Issue No. 1910 10 - 16 February 2022
Earthquakes and aftershocks SPAIN’S National Geo‐ graphic Institute (IGN) registered 3,810 earth‐ quakes in the Alboran Sea between April 17 and December 31 last year. The Alboran is the Mediterranean’s west‐ ernmost section be‐ tween Spain and North Africa, and although the majority were mild tremors, many were felt in Almeria Province, the IGN explained. The most intense, reg‐ istering 5.1 on the Richter scale on August 28, was felt in numerous towns along the coasts of Alme‐ ria, Malaga and Granada. By the end of that same day, the IGN had recorded more than 10 further tremors, fol‐ lowed by several others the next day. Experts from the Na‐ tional Seismic Network, attached to the IGN, ex‐ plained that the majority were the 5.1 earth‐ quake’s aftershocks. These can continue for a month or more in an area like this that has nu‐ merous fault lines, they said.
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A legacy of antiques
ADRA Town Hall formally accepted a bequest from the late antiques expert, Juan Sanz Pineda. All council members agreed that the 37 items left to Adra in Sanz Pineda’s will should be included in the municipality’s as‐ sets. The antiques, which will be displayed at the Adra Muse‐ um, include pictures, wood carvings, bronze clocks, a chest and ceramics as well as the cedar, cherry‐wood, walnut, oak and mahogany furniture.
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Reducing the flood risk
EXTENSIVE work continues on clearing the banks and bed of the River Alias in Carboneras. Work is focusing on the stretches at El Argamason as well as El Saltador and Gafares. Removing excess vegetation, rubbish and litter was essential both to guarantee stability and to prevent possible flooding, ex‐ plained Carboneras’ Urban Development councillor Pedro Lopez “We have been asking the Junta to do this for the last year and
things finally began to move after the Cabo de Gata‐Nijar nation‐ al park offices sent in the necessary reports,” he revealed. The Alias, also known as the River Carboneras, crosses the en‐ tire Levante area and is the most important watercourse in the national park. The river rises where the Los Feos and the Lucaine‐ na watercourses meet on the Lucainena de las Torres and Sor‐ bas boundaries. It is fed by various streams and reaches the sea at the Algarrobico beach in Carboneras.
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A welcome change for many BUSINESSES and residents across Spain are celebrating after masks will no longer be legally required in most outdoor spaces from today, Thursday, February 10, bring‐ ing the country one step closer to normali‐ ty. Spain’s Minister of Health, Carolina Darias confirmed the move, with face cov‐ erings no longer mandatory in most spaces including school playgrounds, in a state‐ ment on Tuesday, February 8. The minister also announced that the Public Health Commission is studying short‐ ening the quarantine period for positive cases to between three and five days. While a welcome change for many, the law still requires masks in two outdoor situ‐ ations, including at crowded events when standing, and when social distancing can‐
not be observed, for example, when sitting. Regional governments across Spain also recommend wearing masks in crowds. The measure was agreed at a govern‐ ment meeting where officials also decided to increase capacity at sports events, in‐ cluding 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 required to respect measures including mandatory masks and social distancing. The issue of masks has been a con‐ tentious one throughout the pandemic, splitting opinion over balancing the need to protect public health, while upholding some of Spain’s most‐valued civil liberties. Advocates of face coverings 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 busi‐ nesses across Spain are rejoicing at the news, hoping that this move towards nor‐ mality will signal an increase in tourist num‐ bers 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 en‐ joy a great summer without people afraid of going out. “Hopefully the tourism will pick up and we can go back to business as usual.”
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NIBS EXTRA Fewer bends THE Diputacion hopes to re‐ duce hazards on the A‐391’s Felix access via a geotechnic study to determine whether it is geologically feasible to re‐ duce hairpin bends between Envia Golf and the town. Should this be favourable, plans can be drafted to reduce the sinuous curves at this point.
New hospital JUNTA president Juanma Moreno laid the foundation stone for the Roquetas hospi‐ tal on January 12. Excavators and diggers have now moved in to clear the site, prior to making a start on the much‐ requested hospital which Roquetas mayor Gabriel Am‐ at announced is due to be fin‐ ished in 2023.
All-rounders THE Junta assigned nine new environmental rangers to strengthen the province’s ex‐ isting workforce and to con‐ tinue protecting Almeria’s nat‐ ural heritage. All will be receiving instruction in medi‐ ating and managing conflicts, dealing with forest fires, pre‐ venting work‐related acci‐ dents, first aid and sports ac‐ tivities for the public in the countryside.
Ikea’s coming ALMERIA City’s Urban Devel‐ opment councillor Ana Mar‐ tinez Labella confirmed that Ikea has requested a building licence for the 27,000‐square metre plot in the Rambla Be‐ len shopping centre near the A7 motorway which it ac‐ quired in 2018. Processing the application for the licence is expected to take approxi‐ mately three months.
Big spenders ALMERIA’S local, provincial and regional administrations spent €446.53 per person on public works during 2021, a report from Malaga’s Associa‐ tion of Building Contractors and Developers has revealed. This is more than spending in any of Andalucia’s other sev‐ en provinces and €121 more per head than the regional av‐ erage.
