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Safer camping WANTING to ensure that those who use the three camping sites managed by the Balearic Institute of Na‐ t u r e ( I BA N AT ) c o m p l y with regulations, there will be special night surveillance during the five days of Easter and the Sant Joan festivi‐ ties. The main role of those acting as night se‐ curity (who will be brought in after day time staff have left) will be to ensure that capac‐ ity levels are not ex‐ ceeded and that campers are sensible with fires and don’t an‐ noy others by making a nuisance of themselves or be too loud. Minister for the Envi‐ ronment and Territory, Miquel Mir, called for public responsibility and said that “enjoying a protected natural space entails collective responsibilities, which are to ensure that the footprint we leave there be as small as possible and do not in‐ terfere with the conser‐ vation of the natural and heritage values of the spaces.” The three camping ar‐ eas managed by the In‐ s t i t u t e a r e S a Fo n t Coberta (with 200 places), Es Pixarells (50 places) and Marjanor with 200 more places.
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BETTER CARE: Minister Gómez confirmed the implementation of the new plan.
THE Balearic Health Ser‐ vice is to invest €47.7 million in increasing and stabilising the Pri‐ mary Care staff in Mal‐ lorca and in expanding infrastructures. In addition, it plans to improve the work‐ ing conditions of its staff as well as reform‐ ing and expanding the network of health cen‐ tres and basic units on the island. Coinciding with the National Day of Prima‐ ry Care on Tuesday April 12, Minister Pa‐ tricia Gómez and the Director General of the Health Service, Juli
Fuster, presented the details of the Plan, aimed at consolidating and increasing human resources and invest‐ ing in the reform and creation of infrastruc‐ ture. Salut expects to in‐ crease its structural workforce this year with 150 new profes‐ sionals (132 nurses and 18 doctors), who were incorporated due to the needs generated by Covid‐19, and who are joining primary care. The incorporation during 2022 of 298 pro‐ fessionals who work in
primary care of Mallor‐ ca, who went from having temporary con‐ tracts to interim con‐ tracts and therefore better job stability. A further 406 places are confirmed for pro‐ fessionals who were al‐ ready part of the pri‐ mary care staff with temporary contracts. There will be a num‐ ber of new Health Cen‐ tres built across the is‐ land and older buildings will be up‐ dated and refitted where necessary in or‐ der to offer a much better primary care service.
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Wine Fair returns ALTHOUGH due to take place last May, the an‐ n u a l P o l l e n ç a ( P o l l e n s a ) W i n e Fa i r f o r 2 0 2 1 didn’t actually happen until October of last year due to the pandemic. Despite the fact that it was very much a last‐ minute affair it managed to attract some 2,000 visitors and was considered a great success. Buoyed up by this, the organisers, the Asso‐ ciació Vi Primitiu Pollença with the support of the local council announced on Tuesday April 12 at the Hotel Son Brull that the 19th Pol‐ lença Wine Fair would be held on May 7 and 8 at the Can Conill de Pollença car park. Some 36 wineries from Mallorca will partici‐ pate as well as 21 from the Catalonian DO re‐ gion of Montsant together with some other Spanish wineries. Open from 10am to 10.30pm on the Saturday and 10am to 10pm on the Sunday, admission costs €15 per person which will include one glass of wine plus a souvenir bag. Josep Bibiloni President of the Associació Vi Primitiu Pollença explained that there would be between 275 and 300 different wines to taste and said “This fair is very useful for the sector, as we have had a very bad time during these two years that we have been unem‐ ployed. “Visitors will have the privilege of tasting the first vintages of 2021, as they are bottled and ready to go.”
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MANY considered it a ma‐ jor coup when bullfighting was to be banned in Cat‐ alonia with the Balearics to follow suit, but the Consti‐ tutional Court in Madrid overturned the ban. Bullfights were staged in Mallorca in Inca and Palma in 2019 with many thou‐ sands of spectators being asked by those against not to attend but since then, due to the pandemic, just one further fight has taken place. In 2021, a private compa‐ ny signed a five‐year con‐ tract with the management of the Inca bullring and managed to promote it soon after and now propos‐ es to run an event on July 30 in conjunction with the feast of patron saints San Abdón and San Senén, al‐ though tickets are not yet available. Local resident Natasha Retzmann is totally against
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ANIMAL WELFARE: Scenes of a 2019 protest.
bullfighting and has set up a Facebook Group Mallorca against Bullfighting and is working with the animal or‐ ganisation Progreso en Verde to try to have the event stopped. She doesn’t condone vio‐ lent demonstration and ap‐ preciates that many may object to a foreigner telling them to abandon what is considered part of Spanish heritage but as she says, “Our group is not here to force Mallorquins to ban something they want! The vast majority don’t want
this cruel form of entertain‐ ment on such a lucrative tourist Island. We are here to support the local people and help them to make the changes to the laws.” Spain promotes itself as a country that now takes a genuine interest in the wel‐ fare of animals and in Jan‐ uary passed a law recognis‐ ing animals as sentient beings but the new law on‐ ly directly affects fighting bulls and hunting dogs in property issues, but it does‐ n’t prohibit bullfighting or hunting itself.
THE governments of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands will work together in the promotion of digital technologies applied to the Catalan language. One of their major areas of coopera‐ tion is in the promotion of the AINA, the project based on data technolo‐ gies and Artificial Intelligence to make it possible for machines to understand and speak Catalan in order to ensure its survival in the digital age. Both governments also announced on Monday April 11, their collabora‐ tion on cybersecurity and 5G research and technology projects, promoting policies and good practices. The Government of the Balearic Is‐ lands will encourage the promotion, communication and dissemination in the Islands of ‘Our language is your voice’ with the aim of collecting as many voices as possible to feed the first version of the Catalan voice cor‐ pus, essential to teach the machines
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GOVERNMENT: Explained the project.
t o u n d e r s t a n d a n d s p e a k t h e l a n‐ guage. It has also agreed to make a dona‐ tion of the voice content archive of IB3 (the Public Broadcasting Entity of the Balearic Islands) so that these can be used for the training of the neural networks of the Artificial Intelligence system of the AINA project. These announcements coincided with a tour of northern Catalonia, the Valencian community and Mallorca to explain and promote the AINA project.
Honouring victims A TRIBUTE has been held in Prague to Spaniards killed in a
Nazi death camp in 1945 thanks to the investigations of a team of investigators and relatives. Among those deported to the Hradischko forced labour camp were at least 40 people of Spanish nationality and the six who have been honoured were cremated on April 9 and 10, 1945. Of those, one, Rafael Moyá Pujol, a native of Mallorca who came from Sant Elm (An‐ dratx), emigrated to France and was deported as a politi‐ cal enemy to the Nazi concen‐ tration camp. The crematori‐ um administrator, Frantisek Suchy, disobeying Nazi orders and risking his life and that of
his family, instead of remov‐ ing the remains of the corpses, chose to keep the ashes, separately, in individual urns, numbering hiding them in the crematorium cemetery. He and his son also noted the identity of the victims, their deportation number, the date of their death, and the date of their cremation. The ceremony organised by relatives of the deportees and Prague City Council on Mon‐ day April 11, took place on the occasion of the anniversary of the dates of their death at the memorial erected by the gov‐ ernment of the former Czechoslovakia to the victims of the Nazi extermination.
Hotel ceiling collapse TWO people were seriously injured on Saturday, April 9, after the ceiling of a hotel in Puerto de Alcudia and the hotel was subsequently evacuated while emergency services worked to free one person who was trapped in the rubble. The collapse caused a gym located above the hotel kitchen to cave in. This resulted in a 57‐year‐old woman having to be rescued after she was trapped under the fallen ceiling for more than an hour and a 59‐year‐old Spanish man was also hurt, receiving serious head injuries. Both injured parties were transferred to a hospital. Several others received treatment for minor injuries at the scene from medical teams on the spot. A possible gas leak caused the incident at the adult‐only, three‐star Bluesea Piscis Hotel, according to unconfirmed reports.
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Top destination THE latest report from website TripAdvisor which has collated con‐ tributor’s reviews of the best holiday destinations in the world shows that Mallorca is the most pop‐ ular whilst the Playa de Muro comes in third for best beach which is en‐ couraging news for the hospitality industry.
Car shortage REPRESENTATIVES of the two main car hire associa‐ tions on Mallorca have both stated publicly that the demand for car rentals over Easter has not only exceeded expec‐ tation but also capacity as it has proven difficult for companies to ‘top up’ their fleets.
Dog farm THE SOS Volunteers De Son Reus animal sanctu‐ ary has confirmed that 25 puppies that were seized from an illegal breeding kennel by the Guardia Civ‐ il four months ago contin‐ ue to be kept in the sanc‐ tuary whilst the courts decide their future.
Livestock support A FURTHER €250,000, making a total so far of €630,000, is being made available by the Balearic Government to support the livestock sector which was heavily affected by the pandemic and there‐ fore unable to export much of its meat although still tending animals.
Accessible tourism THE Consell de Mallorca has launched a campaign to improve accessible tourism across the island and to promote the fact that Mallorca is one of the leading destinations for those who have different mobility problems so that they can be assured of a safe stay.
