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Travelling library THE Provincial Council of Malaga is launching the second edition of its Plan to Encourage Reading Among the Elderly with a mobile li‐ brary that will visit a total of 87 municipali‐ ties with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants in the province of Malaga. The aim of the initiative is to improve and encourage reading habits among the over 65s to favour their mental health, while marking the occasion of World Book Day on April 23. It will begin today, Thursday, April 21, with visits to Algarrobo, Sayalonga and Archez. The president of the Provincial Council of Malaga, Francisco Salado, highlighted the benefits of reading for mental health. “Read‐ ing is a way of feeling like someone is with you, of occupying and stimulating the mind and exercising the memory and concentration. It is a pleasurable and entertaining activity that helps you fall asleep,” he said.
Hosting the final gala.
RINCON D E L A V I C T O R I A will host the final gala of Miss World Malaga and Mister In‐ ternational Malaga, the councillor for Tourism, Antonio Jose Martin, said on April 11. In addition to the gala, the candidates will carry out numerous activities in the munici‐ pality, including fash‐ ion shows with clothes from local businesses and appearances at sporting events. The mayor of Rincon, Francisco Salado, high‐ lighted the opportunity for the municipality to promote tourism through such high‐pro‐ file competitions “while offering young people a platform to make themselves known in the world of images, film or other performing arts.” Martin added: “The winners of the provin‐ cial gala on June 4 will represent Malaga at Mister International Spain and Miss World Spain, which will take place just two weeks later in Pineda del Mar, Barcelona.” Miss World was cre‐ ated in the United King‐ dom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley’s widow, Julia Morley, has co‐ chaired the pageant.
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MASK FREE: We can now recover normality and show our faces and smiles.
SPAIN officially ditched masks on Wednesday, April 20. The govern‐ ment’s new rules came into effect immediate‐ ly. Masks still must be worn in three instances though by workers, vis‐ itors, customers, users and patients in some cases. Masks must be worn in health centres and establishments, homes for the elderly and on public trans‐ port. Masks must be worn in ‘health centres, ser‐ vices and establish‐ ments’ by ‘workers, visitors and patients, with the exception of persons admitted when they remain in their rooms’. This includes ‘hospi‐
tals, health centres, blood transfusion cen‐ tres or pharmacies, mental health hospi‐ tals and other inpa‐ tient facilities, dental clinics, surgeries of all kinds, assisted repro‐ duction clinics and ex‐ amination centres, op‐ ticians, orthopaedic and hearing aid estab‐ lishments’. The Spanish govern‐ ment maintains that masks should be worn in health establish‐ ments because they ‘may have a higher concentration of vul‐ nerable persons’ and that the possibility of transmission is higher in these places. Masks will also re‐ main mandatory in
nursing homes and so‐ cial health centres for workers and visitors when in shared areas. The final require‐ ment is that masks need to be worn on public transport. This includes air, rail, boats and buses and other forms of public trans‐ port. Masks will no longer need to be worn on platforms and at sta‐ tions.
MOBILE LIBRARY: An entertaining activity.
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Hiking trail T H E Senderismo 2022 programme organised by the Almuñecar De‐ partment of Sports has arranged a hiking trail for Sunday, April 24, from Prados de Lopera to Las Albunuelas. The route runs through the Sierra de Las Al‐ bunuelas along the GR‐7 footpath, which is sur‐ rounded by abundant resin trees and native vegetation. It is of medi‐ um difficulty, with a du‐ ration of approximately five to six hours. It starts at the Meson de Los Pra‐ dos on the GR‐7 and con‐ tinues through El Canue‐ lo, Carril y Casa Forestal, El Sequero, Barranco, Rambla del Moral and Los Ubedas, ending in the village of Las Al‐ bunuelas. Departure will be at 7.30am from the Al‐ muñecar bus station. Those interested in par‐ ticipating can register until today, Thursday, April 21 at the office of the Almuñecar Depart‐ ment of Sports, located in the Francisco Bonet stadium on Calle Puerto de la Cruz. More information can also be obtained by call‐ ing 958 883 142.
RINCON D E L A V I C T O R I A has launched a new tourism cam‐ paign in the city of Malaga for the months before and after the summer season. The main ob‐ jective is “to target all those people who pass through the city of Malaga, tourists and na‐ tional and international visi‐ tors,” said the councillor for Tourism, Antonio Jose Martin. The screens of Malaga City buses will display a promotional video of Rincon de la Victoria showing the best images of the municipality non‐stop between 7am and 11pm. The mayor of Rincon, Francis‐ co Salado, said: “Malaga is the capital of cultural tourism and its visitors have to see Rincon de la Victoria, located a few kilo‐ metres from the city centre. “It is important to develop promotional strategies that give
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Tourism campaign
CITY BUSES: Will display a promotional video of Rincon de la Victoria.
visibility to our municipality from an international perspec‐ tive,” he added.
Special menu THE kitchen service at Axarquia Hospital, which is part of the Health Management Area of East Mala‐ ga‐Axarquia, prepared a special menu for the Easter festivities. The menu was based on the typical food from the Axarquia region, Easter traditions and the Mediterranean diet. The aim was to offer patients the possibility of choosing from a menu with special dishes while making their stay at the hospital as pleasant as pos‐ sible. The kitchen staff prepared a menu that includ‐ ed dishes such as stew, hake and torrijas (French toast), with adaptations for special dietary require‐ ments or intolerances as necessary. The kitchen unit at Axarquia Hospital is made up of two directors, six cooks, 34 kitchen helpers and a dietician. In terms of their daily activity, last year they served a total of 54,000 menus, including breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack and dinner.
The campaign began on April 6 ahead of Easter and will run until June 30. It will then resume
from October 1 until January 6, 2023, coinciding with the low season.
Better beaches ON April 13, the first deputy mayor of Velez‐Malaga and councillor for Beaches, Jesus Perez Atencia, officially pre‐ sented the recently complet‐ ed works on Levante Beach in Torre del Mar, which in‐ volved the extension of the infirmary of the central life‐ guard post and the installa‐ tion of a new bathroom. According to Perez Aten‐ cia, the improvements to the lifeguard post have resulted in “a more comfortable, spa‐ cious and accessible infir‐ mary area in order to pro‐ vide a service to the whole of our coastline.”
Presenting the works.
In addition, the new out‐ door toilet has three cubicles for use by men, women and people with reduced mobili‐ ty.” He added: “After the last storm, we have been work‐ ing on a series of improve‐ ments to all our beaches with the sole objective of having everything in optimal conditions for Easter. In addi‐ tion to incorporating this bathing area, we are going to continue working in all of the towns along the coast, adding new equipment to continue providing a quality service to users of our beach‐ es.”
Underground recycle bins NEW underground rub‐ bish and recycling bins on Burriana beach in Nerja came into service on Mon‐ day April 11 upon comple‐ tion of the works carried out to replace the previous equipment, which had been out of service. Nerja Council said it has once again committed to improving the environ‐ mental quality and image of Burriana beach for the benefit of residents, busi‐ ness owners and tourists. The new underground bins are located at four ecological points along the promenade, with a total of 34 bins that are more modern and use more en‐ ergy‐efficient machinery than the previous ones. The works had an in‐ vestment of €225,967, funded by the Ministry of Tourism of the Junta de Andalucia through a grant for environmental recov‐ ery and sustainable use of beaches.
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exhibition
THE exhibition Mirame by Maribel Martin and Emma Ramirez will be at the Municipal Exhibition Hall in Nerja from April 21 to May 7. Mirame is a collection of works in oil, acrylic and mixed media by both artists showcasing their journeys through different stages to the point where they are now painting with a live model. The title of the exhibi‐ tion comes from the explicit search for the model and the character on paper and the implicit conversations between painter and model, canvas and artist and work and spectator. Maribel Martin, from Frigiliana, discovered her voca‐ tion for painting nine years ago. Since then, she has con‐ tinued to express through painting what she used to ex‐ press through writing. Emma Ramirez, from Burgos, lived in Southeast Asia for four years, which has influ‐ enced her life and work profoundly. Both artists met two years ago at an art event in Frigiliana and have sup‐ ported each other and enjoyed art together ever since.
Marriage proposal
Street improvements CONSTRUCTION work that began in the village of Chilch‐ es, Velez‐Malaga, on April 12 will involve remodelling Calle El Pilar. The councillor for In‐ frastructure, Juan Garcia, said that a new pavement and the construction of a new staircase would make it more accessible for residents to get to their homes.
SPORTS CLUB: Enjoyed a successful excursion on Good Friday.
T H E sports club Playas de Torre del Mar organised a successful excursion for Good Friday, with participation from more than 25 mountaineers from all over the province of Malaga. The participants covered a mountaineering route of more than 12 kilometres in the beautiful area of Comares. Comares is known for its panoramic views and the participants
were able to walk its paths, enjoy its landscapes and discover the local gastronomy. Pepito Acosta, the coordinator of the mountaineering section of the club, said: “We wanted to make our small contribution to making the Axarquia region known throughout the mountaineering world as one of the areas of Malaga with the greatest possibilities for hiking and moun-
taineering.” Rafael Sanchez, the president of P layas de Torre del Mar, added: “Comares is one of the best natural viewpoints in the easternmost region of Malaga, as there are few places from which you can see more than a dozen villages of Axarquia, the Mediterranean Sea and the highest peaks of the Sierras de Tejeda and Almijara at the same time.”
Flamenco show ANTONIO DE VERONICA and Saray Cortes will be back at the Villa de Nerja Cultural Centre with their new show Encuentros on April 30. The incredible flamenco dancers are accompanied by Juan Utrera on percussion, Miguel Cortes and Salva de Maria on guitar and Carmina Cortes and Salva Cortes on vocals. Tickets cost €15.