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New role for old station HUERCAL‐OVERA Town Hall has finally realised its goal of turning a disused railway station into a leisure and sports centre. Diputacion president Javier Aureliano Garcia and Huercal’s mayor Domingo Fernandez re‐ cently inaugurated the radically‐transformed complex. Converting Huercal‐ Overa’s railway station, which closed on January 1, 1985 when trains no longer used this part of the line, together with its
€90m on water THE State Association for Agricul‐ tural Infrastructure (Seiasa) has sin‐ gled out Almeria Province for spending on water resources. “Water is without a doubt a pri‐ ority for this province and this gov‐ ernment,” said Seiasa present Francisco Rodriguez Mulero. During Rodriguez Mulero’s Almeria two‐day visit, he had meetings with members of Alme‐ ria’s Confederation of Business‐ owners (Asempal) and the Irriga‐ tion Communities who supply water for agricultural use and are in line for investment under Spain’s Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan. The Seiasa president explained in detail projects for bringing up to date the province’s irrigation methods, financed with European funds. According to initial estimates, approximately €600 million will be allocated to the modernisation project nationwide, with €90 mil‐ lion of the total assigned to Alme‐ ria over the next two years.
Photo credit: Huercal-Overa town hall
VIA VERDE: Green Route sets out from Huercal-Overa’s transformed station
outbuildings and water tower, has cost €380,000. The project was financed by Andalucia’s Planes Provincial scheme thanks
GARRUCHA port han‐ dled 7.6 million tons of merchandise in 2021, 6.8 per cent more than 2020’s 7.1 million tons. It was also the second consecutive year that Garrucha outstripped the ports of both Alme‐ ria City and Carboneras, which between them shipped 5.8 million tons. Gypsum from the Sor‐ bas quarries, together with much smaller amounts of crushed marble, limestone, poz‐ zolans for cement and gravel, are the principal reason for Garrucha’s activity. Port sources revealed that exports were unaf‐ fected by the pandemic and had even increased to their habitual destina‐ tions in Africa and the US. Each day, almost 1,000 vehicles cover the 30‐ kilometre journey be‐
to which, the Diputacion president pointed out, Huercal‐Overa residents could now enjoy the his‐ toric property and its sur‐
Tons of gypsum tween the Sorbas quar‐ ries ‐ Europe’s largest ‐ and Garrucha, according to the Junta’s Public Works department. Garrucha port also
happens to come under the regional govern‐ ment’s control, unlike Almeria and Carboneras which belong to the Spanish state.
A taxing situation MOJACAR councillors have approved modifications to the local by‐law relating to Capital Gains Tax (Plus‐ valia). Last November Spain’s Constitutional Court de‐ clared that some aspects of the municipal Capital Gains tax were unconstitutional and declared the existing legislation null and void. The central government has since unveiled a new law on how municipal tax‐ es on capital gains are to be calculated in the wake of the November ruling,
‘Blood wedding’ property queried THE Junta’s Culture and Heritage department and the Diputacion provincial council are ‘in constant talks’ regarding the Cortijo del Fraile. This sprawling 18th century Nijar property was once the home of a young woman whose lover, her cousin, was shot as they tried to elope hours before her arranged marriage in 1928. Later known as the Nijar Crime, the killing inspired poet Federico Garcia Lorca to write Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding) in 1933. The building, classed as an Asset of Cultural Importance (BIC) and practically a ruin, now be‐ longs to the Diputacion. The Junta was always
roundings. The station is also the starting point for another town hall initiative, the 13‐kilometre Via Verde green route which follows the route of the original railway track “We are proud to be part of a project that fea‐ tures one of Huercal‐ Overa’s principal monu‐ ments,” Garcia said. “It is also going to improve ser‐ vices for the local popula‐ tion as well as the tourists who use these first‐class services,” he added.
available to the Diputacion, which was taking on the task of restoring the Cortijo, said Patricia del Pozo who heads the Culture and Heritage department. She was sure the centre would be up and running as soon as possible, Del Pozo added. She was responding to a question in the re‐ gional parliament from Unidas Podemos MP Ana Maria Naranjo, who criticised official vagueness regarding a plan of action for the Cortijo, the absence of funding details or a for‐ mal agreement guaranteeing its future. “We are in permanent contact and prepared to collaborate at all times,” Del Pozo insisted.
although Mojacar council‐ lors voted to apply a tax of only 20 per cent instead of the permitted 30 per cent. Two different formulas will be used to calculate the taxable amount, with 20 per cent applied to the lower figure. Based on a re‐ port from the municipal Audit department, this re‐ duced rate will shrink Mo‐ jacar Town Hall’s Plusvalia income by approximately €400,000.
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Vouchers a big hit VERA’S shopping voucher campaign was a success for all concerned. When consumers used one of the €20 vouchers for a purchase, they paid only €15 each time, while Vera Town Hall later paid the €5 to the 66 shops and businesses taking part in the campaign. This was facilitated by the Almeria Chamber of Commerce, following a collaboration agreement with Vera Town Hall. The town hall and the Chamber of Commerce issued €100,000 in vouch‐ ers, which had a €400,000 impact on local sales from mid‐December until Jan‐ uary 30. “This meant that many residents made their pur‐ chases in local shops in‐ stead of buying online or in out‐of‐town shopping centres,” Vera’s mayor Jose Carmelo Jorge Blan‐ co said. Commerce councillor Ana Lourdes Ramirez re‐ vealed that given the suc‐ cess of the first shopping voucher campaign, the town hall intended to launch two more during 2022. “The first, held before the summer season be‐ gins, will concentrate on the hospitality sector, with another focusing on shops planned for Christ‐ mas,” she said.
and finally... THE Oficina de Extranjeria (Immigration Office) in Almeria City has increased its online accessibility. Application forms for residence permits, extensions to per‐ mits or temporary permits can now be completed online, the central government’s Sub‐delegation to Almeria announced. This also applies to the permit forms needed for UK resi‐ dents or their family members that are now needed after Brexit, the Sub‐delegation explained. A digital signature is required in all cases. At the same time, there are some procedures that can only be performed by the National Police and must be carried out in person after making a prior appointment, the Sub‐delega‐ tion stressed. This includes British residents’ post‐Brexit cards as well as fingerprinting.