Manacor beaches open MANACOR Council munic‐ ipal services company SAM has organised the opening of beach services before the start of the tourist season. For the second year running the cleaning of seven local beaches has been brought forward from May 1 in order for them to be ready at the same time that the ma‐ jority of local hotels are ready to welcome Easter visitors. In this way, the beaches
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TOURIST READY: Work has been completed at Cala Mendia.
of s’Illot, Cala Anguila, Cala Mendia, Estany d’en Mas, Domingos Grans, Domingos Petits and Cala Murada already have
Discount vouchers ONCE again, Palma City Council has launched the PalmaActiva voucher cam‐ paign to boost trade after the success of last year’s promotion. Revealing this news on April 12, the mayor José Hila and the councillor for Economic Promotion and Employment, Rodrigo Romero not only explained the working of the scheme but also invited local busi‐ nesses to take part. There will be 40,000 vouchers with a total value of €600,000 so that holders will receive a €15 discount
on any purchase from a par‐ ticipating company subject to a minimum purchase of €30. Unlike last year, the maxi‐ mum number of vouchers per person will be four rather than six and they will be available to anyone aged 16 or over who may supply their DNI or NIE details at the point of purchase. Details of those business‐ es taking part will be avail‐ able on the PalmaActiva website and the pro‐ gramme will run through‐ out June.
sunbeds and parasols, whilst Porto Cristo and Cala Antena will be ready in May. In addition to 936 sun
IVÁN SEVILLANO, Minister of Mobility and Infrastructure for the Consell de Mal‐ lorca spoke to resi‐ dents of Andratx and Peguera on April 12. He confirmed that for the Easter holi‐ days, two lanes of the Son Vic tunnel will remain com‐ pletely open until Tuesday April 19 in order to enable free passage through the tunnel, although as
Historic urn restored JUST in time for the Easter celebrations, the Urn of the Holy House of the Parish of Sant Miquel de Felanitx has been restored by the Restoration Workshop of the Bishopric of Mallorca. The urn is believed to date from the mid‐ dle of the 17th century, is in the Baroque style and although its maker is unknown, it is an outstanding piece of the cultural eccle‐ siastical heritage of Felanitx, not only for its artistic value, but also for the important de‐ votion to visit the holy houses from time im‐ memorial. The Episcopal Vicar of Heritage, Xisco Vicens said as the restored urn was unveiled on Tuesday April 12 “these types of pieces, also known as monuments, Eu‐ charistic coffins, Holy Thursday coffins, the Good Jesus prison or Holy Thursday urn,
loungers and 449 parasols on the nine beaches, this year has seen the installa‐ tion of public toilets for the first time as well as additional walkways over the sand. Also, a group of mobile lifeguards will be on call in order to deal with any potential emergencies whilst beach cleaning will, wherever possible, be done manually in or‐ der not to disturb the sand or natural vegeta‐ tion.
Son Vic tunnel
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BAROQUE: In front of the restored urn.
have a symbolic, spiritual, liturgical and de‐ votional character. “The urn is the receptacle of the Eucharis‐ tic reserve, which holds the body of Christ, where the Sacred Host is deposited after the Mandate, the Holy Thursday proces‐ sion.”
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horizontal road signs still need to be added, rain could delay the full open‐ ing in both direc‐ tions. The minister ex‐ plained that his de‐ partment was taking a new approach for the rest of the work which will resume, from April 19, but will only be carried out at night in order to keep the two lanes of the Son Vic tunnel open to traf‐ fic during the day. All of the changes still required can be made without affect‐ ing the date of sum‐ mer suspension of the works from June 30 until the end of the season.
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Best cyclist competition WINNER of the Best Marratxí Cyclist Com‐ petition 2022 on Sat‐ urday April 9 was Ainhoa Sánchez Aparicio, a student at the Academy Interna‐ tional School. She beat 60 other finalists in the com‐ petition organised by the Department of Road Education of the Local Police from an original 900 local entrants. First prize, shared with second place winner Pere Serra Cabot is a private plane flight around Mallorca. The final phase consisted of two tests, a theoretical traffic test on aspects such as cycling, pass‐ ing priorities and use of signals as well as a practical test, which was held at the Parc Infantil de Trànsit de Marratxí, where par‐ ticipants had to demonstrate on a cir‐ cuit their ability to cycle safely. Keeping with the cycling theme, a number of students journeyed the eight kilometres along the cycle lane from the Cases Noves college to the Fang Museum in an educational day out also organised by the Marratxi Local Police on April 12.
and finally... A STREET in Calvia formerly named after Francoist General García Ruiz was officially renamed on Tuesday April 12. In a ceremony attended by the mayor of Calvià, Alfonso Rodríguez Badal alongside other councillors and friends and relatives, the street was formally rebranded Carrer de Fran‐ cisca Pujol Terrassa. She was a pioneering businesswoman who opened Maga‐ luf’s first bar, Bar Magaluf in 1954 and with her husband went on to open and run the Bar Puerto Rico in 1956 before opening a pension and another bar. Antoni Pallicer, who spoke on behalf of the family ex‐ plained that she came from a humble family but had the vi‐ sion to realise that tourism was the way forward, making her the first businesswoman of Magaluf.
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New Covid treatment
ON Tuesday, April 12, the UK government revealed that: “Thousands more vulnerable people in England are now el‐ igible to receive the UK’s sec‐ ond oral antiviral treatment for Covid.” The government commented on the ground‐ breaking antiviral treatment Paxlovid and explained that the drug: “has been added to the PANORAMIC national study, the UK’s fastest‐ever recruiting clinical trial of its kind, which is run by the Uni‐ versity of Oxford in close col‐ laboration with GP hubs. “It is already available di‐ rectly through the NHS to those whose immune sys‐ tems mean they are at higher
risk of serious illness who test positive for the virus ‐ includ‐ ing those who are immuno‐ compromised, cancer pa‐ tients, or those with Down’s Syndrome.” The government added: “The PANORAMIC study makes antivirals available to a large number of patients, whilst collecting further data on how the antivirals work where the majority of the adult population is vaccinat‐ ed. “It ensures antivirals are being used in the most effec‐ tive way and is crucial in en‐ suring clinicians have the full information to prescribe an‐ tiviral treatments to patients in future.”
THE Spanish Tourist Office has offered up an ‘apology’ for saying Spain was open to unvaccinated Brits on Wednesday, April 6 before later re‐ versing its announcement. The mistake came down to a misin‐ terpretation of Spain’s official state bulletin with the government saying that British visitors would be able to head to Spain, without needing to be jabbed. The tourist Board said that travellers would only need to have a
Out of fuel
A STAGGERING one in three garages in the south of England have run out of fuel after eco‐ activists blocked oil terminals. Around 1,200 pumps were thought to have been affected south of the Midlands on Sunday, April 10, according to the Fair Fuel UK Campaign. In a tweet, Fair Fuel UK Campaign wrote: “We are getting credible intelligence that one in three garages have run dry of petrol and/or diesel par‐ ticularly in the south, because of the ‘stop oil’ amoebas." Pritti Patel has slammed the “selfish” eco‐activists for causing the fuel chaos.
She said: “Hard‐working people across our country are seeing their lives brought to a stand‐ still by selfish, fanatical and frankly dangerous so‐ called activists. “Keir Starmer’s Labour Party repeatedly voted against our proposals that would have given the police extra powers to deal with this eco mob. The police have my full backing in doing every‐ thing necessary to address this public nuisance.” Climate campaign groups Just Stop Oil and Ex‐ tinction Rebellion have been targeting supply lines of oil in the UK.
UK flights cancelled MORE than 100 flights were cancelled from the UK on Monday, April 11, as Brits face more travel chaos.
Spain’s error negative pre‐departure test. Only hours later though the tourist board said that the official state bul‐ letin had been interpreted incorrectly.
Queues continued at air‐ ports including Manchester, Heathrow and Gatwick, with flights being affected due to a
This means that holidaymakers from the UK aged 12 and over still need to show that they have been fully jabbed or have a Covid recovery certificate. The Spanish tourist office in the UK’s deputy director Pedro Medina apologised for the miscommunica‐ tion. He said: “We apologise unre‐ servedly for the miscommunication earlier today which was due to a mis‐ understanding of the new entry re‐ quirements.”
shortage of staff because of Covid and slow recruitment. British Airways suspended at least 64 flights to and from Heathrow, which included UK domestic routes as well as Eu‐ ropean flights. Among the in‐ ternational routes affected were services to and from Berlin, Dublin, Geneva, Paris, and Stockholm. easyJet also cancelled at least 25 flights to or from Gatwick, affecting Eu‐ ropean and national routes such as Amsterdam, Copen‐ hagen, Glasgow, and Milan. easyJet said cancellations were made “in advance to give customers the ability to rebook on to alternative flights.” John O’Neill, North West Regional Industrial Offi‐ cer for Unite has warned that Brits can expect that the cur‐ rent holiday disruption is likely to be repeated in the sum‐ mer. The transport expert even warns that conditions will be worse then due to the high volume of passengers ex‐ pected to travel.