Culture Week CULTURE Week in Velez‐ Malaga, organised by the lo‐ cal Department of Culture and the María Zambrano Foundation, is on until April 23. There will be activities de‐ signed for all audiences at dif‐ ferent locations. The initia‐ tive aims to highlight the rich local cultural heritage.
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Mountain excursion Mirame art
THE 30th David Gonzalez Memorial cycling race is be‐ ing held on Sunday, April 24, and has been organised by Almuñecar Cycling Club with the support of the Municipal Department of Sports, the Provincial Council and the Andalucian Cycling Federa‐ tion.
SEVILLIAN soldier Antonio Martinez, 30, publicly pro‐ posed to his girlfriend, Saray Gutierrez, 28, from Cadiz, be‐ fore participating in the Vir‐ gen de las Angustias Corona‐ da procession on Good Friday in Velez‐Malaga. The videos recorded by family and friends were shared ex‐ tensively on social networks.
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Lux Mundi trip to Tarifa O N possibly the worst day of the year so far weather-wise, a group of friends of Lux Mundi, from Torre del M ar and F uengirola, set out on a day trip to Tarifa. On the way, there was plenty of sandy rain but it had stopped by arrival. T hey visited the G uzman castle, walked to the old city gate, looked around the public market, entered the beautiful San Mateo church and had lunch. They then travelled to Baelo Claudia. The small museum was very interesting and some people just enjoyed the beautiful views
from the windows, while others ventured outside to visit the wellpreserved Roman ruins. On the way back, the sky went dark and red, and Saharan mud started to pour out of the sky. D espite the weather, a great time was had by all. Lux Mundi wishes to thank all who supported this excursion, which enables them to continue their charitable work, and hopes to see everyone again at future events. For further information, call 952 543 334 or email luxmundi@luxmundi.org.
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Easter success THE first deputy mayor of Velez‐Malaga and councillor for Tourism, Jesus Perez Atencia, described Easter as “a suc‐ cess, with residents taking to the streets day in and day out to enjoy the processions, the good weather and the atmosphere.” According to Perez Atencia, the municipality has shown “clear signs of recovery thanks to the joint work between both businesses and traders and the various areas of this town hall. “A week before Easter Monday, we suffered an unprece‐ dented storm in our municipality. The sea hit our beaches and we had to make a huge effort to get them back to nor‐ mal. Thanks to the coordination between different forces, we managed to fix everything on time giving our best im‐ pression and making Easter Week a showcase for what Velez‐Malaga is today, one of the best destinations on the Costa del Sol,” he said. “We have managed to boost the economy and make this Holy Week one of the best in recent years. We hope that it becomes the prelude to what should be an unbeatable summer where we can continue to gain ground lost in re‐ cent years due to the various calamities we have had to en‐ dure,” he added.
and finally... THE Department of Culture of Velez‐Malaga has announced the 35th edition of the Joaquin Lobato Literary Contest, which pays tribute to the prominent artist from Velez‐Malaga. The competition aims to promote writing as an element of culture and will once again be divided into the categories of poetry and short stories. Those interested in participating can submit or send their works to the Department of Culture, located in the El Posito building, until June 11. All the works submitted must be in Spanish, original and unpublished and must not have won a prize in any other liter‐ ary competition. For each of the two categories, there will be a cash prize of €2,000 for the winner. There will also be a run‐ ner‐up prize of €600 for each category, which will be awarded to authors who were born or are residents of Axarquia.
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Stormers ready
BRITAIN will supply Ukraine with a deployment of Stormer High‐Velocity Missiles (HVM) ar‐ moured missile launchers along with 120 per‐ sonnel carriers. The 13‐ton vehicles can be flown to the war on C‐17 transport planes this month. Ukrainian officials witnessed the weaponry in action during a display by the Ministry of De‐ fence two weeks ago on Salisbury Plain. Operat‐ ed by a three‐man crew of driver, gunner, and commander, the Stormer can deliver its deadly payload of 17 Starstreak missiles on the enemy, and then travel at speeds of up to 50mph to es‐ cape quickly. “The Stormer‐Starstreak combination will be a huge boost to Ukraine’s fighting capability,” said the former commander of British troops in Afghanistan, Colonel Richard Kemp, on April 18. “It is an extremely effective, highly‐mobile combat vehicle that will do severe damage to any attempts at low‐level attack by Putin’s air forces. This news will anger Moscow, which is already threatening retaliation against the West, especially Britain, for supplying weapons,” he added.
MANCHESTER Airport’s Terminal Three is set to reopen to cope with passenger de‐ mand after months of chaos, queues and delays. Passengers travelling through Manch‐ ester Airport have been plagued with delays and queues for several months. One pas‐ senger even turned up 13 hours early in a bid to beat the queues. Terminal Three was partially reopened on March 27, but this was only for a limited
Terminal Three number of passengers. The terminal is set to fully reopen on Fri‐ day, April 22. Despite the impending re‐ opening, Manchester Airport continues to advise passengers to make sure they check
in three hours before their flight as well as checking the coronavirus travel advice for their destination country before they head to the airport. “All passengers flying out with Aurigny, British Airways, Eastern Airways, Iberia Ex‐ press, Loganair, Ryanair and Vueling will check in at the Terminal Three entrance. All arrivals into the airport with those air‐ lines will also go through the Terminal Three building,” the airport announced.
Covid concern
NEXT winter could see millions more Covid‐19 infections, according to Dutch Health Minister Ernst Kuipers. “It is not over,” he said on Saturday April 16. His new public health strate‐ gy will focus on personal
responsibility, although the details are still being worked out. He said any new restrictions will be based on health con‐ cerns, as well the eco‐ nomic, social and cultur‐ al impact: “It is a very intricate and very diffi‐
cult balance. We know this is incredibly disrup‐ tive.” Projections under‐ taken in the Netherlands suggest that as many as 10 million infections could occur during the seven‐month flu season, from mid‐September
until mid‐April. Kuipers added that he is confi‐ dent the Dutch authori‐ ties can track the spread of Covid and any possi‐ ble new variants: “We did not have this type of testing for previous dis‐ eases.”
Free tuition
A C C O R D I N G to the Scottish government on Thursday, April 14: “Dis‐ placed Ukrainian stu‐ dents settling in Scot‐ land will be given access to free tuition and living cost support, subject to parliamentary approval. “Under new proposals from the Scottish gov‐ ernment, Ukrainians wishing to embark on a further or higher educa‐ tion course from aca‐ demic year 2022‐23 will be eligible for free tu‐ ition and living cost sup‐ port, providing they have submitted an ap‐ plication to the Homes for Ukraine, Ukraine Family or the Ukraine Extension schemes. “Existing Ukrainian students who have pre‐ viously started courses in Scotland and who are experiencing hardship will be eligible to apply for immediate financial assistance through a
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newly created £1 mil‐ lion International Stu‐ dents’ Emergency Fund.” Minister for Higher Education and Further Education Jamie Hep‐ burn commented: “We are determined to do everything we can to give displaced people from Ukraine the warmest welcome pos‐ sible and we want to ensure students arriving here have the support they need to start or continue their higher and further education.
No blurring GOOGLE said that it has not removed the blurring of Russian military installa‐ tions on its maps and that the images were always un‐ blurred. Genevieve Park, a Google spokesperson, said on Mon‐ day April 18: “We haven’t made any blurring changes to our satellite imagery in Russia. While the circulating images are likely legitimate, they were available on Google Maps long before the conflict in Ukraine.” Google does blur its maps of potentially sensitive areas, including military locations. However, it does not blur all images. Viewers can see de‐ tailed satellite imagery of Nellis Air Force Base and even Area 51 in the US. It is believed that Google does provide more detailed satellite imagery to a num‐ ber of Western military forces, most notably the US. But it says it has not modi‐ fied any images for public consumption since the start of the war in Ukraine.
and finally... LACIE PATTINSON, eight, saved a lamb’s life after finding her ‘close to death’ when she was rejected by her mother. She nurtured the distraught animal with love and cuddles and today she is best friends with the sheep. The schoolgirl’s mum Hayley Pattinson, 37, said they even threw Lucky the sheep a party to celebrate her first birthday.
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French fraud THE European Union’s Anti‐Fraud Office has accused French far‐right politician Marine le Pen of embez‐ zlement. The report, released on April 14, accused the National Rally presi‐ dential candidate of having embez‐ zled nearly €140,000 of public money from the Parliament of Strasbourg, when she was an MEP. Under question are public funds from the Strasbourg parliament when she sat there as a deputy be‐ tween 2004 and 2017, which the report said that she personally should reimburse. According to the report, which is labelled sensitive, Le Pen is said to owe the commis‐ sion €136,993.99. Le Pen who is standing on an an‐ ti‐EU platform has questioned the timing of the report. “I will return their money to the French. I will put the value of work back in the spotlight and for that, we will fo‐ cus on making work pay,” she said. Both Le Pen and her party have been the subject of embezzlement investigations in the past, with this report bringing the total that she is accused of embezzling to €475,000.
Russian warning
RUSSIA has warned the US to stop arming Ukraine saying that it was adding fuel to the conflict. A formal diplomatic note, revealed on April 14, warned that the NATO shipments of the “most sensitive” weapons systems to Ukraine could bring “unpredictable consequences.” The warning comes as President Joe Biden announced a massive expansion in the scope and volume of weapons to be supplied to Ukraine. The €740 million package includes the type of equipment Ukraine has been asking for, including long range artillery that matches Rus‐ sian firepower. It also includes equipment that will help the country to defend its coastline as
A RECORD‐BREAKING space laser light, known as a mega‐ maser, the most distant one ever observed, has been de‐ tected by a team of interna‐ tional astronomers at the South African Radio Astrono‐ my Observatory in Karoo. The megamaser was de‐ tected five billion light years away from earth and is thought to have travelled a whopping 58,000 billion‐bil‐ lion kilometres to reach our planet.
