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12 - 18 May 2022

PROMOTING BALEARIC WINES A TOTAL of 17 wineries offering 150 different wines shared a large stand at the FENAVIN Na‐ tional Wine Fair in Ciudad Real.

The Balearic Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Mae de la Concha, and the Director General of Policies for Food Sovereignty, Aram Ortega attended the opening cer‐ emony on Tuesday May 10 to show their support for those taking part.

The participants repre‐ senting the Balearics are offering wines classified as being DO Binissalem, DO Pla i Llevant or IGP Vi de la Terra Mallorca.

The producers, who in 2021 greatly increased their marketing within the Islands and exports abroad believe that at‐ tendance at FENAVIN will help increase their sales in the Spanish market, where at the moment they sell just 3 per cent of the total produced.

“We are here to in‐ crease the wines’ pres‐ ence and importance by introducing the product as unique and of the high‐ est quality from the Balearic Islands,” said Councillor De la Concha, who added that island wines “are surprising more and more people.”

The sector is recovering pre‐pandemic turnover figures and looks to con‐ tinue to expand.

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The Branson family with Rafa Nadal.

SIR RICHARD BRANSON spent time with Rafa Nadal in Manacor dur‐ ing a recent visit to Mallorca where the Virgin boss is about to open a new hotel.

On May 10, he wrote in his popular blog that he was delighted to be invited with his family

by Nadal to visit the tennis academy where they reminisced about previous meetings.

Branson was in the process of inspecting what he refers to as “the beautiful Virgin Limited Edition resort in Son Bunyola” which is due to open shortly,

in time for the summer season.

According to his blog, “Rafa was deep into preparations for the current Masters tour‐ naments, building up to the French Open he has dominated for so long.

“But he was good enough to give us a few hours to sit and chat about what is go‐ ing on in the world ‐ and of course share some of his tennis wis‐ dom. I’m still looking to improve!”

They spoke about the last time that they had played tennis together

which was on Necker Island, Branson’s pri‐ vate island in the British Virgin Islands, where they were com‐ peting for the Necker Cup. Originally, the match was supposed to be a singles competition be‐ tween Branson and American singer and songwriter Jimmy Buf‐ fett, who suddenly turned up with (at that time) world number one doubles specialist Mike Bryan, so in order to even things up Sir Richard persuaded an‐ other guest, Rafa Nadal to partner him.

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BAN WANTED THE UK branch of PETA has called for a ban on horse drawn carriages in Mallorca in support of the demands of local animal activist group Progreso en Verde.

On their UK website they encourage members to send a carefully worded email or letter to the mayors of Alcudia, Palma and Sant Llorenç des Cardassar where they say dozens of exhausted horses are forced to pull carriages laden with tourists through the busy streets.

Echoing the statements of Progreso en Verde they say that many of the debilitated animals collapse, espe‐ cially in the summer, when temperatures regularly reach 40 degrees.

Others get caught up in noisy traffic, which often leads to accidents as the honk of a car’s horn or even just an insect bite can be enough to trigger the horses’ instinct to bolt.

Citing the actions of cities such as such as London, Paris, and Toronto which no longer issue licences for horse‐drawn tourist carriages they add that many, in‐ cluding Oxford, Barcelona, New Delhi and Tel Aviv have already banned them altogether.

By switching to using electric vehicles instead, Mal‐ lorca would be making its streets safer and providing tourists with a more compassionate and eco‐friendly way to explore the island’s sights.

Although this campaign targets Mallorca, there are still many towns and cities around Spain that offer simi‐ lar services to tourists and in some cases also offer don‐ key rides.

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Keep Palma tidy PALMA Council Is determined to ensure that residents and tourists comply with their personal obligations to clean up after themselves and their animals and not cause a mess.

During 2021, the Environmental Inspection Service of the council’s cleaning entity EMAYA issued 638 tickets for uncivil behaviour, of which 528 concerned litter and not cleaning up dog mess.

On Monday May 9, the mayor of Palma, Jose Hila, and the councillor for the Environment and Animal Welfare, Ra‐ mon Perpinyà relaunched the campaign as they were pic‐ tured by a rubbish bin which reminded that it was there to accept waste, not to be ignored.

There are five different street signs which reinforce the message and whilst EMAYA exists to remove properly bagged and housed waste, the onus is on people to act re‐ sponsibly and not just throw litter away.

Due to run for two months, the campaign uses 215 panels affixed to streetlights in different streets and squares of Pal‐ ma, mainly those where the most rubbish has been detect‐ ed.

THE Balearic Institute for Na‐ ture (IBANAT) has taken de‐ livery of seven all‐terrain ve‐ hicles which will be incorporated into its forest fire prevention and extinc‐ tion programme.

Of the new vehicles cost‐ ing just under €260,000, five will see service in Mallorca with one each going to Ibiza and Menorca.

These vehicles are intend‐ ed to be used by the forestry brigades to carry out their regular functions such as the prevention and extinction of forest fires, forest manage‐ ment, the management of recreational areas and the management of protected natural areas.

The cars have five seats,

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IBANAT: Taking delivery of the new vehicles.

four doors and a cabin en‐ closed by a removable hard top. They are equipped with power and antenna wiring for communications equip‐ ment, as well as a transmit‐

ter and have a trailer hitch.

To ensure that they are clearly visible to the public they carry blue lights ap‐ proved for emergencies as well as sirens and a public

Successful boat show THE Palma International Boat Show attracted twice as many visitors as last year. Although it closed on May 1, figures of attendance were only released on Wednesday May 11 and it transpired that some 32,000 visitors attended the show over its four days which was dou‐ ble the number who attended in 2021.

According to the organisers “the event has not only been a great success with the participation of exhibitors, with 276 companies, but has also worked very well in the field of trade and promotion of the sector, as shown by the figures

of public attendance, which are equal to those of 2019, when the fair was one day longer.”

A quick survey of exhibitors re‐ vealed that 87 per cent indicated that they were intending to partici‐ pate in next year’s event as the show opens the nautical season and is one of the most important gateways for international compa‐ nies that want to establish them‐ selves in the islands.

Equally importantly, this industry is a major employer for the islands with some 4,500 people working for 650 companies which generate around €840 million a year.

Recycling bins THE IMAS (Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs) Regional Centre in Manacor has been tasked with the distribution of a range of new recycling bins throughout the area that it is responsible for.

The Consell de Mallorca deliv‐ ered some 50 blue, 50 yellow and 20 organic containers as well as 21 containers for recy‐

cling paper, 20 containers for packaging and 12 containers of organic matter.

These have now been distribut‐ ed and installed in the county centres of Inca and Manacor, at the Puig dels Bous Nursing Home and five other centres as well as the Queen Sofia Home and at the IMAS headquarters.

address system.

The renewal of these vehi‐ cles is motivated by the pro‐ gressive ageing of the cur‐ rent fleet as the seven pick‐ups replace vehicles which are all over 15‐years‐ old with mileage ranging from 300,000 to 450,000 km, but these old vehicles can still be used on public estates where they have to cover short distances.

Shortly, a further four new vehicles are expected to ar‐ rive and to be put into ser‐ vice at a further cost of €170,000.

The Turia Agreement LOCAL political party MÉS per Mallor‐ ca sent representatives to Valencia to discuss cooperation with other politi‐ cal parties at the invitation of Com‐ promís, which has been closely allied with Podemos.

The subsequent Turia Agreement, signed by MÉS per Mallorca, Com‐ promís, Más País, Chunta Aragone‐ sista on May 9, to coincide with the Day of Europe is an extension of the Declaration of Zaragoza, signed in the autumn of 2021, but now includes the political party from Mallorca.

Those involved are committed to a number of demands which would ensure effective self‐government, fair funding, strengthening public ser‐ vices, ambitious ecological transition, just and sustainable energy sovereignty, a culture of peace, sup‐ port of the feminist struggle and in‐ troduction of an economy at the ser‐ vice of the people.

Speaking about the decision to par‐ ticipate, MÉS senator Vicenç Vidal de‐ fended the Turia Agreement saying it “firmly believes in self‐government and fair financing for all the peoples of the state.”

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NIBS EXTRA Shark alert THERE was an element of panic as a lifeguard on Cala Mondragó beach warned people to stay out of the water af‐ ter a shark was sighted just a few metres off shore. After being filmed, what is thought to be a small blue shark turned around and dis‐ appeared.

Job interviews GETTING ready for the tourist season, Pal‐ maActiva is organising at its offices a staff se‐ lection day for the com‐ pany OK Mobility, which has 25 job vacan‐ cies for ‘rent a car’ re‐ ceptionists which is due to take place on Tues‐ day May 24.

Love Island ITV is teasing viewers with its first trailer for the eighth edition of Love Island which is due to return to Mallorca this year and although there is no news of who will be competing for the cash prize, it ap‐ pears that Laura Whit‐ more will once again be the host.

How stupid COUNCIL workers were called out over the weekend to clean up the front of the Pollensa Town Hall after idiots threw a number of raw eggs at the doors and walls of the building in what was an act of mind‐ less vandalism.

Sad loss SAFETY personnel in‐ volved in the Alcudia Ironman 70.3 triathlon on Saturday May 7 spot‐ ted that one of the swimmers appeared to be in trouble and imme‐ diately put into place a protocol whereby he was taken to the medi‐ cal tent and given treat‐ ment, but regrettably he died.

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Home help for elderly

O N May 9, the Balearic Government announced that it had approved the allocation of €7.5 million to the Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs.

Acting on advice from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Sports, the Government has made this money available to manage the home help service for elderly people in a situation of dependency.

This sum will be available to cover the cost of 400,000 hours of home help from January 1, 2022 THE councillor for the Presi‐ dency of the Consell de Mal‐ lorca, Javier de Juan, and the mayor of Calvia, Alfonso Ro‐ dríguez, met in the municipali‐ ty on Tuesday May 10.

