijk as part of its ongoing bid to discourage cheap foreign tourism by closing sex shops and to persuade locals to return to the area.

IT’S not often that you hear that Jumbos have entered into a deal with the Gorillas but this is what has happened in Holland as the Jumbos supermarket chain has struck a deal with the Gorillas speedy home grocery service to deliver its own brand product.

BELGIUM Lucky bean

Fight Club

IN Belgium, people queue to buy a frangipane tart to eat on Three Kings Day and whoever gets a piece containing a bean can expect good luck. A baker in Brussels who expects to sell 2,500 tarts has spiced things up by producing two containing gold coins.

THE first rule of Fight Club was that you don’t talk about Fight Club but in Belgium the police discovered that this was a real thing organised by extreme fans of different football clubs who used to meet up and film organised fights.

GERMANY Firework ban

Targeting Google

DUE to serious disorder pre-pandemic, 53 areas of Berlin were declared firework free zones on New Year’s Eve and some 2,500 police and fire brigade officers enforced the rule whilst in Alexanderplatz, a previous ‘war zone’ signs said ‘Fireworks banned for a peaceful New Year’ in German and English.

NOW that there has been an amendment to Germany’s competition laws, it has warned Alphabet, parent company of Google that it now has the technology giant within its sights with regards to anti-competitive practices within the German market which it considers unacceptable.

FRANCE Straight talking

Admitting defeat

IN an interview with Le Parisien newspaper, French President Emanuel Macron said “The unvaccinated, I really want to piss them off.

And so, we're going to continue doing so until the end. That's the strategy." Whilst many agreed there were howls of protest from his political opposition.

DESPITE managing to send luxury hampers to the frontlines in France during the First World War, the Queen’s favourite grocer, Fortnum and Mason has announced that it is temporarily suspending sales to France and other parts of the EU due to border complexities.

NORWAY Wolves reprieved

Troughiteering

THE WWF and other animal rights organisations successfully took to the courts to argue that the ongoing hunt of wild wolves in Norway was illegal and violated international obligations to protect the animals which have made a surprising recovery after almost becoming extinct.

IT seems that ‘troughiteering’ is not just a UK problem as a number of Norwegian MPs and ministers have been accused of evading taxes and are having to pay back significant amounts of money. One, Justice Minister Emilie Mehl, blames her employers Parliament for not withholding taxes!

FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Rising prices CONSIDERED to be one of the most accurate UK sources for the movement of house prices, lender Halifax has announced that the average price of a house in the UK increased by over £24,500 last year, the largest annual rise since March 2003.

Glovo sale IT’S not quite a rags to riches story, but the founders of Glovo the bicycle delivery firm founded in Barcelona in 2015, and based on a similar American operation, has been taken over by German Group Delivery Hero, reportedly valuing it at €2.3 billion excluding debt.

Bouncing Boots UK High Street chemist Boots, currently up for sale by its American owners, announced good results for the last quarter of 2021 with retail sales up 16.4 per cent and analysis showing that although fewer people visited their stores, average spend per person was up.

Buying used THE reported shortage of micro chips which has already affected the manufacture of new cars, leading to a boost in the price of second‐hand vehicles is also spurring on consumers to search Spanish websites such as Wallapop, Milanuncios and even E‐Bay for used bargains in technology.

Selfridges Hotel MANY will remember the Selfridges Hotel which was situated next to the famous department store on Oxford Street which was closed in 2008.

Now the new owners, Thai retailer Central Group and Austrian property firm Signa, who spent £4 billion to take over the group have announced that they plan to update the iconic London HQ and to convert the unused part of the building into a new luxury hotel.

With the West End being a hugely expensive and popular place for the wealthy to be based, they also intend to offer serviced apartments.

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is the amount that Société Générale, through its car leasing division ALD, will pay to take over international LeasePlan which includes outlets in Spain and the UK.

