Euro Weekly News - Axarquia 10 - 16 February 2022 Issue 1910

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DONATIONS NEEDED CHARITY shop Pocapecunia, Nerja, is in urgent need of do‐ nations.

The shop needs household and kitchen items ‐ including cook‐ ing tools, cutlery, plates, cups, saucers, pots and pans ‐ interi‐ or decorations, paint‐ ings, plant pots, vases and plastic bags.

Please bring any items you may have to donate to Prolonga‐ cion Avenida Rod‐ griguez Acosta (near the Parador Round‐ about, opposite Cafe Trebol) in Nerja.

All funds go to the Cudeca Foundation, an incredible hospice that provides relief and specialised pallia‐ tive care to patients residing in the province of Malaga who suffer from can‐ cer and other dis‐ eases, in an advanced and terminal phase, and offer support and comfort to their fami‐ lies.

The Cudeca Founda‐ tion was founded by Joan Hunt, a retired British woman who had the dream of opening the first Pal‐ liative Care Centre in Spain.

In addition to pro‐ viding an in‐patient fa‐ cility, money raised al‐ so supports the organisation and training of a team of professionals to pro‐ vide home care, day‐ care and in‐patient care for children and teenagers suffering from life‐limiting con‐ ditions ‐ providing pal‐ liative care which is currently only avail‐ able in adult facilities.

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Torrox hold Carnival 2022

CARNIVAL PARADES: Will be held during March.

FACE MASKS: No longer required in most outdoor spaces.

BUSINESSES and residents across Spain are celebrating after masks will no longer be legally required in most outdoor spaces from today, Thursday, February 10, bringing the country one step closer to normality.

Spain’s Minister of Health, Carolina Darias con‐ firmed the move, with face coverings no longer manda‐ tory in most spaces includ‐ ing school playgrounds, in a statement on Tuesday, February 8.

The minister also an‐ nounced that the Public Health Commission is study‐ ing shortening the quaran‐ tine period for positive cas‐ es to between three and five days.

While a welcome change for many, the law still re‐ quires masks in two out‐ door situations, including at crowded events when standing, and when social distancing cannot be ob‐ served, for example, when sitting.

Regional governments

across Spain also recom‐ mend wearing masks in crowds.

The measure was agreed at a government meeting where officials also decided to increase capacity at sports events, including the Football League and the ACB basketball, which will go from 75 per cent to 85 per cent capacity if held in outdoor venues and 50 per cent to 75 per cent if in‐ doors.

Spectators will also be re‐ quired to respect measures including mandatory masks and social distancing.

The issue of masks has been a contentious one throughout the pandemic, splitting opinion over bal‐ ancing the need to protect public health, while uphold‐ ing some of Spain’s most‐ valued civil liberties.

Advocates of face cover‐ ings argue they are a small inconvenience to wearers but a vital step in protecting others. Meanwhile, many against mandatory masks

accuse the government of interfering with civil liber‐ ties.

Regardless of personal views, many businesses across Spain are rejoicing at the news, hoping that this move towards normality will signal an increase in tourist numbers this year.

Michala Larsen Aguilera of restaurant group Da Bruno told the Euro Weekly News: “I’m delighted that we can finally take them off and hope this means we can enjoy a great summer without people afraid of go‐ ing out.

“Hopefully the tourism will pick up and we can go back to business as usual.”

TORROX Carnival 2022 will kick off its festivities on Monday, February 28 until Saturday, March 19.

On February 28 the presentation of the Golden Mask will take place from 5pm as well as a perfor‐ mance by the Peña Poti‐Poti.

The carnival’s parades will take place in March, with the first taking place in the historic centre of Torrox on March 12 and the second taking place on the El Morche promenade on March 19.

Councillor for Festivals and Popular Traditions Sal‐ vador Escudero announced that both parades in March will be held in the afternoon and will close with the Pop FM concert which is enjoyable for au‐ diences of all ages.

The mayor of Torrox, Oscar Medina, has invited residents to participate and attend these exciting carnival events, where there will be costume con‐ tests with prizes in various categories.

Councillor Escudero explained that the parades will follow the same programming as 2020’s carnival and will be held in open spaces for health and safe‐ ty.

For more information on the Torrox Carnival please go to the town hall website www.torrox.es.

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Velez-Malaga addiction prevention NEW INITIATIVE: Aimed at preventing addictions.

THE councillor for Social Rights and Equality Victor Gonzalez, the councillor for Education Lola Gamez, and the coordinator of the Velez‐ Malaga Teachers’ Centre Fabian Núñez, presented a new initiative aimed at in‐ forming and preventing ad‐ dictions.

The initiative ‘Decide for you and don’t play with it,’ is aimed at informing young people and their families about various addictions and prevention and is also a dynamic resource for schools. This initiative is in addition to other prevention initiatives in schools that have been developed over the past year through the Cities against Drugs Pro‐ gramme, such as workshops on preventing smoking, be‐ havioural addictions, gam‐ bling addictions and internet and healthy lifestyle habits.

Gonzalez stressed that “this initiative is the result of the firm commitment of the Department of Social Rights and Equality to the preven‐ tion of the different addic‐

tions that can affect young people and that, unfortunate‐ ly, are a reality in continuous evolution that affect their wel‐ fare, that of their families and also affects the education.

“It is a priority to ensure our commitment to improve the health and living conditions of citizens and raise awareness among our community ‐ espe‐ cially young people,” added Gonzalez.

It is essential to continue to inform families on how to recognise problems related to addictions and to give them guidance and support, as well as providing mechanisms to recognise the places where young people spend much of their time, such as schools.

Nuñez said that “it is a very interesting and necessary ini‐ tiative to distribute this guide to all schools in the Axarquia area, as we also develop the ‘Educational Digital Transfor‐ mation programme’ which in‐ cludes various aspects related to these issues and includes the development of courses on addictions, data protection, cybersecurity and more.”

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Playground fun ON Thursday, February 3, the deputy mayor of Velez‐ Malaga, Jesus Perez Aten‐ cia, and the councillor for the Environment, Antonio Ariza, announced the re‐ modelling of the play‐ ground in Calle Juan Aguayo, Torre del Mar, is now complete.

This is part of the coun‐ cil’s plan to improve vari‐ ous recreational areas to make them a more enjoy‐ able environment for users.

Atencia said on Thurs‐ day: “Within the improve‐ ment plan that we are car‐ rying out in parks and gardens throughout the municipality, today we pre‐ sent the remodelling of the playground located in Calle Juan Aguayo in Torre del Mar.” Ariza said: “We are com‐ mitted to improving and providing the municipali‐ ty’s playgrounds with bet‐ ter children’s infrastruc‐ tures, maintenance and up‐to‐date certifications.

The municipality of Velez‐

New rubber floor installed.

Malaga is the first in Spain with ISO 9001 certification and the ‘Q for Quality’ in nine of our parks.

“The children’s furniture has been cleaned and painted and a new continu‐ ous rubber floor has been installed, as the old one did not comply with the regula‐ tions for children’s play‐ grounds.

“The other areas of the playground have also been restructured, levelling out the rubber slabs and paint‐ ing the benches. With this action we have changed the appearance of the park, adapting it to the regula‐ tions and improving its ap‐ pearance for its users.”

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NIBS EXTRA Works ongoing THE redevelopment of Calle Diputacion in Ner‐ ja is progressing, with the works being carried out in sections. This week, the first half of the road from its junc‐ tion with Plaza Cavana will be concreted and paving stones will be laid.

Handy app THE Torre del Mar Gecor app, which can be downloaded from the Play Store or Apple Store, was originally created to report inci‐ dents in the area. It has now been made more versatile and will be used to provide infor‐ mation on events such as the procession of the Virgen del Carmen in Torre del Mar.

Local roads W I T H I N the develop‐ ment of improving vari‐ ous roads in Velez‐ Malaga, the improvement of the pavement in the area of Colonias del Puerto, in La Caleta de Velez, is now complete.

Elderly Torrox TORRYOX Council has paid tribute to the el‐ derly in the town with the release of ‘The legacy of our elders’, a book in which people will be able to save their legacy for future generations through photographs, their ex‐ periences and their memories.

Local Police LAST week, the Local Security Board of Al‐ muñecar took stock of the actions carried out in 2021 by the Guardia Civil and the Local Po‐ lice in Almuñecar and La Herradura, where se‐ curity measures in the municipality were anal‐ ysed, planned and coor‐ dinated.

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THE Almuñecar AMD started its hiking programme for the year on Sunday, February 6, with 15 routes in the province of Granada and the neighbouring region of Axarquia.

The first stage will be the munici‐ pality of Itrabo and will conclude on June 5 with a route through the Silleta de Padul.

The second stage will begin on September 11 between Pinos del Valle and Pantano de Beznar and will conclude the route on Decem‐ ber 5 through Lentegi and Puerto Viejo.