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High demand DEMAND for British passports is at an all‐ time high and the government has urged people “not to leave their application to the last minute.” On Monday, April 11, the government warned: “Since April 2021 HM Passport Of‐ fice has been advising people to allow up to 10 weeks when apply‐ ing for their passport. This remains the case. “Due to Covid‐19, HM Passport Office saw a significant drop in the number of peo‐ ple applying for pass‐ ports, with over five million people delay‐ ing their applications throughout 2020 and 2021. “But with interna‐ tional travel returning to normal, more and more people are ap‐ plying for a new pass‐ port.” Commenting on the waiting time the Direc‐ tor General of HM Passport Office Abi Tierney, said: “Now that international trav‐ el has resumed, we know people will be looking at going away on holiday and yet many people are leav‐ ing applying for a pass‐ port too late. “The summer holi‐ days are fast ap‐ proaching so if you need a new passport, we urge you to apply now.”
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Britney pregnant Andrew ‘useful idiot’ BRITNEY SPEARS, fresh from court proceedings to free her from her conser‐ vatorship, revealed on Monday, April 11 that she is once again pregnant.
Announcing the news on Instagram, she said she took the test after her partner, Sam Asghari, ac‐ cused her of being food pregnant. She said: “So I
Art seized
FINLAND, who are adhering to the EU sanctions regime against Russia, have seized Russian art worth more than €40 million. The seizure is of art that was being returned to Russia after being loaned to muse‐ ums in Japan and Italy. The works of art, including sculptures, paintings and an‐ tiques, were seized at the southern border post of Vaal‐ imaa. Sanctions imposed by the EU after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine include the ban of imports and exports as well as asset freezes. Artworks owned by either persons or companies on the sanctions, as well as Russian state
Vaalimaa border post.
owned assets are covered by the ban. As a result, Finland has started an investigation to understand how the art‐ works came to be in Finland and why they were being transported back to Russian in contravention of sanctions. Asset seizures across Eu‐ rope have so far included mega yachts, properties and bank account freezes.
got a pregnancy test... and uhhhhh well... I am having a baby. “Four days later I got a little more food preg‐ nant.” Spears, a mother of two, revealed during court proceedings that she was forced to take birth control depriving her from having anoth‐ er child, something she longed for. Spears was released from the controversial conservatorship last November, which con‐ trolled her personal and financial affairs. During proceedings the court was told how her life was controlled, even down to the choice of whether she had more children. Her decision to marry partner Asghari was al‐ so stopped by her con‐ servators, one of whom was her father Jamie Spears.
ROYAL biographer Tina Brown has claimed that Jeffrey Ep‐ stein considered Prince An‐ drew to be a ‘useful idiot.’ In her new book, ‘The Palace Papers,’ the royal biographer said: “International diplomacy rarely offers encounters with angels. But Prince Andrew’s ad‐ hesive contacts with reprehen‐ sible foreign riff‐raff went far beyond what was explicable, or acceptable. “He hosted lunches at Buck‐ ingham Palace for the insalubri‐ ous relatives of Middle Eastern tyrants, invited a Libyan gun smuggler to Princess Eugenie’s wedding, and Princess Beat‐ rice’s 21st birthday party, and went goose‐hunting with Kaza‐ khstan’s then‐president, Nur‐ sultan Nazarbayev. “Privately, Epstein told peo‐ ple that Andrew was an idiot, but ‐ to him ‐ a useful one. A senior royal, even if tainted, is always a potent magnet abroad. “Epstein confided to a friend that he used to fly the Duke of York to obscure foreign mar‐ kets, where governments were
obliged to receive him, and Ep‐ stein went along as HRH’s in‐ vestment adviser. With Andrew
as frontman, Epstein could ne‐ gotiate deals with these (often) shady players.”
New superband MEMBERS of Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam have come together to form a new band, dropping a surprise de‐ but album on Monday, April 11. Music legends including Nir‐ vana bassist Krist Novoselic, Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil and Soundgarden/Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron formed the band called 3rd Secret. According to one publica‐ tion, the album is: “A self‐titled affair, the 11‐track effort sports a broad tonal palette ‐ it leans heavily on classic grunge and alt‐rock flavours, but adds diversity with hints of laidback folk and indie‐rock, swampy blues and stomping hard‐rock.” The band released the album independently and it is available to stream on multiple platforms. The 3rd Secret website revealed: “Get in on the secret! “3rd Secret by 3rd Secret “New album on your favourite streaming service!”
and finally... A GOOGLE Earth image has been responsible for the detec‐ tion of a notorious bicycle thief, located in the Oxfordshire city of Littlemore in the UK. Thanks to this satellite software, a 54‐ year‐old man is under investigation by the police, after more than 500 allegedly stolen bikes were found in his back garden.
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Amazon deforestation THE latest report by Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) says that deforestation in the Amazon rainforest reached record levels in the first three months of 2022. The report published on Friday, April 8 said that 941.34 square kilometres of forest was cleared between January and March, the largest amount recorded since the insti‐ tute began monitoring deforestation rates in 2016. The rate of deforestation is according to the re‐ searchers up 64 per cent on the same time last year with the area cleared nearly the size of Dallas, Texas. Current Brazilian President Jair Bolsanaro had weak‐ ened environmental protections ever since he took office in 2019, saying that they hinder economic development. The president is also on record saying that he does not believe in the warnings issued by environmentalists, that the Amazon is the lungs of the world.
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Arms for Ukraine
UKRAINE has achieved ‘the greatest feat of arms of the 21st century,’ according to UK Prime Minister Boris John‐ son. During a surprise trip to Kyiv on Saturday, April 9, Mr John‐ son pledged the UK’s unwaver‐ ing support to Ukraine and met with President Zelenskyy to discuss the economic and mili‐ tary assistance that the UK can offer to Ukraine. According to the UK govern‐ ment Mr Johnson: “reiterated that the UK will do everything in its power to support
Boris met Zelenskyy.
Ukraine’s brave fight against Russia’s brutal and unprovoked
A COUPLE who went on a diving expedition off the coast of Malaysia were found drifting at sea on Friday, April 8 after going missing more than two days earlier. The British man and French woman were spotted by fisherman at around 1am a consider‐ able distance away from where they were last reported. The couple Adrian Peter Chesters, 46, and Alexia Alexandra Molina, 18, are said to be in a stable condition according to Cyril Edward Nuing, the Mersing District Police Chief. A search is still underway for Mrs Chester’s 14‐
invasion and ensure its long term security and prosperity. “The Prime Minister set out new military assistance of 120 armoured vehicles and new an‐ ti‐ship missile systems, to sup‐ port Ukraine in this crucial phase while Russia’s illegal as‐ sault continues. This is in addi‐ tion to the £100 million worth of high‐grade military equip‐ ment already announced, in‐ cluding more Starstreak anti‐ aircraft missiles, another 800 anti‐tank missiles, and high‐ tech loitering munitions for precision strikes.”
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year‐old‐son who is still missing with the search area now having been expanded to cover a much wider area. Two planes, 18 boats and about 90 individuals are involved in the search for the missing boy. The diver instructor, Kristine Grodem, 35, from Norway, was rescued on Thursday after a training dive near Tokong Sanggol, a small island off the southeastern town of Mersing.
Future pandemics SCOTLAND is preparing for pandemics in the fu‐ ture and on April 7, the government announced that Professor Andrew Morris had been appoint‐ ed as Chair of the Scottish Government’s Standing Committee on Pandemic Preparedness (SCoPP). The committee has been designed to ensure that “Scotland can be as prepared as possible to meet future pandemics.” Professor Morris com‐ mented: “I look forward to working with my fellow committee members to address these important issues. We will engage with clinicians and the wider scientific communi‐ ty in Scotland to ensure that our work is informed by a range of expertise. “We will also look to in‐ ternational experience to ensure our report reflects the global nature of pan‐ demics and the interna‐ tional learning that will help us best prepare Scot‐ land to face the future.” Health Secretary Humza Yousaf said: “We are very pleased that Pro‐ fessor Andrew Morris has agreed to be the Chair of the SCoPP. He is adept at distilling complicated sci‐ ence and disparate views into clear and succinct ad‐ vice to the Scottish gov‐ ernment.”
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Scotland’s forests
R ES EA R C H released by Our World in Data shows that Scotland’s forests have recovered to levels last seen nearly 1,000 years ago, as they reach their largest size in 900 years.
In just under a century forest coverage north of the border has grown from around 6 per cent to nearly 18 per cent with a shift to planting faster growing varieties in the 1980’s having
Bridge theft
THIEVES have stolen an entire 18m long, 500 tonne bridge in India. The incident happened in Bihar on Saturday, April 9. According to local au‐ thorities the thieves posed as state officials of an irriga‐ tion programme, who used cutting torches and other equipment to dismantle and remove the bridge. The parts were then removed to an unknown location. According to the local po‐ lice, the bridge had not been in use for nearly 50 years as a newer one had been built. They believe
that because the bridge was not in use and the thieves were dressed as state officials, locals did not think to question their ac‐ tivities. The police are now inves‐ tigating the bizarre incident and have appealed for help to identify and locate those involved. Steel theft remains a problem in many develop‐ ing countries with recyclers often willing to pay for steel that has been stolen, however for thieves to steal an entire bridge is un‐ usual.
proven more sustain‐ able. Scotland has been cov‐ ered by forests ever since the end of the ice age some 11,000 years ago, but deforestation had already claimed large parts by the time the Romans arrived on the British Isles some 2,000 years ago. The first real attempts to build the country’s forests came after the First World War, when shortages of many basic commodities resulted in the government planting pine trees across large swathes of countryside. Pine trees however, proved bad for Scottish biodiversity prompting the shift in the 80s to faster growing species like Sitka Spruce. Whilst those species are helping the govern‐ ment achieve its goal of 21 per cent coverage by 2032, they are harming local woodlands.