Minimum booze prices in Ireland A CAN of the black stuff may be more expensive in 2022 in Ireland as the Republic’s Government has introduced minimum pricing for al‐ cohol with effect from Tuesday Jan‐ uary 4.

Without stereotyping the Irish as heavy drinkers, it is clear that the Government wants to see its popu‐ lation purchasing less booze from off licences and supermarkets and very few countries in the world have taken such a drastic step.

Those of us living in Spain and used to reasonable wine at rock bottom prices may well wince at

the news that the minimum price for any bottle of wine will be €7.40 and a can of beer will go up to €1.70.

Turning to spirits, the white ones like gin and vodka will cost no less than €20.70 and a standard bottle of whiskey (or whisky depending on whether it’s Irish or Scottish) shoots up to €22.

Many prices of popular brands are already in excess of these prices but special promotions and loss leaders to attract customers could become a thing of the past for Irish supermarkets.

LEGALLY SPEAKING Has inheritance tax dropped?

I would like to know if the planned reduc‐ tions in inheritance tax and income tax which were announced last year by the Andalu‐ cian administration are now in effect. If so they will affect my estate planning?

Ironically however, Brexit might just be doing Irish drinkers a favour as alcohol in Northern Ireland has historically been around 10 per cent cheaper than the Republic and it’s more than possible that these price hikes will encourage some people to cross the border to stock up, especially if customs checks are lax.

A minimum unit price of 10c per gram of alcohol will establish a price beneath which alcohol cannot legally be sold and will inhibit the sale of brands that are cheap rela‐ tive to their strength.

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Ladbrokes keep £101.5m shop workers having to rely upon the support of the government.

Furlough also assisted many in the hospitality trade and the general idea was for companies to only apply for support if their businesses were suf‐ fering and many have since returned the money given to them if their

profits did not drop.

Britain has become a mecca for gambling and one of the companies taking advantage of furlough was Ladbrokes (which also operates the Corals betting company) which had to close its betting shops, but as part of the multibillion‐pound Entain busi‐

Correos Cargo DESPITE regular complaints from customers in Spain about the lack of deliveries and the erratic postal service generally, Correos is launching an international cargo busi‐ ness to take advantage of a boom in electronic com‐ merce.

This operation responds to the significant increase in the parcel business which Correos has been experiencing in re‐ cent years which saw an in‐ crease in revenue of 25 per cent in the first half of 2021, reaching 135 million pack‐ ages, double those sent in the same period of 2020.

This project known as Correos Cargo will be carried out by Iberojet, Ávoris’ airline, which will allocate Correos branded Airbus A330 aircraft operating the Madrid ‐ Hong Kong ‐ Madrid route.

Unemployment figures down THE Spanish Government is delighted by latest unemploy‐ ment figures for 2021 which suggest that the country’s labour market has bounced back to pre‐pandemic levels.

To some extent this has been helped by nearly 800,000 from furlough and a further three quarters of a million finding new work as companies start to expand again.

Unemployment still ac‐ counts for 13.5 per cent of the workforce, but this is claimed to be the lowest na‐ tional percentage since 2007 and many of the newly em‐ ployed are younger people (from the most vulnerable age group) finding work for the first time. ness still operated very successfully online.

Competitors Paddy Power didn’t claim a penny and William Hill repaid £24.5 million, but Ladbrokes who re‐ ceived £101.5 million over two years to support 14,000 staff has not until now repaid anything and in a state‐ ment Entain said that with the virus still active the board would keep the matter under review.