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WEAPONS: The US has been supplying.
well as ammunition, armoured vehicles and an‐ ti‐tank weapons. Experts have suggested that the diplomatic note will see a change in ap‐ proach from Russia who have labelled weapons convoys coming into the country as legitimate military targets, but has not made any effort to attack them so far.
Space laser
Marcin Glowacki, a Re‐ search Associate at Curtin University in Australia, who observed the light said “When galaxies collide, the gas they contain becomes extremely dense and can trigger concentrated beams of light to shoot out.” Named Nkalakatha, the isiZulu word for ‘big boss’,
the megamaser was detect‐ ed on the first night of a sur‐ vey that spanned more than 3,000 hours of observation time. Glowacki added on April 15: “It’s impressive that, with just a single night of ob‐ servations, we’ve already found a record‐breaking megamaser. It shows just how good the telescope is.”
Prefers live theatre.
CELEBRITY Danniella Westbrook said that while her dream role would be on Emmerdale, it is live theatre that makes her happy. “I’m not joining Emmerdale. I’m actually not looking to go back to TV just yet. I’m looking to go back to theatre, that’s really for me, it’s something that lights me up. And I’m also look‐ ing to maybe do a radio show, a breakfast show or a drive‐time show, and do present‐ ing,” she said on April 12. “I do a lot for GB News so I’m really into that, politics and stuff like that. If they had a celebrity Married At First Sight I would do it, if I wasn’t getting married then I would have done some‐ thing like that. My partner always said to me to go on it anyways and get it out of your system, he’ s cool. “I love EastEnders, I love Sam, but my dream is Emmerdale. I’d love to be in Emmerdale, I’m a country girl. You can see where I live. I ride horses,” she added.
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A LOT has changed since the start of the pan‐ demic and that includes the rules and laws that govern beach usage in Spain. Little known, but a rule that has been around for many years, is that beachwear is for use on the beach. That means quite simply that you should cover up when you leave the beach, so no bikinis and bare chests. You could be issued with a fine of up to €300 for breaking this simple rule. Many people think it’s quite ok to camp out on the beach overnight or to park your RV /
THANDIWE NEWTON has reportedly split from her filmmaker husband of 24 years, Ol Parker. The couple share three children. And the actress may be heading to rehab after she dramatically exited ‘Magic Mike 3’ which she had been filming in London alongside Channing Tatum. Thandiwe denied earlier reports she had been fired
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Beach rules Campervan in a beach car park for the night. Abuse of these rules has seen a hardening of at‐ titudes and a tightening of the laws which could now see you fined by as much as €1,500. Spain is quite tolerant when it comes to nudi‐ ty however the law is simple, if it causes offence
Favourite to win UKRAINE is 2‐1 to win the Eurovision Song Contest which will be held on May 14 in Turin, Italy. Hip‐hop folk band Kalush Orchestra are ex‐ pected to sweep the board with a blend of modern elements and ethnic instruments. Forty countries will take part in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest. Kalush Orchestra performed their song, Stefania, at a warm up event in Israel. The group said that the song has become an anthem for Ukrainians. “We are really happy that we have the op‐ portunity to boost the morale of people here,” lead singer Oleh Psiuk said on April 14. The group has special dispensation to per‐ form as most men of fighting age are not al‐ lowed to leave Ukraine.
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Hip-hop Kalush Orchestra.
The UK’s entry, TikTok sensation Sam Ry‐ der, is closing the gap at 13‐1 with his song Space Man, the fourth most tipped act be‐ hind Ukraine, hosts Italy and Sweden. Russia had originally planned to participate but was excluded due to its invasion of Ukraine.
Thandiwe Newton split from the Magic Mike film over an argument about Will Smith and the Oscars slap with her co‐star. New‐ ton said she had quit due to personal reasons. Now it has been claimed the star has separated from her hus‐ band.
A source on set told one publication: “Thandiwe had been acting strange on set. It became clear she couldn’t play the role. “There is a lot going on in her personal life, she and her husband have separat‐ ed. “She seemed so stressed, she even brought her two pet rabbits to her hotel for emotional sup‐ port,” the source added.
it is a crime. That means topless ladies sun‐ bathing on beaches is acceptable, appearing ful‐ ly nude in areas other than nudist beaches is not. Falling foul of this rule could see you issued with a fine of €750.
Cover up when you leave the beach.
Divorce applications up 50% WITH the new no‐fault laws barely two weeks old since they were introduced, di‐ vorce applications in the UK have soared by 50 per cent according to figures re‐ leased on Wednesday April 13. Introduced on Wednes‐ day April 6, the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 eradicated the no‐ tion that one party in the couple had to be at fault or have committed some form of wrongdoing. It also does away with the need for couples to prove they have lived apart for two or more years if they were not able to prove that anyone was at fault. Importantly the change means that the divorce can‐ not be contested by the other party, a requirement that forced many to live in unhappy marriages be‐ cause both parties had not agreed to getting divorced. HM Courts & Tribunals data for the first week of the new law shows that 3,000 requests were filed, an average of 600 a day.
Prior to the introduction of the new law applications
averaged around 2,000 a week.
NEW LAWS: Makes divorcing your partner easier.
and finally... BRITISH comedian Rob Beckett took to Twitter to warn fellow British Airways’ customers after he had travelled to Walt Disney World on a dream holiday with his two children. Beckett wrote: “This is a public service announce‐ ment. Avoid @British_Airways until they have sorted out their IT and staff problems. Absolute shambles. They are all over the place. Especially if you’re travelling with kids. Fingers crossed we have a flight home. They aren’t sure.” He followed the post with a few laughing face emojis. Despite the travel chaos, the comedian said he and his family had the “best holiday ever.”
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Illegal plan A PLAN signed by Home Sec‐ retary Priti Patel that will see asylum seekers sent to Rwan‐ da for processing, has been branded illegal by the United National High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). Gillian Triggs, Assistant Sec‐ retary‐General at the UNHCR, said the plan was an “egre‐ gious breach” of international and refugee law, describing it as “unacceptable” and a “troubling development.” Triggs, who is Australian, said: “My point is, just as the Australian policy is an egre‐ gious breach of international law and refugee law and hu‐ man rights law, so too is this proposal by the United King‐ dom government. “It is very unusual, very few states have tried this, and the purpose is primarily deterrent and it can be effec‐ tive, I don’t think we’re deny‐ ing that. “But what we’re saying at the UN refugee agency is that there are much more legally effective ways of achieving the same outcome,” she added on Saturday April 16.
Gas games
GERMANY is to invest billions of euros to move away from Russian gas, the government an‐ nounced on April 14. The investment of nearly €3 billion will go towards the acquisition of floating liquefied nat‐ ural gas import termi‐ nals. Finance Minister Chris‐ tian Lindner tweeted: “Dependence on Russian energy imports must be reduced quickly and sus‐ tainably. “Floating LNG termi‐ nals make an important contribution to this, for which we must provide funding.” Following the invasion of Ukraine, Europe and in particular Germany have been looking to re‐ duce their reliance on Russian imports, with most turning to the im‐
FLOATING TERMINALS: Billions are to be invested.
port of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Around 20 countries supply LNG which is transported by ship, however it does re‐ quire terminals in order to offload the gas. Russia currently ac‐ counts for around 45 per cent of Europe’s require‐ ment, with that figure closer to 55 per cent in
Germany in recent years. Since the start of the invasion that num‐ ber has dropped to 40 per cent. As Germany does not yet have a terminal it has been relying on more expensive imports from the Netherlands, Norway and of LNG.
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Actress threatened
THE Oscar slap completely overshadowed other events on the night including a joke by actress Amy Schumer that resulted in her receiving death threats. Schumer said she received the threats after making a joke about Kirsten Dunst saying she thought the Oscar nominee was a so‐called seat filler and asked her to stand up. Dunst was sitting at the table with her hus‐ band, Jesse Plemons. Seat fillers are the people who sits in a star guest’s chair while they are accept‐ ing an award or going to the bar. Schumer pretending not
to recognise Kirsten Dunst at the awards ceremony was seen by some as an insult. Some of the threats she has received say: “Who do you think you are that you can insult Kirsten Dunst like that?” The threats have been so bad and numerous that she was called by the police who asked: “Did you make fun of Kirsten Dunst at the Oscars?” Speaking on the Howard Stern Show she said: “The secret service got in touch with me,” adding that “the joke was coordinated ‐ like the other jokes at the event, we even spoke before.”
and finally... A TEEN who disappeared when he was 16 years old was dis‐ covered by the Summit County Sheriff's office in Utah, who said they had responded to reports of a homeless person wander‐ ing around the Kimball Junction area, pushing a shopping cart. How Oswalt, the autistic teen who has been reunited with his family after three years, got to be 1,200 kilometres and more than 11 hours’ drive away from where he disappeared re‐ mains a mystery.