THIS April you can observe what is commonly known as the ‘Pink Moon’, or in Spain, the ‘Easter Moon’ on Saturday, April 16. The full moon in April is called pink because it is in this month that the mossy phlox begins to bloom. This is a flower with pink tones that is native to North America. In Spain, the full moon in April is also known as the Easter moon, because it is the one that always coin‐ cides with the celebration of the Holy Week festivi‐ ties. Other names dedicated to this full moon around the world are the ‘egg moon’, or the ‘hunter’s moon’, although this name is familiar mostly in the countries of the southern hemisphere. That is because it is the full moon that follows af‐ ter the harvest moon. In New Zealand, this lu‐ nar month is called Paen‐ gawhawha, or Haratua, which indicates that the time has come to collect the harvest. This April moon, which
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Pink moon FULL MOON: Also known as the Easter moon in Spain.
is in the constellation of Vir‐ go, is especially bright and has more illumination, not
only on Saturday April 16, but also during the days be‐ fore and after.
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THE Runaway Bride Race in Belgium is expected to raise €15,000 for charity Stand Up to Cancer and the Breast Clinic at the Jan Yperman hospital in Ypres. The original idea for this particular raise came to cele‐ brate the 10th anniversary of the opening of the bridal shop Els‐Lucienne in 2019 which is based in Leper and around 150 runners raised €7,500 for the Think Pink charity. Els herself wanted this event to benefit the fight against cancer, because in the beginning of 2019 her mother died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 66.
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Times Square explosion TOURISTS were seen running from Times Square on Sunday, April 10 after a manhole ex‐ ploded at around 7pm. One resident described how their “whole apart‐ ment” shook after three manhole fires possibly caused the explosion. The New York Fire De‐ partment has not re‐ vealed what caused the manhole explosion fires. According to reports car‐ bon monoxide levels were elevated in the area after the blast. Taking to Twitter one local said: “Feeling re‐ lieved. With it being the start Holy Week, I was very scared. When I say my whole apartment shook, my goodness! Hop‐ ing to get more details on the manhole explosion. Two in two years. Wild.” An electrical company spokesperson comment‐ ed: “One manhole explod‐ ed in the Times Square area this evening due to
cable failure, and a second manhole was smoking. “At this time, there have been no customer
outages, and no reports of injuries or property dam‐ age. Our crews remain on location.”
JENNIFER LOPEZ has confirmed she is engaged to actor Ben Affleck after fans spotted a large green diamond ring on her wedding finger. The ‘Jenny From The Block’ singer shared the news in a ‘major an‐ nouncement’ via her newsletter, On The JLo, on Friday, April 8. Fans subscribed to her newsletter, which Lopez, 52, describes as her “in‐ ner circle,” received an email containing a video of herself crying and looking down at her sparkling diamond ring. A rep for the singer and actress confirmed the happy news on Fri‐
€10bn for Ukraine the people of Ukraine. Polish President Andrzej Duda joined the event along with von der Leyen, while
day. The singer’s sister shared the video on Twitter, writing: ‘Major announcement!!!!’ In the video, she gushed: “So I have a real‐ ly exciting and special story to share...” The mum of two added a diamond ring emoji to her Twitter han‐ dle as well, further teas‐ ing the engagement. She and actor, Ben, 49, famously dated nearly two decades ago and got engaged for the first time in November 2002. They split in 2004 but resparked their romance, much to the surprise of fans, in 2021.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Satur‐ day April 9, that €10 billion has been pledged in support of Ukraine and its refugees from an international fundraising drive. Making the announce‐ ment in Warsaw, von der Leyen said that the event, called ‘Stand Up For Ukraine,’ had generated €9.1 billion that will go to‐ wards rebuilding the country and to helping its more than four million refugees recov‐ er. She also said that the Eu‐ ropean Bank for Reconstruc‐ tion and Development (EBRD) is adding another €1 billion bringing the total up to €10.1 billion. The event was convened jointly by von der Leyen and Canadian Prime Minis‐ ter Justin Trudeau, and was put together to prompt po‐ litical leaders and global celebrities to provide fund‐ ing and other donations for
THE EURO WEEKLY NEWS has urged its readers to support local businesses in the com‐ munity by shopping locally in recent times. Now things are heading back to normal, we challenge you to maintain that habit by supporting local high streets, markets, butch‐ ers, greengrocers and all of the wonderfully quirky inde‐ pendent businesses in your area. Local businesses make our
villages, towns and cities what they are. They add unique character. They are conve‐ nient. And they offer excellent produce from known suppli‐ ers. The joy of shopping locally means that independent busi‐ nesses can support the local community. You may find something a euro or two cheaper online but have you considered where your money is actually going?By shopping locally you’re putting food on a
local family’s table and there is nothing better than giving back to the communities that have given us so much. Local stores support charities and they sponsor local sports teams. In many cases, they are much more than just a busi‐ ness, they’re a legacy. They may have supported genera‐ tions of the same family. Like‐ wise, brand new local stores and bars may help the genera‐ tions of the future fulfil their dreams and ambitions. Remember, your local store is going up against multinationals and chains. They can’t win that battle on their own. So give them your support. Spending your money locally will make a real difference to the local economy. Local businesses re‐
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Maradona’s £4m shirt
FORMER England midfielder Steve Hodge looks set to earn more than £4 million at auction for the shirt he swapped with Diego Maradona after the famous ‘Hand Of God’ 1986 World Cup game in Mexico. Hodge, 59, has been the shirt’s ‘proud owner’ ever since. Following Maradona’s death in 2020 Hodge re‐ sisted offers to buy the shirt, but has now had a change of mind. The number 10 emblazoned Argentina strip will be sold by Sotheby’s at an online auction opening on Wednesday, April 20. It is currently on display at the auction house’s Lon‐ don offices and is expected to sell for more than £4 mil‐ lion. Hodge said: “The Hand of God shirt has deep cultural meaning to the football world, the people of Argentina and the people of England and I’m certain that the new owner will have immense pride in owning the world’s most iconic football shirt.”
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A TIME TO SHINE returned to Benidorm Palace on Sunday, April 10, after a long ab‐ sence due to the pandemic, reuniting an en‐ thusiastic dance community in a day of dance, drama and delight. Sponsored by Euro Weekly News, the Palace was packed with excited dancers, emo‐ tional coaches and an enthusiastic crowd as performing arts and dance schools from along the Costa Blanca joined together for this dance spectacular. The stunning event was organised and led by Lucy Glister from Spotlight Productions who meticulously oversaw all aspects of the event, from initial contact of the schools to re‐ hearsals and the main showcase. Each of the team’s coaches praised Lucy for all her efforts and revealed how special the event was the children and dance community as a whole. “Lucy is brilliant,” said FootWork Dance Stu‐ dio’s Principal, Erica Dorrill. “She has been wonderful. From her initial invitation email to the organisation of the show.” The return of the showcase clearly meant a lot to Erica and her students. “It’s emotional, I’ll be crying,” the principal of the Los Montesinos dance school said ahead of her student’s performance. “It’s an honour for kids to perform on this stage,” she told EWN. “I always tell the parents to really savour the oppor‐ tunity to see them up there.” She added: “It has been won‐ derful meeting all the teams and everyone has been so supportive of each other. “It’s been a
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hard time since the break, but the support has been amazing,” she said, “we even have peo‐ ple flying over especially [for the show].” Among the schools performing was the Spanish team of Escuela de Danza La Nucia run by Beatriz Vaello. The classical ballet and Spanish dance school spoke to Euro Weekly News and ex‐ pressed their gratitude for the event. “This has been a wonderful opportunity to get to know the other schools,” the Benidorm dance school said. “It is brilliant practice for our own
festival and a great venue for the young chil‐ dren to showcase what they have learnt.” Lucy stressed the importance of the event and shared her excitement at its return. “It is important for the children to gain expe‐ rience at a big venue and it’s wonderful to see so many young dancers get the opportunity to showcase their talent, without it being com‐ petitive,” she told EWN. It was the ninth show at Benidorm Palace for Spotlight Productions, giving young per‐ formers their time to shine on Europe’s largest stage.
Following the success of the event, Lucy now hopes ‘A Time To Shine’ can return stronger than ever. “Before the pandemic, teams would travel from the UK and across Europe to take part in the event,” she said. “I am now hoping that the success and ex‐ posure of the event will help bring in more teams and we can start to run more big shows a year.” The following schools performed at the Eu‐ ro Weekly News’ sponsored event: Academia de Danza Babylon, Careline Performing Arts and Dance Academy, Endanza, Escuela de Danza La Nucia, Escola de Danza Lorena Moll, Footworks esquela de danza, FootWork Dance Studio, Escuela de Danza Pirouette, Star Studios Dance and Stage School. While the wonderful event was well received by the thor‐ oughly entertained Palace audience, it was the 320 dancers, both young and old, who gained the most encourage‐ ment and enjoy‐ ment from their time to shine on the big stage ‐ with the hope of more shows to come in the future. Escuela de Danza Nucia performed for large crowds at Benidorm Palace.