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2.064,00 5.478,0 114,65 279,30 2.047,0 777,80 305,00 52,70 7.103,7 748,00 169,20 1.860,50 1.053,80 247,70 7.636,0 31,35 1.552,50 2.648,3 668,00 1.290,00 6.306,0 2.173,00 528,60 727,60 5.215,0 126,52 7,93 1.732,0 1.733,4 806,80 1.602,00 15,32 3.500,0 1.132,23 1.313,50 2.873,0 1.310,50 1.599,00 14.290,0 1.631,50 1.658,50 492,50 167,70 292,25 259,70 3.963,9 1.056,00 117,88 3.140,0 1.153,00

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2.096,00 5.632,0 117,00 281,00 2.089,0 782,20 309,24 53,18 7.134,0 750,00 171,70 1.892,00 1.056,00 249,60 7.810,0 31,73 1.562,50 2.767,0 673,00 1.320,00 6.334,0 2.228,00 545,20 768,46 5.255,0 129,62 8,06 1.761,2 1.762,6 826,60 1.628,00 15,79 3.543,0 1.204,50 1.345,50 2.918,0 1.314,50 1.615,00 15.280,0 1.649,50 1.678,00 495,60 172,70 293,57 265,90 3.972,5 1.070,50 119,14 3.224,0 1.173,50

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Most Advanced Bone Biologics Corp. Wt Zynga Inc. Cl A iRhythm Technologies Inc. Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corp.

Apria Inc. Crescera Capital Acquisition Corp. Wt RxSight Inc. Molecular Partners AG ADR BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. Tilray Inc. Cl 2

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Most Declined TDH Holdings Inc. Dave Inc. Wt Falcon Minerals Corp. Wt Marpai Inc. Rapid Micro Biosystems Inc. enVVeno Medical Corp. Wt Kidpik Corp.

Daseke Inc. Wt Silver Spike Acquisition Corp. II Wt Auddia Inc. Hour Loop Inc.

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Photo credit: Brussels Airline Press Centre

AIR TRAVEL: Smurfette leads Brussels Airlines campaign.

ALMOST empty flights hurt airlines and add to pollution due to European Union rules which have to be followed in order to keep landing rights.

As has been seen over the past two years, many airlines across Europe have had to be bailed out by their governments, or alternatively allowed to go bankrupt and this isn’t helped by the European Union.

Prior to the pandemic, there was a requirement for those airlines with routes into major Euro‐ pean airports to run a minimum of 80 per cent of their flights (regardless of passenger numbers) in or‐ der to retain landing rights.

Since the pandemic and outside of lockdown, the requirement was reduced to 50 per cent of flights until the end of March 2022 and will then be in‐ creased to 64 per cent, but

with the drastic reduction in air travel, this is still considered by many air‐ lines as being overly bur‐ densome.

The Belgian Govern‐ ment has recognised this and is aiding a formal at‐ tempt by budget airline Brussels Airlines to have this percentage reduced again as they estimate that they could be running around 1,000 unnecessary flights a month during the start of 2022 as few busi‐ nessmen are travelling around Europe.

In the long term, they expect business travel to recover, but in the mean‐ time are losing money on these flights as well as pumping more pollution into the atmosphere.

To make matters worse for these and other air‐ lines travelling to major European airports, those airlines flying to regional airports are not restricted in the same way and can

Converting CO2 CONCRETE plays an important role in con‐ struction, but comes with its own ecological price, namely CO2 which is emitted into the atmosphere.

LafargeHolcim Spain is a concrete producer based in Almeria and has entered into an agreement with Carbon Clean and Sistemas de Calor to create ECCO2, a business which will capture waste CO2.

The plan is to treat the gas to turn it into useful fertiliser, thus not only reducing pollu‐ tion in the atmosphere but helping to grow useful crops in a safe and more efficient man‐ ner.

cancel or consolidate flights without penalty.

BUSINESS EXTRA Shocking news A DETAILED report by the Bank of America suggests that the overall cost to the Spanish economy caused by the increase in the cost of electricity and gas dur‐ ing 2021 is as high as €9 billion, which equates to around €475 per head of population.

Roaming charges TWO UK mobile phone companies, EE and Voda‐ fone have decided to post‐ pone their new roaming charges within Europe from the beginning of Jan‐ uary to the end of that month in the case of Vodafone and March for EE. So far only O2 has not indicated new roaming charges.