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WhatsApp scams DO you use WhatsApp? Be warned: WhatsApp scams jumped 2,000 per cent in 2021 to be‐ come the ‘fastest‐growing form of imperson‐ ation fraud’, according to an analysis by Lloyds Bank. Victims lost an average of £1,950 each. Tradi‐ tional scams where fraudsters impersonate a bank, the police or an institution like HMRC still account for the vast majority of reported impersonation fraud, however the number of those dropped by around 14 per cent last year. The rate of growth in WhatsApp scams shows how organised criminal gangs are always changing their methods and the speed with which they can adapt. Almost all scams now start online, through social media or via a phone call or message. Liz Ziegler, Fraud Prevention Director at Lloyds Bank said “Never trust a message from an unknown number without first independent‐ ly verifying the person’s identity, even if it claims to be from someone you know. Always insist on speaking to someone before sending any money.”
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Harry and Meghan 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 af‐ ter they made no acknowl‐ edgement of the Queen’s decades of service. One Twitter user was most upset and comment‐ ed: “Would it have killed them to offer their congrat‐ ulations for a job well done to HM! Despicable!” Another social media us‐ er though saw the bright side and said: “About time these two learnt to be silent. Hope it lasts.” To mark her Majesty’s 70 years on the throne Prince Charles commemorated
the special day and said: “On this historic day, my wife and I join you all in congratulating Her Majesty The Queen on the remark‐ able achievement of serv‐ ing 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 pass‐ ing year.”
The Queen used her Plat‐ inum Jubilee celebration to announce that Camilla will be able to become Queen Consort when Charles takes over the throne in the future.
Charity band donates
CIVIL PROTECCIÓN : Francisco Fernández, Marcos Torres, Marisa Freeman : Robert Blackburn Fusion Charity Band.
WE are FUSION: Composed of Bob, Alan, Mike, Lesley and Helen. We are a local charity band who play for free and all the money we earn goes to various charities. We are proud to have been able to contribute towards Turre’s own defibrillator via donations which came from two gigs at Bar Solare and a generous donation of €100 from Turre’s Sunday Walking Football Club. In the photo above you can see a presentation of the defibrillator donated by Fusion Band Turre along with Walkie Talkie equipment donated by FC Walk‐ ing Football Club to Civil Proteccíon Turre. The defibrillator is now located in Solare Bar/Restaurant Turre.
Anti-vax parents refuse urgent care THE parents of a two‐year‐old boy with heart disease need‐ ing an urgent and delicate heart operation at the Sant’Or‐ sola hospital in Bologna have rejected blood transfusions from donors vaccinated against Covid. The parents instead contact‐ ed anti‐vaccination movements to find ‘volunteers’ willing to do‐ nate blood. The Sant’Orsola hospital, ac‐ cording to the transfusion cen‐ tre, is opposed to this because blood donations must follow very strict and precise legal pro‐ tocols to guarantee safety. The National Blood Centre (CNS) has reiterated the impor‐ tance of these protocols: “The blood of those vaccinated is ab‐
solutely safe. From the mo‐ ment a person is vaccinated, 48 hours must pass before they can donate blood because we must be sure that they do not have reactions to the vaccina‐ tion and that they are in good health,” said the director of the
CNS, Vincenzo De Angelis. The case is now in the hands of a Modena judge. The magis‐ trate has listened to the par‐ ents, who said: “The blood of the vaccinated is dangerous.” A decision from the judge is ex‐ pected shortly.
and finally... 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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Nobel Peace Prize
THE leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Une Bastholm, has nominated Sir David Attenborough for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The 95‐year‐old broadcaster and environmentalist 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 hu‐ mans are to the balance of ecosystems.” She also believes that the In‐ ternational Panel on Nature (IPBES), an intergovernmental agency founded in 2012 to im‐ prove environmental policies and services, should also win the prestigious award. The Green Party leader said: “They should receive the award for their work in devel‐ oping a common international knowledge base about the na‐ ture of the world with broad professional support and credi‐ bility. This work makes it im‐ possible for world leaders to ig‐ nore the natural crisis without being noticed…”
NOMINATED: Sir David Attenborough.
Record petrol prices
PETROL prices in Spain skyrocketed at the beginning of February, reaching a new historical high. A fifth consecutive price rise saw fuel on the fore‐ courts rise to its most expensive level so far in 2022. According to data from the European Union Oil Bul‐ letin, 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 histor‐ ical record, exceeding the €1.522 of September 2012. Also, the average price of a litre of diesel this week stood at €1.422, making it €1.35 per cent more expen‐ sive 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.
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Don’t bite, it’s a scam
THE National Police are warning people in Spain to be aware of a phishing scam. The scam begins by peo‐ ple receiving a text message on their mobile phone warn‐ ing the user that they are logged on from a different device. The message then asks the user to verify their details and follow the link. According to the police, the message reads: “You are logged in from a new device, if it wasn’t you, verify imme‐ diately.” The message is fol‐ lowed by a link that the crim‐ inals hope you will click. The police have warned that you should not follow the link and that the SMS
PHISHING: Used to extract people’s personal details.
messages should be deleted. Cybercriminals are in‐ creasingly using phishing scams to extract people’s de‐ tails. The National Police have also said that you can
report any phishing scams to them so that officers can warn other people. This will allow the police to prevent more people from falling for the scam.