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Record Shanghai cases Morocco finds gas
A RECORD number of symptomatic Covid‐19 cas‐ es was reported in the Chi‐ nese city of Shanghai on Saturday, April 16 despite the whole city’s popula‐ tion of around 25 million being locked down. Other regions of the country are starting to im‐ plement further restric‐ tions. Announcing a 14‐day
Residents in lockdown.
lockdown, the closure of the central Chinese manu‐
Darknet arrest AUTHORITIES in Russia have arrested the alleged co‐ founder of the world’s largest marketplace on the darknet on Friday April 15, a week after the platform was shut down by German and US authorities. The marketplace known as Hydra was shut down after German authorities seized the servers on which it was run, along with more than €20 million in Bitcoins. Charges filed by the Justice Department in the US named Dmitry Pavlov, 30, as the administrator of Hydra’s servers. The accused had said he was unaware of the charges and said he was innocent of the charges brought against him. Pavlov told media that: “We are a hosting company and have all the necessary communications licences. We don’t administer any sites, but only provide servers for rent as in‐ termediaries.”
facturing area of the Zhengzhou Airport Eco‐ nomic Zone will affect com‐ panies like Apple Inc. Its main supplier Foxconn is located there. This lock‐ down will be "”adjusted ac‐ cording to the epidemic sit‐ uation,” said the authorities. Following dozens of Covid‐19 infections this month, residents of Xian, in the northwest of China, have been urged to avoid making unnecessary trips. Companies have also been encouraged to let their em‐ ployees work from home, or even live and sleep on the premises. Responding to concerns among residents about po‐ tential food shortages, a Xi‐ an government official con‐ firmed on Sunday April 17 that a lockdown would not be imposed in the city. More than 500 infections were reported last week‐ end in Shanghai’s neigh‐ bouring city of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province.
LARGE natural gas deposits have been dis‐ covered off the coast of Larache in Morocco. According to reports, 11 companies had drilled 67 wells, out of which, 40 contained gas supplies. Starting operations with these new deposits will not require a significant in‐ vestment apparently, due to the proximity of the gas pipeline that crosses northern Moroc‐ co, along with a large network of industrial warehouses. The largest deposit was said to be the one found by Repsol. A report on these gas discoveries has been
delivered to the Infrastructure, Energy, Mines and Environment Commission, in the House of Representatives. It was handed in by Ami‐ na Benkhadra, general director of the Nation‐ al Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ON‐ HYM). According to Benkhadra, Repsol has recently discovered large amounts of gas in the sea, off the coast of Larache. This discov‐ ery was confirmed by the drilling of wells car‐ ried out by the British company Chariot Oil and Gas, between the end of 2021, and the beginning of 2022.
12-year-old fundraiser WHEN a young boy from Cumbria, UK, set up his Insta‐ gram account, he had no idea how it would impact his fundraising efforts for Ukraine. Gabriel Clarke, 12, fell in love with woodwork‐ ing when he was just three or four when his mother gifted him his grandfather’s ham‐ mer. Now, he has raised over £243,000 for Ukraine and has over 250,000 followers on In‐ stagram supporting him. A vi‐ ral Twitter post about Gabriel´s woodwork saw
Gabriel’s Bowl for Ukraine.
fans commission around 20,000 handcrafted wooden bowls.Gabriel’s mother took to Just Giving to explain that these would take the boy 32
years to create and that in‐ stead he had decided to cre‐ ate one bowl, Gabriel’s Bowl for Ukraine, which would go to a selected doner to the Save the Children Ukrainian appeal. The winner of the bowl has now been chosen, however, you can still donate on Gabriel’s Just Giving page until Sunday, April 24. Go to Gabriel’s Instagram page here: (@clarkie_woodwork) or Just Giving page: https://www.justgiving.com /fundraising/bowlforukraine
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Tending the Palmeral ORIHUELA’S Environment Department contin‐ ues to add new palms to the Palmeral forest. In line with the Palmeral Master Plan, the de‐ partment intends to plant another 50 trees in addition to the 300 planted since 2020 to rejuve‐ nate Europe’s second‐biggest palm forest after Elche’s. The aim is to regain a density of 300 trees per hectare, compared with the current 220. “The new trees will be planted in zones where they can be easily watered to guarantee their survival in the summer. More will be planted in the autumn when they need less maintenance regarding irrigation,” said Councillor Damaso Aparicio. There are also plans to replace fig and olive trees while incorporating traditional crops in‐ cluding two plots for cotton, Aparicio revealed. Six plots are to be given over to alfalfa on land in danger of being taken over by weeds: “Alfalfa improves the soil and will limit their spread,” Aparicio said. With wheat now growing on a further 4,500 square metres of Palmeral land, an increasing number of traditional crops have returned to what the Councillor described as “a unique open space.”
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Junta supports Marenostrum
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Storm Celia aftermath CALLOSA’S Fuentes de Algar were able to open time for Easter despite Storm Celia’s destruc‐ tion at the end of March. The force of the rain‐swollen Algar that feeds the series of rockpools and cascades swept away three bridges and seriously damaged an‐ other while sweeping away trees, railings and other infrastructure. Despite an initial announcement that it would be impossible to repair the damage in time for Easter week, it was possible to impro‐ vise temporary but safe crossings for visitors to the natural enclave. “It was very hard work to make sure that the Fuentes could reopen so soon after the storm,” said Mayor Andres Molina. The damage will cost €70,000 to repair. Meanwhile, swimming was banned because of Algar’s dangerously strong currents and the signposted one‐way system has been reactivat‐ ed. Originally introduced to ensure social distanc‐ ing during the pandemic, the one‐way system was reinstated to avoid mishaps on the re‐ paired infrastructure while visitors were also ad‐ vised to wear comfortable, nonslip footwear.
MALLORCA
COSTA DE ALMERIA
Heroic action in Alcudia
Clear road ahead MOJACAR is closer to getting its much‐needed coastal bypass. The Junta’s department of Public Works, In‐ frastructure and Territorial Planning and Mo‐ jacar Town Hall have signed a collaboration agreement to build a two‐kilometre section of road between the A‐1203 road and Paraje de Las Marinas. The €5.9 million project will complete the by‐ pass begun 30 years ago to decongest the heavy traffic that collapses Mojacar’s Paseo del Mediterraneo each summer. Marifran Carazo, who heads the Public Works, Infrastructure and Territorial Planning department, described the agreement as the re‐ sult of “intensely hard work” to unblock a stalled problem “and give it a second chance.” Now that the Junta has authorised the pro‐ ject, the next step involves closing an agreement regarding funding before the contract is put out to tender. “We have achieved a new scenario, with a route that will be safe and environmentally‐re‐ spectful,” Carazo said, revealing if all goes accord‐ ing to plan the contract will be awarded this year. Once awarded, the new section of road should be finished within two years, she added. Mojacar’s coastal bypass, which Carazo said had been “plagued by delays and setbacks” was initially begun in 1994 but construction was halt‐ ed 12 months later at the contractors’ request. Work resumed in 2002 and the first phase be‐ tween the A‐370 and ALP‐818 was completed in 2005, although the remaining 5.7 kilometres’ unfavourable Environmental Impact Statement prevented construction from progressing.
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ANDALUCIA BRAND: Confirming the arrangement.
THE Junta de Andalucia is supporting the Marenostrum Fuengirola project, which in 2022 celebrates its seventh year. Fuengirola councillor Rodrigo Romero said on Monday April 18 when announcing this tie up with the delegate for Tourism in Malaga, Nuria Rodríguez “the Junta de An‐ dalucia intends to generate interna‐ tional projection through musical events and in this sense its commit‐ ment to Marenostrum Fuengirola is ideal. “I think that our objectives com‐ bine perfectly, since many of the fes‐ tivals that we are going to have here
have a great international projec‐ tion.” For her part, the Tourism delegate responded that “Marenostrum Fuen‐ girola is in a special enclave, at the foot of the sea, next to the Sohail castle, surrounded by history and nature. “I think, today, we must recognise that it has been a complete success, that it has been consolidated and that it has placed on the internation‐ al map from cultural tourism and to us, who are committed to the pro‐ jection of the Andalucia Brand, this festival will help us promote that brand from Fuengirola.”
A TALE of heroic action came to light on Thursday, April 14, regarding the collapse that occurred in a Mallorca hotel on Satur‐ day April 9. It has been revealed that when the incident happened, the manager of the hotel in Puerto de Alcudia rushed into the rubble to assist one of his mem‐ bers of staff. Showing total disregard for his own safety, the director held the hands of a 59‐year‐old cook who had been crushed by a falling wall, while firefighters fought to release her. Ac‐ cording to 061 sources, the woman’s thigh was compressed, and she also suffered in‐ juries to other parts of her body. Both staff members were reportedly transferred to the Muro hospital in a serious condition. The incident happened in the three‐star BlueSea Piscis Hotel, at around 3pm. It was first believed that a gas explosion had caused the collapse of a ceiling into the kitchen area, but it has now been confirmed that it was actually due to gym equipment on the floor above. Police sources indicated that the collapse “could have been a real dis‐ aster.” These same police sources explained that there were around 330 clients staying in the hotel at the time. They have since been relo‐ cated to other establishments, with the ho‐ tel facility having been sealed. It will not open its doors until a report from the munic‐ ipal technician certifies that there is no risk of new collapses.
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Renfe to install defibrillators SPANISH train operator Renfe intends to invest €3 million on the installation of defibrillators in its fleet. A total of 668 such devices will be fitted on its AVE, long and medium distance, and tourist trains, of which 570 are already at the start of the start‐up process. This initiative’s main ob‐ jective is to ‘save lives’, guaranteeing maximum safety in the event of a possible cardiorespiratory emergency suffered by any passengers using Renfe’s rail transport. The defibrillators will be located in the most acces‐ sible areas of the trains, such as in the cafeterias, vending areas, or spaces for people with reduced mobility. Signage will be placed both outside the cars and inside, at differ‐ ent points, to help find them if necessary. This project involves providing the personnel located in these cardio‐
protected spaces with ad‐ equate training in order to guarantee rapid action in the event of sudden
cardiac arrest. To date, a professional group of 2,226 people has been trained.