Almuñecar’s councillor for Sports, Luis Aragon, explained: “As we have always done in each pro‐ gramme, we have tried to give a new and varied offer to all lovers of hiking, meeting the demand that there is every year.

“The almost half a thousand people who attended last year serve as a reference to the popu‐ larity of this programme, despite the cuts that we had to make due

Take a hike!

HIKING PROGRAMME: Fifteen routes will be available in the region.

to the coronavirus.

Councillor Aragon said: “The price will be €12 for each hike, which includes transportation, ac‐ companying guide and insurance.

Helping the community THE ACA ( Alcaucin Commu‐ nity Association) is a regis‐ tered charity situated in Puente Don Manuel. They contribute to various Spanish charities and local causes, and sponsor children’s edu‐ cation in Kenya.

The shop is run by a great team of volunteers, and they rely on the generous contri‐ butions donated by the local community. They have a large selection of clothing in good condition, and their bookshop has over 300 books. They are located at the traffic lights under the es‐ tate agents in Cruce de Peri‐ ana (Puente Don Manuel)

Raising charity funds.

and are open Tues ‐ Sat 10am ‐ 1.30pm. Their Christ‐ mas fete raised money to buy sports equipment for the Alejandro Garcia Garrido school in Alcaucin which was delivered to them this week (as seen in photo) for which they were very grateful.

Pop in for a bargain!

“We will also have an offer of 10 excursions for €100. The sign‐ up will be available up until the Thursday before the day of depar‐ ture.”

A glorious lunch RECENTLY, on a glorious warm day, 22 old and new friends of Lux Mun‐ di, Torre del Mar and the Half Orange Group at‐ tended a lunch.

They were able to choose excellent food from the very extensive ‘menu del dia’ of the La Ralea restaurant set in the Commercial Complex halfway between Velez‐ Malaga and Torre del Mar. A good time was had by all and Lux Mundi would also like to thank everyone for their kind and generous donations

Choir in the caves

THE Cueva del Tesoro Mu‐ sic Festival in Rincon de la Victoria returns after its break due to the pandem‐ ic with a great line‐up fea‐ turing singers Marina Ro‐ jas and Tamara Jerez.

These unmissable cul‐ ture and music concerts will take place from Febru‐ ary 12 until February 27, with only 80 tickets avail‐ able.

Gospel Choir ‘Verso Li‐ bre’ will perform on Satur‐ day 12, Marina Rojas will perform on Saturday 19, while Daniel Martinez will perform on Saturday 26, and Tamara Jerez will per‐ form on Sunday 27.

Tickets cost just €5 each and can be purchased now at the Cueva del Tesoro ticket office during its opening hours (10am

until 1pm and 3pm until 5pm).

The mayor of Rincon de la Victoria Francisco Sala‐ do said of the unique con‐ cert in the Cueva del Tesoro: “It is an incompa‐ rable setting. In few sce‐ narios do voices and chords echo like in the caves. I believe that this edition maintains the high level of past years.”

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of €101.10 which was collected for their funds which is very important and means a lot for the future of the Centre.

Lux Mundi Ecumenical Centre, Torre del Mar, Avda. Moscatel 1’I’, (Jar‐ dines Viña Malága/An‐ tigua Casa de la Viña), Torre del Mar, 29740.

Open mornings only Monday and Wednesday 10.00am till 1pm and Fri‐ days as usual 11.00am ‐ 1pm. For further infor‐ mation please contact the Centre, Torre del Mar Tel. 952 543 334 e‐mail: luxmundi@lux‐mun di.org.

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Clothes reducing CO2 MORE tan 106 tonnes of clothing were recycled last year in Velez‐Malaga, meaning 650 fewer tons of CO2 emissions were re‐ leased into the atmo‐ sphere.

Last week, the first deputy mayor of Velez‐ Malaga, Jesus Perez Aten‐ cia, councillor for the Envi‐ ronment, Antonio Ariza, head of Humana Andalucia, Pablo Gallego, and spokes‐ person for Humana Spain, Juan Carlos Montes, pre‐ sented data on the recy‐ cling of textile resources in 2021 in the town.

Ariza said: “Last year, 106 tons of clothing were col‐ lected in our municipality.

To give us an idea, each Spaniard discards between 20 and 30 kilos of clothing each year ‐ this represents more than a million tons per year.

“Only 15 per cent is re‐ covered, while the rest ends up improperly dumped in landfills and for every kilos of clothing re‐ covered and not taken to a waste treatment centre, 3,169 kilograms of CO2 are not emitted.”

Atencia said: “Recycling clothing means giving it a second life and entails an environmental and social benefit that is key to the circular economy and the creation of green jobs.”

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AS has been done in recent years, Nerja Council, through the Department of Municipal Services, has launched the Pruning Plan with actions planned throughout the municipality.

Councillor Gema Garcia, accompanied by the gardener foreman Gustavo Garcia, announced the plans during a visit to Calle Madrid in the area of Punta Lara where these works are being carried out. Garcia said: “This plan aims to improve the conservation of trees and green areas and municipal parks while improving the environment and removing dry, broken and fallen branches that interfere with lighting and road signs.”

Work has already been carried out on Avda de la Constitu‐ cion, Avda Ciudad de Pescia and on Calle Real in Maro.

“We are going to work on all of the streets and squares of the town so that Nerja and Maro will be in its best condition to welcome tourists for the high season.”

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Royal pair blasted HARRY and Meghan have been blasted for their ‘ra‐ dio silence’ on the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Social media users criti‐ cised the pair for keeping silent on the special day after they made no ac‐ knowledgement of the Queen’s decades of ser‐ vice.

One Twitter user was most upset and comment‐ ed: “Would it have killed them to offer their con‐ gratulations for a job well done to HM! Despicable!”

Another social media user though saw the bright side and said:

RADIO SILENCE: Harry and Meghan have kept quiet.

“About time these two learnt to be silent. Hope it lasts.”

To mark her Majesty’s 70 years on the throne Prince Charles commemo‐ rated the special day and said: “On this historic day, my wife and I join you all in congratulating Her Majesty The Queen on the remarkable achievement of serving this nation, the realms

and Commonwealth for 70 years.

“The Queen’s devotion to the welfare of all her people inspires still greater admiration with each passing year.”

The Queen used her Platinum Jubilee celebra‐ tion to announce that Camilla will be able to be‐ come Queen Consort when Charles takes over the throne in the future.

Free parking tickets THOUSANDS of free parking tickets have been given to the As‐ sociation of Merchants and Entrepreneurs of Torre del Mar (ACET) and also to the Associ‐ ation of Merchants and Entrepreneurs of V e l e z ‐ M a l a g a ( AC E V ) , which will be dis‐ tributed among the businesses for their customers.

These tickets are valid in both the Car‐ men de Velez‐Malaga car park and the Yucas de Torre del Mar car park in order to pro‐ mote local commerce and restaurants in both areas.

The deputy mayor of Velez‐Malaga, Jesus Perez Atencia, said: “We have to continue carrying out different initiatives to support

local businesses, espe‐ cially now that the works of the Plaza de la Axarquia, in Torre del Mar, and others in Velez‐Malaga are be‐ ing carried out.

“As always, from this government team we are going to be very close to merchants and businessmen, proposing different ac‐ tions to encourage lo‐ cal commerce.”

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Vaccine donations THE number of vac‐ cines that Spain has d o n a t e d t o COV A X , the WHO organisation dedicated to helping developing countries fight against the pan‐ demic, has reached a total of 50 million.

Spain is one of the top five countries in the world in terms of donations through the COV A X m e c h a n i s m and the second‐ largest donor to Latin America.

Of these doses, 22 million have been al‐ located to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 16 million to sub‐Saharan Africa and 7.5 million to the EU Southern Neigh‐ bourhood countries.

Recently, deliveries have been accelerated in several countries.

On Friday, February 4, a new batch of vac‐ cines donated by Spain through the CO‐ VAX mechanism was delivered to Colom‐ bia.

O n S a t u r d a y , J a n‐ uary 29, 244,800 and 381,600 single doses of Johnson & Johnson were delivered in two Team Europe opera‐ tions to Mauritania and Syria, respective‐ ly.

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A PASTOR in the US state of Tennessee livestreamed a bonfire in which he and his churchgoers could be seen burning books such as Harry Potter and Twilight, and saying “it’s witchcraft 100 per cent.” Global Vision Bible Church leader Greg Locke led the book‐burning bonfire in Nashville, the state capital, on the night of February 2. This incident was the latest to occur as part of the growing trend of book censorship that is rising in the country.

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Buyers sold stolen rental cars

N AT I O N A L POLICE have arrested 10 people in Barcelona and Madrid suspected for the misappropriation of high‐end rental cars.

Nine vehicles were ini‐ tially obtained through rental or assignment contracts, using stolen documentation, and

forged driving licences.