In front of a large number of guests, they explained that they have entered into an in‐ ter‐institutional collaboration agreement for the care of women victims of gender‐ based violence in the munici‐ pality.

De Juan expressed his plea‐ sure with this close collabora‐ tion with the municipality which he called a benchmark in equality policies.

The Consell has agreed to make available specialised services that can visit the mu‐

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ELDERLY CARE: Help at home is vital.

to D ecember 31, 2024 and the plan is for this service to be covered in

37 municipalities throughout the island by 2024.

This is a service that allows the professional care of the elderly in their home, in their environment and in conjunction with day centres, as long as more specific services are not needed, such as a residence or 24-hour care.

It provides for the provision of tasks related to the needs of the home (regular cleaning, making the bed, cooking and washing clothes) as well as personal care such as helping with hygiene, dressing and undressing.

Supporting women A large crowd attended the meeting.

nicipality according to needs, and so far, the Psychological Care Service of the Consell de Mallorca has cared for 11 women.

Prior to the launch of this collaboration, they would

have to travel to Palma to re‐ ceive this care and now thanks to the cooperation be‐ tween the two organisations, local social workers are learn‐ ing about the different proto‐ cols used by the services to

work on the care of the vic‐ tims of gender‐based vio‐ lence.

The meeting coincided with the act of remembrance of women killed by gender vio‐ lence which takes place on the first Tuesday of the month in Calvia.

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New police officers WITH a resident popu‐ lation of more than 40,000 people which is inflated by a large in‐ flux of tourists during the season, Manacor has been struggling with law enforcement.

Until now, the Local Police Force has been understaffed but on Tuesday May 10, it was confirmed that 12 new officers have been officially enrolled into the force of whom seven are women and five are men.

They were formally welcomed by mayor of Manacor, Miquel Oliver and the dele‐ gate of the Local Po‐ lice, Joan Gaià, with the mayor encourag‐ ing them to keep the same level of enthusi‐ asm that they had on the day they started and to never lose their vocation for public ser‐ vice.

These additional 12 officers will help allevi‐ ate the problems aris‐ ing from the lack of staff, as well as reduc‐ ing the workload of ex‐ isting officers.

Hares recovering and finally...

IN 2021 it became clear that the number of wild hares on Mallorca had fallen dramatically and this was put down to myxomatosis and emergency measures implemented due to the pandemic.

The Consell de Mallorca, through the River Hunting and Fishing Service, has provisionally analysed the data obtained in the hare pre‐ breeding season this spring and has detected a turning point following the drastic fall in popula‐ tion that had been there since the summer of 2020.

In order to try to reverse the downwards trend, it reduced the pressure on the population caused by hunting and would only approve li‐ cences for the animal to be hunted in the tradi‐ tional forms of greyhound and falconry with a

POSITIVE: Hares in a Mallorcan field.

total allowed of just two per hunter per day.

This was because these traditional groups ac‐ count for less than 1.5 per cent of the killing of the animals yet have a high heritage value and falconry is an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Hu‐ manity by UNESCO. The stopping of hunting with a shotgun has had a positive effect for the hare population which has now stabilised and is slowly starting to recover.

THANKS to a grant of €191,723 from the RenovEsport pro‐ gramme of the Consell de Mallorca Lloret de Vistalegre Council has been able to completely renovate the municipal outdoor swimming pool.

It was officially reopened on Friday May 6 before an audi‐ ence of municipal councillors, representatives of the Consell de Mallorca and local residents.

As well as meeting all current safety standards, the new facili‐ ty has seen interior work carried out to the shower area, the lighting, the flooring, the exterior porch and the pump room.

In addition, a pergola has also been built to create a shaded rest area, as many children and users of summer camps use it during the hottest months.

The RenovEsport programme has a budget of €10 million which may be used to improve sporting facilities of all types throughout Mallorca.

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‘Fantastic Five’ go on UK tour Son’s UK-Spain T H E Q U E E N is to send five family members to different nations of the UK during her Platinum Jubilee double bank holi‐ day weekend celebra‐ tions, it has been an‐ nounced.

The Queen will send the emissaries to Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ire‐ land during the central weekend of the celebra‐ tions when many of the main events are taking place in London, the British press reported on Monday, May 9. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit Wales, while the Earl and Countess of Wes‐

THE QUEEN: Is head of other Commonwealth countries.

sex go to Northern Ire‐ land, and Princess Anne heads for Scotland.

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SPAIN reportedly wants automatic access to the UK’s DVLA database in return for an extension for British nationals to swap their driv‐ ing licences.

Britain and Spain are working to formalise an agreement that will allow Brits who stay in Spain longer than six months, a driving li‐ cence extension that will not re‐ quire them to exchange their li‐ cence for a Spanish one.

According to one publication, negotiations have accelerated af‐ ter the Spanish authorities refused

spokesman said: “Mem‐ bers of the Royal Family will attend engagements in each nation, including

public events marking the occasion.” Buckingham Palace has not comment‐ ed on whether there would be more visits to the Queen’s overseas realms and other Com‐ monwealth countries to mark the Platinum Ju‐ bilee.

The British media said that a visit by Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall to visit Cana‐ da, has been confirmed for later this month.

However, there has been no mention, as yet, of any jubilee visit to New Zealand, where the Queen is also head of state.

Licence demands to extend an interim arrangement that allowed Brits who stay longer than six months, to use their British driving licence legally.

Despite adequate notice from the Spanish government and sig‐ nificant warnings from the British Embassy in Madrid and others, many British people resident in Spain have failed to swap their li‐ cences.

That has left some stranded without transport. María José Aparicio of Spain’s DGT driver and vehicle licensing authority said: “We never wanted to upset British residents and the plan is that once they have been able to apply for the swap, hopefully in a few weeks, they can start driving again while the application is pro‐ cessed.”

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JONATHAN: Raising funds for Myeloma UK in memory of his mum.

A TRAFFORD dad‐of‐two will take on a non‐stop 1,600 mile cycle to Aguilas, Murcia, in honour of his mum who tragically died of organ failure.

Jonathan Mawby, 44, will begin his three‐week ride on Fri‐ day, May 13, from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, to raise money for Myeloma UK after his mother had been diagnosed with the blood cancer in 2018.

Jonathan, who owns a garage in Knutsford, Cheshire, has spent time holidaying in Aguilas and is a keen amateur cyclist.

His massive cycle will see him climb the equivalent of twice the height of Mount Everest.

Support vehicles will see him joined by his sister Sally Silver and dad Mike.

Jonathan Mawby said: “I’ll be cycling around 80 miles a day.

It’s going to be tough.

“I’m raising money for Myeloma UK in memory of my love‐ ly mum, Lee, who died on October 5, 2020.

“She had been diagnosed with myeloma in December 2018.

“Myeloma is currently incurable.

“Treatments can be effective at controlling the disease but as I know from Mum’s experience, they don’t work for all pa‐ tients.

“My hope is to raise much needed funds to find kinder, less intrusive treatments and ultimately to find a cure.”

You can donate to Jonathan’s fundraiser at www.justgiving.com/fundraising/altrinchamtoaguilas

Only men penalised A BAR in Girona, Catalonia, has been criticised by the mayor and others on social media for charging only men an entrance fee.

The Guardia Urbana fined a bar in the Plaça del Sol for charg‐ ing men an entrance fee of €10, which included a drink, while let‐ ting women in for free.

The move was interpreted as discrimination on the grounds of sex. The complaint against the venue was filed on May 7 and the difference in price for men and women was widely discussed on social networks.

The mayor of Figueres, Agnés Lladó, posted on her Twitter ac‐ count: “When we don’t pay for the product, we become the product.”

She continued: “We want to put an end to all sexist discrimi‐ nation so that no girl thinks that her body is what gets her into any place.”

The Guardia Urbana reported the venue for sex discrimination under the decree on recreational activities and events, a very se‐ rious offence which carries fines of between €15,000 and €50,000.

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SEX EDUCATION actor Ncuti Gatwa has been revealed by the BBC as the new ‘Doctor Who’, replacing Jodie Whittaker on Sunday, May 8. Last July, the current Time Lord, ac‐ tress Jodie Whittaker, sensationally an‐ nounced her departure from the long‐run‐ ning sci‐fi series.

Rwanda‐born 29‐year‐old Scottish actor Gatwa will take control of ‘that blue phone box show’, the Tardis. He will undoubtedly embark on gripping travels through time and space when he becomes the 14th Time Lord to re‐generate.

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Gatwa will work with scripts by Russel T Davies, who the BBC revealed will return as showrunner. Davies previously worked on the show from 2005 to 2009.

“There aren’t quite the words to describe how I’m feeling. A mix of deeply honoured, beyond excited and of course, a little bit scared,” Gatwa said of his new job.

He added, “This role and show mean so much to so many around the world, including myself, and each one of my incredibly tal‐ ented predecessors has han‐ dled that unique responsibili‐ ty and privilege with the utmost care.”

Stopping cold calls

COLD calls in Spain are increasingly becoming an is‐ sue for many living in the country, however an EU law has been put in place to stop them.

In the European Union, the right to data protec‐ tion is governed by Regulation (EU) 2016/679, which seeks to balance the right to protection of your data with the legitimate interests of businesses. Simply put, if you do not want to be contacted you have the right not to be.

In Spain, you can register with Lista Robinson which is a free service that is run by the Asociación Española de Economía Digital (Spanish Association of Digital Economy).

The service is easy to register with and is free of charge. Once you are registered with the associa‐ tion, businesses will be required to stop trying to contact you, although it may take a while for compa‐

COLD CALLS: Put a stop to them.

nies to update their databases ‐ but there is always the option of telling them that you are on the Robin‐ son list.

Perhaps the best thing about Lista Robinson is, it doesn’t just cover telephone calls. The service also allows you to list email and physical addresses, and not just one, but as many as you have.