City will be rebuilt
RINAT AKHMETOV, be‐ lieved to be the wealthi‐ est businessman in Ukraine, has vowed to re‐ build the war‐torn city of Mariupol once hostilities with Russia are ended. He owns two huge steel‐ works in the besieged city that has been bombarded almost out of existence by Russian forces over the last seven weeks. After eight years of con‐ stant fighting in the east‐ ern region of the country, Akhmetov has witnessed his business empire being destroyed at the same time. Even so, he remains
defiant enough to have full belief in Ukraine’s armed forces holding the city. Akhmetov is the boss of Metinvest, the largest steelmaking company in Ukraine. In the current cli‐ mate, he has had to an‐ nounce that it is impossi‐ ble for his company to deliver on its existing con‐ tracts. Speaking in Friday April 15, Akhmetov said that more than one‐third of Ukraine’s metallurgy pro‐ duction capacity has been disrupted because of the conflict.
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Holy veto
Car thefts
THE Danish Lutheran Church had the right to veto the building of any construction that would obscure the view from a church within three kilometres which meant that wind turbines were being banned, but due to anxiety to escape Russian energy domination this will be scrapped.
ACCORNING to a recent report by Confused.com, Denmark has the lowest theft rate of cars in the whole of Europe averaging just one per day, although other research says that more than 100 bicycles are stolen daily throughout the country.
THE NETHERLANDS Pack your trunk
Seeing glasses
CONTROVERSY has erupted over the fact that the owners of the last circus elephant in Holland, Buba, have received permission to sell the 45-year-old to the Kimba Elefant Park in Hungary, which is part zoo and part circus and is owned by a circus family.
BLIND singer Stevie Wonder has been given a special pair of glasses created by a group of researchers at Delft University to trial. The Envision glasses have an inbuilt camera which records the environment and reports in speech what it sees to the wearer.
BELGIUM Dead on arrival
Bare faced cheek
PASSENGERS and crew were shocked when a Brussels Airlines flight travelling from Sierra Leone to the Belgian capital had to be diverted to Madrid on April 13 after a medical emergency was declared on board, but the passenger who was unwell died soon after the plane landed.
A NAKED man who reportedly told police that he fancied taking off his clothes and going for a walk around the streets of Geraardsbergen was arrested on April 12 and was fined for offending public decency before being released.
GERMANY Minister resigns
Back tracking
DUE to the fact that she took a four-week holiday shortly after devastating floods occurred last year in the state where she was a senior official, Anne Spiegel who later was elected to Parliament and became Minister of Families and Women has now resigned.
UKRAINIAN President Volodymir Zelensky appears to be distancing himself from reports that he didn’t want German President Steinmeier to visit Kyiv and says that he wasn’t aware that the President has asked to join other leaders in a proposed official visit.
FRANCE Saving money
New verb
IT has been reported by www.navyrecognition. com that Normandie (D651), an Aquitaine-class frigate of the French Navy which was launched in 2018 sailed out of its home port in early April without its Electronic Warfare suite's jammers due to budgetary reasons, despite the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
THOSE using social media in Ukraine have apparently coined a new verb macronete (macroner in French and English) created following inactivity by Emmanuel Macron and it means to refer to someone who ‘appears to be worried about a situation, but does nothing.’
NORWAY Defence problems
Electric shock
AFTER Norway’s Defence Minister Enoksen resigned on April 9 (the date that the Nazis invaded Norway in 1940) due to sexual misconduct, his relatively unknown replacement Bjørn Arild Gram has been linked with a ‘me too’ sexist text which he denies sending.
IN a bid to increase the use of public transport in major Norwegian cities, the Public Roads Administration proposes that the government should significantly reduce the amount of benefit given to drivers of electric vehicles who receive subsidies before and after purchase.
FINANCE Public spending HISTORICALLY the European Union has been harsh with the four PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain) and their inability to limit their public deficits and debts, but due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent inflation, control will be suspended for 2022.
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£1.5 million
in bribes is the amount that a former UK Coca Cola employee has admitted taking in order to secure business for two British companies.
Updating hospitality accounting methods Credit: haddock
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Boiled eggs THE Easter Bunny is to be kicked into touch next year as the UK government is going to ban special discounts or two for one offers and placement of chocolate treats such as Easter Eggs near to tills in order to try to reduce obesity especially in children.
Equal pay THE Spanish Ministry of Labour and Equality has now released a new job assessment tool, which is available to all companies which will allow them to identify whether there are any obvious pay differences between male and female employees doing the same or similar jobs.
Hand me downs ONE of the problems with children is that they keep growing, which means that parents are always having to buy new clothes. Recognising this, Marks and Spencer are trialling membership of peer‐to‐ peer marketplace where parents can buy, sell, donate, and recycle outgrown kidswear through dotte.
Seafood galore EUROPE’S premier seafood event is due to take place in Barcelona between April 26 and 28, with more than 2,000 companies from 76 countries taking part. Despite Brexit and the fall out over fishing rights in British waters, a number of British companies will be exhibiting at Seafood Expo Global which in 2019, (the last time it took place being in Brussels), 29,000 people from 155 countries visited. Attracting exhibitors from as far away as the Falkland Islands which has a significant and valuable squid and toothfish export industry, the world’s biggest seafood trade fair will contribute up to €100 million to the economy of Barcelona.
Controlling restaurant costs.
MOVING Spanish hospitality industry into the digital age as it starts to re‐ cover from the pandemic, new tech‐ nology is being introduced in order to make ordering of stock more efficient and to calculate the cost of each item on the menu. One innovative company, Choco has created new software which digi‐ tises ordering, supply chain and com‐ munications for suppliers and restau‐ rants. Although it’s a €7.5 billion market in Spain the majority of owners con‐ duct most transactions with pen and paper or spreadsheets. According to Larry Aschebrook, A UK company has been shut down for mis‐selling white goods service plans and was known to target elderly and vul‐ nerable people. According to the UK govern‐ ment on Wednesday, April 13, Premier Protect Holdings Ltd, which traded as Premier Protect 365, has been wound up by the Courts. The company had sold service plans for white goods and TVs. Along with targeting vulnerable people the company is also said to have pressurised ‘customers into ‘renewing’ non‐existing ser‐ vice plans.’ The official report explained: “After providing card details and
Managing Partner of G Squared, the Choco software already shows “im‐ pressive levels of user engagement and true value creation for cus‐ tomers; we are excited to see Choco fulfil its potential to modernise the food supply chain, at a time when we believe it is needed more than ever,” he adds. The company, which has grown by 333 per cent in Spain in the last year was valued at €1.12 billion just three and a half years after its creation. Another innovative new company, haddock, specialises in intelligent cost control for restaurants and has revo‐ lutionised Escandallos, a tool that cal‐
culates the costs of dishes automati‐ cally. With their Escandallos function‐ ality, the user will only have to take a photo of their invoices and delivery notes and upload it to haddock. The platform will automatically ex‐ tract the information from the prod‐ ucts and the restaurateur will only have to choose the ingredients of their recipes to make the price tag for each dish. The ingredients will be automatical‐ ly updated with the last purchase price, and once the sale price has been added, the restaurateur will be able to control the profit in real time for each dish on the menu.
Accused of mis-selling setting up an annual payment, customers subsequently found it was impossible to contact the company to arrange a refund. In some cases, the company actu‐ ally took money from individu‐ als without their consent. “Neither the company, nor its director, Abdelhak Akayour, co‐ operated with the Insolvency Service investigation. The for‐ mer director, Imran Munshi, said he set up the company ‘to compare white goods and poli‐ cies on them’, but that it had been sold to Akayour before it ever traded.
“Munshi’s name however still appeared on both the account opening documentation with the serviced office provider, and the company’s own white goods supplier. “The Financial Conduct Agency issued a warning regarding Pre‐ mier Protect in December 2020, saying it was not an authorised company and therefore any pay‐ ments made to Premier Protect were not covered by the Finan‐ cial Services Compensation Scheme and customers would not have access to the Financial Ombudsman Service.”
Net zero BIRMINGHAM Airport is set to create net zero carbon by 2033 and has already made progress in becoming environmentally responsi‐ ble having introduced elec‐ tric vehicles, solar power and energy efficient mea‐ sures. Chief executive Nick Bar‐ ton revealed on April 12, “Our Net Zero Carbon Plan sets out how we will be‐ come net zero by 2033 through investments in en‐ ergy saving initiatives and stakeholder partnerships over the next decade. “Our investment to be‐ come net zero will escalate immediately with a multi‐ million‐pound outlay up to 2025, focusing on renew‐ ables and energy efficien‐ cies. “The second phase of in‐ vestment will be developed to complete our net zero transition by 2033, with a focus on emerging tech‐ nologies to create a low‐ carbon environment.”
Seized goods MANY years ago, British Cus‐ toms used to regularly send items seized at Heathrow Airport to an auction room in Hounslow rather than just destroy them. Similarly, here in Spain, when items are seized by ei‐ ther the courts or law en‐ forcement agencies and are confiscated, provided they are not illegal, they also are auctioned off. The Ministry of Justice has just put up for auction 1,259 lots made up of various ob‐ jects such as carpets, paint‐ ings, watches and books, val‐ ued at more than €300,000 and any profits will serve to compensate the victims of various crimes. All of these items will be auctioned online through the specialist Escrapalia auc‐ tion portal.