They were subsequently bought in good faith by third parties, who be‐ came victims of a scam.

This investigation be‐ gan when officers were informed of the misap‐ propriation of two vehi‐ cles in the provinces of Malaga and Madrid. In

Record petrol prices PETROL prices in Spain skyrocketed at the begin‐ ning of February, reaching a new historical high.

A fifth consecutive price rise saw fuel on the forecourts rise to its most expensive level so far in 2022. According to data from the European Union Oil Bulletin, prices have gone up by another 5.6 per cent.

Specifically, the average price of petrol this week stood at €1.538/litre, which represents an increase of 1.18 per cent compared to a week ago. This is a historical record, exceeding the €1.522 of Septem‐ ber 2012.

Also, the average price of a litre of diesel this week stood at €1.422, making it €1.35 per cent more expensive compared to last week. This is not a record for this fuel, although it remains close to the historical maximum of €1.444 set in September 2012.

both cases, they were high‐end passenger cars, and, moreover, had been rented by the same person.

The officers were able to identify the person who had rented the ve‐ hicles, as well as one of his accomplices, and this led them to the net‐ work.

Three of those under investigation were de‐ tained in Barcelona, while the other mem‐ bers were arrested in Madrid. All 10 are ac‐ cused of committing criminal acts, among which is the theft of ve‐ hicles valued at more than €300,000.

One of the recovered vehicles had already been illegally re‐regis‐ tered after having its chassis number changed and sprayed a different colour. Two others were recovered in Girona and Malaga, having been sold to bona fide buy‐ ers.

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Famous play banned

A SCHOOL in New York has taken the de‐ cision to ban Shakespeare’s famous play The Merchant of Venice for being ‘anti‐ semitic’, following a series of complaints from parents.

First, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World was cancelled at Seattle Universi‐ ty. Then, the University of Northampton declared George Orwell’s 1984 ‘an offen‐ sive and disturbing book’. Tennessee schools recently banned the Holocaust comic book Maus: A Survivor’s Tale.

There are many more examples of the growing numbers of literary works that can be found on the United States’

banned book lists. Such books typically deal with issues of race, gender or diver‐ sity.

In fact, cancel culture is resulting in once popular books being banned all over the world, and determining which new books get published. Last year in the UK, children’s book publisher Scholastic rejected a Captain Underpants spinoff for perpetuating ‘passive racism’.

The Merchant of Venice features Shy‐ lock, a Jewish moneylender who threat‐ ens to take a pound of flesh from the body of one of the other characters if a loan is not repaid.

Nobel Peace Prize

THE leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Une Bastholm, has nominated Sir David Atten‐ borough for this year’s No‐ bel Peace Prize.

The 95‐year‐old broad‐ caster and environmental‐ ist should be nominated, says Bastholm, because “he has taught us not only to see the intrinsic value of the whole diversity of life

that exists on the planet, but also how vulnerable we humans are to the bal‐ ance of ecosystems.”

She also believes that the International Panel on Nature (IPBES), an inter‐ governmental agency founded in 2012 to im‐ prove environmental poli‐ cies and services, should al‐ so win the prestigious award.

The Green Party leader said: “They should receive the award for their work in developing a common in‐ ternational knowledge base about the nature of the world with broad pro‐ fessional support and cred‐ ibility. This work makes it impossible for world lead‐ ers to ignore the natural crisis without being no‐ ticed…”

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Electricity bills slashed

T H E UK government will provide £179 mil‐ lion in funding for en‐ ergy efficiency up‐ grades, which will allow electricity bills to be significantly re‐ duced in 20,000 homes

while making them warmer. On February 7, the UK government announced that it would provide the funding for thousands of people who live in social housing.

According to the offi‐ cial statement from the government web‐ site, the funding “will see 20,000 social hous‐ ing properties with an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of D or lower receive upgrades to improve their energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.

This includes fitting external wall and roof insulation, energy‐effi‐ cient doors and win‐ dows, heat pumps and solar panels.”

Minister for Business and Energy Lord Callanan said: “The UK has a strong track record in improving the energy perfor‐ mance of its homes and this funding will continue that as we deliver huge benefits for social housing resi‐ dents ‐ ensuring they keep more of their cash.”

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Covid prevention drug supply THE Spanish Ministry of Health and phar‐ maceutical company AstraZeneca have signed an agreement for the supply and distribution of a Covid prevention drug.

Evusheld is currently the only prophylactic drug available to be used preventatively before exposure to the Covid‐19 virus. Ac‐ cording to an official statement released on February 4 by the Ministry of Health, the

drug is recommended for the passive im‐ munisation of patients who are at higher risk of contracting Covid‐19 and of pro‐ gressing to severe forms of the disease.

This group includes people with immunod‐ eficiencies, organ transplant recipients and patients being treated for blood diseases with specific drugs that make it difficult for them to generate immunity to antigens.

£109m Lottery jackpot

ONE lucky Brit has claimed a staggering £109 million from Friday night’s (February 4) mega‐draw.

The lucky winner had opt‐ ed for numbers 3, 25, 38, 43 and 49 and the Lucky Star numbers 3 and 7.

Senior winners’ advisor at The National Lottery Andy Carter previously said: “What an amazing night for a single UK ticket‐holder who has scooped tonight’s whopping £109.9 million special Eu‐ roMillions Super Jackpot.

“Players are urged to check their tickets and give us a call if they think they are

tonight’s lucky winner.

“National Lottery players make a huge difference to National Lottery Good Caus‐ es across the country gener‐ ating more than £30 million

every week.” He went on to add: “Thanks to National Lot‐ tery players, over £1.2 billion has been distributed to date across the UK to help tackle the impact of coronavirus.”

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A GROUNDBREAKING fat‐busting drug that has helped pa‐ tients shed stones is set to be available on the NHS. To be el‐ igible for treatment though patients will need to be suffer‐ ing from a minimum of one obesity‐related issue. During trials of the drug participants lost around two and a half stones in only 15 months. The patients were given a weekly jab of the new drug.

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Your starter for 10

WHICH British TV pre‐ senter has sadly died at the age of 87? It’s Bam‐ ber Gascoigne, the origi‐ nal host of BBC’s University Challenge.

The popular quizmaster passed away at his home in Richmond, southwest London fol‐ lowing a short illness.

Gascoigne hosted the hit ITV show for 25 years from 1962 to 1987 be‐ fore it was rebooted in 1994 with current host Jeremy Paxman. He was the originator of catch‐ phrases, such as “your starter for 10,” “fingers on buzzers,” and “I’ll

TRIBUTES: Poured in for TV presenter Bamber Gascoigne.

have to hurry you.”

Gascoigne was also

known as a writer, and wrote Quest for the Golden Hare, an account of the national treasure hunt sparked by the 1970’s book Masquer‐ ade, which contained clues to the where‐ abouts of a precious pendant buried ‘some‐ where in Britain’.

Tributes to the former quiz host have been flooding into social me‐ dia.

“Very sad to hear of the passing of Bamber Gascoigne. A legendary quizmaster from another time,” said one user.

The Chase quizzer, Paul Sinha, wrote: “It seems that Bamber Gas‐ coigne has passed away.

His effortless erudition, making whole swathes of impenetrable knowledge seem cheerfully accessi‐ ble, was totally inspiring to this kid of the 80s.

“Sadly we may never see his like on our screens again.”

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SAS hero saves combat dog

AN SAS hero who ‘ran through a hail of bullets to save his wounded combat dog’ has now been nomi‐ nated for a bravery award.

The heroic soldier saved his dog from being shot by the Taliban in firefight in Afghanistan around nine months ago.

Speaking to one publica‐ tion, a source revealed how the SAS hero had pro‐ tected his dog during a “kill or capture” mission. He then kept the wounded dog alive as a helicopter sped them to safety.

The source revealed: “The dog was very badly injured ‐ it was limping and bleeding profusely.

“It was moving so slowly it was at risk of suffering further wounds.

“The handler ran across open ground, picked it up and carried him back to a safe area.

“Once the target was neutralised, the SAS with‐ drew to a rendezvous point and were picked up

by the choppers.

“The dog was in a very bad way but he was kept alive during the flight then operated on back at a British base and survived.

“He was later sent back

to the UK and given fur‐ ther treatment.”

No details are known surrounding whether the dog will be able to return to active service in the fu‐ ture.

Volcano tourism THE Canary Islands government and locals are consider‐ ing the possibility of volcano tourism after La Palma’s Cumbre Vieja eruption lasted for a staggering 85 days.

The volcanic eruption began last September and saw thousands of people evacuated and hundreds of homes destroyed by molten lava. Earthquakes also shook the is‐ land of La Palma.

Canary Islands tourism chiefs are looking into taking ad‐ vantage of 70‐metre lava walls to entice tourists to the is‐ land and tourists are readily clamouring for volcano themed tours.