Fish eggs AS top restaurants and cruise ships had to close during the pandemic, caviar producers around the world started market‐ ing their sturgeon eggs to consumers online and managed to attract a new home audience who fan‐ cied a bit of luxury. One such producer Caviar Ri‐ ofrio is situated in Grana‐ da.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT FROM the mid‐70s into the early 80s, I lived in Saudi Arabia. In all I spent some eight years in the country at a time when its rulers had decided to use some of their enormous oil wealth to bring their populace into the 20th century, (or 14th in their case!).

To achieve this, they had devised a 15‐ year plan. The first five years would be spent inviting architects and contractors to advise and coordinate the Kingdoms’ objectives, ie roads, airports, communications etc. The second five years were to be spent implementing the changes, which included importing thousands of labourers and builders from around the world to do the work.

These employees originated mainly from South Korea, the Philippines, Pakistan, Ethiopia, and the Sudan. The final five years of the Saudi’s plan were to be spent concluding the projects and slowly winding down the foreign workforce as each developement was completed.

Bearing in mind satellite TV was virtually non‐existent and most entertainment illegal anyway, I decided that the Western expats could probably do with some light diversions.

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Experience So, I imported several shows from the UK. Ultimately my productions were banned by the then Crown Prince Fahad, basically for allowing unveiled Muslim women into the audience! I subsequently went into other activities and on one occasion, with my Pakistani co‐driver, operated a truck delivering iron reinforcing to a secret Saudi air base in the Yemen mountains. Another time I drove a fire engine some 600 kilometres through the desert from Jeddah to a new airport in Al Wajh.

During the next few years of business, I employed fair numbers of people from many different countries, including Africa, Pakistan, India, and the Philippines. The reason I have this week decided to include this ‐ extremely abbreviated ‐ section of my past existence, is to demonstrate that when I write of Mid‐East and Asian cultures, I do have a fairly broad spectrum of personal knowledge. I am also fully aware how it feels to reside as an immigrant ex‐patriot in a Muslim country!

My personal experience of so many of these cultures ensures I seldom fall into the same trap as the UK ‘do‐gooders’

brigade, who believe that all individuals, irrespective of different countries or backgrounds, encompass precisely the same values and standards as themselves ‐ believe me they don’t! In fact, I’m sure many of the UK’s immigrants are quite bemused by the ease they can take advantage of the local populace and will relentlessly pursue every soft touch they can lay their hands on.

Unfortunately, many who do integrate into British culture, abide large numbers of their compatriots who do not. Many scorn their UK hosts and actually consider lying, cheating and bribery a normal way of life!

To deny these facts is naïve, egotistical and downright dangerous. So, whether you agree with my views or not. Please never accuse me of lacking in experience of different cultures or immigration ‐ I’ve had plenty!

Keep the faith Love Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com.

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Leapy Lee’s opinions are his own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.

FEATURE

TV & Film Review by Laura Kemp

On Now: Stay Close THE lives of a former‐stripper‐ turned‐mother, a photojour‐ nalist, a lawyer, and a homi‐ cide detective collide in Netflix’s drama miniseries Stay Close. Based on Harlan Coben’s novel of the same name, Stay Close is the new binge‐worthy drama minis‐ eries on the streaming plat‐ form.

If you’ve watched Coben’s The Stranger (also on Netflix) or one of ITV’s many drama mysteries, you’ll get the idea of the type of narrative this series follows. Each episode reveals more about the characters and the links they have to each other.

The twisting plot is brought to life by a strong cast boasting Cush Jumbo, Eddie Izzard, James Nesbitt, Jo Joyner, Sarah Parish and Richard Armitage.

The puzzle is unravelled slowly but effectively at only eight episodes long. The story begins as bride‐to‐be Megan (Cush Jumbo) is dragged back into her previous life as a stripper.