DR WHO: Is known worldwide.

Star paralysed after fall

BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT star Jonathan Goodwin has broken his silence after a dangerous stunt left him paralysed.

Escapologist, 42, says his injuries are “likely” to be permanent.

Posting a snap of himself in a wheelchair with his dog, Jonathan even went on to challenge fans to a race.

“To answer some questions... I have a T11 spinal cord injury, which means I’m paralysed from the waist down.

“If any of you want to race though, I’m pretty sure I can beat you... #bringit.”

In his Instagram post Jonathan wrote: “Six months ago I went to rehearse something and left this little hairy monkey waiting patiently for me… he didn’t see his dad again until just a couple of weeks ago and when he finally did, dad had new cool wheels.

“A lot has changed in the last six months, but love is a constant and I’m very very loved. Looking forward to my next chapters and being a roll [sic] model.” Jonathan was performing a re‐ hearsal stunt on America’s Got Talent: Extreme when he fell nine metres while being hung upside down in between two suspend‐ ed cars last October.

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Italy donates fire engines THE European Commission an‐ nounced on Thursday, May 5 that Italy has donated much‐needed fire engines to Ukraine, as the country battles to deal with fires caused by Russian missiles. In total 45 modern fire engines have been donated.

The news comes amid claims by Ukraine President Volodymyr Ze‐ lenskyy that Russia has destroyed over 400 clinics and hospitals in seemingly indiscriminate attacks.

Experts have suggested however that these attacks are designed to pummel the Ukrainian people in‐ to submission as its initial strate‐

THE Tory Police Commissioner for Nottinghamshire police who had promised to crack down on speeding has pled guilty to breaking the limit five times in less than three months.

Caroline Henry, admitted to breaking the 30 mph speed lim‐ it, including being caught on two consecutive days.

Magistrates were told by her defence solicitor, Noel Philo, that she had written a letter to the court saying she was “very

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gy fails.

Non‐military donations have been an essential part of efforts to help Ukraine deal with the fallout of war, with now close to six mil‐ lion having fled the country. Many of these refugees have lost every‐ thing, with the invading forces having destroyed their homes.

It is understood that further non‐military aid, like the fire en‐ gines which were donated by Italy, is under consideration by the Euro‐ pean Commission and member countries as Ukraine looks to try and rebuild in those areas it has recaptured.

Speeding hypocrite sorry, embarrassed and ashamed.” Henry, who is the wife of Broxtowe MP Darren Henry, apparently wrote the let‐ ter after taking the advice of her solicitor.

Henry is expected when they return to court on July 19, to ar‐ gue two of the five offences were due to ‘emergencies’, with

one being when she was “very concerned for one of her chil‐ dren.” Her official website lists one of her priorities as ensuring an ‘effective and efficient’ po‐ lice response to speeding.

In her election campaign she used the slogan "’Make Notts Safe’ promising to “reduce crime with action, not words.”

‘Minder’ star dies

DENNIS WATERMAN, star of Minder, The Sweeney, and New Tricks passed away aged 74 at his home in Spain on Sunday, May 8.

His death was confirmed in a statement from his family.

“We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved Dennis passed away very peacefully at his home in Spain, on Saturday evening, with Pam by his side. The family kindly ask that our privacy is respected at this very difficult time,” it said.

Born in Clapham, South London, although famous for gracing our television screens in iconic cop dramas, his incredible career spanned six decades. At the age of 13, he was a child actor, and played numerous roles in theatre productions.

Undoubtedly it was his role in the 1970s as DS George Carter in the epic police drama, The Sweeney, that really brought Dennis to the attention of British television view‐ ers.

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Heat wave

GLOBAL warming and changes in weather conditions have wreaked havoc in southern Asia, where a heat wave has seen temperatures exceed 50 degrees, melting glaciers and causing major floods.

US Stormwatch who have been monitoring the situation, have recorded ‘feels like’ temperatures as high as 57 degrees in parts of Pakistan and India.

They tweeted: “Tru‐ ly one of the most anomalous heat events recorded in human history in terms of both dura‐ tion and intensity.

Much of Southern Asia, including #India and #Pakistan, has ex‐ perienced almost one c o n t i n u o u s a n d u n‐ precedented heat wave since March.”

RED HOT: Record highs.

In a tweet, Extreme Temperatures Around The World said that on Sunday May 8 the heat wave had seen record high tempera‐ tures for this time of year.

They tweeted: “Pak‐ istan rose to 48ºC at Sibbi and Jacobabad.

In India 46.3ºC at Barmer (32.3ºC Tmin).

Central Asia is also very hot, with 40ºC again in Turk‐ menistan. Warmer temperatures in Pak‐ istan and northern In‐ dia are expected next week.”

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BUCKINGHAM PALACE ‘minders’ will physically stop any Harry and Meghan Netflix crew if they try to film inside

TWO British soldiers killed in the First World War were laid to rest with full military honours on Thursday, May 5, a cen‐ tury after their deaths.

An engraved spoon provided a vital link between one fall‐ en soldier and his identity.

The service was organised by the MOD’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (MOD JCCC), also known as the ‘MOD War Detectives’, and was held at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s (CWGC) Loos British Cemetery, Loos‐en‐Gohelle in northern France.

One set of remains was recovered in January 2018 during a First World War ordnance search near Lens. Also found was a pocket watch and a spoon with the number 13228 stamped on the back. MOD JCCC and the CWGC confirmed it to be the regimental number of Private (Pte) William John‐ ston, aged 39, of 7th battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.

The MOD JCCC traced a great‐great‐niece who provided a DNA sample to compare with DNA taken from the remains.

The results were conclusive.

The remains of another British soldier were found sepa‐ rately in the same area. Although it was not possible to iden‐ tify him by name, MOD JCCC did confirm he served with the East Yorkshire Regiment.

15 UK airports that food will be ‘lim‐ ited’.

The airline has said that due to staff shortages being experienced by their suppliers, they would no longer be able to serve hot and cold meals or sandwiches on all flights.

TUI explained: “We can confirm that unfortunately due to staff shortages with our catering supplier, there will be no hot and cold meals or sandwiches, and a limited offer‐ ing of snacks and drinks, available on board TUI Airways short and mid‐ haul flights over the coming days.

mal, less stuffy and break away with a lot of the tradi‐ tion. “When the team ar‐ rived back in London the couple had a debrief with aides. “They went over ev‐ erything and pinpointed spe‐ cific things that went wrong and how to improve moving forward.

“The general consensus was that the tour seemed out of date, out of touch, too

royal events at the Platinum Jubilee, according to media reports.

Harry and Meghan, who

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Kate and Wills 1st names only

IN a massive shake‐up of Royal protocol Prince William and Kate have torn up the rule book to ‘move with the times’ a British pub‐ lication reported exclusively on Sunday May 8. William and Kate have, according to a royal source, taken the stance after their disastrous Caribbean tour. A source told the paper: “They want to be more approachable, less for‐

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UK airline crisis

WITH stories of cancelled flights still fresh in the memory, now comes the next crisis for UK airlines as staff shortages resulted in airlines having to cancel on‐board food and drink services.

Early on Saturday, May 7, easyJet said that on flights leaving from some airports there would be no trolley service and that passengers were advised to bring their own food and refreshments.

Initially, only flights from Scotland were affected, but TUI Airways later also warned customers flying from

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formal and stuffy.

“So now it’s more ‘Wills and Kate’ instead of the Duke and Duchess of Cam‐ bridge... ‘Just call me Wills’ type of thing.

“They want to try to avoid the bows and curtsies in pub‐ lic, be more approachable, less formal, less stuffy, and break away with a lot of the tradition and focus on a modern monarchy.”

have signed a £112 million deal with Netflix, are feared they may bring disrepute to the Queen’s four‐day celebra‐ tions if the streaming giant tries to ‘exploit’ the opportu‐ nity.

A dedicated palace team will reportedly watch the film‐ makers’ every move.

A source told one publica‐ tion: “While the family are de‐ lighted Harry and Meghan are coming, there is a real fear of tension, especially over any Netflix crew. There are con‐ cerns tension could explode if the Netflix team comes to the

UK and tries to exploit their opportunities.

“The worry is they will push it and try to gain access to ar‐ eas of Jubilee celebration events where they can film Harry and Meghan and their children.

“So a team of Palace aides will be on standby to keep a very close eye on the crew, and act as minders if needs be.”

Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, announced on Friday, May 6 they will be attending the June celebrations with their children.

NETFLIX DEAL: Palace aides will act as minders if need be.

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Personality disorders Passenger abandoned

THE much publicised court‐ room that has seen Amber Heard and Johnny Depp trade accusations, was told on Friday, May 6 that Heard suffers from attention seek‐ ing personality disorders.

Officially recognised by the American Psychiatric As‐ sociation’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, attention seeking or histrionic person‐ ality are according to some mental‐health professionals outdated, sexist, and stig‐

HEARD: Attention seeking.

matising.

For her part, Heard’s psy‐ chologist has dismissed the claims, saying that she is suf‐

fering from the mental stress of Depp’s alleged abuse.

According to the American Psychiatric Association, histri‐ onic personality disorder is a narcissistic and antisocial per‐ sonality disorder, often char‐ acterised by dramatic, ex‐ citable, erratic, or volatile behaviours.

In particular, those who suffer from the affliction, show exaggerated emotions and attention‐seeking be‐ haviours.

Roman treasure found

THREE metal detectorist friends have uncovered a treasure trove of 161 Roman coins in Wiltshire.

Their discovery, made in a field near the ancient village of Pewsey, is estimated to be worth tens of thousands of pounds.

After finishing his breakfast one morning, 53‐year‐old Robert Abbott, a computer shop owner from Essex, de‐

cided to switch his metal de‐ tector on and do some searching. Mr Abbott soon came across a Roman siliqua coin. This valuable discovery could be as much as 1,600 years old, and is valuable.