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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 publi‐ cation, a source revealed how the SAS hero had protected his dog during a “kill or capture” mission. He then kept the wound‐ ed dog alive as a heli‐ copter sped them to safe‐ ty. The source revealed: “The dog was very badly injured ‐ it was limping and bleeding profusely. “It was moving so slow‐ ly it was at risk of suffer‐ ing 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 considering the possibility of volcano tourism af‐ ter 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 island of La Palma. Canary Islands tourism chiefs are looking into taking advantage of 70‐metre lava walls to entice tourists to the island 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 taking in the lava flow sites could be painful to local residents who lost everything. Mariano Hernandez Zapata head of the island’s government explained to Reuters that the volcano has created opportunities. She explained: “De‐ spite unleashing so much destruction, the volcano has created opportunities and tourism is one of them.”
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Starmer clash
THE Metropolitan Police con‐ firmed that two arrests were made at around 5pm on Mon‐ day, February 7 after police offi‐ cers protecting Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer clashed with protestors in Westminster. A statement from the force read, “Shortly after 5.10pm on Monday, February 7, a man who had been surrounded by a group of protesters near to New Scotland Yard, was taken away from the scene by a police car.” Adding, “A man and a wom‐ an were arrested at the scene for assault of an emergency
Insults hurled at Starmer. worker, after a traffic cone was thrown at a police officer. They have been taken into custody.” Demonstrators had gath‐ ered, some holding placards voicing their disdain at the Covid restrictions, and opposing
mandatory vaccinations, while hurling insults at Mr Starmer. He was hurriedly escorted from the scene and driven away in a wait‐ ing patrol car, after being sur‐ rounded by the crowd of protestors. Prime Minister Boris Johnson took to Twitter and congratulat‐ ed the police for “responding swiftly,” while condemning the “absolutely disgraceful” be‐ haviour of the protestors. “All forms of harassment of our elected representatives are completely unacceptable,” he added.
Electricity bills slashed
THE UK government will provide £179 million in funding for energy efficiency upgrades, which will allow electricity bills to be signifi‐ cantly reduced in 20,000 homes while making them warmer. On February 7, the UK govern‐ ment announced that it would provide the funding for thousands of people who live in social housing. According to the official statement from the government website, the funding “will see 20,000 social housing properties with an Ener‐ gy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of D or
lower receive upgrades to improve their ener‐ gy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. This includes fitting external wall and roof in‐ sulation, energy‐efficient doors and windows, heat pumps and solar panels.” Minister for Business and Energy Lord Callanan said: “The UK has a strong track record in improving the energy performance of its homes and this funding will continue that as we deliver huge benefits for social housing residents ‐ ensuring they keep more of their cash.”
Covid prevention drug supply
THE Spanish Ministry of Health and pharmaceuti‐ cal company AstraZeneca have signed an agree‐ ment for the supply and distribution of a Covid pre‐ vention drug. Evusheld is currently the only prophylactic drug available to be used preventa‐ tively before exposure to the Covid‐19 virus. Ac‐ cording to an official statement released on Febru‐ ary 4 by the Ministry of Health, the drug is
recommended for the passive immunisation of patients who are at higher risk of contracting Covid‐19 and of progressing to severe forms of the disease. This group includes people with immun‐ odeficiencies, organ transplant recipients and pa‐ tients being treated for blood diseases with specific drugs that make it difficult for them to generate immunity to antigens.
Lack of rain in Spain
RESERVOIRS across Spain are reported to be at around 45 per cent of their capacity due to the drought. With temperatures rising again this week and no substantial amounts of rain predicted by AEMET, the situation is caus‐ ing concern. Worst affected are reser‐ voirs in the area of the Guadalquivir, southern Spain’s major watercourse which runs over 650km from the mountains of Jaen to Sanlucar in Cadiz, which are less than one‐third full on av‐ erage. Reservoirs all along An‐
dalucia’s Mediterranean basin are low. The only water reserve in Spain that is above 90 per cent of its capacity is in the Basque region.
The drought will affect ho‐ tels and tourism businesses close to reservoirs, but is also expected to have a big im‐ pact on farming, especially in the south and east of Spain.
and finally... A GROUNDBREAKING fat‐busting drug that has helped pa‐ tients shed stones is set to be available on the NHS. To be eligi‐ ble for treatment though patients will need to be suffering 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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Australia rebuilds tourism
ALMOST two years after closing its borders to the rest of the world, the Australian govern‐ ment has announced that from February 21 double‐jabbed peo‐ ple from any part of the world will be able to visit. While Spain has been able to welcome tourists and begin to return to normality, Australia had continued with its strict bor‐ der policy. This announcement will end two years of utter mis‐ ery for Australia’s decimated tourism industry. Speaking in Canberra, Aus‐ tralia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison, commented, “If you’re double‐vaccinated, we look for‐
BORDERS OPEN: Tourists welcome.
ward to welcoming you back to Australia.” Peter Shelley, the Australian Tourism Export Council Manag‐ ing Director said, “Over the two
years since the borders have been closed, the industry has been on its knees. Now we can turn our collective efforts to‐ wards rebuilding an industry that is in disrepair.” But, said Margy Osmond, CEO of Tourism and Transport Forum, “It’s not as simple as just turning on the tap and we see numbers of international tourists back where they were pre‐Covid.” According to the government body, Tourism Research Aus‐ tralia, since the start of the pan‐ demic, international and domes‐ tic tourism losses have amounted to almost €63.4 bil‐ lion.