Hawaii and Iceland also turned to volcano tourism after they were hit by volcanic eruptions.

Some people fear though that the sight of tourists tak‐ ing in the lava flow sites could be painful to local residents who lost everything.

Mariano Hernandez Zapata head of the island’s gov‐ ernment explained to Reuters that the volcano has creat‐ ed opportunities. She explained: “Despite unleashing so much destruction, the volcano has created opportunities and tourism is one of them.”

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Camilla for Queen

HER Majesty the Queen has confirmed that when Charles becomes King, Camilla will become Queen.

According to royal sources, the 95‐year‐old monarch made the deci‐ sion in honour of the happi‐ ness that Camilla has brought her son, and for her good work.

Addressing the British public in a statement to mark her accession day, February 6, the Queen said, “I remain eternally grateful for, and humbled by, the loyalty and affection that you continue to give me.

“And when, in the full‐ ness of time, my son Charles becomes King, I know you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have giv‐ en me. And it is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort, as she continues her own loyal service.”

The Queen looked back to the day, 70 years ago,

that she started her reign, and to the future: “As I look ahead with a sense of hope and optimism to the year of my Platinum Jubilee, I am reminded of how much we can be thankful for.”

Will be Queen Consort.

NATIONAL POLICE officers in Sevilla have dismantled a marihuana farm hidden inside a warehouse on an industrial estate. A 42‐ year‐old man was arrested for drug trafficking and electricity fraud.

Inside the warehouse on La Red Norte estate, Alcala de Guadaira, officers dis‐

BAFTA luvvies Forbidden

SCIENCE-FICTION epic ‘Dune’ dominates the nominations for this year’s BAFTA awards with 11 nods. ‘The Power of the Dog’, a dark western, is just behind with eight nomina‐ tions, while Sir Kenneth Branagh’s semi‐autobio‐ graphical black and white comedy‐drama, ‘Belfast’, rounds out the top three, with six.

Among the acting talent, nominees for leading ac‐ tress include Lady Gaga for ‘House of Gucci’, the fash‐ ion drama; Emilia Jones for ‘CODA’; and Alana Haim for ‘Licorice Pizza’. Tessa Thompson is also on the list for ‘Passing’, along with

Joanna Scanlan for her role in ‘Af‐ ter Love’.

Best actor nominees in‐ clude Benedict Cumber‐ batch for ‘The Power of the Dog’; Leonardo DiCaprio for ‘Don’t Look Up’; Will Smith for ‘King Richard’; Stephen Graham for ‘Boil‐ ing Point’ and Mahershala Ali for ‘Swan Song’.

The BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Tele‐ vision Arts) awards will be presented at a live ceremo‐ ny in London on March 13.

TWO Spanish nationals aged 39 and 67 years old have been arrested for sell‐ ing elephant legs on the in‐ ternet. If found guilty, they could face a prison sen‐ tence of between six months and two years or a hefty fine. The investigation by the Guardia Civil, under the auspices of the Ministry of Ecological Transition’s Prevention and Action Plan against the illegal sale of protected species, was be‐ gun following the discovery of the online listing in November 2021.

The elephant legs had been turned into stools and were priced at €600 each.

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Gone to pot

covered around 250 mari‐ huana plants more than one metre high.

Marihuana was hanging from clothes lines to dry in preparation for selling.

The street value was es‐

timated at €70,000.

The building had been fraudulently connected to the electricity supply, pos‐ ing a serious fire risk, as well as endangering the safety of the affected area.

ELEPHANT LEGS: Were being sold as stools.

and finally...

MOSCOW Zoo pandas have predicted the Winter Olympics medal table and they ought to know as they are Chinese!

Pandas Ruyi and Dingding ventured out into snow at Moscow Zoo to give their predictions.

Each was given access to traffic cones bearing the national flags of the favourite nations at the Beijing Winter Olympics and with no treats inside any cone, they used their knowledge to predict the winners.

According to the Moscow Zoo Twitter account the leaders as decided by the pandas will be Russia, China, Germany and the USA.

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Hotel bills for UK refugees

THE UK government is spending £1.2 million a day on placing asylum seekers and refugees in hotels instead of long‐term housing. More than £438 million a year is being spent on accommodation for about 37,000 individuals who are claiming asylum or have been evacuated from Afghanistan, according to a Home Office official.

Delays in the system caused by the pandemic have heavily increased the number of asylum seekers being placed into temporary locations and the government has not secured enough dis‐ persal housing across the country, adding to the issue.

Maddie Harris, the director of Humans for Rights Network, told local British press: “At huge expense to the taxpayer and to the health of tens of thousands of asylum seekers, private contrac‐ tors are profiting from Home Office contracts to provide accommodation that is frequently un‐ safe.”

Enver Solomon, the chief executive of the Refugee Council, said housing people in hotels was a “failed strategy,” adding: “We want to work with the government to urgently support people into suitable housing so they can start to rebuild their lives. This is about finding an effec‐ tive solution that supports people, including granting them the right to work, not about quick fixes that make their lives even worse,” he said.

Lionel not saying ‘Hello’

LEGENDARY American artist Lionel Richie has cancelled his European tour, blaming the decision on the spread of the Omicron variant. Sev‐ enty‐two‐year‐old Richie had been due to appear in Marbella on July 26, at the Starlite Festival.

“As Covid and its variants continue to impact the world, I have decided to hold off on my European tour this summer. The most important thing to me is the health of my fans, band, and crew,” the singer explained on Twitter. Adding, “I hope you all un‐ derstand, and I hope to see you very soon when we can all gather safely.”

European tour now cancelled.

Sea spillage kills fish A FLOATING carpet of 100,000 dead fish covering an area of 3,000 square metres has been spotted floating off the coast of France after a spillage by the world’s second‐ biggest shipping trawler, the Dutch‐ owned FV Margiris.

France’s national fishing surveil‐ lance authority has launched an in‐ vestigation.

The spillage happened on Thurs‐ day, February 3 and was caused by a rupture in the trawler’s net, said the Pelagic Freezer‐Trawler Association

(PFA), the fishing industry group which represents the vessel’s owner.

Marine Traffic data shows the ves‐ sel, which sails under the flag of Lithuania, continued its fishing activi‐ ties in the Atlantic off the French coast.

Campaign group Sea Shepherd was first to alert authorities to the in‐ cident. Trawlers like the Margiris use drag nets more than a kilometre long and process the fish in onboard factories, a practice heavily criticised by environmentalists.

NEWS

Arrests for illegal wells THE Guardia Civil’s nature protection unit, Se‐ prona, has arrested 133 people for having illegal wells, boreholes and ponds. The unit worked with hydrographic confederations and local organisa‐ tions in a joint mission (Operation MIZU II) and carried out 1,512 inspections across the country.

In addition to the illegal extraction and collec‐ tion of water, arrests were made for crimes in‐ cluding water fraud and territorial planning. With Spain facing a drought, siphoning and hoarding water was the driving factor, but the death of Rayan, the boy in the well in Morocco, is further evidence that illegal water collection often repre‐ sents a risk to life as well as the environment.

In total, 74 per cent of the illegal activity related to wells and boreholes that had been drilled with‐ out surveys and authorisation. Most facilities lacked security measures, making them a danger to both people or animals, especially after use, when abandoned.

The majority were detected in Spain’s most sensitive and vulnerable areas, such as the Doñana National Park and the basins of the main rivers.

Those found guilty of illegal water extraction could find themselves barred from working for a period of up to two years, and facing fines and prison sentences which, in the most serious cases, could be up to five years.

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UK airport eGate chaos

GOVERNMENT inspector David Neal has slammed the Home Office over chaos caused by eGates at UK airports. Issues around lack of training, constant Covid rule changes and insufficient numbers of staff have resulted in mayhem and five‐hour queues for travellers. eGates are a common sight at many UK airports. Stansted has 30 eGates, while Heathrow has 69 and Gatwick has 50.

Speaking to the British press a Home Of‐ fice source explained that eGates have re‐ ceived updates that will “improve security and efficiency.”

The source went on to add: “We are com‐ mitted to making further improvements and ePassport Gate technology continues to be part of the overall strategy to make our bor‐ der as efficient, smart, and responsive as possible.”

One in 50 with long Covid

OFFICIAL data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) re‐ leased at the end of January, shows a record one out of 50 Brits have been living with long Covid since the start of Jan‐ uary. Long Covid is defined by the ONS as when a person has symptoms for four or more weeks after infection, the most common of which is fatigue.

The ONS estimates that 1.33 million adults were suffering from symptoms on January 2.

The figures include only the ear‐ liest effects of the Omicron vari‐ ant, and it remains unknown what long Covid effects the vari‐ ant might produce.

The estimates are based on a survey carried out on 306,000 people who reported suffering from long Covid. Experts have

cast doubt over the ONS’s find‐ ings saying symptoms such as fatigue and headaches could be linked to a variety of conditions.