As soon as his friends ‐ 63‐ year‐old Mick Rae, and David Allen aged 59 ‐ realised what he had found, they joined in.

Their weekend tally eventual‐ ly totalled 161 coins, with

some dating back to AD 340‐ 402. These included silver sili‐ qua and miliarense coins.

“Having finished breakfast first, I turned on my machine ‐ a Minelab Equinox 800 ‐ and having walked around six paces from the tent, I found several tent pegs, and, just under the surface, a late Ro‐ man silver siliqua in pristine condition,” explained Mr Ab‐ bott.

A SON has told how his elderly mum missed her flight from Birmingham Airport to Spain be‐ cause staff ‘failed to help her on board’.

Disabled passenger Sheila Cottrill, 87, arrived at Birmingham Airport three hours before her Ryanair flight to Barcelona, local British press re‐ ported on May 4.

She was due to fly out to visit son Jeremy ‐ who she had not seen since before the pan‐ demic ‐ on Sunday, May 1. The wheelchair us‐ er, from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, was taken through security by assisted passage staff, left close to her gate and told someone would re‐ turn to help her board the plane. But that help never came and she missed her flight. Her son Jeremy told the local press: “It’s not the way to treat an elderly disabled passenger who was

A SECRET Labour Party doc‐ ument obtained by one publication looks set to plunge Sir Keir Starmer into a leadership crisis.

Mr Starmer had been recorded with activists while enjoying a beer late at night, during a visit to Durham on April 30, 2021.

This was in the period when indoor socialising was banned under the govern‐

SHEILA COTTRILL: Missed her flight.

travelling on her own on her first holiday post‐ Covid situation.”

Birmingham Airport said they are investigat‐ ing what went wrong. A spokesman told the local press: “We feel dreadful about the experi‐ ence Mrs Cottrill had. We are looking into what happened with a view to making things right.”

Starmer exposed by leak ment's coronavirus restric‐ tions.

Durham Constabulary an‐ nounced on Friday May 6 that it was launching a new enquiry into this event.

Starmer has always main‐ tained that after the Indian takeaway and beers, he had returned to work, but the contents of this memo

passed by a whistleblower seem to suggest differently.

The document includes the text ‘arrange takeaway from Spice Lounge’, which is a local Indian restaurant. At the bottom of the forward‐ planning logistics docu‐ ment, commonly known as an ‘op note’, it simply said ‘End of Visit’.

GO LOCAL

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

Local businesses make our villages, towns and cities what they are. They add unique character. They are convenient.

And they offer excellent produce from known suppliers. The joy of shopping local‐

ly means that independent businesses can support the local community. You may find something a euro or two cheaper on‐ line but have you considered where your money is actually going?By shopping local‐ ly you’re putting food on a local family’s table and there is nothing better than giv‐ ing back to the communities that have giv‐ en us so much. Local stores support chari‐ ties and they sponsor local sports teams. In many cases, they are much more than just a business, they’re a legacy. They may have supported generations of the same family. Likewise, brand new local stores

and bars may help the generations 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 lo‐ cal economy. Local businesses recirculate a greater share of every euro they receive at local level. They create locally owned sup‐ ply chains and they invest in their employ‐ ees.

So remember, buy local.

When you go shopping ‐ go local!

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Untrained pilot chaos

BRITISH holidaymakers on a flight from Heathrow to New York were left terrified as their pilot was forced to turn back because he was still in training.

The Virgin Atlantic flight had been in the air for 40 minutes when the first offi‐ cer piped up to say that he had not completed his final flight test.

One holidaymaker com‐ mented on the amazing mishap and said: “You could have cut the tension in the cockpit with a knife.”

After returning to Heathrow the Virgin At‐ lantic Airbus A330 had to wait for a more experi‐ enced replacement co‐pilot.

Commenting on the inci‐ dent, a Virgin Atlantic spokesperson stated: “Due to a rostering error, flight VS3 from London Heathrow to New York‐JFK returned to Heathrow on Monday May 2 shortly af‐ ter take‐off.

“The qualified first officer, who was flying alongside an

experienced captain, was replaced with a new pilot to ensure full compliance with Virgin Atlantic’s training protocols, which exceed in‐ dustry standards.

“We apologise for any in‐ convenience caused to our customers who arrived two hours, 40 minutes later than scheduled as a result of the crew change.”

UK pension increase UK pensions could be set to rise by more than 10 per cent in 2023 after Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said that he would reintroduce the pension triple lock.

The move will see pensions go up in line with an infla‐ tion rate that is currently running above 10 per cent.

With the Bank of England forecasting inflation to rise above 10.25 per cent in the fourth quarter, any reintro‐ duction of the triple lock would see record rises in the state pension. The triple lock introduced by David Cameron guarantees to increase the state pension by 2.5 per cent or the rate of inflation, whichever is higher.

Sunak suspended the triple lock, with the UK’s debt having increased enormously as the country struggled to cope with the pandemic.

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Russia’s warning

RUSSIAN filmmaker Shakhnazarov has blasted critics of President Vladimir Putin, saying that there will be “no mercy” for them.

Speaking on Russian TV Shakhnazarov said: “The opponents of letter Z must understand that if they are counting on mercy, no.

“There will be no mercy for them.

“It all became very serious, in this case, it means concentration camps, re‐education, sterilisation.

“This is very serious.”

Speculation started on Wednesday, May 4, that Putin could soon declare war against Ukraine and mobilise troops nationally on May 9. Russia’s onslaught against Ukraine so far has been called a ‘special military operation’ rather than war by THE Ministry of Health an‐ nounced on Thursday, May 5 that they had discovered a new coronavirus variant in Spain. In its latest report, the Centre for the Coordination of Health Alerts and Emer‐ gencies highlighted that some sequences corre‐ sponding to the new BA.5 mutation of Covid‐19 have been detected in recent weeks.

A warning has already been issued by the World Health Organisation regard‐

NO MERCY: The situation is now serious.

Russia. Dmitry Peskov, spokesperson for the Kremlin commented on the speculation about a national mobilisation and said: “There is no chance of that. It’s nonsense.”

He went on to add: “It is not true. It is non‐ sense.”

New Covid strain

ing the ‘transmission poten‐ tial of this variant,’ and the risk of it being immune to the current vaccines avail‐ able.

In its epidemiological re‐ port, the Ministry of Health explained that “the first stud‐ ies indicate that previous in‐ fection by the BA.1 variant of Omicron could offer a minor degree of protection against the new strain that is already

circulating in our country.”

Tedros Adhanom Ghe‐ breyesus, the director‐gener‐ al of the WHO, warned this week that the scientists who identified Omicron at the end of last year have now warned that the two sub‐ variants that have been de‐ tected in Spain, the BA.4 and BA.5, could be responsible for the increase in coron‐ avirus cases in South Africa.

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is ex‐ pected to reshuffle his cabinet in the summer, according to those closest to him.

The reshuffle has been expected after a less than convincing showing during lo‐ cal elections across England last week, with many questioning whether he is the right man to continue leading the party.

Vowing to carry on, Johnson has down‐ played the results, referring to the strong

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Boris’s summer reshuffle results in the north of England.

Sources said that Mr Johnson is ex‐ pected to change his top team before the summer recess. That is set to begin on July 21, however there is also talk that he may call an early election in the hope that on issues of national impor‐

tance people will support him.

The dismal showing by the Conserva‐ tive party is put down to the sleaze with‐ in government, the lockdown parties and the failure by Johnson’s government to get to grips with the cost of living crises.

JOHNSON: Expected to change his team.

Child hepatitis link Andrew Neil back

R O U G H LY 3 0 0 c a s e s of a mystery hepatitis have been recorded in children around the world, with more than 20 countries now reporting cases and at least one death.

Initial indications were that the cases could be linked to the pandemic and the use of vaccines, however the UK Health Securi‐ ty Agency (UKHSA) has said that a num‐ ber of children that tested positive for

the disease, all aged 10 or under, had come from families who own a dog, or have been exposed to a dog. They added that: “the signifi‐ cance of this finding is being explored.”

Questionnaires, completed by the families of those af‐ fected, found that 70 per cent of the chil‐ dren owned or had been exposed to a pet dog.

Health officials have been quick to

point out that this might just be coinci‐ dence, with around half of all homes in the UK owning a pet dog. However, with a lack of any clear cause all possibilities are being investigat‐ ed.

In the UK, more than 160 children have been identified with a sudden onset o f h e p a t i t i s . At l e a s t 11 of these have needed a liver trans‐ plant, but no deaths have been recorded.

POPULAR political commentator Andrew Neil has returned to terrestrial TV with a new Sunday politics show after a disastrous spell fronting channel GB News.

The veteran broadcaster, 72, will host a live 10‐part series, titled The Andrew Neil Show, which began on Channel 4 on Sunday, May 8, to air weekly at 6pm.

It featured Cabinet minister Jacob Rees‐Mogg as its first guest.

Neil has said his new Sunday evening politics show will focus on “intelligent discussion” rather than the “sensation and shouting” of the Ameri‐ can opinion‐led format.

And he said the later time

slot of the programme means his team will have ‘the waterfront to ourselves’ allowing them to ‘throw’ the news forward to the coming week.

The Daily Mirror’s Pippa Crerar and The Telegraph’s Madeline Grant will offer up their insight as political commen‐ tators. Neil quit as lead presenter of the right‐wing GB News station in September 2021 after just eight shows, following clashes with management over its edito‐ rial direction and tech‐ nical problems.

VETERAN BROADCASTER: Hosting a new show.

Sex Pistols fire again THE Sex Pistols will, to mark the Queen’s plat‐ inum jubilee, re‐release the once banned punk rock anthem God Save the Queen.

Released in 1977, the anti‐authoritarian song hit the stores in the same year as the Queen’s sil‐ ver jubilee. The song achieved notoriety by being instantly banned by the BBC and most indepen‐ dent radio stations.