Then, everything that’s impor‐

Bride-to-be Megan.

tant to her is threatened when former pal Lorraine Griggs (Sarah Parish) leaves an anony‐ mous card on her doorstep.

Next, a young man goes missing at the local Carnival from the same area as another man who vanished 17 years ago. The original case remains the only case detective Broome (James Nesbitt) has ever failed to solve.

This series isn’t really edge of your seat stuff. There is some attempt at social commentary on sex‐workers and gender‐ based violence but unfortu‐ nately, it’s an unforgettable se‐ ries full of clichés. However, it is an easy binge‐watch over a couple of evenings and it was fun trying to work out how the characters were linked.

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BRING FORTH

TONI C. EASTWOOD OBE, MBA

#TheWomanBeyond I AM sure you have noticed, as have I, that it’s easy to stress ourselves out as we strive to step up to our heroic potential.

The open space of a new, fresh year is ahead.

I don’t know about you, but I love this feeling.

It’s a new year with new beginnings and the promise that everything can begin again, letting go and embracing something new. Promise, birth, re‐ newal, new love, life, business, body or fitness, it’s time to start anew.

This can also sit cheek by jowl with still feeling a bit sluggish after all the festivities, overindulging and strug‐ gling to get into the right frame of mind to get back into the swing of a full week at work? Yeah, that sounds just how I am feeling!

So… What’s the answer?

We need to make sure we’re ap‐ proaching this whole thing with the

right mindset. Not only do we need to simultaneously hold ourselves to heroically high standards, we also need to have a tonne of warmth and kindness for ourselves, as we in‐ evitably fall short of those ideals.

At this time of year as we have said goodbye to 2021 (or maybe even good riddance, after the last two years we have all been through!!!) and as we anticipate what the next year ahead may bring, we can put a lot of pres‐ sure on ourselves.

We set goals, resolutions, have aspi‐ rations and sometimes we would like to make major changes, but we fall short or are afraid to let go of the fa‐ miliar or don’t want to upset the sta‐ tus quo.

Parenting experts tell us the same thing. If you want to raise great kids, you need to simultaneously hold high standards and offer tonnes of warmth and love. That’s called Wise Parenting.

If you just have high standards but no warmth, you’re Authoritarian. If

you have low standards and high warmth, you’re Permissive. (And, if you have neither high standards nor warmth, you’re Neglectful.)

Well, we need to apply some wise parenting to ourselves, cut yourself some slack, absolutely hold yourself to high standards, I know I do, BUT we al‐ so need to show ourselves the warmth and kindness that we would show a child or the others around us that we love and care about.

Here’s another etymological gem: In Latin, the word parent means ‘bring‐ ing forth.’

Here’s to bringing forth your heroic potential.

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Stay Focused, Keep Positive and Choose to +1 in Every Moment.

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Please do get in touch if you have any questions. Follow me, chat and share your thoughts and network with other fabulous women in my Visionary Women Facebook Group.

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CLAIRE GORDON FINDING BALANCE IN AN UNEVEN WORLD IN the news this week, Margaret Thatcher has been brought back into the headlines in a most unlikely way.

Love Island star Molly-Mae Hague was accused of bringing Thatcherite ideology back out to the masses when she took time out of her busy day hustling as an influencer to tell everyone else who has not been on a reality TV show that they aren’t working hard enough to reach their goals.

According to the Instagram celebrity, we all have the same 24 hours in a day, so if you haven’t yet made it to where you want to be, then it is entirely your fault. Spoken truly like someone who doesn’t have systematic oppression to work through before they even make it to the first rung of the ladder.

Molly-Mae seems to be semi selfaware enough to mention that she had been pulled up for saying something similar before, but instead of listening to the past criticism of her words she decided to double down while not really reading the room.

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Privilege

The word privilege is used a lot without an explainer as to what it means in this context. Molly-Mae is speaking from a place of privilege when stating all someone must do to make it big is apply themselves. The same mindset as when Sir Alan Sugar says it, but from a slightly different place of privilege. The same mindset as Jacob Rees-Mogg etc. In a world in which people are treated differently because of who they are, the playing field will never be level when you start.