If any dance or performing arts school would like to be part of the next fabulous event, please contact Lucy on 671 967 150 or Lucy@spotlightproductions.es.
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Stuffed animals found S E P R O N A officers in Valencia have uncov‐ ered the biggest‐ever collection of stuffed animals to be found in Spain. Officers of the Guardia Civil’s Nature Protection Service (Se‐ prona), made the dis‐ covery in Betera on Wednesday, April 6. During the search of a property, they uncov‐
ered a total of 1,090 pieces of taxidermy and complete stuffed ani‐ mals. These items were, in some cases, al‐ ready packed and pre‐ pared for smuggling to clients. The full collec‐ tion has an estimated value of €29 million and is one of the biggest finds of its kind ever in Europe. As a result, they have
placed one of the sons of the well‐known late Valencian businessman Francisco Ros Casares under investigation for a possible crime against wildlife. The accused has not been detained. According to police, of the specimens found, 405 belonged to CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of
Will Smith banned
AFTER the slapping inci‐ dent involving comedian Chris Rock on stage at the recent Oscars ceremony on Sunday, March 27, Will Smith has been banned from the Oscars for 10 years. He will however be allowed to keep his award for Best Actor. A decision was reached by the 54‐ person Board of Gover‐ nors of the Academy on Friday, April 8. Furious de‐ bates had surrounded the event in which Smith re‐ acted badly to a joke about his wife Jada Pin‐ kett Smith’s shaved head. Moments after slapping Chris Rock, Smith’s name was read out as the recipi‐ ent of the Best Actor award for his role in ‘King Richard’. The emotional actor collected his Oscar
and apologised to the Academy and all those present for his actions earlier. Smith then posted a long apology on Insta‐ gram the following day. Many had insisted that
Will Smith should be stripped of his golden statuette, while others preferred to believe it was a staged incident. He eventually made the deci‐ sion to resign from the Academy.
and finally... IN the lead up to Earth Day on Friday April 22, Lind‐ sey Cole travelled to Denmark’s capital to share ad‐ venture stories, read her book The Mermaid and the Cow and teach youngsters science so they are able to monitor the health of their favourite local body of water. She plans to be swimming around the statue of the Little Mermaid situated on the Langelinie promenade in Copenhagen at around 4pm on Sun‐ day April 17 and will then sit on the side and give a free talk to those who turn up.
Wild Fauna and Flora). Some of them are even extinct, such as the oryx dammah, or prac‐ tically extinct, such as the addax, or the Ben‐ gal tiger.
TAXIDERMY: The full collection has an estimated value of €29 million.
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Nuclear attack defences MARGARITA ROBLES, Spain’s Defence Minister, announced on Friday, April 8, that the Military Pharma‐
cy Centre in Madrid is work‐ ing on developing defences to possible nuclear, biologi‐ cal or chemical attacks.
Richest woman
SINGER Rihanna has found herself on the latest Forbes list, becoming the richest woman in the music industry with a total worth of €1.56 billion. Back in 2017, the music recording superstar launched her make‐up and skincare brand, Fenty Beauty. In recent years, there have been many singers who have decided to combine their musical careers with busi‐ ness, creating their own businesses and firms related to cosmetics. Jennifer Lopez created JLo Beauty in 2020, Se‐ lena Gomez joined this world last year with Rare Beauty, and the last to join a similar project was Ariana Grande. The incredible entrepreneur from Barbados has out‐ done them all though, and earned herself a place on the prestigious Forbes list. A total of 2,668 people appear in this ranking, with Ri‐ hanna ranked at 1,729. Her fortune amounts to a total of €1.56 billion, almost approaching the wealth of col‐ leagues such as Jay‐Z, and Kayne West.
After visiting the San Pe‐ dro de Colmenar Viejo Base in Madrid, which is operat‐ ing as a logistics hub, the minister admitted that there is a concern, both within NA‐ TO and the European Union about the possibility of an at‐ tack from Russia. She said that due to the cruelty of the war in Ukraine, “it is a scenario that cannot be ruled out,” while asking for alarm not to be raised ahead of time. However, the minister has stressed that the Military Pharmacy Centre has “mag‐ nificent” skills as well as pro‐ fessionals who are working on defences in order to be able to respond to a nuclear, biological or chemical attack. It offers “peace of mind,” she added, highlighting that the risk only exists because Russia has these capabilities.
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Turbine trouble
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THE rotor and three blades fell off a turbine that’s part of the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Denmark on Wednesday April 6 according to Orsted, the world’s largest developer of offshore wind farms which asked authorities to stop maritime traffic near its sites.
NEXT year, the Danish capital will present its tourists and residents with a variety of events and activities focusing on architecture, after Copenhagen was chosen to be the World Capital of Architecture for 2023 by UNESCO and the International Union of Architects.
THE NETHERLANDS Ministry fined
Cheese Gromit!
AN investigation by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has found that there was insufficient internal security in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has fined it €565,000 for possible breaches of the privacy of people making visa applications going back years.
INVESTIGATORS in Holland may need to call in Wallace and Gromit to track down thieves who have been plaguing cheese manufacturers over the last few months, undertaking ‘cheese heists’ around the country with the latest seeing the theft of 1,600 kilos of cheese worth €21,000.
BELGIUM Thrifty royal
Mopeds GO
AFTER jokingly telling a customer at his thrift store in Avelgem that the quality of the goods was so good that King Filip was due in, the manager wrote to the king and invited him to the shop and at the beginning of April the king turned up.
A LARGE number of e-mopeds owned by Dutch company GO Sharing which opened in Brussels last winter have been stolen, as it appears that someone has worked out how to bypass the renting system and has been selling the secret online for €20.
GERMANY LIDL Lines
Alleged spy
SUPERMARKET Group LIDL has confirmed that it has set up Tailwind Shipping Lines and plans to purchase container ships in order to get around the supply chain delays which have been adversely affecting retailers around the world. Perhaps next step will be cruise ships.
A FORMER security guard at the British Embassy in Berlin, 57-year-old David Ballantyne Smith was extradited from Potsdam by German police on April 6 and appeared at Westminster Court accused of nine counts of collection and communication of information useful to the Russian state.
FRANCE Medical Deserts
Possible fraud
ALTHOUGH the quality of the French healthcare system is admired by many, it appears that there are severe shortages of doctors in certain parts of the country which the French now call Medical Deserts and it could take 10 years to train enough new medics.
FRANCE'S financial prosecutor revealed on April 6 that it had opened a preliminary investigation into the role of private consultancy firms such as McKinsey used by the Macron Administration and possible tax fraud, just days ahead of the first round of France's presidential election.
NORWAY Long ship
Radical reform
ALTHOUGH not due to ravish settlements on the British coast any time soon, the world’s longest reconstructed Viking ship, the 30metre-long Havhingsten (the Sea Stallion) returned to the water on April 9, having spent the winter on land for its safety.
IN an effort to save money, the Norwegian government has decided to effectively halve the number of counties in the country and to merge many existing counties into one. Whilst some councils are quite happy about this, some 13 have indicated that they will fight the decision.
FINANCE Digital investment ACCORDING to a statement made by President Pedro Sánchez on Tuesday April 5, the Spanish government plans to earmark €11 billion to develop the country’s microchip and semiconductor industry as part of his vision of transforming the country’s economy and making the nation a world digital leader.
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is the amount that Greenval Technologies plans to spend in constructing four reclamation plants in Spain in order to reduce mountains of worn-out tyres.
Relations between Spain and Morocco reinstated Credit: Pool Moncloa/Borja Puig
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Pay rise SAINSBURY’S has said it is raising the pay for some of its London staff following pressure from share‐ holders so that workers at outer London stores will be paid the same £11.05 hourly rate as inner London colleagues meaning they will receive the voluntary Real Living Wage.
Social Security THE Spanish government is considering having to close many Social Security offices due to shortage of staff and the prognosis is bad, as a large proportion of staff are nearing retirement age and the department has lost 20 per cent of its workforce in the last 10 years.
Speedy delivery WAITROSE has announced it is working more closely with Deliveroo in the UK and is adding more than 70 new Waitrose locations this summer so that even more of its customers can benefit from speedy home or office delivery from a range of 1,000 products.
Shell and Russia AFTER being heavily criticised for purchasing cheap oil from Russia even after the invasion of Ukraine, Shell has announced that it will dispose of its assets in that country as soon as it can. It currently has short term contracts with different organisations in Russia which it says it is bound to honour, but has undertaken not to buy any more oil from there or enter into any new contracts until the British government indicates this is possible. The company which has joint ventures with energy giant Gazprom as well as investments in liquid gas, an oilfield and an energy project told the BBC that the withdrawal would cost around £3.8 billion.
Meeting with the King in Rabat.