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Road tax rise

MPs in the UK say that a new tax is required to plug the £35 billion short‐ fall in taxes from fuel and excise duty that is being created by motorists switching to electric cars.

The call was made by the Transport Select Com‐ mittee who said that mo‐ torists should be taxed on mileage and that if noth‐ ing is done this year the government faces a black hole in its finances.

However the Treasury

Dangerous new viral challenge A VIRAL challenge on social media is seeing young people disappearing for days.

Sectors of the police have warned of the dangerousness of the challenge that involves young people leaving their homes and disappearing for 48 hours without notifying their family or friends and without leaving a trace or communicating.

Young people are ‘nominated’ by social networks and if they accept the challenge they must get going. The objective is to generate as much concern and panic as possible to score points with the reactions that are provoked on social media channels and emergency services.

The destructiveness of this challenge is not only the concern of families, or that it can end up in mobilising police forces that could be dealing with real cases, but also the fact that the child is putting themselves in serious danger of getting into an accident with nobody knowing their whereabouts.

FUEL DUTY: Government faces a black hole in its finances.

has said that tax revenues would keep pace with changes prompted by electric vehicle take‐up.

Sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans will be banned in the UK from 2030 prompting a rise in the sales of electric cars.

Taken together, vehicle

excise duty, ‘car tax’, and fuel duty that motorists pay at the pump, raise around £35 billion a year, but neither tax is levied on pure electric vehicles.

Tax that will no longer be collected from existing vehicles by 2040 accord‐ ing to the committee.

and finally...

A SEYCHELLES giant tortoise living on the remote South At‐ lantic Ocean island of St Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cun‐ ha, is believed to be an incredible 190 years old. His name is Jonathan, he weighs 200kg, and experts think he could well be the oldest living land animal on the planet. There is talk that the island might even commission a commemorative stamp in his honour, or even name a national holiday after him in 2022.

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ESports

Not so Green

ACCORDING to a report from the Esports index, Dane, Johan Sundstein, 28, who competes under the name ‘N0tail’ was the world’s biggest earning player, amassing $7 million (€6.21 million) in 2020 from sitting in front of a TV screen playing Dota 2.

WHEN the Danish Government unveiled its ‘Denmark Forward’ transport programme, it inferred that it was CO2 neutral, but after much digging the Ingeniøren newspaper cast doubt upon this. Now it transpires that the transport minister wrongly stated that no CO2 emission figures for the plan existed.

THE NETHERLANDS Troubled waters

Dog ends

GREEN politicians in Rotterdam say “it’s a bridge too far” after learning that the historic De Hef bridge which is considered a national monument is to be dismantled and then replaced in order to allow a new super-yacht built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to sail through.

DUTCH environmentalists want to see the use of micro plastic in cigarette filters be banned as they are the second most common form of litter in Holland and do not degrade, but leach plastic particularly at beaches. Politicians propose to make manufacturers pay towards cleaning up.

BELGIUM Royal visit

Macabre find

MAKING his first trip outside of Europe since the start of the pandemic, King Filip and Queen Mathilde travelled to the Middle East, first visiting Oman and then moving on to attend the Belgium Day ceremony at EXPO 2020 in Dubai.

JUST two days after it arrived from Spain, rescue dog Olympia, an Ibizan hound and greyhound cross was scared by a football and bolted from its new owner in Ghent. The following day its body was found weighed down in a water tank.

GERMANY Virtual bobsled

Rude posters

DUE to the pandemic, there has been very little chance to practise on the specially built Beijing bobsled course. The German team however, with the help of BMW have their own virtual course using an adapted sled and latest technology installed in a Munich office block.

A WHOLE new breed of advertising concepts for billboards has appeared which not only uses English for its message but often adds a swearword such as one from the German transport ministry about bicycle helmets that says “Looks like sh.t. But saves my life.”

FRANCE Day pass

Yves St Laurent

WORRIED about the environmental damage being done to the Sugiton pebble beach in the Calanques National Park close to Marseilles, the French authorities are to trial daily permits to reduce the number of visitors (which can reach 1,500 per day in the summer) allowed on the beach.

SIX museums in Paris including the Louvre and Pompidou Centre are banding together to stage a series of couture items from their collections to celebrate the work of the late fashion designer Yves St Laurent who presented his first catwalk show 60 years ago

NORWAY Diesel surge

Salmon sales

IT seems that the ever-rising cost of electricity and the wait for delivery of electric cars is affecting the Norwegian support for cleaner vehicles as a survey in Nationen found that 2.3 per cent more people than the previous year intended to purchase a diesel car.

THE relaxation of pandemic regulations in the USA and Asia has had a welcome bonus for the Norwegian Salmon industry as exports soared by 41 per cent in January 2022 and now the government is considering allowing industrial fish farming closer to the Norwegian coast.

FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA More unemployed AFTER 10 months of decline in un‐ employment, the Spanish Ministry of Labour revealed that it has risen slightly in January 2022 with an ad‐ ditional 0.55 per cent (17,173 peo‐ ple) registering as unemployed, but this figure was much lower than the usual January numbers.

Significant debt NEW MILLENNIUM SPORTS, the distributor of the Kelme brand in Spain having entered into volun‐ tary bankruptcy owes a total of €7.5 million to two public bodies, the Valencian Institute of Finance, to which it owes €6.36 million, and €1.14 million to the Tax Agency, alongside other debts.

Fuel duty ALERT to the fact that as more people switch to electric vehicles, tax income from the sale of diesel and petrol will drop, the UK Com‐ mons Transport Select Committee has called on the government to look at scrapping fuel duty and charging for actual miles travelled.

Funding expansion CONFIDENT that public exhibitions and trade fairs will be back with a vengeance, Fira 2000, the compa‐ ny that owns the Gran Via fair‐ grounds outside of Barcelona has approached the European Invest‐ ment Bank (EIB) for a loan of €115 million (roughly half of the expect‐ ed cost) to expand.

Wordle game WORD game enthusiast, English born Josh Wardle who now lives in New York developed an online game which he named Wordle whilst in lockdown with his part‐ ner. It’s a bit like the old master‐ mind game or sudoku with words, where you have six moves to dis‐ cover a daily five letter word. He gave free access to those with sim‐ ilar tastes and attracted so much interest that the New York Times after writing about it, decided to purchase the rights for an undis‐ closed seven figure amount. It will remain free for the time being, but there is a possibility that it will be used to encourage online sub‐ scriptions to the paper.

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€1.231

billion is the net profit made by Naturgy, Spain’s largest gas company at the close of its 2021 financial year.

Santander Bank profits jump SANTANDER Bank saw a huge rise in turnover and profits in 2021 accord‐ ing to a statement from Executive Chairman Ana Botín.

“The group achieved a record profit before tax of €15.3 billion thanks to disciplined capital alloca‐ tion, prudent risk management, and further improvements in our effi‐ ciency and balance sheet strength, combined with a material increase in customer activity during the year,” she said.

Profit after tax was €8.1 billion from a turnover of €46.4 billion, thanks to an increase of five million

customers worldwide and improved efficiency.

Looking forward, the group ex‐ pects this trend to continue as it ex‐ pands its digital consumer banking service and focuses on investing and supporting green programmes and technology.

As a truly international banking organisation, it has seen very strong performances from its American and British arms as well major growth in both Brazil and Chile.

Despite the pandemic, Santander is on course to meet its medium‐ term targets which were set out in

LEGALLY SPEAKING

Will their plan work?

Can you clarify for us the ruling of 90/180 days?

When we contacted the Spanish Embassy re‐ cently we were told we need to count backwards. These are the dates of our visits to Spain in 2021 and our plan for 2022.

We arrived in Spain June 6, 2021, and we departed Spain for UK July 29, 2021, for a stay of 54 days. Then we returned to Spain on October 14, 2021 and departed from Spain for UK November 11, 2021, for a stay of 29 days.

This gives a total of 83 days in our 180‐day period.

Now we plan a new visit in 2022, arriving February 13, 2022 (can we stay for the 90 days?) and is February 13 okay to depart?

S W (by email) Your plan DAVID SEARL should work. Your visits in YOU AND THE LAW 2021 are correct. IN SPAIN Now, in order start a new period of 90 days in 180 days, you need to be absent from Spain for at least 90 days. If you left Spain November 11, 2021, and you plan to return February 13, 2022, this gives you 97 days outside Spain, thus meeting the requirement. My guess is that the Spanish embassy meant that you must count backwards from February 13 to see if you have been absent 90 days.

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

NOW that Britain is beginning to emerge from the pandemic, the time has come for households and con‐ sumers to pay the bill.

The energy price cap is to rise by 54 per cent meaning that the average household can expect to have to find a minimum additional £700 this year to cope with increased gas and elec‐ tric costs and this doesn’t take into account that the cap is likely to be in‐

2019 and has been able to write back €750 million which was set aside to reserves to meet potential bad debt which has not materi‐ alised.