The main issue people have when they are spoken to about their privilege is that they think it means they have never had to struggle. This isn’t true but it has become the first and therefore usually the only sticking point to any related discussion. Marie Beecham tweeted: “Some people have a hard time recognising privilege, saying “I work hard. I don’t get things handed to me.” I understand that. Here’s how I respond: privilege isn’t bonus points for you and your team. It’s unfair penalties the other

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team gets that you don’t.”

These penalties can range from racism to sexism to classism, all barriers to getting to the places you would want to be. As all people who work hard know, obstacles happen when you are pushing forward for something. The difference for someone who has less privilege than someone else is those obstacles can occur before you begin, sometimes they even stop you from being able to start at all. They also pop up no matter how well you apply yourself. For some, they can work twice as hard for half the reward because of how the odds are stacked already.

So no, Molly-Mae, we don’t all have the same 24 hours in a day. Not when the system as it stands steals your time before you’ve even had time to glance at your watch.

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Travel by Alex Glenn

Cordoba City THE Andalucian city of Cordo‐ ba lies at the foot of the Morena Mountains around 130 kilometres from Sevilla. It offers a fascinating glimpse in‐ to Spain’s fascinating history.

Cordoba was renowned as the greatest city in Europe during the 10th century when it beat Rome and Paris for its architectural, academic, and artistic feats.

La Mezquita, the Great Mosque, was built for the Caliphate of Cordoba in the eighth century. It is a master‐ piece of architecture and UN‐ ESCO‐listed. It features the Puerta del Perdón, which leads into the stunning Patio de los Naranjos (patio of or‐ anges).

From there, visitors can reach the stunning prayer hall via the Puerta de las Palmas.

The prayer hall houses more than 850 columns and arches. In 1523, Catholic monarchs converted the building into a cathedral cre‐ ating a contrast, which show‐

Has a fascinating history.

cases Spain’s multi‐cultural past.

Visitors can enjoy Cordoba in full bloom during the Fiesta de los Patios de Cordoba in May when the locals wel‐ come them into their private courtyards. The festival is a chance for residents to com‐ pete for the most attractive patio.

The Judería or Old Jewish Quarter showcases Cordoba at its best. Visitors can mean‐ der down narrow lanes with tranquil squares and soak up the unique atmosphere.

The neighbourhood fea‐ tures the 15th‐century Mudé‐ jar‐style synagogue and the House of Spanish Jews, Casa de Sefarad.

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QUARANTINE SCAM From our Facebook

IN ISOLATION: People should be made aware of the risks they are taking and the consequences.

My friends returned to the port of Malaga on Wednesday after a short Mediterranean cruise.

Over 40 people were not allowed to get their connecting flights home because of positive Covid tests.

They were sent by taxi at a cost of €190 to isolate for a week in an apartment in the centre of Malaga (a journey of about six to eight minutes). The studio apartment is costing €300 per night which covers meals.

The apartment block is obviously let out to students who are quite rowdy into the early hours of the morning! Not fun! The cruise ship was taking no blame or responsibility. Although we don’t want to harm the tourist trade, I feel people should be made aware of the risks they are taking and of the consequences!

Margaret

Mask-free day?

This morning walking along the Torrevieja sea front we were surprised to see how many people

LOOKING FORWARD WHILST nothing has been decided for certain in either Spain or the UK, it does seem possible that the pandemic will be downgraded in the not-too-distant future and be treated like flu.

It appears that medical experts have now had long enough to study the latest Omicron variant and whilst it certainly appears far more contagious than previous variants, it also appears to be milder so that the majority of people can recover quickly.

Perhaps governments around the world overreacted to the fact that it was so virulent, but it is understand-

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weren’t wearing masks. From the columns passing the Voll Damm bar towards la Mata we estimated about 80 per cemt of the people strolling along did not wear a mask.