MOROCCO’S King Mohammed VI welcomed Pedro Sánchez to Rabat on Thursday April 7 as years of deadlock were put to the past. The main bones of contention between the two neighbours con‐ cerned perceived smuggling into the Kingdom from Spanish en‐ claves of Ceuta and Melilla and recognition of Morocco’s posses‐ sion of the former Spanish Sahara. Whilst those living there and who named the area the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic are complete‐ ly opposed to this recognition and the Spanish government has taken a pragmatic view that Spain will benefit from a closer relationship
with the Moroccans. By also agreeing the progressive recovery of full normality in the movement of goods and merchan‐ dise at the border crossings of Ceu‐ ta and Melilla, including the appro‐ priate customs and people control devices at land and sea level, Spain will benefit economically. Since the outbreak of the pan‐ demic, ferry services between Spain and Morocco were can‐ celled (although they were al‐ lowed between France and the Kingdom) which means that im‐ ports and exports will now be easier to arrange and the annual migration across Spain by Moroc‐
can nationals will return. This new relationship provides for the setting up of working groups for coordination in all those areas of common interest, such as the already existing permanent group on migration, the creation of others in the economic field, infras‐ tructure, education, professional training, culture and sport. “We are embarking on a new journey in our long‐shared history that should allow us to confidently face the challenges, but also the multiple opportunities for the fu‐ ture: A true partnership for the 21st century,” said Sánchez following his visit.
Chancellor’s wife non-dom status RISHI SUNAK’S wife Akshata Murty has denied claims that she’s a tax dodger and has defended her non‐ domicile tax status. The Chancellor has faced questions over his wife’s tax status as she holds a multi‐million‐pound stake in her fa‐ ther’s firm Infosyss, but most of Mr Sunak’s wife’s finances are based overseas according to the Treasury. The Treasury confirmed though that this was declared when the Chancellor took on the job, (accord‐ ing to the British press on Thursday April 7) although some have suggest‐
ed that the situation is similar to hav‐ ing a fox guarding the hen house. The simple explanation is that she remains an Indian citizen and there‐ fore is able to claim non‐dom tax sta‐ tus for 15 years after returning to the UK and therefore is only required to pay tax on her UK interests, not on any money earned overseas (al‐ though she may pay tax in India). Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has defended her non‐dom tax status and he believes that the criticisms against her are “completely unfair”. Speaking to BBC Breakfast he ex‐
plained: "I think she's been very clear, she's been very transparent, the Chancellor's been very transparent, and this non‐dom status has been part of the UK tax system for more than 200 years." Whilst what she is doing may be perfectly legal, there is no obligation for her to choose non‐dom status and presumably is doing so for tax reasons which the Labour Party find objectionable when she resides in the UK especially as her husband is re‐ sponsible for setting rules on taxa‐ tion.
Mighty Mercadona THE Valencian Institute of Economic Studies (Ivie) has said that Spanish grocery chain Mercadona generat‐ ed the equivalent of just over 2 per cent of Spain’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and accounted for 3.7 per cent of employ‐ ment in 2021. The report published by Ivie estimates that the su‐ permarket paid more than €9 billion in tax from a turnover of €27.4 billion a n d w h e n t a k i n g i n t o a c‐ count all operating costs including staff wages, pay‐ ment to suppliers and in‐ vestments in building and other support areas, it con‐ tributed €25.1 billion to the Spanish economy. Considering that this pri‐ vately owned company was only founded in 1977 as a small butcher’s shop, it has grown to be one of the largest in Spain in less than 50 years.
€35 billion for Russia THE EU has paid Russia €35 billion for gas and oil since the start of the inva‐ sion of Ukraine admitted Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign policy, in an inter‐ view with PBS America on Thursday April 7 which compares with €1.2 billion given to Ukraine in emer‐ gency aid. In fairness, much of the payment to Russia has been frozen by banks in the EU and G7, but at some stage the money in hard currency will end up in Russia once some form of peace settlement is reached. In the meantime, the EU is banning the impor‐ tation of Russian coal, but the value of this is negligible when com‐ pared to oil and gas which is still needed by European nations.
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Recovery funds SPANISH Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, confirmed on Wednesday April 6 that €9 billion of European funds to finance the Re‐ covery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR) have already been dis‐ tributed (or will be shortly after being approved) to autonomous communi‐ ties and councils.
P&O Ferries THE fact that P&O Ferries suspended all of its Dover to Calais sailings after sacking all of its marine staff has added to the problems of import and export of goods, but sub‐ ject to inspection by the Maritime Coastguard Agency it hopes to have two vessels back in service shortly.
Saudi visit DURING an official visit to Spain, the Saudi Minister of Economy and Planning, met his Spanish counter‐ part Nadia Calviño on April 5 to discuss matters of common interest and ways to enhance econom‐ ic and trade relations be‐ tween the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Spain.
Recovering gold AFTER Gordon Brown when Chancellor made the colossal mistake of selling off much of the UK’s gold reserves at low prices, the Royal Mint has now announced that it plans to recover gold from the circuit boards of elec‐ tronic waste to use in making sovereigns.
Restaurant prices rise A PIZZA costs 10 per cent more to eat in a Spanish restaurant than in 2020 ac‐ cording to a report compiled by Barcelona based Artificial Intelligence company Delec‐ tatech. The CEO of the company Xavier Mallol suggests that the increase in raw materials has caused restaurant menu prices to increase, so, using the example of the pizza this has been borne out by the jump in price of dairy, flour and toppings. Setting aside running costs such as rent and utility bills, taxes and staff costs, the in‐ gredients for the average piz‐ za cost no more than €2 so the margin of profit is signifi‐ cant and the extra costs are certainly being passed on to the consumer. With inflation shooting up, particularly thanks to the cost of fuel and energy, the aver‐ age price increase in restau‐ rants is considered overall to be around 8.5 per cent, but
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COMPANY CEO: Xavier Mallol with microphone at a recent industry fair in Madrid.
this doesn’t yet take the Ukraine effect into account. Consumers currently have less money to spend due to the same inflationary pres‐ sures affecting restaurants but because they were held back from eating out for so long due to the pandemic, there is still an urge to visit
restaurants more regularly. Add to this, the fact that due to the lockdown, more people started to order food for delivery and it can be seen that the hospitality industry can expect a reasonable year ahead, especially with the ex‐ pected surge in tourism in the Costas.
This is of course a double‐ edged sword as more staff will be taken on and leave the ranks of the unemployed, but due to new labour laws it will cost employers more to re‐ cruit kitchen and front of house staff, which in turn is likely to increase costs as well.
Morrisons to raise funds AMERICAN owners of Morrisons plan to sell property worth £500 million just months after the takeover. One of the undertakings that Clayton Dubilier and Rice (CD&R) gave in order to gain approval of its £7 billion takeover was that it wouldn’t sell off and then leaseback its valuable store portfolio at least in the early part of its ownership. The bid document said: “Bidco [the company formed by the firm to imple‐ ment the deal] recognises that the high proportion of freehold ownership of the Morrisons store estate is a particu‐ lar strength of the business which has been carefully preserved over many years and will continue to be a corner‐ stone of Morrisons. “Bidco does not intend to engage in any material store sale and leaseback
OFTEN seen as being on op‐ posite sides of the economic and political spectrum, Spain and the Netherlands present‐ ed a joint document to pro‐ mote the reform of European fiscal rules on April 4. Appearing with the Dutch Finance Minister, Sidrid
Morrisons profits take a dip.
transactions.” According to the British press, whilst bearing this in mind, CD&R are looking to appoint advisers to arrange the sale of many of its manufacturing and distri‐ bution facilities across the UK in a bid to recover some of its investment. In the meantime, a spokesperson for
Morrisons indicated that it experienced a fall in earnings in the three‐month pe‐ riod ending on January 30, with under‐ lying quarterly profits falling almost 10 per cent to £316 million due to infla‐ tionary pressures and this could be made worse by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Promoting fiscal reform Kaag, in Luxembourg, Fi‐ nance Minister Nadia Calviño agreed that it was important to the integration of finan‐ cial markets, by adapting the Stability and Growth Pact to
current challenges, the cul‐ mination of the Banking Union and the Union of Capi‐ tal Markets. “We must leave behind the divisive debates and build on
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Primark online PRIMARK shoppers can now check out available stock online in the UK as the company unveiled its new website on April 7. The new website comes with a traffic light system to help shoppers know when and where stock is available. The website also comes complete with improved photos and allows shop‐ pers to look for items by colour, size and style. Paul Marchant, Pri‐ mark’s chief executive ex‐ plained: “We know our customers love the expe‐ rience of shopping with Primark and the surprises they pick up when they come into our stores ‐ it’s what makes Primark spe‐ cial.” It is expected that the new website will soon be extended to its business‐ es in 13 other countries by September.
Bank of Spain Credit: Morrisons Press Centre
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the basis of the strong exist‐ ing consensus on actions with priorities to strengthen the European economy and face the challenges of the present and future,” she said.
THE latest supervisory report from the Bank of Spain published on April 7 covers the situ‐ ation with the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the direct exposure of Spanish banks to possi‐ ble default from Rus‐ sian borrowers. Ev e n t h o u g h t h e amount involved is considerably less than €1 billion, the Gover‐ nor Pablo Hernandez de Cos warned the commercial banks to keep a close eye on customers who did trade with Russia as their situation could become difficult. In addition, in order to cope with possible hardship caused by spi‐ ralling energy costs ex‐ perienced by industry and consumers in Spain, banks were ad‐ vised not to write down existing provi‐ sions at this time.