The song called the monarchy “a fascist regime.” Amongst the lyrics were lines like ‘She ain’t no human being, and there’s no future, and England’s dreaming’.

Despite being banned and the nature of the lyrics the song proved a hit, reaching number two in the singles charts. The title of the song was however blanked out from the chart listing DRONES have become common place in war, but Ukraine’s unprecedented use of small commercially available drones is reportedly giving them the edge.

Operable by anyone, these small drones are being used not only to record the war but also to provide valu‐ able intelligence to Ukraine’s armed forces, as they work to repel the invad‐ ing Russian troops.

Valerii Iakovenko, the founder of Ukrainian drone company DroneUA, told Wired: “Drones changed the way the war was supposed to be.

PUNK ANTHEM: 4,000 copies to be released.

to avoid causing offence.

Virgin, who the band signed with after they were dropped by A&M, will release 4,000 copies of the song to commemorate the Queen’s plat‐ inum jubilee. A further 1,977 copies of the A&M version will also be available.

Ukraine’s edge

“It is all about intelligence, collecting and transferring data about enemy troops’ movements or positioning, cor‐ recting artillery fire. It is about counter‐ saboteurs’ actions, and it is of course search‐and‐rescue operations.”

According to Iakovenko, the Ukraini‐ an army has been making full use of the Starlink satellite system provided

by Elon Musk, estimating that they are operating upwards of 6,000 drones for reconnaissance.

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Charity swim ‘BRAÇADES solidàries: des de Calvià a Ucraïna’ is a charity swim set to take place on Saturday, May 14, between 8am and 2pm at the Santa Ponça swimming pool in Calvia, Mallorca. The aim is to swim as many me‐ tres as possible to raise funds for the victims of the invasion of Ukraine.

The money will go to the Fons Mallorquí de Coop‐ eració, a non‐profit organi‐ sation set up in 1993 that supports refugees and ar‐ eas affected by armed con‐ flict.

Each participant will need to register at https://sport maniacs.com/ with a mini‐ mum donation of €5, which will go entirely towards the cause. The deadline for on‐

RAISING FUNDS: For the victims of Ukraine.

line registration is May 13 at 1pm. Registration can al‐ so be done at the swim‐ ming pool on the day but is subject to availability.

Participants will have one lane for 30 minutes, and each lane will be used by a maximum of three swim‐ mers. The pool has six lanes.

Participation in the chari‐ ty swim is open to every‐ one, including children who can swim (children must be accompanied). Support is available for people with disabilities who wish to par‐ ticipate, although they will need to make any requests beforehand on 639 619 244.

Nordic Walking THE town hall of Calvia, Mallorca, has arranged a Nordic walking outing for Saturday May 21 in Santa Ponça.

Nordic Walking is an activity that consists of walking with specially designed poles. It is very easy to learn, although those who have never done it before should have the help of a good in‐ structor so that they can learn the correct tech‐ nique. It combines nature, well‐being and exer‐ cise, with both physical and mental benefits.

The route will begin at the Santa Ponça Health Centre at 5pm and has sections on the beach, in the pine forest and on the Avenida del Rei en Jaume I. It will last approximately two hours and

EASY TO LEARN:Suitable for all ages.

will finish back at the Health Centre The activity is free and suitable for all ages and levels. Walking poles can be provided. There are limited places, so registration should be done beforehand at www.calviadeportes.com/nordic‐walking.

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Gira-Illa Catalan music festival THE Gira‐Illa Catalan music festival will be held from 7pm on Saturday, May 14, at the Ses Voltes Cultural Centre in Palma and will feature per‐ formances by the Mallorcan groups Alanaire, Anegats, Reïna and Suasi i Els Elec‐ trodomèstics. Admission is free. The event has been jointly organised by the De‐ partments of Culture from the Palma Town Hall and the Consell de Mallorca.

The vice‐president of the Consell de Mallorca and councillor of Culture, Her‐ itage and Linguistic Policy, Bel Busquets, said: “This event stems from a love of lan‐ guage and music, and the

MUSIC FESTIVAL: The artists will all be from Mallorca.

aim is to enrich the leisure ac‐ tivities on offer in our lan‐ guage.”

The councillor for Culture and Social Welfare from the Palma Town Hall, Antoni Noguera, highlighted the im‐ portance of such language‐

focused events, saying: “There was a lack of an initia‐ tive entirely in Catalan in the cultural panorama of the city.”

The artists who will be per‐ forming are all from Mallor‐ ca.

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Free activities for all

THERE is a special Spring Market at Porto Pi shop‐ ping centre in Palma on Friday, May 13, from 5pm to 9pm, and Saturday, May 14, from 11am to 9pm. It will take place in Plaza Pere Claver (next to Toys’R’Us) and the entrance is free.

Visitors will have the opportunity to browse a range of products from brands such as Lush, Piruliru, Flip Kicks, Lovers by SR, Now or Never, Taltavull Shoes, Ally Space, La Boutique del Gelato and Indivis‐ ible Gastrotruck.

There will also be activities for the whole family.

On May 13 at 6.30pm, La Clownètica, the musical band of Sonrisa Médica, a not‐for‐profit organisation dedicated to making children in hospital laugh with clowns, will perform a fun and exciting show in

THE Rotary Club Calvia International has arranged a charity walk at the foot of the beautiful Tramuntana Mountains in aid of the non‐profit organisation ASDICA, which takes care of the needs of disabled chil‐ dren and their families in Mallorca.

The aim is to make everyday life easier for these people and to make it as happy as possible.

The hike will take place on May 15, starting from Sa Vinya in Es Capdella. There will in fact be two versions of the walk of different du‐

which they combine their most popular songs with participatory games, magic and clowning, accompa‐ nied by live music.

Saturday, May 14, will start with a Zumba session at 11am by AltaFit. For those looking to get fit while having fun, the answer is Zumba: a fun aerobics‐ based dance class set to the rhythm of Latin music.

From 12pm to 2pm, children will be able to partici‐ pate in a workshop in which they personalise cotton bags with labels specially designed for textile fabrics.

From 5pm to 9pm there will be a party with a DJ who will play the most danceable tracks from the 80s and 90s, as well as performances from Jaime Gordio‐ la, playing the greatest national and international hits from the 90s onwards; Red Blood, a girl band who

‘Layering intimacy’ exhibition CLOWNS: Will perform a fun and exciting show.

will be premiering their first track; and Gin Tonics, who will perform versions of Spanish pop classics from the 80s, 90s and 2000s.

Little ones are also welcome at the party, with a badge‐making workshop from 6pm to 8pm.

Rotary Club charity walk

rations, with the longer one starting at 12pm and lasting approximately two and a half hours and the short‐ er one starting at 12.15pm and last‐ ing an hour.

Those wishing to attend are kind‐ ly asked to register beforehand at charitywalk@rotarycalvia.com.

Places are limited. Participation costs €15 for adults and €10 for chil‐

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dren, with the proceeds going to AS‐ DICA. There will be a barbecue and entertainment by Izzy after the walk.

Rotary Club Calvia International is an English‐speaking club with mem‐ bers of eight different nationalities.

They currently meet every Monday at the Hotel Bendinat in Calvia. The meetings start with a drink at

1.30pm followed by lunch at 2pm, and usually run until 4pm.

There are 10 Rotary Clubs in Mal‐ lorca, two in Menorca and one in Ibiza. They welcome all those who are interested in sharing their objec‐ tives of fundraising to provide help for both local charities and interna‐ tional disasters. For more informa‐ tion, visit https://rotarycalvia.com/.

‘LAYERING INTIMACY’ is the title of the first solo exhibition of the Mallorcan artist Gori Mora in Spain and his first at the Galería Pelaires in Palma. Mo‐ ra lives and works in Glasgow.

The topics he ex‐ plores in his paintings include the significant effect of technology on our social interactions, how we perceive our‐ selves, our deepest values, the history of the queer community, current trends and the contemporary world.

Mora analyses the concept of desire as one of the main drivers of social com‐ munication in the con‐ text of increasingly omnipresent new tech‐ nology.

In his work, the artist uses oils to cre‐ ate figures on the back of the methacrylate and, once finished, he turns the acrylic sheet over. This unorthodox process creates a situ‐ ation in which the viewer is confronted with the reverse side of the painting, invok‐ ing a world of which they are simultaneous‐ ly hyperaware and un‐ able to reach.

The exhibition can be visited until May 31 from 10.30am to 6pm Tuesday to Friday and from 10.30am to 1.30pm on Saturdays.

The gallery is closed on Sundays.

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Sineu market

THE Sineu market is one of the oldest in Mallorca, with more than 700 years of his‐ tory. It was estab‐ lished by King James II of Mallorca in 1306 and was the main market for commer‐ cial exchange be‐ tween the peasants of the island for cen‐ turies.

Held every Wednes‐ day of the year from 8am to 2pm, the Sineu market is also one of Mallorca’s busiest, with a mix‐ ture of regular locals and visiting tourists.

It is the only one with live animals for sale, especially na‐ tive breeds from Mal‐ lorca, Menorca and Ibiza.

Tour operators al‐ ways include a visit to the market on their trips, mostly be‐ cause of the huge va‐ riety of products on offer, including fruit and vegetables, live‐ stock, plants and flowers, tools and agricultural machin‐ ery, as well as cloth‐ ing, footwear and gift items.

A large amount of the sellers come from Palma (50 per cent), but many also come from other municipal‐ ities on the island.

The Sineu market is also famous for the local cuisine it offers, such as the typical frito mallorquín, as well as the train that runs through the cen‐ tre of Mallorca.

BUSY MARKET: Attracts a mixture of regular locals and visiting tourists.