These figures compare to a de‐ clared loss of €8,771 billion in 2020, when the bank made a non‐cash ad‐ justment to the valuation of good‐ will and deferred tax assets and show an increase of 25 per cent over the 2019 reported profit.

Shareholders will continue to ben‐ efit from ongoing dividends as well as a share buyback and the forecast looks very positive for the future.

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Time to pay the debt creased again in October this year.

In crude terms it means that 2022 will see significant inflation increases and the Bank of England now ex‐ pects Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to drop as people have less money to spend and wage rises are unlikely to be anywhere near inflation.

Indeed, the Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, has re‐ cently asked workers not to demand large pay increases as that would hurt the already beleaguered econo‐ my and base interest rates have been raised for the second time in two months.

Gender equality BUSINESS women in Spain continue to come up against a glass ceiling mentality de‐ spite the efforts of the cur‐ rent government to try to im‐ prove their situation.

Speaking to guests at an event hosted by PR group Hill and Knowlton in Madrid, Spain’s Minister of Finance, Nadia Calviño said that she would no longer attend events if she was the only woman present and that be‐ cause she is a minister.

The Spanish Cabinet now has more women than men making up the front‐line team, but women are poorly represented in business, with some of those who do have very senior positions actually appointed in the first place as part of a family dynasty, al‐ though they have proven their undoubted worth.

Labour Reform Bill SPAIN’S Labour Reform Bill, which looks to unwind legisla‐ tion passed by the previous Partido Popular (PP) govern‐ ment and give more power to unions as well as reducing the number of temporary work contracts, scraped through parliament.

Ironically, it was thanks to ei‐ ther a mistake by a PP mem‐ ber voting remotely or an error in the computer system that what should have been a no vote became a yes.

As a minority, the existing coalition normally relies on one of the Catalan parties for support, but it refused and on this occasion the vote of 175 in favour and 174 against couldn’t have been closer but will be contested by the PP. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has had to step in and announce financial assis‐ tance to try to alleviate the cost of energy, but there will still be many who don’t qualify for any support.

So far, since the departure of for‐ mer Governor Mark Carney, the Bank of England has regularly got its forecasts wrong and the expectation is that consumers will be worse off in real terms than they were in 2008.

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COFFEE CHAIN: Check in with your favourite Pret barista.

ANXIOUS to win back cus‐ tomers, coffee and quick snack chain Pret a Manger UK introduced a monthly coffee subscription service in 2020, which for £20 a month al‐ lowed members to have up to five barista drinks a day without extra cost.

Now, having found that the service has become the suc‐ cess it hoped for, it has in‐ creased the cost to new members by 20 per cent to £25 per month and will be up‐ ping the price to existing users in March.

Considering that a drink can cost between £2.30 and £3.25 and you can have five a day (provided you leave 30 min‐ utes between ordering) this still seems like good value, but many subscribers are com‐ plaining about such a huge percentage rise.

According to the company however, it is simply adjusting the price to cope with a num‐ ber of prices rising, many of

which are beyond its control.

Somewhat disingenuously it has explained that from March 31, UK VAT on its prod‐ uct will be 20 per cent and therefore £2 out of the £5 in‐ crease will be surrendered as VAT. What it doesn’t mention is that it was already paying 5 per cent when it introduced the subscription service and from October 1, 2021 the VAT rate had been increased to 12.5 per cent.

Of the balance of £3, it needs to offset significant pay rises to staff announced in January of this year, which will account for £1.50 and the balance will offset the rising costs of Arabica beans and milk.

One subscriber tweeted that if they took five drinks a day and paid normal prices, overall costs would be some £150 a month, so the sub‐ scription still remains a bar‐ gain.

Inflation slows INFLATION is something of a double‐edged sword as too high too quickly causes financial difficulties for consumers and manufacturers but too little can suggest economic stagnation.

Spain has been struggling with continued increas‐ es for most of 2021, although the January 2022 fig‐ ure of 6 per cent showed a 0.7 per cent drop on the December figure which was the highest for some 30 years.

Inflation is judged by the rise (or reduction) in cost of a number of items and for the first time, Spain has included the cost of face masks in its bas‐ ket of consumer items.

BUSINESS EXTRA UAE visit SPAIN and the United Arab Emirates agreed to establish a strategic part‐ nership in various fields, ranging from upgraded political consultations to an enhanced framework for investment and eco‐ nomic cooperation fol‐ lowing a visit to the UAE

by Spanish President Pe‐ dro Sánchez on February 2.

BT Sports ORIGINALLY expected to be put up for sale, the owners of the BT Sports channel have had a slight change of heart and are now to form an alliance with the Discov‐ ery channel which could soon make the new business a very serious competitor to Sky Sports in Europe.

ECB policy SPEAKING to Onda Radio, Spain’s Economy Minister Nadia Calviño said she saw no reason for the Eu‐ ropean Central Bank (ECB) to change its mone‐ tary policy with inflation expectations staying be‐ low its mid‐term target even though Spanish in‐ flation is well above the target.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT THE problem with most of the woke brigade is that they are generally so far up their self‐righteous soap boxes they categorically refuse to entertain the opinions of others.

When arguments or discussions tend to veer away from their points of view, they are always the first to accuse their dissenters of right wing ideals or racism.

They then sit smugly back; fully aware that the discussion is now over and the onus is now on those that disagreed with their rhetoric to explain why they themselves are not racially motivated!

It’s a clever ploy, designed to crush the freedom of speech and encouraged by many a political despot over the course of history.

Well I don’t buy it and categorically refuse to yet again waste this short narrative explaining my very strong views on the subject.

I believe in live and let live. As long as it causes no harm to others and doesn’t weaponise my points of view, frankly I really couldn’t care less how anyone handles their current manifestation.

I also have no problem with how people wish to be addressed. Tom, Dick Harry,

A clever ploy Fem, Those, Them or Wottsit. It truly is all the same to me. What I do care about however is reserving the right to also refer to myself as I choose.

Being pressured to adapt to another individual’s views and opinions is what sticks in my craw.

Unfortunately this is often the problem with disgruntled minorities. Many of them suffer from insecurity or inferiority complexes. Consequently the more of us they can inveigle into embracing their philosophies, the more secure they feel (The mentality of cult!)

To achieve this they need to convince others to either join them or amend their own beliefs. Sooner or later however the majority begin to resent their often lame‐ brained intrusions and demos and their actions begin to achieve the reverse effect (The public taking the law into their own hands when ‘insulate Britain’ demonstrators decided to block the motorways was a case in point!)

One of the real casualties in this whole diatribe of politically correct ‘uman rights is common sense. Just recently another couple of ‘woke goodies’ came to light. The University of Salford has recently issued a

subject matter warning for Dickens’ Oliver Twist, in case it causes ‘distress or anxiety’ among literature students.

Recently the University of Northampton also issued ‘alert warnings’ to their students about Orwell’s 1984, Dickens’ Great Expectations and, of all things ‐ Bronte’s Jane Eyre! The University stated that it has the responsibility to ‘prepare students for potentially sensitive topics of child abuse domestic violence or racial prejudice’.

They probably don’t allow winners or losers either! This is of course not all quite as ridiculous as it sounds. The more they relieve the young of responsibility, the easier they are to manipulate toward their nanny state ideals.

Left wing political control is always hovering behind all this undemocratic PC rhetoric. And incidentally, shoving floral bouquets down the barrels of Chinese and Russia’s silos won’t work either!

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com.

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TV & Film Review by Laura Kemp

Separated by Nazis in My Best Friend Anne Frank MY BEST FRIEND ANNE FRANK tells the story of the real‐life friendship between Anne Frank and Hannah Goslar, from Nazi‐occupied Amsterdam to their harrow‐ ing reunion in a concentra‐ tion camp.

This Dutch movie has a 67 per cent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but is cer‐ tainly worth a watch.

This is the story of the girls’ friendship before Anne and her family famously went in‐ to hiding and before Hannah, her father and younger sister were taken to Bergen‐Belsen concentration camp.

The relationship between the girls is cheerful and they keep each other going, de‐ spite threats around every corner and the fact that the Nazis were rapidly overtak‐ ing Amsterdam.

All around them, Jews are being beaten in the street, shops are being destroyed, families are being pulled from their homes and carted

away like cattle, Jews are banned from establishments like theatres and teachers are beginning to disappear.

The story flits back and forth from before their cap‐ ture to the concentration camps. Shots of the girls in Amsterdam are warm, colourful and humorous, while the shots of Bergen‐ Belsen are grey, dark and dirty ‐ contrasting the two periods in time perfectly.

The whole film builds up to impending doom, with Han‐ nah trying to save Anne when she finds out that the Frank family didn’t escape but were captured and taken to the camp over the fence.