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CHANGE(P) 1.339,50 198,95 2.499,0 4.184,5 1.696,00 4.578,0 1.646,0 10.574,0 650,20 551,80 2.466,0 435,60 545,00 766,80 0,010 146,26 509,00 3.982,0 2.994,00 400,40 3.273,5 521,60 189,20 3.081,0 1.623,5 1.392,5 79,38 1.589,0 1.677,50 3.031,5 7.620,0 5.918,0 3.978,5 321,30 578,60 2.767,0 10.065,0 8.640,0 823,60 1.781,40 534,90 2.531,0 980,00 2.087,00 522,40 146,44 1.682,50 618,80 5.204,0
% CHG. 1.305,00 195,55 2.469,0 4.109,5 1.668,00 4.525,0 1.601,0 10.392,0 641,00 546,20 2.409,0 428,40 534,60 752,60 0,010 142,66 494,70 3.867,0 2.947,50 393,95 3.222,5 515,40 184,75 3.021,0 1.588,5 1.329,0 77,76 1.558,5 1.634,50 2.977,0 7.506,0 5.850,0 3.906,5 314,50 555,20 2.712,0 9.792,0 8.420,0 804,00 1.763,40 525,60 2.468,0 961,00 2.061,00 514,20 141,10 1.646,50 604,20 4.989,0
NET VOL 1,45M 5,22M 397,30K 2,22M 636,18K 2,23M 1,02M 1,77M 2,70M 874,56K 208,70K 8,19M 2,38M 8,02M 0 43,07M 8,00M 205,06K 1,85M 57,31M 3,75M 1,45M 14,60M 707,08K 1,30M 711,78K 22,17M 785,04K 4,29M 875,13K 279,96K 275,74K 2,92M 4,21M 4,32M 1,45M 878,65K 239,00K 1,09M 11,78M 53,55M 649,20K 726,96K 364,90K 27,22M 23,54M 3,23M 2,37M 786,45K
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1.691,50 5.082,0 77,02 241,80 1.901,5 770,80 274,40 44,98 8.150,0 768,00 122,90 1.435,50 1.183,50 219,00 6.190,0 1,89 1.138,50 2.170,0 614,20 1.069,00 6.056,0 2.439,00 528,80 637,20 6.212,0 93,43 0,60 723,40 1.360,50 0,5000 3.148,0 956,00 1.358,50 3.070,0 2.192,0 1.194,50 1.434,00 12.610,0 1.792,50 1.372,00 508,40 131,90 266,30 241,20 3.429,0 1.133,50 132,14 2.915,0 978,00
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1.667,00 5.042,0 75,22 237,90 1.868,0 750,20 269,40 43,97 8.060,0 768,00 119,60 1.411,50 1.179,50 216,40 6.102,0 1,89 1.126,00 2.118,0 608,00 1.052,50 5.926,0 2.403,00 524,60 634,60 6.122,0 89,65 0,60 717,80 1.360,50 0,5000 3.120,0 946,00 1.332,00 3.051,0 2.164,0 1.186,50 1.412,00 12.350,0 1.760,50 1.366,00 499,10 128,20 260,60 233,90 3.407,5 1.125,50 130,70 2.802,0 961,40
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Free water A NEW Spanish law which came into effect on April 11 means that all bars and restaurants are required by law to offer free tap wa‐ ter as an alternative to bot‐ tled water in a bid to re‐ duce the use of plastic, so diners could save money.
Gold standard ORVANA is a multi‐mine company owning the El Valle and Carlés gold‐cop‐ per‐silver mines in northern Spain as well as some in South America. Despite hold ups due to the lorry drivers strike, the company extracted 10,595 ounces of gold by end March 2022.
Tesco profits ALTHOUGH Tesco has an‐ nounced pre‐tax profits for 2021 at just over £2 billion, a steady rise, it has warned shareholders that 2022 could be difficult as it may need to reduce profit in or‐ der to keep prices down and stay competitive.
Ferries return FERRY operators and the myriad of informal ticket offices across southern Spain should see a prof‐ itable summer now that ferry services are operating between Spain and Moroc‐ co once again following a two‐year hiatus since Spain now supports Morocco’s claims on western Sahara.
Ukrainian currency THE EU wants to allow refugees to exchange some Ukrainian banknotes in order to make life a lit‐ tle easier for them. The non‐binding resolu‐ tion confirmed on April 19 wants to see member states set up national schemes that would allow for the conversion of hryv‐ nia notes under similar conditions across the EU. The schemes would al‐ low displaced persons from Ukraine, including children, to exchange up to 10,000 hryvnias (ap‐ proximately €310), per person. This would be free of charges, and at the official exchange rate as pub‐ lished by the National Bank of Ukraine. The dura‐ tion of these schemes would be a minimum of three months. Due to the disruption caused by the Russian mili‐ tary aggression, the Na‐ tional Central Bank of Ukraine had to suspend
AN initial report by the National Statistics Insti‐ tute (INE) puts Spain’s March inflation rate at 9.8 per cent, two points higher than February. This is the highest rate since May 1985 and appears to be fol‐ lowing the course of many countries throughout the western world, the majority af‐ fected by energy prices in particular. Not surprisingly, one of the main culprits is the jump in the cost of fuel following the Rus‐ sian invasion of Ukraine, but another factor is the steady in‐ crease in the cost of housing. Although the cost of consumer goods and eating out did increase, this was by less than the overall rate of infla‐ tion.
CURRENCY EXCHANGE: Examples of Ukrainian currency.
the exchange of hryvnia banknotes into foreign currencies in order to pro‐ tect the country’s limited foreign exchange reserves. This has affected the convertibility of the hryv‐ nia banknotes in EU coun‐ tries, where many banks were unwilling to ex‐ change the hryvnia due to exchange rate risks.
Some of the country’s neighbours such as Poland and Romania have taken it upon themselves to allow some limited right of ex‐ change as refugees cross into their territories, but as they travel further into the EU, they are effectively left with useless money, hence the European Com‐ mission review.
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than four million people, escaping the war have arrived in the EU and although member states as well as charities and individuals are offering a great deal of support, this move will allow many in‐ comers to feel that they are not totally dependent on the goodwill of others.
Possible increase in alcohol duty
Golden hello NOT long ago, British Air‐ ways were trying to get rid of staff in order to reduce costs but now finds itself in a reverse situation, needing more cabin crew. As it sees more people wanting to travel it has regularly can‐ celled flights due to staff shortages. Training and ob‐ taining airport security checks are time consuming so it has announced that it will give new staff who are already qualified (ie they work for other airlines) a £1,000 ‘golden hello’ paid over six months provided they start work by July.
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Spirit prices could be increased by 2023.
BRUSSELS wants to force Spain to raise taxes on wine, beer and al‐ coholic beverages and it is expect‐ ed that a formal proposal on the matter will be put forward after a public consultation. Public consultation on raising taxes on alcoholic beverages is set to remain open until July 4, whilst any rule changes could come into force by the second quarter of 2023, as reported by the Spanish
press on Wednesday April 13. According to the European Com‐ mission, the rule that determines the minimum rates applied to al‐ coholic beverages by member states has not changed since 1992 and it is expected that tax increas‐ es could raise around €1 billion per year in Spain if similar rates to the rest of Europe were applied. As reported by the Spanish press: “Spain is the fifth country
in the EU (adding the United King‐ dom to the member states) that gets the least money from the tax applied to distilled spirits with an alcohol content of 40 per cent or more. It is also one of the lowest earners on beer.” Taxes on alcohol are intended to ‘discourage excessive consump‐ tion.’ In Spain though, drinking wine is considered part of the Mediterranean diet.
Hello campers SOME 18 months ago, US private equity firm Blackstone spent around £3 billion on purchasing Bourne Leisure, owners of Haven, Warner Leisure Hotels and Butlin’s. Now it is looking to offload Butlins which currently only oper‐ ates three holiday camps in Bognor Regis, Minehead and Skeg‐ ness, although it does own three hotels as well. According to Sky News, there appears to be a great deal of in‐ terest from other American investment companies such as Fortress Investment Group, which owns Punch Taverns and TDR Capital, one of the principal shareholders in Asda. The likely price is be‐ lieved to be in the re‐ gion of £600 million.