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT WITH the British media’s almost fanatical fixation on interviewing minorities for their opinions on almost every subject under the sun, would it be too much to ask that, among all the disquiet and griping, they could select at least one or two that are happy with their lot and satisfied with their often adopted country of residence? Not much chance of that of course. The BBC in particular is hell bent on disproportionately promoting and inciting discontented minorities, purely because they are fully aware that by encouraging their dissatisfaction of the present government they may just garner enough votes to scrape a favourable left wing victory in the next election. It’s for the same reason they pander to the youngsters by giving maximum publicity to their antigovernment demonstrations and environmental protests. This left wing, woke infested bunch, actually set out on the campaign trail within months of Corbyn’s Marxist marauders rout in the last election. They were fully aware that the more mature and experienced indigenous population was never going to vote in a
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BBC HELL BENT party whose tenures ALWAYS ended in utter failure. The only reason Tony Blair was a brief success was because he was more right wing than many of the opposition, and even that term culminated with Brown selling off over 50 per cent of the UK’s gold reserves and hijacking the people’s pension fund! They know they need to court the youngsters and ethnic population who have never experienced the incompetence and failures of the left. They have blatantly honed in on the naïve innocents, those who have never seen the hypocritical bully boys of the unions smirking on the steps of Downing Street, or paralysing the country with their strikes and walkouts before returning to their multi‐million dollar villas on the Costas. Rest assured the economic policies and subsequent empty coffers of a left wing government would never have managed to provide the assistance and financial aid to companies and the public to get the country through the recent Covid pandemic. Margaret Thatcher was absolutely correct when she observed that the problem with socialists was that they always ultimately ‘ran out of other
people’s money’. And while we’re on the subject of filthy lucre, irrespective of the so‐called moral implications this latest furor over the wealth Rishi Sunak’s wife has created, it does bring to mind the old adage of stones and glass houses. While Kier Starmer is gleefully spouting off about the ‘arrogant hypocrisy’ of the Chancellor and his wife, perhaps he would also like to tell us all how he truly understands and feels the ‘pain’ of the ordinary man in the street as he appraises the £8 million fortune he has in the bank or relaxes in the £2 million luxury home he is driven home to every night! I’ve prattled on so much this week that I have no space to relate the ‘revenge’ of our much maligned ‘plastered’ bridegroom. Just have to linger another seven I’m afraid. Ah well, worth the wait I can assure you. Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com expatradioscotland Mon. Fri. 1pm till 4pm. To read more articles from our columnists and to have your say in the comments go to www.euroweeklynews.com
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Now Streaming - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story ONCE one of the UK’s most beloved television personali‐ ties, this Netflix true‐crime mini‐series delves into the bizarre and horrifying life of Jimmy Savile and how he in‐ filtrated the hearts of the public as well as politics and the royal family. This two‐part documen‐ tary exposes the frightening reality of how one of the UK’s most famous and well‐ loved TV personalities hid in plain sight and how show‐ business and the political es‐ tablishment allowed him to abuse hundreds of people over decades. This docu‐ mentary has an 86 per cent critic rating and a 54 per cent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes and, at times, can be triggering for some. The first part of the docu‐ mentary explores how Savile won over both the public and the ruling classes, ap‐ pearing on the BBC regularly, raising millions for charity, spending time with politi‐ cians such as Margaret
Thatcher and even giving ad‐ vice to the royal family. The second part of this mi‐ ni‐series explores how Savile used his charity work to prey on the most vulnerable peo‐ ple in society. Volunteering at hospitals and raising mon‐ ey for children gave him ac‐ cess to abuse these people behind closed doors, hiding behind his facade of blonde hair, shell suits and cigars. His victims were terrified to expose Savile, one of the most famous men in Britain who appeared on Top of the Pops regularly and made children’s dreams come true in Jim’ll Fix It. Throughout his career, Savile even hinted at his true self on camera and in public, but the huge red flags were ignored. This mini‐series is worth a watch for true crime lovers and those interested in delv‐ ing deeper into this disturb‐ ing tragedy, with some infor‐ mation released that has not been previously shared with the public.
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LIKE an essential riposte to the contin‐ uing waves of appalling global events, crime novels have seen a sales boom since lockdown, a trend unforeseen even by hard‐bitten crime fiction de‐ tectives. Understandably anxious about volatility in the real world, read‐ ers now seek reassurance in stories where baddies get their just deserts. Crime writer David Baldacci said readers turned to his novels to see the good guys win. “When times are stress‐ ful and it looks like the bad is winning out over the good, along comes the genre of crime novels to put the bal‐ ance back in life. People inherently don’t like folks who do bad to get away with it. In real life they do all the time, because of a variety of factors. But in novels, evil’s punished, and the good guys mostly win, after solving the puz‐ zle.” People face many challenges in life and crime fiction lets readers forget
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The comfort of crime: Crime fiction sales boom is no mystery
LATEST NOVEL: Death in Windermere investigating a chilling cold case.
about their own struggles. They like a ‘formula’. There’s a death. A detective investigates. The perpetrator is un‐ masked in a plot involving cunning clues, red herrings and final justice. No mystery at all! In Death in Windermere, the latest in my own psychological crime thriller se‐ ries featuring investigative journalist Al‐ ice Myers, DI Barbara Forster is investi‐ gating a chilling cold case, but what at first seems an isolated child’s death soon becomes a conspiracy of secrets and lies. Within days, three young women are found dead in suspicious circumstances leaving behind suicide notes. But it is only when Barbara and Alice begin working together that the truth starts to emerge. And it is Alice who puts her life at risk going undercover in her search for the truth and justice for the victims confronting, amongst oth‐ ers, a famous TV soap opera star ‐ with harrowing consequences.
Murder and mystery, drugs and sex, secrecy and sensationalism, all unfold‐ ing against a background of small‐town ambitions and big‐time egos in a fraught tale of wrecked lives, family tragedy and moral consequences as the gradually building nightmare gathers steam, keeping you guessing right up to the explosive double twist climax. Nora Johnson’s other psychological crime thrillers ‘The Sentinel’, ‘No Safe Place’, ‘Betrayal’, ‘The Girl in the Woods’, ‘The Girl in the Red Dress’, ‘No Way Back’, ‘Landscape of Lies’, ‘Retri‐ bution’, ‘Soul Stealer’, ‘The De Cleram‐ bault Code’ (www.nora‐johnson.net) available online as eBook (€0.99; £0.99), Apple Books, paperback and audiobook. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity. To read more articles from our columnists and to have your say in the comments go to www.euroweeklynews.com
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Visiting Zaragoza LOCATED on the banks of the River Ebro and a short distance from the incredible and imposing Pyrenees mountain range lies the beautiful municipality of Zaragoza. Zaragoza is the fifth largest city in Spain and boasts a variety of things to do for visitors and tourists - from picturesque plazas and parks to stunning cathedrals and fortresses. Perhaps the most popular places to visit in Zaragoza are the Aljaferia Palace, the Basilica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar and the Catedral del Salvador de Zaragoza, however, there is much more to Zaragoza than cathedrals and palaces. The city centre is a hub for fashion and shopping, with hundreds of high street stores and lots of little boutiques. The city comes alive at night with people of all ages and a buzzing atmosphere at the many bars and restaurants. Known for tapas, the network of alleyways that makes up El Tubo is a definite must visit. Soak up the typical Spanish atmosphere in the various tapas restaurants serving fish,
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croquettes, mushrooms cooked in different ways and, of course, a cold beer. The Green Belt of Zaragoza also puts the city on the map. The network of green spaces such as parks and woodlands are a wonderful place to explore and take some time away from the hustle and bustle of the city centre. Not a typical tourist destination, Zaragoza is a stunning city filled with culture, food, beautiful narrow streets, green spaces and plenty of shopping.
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Pandemic, pandemonium and poo paper
SUZANNE MANNERS DEAR readers prepare, I am here to talk about the ‘you know what’. Well a little bit anyway. Two years ago, I left work after the lockdown was announced and decided to stop off at my local supermarket to buy some chicken for dinner. I vividly remember the shock at the sight of all the empty shelves, even the vegan food had gone, no meat, no frozen produce, no tins of beans and most startlingly no toilet paper. There was however several jars of Marmite. Call me naive but I was totally un‐ prepared for the sight of empty shelves out‐ side of my own kitchen. An old lady circled slowly in the middle of the aisle bewildered by the emptiness. “Is there a war on?” she asked. “Have aliens finally invaded? Are we to be shipped off to Gulags on Mars?” Stepping expertly away from her I pon‐ dered this question. Indeed a pandemic is a war of sorts and bodies are being invaded by alien viruses, nasty little creatures with no idea of the Geneva convention. Virus, war, alien invasion. What is it about human be‐ ings that makes us panic in the face of adver‐ sity and start stockpiling toilet paper? What are we afraid of? Using bidets perhaps. Is this
STOCK PILING: Use only what you need.
a mistrust of our leader’s ability to keep our bottoms clean? Or are we naturally self serv‐ ing and selfish, thinking only of our own comfort and survival. The following day in the same supermarket I witnessed a fight over toilet paper.