RSPCA footballer complaints THE RSPCA has been flooded with complaints after West Ham’s Kurt Zouma was filmed kicking his cat at his £2 million mansion. The footage of Zouma kick‐ ing and slapping his pet was ini‐ tially released on Snapchat and hit the headlines on February 7.
The footballer has apologised for the incident but people are not impressed and animal lovers and football fans alike have called on the RSPCA to take action. The RSPCA’s official Twitter account commented on the complaints received and said:
“We’ve had lots of messages regarding an upsetting video of a cat and would like to reassure people we’re aware of it. “We will always look into any complaints made about animal welfare, but we can’t comment on individual mat‐ ters for legal reasons.
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Certificate valid till 2023
T H E European Commission has pro‐ posed extending the validity of the EU Covid Certificate until June 30, 2023 ‐ one year longer than its current expiry date. The document was intended to be a temporary tool, but the virus is still prevalent in the EU and the appear‐ ance of new variants cannot be ruled out. More than 1,200 million certificates have been issued since July 1, 2021, and it has become the standard docu‐
ment for worldwide use. The exten‐ sion to 2023 is intended to provide continued ease of travel within the bloc. Many countries in Europe use the certificate to regulate access to cultur‐ al shows, hotels, restaurants, gyms and other indoor spaces. Although Brussels does not have power over how the certification is used, it does ask the European States that the na‐ tional expiration date is aligned with European rules.
PM’s tribute to HM THE Queen made history on Sunday, February 6, as she celebrated 70 years on the throne. Prime Minister Boris John‐ son paid tribute, saying: “To‐ day marks a truly historic moment as Her Majesty The Queen becomes the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. “Throughout her seven‐ decade reign, she has shown an inspirational sense of du‐
ty and unwavering dedica‐ tion to this nation. “I pay tribute to her many years of service and look for‐ ward to the summer when we will be able to come to‐ gether as a country to cele‐ brate her historic reign.” Earlier in the week, speak‐ ing in the Commons, John‐ son had said: “I know that the whole House will want to join me in thanking Her Majesty for her tireless ser‐
vice.” Justin Welby the Arch‐ bishop of Canterbury praised the Queen’s leader‐ ship in a BBC interview. “The clearest moment for me, the absolute summit of that,” he said, “was that at the funeral of her husband of 70‐some‐ thing years, she sat alone. “That was leadership, it was doing the right thing, it was duty, it set an exam‐ ple.”
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Pop breakup ONE of pop music’s most successful groups of all time, The Spice Girls, is reportedly finally over for good. There had been plans for a new movie, and a tour, but it has all been called off, and the girls have gone their own ways ‐ again. The group who coined the term ‘Girl Power’ had completed a huge 13‐date reunion, with the Spice World ‐ 2019 Tour. Four of the original members took part ‐ mi‐ nus Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice) ‐ playing to 700,000 fans, with the tour culminating on June 15, 2019, with the third of three sell‐out concerts at Wembley Stadium. The tour reportedly amassed £80 million. On that final night, with the tour an unrivalled
SPICE GIRLS: All the plans have now been called off.
success, Mel B (Scary Spice) had announced on stage that the group was planning some Aus‐ tralian dates. Simon Fuller, the music mogul, was reported to be behind the project, as a follow‐up to their previous cult classic film in 1997 ‐ Spice World.
Bodyguard tries bank hold-up A FORMER bodyguard for arms dealer Adnan Khashog‐ gi tried his hand at a bank robbery in Gijon on Thursday February 3 ‐ and was promptly arrested. Julio SG entered a Caja Rural on Paseo de la Infancia shortly before 1.30pm, stood in front of one of the bank’s employees and, brandishing a small knife, told him, “Give
me the money or I’ll cut you up.” Thanks to the calm action of the bank worker, a silent alarm was activated unno‐ ticed by the man, and the National Police were on the scene in three minutes. A native of Gijon, Julio SG was recognised by the office employees. The one‐time heavy for the Marbella‐
based Saudi arms dealer had granted an interview to ‘El Comercio’ in 2017, a few days after the death of his employer of five years, in which he’d admitted he had fallen on hard times, and had no income. The Judicial Police Brigade is now investigating whether he could be involved in other robberies.
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HER Majesty the Queen has confirmed that when Charles becomes K i n g , C a m i l l a w i l l b e‐ come Queen. According to royal sources, the 95‐year‐old monarch made the deci‐ sion in honour of the happiness that Camilla has brought her son, and for her good work.
Camilla for Queen
Addressing the British public in a statement to mark her accession day, February 6, the Queen said, “I remain eternally grateful for, and hum‐ bled by, the loyalty and
affection that you con‐ tinue 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 given 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.”
Gone to pot NATIONAL POLICE officers in Sevil‐ la have dismantled a marihuana farm hidden inside a warehouse on an industrial estate. A 42‐year‐old man was arrested for drug traffick‐ ing and electricity fraud. Inside the warehouse on La Red Norte estate, Alcala de Guadaira, officers discovered around 250 marihuana plants more than one metre high. Marihuana was hanging from clothes lines to dry in preparation for selling. The street value was estimated at €70,000. The building had been fraudu‐ lently connected to the electricity supply, posing a serious fire risk, as well as endangering the safety of the affected area.
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Forbidden ELEPHANT LEGS: Were being sold as stools.