Hannah hears a familiar whistle and discovers that Anne and her sister, Margot, are slowly being starved to death and risks her life in an attempt to save her best friend.

My Best Friend Anne Frank became available to stream on Netflix on February 1.

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THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE

NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

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THERE are now so many different forms of communication. Anything ranging from textspeak (imagine Jaws from the movie texting a fellow great white shark: “Hi, gr8 white here ‐ strvng. Cn we mt 4 lunch? C U l8er”), email, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram to journalese and estate‐agent jargon.

In the world of journalese, tabloids could never be accused of being long‐ winded, could they? Remember that infamous New York Post headline: ‘Headless Body in Topless Bar’?

Politicians, too, are always described as ‘making a difference…in these tough times’. They don’t simply get on with the job in a timely way like the rest of us but ‘in an 11th‐hour decision follow‐ ing marathon talks, hammer out an agreement on blah, blah, blah…’

And after a month of the in‐depth sofa‐based research otherwise known as Dry January, I can confirm that the present UK government needs to do more than just deliver catchy slogans.

Nora Johnson’s opinions

CLAIRE GORDON FINDING BALANCE IN AN UNEVEN WORLD I HAVE seen many instances this week of self‐victimisation coming from peo‐ ple with a level of privilege so high that I doubt they really even know what it is like to be an actual victim. A great ex‐ ample is Jimmy Carr, an unfunny man who has somehow made his way to the top of the presenting tree through a mix of misogyny, racism and ‘purpose‐ fully’ wooden delivery. Punching down is his comedy’s lifeblood.

A joke told in a Netflix special has been brought to the headlines for its racism and complete lack of empathy or tact. Speaking about the Romani and Traveller populations that suffered nu‐ merous horrific murders during the Holocaust doesn’t sound like a jokey subject to most minds. However, Carr took it upon himself to create what he thought was a comedic skit from a very sensitive topic with little regard for any‐ one but himself.

Saying that people don’t talk about the hundreds of thousands of Romani lives lost because no one ever wants to point out the ‘positives’ of the Holo‐

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Ah, jargon ‐ in a world of its own? I guess it’s like Louis Armstrong once said, “If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know.”

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Manipulation caust really is scraping the barrel for a cheap laugh. It isn’t funny, it is a shock tactic to get a hit of dopamine for a small man’s ego.

And yet, when called out on this obvi‐ ous truth, the now ubiquitous response of the delicate privileged person is brought out, so they don’t have to think for one second the trouble they are in is of their own making. Cancel culture is out to get him! Comedy is dying! (That is an actual quote, laughable, honestly).

You can’t say anything anymore! These woke snowflakes just don’t get my edgy ways! Everyone is just too sensi‐ tive!

It is getting very boring to hear the people who are standing up for them‐ selves and others are the fragile ones in this situation. It is even more tedious to hear that we are the ones apparently closing down discussions around diffi‐ cult subjects because racists, homo‐ phobes and misogynists are ‘afraid’ to speak their minds in case they are ‘bul‐ lied’ for their views. These people say what they want, when they want if

they think they won’t be held to ac‐ count over it. But believe me, it isn’t be‐ cause of cancel culture that views like this are held back in polite conversa‐ tion.

If you have an opinion, air it. Be open to discussion. Be confident enough in your opinion to stand by it and speak your mind about it. If someone wants to talk to you about your reasonings for holding that opinion, why be afraid of that conversation unless you know your reasons are rooted in prejudice?

Shouting down others who want to en‐ gage in these debates and then crying victim is the work of a manipulator.

Adam Grant, a renowned psychologist, said: “Constantly claiming to be a victim is not a sign of virtue. It is a strategy for narcissists and psychopaths to get ahead.”

In these cases of accountability, I can’t say I disagree with that at all.

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FEATURE

THE RISE OF SUPER YOU

TONI C. EASTWOOD OBE, MBA

#TheWomanBeyond TODAY I am introducing you to Steven Kotler, bestselling author, and peak perfor‐ mance expert. Plus get this, the creator of The Flow Genome Project. In his great book called The Rise of Superman, I know I have told you before that I get my research wis‐ dom from everywhere, but this is not from the film!!! It is, however, fascinating.

Steven shares how to bridge the gap be‐ tween extreme and mainstream and un‐ locks the code of ultimate human perfor‐ mance. Drawing on 15+ years of research, including first‐hand reporting with dozens of top action and adventure athletes (Laird Hamilton, Travis Rice, Ian Walsh, Danny Way, Dean Potter, among many others), RISE explores the frontier science of ‘flow,’ an optimal state of consciousness in which we perform and feel our best.

By using what seems to most of us like ‘impossible’ athletic feats as case studies, the book deciphers what these athletes are do‐ ing to harness flow so successfully, he shows us how we can apply this knowledge across

all domains of society.

In other words, despite the unusual ‘them’ at the centre of this book, this story is really about ‘us.’ You and me. Who doesn’t want to know how to be their best when it mat‐ ters most? To be more creative, more con‐ tented, more consumed? To soar and not to sink? Yeah me, I do!!!

As the deeds of these athletes prove, if we can master flow, there are no limits to what we can accomplish. He also challenges some myths of mastery, he tells us that it’s not so much about having the right DNA or the willpower to delay gratification for 10,000 hours (more about that another time).

For this week, I’m sharing my favourite piece of wisdom from Steven.

He was asked what ONE piece of wisdom he’d share with someone looking to opti‐ mise their life and actualise their potential.

His answer?

“No pressure, no diamonds.”

He tells us that we need to be willing to exit our comfort zone if we want to catch a glimpse of our ultimate potential.

“No pressure, no diamonds.”

That’s become one of my favourite new mantras.

No pressure. No diamonds.

No pressure. No diamonds.

No pressure. No diamonds.

This mantra cuts through fear like a razor‐ sharp, diamond‐bladed sword.

Try it, next time you’re feeling a little pres‐ sure.

One more time: No pressure. No dia‐ monds.

Here’s to the Rise of Superyou!

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

Love, Hugs, High Fives and Fist Bumps Toni x Ignite Your Passion, Fulfil Your Dreams and Awaken Your Greatness!

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How would it feel to break down the barri‐ ers and limiting beliefs that have been hold‐ ing you back ‐ FOR YEARS!!!

Think about the impact that achieving those goals, being clear on what YOU WANT could have on you and doing the work could have on everyone else. Start to believe that it is possible and fall in love with the outcome.

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GREATEST OF ALL TIME (GOAT)?

THINKING ALOUD THERE is a difference between the greatest tennis player and the most successful. The latter is de‐ termined by fate, including avoid‐ ance of illness and injury. Think of Murray and del Potro.

Emma Radukanu’s victory at the US Open was one of the great achievements in sport. So was the victory of Rafael Nadal in the final of the Australian Open. But there is a difference. Nadal’s achievements span a period of 17 years.

At 35 years old, his preparation for the tournament consisted of six months of injury and surgery. And yet he played superbly all the way to the final where he faced the world number two, 10 years younger and in magnificent form.

Perspiring profusely and two sets down, Nadal found a way to win.

Rafa has won 21 majors and, like Djokovic, each of them at least twice. Since 2015, he has been ranked among the top 10 for 854 consecutive weeks.

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Can Nadal be caught by Djokovic and can either catch Steffi Graf?

Is he the most successful tennis player of all time? Not yet.

First, if allowed to play, Djokovic could still catch and even overtake his 21 majors this year. Novak did win Roland Garros and Wimble‐ don last year. But would this make him a greater player than Nadal or Federer. Is his game as spectacular and dramatic to watch? Personal‐ ly, I think that, whatever the statis‐ tics, Nadal is the greatest male

player of all time.

Second, because of the unavail‐ ability of Rod Laver to compete in the majors from 1963‐67, we shall never know how many he would have won. Considering he won all four in 1962 and 1968, probably at least 25.

Third, the greatest achiever is, surely, Steffi Graf. As a player, she had the measure of the other all‐ time greats; first Navratilova, then

Seles and, at the end of her career, the Williams sisters. She has won 22 majors, each of them at least four times. She has a calendar Grand Slam, which included an Olympic winner’s medal, making it a Golden Slam. For 377 consecu‐ tive weeks she was world number one.

Since Steffi, we have had three decades of screaming and ‘wham, bang, thank you, ma’am’ tennis,

mainly from the USA and Eastern Europe. Now, at last, there may be hope for a return to watchable women’s tennis, thanks to a new world number one. Australia’s Ash Barty reminds me of the great Stef‐ fi Graf, relying more on strategy, superb stroke play and self believe than raw power.

Barty avoids gamesmanship, snarling, roaring and confrontation.

The world’s best female player is a modest, multi‐talented athlete. An engaging and an interesting per‐ sonality with genuine charisma.

She is a role model and a delight to watch in interview and on the court.