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Andrés Calamaro Tour THE multi‐award‐win‐ ning Argentine musi‐ cian Andrés Calamaro will be visiting the Pal‐ ma Auditorium on Sat‐ urday, May 21, where he will be performing all his greatest hits as part of his 2022 tour.

Andrés Calamaro launched his new al‐ bum Dios Los Cría last June, in which he revis‐ its his exceptional discography alongside some of the greatest artists of popular Latin music, including leg‐ ends such as Julio Igle‐ sias, Raphael, Alejandro Sanz, Manolo Garcia,

Vicente Amigo and Vi‐ centico. The album earned him another nomination at the Latin Grammy Awards for Best Vocal Album.

Calamaro is consid‐ ered to be among the greatest and most influ‐ ential rock musicians in Spanish and is also ex‐ tremely versatile as an artist, as he is known for exploring other mu‐ sical genres, including ballads, tangos, reggae, funk, jazz and boleros.

Tickets start at €45 and can be purchased at https://www.cala maro.com/.

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ALIEN BOMBSHELL - ALIENS ALREADY LIVE AMONG US! NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

A SPACE expert has warned that a NASA plan to let aliens know life on Earth exists could trigger dangers like an extra‐terrestrial inva‐ sion. This eerily echoes previously released classified documents from the UK’s Ministry of Defence revealing how staff believed aliens could visit for ‘military reconnaissance’, ‘scientific’ research or ‘tourism’.

But why would ‘aliens’ with such advanced technology that enabled travel throughout the universe at hyper‐mph be interested in a week’s B&B in Skegness? Surely they’d have the technology to do their ‘reconnaissance’ from afar?

And why on ‘Earth’ would anyone want to go to the UK for a holiday? Presumably they have the run of the universe, somewhere without global warming, corrupt politicians or fleeing oligarchs.

The UK admittedly does possess some uniquely otherworldly, semi‐derelict, deso‐ late seaside resorts that might make them feel at home. Judging by some of the popula‐ tion of these places, some of them might well

have stayed and set up boarding houses, one‐armed bandit emporia and tattoo par‐ lours.

The first British cosmonaut Helen Sharman previously admitted she believes aliens do ex‐ ist, claiming extra‐terrestrials “could be living among us here on Earth,” but have simply gone undetected.

At first, her theory sounds slightly bonkers.

And then you start looking more closely at UK MPs and maybe Helen could definitely be on to something. Do those MPs sound like they’re on another planet? Well, perhaps that’s because they are...

Maybe there’s another explanation for the UFO videos recently released by military forces: to convince us of the ongoing exis‐ tence of threats, real and imaginary, to max‐ imise their funding?

Nora Johnson’s critically acclaimed psy‐ chological crime thrillers (www.nora‐john son.net) all available online. Profits to Cude‐ ca cancer charity. Email: norajohnson3@ hotmail.com.

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It makes no sense to me MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man I SAW a video the other day of a bloke on a bike go into a store in the USA and load up with as many goods as he could carry and ride out. No-one tried to stop him.

In fact the staff just stood there filming him. I then found out the reason for this is because State law says that stealing merchandise worth $950 or less is just a misdemeanour which means that law enforcement probably won’t bother to investigate, and if they do, prosecutors will let it go. That’s absolutely nuts!

Why won’t store employees do anything about this theft? Because they don’t want to take the risk. I doubt many would, knowing that one employee was murdered recently after trying to stop two thieves. It just doesn’t make any sense to me that you can nick up to a grand’s worth of stuff without getting nicked. I also read that these thieves go in four/five handed and just help themselves

and walk out. I went into Primark the other day and it looked like people only go in there to see how much mess they can make. The place looked like a jumble sale.

Who has the patience to rummage through all that stuff? Not me - see you later. Mind you at their prices, the American shoplifters would have a field day and would need a small van to nick a grand’s worth of stuff!The UK voted for something last week. My opinion of voting in the UK is trying to make up your mind whether you prefer dog poo or cat poo, because it doesn’t matter what party wins you will still finish up with a load of mess! I must also remember that when you get nicked for breaking the law, like Boris did, you just have to say ooops sorry and then ignore it. What a load of bull hooks.

Finally stop this woke nonsense now!

Men are being asked if they could be pregnant before some treatments, because the health authorities do not ask what sex you are when filling out consent forms.

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FINLAND

Wailing Day

Chewie, we’re home

WEDNESDAY May 4 was designated Big Wailing Day in Denmark as it was time to perform the annual test of 1,078 sirens situated around the country, which was first started in 1994 and takes place the day before National Day on May 5.

FOR the first time, the largest Star Wars private collections in the world visits Finland this year as the Unofficial Galaxies summer exhibition is due to open in the Tampere Hall on July 1 and visitors will be invited to dress as their favourite character

IRELAND

THE NETHERLANDS Liberation Day

Mixed blessing

CHELSEA Pensioner, 96-year-old Harry Rawlings (one of 20 Second World War veterans who travelled to Holland for the event) lit the Freedom Flame at midnight on Thursday May 5 in Wageningen to mark Liberation Day which is a public holiday in The Netherlands

IRELAND has been particularly successful in attracting international companies such as Facebook and Google to set up data centres thanks in part to the beneficial tax rules, but it now appears that these centres account for 14 per cent of all electricity used in the Republic.

BELGIUM

ITALY

Ruffled feathers

Oops

WHEN police stopped a British number plated car on the Brussels orbital road on May 1, they were surprised on looking inside that it was full of exotic birds such as canaries, parrots and parakeets as well as some pigeons, an astonishing 415 in total.

AN elderly female tourist appeared to have either fainted or tripped over a low barrier at the Galleria Borghese in Rome on May 4 and managed to damage a 17th century painting of St Francis by Guido Reni, which will now have to be removed and restored.

GERMANY

PORTUGAL

Condom conundrum

COTEC meeting

MAKING history in Germany, a court has ruled that a woman who damaged her reluctant partner’s condoms in a bid to become pregnant was guilty of ‘stealthing’ which normally occurs when a man secretly removes his condom during sexual intercourse, unbeknownst to his partner.

TRAVELLING to Oporto, King Felipe arrived on May 3 to take part in the annual COTEC meeting where representatives of Italy, Portugal and Spain meet to discuss innovation and international cooperation.

From Oporto, he travelled to Braga where the actual meeting took place.

FRANCE

UKRAINE

Electric fires

Decathlon returns

AFTER the second of Paris’s 149 electric buses caught fire for no apparent reason, the decision was made to take them all out of service temporarily so that the Bollore Bluebus 5SE could be checked for inherent faults, although no-one has been injured by the fires.

AFTER closing its four stores in Ukraine, French chain Decathlon has announced that it has reopened its shop in the Petrivka Retail Park in Kyiv and has also gone back online to supply goods to other parts of the country wherever delivery is possible.

NORWAY

SWEDEN

Record number

NATO doubts

IN 2021, some 41,100 people were granted Norwegian citizenship, the largest number ever with Swedes topping the statistics due to the fact that dual nationality is now allowed.

Perhaps unexpectedly British, Danish and Polish applicants beat non-European refugees in gaining Norwegian passports.

THE potential application by Sweden and Finland to join NATO could be stymied if the Croatian President Zoran Milanović is able to veto any deal at the upcoming Madrid summit.

He is at odds with the Croatian Parliament, but the vote may be for ambassadors only.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT HAVING just (about) recovered from a second bout of the dreaded Covid contagion, it did cross my mind just how quiet all the Covid deniers have become.

At one time the social media was awash with individuals scoffing and decrying the very existence of this very real and potentially devastating disease. The conspiracy theorists were rampant, not only denying the disease actually existed, but a large number blaming it all on a devious plot to bring the whole of mankind to its knees and totally reset the world as we knew it!

I can only assume that as time went on and more and more of these people actually contracted the disease themselves, or were confronted with friends and relatives that fell victim, even the bloodiest minded of them finally had to accept the truth. None will ever admit it of course. That is the problem with conspiracy theorists, they are generally sufferers of rampant insecurity or inferiority complexes and to bolster their own frailties try to convince others they are more aware of situations and events in the world

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Covid deniers than the majority. People who suffer from this malady will find conspiracies in just about everything; it constantly boosts their fragile egos by making them appear (and feel) important. Well I find them very dangerous indeed.

I also think they owe an apology to all the medical staff, doctors, nurses and laboratory workers who spent their time, and on many occasions actually laid down their lives in the fight to combat this devastating disease. They should also apologise to all who have lost loved ones and those still fighting the effects of the dreaded Long Covid, which has also been proven to be very real and utterly debilitating to so many ‐ they won’t of course, they never do.

Many of these conspiracy theorists are also deniers of historical events. Large numbers maintain that man has never walked on the moon or even actually travelled in space. Try telling that to the parents and loved ones of the tragic crew of the ill fated Challenger, or of the seven that died when the Columbia shuttle disintegrated on reentry in 1973.

To be honest if we listened to the conspiracy theorists, mankind would probably not exist at all. Mind you

sometimes I do actually think myself that we could all be figments of our own imagination. Ah well.

My second ‘Ah well’ of the week occurred the other night. After appearing at a prestigious beach front nightspot on Mallorca, I was approached by a beautiful young woman that appeared to have been enjoying my spot with some gusto.

Probably in her early 20s, she laid a hand gently on my arm and, gazing up adoringly, told me she was Swedish and had truly enjoyed my music. ‘You brought back so many wonderful memories’ she crooned seductively.

‘Oh really’ I stuttered, preening slightly but somewhat taken aback. ‘Yes’, she went on, ‘you reminded me so much of my late grandfather’‐ Ah Well!

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ONLINE cryptocurrency exchanges such as Binance and Coinbase are either having to suspend services in Spainorarehavingdifficultyinreceiving approval to start them in a toughening of oversight by both the Bank of Spain and watchdog CNMV.

Visit Rwanda ACCORDING to the UK press, the British government plans to spend £100,000 on running a foreign language social media campaign targeting countries with the greatest number of potential economic migrants, saying that “Britain is closed for business” so they could end up in Rwanda instead.