TWO Spanish nationals aged 39 and 67 years old have been arrested for selling elephant legs on the internet. If found guilty, they could face a prison sentence 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 begun following the discovery of the online listing in November 2021. The elephant legs had been turned into stools and were priced at €600 each.
BAFTA luvvies
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 nomi‐ nations, while Sir Kenneth Branagh’s semi‐autobiograph‐ ical black and white comedy‐ drama, ‘Belfast’, rounds out the top three, with six. Among the acting talent, nominees for leading actress include Lady Gaga for ‘House of Gucci’, the fashion 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 ‘After Love’. Best actor nominees in‐ clude Benedict Cumberbatch for ‘The Power of the Dog’; Leonardo DiCaprio for ‘Don’t Look Up’; Will Smith for ‘King Richard’; Stephen Graham for ‘Boiling Point’ and Mahershala Ali for ‘Swan Song’. The BAFTA (British Acade‐ my of Film and Television Arts) awards will be presented at a live ceremony in London on March 13.
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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Robot surgery THROAT cancer surgery was carried out for the first time by a robot at the Queen Eliz‐ abeth University Hospital in Glasgow on Monday, Jan‐ uary 31, using the pioneer‐ ing Transoral Robotic surgery (TORS) technique. Use of the robot allows the surgeon to perform high‐ ly precise surgery, enabling movements in tiny spaces and with the capability to gain access to areas in the throat previously only possi‐ ble with open procedures. Using a remote console, that doesn’t have to be in the same room or even the same hospital, the operator guides the surgical tools whilst surgeons and nurses support the operation from the patient’s bedside. The NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde hopes to perform around 30 operations in the first year, with the current aim being the removal of cancerous tumours, with the procedure likely to extend in‐ to other types of surgical pro‐ cedures in time.
A CYBER attack on oil transport and storage com‐ panies across Europe has caused ‘some delays in ex‐ ecution,’ according to re‐ ports. IT systems have been dis‐ rupted at Oiltanking in Ger‐ many, SEA‐Invest in Bel‐ gium and Evos in the Netherlands. Dozens of oil terminals have been affect‐ ed, with firms reporting that the attacks occurred over the weekend of Jan‐ uary 29 and 30. But experts caution against assuming this is a coordinated attack. It’s understood that all three companies’ IT sys‐ tems went down or were severely disrupted. The company is working to get a backup IT system online but said that most liquid transportation is op‐ erational. The spokeswoman said SEA‐Invest is aware of the cyber‐attacks against other companies, but investiga‐ tions have not determined if there is a link. On January 31 Oiltanking Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, which stores and trans‐ ports oil, vehicle fuels and
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to operate at a ‘limited ca‐ pacity’ and was investigat‐ ing the incident, it said.
Canine CPR A LOS ANGELES man has been called a hero after sav‐ ing a dog’s life by performing cardiopulmonary resuscita‐ tion (CPR) when the animal passed out and stopped breathing. Jay, full name un‐ known, noticed that the dog had collapsed while out walking with his owner and that it has stopped breathing. Witnesses say he didn’t hesitate in dropping to the ground before starting to perform the life‐saving mea‐ sure. Stone, the nine‐year‐old dog had stopped breathing, with a video loaded on to Tik‐ Tok showing Jay performing
Saved the dog’s life.
CPR and saying to the dog “Come on baby, you already have it.” Jay has achieved interna‐ tional recognition with the video going viral, being seen by more than a million peo‐ ple. The many comments praise Jay saying “Who is he? He deserves recognition for being so amazing,” “You are a hero,” “Best dog, dad. I’m glad you posted this video.”
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Iceland grows 5cm per year due to its tectonic plates.
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EU’s highest unemployment FOR the last seven consecutive months, Spain has recorded the highest level of unem‐ ployment in the EU. An unemployment level of 13 per cent was recorded in De‐ cember, a figure that is only close to Greece at 12.7 per cent, and which, moreover, is double the European average of 6.4 per cent. December was the seventh consecutive month in which Spain l e a d s w i t h t h i s s t a t i s‐ tic in Europe. Last June, the level of un‐ employment reached 15.3 per cent, a level which no other Euro‐ pean country has ex‐ ceeded. Greece ‐ the only other state to start the pandemic with un‐ employment in double figures ‐ has seen a faster recovery in un‐ employment levels.
Sixteen other mem‐ bers of the EU still register unemploy‐ ment figures higher than before the pan‐ demic started. Unemployment in Spain fell from its pre‐
pandemic level for the first time in November 2021, and in Decem‐ ber, it was eight‐10ths below the level of February 2020 ‐ the last month not affect‐ ed by Covid.
Madeleine chief suspect PHONE records have shown that the suspect in the Madeleine McCann case was no more than five min‐ utes from the apartment. A new documentary about the disappearance of three‐year‐old Madeleine McCann from an apartment on Portugal’s Algarve in 2007 makes startling new claims about the chief suspect Christian Brueckner. The British youngster went missing from the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz on May 3, 2007, and despite many investigations, has not been heard of since. Bruecker, aged 44, was named by German prosecutors in June 2020 as their main, and only suspect. Convicted paedophile Brueckner has always denied being responsible, and is currently serving time in a German prison on unrelated sex and drugs charges. He has always said that the police have no concrete evi‐ dence linking him to Madeleine. He has always maintained that there are several people who can offer him an alibi, and who will testify to his whereabouts on the night of Maddie’s disap‐ pearance.
Your Belgian estate agent at the coast!