A lone woman in tears,clutching a scrap of plastic from one of the piled packs of toilet paper in the trolley ahead of her which was being fiercely defended by a platoon of Chechyn rebels. Only joking, it was two burly teenagers and a mum and dad in matching
leopard print leggings. Thankfully not every‐ one will sink to those depths. Indeed the heroic, and mightily fed up, supermarket employees liberated all but one pack of toilet rolls from the groaning trolley and gave the family a sound expletive ridden ticking off (I love Spanish supermarket workers) while distributing packs to those who had none. It seems the first casualty of this war is not truth, but the loss of human dignity. This weekend, unfortunately, due to the hauliers strike the spectre of empty shelves has returned to haunt us. Yet again toilet rolls are as sparse as a billionaire’s con‐ science. Someone, somewhere has a heck of a lot of toilet paper tucked away in their garage gathering dust. If we all just calm down and stop panicking we would realise that there is enough to go round, that we are lucky that we will not starve, our electricity, though ridiculously expensive, is on and our heating working. We have food, warmth and shelter. This is not a war. It is a strike. There is enough toilet paper to keep all of Spain clean and fresh but only if we consume what we need and no more.
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CLAIRE GORDON FINDING BALANCE IN AN UNEVEN WORLD THERE is a famous saying by Holocaust survivor Martin Niemoller about apathy in the face of per‐ secution that unfortu‐ nately seems to be more
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relevant than ever cur‐ rently. “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out ‐ because I was not a socialist. Then
they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out ‐ because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out ‐ because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me ‐ and there was no one left to speak for me.” While he cut a contro‐ versial figure, these words cannot be denied. If people allow groups to be oppressed and say nothing, they are com‐ plicit in the maltreatment because they have not stood up for them. Then when the oppressors turn against them, there will be no one left to help protect them, and the op‐ pressors WILL turn. Peo‐ ple do not seem to realise that there are very few people that right‐wing fa‐
natics actually accept, therefore there are many characteristics that will be suppressed under their tyranny. This week, the UK gov‐ ernment has been flip‐ flopping over a ban re‐ garding conversion therapy, a barbaric prac‐ tice that tries to ‘cure’ people under the LGBTQ+ umbrella of their sexuali‐ ty or gender expression. At first, they assured that a ban would cover every‐ one, then changed their minds to exclude Trans people from the ruling. This decision comes amid a flurry of anti‐Trans sentiment in the news and on social media, which is not at all a coin‐ cidence. Due to pressure from LGBTQ+ groups, par‐ liament has now said they
will look into a full ban once more. This is how people should stand up for each other when things such as this hap‐ pen. For lesbian, gay and bisexual people to stand aside while Trans people are attacked is wrong, es‐ pecially as Trans people have done so much to ad‐ vance the rights of LGB people in the past. It should be for selfless reasons that we stand up for each other, but even if that does not stir people to action, the thought that you’ll be next should. As activist Charlie Craggs has highlighted, we are seeing the effects of peo‐ ple standing by while Trans people are perse‐ cuted in the high courts, the media and the streets in Hungary. With no one
defending Trans people, their right‐wing govern‐ ment has moved on to at‐ tacking LGB people’s rights, banning same‐sex adoption and implement‐ ing a section 28 style law that prohibits the ‘pro‐ motion’ (mention) of ho‐ mosexuality. If more re‐ sistance had been given in the first instance, it may not have gotten to this point. While my discussion this week is about LGBTQ+ rights, the senti‐ ment should not be held into that sphere alone. The more separation and discord oppressors can sow, the more they know people don’t have each other’s backs, then the more they will take away from us all. Before you know it, you’ll be losing too. To read more articles from our columnists and to have your say in the comments go to www.euroweeklynews.com
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PETROL PRICES: There seems to be confusion and it isn’t what the government intended.
FILLED up with petrol today in Torrevieja. Guess what, the price per litre has been increased by the 5c per litre reduction in the last week. So all we are getting is the 15 per cent vat reduction. Is that legal? It certainly isn’t what the government intended. Tony
MESSAGE TO SOLDIERS Soldiers, tell your mothers of the truth in the Ukraine Tell them what you saw, the destruction and the pain
Tell them how a mother and her unborn baby died When the hospital was bombed and the world in sorrow cried How mothers and their children fled their land in fear Their homes no longer standing, losing all that they held dear Tell about the theatre that protected many more Until an air strike killed them as they sheltered on the floor Think of what you’re doing before you end up killing more There must be something you can do to end this dreadful war ©Tricia Gabbitas 2022
MASK OR NO MASK? A LOT of people were very excited about the fact that the wearing of masks indoors (except for public transport, medical centres and residential homes) was to be removed on April 19 in Spain. There is a slightly uncomfortable feel however that the government wanted to delay the implementation until after the Easter celebrations which suggests that it feared that there would be a sharp increase of infections if people were ‘unmuzzled’ at one of the busiest times of the year. There seems to be a real difference of opinion not just from the public at large, but from ‘experts’ about the effectiveness of masks in the first place as some believe they are the cause of different chest infections for those wearing them for a full shift. On the other hand, many believe that they do cut down the spread of Covid-19 infection and the
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Post Brexit My wife and I have lived in Spain for 15 years . We tried to get residencia but we don’t qualify as we are living on my state UK pension and don’t have enough money going into our bank account every month. Does anyone know what would happen at the airport if we tried to go back to England? Would we be detained at passport control for not having a TIE card? I would welcome any information. Many thanks, Peter
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Junta de Andalucia wants to persuade the national government to allow employers to make the wearing of masks compulsory for staff if they want to. The reality is that whilst people have in the past been fairly scrupulous in wearing masks, the last month or so appears to have seen many become less rigorous, especially in small establishments. There are plenty of customers walking in and out of bars and restaurants who are not wearing masks and fewer people are wearing them when walking on busy streets. Certainly, for those who want to continue to wear masks, there is nothing to stop them and for those (possibly the majority) who don’t, they will be free to leave them off. Time will tell if there is a sudden spike, but we can only hope there isn’t.
COVID-19: Are you going to keep wearing your mask?
Jenny Church Can’t wait to go to Mercadona after masks are not needed. Mercadona customers seem to be most brainwashed, cleaning trolleys, hands, then plastic gloves etc. Even seen two people spraying everything in the trolley before putting it in their boot. I shall enter the shop smiling at last, mask free...
David Wardell I think it’s up to every individual as to whether they continue wearing masks. I would still wear mine in certain circumstances, better to be safe than sorry.
Sandra Russell Of course we were fed up wearing masks right from the start. But it made sense so we did it. The UK and Ireland incidents rose enormously when they stopped wearing masks, but I don’t know if the death rate did. I will stop gladly, but with reservations.
Dawn Veitch It’s personal choice. We still wear ours on the bus, taxi and supermarket. Being a bit lax last week in Weymouth resulted in both of us just getting over Covid. Both have had three jabs. Both will be more careful and keep our masks.
Helen Clark I will decide when and where to wear a mask, especially during flu months. For the last two years I haven’t had a winter flu.
Gill Reynolds Still wear one in shops and markets etc, but not in our local bars xxx
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LeClerc wins Australian GP
FERRARI driver Charles Leclerc won the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, April 10, his second win of the sea‐ son. He now leads the driver’s championship with two victo‐ ries already from the first three races. Sergio Perez brought his Red Bull home in second, with Mercedes’ new driver, George Russell taking the third spot on
FERRARI DRIVER: His second win of the season.
Vader in induced coma
DUTCH cyclist Milan Vader, from the Jum‐ bo‐Visma team, is reportedly in an induced coma after his serious crash on Friday, April 8. His accident occurred during the fifth and penultimate stage of the Itzulia Tour of the Basque Country 2022, where the 26‐year‐ old left the road and went over the crash barrier. According to dpa reports, the teammate of Olympic champion Primoz Roglic had to undergo an operation at the Cruces Hospi‐ tal due to the fall he suffered less than 100km from the finish line of the 163.8km stage between the towns of Zamudio and Mallabia. The Dutch rider reportedly had affected
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the podium. World champion Max Verstappen again failed to finish, retiring about two‐ thirds of the way through the race, with a technical failure. Russell’s finish has elevated him into second place in the championship, a brilliant achievement so far in his first season with Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton seems to be strug‐ gling, finishing this race in fourth. The French driver was imposing from start to finish, having secured pole position by a very big margin in qualify‐ ing. His task was made a little easier after Verstappen was in‐ structed over the team radio to stop immediately after complaining he could “smell some weird fluid.” At this point, he was already seven seconds in front of the rest of the field. F1 returns to Europe for the next race, for the Italian Grand Prix at Imola, in two weeks’ time. The timing could not be better with Ferrari be‐ ing in such commanding form, with the opportunity of a win on home soil in the offering.
Shock at Grand National SAM WALEY-COHEN rode Noble Yeats, a 50/1 outsider to vic‐ tory in the Randox Grand National at Aintree racecourse on Saturday, April 9. This was the jockey’s final race, and what a fairytale way to go out. In a thrilling climax, the seven‐year‐old Emmet Mullins‐ trained horse managed to fight off the challenge from Any Sec‐ ond Now, the 15/2 favourite. Delta Work finished third, with Santini filling the fourth position. Gordon Elliott’s Delta Work was pushing the pace but fell short when it mattered. This left Noble Yeats with a one‐on‐ one with Any Second Now. Early casualties included Rachael Blackmore, the defending champion, riding Minella Times. Snow Leopardess was anoth‐ er fancied runner that left the race in the early stages. “He ran for me! He couldn’t go the early pace and I just found a pocket to give him a bit of space to run into. As soon as I asked him, he went,” said an elated Waley‐Cohen after the race.
OUTSIDE WINNER: The jockey’s final race.