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT TO my mind, Boris Johnson’s plan to ship illegal boat immigrants to Rwanda is nothing short of brilliant. Naturally, with monotonous predictability the wokes and ‘do gooders’ are screaming their discontent, along with the lefties, who would rather see the country go to hell in a hand cart than lose a Labour vote in the next election. Don’t get me wrong, I actually don’t consider this scheme has a great deal of shelf life at all. As soon as the millions paid out to the Rwanda authorities are seen to be financing their private jets more than immigrant’s welfare, I envisage the whole scheme fizzling out. No the point here is deterrent. When the first participants of the scheme begin posting back pics of Rwanda housing instead of UK hotel rooms, those still heading for Calais will immediately begin to rethink their trip and actually remain in other EU countries en route. The majority of these people do not want sanctuary; they have proven that over and over again. They want the soft handouts and free benefits that have been provided by the beleaguered British taxpayer for
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far too long. So well done Boris, a bit of common sense at last. Another thing that appears to have been overlooked is that if the UK was still shackled by the EU it wouldn’t have been able to take these measures; yet another Brexit plus that will undoubtedly be played down by the left wing British media. So, Ta Ra! The final chapter in the plastered bridegroom saga of a couple of weeks ago. You may recall our groom was the victim of a dastardly stag night plot devised by his best man who had left him with his arm unnecessarily in Plaster of Paris for the whole duration of his wedding and honeymoon. Now read on. A couple of years later on, lo and behold the best man had himself succumbed to love’s young dream and subsequently fixed the date of his own wedding. Naturally with the memory of the ‘joke’ he played at the time of his friend’s betrothal still lingering, he anticipated a form of revenge would certainly arrive at some time or another. But it never materialised. Despite his nerves being wrecked, the stag night and the wedding all went successfully by without any apparent
hitch. With a quiet sigh of relief and the cheers of well‐wishers in his ears, he and his bride finally flew off to their honeymoon in Barbados. After checking into their luxury hotel they soon retired and subsequently enjoyed their first romantic night in the sumptuous bed of the bridal suite. The next morning, after even more canoodling, the groom called room service and lazily ordered breakfast for two. To his disbelieving and incredulous ears from under the bed issued the unmistakable voice of his maligned bridegroom friend of yore. ‘You better make that for three’ it cried triumphantly. Yep, you guessed it. His friend had been with them all night. A ménage a trois they could definitely have done without! Ain’t revenge grand? Keep the Faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com expatradioscotland.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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Now streaming: The Girl from Plainville
THE GIRL FROM PLAINVILLE is based upon an Esquire ar‐ ticle by Jesse Barron explor‐ ing the bizarre story of Con‐ rad Roy III, an 18‐year‐old Massachusetts teenager who took his own life after being encouraged by his 17‐ year‐old girlfriend Michelle Carter. This series has an impres‐ sive 93 per cent critic rating and a 62 per cent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is worth a watch if you are into the true crime genre and ethics‐based crime cas‐ es. I remember reading the Esquire article and being horrified and confused at the thought of a teenager convincing another to take their own life, even going as far as telling them to ‘drink bleach’ and pushing them to ‘do it today’. The series goes into great detail about the relationship between Conrad and Michelle, portrayed in an in‐ credible performance by Elle Fanning (Super 8), and the
bizarre and haunting text messages leading up to Con‐ rad’s death. Although this series is based on true events, hav‐ ing watched a few docu‐ mentaries on the case, some of the storyline and conver‐ sations have been overly dramatised (the audience is also informed of this at the beginning of each episode). I feel the case was bizarre enough without the drama‐ tisation and focusing on the facts would have been enough to portray the story. This mini‐series brings up a lot of question about ethics and whether a person can be prosecuted for con‐ vincing another to commit suicide. Carter was convict‐ ed of involuntary manslaughter in 2017 and was released early from prison, after serving only 11 months of her 15‐month sentence. It is unclear where Michelle is now. The Girl from Plainville is available to stream on Hulu now.
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THEY SHALL REMAIN ANONYMOUS DAVID WORBOYS I WAS never blessed with the greatest intel‐ ligence but, fortunately, I never let this bother me. In some people’s judgement I was considered ‘bright’ while by others I was perceived as thick. But it’s all relative. I have marvelled at the broad and detailed range of knowledge displayed by the (mostly Cambridge) students, still in their 20s, on ‘University Challenge’. A certain intelligence must be required to absorb, retain and rapidly retrieve and express such informa‐ tion. But intelligence is also about under‐ standing, assessment and judgement. I have come across many people with these at‐ tributes. I have also encountered people like the Texan I met who believed that Christ and Columbus were English‐speaking Americans. I should like to add here that I have no rea‐ son to believe any of these anonymous char‐ acters was mentally impaired, as distinct from being as thick as porcine droppings. I tried to explain to the Texan that his US dollars would have to be changed into D‐
A wheelbarrow can save time and effort if used intelligently.
Marks for his forthcoming trip to Germany, as the greenback was not in use there. But first, he had to be convinced that there was actually a Frankfurt in West Germany as well as in Kentucky. When I suggested this, he looked at me as if I’d just misquoted Euripi‐ des. As for the lesson in currency exchange, it was like trying to teach a bullfrog to sing ‘Ave Maria’. In 1975 the cost of posting a first‐class let‐ ter in the UK was to be raised from 7p to 8p.
Two days before the increase, one of our neighbours went to the post office to buy a sheet of 120 stamps of 7p ‘before the price went up’. In the Price Waterhouse office in Zurich, we needed written confirmation of balances from 36 clients. The procedure was to en‐ close in the letter to each client a certificate requesting confirmation and a return enve‐ lope addressed to us at Price Waterhouse. Unfortunately, the mailing clerk put the cer‐
tificates and the envelopes addressed to the clients into the return envelopes for posting. The next day three dozen identical en‐ velopes dropped on to the office doormat. The foreman on a garden development site (not in Texas) asked a worker to bring him a small wheelbarrow. Ten minutes later the worker arrived wheeling a large wheel‐ barrow with a small one inside it. “I asked for one wheelbarrow, not two!” “Did you ex‐ pect me to carry the darned thing?” I wonder, if I were under extreme pres‐ sure or were distracted by some major issue, could I have thought and acted this way? Or any of us? As we get ‘more mature’, we tend to forget things more frequently; we find it more difficult to concentrate and to commu‐ nicate spontaneously. Strangers probably think we are not very ‘bright’ and they are probably right. Those we know probably de‐ spair of us. And it’s no good saying “I was in‐ telligent when I was your age.”
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CLAIRE GORDON FINDING BALANCE IN AN UNEVEN WORLD JUST when you thought there wouldn’t be some‐ thing big enough to pull out of the bag to distract from the fact that the English prime minister is a law‐
Costly policy breaker and an incredibly heartless person, the chan‐ cellor and his wife have been USA green card hold‐ ers to avoid tax bills, and multiple members of par‐
liament have been investi‐ gated by the police, along comes Priti Patel and the grand unveiling of the Rwandan offshore process‐ ing centre. An absurd policy that has no basis in human decency or common sense, it can only exist as a diver‐ sion technique to distract ordinary people and ap‐ pease racists. The UK government has already agreed to pay their Rwandan counterparts £120 million before a single refugee has even been transported there, as the country currently struggles through a cost of living cri‐ sis that is biting all but the most well‐off households. There is no doubt that this figure will spiral out of con‐
trol if this transportation policy becomes reality. We only have to look at the Australian version of this scheme to see that it is an awful idea on every level. Australia currently trans‐ ports refugees to an asy‐ lum prison on the island of Nauru and the costs to do this are astronomical. Nau‐ ru refugee prison currently costs the Australian gov‐ ernment a huge £430 mil‐ lion a year, which amounts to £4.3 million per person held there. A ridiculous price to pay for something that amounts to not much more than institutional racism. When Priti Patel was looking into a refugee prison in Albania last year,
projected costs were al‐ ready looking to be £100,000 per person per year and we all know that government projects al‐ ways balloon over budget. As well as the offshore pro‐ cessing centre, there is to be a Greek‐style ‘reception centre’ built in North York‐ shire as well, where people will have to ‘obey stringent rules or face losing their right to claim asylum’. It has been proven over and over again that these de‐ tention centres achieve nothing but harm, violence and cruelty and the UK gov‐ ernment is aware that there are alternatives, but still chooses to inflict this state violence on vulnera‐ ble people. The prison at
Nauru is also rife with abuse by guards of the peo‐ ple being held there There is little doubt in my mind that these policies are being pushed to deflect scrutiny from all the other wrong‐doing of this despi‐ cable government. I also believe that the money the plans will cost will line the pockets of Tory backing companies. But as Boris Johnson wrote himself in the Telegraph in 2011: “When a regime has been in power too long, when it has fatally exhausted the patience of the people, and when oblivion finally beck‐ ons ‐ I am afraid that across the world you can rely on the leaders of that regime to act solely in the interests of self‐preservation, and not in the interests of the electorate.” Let’s hope the electorate finally stands up for themselves and those less fortunate than them.
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HIGHER MARKET PRICES? From our Facebook DOES anyone ever question the difference in pricing here in Spain and the UK with the German supermarkets? I buy an English newspaper twice a week and can’t help but notice the huge difference in prices offered on their adverts. Aldi this week were offering cauliflowers at 39p each (not a kilo), 2kg of potatoes at 23p, cucumbers at 39p each, these are just an example of many products that are on offer every week at ridiculously cheap prices compared to Spain, are we being ripped off here?
SPANISH PRICING: Are we being ripped off here?
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Fan of Leapy’s I read with a smile your piece in the paper every month - great stuff. I wanted to moan, and you seemed like a good sounding board. These blooming car seats for kids. How did we survive without them quite easily actually. A cushion under them and one either side and a seat belt. I can’t remember anyone dying. That awful rain we have just had. I hated passing people with kids and you can’t give them a lift because you don’t have one of these blooming seats. People on holiday here with kids had to walk in the downpour to get breakfast if they had kids, hiring a car would have meant buying car seats as well.Where do they all go as the kids grow out of them. They are not bio-degradable so there must be a
mountain of them somewhere. How is that saving the planet? And parents have to buy bigger cars to fit the things in, how is that saving the planet as well. They are the most irritating rule that has ever been brought into the world. A serious note about them. If a car turned over, you would have trouble getting a tot out and what if the car went under water or caught fire. I think health and safety haven’t thought this through. Keep the Faith. Sylvia
Reply to our reader Peter Peter and his wife should have applied for residencia after they had been here 90 days. It’s a bit late af-
VISIT RWANDA WHEN the Arsenal Football Club signed a deal with the Rwanda Development Board in 2018 said to be worth £10 million a year and due to run until 2025, it is unlikely that they would have expected such a visit to become an enforced requirement for many. The fact that an estimated 800,000 people were massacred in 100 days of genocide in that country in 1994 is uppermost in the minds of many who are worried about the British government deal with Rwanda to shunt off illegal arrivals to Britain. The country ranks at number 139 in the world for annual GDP and although supposedly (at least according to the Rwanda government) the economy is booming, it is worse off than recognised poor countries such as Malawi and Zimbabwe. Many people who object to illegal arrivals will welcome the decision by the Conservative government which includes eight members of ethnic minorities in
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ter 15 years. They will also owe many years of back taxes to hacienda as I presume they have never filed a tax return either. If they can prove they were living in Spain prior to the end of the transition period then they would be covered under the withdrawal agreement. So can apply for residencia under the old EU requirements of a very small amount of savings/income. But no doubt hacienda will take note and want what they are due. If they stayed as illegal immigrants they would be flagged at the airport as overstayers when they tried to get back into Spain and face large fines - normally a minimum of €1,000 each and possible bannings. Best getting advice from a good gestor in order to get legal. Lucie, Andalucia.