From their speech it was evident that most were British, closely followed by Eastern Europeans.

The Spanish were well behaved and almost all wore masks.

The area around Soraya and towards the port seemed to have a higher proportion of mask wearers.

We have lived in Torrevieja for three years and while we have usually gone along the the front a couple of times a week, in all that time we have only seen two police, one woman and a man. It seems no-one cares here.

No masks, electric scooters dodging among the walkers, the dealers sell their deadly goods and the others their contraband shoes, bags and whatever else.

I can well understand why Torrevieja doesn’t publish its figures!

A Torrevieja resident

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able as there was so little information available when it first appeared.

If as is hoped, restrictions are eased (Gibraltar has joined other countries and announced that those who are double vaccinated no longer have to isolate in the event that someone they live with is infected) then this can only be good news for airlines, hospitality industry, shops, indeed anywhere that relies on tourism.

The concept of having to show Covid passports in bars and restaurants appears to be ‘more honoured

in the breach than the observance’ in as much as there appear to be numerous family-owned businesses who don’t even ask for even verbal proof, whilst the corporate outlets invariably do.

At the end of the day, we have spent nearly two years having to put our lives on hold and whilst nothing can ever depreciate the losses that so many families have suffered, it does seem time to consider taking a step forward and allowing people more freedom to make their own decisions rather than have them imposed.

COMMON FLU: Is this the next step for the Covid virus?

Linda Patricia Josephine Tummon It’s been two years since I went abroad, it’s time now to get our lives back and learn to live with this.

Maureen Croft Pearson Yes we’ve all pretty much been vaccinated so let’s get back to normal.

Hazel Moorman Just what common sense people have been saying all this time.

Jenny Church Well there’s a surprise... not the only country to say this. It’s just a vicious flu bug. Interesting to see if all restrictions will be removed soon. Romania, South Africa and many US states all back to normal, probably many others I haven’t heard about. What a total waste of money and people’s lives messed up.

Ruma Jordan If you feel ill or fearful you stay home, eat good food and take vitamins ... never in history have the healthy been penalised for trying to live a normal life!!

Markus Hansen Interesting. I’m for it. Just don’t think that the flu virus is the same as that other bugger.

Tony Wallace So no more BS Covid passports then I hope.

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ROAD TEST

by Mark Slack MOTORISTS of a certain age might recall the days when we had the Morris Oxford and Austin Cam‐ bridge. SEAT has taken to the same idea with their Tarraco, the largest of their SUVs. Named af‐ ter the Spanish city of Tarragona, apparently Tarraco is what it was called when Rome ruled this part of Spain.

The range comprises of six trim levels with both petrol and diesel power along with manual and DSG automatic gear‐ boxes. The 1.5‐litre TSi petrol engine comes in 150PS while the four‐ wheel‐drive option comes with a 2.0‐litre petrol unit in 190PS and 245PS power outputs.

The 2.0‐litre diesel devel‐ ops either 150PS and 200PS. Standard equipment across the range includes seven seats, cornering lights, LED lights, pow‐

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SEAT Terraco FR Sport 4Drive classy, spacious and generously equipped Classy and spacious.

ered, folding, heated mir‐ rors, cruise control, auto lights and wipers, keyless start and Apple Car Play and Android Auto plus Bluetooth.

A rather different ‐ and welcome ‐ approach to the usual rather brutish, huge‐grilled look of many SUVs. The sharp styling looks classy and under‐ stated and as ever with VAG products there’s a

Facts at a Glance Model: SEAT Terraco FR Sport 4Drive Engine: 2.0 Turbocharged diesel developing 200PS Gears: 7-Speed DSG Automatic Performance: 0-100 kmh (62 mph) 7.8 seconds/Maximum Speed 209 kmh (130 mph) Economy: 6.6l/100km (42.8 mpg) Combined driving (WLTP) Emissions: 173 g/km (WLTP) fication and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.

feeling of quality throughout, both exterior and interior.