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www.euroweeklynews.com SCIENTISTS are working on technology that allows them to turbocharge im‐ mune cells in the blood. So far they have ‘cured’ two adult patients suffer‐ ing from leukaemia. The patients have received Car‐T therapy and have been in remission since 2010. During Car‐T therapy, medics take blood from a patient and then genetical‐ ly modify it. The scientists target white cells in the blood which then go on to attack cancer. The Car‐T cells are then reinjected into the patient. The tech‐ nology is a type of im‐ munotherapy. The Car‐T therapy tur‐ bocharges the body’s im‐ mune system which then attacks the tumours. The University of Penn‐ sylvania’s Dr Carl June commented on the thera‐ py and said: “Based on these results, we can con‐ clude that Car‐T cells can cure leukaemia.” The US‐based scientist went on to add: “These cells continued to demon‐ strate tumour‐killing char‐
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acteristics.” Car‐T therapy is avail‐ able on the NHS. The treatment is only available to some children with leukaemia. Adults suffer‐ ing from lymphoma may also receive the treatment.
Therapy attacks tumours.
Paid leave
IONE BELARRA, the Minister for Social Rights and Agenda 2030, has put forward a proposal to include a minimum of seven days of paid care leave in Spain as part of the Families Act. The Minister plans that the care leave would be used for looking after children, parents and other cohabitants. The proposal was put forward on Thursday, February 3. Belarra commented on the proposal and ex‐ plained: “Covid has taught us how important it is to take care of ourselves and to have time to take care of others, and these are lessons that are here to stay. “For this reason, we think that Spain needs to be‐ gin to bring itself into line with other European Union countries and establish care leave, of at least seven days per year per person, which is 100 per cent paid.”
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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.
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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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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. To read more articles from our columnists and to have your say in the comments go to www.euroweeklynews.com
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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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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. Regards SA
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. Michael
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
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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.
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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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Five places in your home you may not know are covered in bacteria EVEN if you think your home is pretty clean, you may be overlook‐ ing certain items. Read on to learn about five places that you may not know are covered in bacteria. • Kitchen sink The kitchen sink is not clean just because it is in contact with water all day. Bits of food and bacteria can ac‐ cumulate in the sink, and it should be cleaned every day. The sponge used to wash the dishes can also end up covered in bacteria and should be replaced every two weeks. • Toothbrush Dentists have always recommend‐ ed changing toothbrushes around every two months, but not everyone does. If you want to ignore this ad‐ vice but kill the germs on your tooth‐ brush, you can disinfect it by leaving it to soak in white vinegar for a few hours. • Door handles When was the last time you cleaned the door handles? Despite
being touched by many unwashed hands over the day, we tend to for‐ get about them when it comes to cleaning. It’s a good idea to spray them with disinfectant at least once a week. • Switches Just like the door handles, light switches are rarely cleaned despite being touched multiple times a day. The bacteria and dirt on our hands are transferred to a switch every time we turn the light on or off. They should be cleaned regularly with dis‐ infectant. • Computer keyboard Studies have shown that the aver‐ age computer keyboard has more bacteria than a toilet seat. Most of us rarely clean our hands before us‐ ing the computer, and grease and bacteria get transferred straight from our hands onto the keys. The keyboard can be cleaned by gently wiping it with alcohol or disinfectant while the computer is off.
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Six reasons to get up off the sofa right now
WHETHER you choose to spend the day watching TV on the sofa or you are at a desk job all day, the negative effects of being sedentary are the same. Read on to find out why you should get up off the sofa right now. Our society is becoming in‐ creasingly sedentary. Even though we all know exercise is good for us, sometimes the temptation to stay at home gets the better of us. However, being sedentary is much more danger‐ ous than you think ‐ here are six reasons to get up off the sofa right now. 1) Regular physical activity re‐ duces the risk of depression by helping our bodies to secrete endorphins, which improves our mood, and being sedentary can often have the opposite effect. 2) Being active doesn’t have to mean intense physical activi‐ ty. Experts say that moderate physical activity three times a week is much better than some‐
REGULAR EXERCISE: Helps our bodies to secrete endorphins.
thing intense just once a week. 3) Just because you are not overweight or obese does not mean that a sedentary lifestyle is not taking its toll on your health. A slim person who is sedentary may be in much poor‐ er health than an overweight person who is active. 4) Being sedentary is not our natural state as human beings. The human species has evolved and adapted to be physically ac‐
tive over our lifetime, which means that a sedentary lifestyle just does not suit the human body. 5) People who have sedentary lifestyles are likely to have more difficulty sleeping. Specialists in sleep medicine recommend physical exercise to guarantee a good night’s rest, as physical ex‐ ercise helps us fall asleep more easily and wake up feeling more refreshed.
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Go to bed at this time and reduce the risk of heart problems WE all know the wonders of a good night’s sleep, but did you know that the time you go to bed actu‐ ally influences your risk of suffering heart problems? Read on to find out the best time to hit the sack. It is a well‐known fact that the quality and quan‐ tity of our sleep have a di‐ rect impact on our overall health. A lack of sleep has been associated with im‐ munological, psychologi‐ cal and cognitive prob‐ lems. We are tired and irritable the day after a bad night’s sleep, and studies have shown that we are more likely to take risks and make mistakes. We have also always known that there was a relationship between heart disease and sleep, but only recently did a study, carried out by the European Cardiology Soci‐ ety on 80,000 people, dis‐ cover that going to bed
POOR SLEEP: Can have an impact on our health.
between 10.00pm and 11.00pm is associated with lower risks of heart problems. Over a period of 5.7 years, 3,172 of the partici‐ pants had serious cardio‐ vascular problems. The analyses show that those who went to bed between 11.00pm and midnight had around a 12 per cent higher risk of suffering this type of illness. The risk increased even further, to 25 per cent, for those who went to bed af‐ ter midnight and was at 24 per cent for those who
went to bed before 10.00pm. “The body has a 24‐hour internal clock, called circa‐ dian rhythm, that helps regulate physical and mental functioning. While we cannot conclude cau‐ sation from our study, the results suggest that early or late bedtimes may be more likely to disrupt the body clock, with adverse consequences for cardio‐ vascular health,” said David Plans, a neuroscien‐ tist at the University of Ex‐ eter and the main author of the study.