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its Cabinet and a further 15 on the back benches. It must also be remembered that many of the ‘white’ Conservatives are themselves from immigrant families and the Prime Minister was born in the USA. Britain has been a melting pot since time immemorial and whilst some logical control of immigration is clearly necessary, the decision to try to send people from mainly ethnic minority backgrounds to a poor African country smacks of either desperation or discrimination. Quite rightly, European countries are welcoming fleeing Ukrainians and offering sanctuary, but those leaving war torn Syria and Yemen let alone the Talban purges in Afghanistan are likely to end up, if the British government can get way with it, in an African country which less than 30 years ago almost eradicated a single ethnic group.
ASYLUM SEEKERS: Should they be sent to Rwanda?
Dario Dumez It must be done to send a message, even if only a few hundred are sent. There are just too many migrants coming in. And... if all the fit, healthy young men leave those countries, how will they ever prosper and advance? Let some in, teach them to be builders, plumbers, doctors etc, but send them back. And tell them ‘10 years in your home country working and you will be allowed to apply for British citizenship’.
Kenneth Faktor Carslund Denmark have wanted to do this the last four years and have been looking into legal issues. So they are very happy that Boris does this now. They will quickly see how every human rights organisation treats this and how many lawsuits await Boris... that’s been the only thing holding Danish government back... it has a huge value for the countries sending the asylum seekers there. We have several places in Denmark where people failed to get asylum lives. Due to human rights laws Denmark is forbidden to return them to countries in conflict. Many of those terrorise the local communities. If placed in Africa that problem will disappear. I think this is one of the main issues why Denmark have pursued this route past four years now.
Joe McGowan Absolute tosh. A racist and despicable idea from a racist and despicable party.
Christopher Price A short term headline grabbing and unrealistic measure. How about concentrating on withdrawal from the EHCR and returning them to war-0torn France?
Kathy Relph It should stop trafficking.
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ROAD TEST by Mark Slack MENTION electric cars to even the least car aware per‐ son and it’s highly likely they’ll mention Tesla. It’s been the EV brand of choice and remained relatively un‐ challenged, with the Model 3 being well received. However, there’s a similarly cool, trendy and eminently capable rival in the form of the Polestar 2. While not car‐ rying the sleek and smooth exterior of the Tesla the Polestar, part of the Volvo sta‐ ble, has a determined and muscular stance. Inside there’s a definite Scandina‐ vian vibe with a range of stylish treatments from light wood and fabrics to Nappa
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Polestar 2 - smooth and effortless CAPABLE RIVAL: We will certainly be seeing more of this car on our roads.
leather and black ash veneers. It’s a very nice place to be seated. A large central screen, which still doesn’t cut it over buttons in my view, is relative‐ ly intuitive with exceptionally clear graphics. Although the interior is definitely minimalist
there’s no loss of premi‐ um feel. As with the exteri‐ or of the car it’s the archety‐ pal less is more effect that has been executed so well by Polestar. Standard features across all Polestar 2 models includes
automatic lights and wipers, heated powered seats, 19‐ inch alloy wheels, LED head‐ lights and adaptive LED rear lights, navigation, climate, Ap‐ ple Car Play and Google built‐ in ‐ although having to say ‘Hey Google’ to execute com‐ mands is ridiculous ‐ and one of the best standard in‐car au‐ dio systems. Four extra cost
Understanding how the DGT velolasers operate THE General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) contin‐ ues to evolve and stay perfectly in parallel with the development of technology. As a result, in 2018 the entity intro‐ duced its state‐of‐the‐ art velolasers. These tiny devices weigh about two kilos and are barely 50cm in diame‐ ter, making them easily camouflageable and al‐ most imperceptible to road users. Speed control systems are constantly being re‐ viewed and improved to combat infractions in the best possible way, in a
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bid to limit the number of traffic accidents. Velo‐ lasers are cinemometers that work both day and night, and can be placed on a tripod or attached to a sign by means of a magnetised device. They can also be incor‐ porated into Guardia Civil motorcycles. In addition to its com‐ fortable and appropriate size, another of the great advantages of these radars that have been is‐ suing fines for four years is the advanced technol‐ ogy they use. Velolasers do not need anyone to control
them, as they are wire‐ less and operate au‐ tonomously. They work with both Wi‐Fi and 4G technology, with autonomy that lasts up to five hours. These devices have a range of between 15 and 50 metres, and up to two lanes from their loca‐ tion. One of these lasers is capable of recording speeds ranging from 30 to 250km/h, which testi‐ fies to their great preci‐ sion. Something espe‐ cially useful when applying the respective penalties is the fact they can distinguish between
light and heavy vehicles. The technology of these cinemometers al‐ lows the closest officers to be notified immedi‐ ately when an infraction takes place, so that they can instantly issue the fine. With the introduction in March 2021 of the new Traffic Law in Spain, the DGT has launched a campaign called ‘New times, new rules’. It has been published through social networks, to advise road users of the restrictions and sanctions that have been introduced.
option packs are offered de‐ pending on model. On the power front you can have a standard single motor, a long range version and then a long range dual motor mod‐ el. The range varies from 298 to 335 miles depending on which model you choose. In real world terms think of de‐ creasing these figures by about 10 per cent and you probably would be about at your real world range. In my experience the Polestar comes pretty close to meet‐ ing its mileage expectations. As with combustion powered cars range depends on how you drive. These range figures
aren’t quite up to Tesla stan‐ dard but they’re still very use‐ able and, considering the weight and style of the Polestar, pretty impressive. On the road the Polestar has a certain something which makes it special. Power delivery is smooth and effort‐ less with admirable insulation from road and wind noise. Unlike so many cars the safety tech, such as lane keep, is pretty good being more pro‐ gressive and less immediate or ‘snatching’ when it kicks in. With prices starting from €48,870/£40,900 it’s an EV that we’ll certainly be seeing more of on our roads.
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FREE WALKING FOOTBALL TASTER SESSION THE Euro Weekly News in con‐ junction with walking footy.com and the Hidromas‐ ter leagues, are offering a free taster session at a walking football club of your choice! Simply cut out and present the voucher at the session and the club chosen! After successful recruitment drives by the Walking Dead, Be‐ nahavis WFC and Malaga WFC, the clubs in Axarquia are push‐ ing forward with theirs. Lake‐ side club and current League champions Aston Viñuela are seeking players in both over 50 and over 60 categories. Manager Julian Charter said “we welcome players of all ages to our club, our training nights are 8‐10pm on Thursday nights.” Torrox Tornadoes have gone from a standing start but are building their club in an im‐ pressive fashion, and are still re‐ cruiting. Manager Steve Lynton is keen to field two teams next year in the leagues. The other new team in Axar‐
quia is Boca seniors based up the mountain of Competa, again recruitment has been ex‐ cellent but continues. Lesh Brzuzy of Calahonda WFC is also seeking players to add to his squad who have de‐ fied many pundits with their results so far this season. There
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Malaga to host Davis Cup MALAGA has been chosen to host the finals of this year’s David Cup. This comes after a convinc‐ ing offer from the International Tennis Federa‐ tion (ITF), and Kosmos. The Davis Cup will return to the Jose Maria Martin Carpena Sports Palace between November 21 and 27. The city had originally been picked as one of the four venues for the 2022 Finals Group Stage, which will be contested from September 14‐18. Bologna in Italy, Glasgow in Scotland, and Ham‐
burg in Germany, are the other three. They will each host a four‐nation group, with all matches taking place on indoor hard courts. A replacement for Malaga at this stage of the com‐ petition is due to be announced before the draw for the Final, which takes place on April 26. Andalucia has hosted the competition on mul‐ tiple occasions, including the 2004 and 2011 Davis Cup Finals, which were played in Sevilla. Spain’s last Davis Cup tie was held in Marbella.
both Hidromaster leagues still, after Aston Viñuela were, due to illness and absence, unable to field teams against them and decided to forfeit the points. On Tuesday night Malaga WFC took two sides to Bena‐ havis to play their rejuvenated team in the scenic village, again in a double header in the Hidro‐ master leagues, more in next week’s Euro Weekly News. The women are also pushing forward with their recruitment, they have sessions on Wednes‐ days between 4.30 and 6pm in Competa. There is no age re‐ quirement for the women’s game, all are welcome to train. For all walking football news go to walkingfooty.com on Facebook.
Flammable underwear THE new race director for Formula one is facing mounting criticism as discussions with drivers get heated over his ban on flammable underwear. Niels Wittich was dragged into a two‐hour de‐ bate with drivers on the eve of the Australian Grand Prix over his enforcement of the ban. Drivers were both bemused and unhappy at the prospect of spot checks to ensure that they are wearing the correct underwear, while former drivers were surprised to hear that it took more than two hours to thrash out what should be a relatively minor issue. F1 driver‐turned‐pundit Karun Chandhok said: “From what I understand, the drivers on Friday in Australia spent more time discussing the under‐ wear thing than actually anything about the track. “I think you have to question whether it was re‐ ally of incremental benefit. Conversely, how much of a disadvantage is it just to allow their normal pants underneath? If a fire has got to that point, there’s a lot of other things to consider,” Chandhok added on Friday April 8.
DRIVERS DEBATE: How much of a disadvantage?