The Tarraco looks smaller and less intimi‐ dating thanks to that subtle styling but the result is a ca‐ pacious family hold‐all that mixes a touch of style to the job of getting on with things in a world where reach‐ ing the school gates in time is more im‐ portant than playing grand prix wannabe.

There’s plenty of space inside the Terraco and even the rearmost seats are fine for an adult on short journeys.

My test car had the benefit of an admittedly not cheap €1,211/£1,015) optional panoramic roof, but it

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made the interior su‐ perbly light and airy.

The range starts at €37,730/£30,785 and my FR Sport was €51,295/£42,990 with four‐wheel‐drive, DSG automatic gearbox, 2.0‐ litre diesel power devel‐ oping 200PS and riding on 20” ‘Cosmo’ Grey ma‐ chined alloy wheels.

With its sporting cre‐ dentials the performance is pretty decent with 62 mph reached in just un‐ der eight seconds. Con‐ sidering its size the FR Sport handles remarkably well too, with little body roll thanks to firmer sus‐ pension. It’s not at the expense of ride comfort though.

Unfortunately, as with most VAG products there is an increasing amount of digitalisation instead of more practical and easier to use switches.

That said time would soon bring familiarity and there is much to like in the Terraco. It’s classy, spacious and generously equipped and makes a fine family holdall.

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Heavy defeat for Raducanu US Open tennis champi‐ on and BBC Sports Per‐ sonality of the Year, Em‐ ma Raducanu, got a rude awakening after being thumped in the Sydney International.

In her warmup for the Australian Open, the 19‐ year‐old lost in two straight sets to world number 13 Elena Rybaki‐ na with the match last‐ ing just 55 minutes. It was her first match since

recovering from Covid‐ 19.

Raducanu avoided a dreaded ‘double bagel’ (losing both sets to love) but has a mountain to climb in the upcoming Grand Slam where she will be ranked 17th.

Her opponent was fresh off a run to the fi‐ nal of the Adelaide Inter‐ national last week and won the first nine games of the match.

TENNIS CHAMPION: Has a mountain now to climb.

FA Cup shocks THE magic of the FA Cup was alive and well in the third round when League One side Cambridge made the long trip north to St James’ Park to take on Pre‐ mier League side Newcastle United.

The struggling Magpies couldn’t get relief from their poor league form as they were dumped out by League One’s Cambridge United. A solitary Joe Iron‐ side goal put the visitors into the fourth round.

National League side minnows Kidderminster Har‐ riers also sealed a memorable FA Cup triumph beat‐ ing Championship side Reading 2‐1 with Amari Mor‐ gan‐Smith bagging the crucial strike after 82 minutes. Ecstatic fans invaded the pitch in celebra‐ tion after 14 minutes of added time had kept them waiting.

Benjamin Mendy freed on bail MANCHESTER CITY footballer Ben‐ jamin Mendy has been freed on bail by Judge Patrick Thompson at a hearing at Chester Crown Court on January 7 fol‐ lowing a series of sexual assault accusa‐ tions from young women. Mendy was due to go on trial this month, however, the trial has now been pushed back un‐ til June at the earliest.

He has been bailed until a further pre‐

trial hearing on January 24. His full condi‐ tions of bail weren’t given in open court but Mendy was told he must live at his home address, must not contact any of the women involved and surrender his passport. He stands accused of seven counts of rape and one count of sexual assault against five different women, with the rape charges relating to four dif‐ ferent women and the sexual assault

charge a fifth. All of the incidents alleged‐ ly happened between October 2020 and August last year. The footballer’s lawyer has denied the charges on Mendy’s be‐ half.

Mendy’s co‐defendant, Louis Saha Matturie, is also accused of six counts of rape and one of sexual assault. None of the women involved have been identi‐ fied.

CAMBRIDGE UNITED: Celebrating shock win.