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#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
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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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CLAIRE GORDON FINDING BALANCE IN AN UNEVEN WORLD I HAVE seen many instances this week of self‐victimisation coming from people 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 example 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 ‘purposefully’ 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 empa‐ thy or tact. Speaking about the Ro‐ mani and Traveller populations that suffered numerous 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 anyone but himself. Saying that people don’t talk about the hundreds of thousands of Romani lives lost because no one ev‐ er wants to point out the ‘positives’
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of the Holocaust really is scraping the barrel for a cheap laugh. It isn’t fun‐ ny, it is a shock tactic to get a hit of dopamine for a small man’s ego. And yet, when called out on this obvious 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 ac‐ tual quote, laughable, honestly). You can’t say anything anymore! These woke snowflakes just don’t get my edgy ways! Everyone is just too sen‐ sitive! It is getting very boring to hear the people who are standing up for themselves 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 difficult subjects because racists, homophobes and misogy‐ nists are ‘afraid’ to speak their minds in case they are ‘bullied’ for their views. These people say what they want, when they want if they
think they won’t be held to account over it. But believe me, it isn’t be‐ cause of cancel culture that views like this are held back in polite con‐ versation. 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 con‐ versation unless you know your rea‐ sons are rooted in prejudice? Shout‐ ing down others who want to engage in these debates and then crying vic‐ tim is the work of a manipulator. Adam Grant, a renowned psycholo‐ gist, said: “Constantly claiming to be a victim is not a sign of virtue. It is a strategy for narcissists and psy‐ chopaths to get ahead.” In these cases of accountability, I can’t say I disagree with that at all. To read more articles from our columnists and to have your say in the comments go to www.euroweeklynews.com
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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. A vet said:
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WITH ever more new models being launched the demand for SUVs continues. However, it’s easy to forget that some of the long familiar names in SUV world have also been transformed. Ford’s Kuga has been a familiar sight since 2008, indeed before that the Kuga name (spelled Cougar) was attached to a coupe, and you see many older Kugas still looking good. The very latest Kuga has a refreshingly 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 test‐ ed it had many people thinking it had stylistic echoes of Porsche’s Cayenne. Praise in‐ deed! Prices for the Kuga start from €33,533/£27,895 with standard equipment including sliding rear seats, navigation, Car Play and Android auto plus powered and heated door mirrors, front and rear parking sensors, air conditioning, cruise, rear privacy glass and a heated windscreen.
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THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN EUROPE IT’S true. walking football is taking off in every country in Europe and even further afield. The Walking Football Associa‐ tion of Iberia (WFAI) even has contacts in Australia and South Africa. And there is walking football here in Almeria too with three clubs. Los Amigos of Turre (Mojacar) who we featured last week, Lubrins and this week’s featured club Al‐ manzora Valley WFC. Almanzora Valley WFC play at Alfoquia and were formed in 2015. “Like an active and highly poised herd of gazelles moving with majestic grace over the sun‐kissed veldt and occasionally producing moves that take the breath away,” is never go‐ ing to be a description of the players of Almanzora Valley WFC, but they con‐ tinue to produce the mo‐ ment of brilliance remem‐ bered from their youth.
ALMANZORA VALLEY: The club was formed in 2015 and play at La Alfoquia. Formed in 2015 when a few like‐minded individu‐ als got together in Par‐ taloa in Almeria and de‐ cided to try walking football as a means to keep fit, create friend‐ ships and enjoy the social side of the beautiful game. They soon moved to La Alfoquia near Albox to of‐ fer the sport to a wider catchment area which has proved successful with a membership now of over 50 and growing. Sessions begin with fit‐ ness and skills training followed by four x 20‐ minute sessions of walk‐
ing football. The club play friendly matches against other clubs and take part in tournaments in other re‐ gions and recently be‐ came members of WFAI to be further involved in ac‐ tivities. They also have an active social side too. Do you think the curtain has come down on your opportunity to rekindle your love of football? Well think again. Why not give it a try? Just turn up for either of their ses‐ sions played on artificial grass so training shoes are needed.
The club are always pleased to welcome new members. Sessions are held at La Alfoquia next to the mu‐ nicipal pool on Tuesdays from 9.30am to 11am and Fridays from 9.30am to 11.00am. For further information see the club Facebook page at Almanzora Valley Walk‐ ing Football Club, email club secretary Keith Rayner at keithrayner@hotmail.com or www.wfai.info. Next week’s featured club will be Lubrins. So make sure you get YOUR copy of the Euro Weekly News.
Ashley Cole joins Everton coaching team EVERTON has con‐ firmed that Ashley Cole will join the club as their first‐ team coach. Lampard was ap‐ pointed the boss of Everton on Monday January 31, after beating Vitor Pereira to replace Lampard delighted to add Cole. 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 delighted to add Ashley into my backroom team. Everyone 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 experi‐ ence 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 opportunity with a fantas‐ tic club and I am coming here to work hard and try to help bring success to Everton.”