British tourists WITH Schengen requirements very much in the mind of British holiday‐ makers, the National Statistics Institute (INE) confirmed that of four million international tourists visiting Spain in March, 18.3 per cent or 826,399 were British nationals who were able to cope with the post‐Brexit entry require‐ ments.

Cake Face AN amateur baker in Norwich has taken the plunge and set up her own home delivery business offering a combination of sweet treats and a large helping of mindfulness. Cake Face not only delivers cakes, but also inspiringwordsandalinktoanuplifting song.

Industrial output decline LATESTnewsfromtheSpanishNational Statistics Institute (INE) released on May 6 revealed that industrial output had dropped in March after getting slightly stronger in February. Although the percentages are relatively small in number terms, the drop of 1.8 per cent following a 0.9 per cent growth the previousmonthtranslatestomillionsof euros of lost production. In real terms over a 12‐month basis, production has grown by just 0.1 per cent and appears to have been held back firstly by Covid restrictions during 2021 and now by a combination of higher costs of raw material and supply‐chain delays.

Nearly 60 per cent of Spanish vehicles use diesel.

FUEL costs in Spain are giving the con‐ sumer no respite at the moment.

The 20 cents per litre discount that the government introduced on April 1 has relieved the situation slightly, but the cost of petrol and diesel just keeps increasing, with Economy Min‐ ister Nadia Calviño warning retailers that she may withdraw the discount if it is not passed on to consumers.

According to data from the EU Oil Bulletin published on Thursday May 5, diesel has broken a record in Spain by reaching an average cost of €1.872/litre which means that it ex‐

THE UK government has de‐ manded fair play for all and will target large tech firms who take advantage of consumers as well as small businesses.

Although no implementation date has been confirmed, the De‐ partment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) an‐ nounced on Friday May 6 that it planned to launch a new digital watchdog with statutory powers.

The Digital Markets Unit (DMU) will be created in order to enforce pro‐competition rules and rebalance the relationship tech giants have with consumers and businesses, so they are bet‐ ter protected from unfair prac‐ tices.

Plans will be turned into reality

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ceeded the price of petrol for the fifth consecutive week.

Data from the Geoportal of gas sta‐ tions of the Spanish Ministry for the Environment show that in 1,288 petrol stations, its cost is already above or close to €2/litre. That is equivalent to 11.3 per cent of the forecourt pumps in the country.

Specifically, in 780 stations it has al‐ ready hit that cost, while in the rest it is at €1.999/litre. In another 6,000, its cost exceeds €1.90/litre, slightly above the €1.872/litre average.

Despite diesel cars being doomed

to disappear in the future, a report from the We Are Safe disclosure ini‐ tiative, promoted by the employers of Unespa insurance companies, said that 14.6 million of the 24.6 million cars on the road in Spain are still de‐ pendent on diesel.

Even with these reported increas‐ es, fuel costs in Spain are still lower than the average of the European Union, and the eurozone. In these two zones, the average cost of petrol stands at €1.870, and €1.882, while diesel is at €1.939, and €1.921 respec‐ tively.

Fair play for all as fines up to 10 per cent of glob‐ al turnover will be implemented for breaches and senior tech bosses will face tough penalties if firms fail to comply with the rules The DCMS said that the majori‐ ty of UK companies now rely on powerful tech firms to ensure customers find their business on‐ line.

International firms control key online gateways for millions of internet users and give prefer‐ ence to their own apps and browsers. They are also able to set their own prices for the on‐

line services they provide busi‐ nesses without challenge, which can be passed on to consumers.

The impact of weakened com‐ petition is stark ‐ the Competi‐ tion and Markets Authority esti‐ mates that Google and Facebook made excess UK profits of £2.4 billion in 2018 alone ‐ harming consumers through higher prices.

Smartphone users could get more choice of which search en‐ gines they have access to more choice of social media platforms as new entrants enter the mar‐ ket and more control over how their data is used by companies.

Iberdrola investment FOLLOWING the news that Volkswagen/SEAT planned to spend €10 billion on the elec‐ tric vehicle business in Spain and is starting with a huge new building in Valencia, it has to be remembered that going electric, requires a lot of electricity.

Spanish utility company Iberdrola has jumped in quickly and announced that it plans to invest €500 million in the construction of a 250‐ hectare solar farm not far from the gigafactory’s loca‐ tion in the area of Sagunto.

The plan is to ensure that all of the electricity used by the factory is supplied by Iberdrola which will, through its investment, ensure that the manufacture of the VW batteries is possible using on‐ ly renewable energy.

Funding a green future THE Spanish Venture Capital fund behind Glovo and Spotify is going green as Seaya Ventures partners with Iberdrola and Nortia.

Hoping to raise €300 million and become the largest Venture Capital fund focused on sustain‐ ability in southern Europe, Seaya Andromeda has already attract‐ ed investments of €130 million.

The fund will invest in technol‐ ogy‐driven companies focusing on GreenTech, Circular Economy, Agritech and Sustainable Food Value Chain and will be promot‐ ing a sustainable and healthy so‐ ciety by reducing waste and pol‐ lution, through investments in top European tech‐driven com‐ panies.

As the fund endorses EU and Spanish aims to help provide a greener future, it anticipates fi‐ nancial support from the Spanish government.

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BUSINESS EXTRA ECB interest THE European Central Bank (ECB), having stood firm against increased interest rates now believes it will have to happen, but over a period of time with con‐ trolled hikes which will take interest rates from negative to positive, with one board member sug‐ gesting a July start.

Pizza the action DOMINO’S, imported from America but one of Britain’s most successful takeaway suppliers has recorded a drop in sales as prices for its hot pizzas in‐ creased due to the return to pre‐pandemic rates of VAT. This may then benefit supermarkets where un‐ cooked pizzas are VAT free.

VW factory SPANISH President Pedro Sánchez attended the for‐ mal presentation of the Volkswagen gigabattery factory in the Valencian town of Sagunto on Thurs‐ day May 5, where compa‐ ny chairman Herbert Diess confirmed that it planned to spend €10 billion on electric car production.

Innovative travelling VEHICLE manufacturers have been concentrating on the production of electric buses, cars and delivery ve‐ hicles, but there is a new Spanish company offering something more affordable.

Unlike electric bicycles and e‐scooters, Malaga based Urbet, having toyed with small electric bikes from Chi‐ na sees a market for the equivalent of a 125cc motor bike which is electrically powered. Styled to look like vintage bikes, prices range from €2,000 to €9,000 and with a range of up to 350 kilometres and almost negli‐ gible running costs, this start‐up which currently has two showrooms could be a company to watch.

Oil fuels inflation THE British economy con‐ tinues to face ever rising inflation, forcing the Bank of England to raise inter‐ est rates to their highest level since 2009 and to warn of a possible reces‐ sion.

One of the main rea‐ sons for this huge spike in inflation is the cost of oil and gas prices which were spiralling towards the end of 2021, but have shot up further with Russia’s inva‐ sion of Ukraine.

Despite claiming to have lost £3.1 billion by cancelling deals involved with Russian gas and oil, energy giant Shell has re‐ ported profits of £7.3 bil‐ lion in the first quarter of 2022, more than double the profits it made in the previous year.

Similar increases in profits have been con‐ firmed by other compa‐ nies such as BP and Nor‐ wegian company Equinor which supplies Britain with 25 per cent of its nat‐

PROFITS UP: The Chancellor is handy with a petrol pump.

ural gas has also reported record profits.

Many politicians argue that Chancellor Rishi Sunak should introduce some form of ‘windfall’ tax on the companies benefiting from these enormous hikes in profits but, until now, he has ap‐ peared opposed to this concept.

The concept of such a temporary tax is not to penalise the companies by taxing all of their prof‐ its but by taking a per‐ centage of the unexpect‐ ed additional profits, the UK economy would bene‐ fit and this would release funds to help those most hit by inflation such as pensioners and the low‐

est paid.

The latest ‘gaff’ by Prime Minister Boris John‐ son who, when told that a pensioner was riding bus‐ es most days purely to keep warm, wrongly claimed that it was thanks to him that she has a free bus pass, probably didn’t go down well with voters in the May local elections.

Fighting dangerous apps MALICIOUS apps unknowingly down‐ loaded by hundreds of thousands of users put people’s data and money at risk, according to a new report.

The UK hopes to boost security stan‐ dards in a bid to better protect people from hackers when they download apps to their phones, TVs and games consoles.

The app market in the UK is said to be worth nearly £19 billion as people use apps to carry out everyday tasks such as shopping, banking and making video calls.

On May 4, the UK government re‐ vealed that: “There are few rules gov‐ erning the security of the technology or the online stores where they are sold.

“A new report on the threats in app stores published today by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) shows people’s data and money are at risk because of fraudulent apps containing malicious malware created by cyber criminals or poorly developed apps which can be compromised by hackers

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exploiting weaknesses in software.”

The government hopes to increase security for users under new proposals for a code of practice for app stores.

Cyber Security Minister Julia Lopez said: “Apps on our smartphones and tablets have improved our lives im‐ mensely ‐ making it easier to bank and

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shop online and stay connected with friends.

“But no app should put our money and data at risk. That’s why the gov‐ ernment is taking action to ensure app stores and developers raise their secu‐ rity standards and better protect UK consumers in the digital age.”

WITH Spain embarking on its massive press to be‐ come the technology hub of Europe, not only will its next generation of IT creators need to under‐ stand what they are do‐ ing, but will also have to be fluent in English.

This is because the ma‐ jority of programming de‐ velopment and training is undertaken in such a way that English is the domi‐ nant language.

When one considers the huge potential labour force in Latin and South America, it is clear that a large number of people will be unable to cope with the language prob‐ lem, so Mexican program‐ mer Primitivo Román Montero created Lengua‐ je Latino, a Spanish open‐ source programming lan‐ guage to help those entering the profession to cope.