As she abandoned tennis, aged 18, for two years in favour of crick‐ et and is now 25, it is unlikely that she will equal Steffi Graf’s achieve‐ ment. It is much less likely that Nadal or Djokovic will do so.

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NEW TIMES DEAR Euro Weekly, Late last year I visited the UK. I was carrying a small suitcase up the Metro steps, when a young Indian gentleman took my case up to the top, and waited for me to get there. Leapy and his woman in Mallorca would have wet their pants. At the top, I thanked him and told him, that his parents would be proud of his action today, and that I was an OLD lady and unable to climb stairs quickly.

He thanked me and left. At the top there were two senior ladies, they asked me “What do you have that we do not have, the help of a handsome young man.” We laughed and I explained that it was my blue coat and beret. HAAAA we will buy a blue coat and beret,and we will have young men helping us.

PS. It was refreshing to read Clare Gordon’s article ‘SILENCE’ and ‘Pause for thought’ by Tony Noble.

Loved Grumpy Old Man After reading the usual moan and groan Sweet Irony, and the woman visiting Mallorca, this is old news. People are not worried about it. Now what they are worried about is the cost of electricity and gas. Eat or heat. How sad to hear a gentleman say that he has to take cold showers. My heart went out to him. People who have never used the food bank are forced to ask them for help - they feel ashamed.

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ELDERLY HELP: Parents would be proud of the youth of today.

So Leapy get real and move with the times.

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Pedestrian Spain?

Dear Editor, I lived in or near Torre del Mar for several years and found no trouble parking if I was willing to walk a little way (Letters). Last July I moved to Benidorm and parking here is a nightmare.

If you are not paying to park, you are probably illegally parked and the traffic

wardens here are very zealous and you get to wait an hour to pay a €40 parking ticket in a bank, or a taxi ride to the back of town to pay a €60 towing fee to collect your car.

Traffic lights everywhere and they are red most of the time. Unnecessary speed bumps are everywhere too. Speed limits of 30 kph, even 20 kph on good roads, so bicycles overtake us.

Benidorm hates cars, and come July-August, the town parking garages and spaces fill up with cars, and not forgetting the dangerous pedestrians who wander about in hordes.

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FACE MASKS: Have people generally had enough?

Robert Seuss Nope. Will continue to wear and avoid any crowded places.

Tony Welsh I won’t be wearing one outdoors and will be first to take off once they do, indoors sooner they stop the measures all the better.

David Wardell I think it’s too soon, I shall still be wearing mine best to be safe than sorry

Janice Lewis

GET ON WITH LIFE SOME of the most recent pronouncements concerning coping with the pandemic give the impression that the authorities have been using Paul the Octopus to choose a card showing their next step.

Masks on outside and then off just over a week later, but the leader of the Junta de Andalucia Juanma Moreno says he doesn’t really agree with the decision although the Autonomous Community will have to abide by it.

He still wants those attending events with large crowds to wear masks, but at this stage that won’t be enforced, so it is down to the individual to make their own choice.

You have to feel sympathy for those in the hospitality industry, shops and other service industries who have to wear masks for long periods of time and apart from some finding breathing difficult, others complain of chafing and sores.

CORRECTIONS

OUR VIEW

The EU Covid passport was going to expire and now it seems likely to be extended for another year although individual countries (as is the case with Spain) may decide to require that a booster shot has to have been administered if the second vaccination was more than 270 days earlier.

As far as use of the passport to enter bars and restaurants, the reality is that the majority of privately owned hospitality outlets don’t even bother to ask whether customers have been vaccinated let alone demand sight of the passport even though they risk significant fines for not doing so.

There is nevertheless a great deal of infection still about, but if 80 per cent of the population of Spain is inoculated and the majority of those who catch coronavirus now have relatively mild symptoms, surely the time has come to follow the UK lead and get on with life.

I shall continue to wear a mask in crowded places and inside shops etc. I don’t really care what other people think it just gives me a feeling of security.

Theresa Attwood We’ve never had them outdoors in the UK, don’t understand why in the fresh air you’d need it

Paul Kelly Never bothered me to fit one in crowded places. Did not believe the anti hype regarding masks, nor the issue of keeping my masks clean or replace when dirty.

Glynis Jones It has to happen at some point but it’s a personal choice - if I feel the need I will continue to wear one.

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GRANDPARENTS: Often look after pets and children.

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Just like parents of human children, pet owners must weigh up the disruption and expense of leaving someone else to take care of matters. Dog sitters, pet taxis and cat visitors are not an insignificant cost if friends or family are not able to help. Grandparents are often called to look af‐ ter animals as well as children.

Horrible thought, but it’s not fatal CAT owners in Spain may have seen their pet chase, maim or even consume a cockroach or two, but just how good are creepy crawlies for our pets?

Cats have a natural prey in‐ stinct and there is often very little that can be done to stop them from hunting.

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They might eat cockroaches and vomit the exoskeleton. It can be gross to see, but it’s al‐ right. All in all, you should not be worried about your cat.”

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by Mark Slack WITH ever more new mod‐ els being launched the de‐ mand for SUVs continues.

However, it’s easy to forget that some of the long famil‐ iar names in SUV world have also been trans‐ formed. Ford’s Kuga has been a familiar sight since 2008, in‐ deed before that the Kuga name (spelled Cougar) was at‐ tached to a coupe, and you see many older Kugas still look‐ ing good.

The very latest Kuga has a refresh‐ ingly smart and smooth visual presence compared to many of the overly aggressive looking newer entrants. Think of the Kuga like a grown up Ford Puma, which when I tested it had many people thinking it had stylistic echoes of Porsche’s Cayenne. Praise indeed! Prices for the Kuga

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The Kuga has an appealing presence.

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The two engine op‐ tions are a 1.5‐ litre EcoBoost with six‐ speed manual gearbox or, the pick of the duo in my book, a 2.5‐litre petrol hybrid with CVT automatic trans‐ mission. You can have either a self‐charging or plug‐in hy‐ brid with 190 PS and 225 PS

respectively. In plug‐in mode the Kuga will cover around 30‐35 miles (in the real world) on pure electric, the full hybrid can utilise electric power automatically, such as at low speed, and as‐ sist the petrol engine to avoid using excessive com‐ bustion power.

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Stalemate, golden goal and welcome FA Cup referee C A L A H O N D A B who were striving to pull clear at the top of the Hidro‐ master Championship hosted Aston Viñuela at the Finca last Friday af‐ ternoon.

Aston Viñuela brought a strong team including two A team players whilst Calahonda were forced to make several changes due to injuries.

The first half was a close fought affair with both teams cancelling each other out with a long range shot from Tomas hitting the Viñuela bar.

The second half was dominated by the whites of Calahonda who despite peppering the goal could not find a way through with the Viñuela keeper making several key saves.

The closing period of the match was marred by a bad injury to key Cala‐ honda midfielder Tomas resulting in a sin binning, and Tomas visiting the hospital post match with knee ligament damage.

Calahonda Manager Lesh Brzuzy said “Our thoughts are with Tomas

NEW REFEREE: Keith Doughty. to make a speedy recov‐ ery,” sentiments echoed

by Viñuela Manager John Ramage, who commented “It was a hard but fair contest with Calahonda having the best of the chances, best wishes to Tomas and hopes for a speedy recovery.”

The result leaves the Championship wide open with the season now at the half way stage. Mala‐ ga took two select sides to play Boca Seniors as the home team continue to prepare to enter the leagues next season.

The results were largely unimportant, but Malaga midfielder Roberto scored a goal which one Facebook user described

WIDE OPEN: Boca Seniors played the Malaga team.

CLOSELY FOUGHT: Calahonda hosted Aston Viñuela.

as “worth an entrance fee”, an outside of the foot effort from near the corner flag! The games eventually ending up in 4‐ 0 and 5‐0 wins for Mala‐

ga. The games were refer‐ eed excellently by former FA Cup referee Keith Doughty, who we are pleased to add to the list of referees.

Ashley Cole joins Everton coaching team

Lampard delighted to add Cole.

E V E R T O N has confirmed that Ashley Cole will join the club as their first‐team coach.

Lampard was appointed the boss of Everton on Monday January 31, after beating Vitor Pereira to replace Rafa Benitez in the Goodison Park hot seat.

It has long been reported that Lampard wanted Cole to join the Toffees, having already worked with him during his managerial stints at Chelsea and Derby County.

Lampard told Everton’s official site: “I’m de‐ lighted to add Ashley into my backroom team. Ev‐ eryone knows about his superb playing career and what he has achieved in the game.

“He is now a well‐respected coach which has been recognised by his work with England Under‐ 21s.”

“He’ll bring a wealth of enthusiasm, game‐play experience and is a very good young coach who adds strength to our coaching staff.”

Cole added: “I was thrilled when Frank asked me to join him at Everton. This is a brilliant op‐ portunity with a fantastic club and I am coming here to work hard and try to help bring success to Everton.”