Energy tussle AS Spain looks to place a cap on the price of natural gas used for power gener‐ ation, it is being criticised by energy companies al‐ though the plan, agreed jointly with Portugal, has been approved in princi‐ ple by the European Union.

Inflation is a major problem for the country and accurate forecasts through the National Statistics Agency (INE) are crucial, but according to Economy Minister Nadia Calviño, one large un‐ named utility company is causing a major problem.

In a radio interview on Thursday May 5, she claimed that this company has been ignoring several requests for information from INE which hinders the ability of the agency to prepare precise figures.

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OUR VIEW CELEBRATING EUROPE DAY EUROPE DAY was marked on Monday May 9 across the 27 member states of the European Union.

The day marks the anniversary of the historic declaration of French foreign minister Robert Schuman in 1950, envisaging a Europe free from war and founded on the ideals of cooperation and sharing resources.

So, this is a day to honour peace and unity throughout Europe and of course during the 72 years since the declaration there has sadly been some form of physical aggression somewhere in Europe ranging from coups in Cyprus, Greece and Portugal to cross border fighting as Yugoslavia broke up.

The fall of the Berlin Wall as well as the dissolution of the USSR did see a modicum of democratic change, but since then there has been the internal conflict (fired by external elements) in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as Kosovo.

Then as the Russian Bear came out of hibernation, there has been conflict in many parts of the old Soviet Union culminating in the invasion of the Ukraine.

In the meantime, as new members joined the European Union, there was just one ‘dog in the manger’, that wanted all of the benefits but none of the commitments which saw Britain voting to leave and even six years after the decision, the UK is still in dispute with the EU over the terms of the divorce.

Here in Spain, although individuals with British passports may have seen some restrictions on their lifestyles, it appears that the country as a whole has and is continuing to see real financial benefits from its membership of the ‘club’ and long may this last.

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DOGS, cats, rabbits, ro‐ dents and other small mammals don’t deal with the heat like hu‐ mans do and, as the temperature starts to rise and heat waves in‐ crease, veterinarians have called for vigi‐ lance.

Many pet owners judge the heat by how they feel but there are many things we should consider as responsible animal owners.

Fo r e x a m p l e , l o t s o f dog owners don’t re‐ alise how hot the pave‐ ment gets when under the heat of the sun ‐

Keep pets cool

KEEPING COOL: Dogs rely on panting as their way of cooling down.

something that can burn dogs’ paws and cause painful blisters and wounds.

Humans regulate their body heat through sweating, however, dogs and cats only sweat through their paws and noses, while rabbits and birds don’t

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sweat at all. Dogs rely on panting as their way to cool down, allowing water to evaporate across their lungs, tongues, and moist sur‐ faces of the mouth.

Cats will usually groom their fur to keep cool, with the saliva evapo‐ rating off their fur.

To stop your pet from overheating, here are some tips from veteri‐ narians: Keep pets out of the heat and sun ‐ especial‐ ly those that live in cages or terrariums like reptiles, rodents, and birds.

Never leave your pet in a hot environment, such as a car, and walk dogs in the early morn‐ ing or at night ‐ check‐ ing the temperature of the pavement to make sure it isn’t too hot for their paws.

Make sure your pet has lots of fresh water and you can also leave ice packs and frozen water bottles around the house for dogs, cats and small mammals to lie against.

For rabbits, dampen their ears with a cold washcloth (never bathe a rabbit, this can lead to shock which can be fatal).

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Separation anxiety in dogs SEPARATION anxiety in dogs is a common prob‐ lem for owners. It means that their pets engage in compulsive behaviour every time the owners have to leave the house to go anywhere. Al‐ though common, not all dogs have this problem, as each one has its own temperament and was raised differently.

The compulsive be‐ haviour caused by sepa‐ ration anxiety may be destructive. Even if you have only been gone a few minutes, the dog may begin destroying everything in the room, including furniture, cur‐ tains and shoes.

It is important to un‐ derstand that animals do not have a sense of right and wrong, which means that they do not do it out of revenge.

They are simply not in control of their emotion‐ al state.

Excessive barking and whining are also other indications of separation anxiety. The intensity of such sounds can vary de‐ pending on the breed.

For example, some breeds are more prone to howling.

Even if the dog is very well‐trained and knows where to relieve itself, it may possibly defecate and urinate inside the house or in places where it does not do so regular‐ ly.

One of the keys to avoiding separation anx‐ iety is to downplay the importance of your out‐ ings. Before you leave, avoid saying goodbye, petting your dog or mak‐ ing a scene in any way.

The same applies when you arrive. Over time, this will tell your dog that these are not im‐ portant events and they will stop behaving as if they are.

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Major Premier League club in shock move

IT emerged on Friday, May 6, that current Pre‐ mier League champions Manchester City have been asked to be kept in‐ formed on the situation regarding Paul Pogba.

The Frenchman’s con‐ tract with neighbours Manchester United ex‐ pires this summer and he is being tipped to leave the club.

Pogba will soon be a free agent after six years of a second spell at Old Traf‐ ford. Several huge clubs on the continent are believed to be keeping tabs on the 29‐year‐old. These include Paris St Germain, and his former team, Setia A gi‐ ants, Juventus.

Pep Guardiola is known to be in the mar‐ ket for a new central midfield general to re‐ place loyal servant, Fer‐

PAUL POGBA: His contract expires in the summer. nandinho. The Brazilian club captain has already announced that he wants to leave this sum‐ mer.

Pogba is in the same stable as Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, who is thought to be on

his way to City this sum‐ mer. Both players were involved with super‐ agent Mino Raiola, who passed away last week, aged 54.

It remains to be seen whether the French star would want to court the

controversy that sur‐ rounded a similar by move by Argentinian for‐ ward Carlos Tevez, when he moved across the city from United to City back in 2009.

There is no doubt Pog‐ ba could demand top wages, something that is not lacking at the Etihad.

He is thought to be earn‐ ing around £165,000 a week with United, plus bonuses. He came very close to joining Man City back in 2016, but his move from Juventus fell through.

Whatever happens, City must wait until July 1, when Pogba will be‐ come a free agent. Un‐ der FIFA rules, clubs on the continent have al‐ ready been able to ap‐ proach him since January 1.

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Todd Boehly to buy Chelsea FOLLOWING a week of intense and complicated talks, it was reported on Friday, May 6, that a deal to purchase Chelsea Football Club has been reached. According to reports, a consortium headed by American businessman Todd Boehly has allegedly signed a formal contract believed to be in the region of £4 billion.

It is thought that the English Premier League and the British government hold the final keys to completing the deal, by approving the purchase.

If it goes through then Boehly will add the West‐ London club to his sporting interests.

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich bought the Stamford Bridge outfit back in 2003. After the invasion of Ukraine, he insisted he was walk‐ ing away from the club and put it up for sale. He was subsequently hit by sanctions from the British government. A temporary licence that was given for the sale of Chelsea will expire on May 31.

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SPANISH TEENAGER WINS Lewis Hamilton MUTUA MADRID MASTERS 1000 put on notice CARLOS ALCARAZ, Spain’s newest tennis star, at the age of just 19, won the Mutua Madrid Mas‐ ters 1000 on Sunday, May 8. This is the only ATP tour‐ nament to be held annual‐ ly on Spanish soil.

Winning in two straight sets, 6‐3 6‐1, it was an in‐ credible finish to an amazing week for the young man from the province of Murcia. On his way to the final, he knocked out both Novak Djokovic and his compa‐ triot, Rafael Nadal.

In the final at the Caja Magica tennis centre, 19‐ year‐old Alcaraz was fac‐ ing the No3 seed, Ger‐ many’s Alexander Zverev, also the defending cham‐ pion. The German had reached the final after

CARLOS ALCARAZ: Won in two straight sets. overcoming Stefanos Tsit‐ sipas, the fourth seed, from Greece, in a match that went into the early hours.

This is the second ATP Masters 1000 event title that Alcaraz has won this year, adding to his win last month in Miami. He al‐

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ready has four tournament wins to his name since the start of the year.

After a joyous victory, Alcaraz said: “This tour‐ nament is special for me because it’s a tourna‐ ment I came and watched when I was seven or eight.”

It is debatable whether Zverev had tired legs from his semi‐final that eventually finished at 1am local time on the Sunday. Alcaraz started the match like a whirl‐ wind, and the German was incapable of dealing with it. With the full sup‐ port of a partisan crowd, the teenager broke Zverev to go 4‐2 ahead, before claiming the first set.

Needing only one hour and four minutes, Carlos Alcaraz wrapped up the Madrid title with a crush‐ ing 6‐1 second set score.

After this win, the young Spaniard will move up to No6 in the world, as he looks forward to Paris and the French Open lat‐ er this month.

SEVEN time world champion Lewis Hamilton has es‐ caped a F1 ban after he threatened to withdraw from the Miami Gran Prix if told to remove his jewellery.

Drivers were put on notice at the last meeting by the new race steward, who said he would begin en‐ forcing the long‐standing rule banning drivers from wearing jewellery.

Hamilton appeared at Friday May 6th’s pre‐race conference wearing three watches, eight rings and four necklaces, according to a report in the British press.

Hamilton, who begrudgingly removed his earrings ahead of Friday’s practice session, has since been given a ‘grace period’ to remove his nose ring, ac‐ cording to Sky Sports reporter Ted Kravitz.

He isn’t the only driver who wears jewellery, ac‐ cording to Kravitz. The most high profile of the drivers who do, some believe that Hamilton is being singled out unfairly.

The grace period offered is, according to Kravitz because the hole through which the nose ring was inserted, has closed up and will need to be surgically removed.

No details have been provided on the grace period, with questions remaining whether he was able to have it removed before the race on Sunday May 8.

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