Costa Blanca North 9 - 15 June 2022 Issue 1927

Issue No. 1927

9 - 15 June 2022

COSTA BLANCA NORTH • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM

Photo credit: Benidorm town hall

JUBILEE BONANZA

Turn to page 2 JUBILEE CONGRATULATIONS: Benidorm Town Hall also commemorated Her Majesty’s 70-year reign.

Linda Hall BRITAIN’S Platinum Ju‐ bilee brought an influx of visitors to Benidorm who were taking advantage of the four days of celebra‐ tions. Costa Blanca hote‐ liers’ association Hosbec explained at the start of the long weekend that many Britons had also made the most of half‐ term by tacking the Ju‐ bilee long weekend on to their planned Benidorm getaway.

“Thousands of British families looked at the principal holiday destina‐

tions and Benidorm was one of their preferred choices,” a Hosbec state‐ ment said. According to Hosbec’s calculations, the 15,000 Britons who were staying in Benidorm ho‐ tels for the four‐day holi‐ day or longer accounted for 45 per cent of all visi‐

tors to the resort.

They were also due to spend 60,000 nights in the resort over this peri‐ od, bringing a turnover of €6.3 million, Hosbec said beforehand, although this could amount to €12 in additional spending.

Inevitably, the airport

saw increased traffic thanks to the Platinum Jubilee with 38,000 seats on 206 Alicante‐bound flights taking off over the four days.

“The Jubilee has had repercussions all over the Costa Blanca,” Hosbec said.

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Shared out THE same commu‐ nique from the Hosbec hoteliers’ association also pointed out that not only hotels will have had a share in the Platinum Jubilee bo‐ nanza.

Their calculations had been based on ho‐ tel stays, Hosbec said, without taking into ac‐ count the number of visitors who were stay‐ ing in tourist apart‐ ments or their second residences, as well as campsites.

U3A Denia in Madrid Linda Hall U3A DENIA’S president and vice‐president, Richard and Cazzie Millington, celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at the British Embassy in Madrid on June 2.

They had a wonderful time on June 2, Richard and Cazzie said afterwards, with the last‐ ing souvenir of their photo‐ graph taken with Her Majesty’s Ambassador to

CLUB DE RUGBY DE LA VILA will stay in Spain’s Division de Honor (Honour Divi‐ sion) next season. The Division de Honor is Spain’s top‐level professional men’s rugby union competition, organised by the Federación Española de Rugby (Span‐ ish Rugby Federation) and currently con‐ sisting of 12 teams.

The news came after the Federation decided to demote the Alcobendas side from Madrid owing to an administrative error on the part of one of its players.

This completely changed the classifica‐

PLATINUM JUBILEE: Cazzie Millington, Hugh Elliott, Richard Millington and Maria Antonia Martin Elliott in the Madrid Embassy gardens.

Spain and Andorra, Hugh El‐ liott and his wife Maria Anto‐ nia Martin Elliott.

FRANCESC COLOMER, the Generalitat’s Tourism chief, warned that Imserso state‐ subsidised holidays for pensioners were at risk.

Speaking to the media after inaugurating a seminar at Valencia’s Institute of Tourism Technologies (Invat.tur) in Benidorm on June 2, Colomer was asked to comment on the central government’s refusal to increase Im‐ serso charges.

Hotels, most of them four‐star, must work with a net €22 per person per day for full board ‐ including wine and water with meals ‐ during the 2022‐2023 campaign.

Costa Blanca’s hoteliers’ association Hos‐ bec reacted indignantly owing to soaring overheads which include a 150 per cent esca‐ lation in energy costs, food and drink prices

Good news for La Vila

tion table, as the Villajoyosa side moved up one place and as a result will not have to take part in this season’s play‐off.

Villajoyosa’s mayor Vicente Verdu con‐ gratulated the local team on remaining in what he described as a very difficult com‐ petition.

“This is an important landmark for this sport in Villajoyosa, linking the town’s name to sporting victories,” Verdu said.

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Call for dialogue

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Adding his congratulations, Villa‐ joyosa’s Sports councillor Jose Ramon Ucles revealed that the El Pantano stadi‐ um would have a real grass rugby pitch next season.

“A perfectly cared‐for pitch is vitally im‐ portant for the town hall and the rugby club’s different categories with a view for new Honour Division successes next sea‐ son,” Ucles said.

that have risen by 20 per cent and a 4.5 per cent rise in workers’ salaries agreed with the unions last month.

Colomer clearly agreed with them.

“Imserso is at risk owing to a lack of under‐ standing and, above all, an absence of dia‐ logue,” he said.

The region’s Tourism chief stressed that the Imserso scheme had depended in recent years on the sector’s “altruism and losses.”

Colomer went on to say that dialogue was democracy’s most effective tool and it was vi‐ tal to sit down to look for a remedy.

“The Valencian Community has done its homework by repeatedly telling the Ministry of Social Rights that is necessary to talk, dis‐ cuss, check and review everything that isn’t working,” Colomer said.

On the level

SAND on the Playa Centro beach in Villajoyosa has now been re‐ turned to its original level. The last series of storms eroded so much sand that there was a drop of two metres at the end of one of the ramps and steps that give access to the beach. Kilo Carreres, Beaches Maintenance councillor, explained that his de‐ partment had waited several weeks for wave action to return the Playa Centro sand. Now, with the help of heavy machinery which has redistributed and levelled the sand, the beach has re‐ turned to its normal level, Carreres said, adding that he was “very satisfied” with the result.

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NIBS EXTRA Long life LA NUCIA resident Erika Staatsman, who celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday May 29, received a visit and a gift of flowers from the For‐ eign Residents’ councillor Jes‐ sica Gommans. Erika, who was born in Heidelberg (Ger‐ many) and lives at the Resi‐ dencia Montebello, is now La Nucia’s longest‐lived resident.

Healthy meals THE dining room at the Lope de Vega school in Benidorm was accredited as sustainable by the Spanish Association for Standardisation and Certifica‐ tion (AENOR). Ingredients, produced locally and sustain‐ ably, are used in balanced and varied menus, plastics are kept to a minimum and recycling is prioritised, AENOR confirmed.

On patrol TWELVE non‐permanent offi‐ cers have joined Benidorm’s Local Police force, assigned to patrolling the town’s prome‐ nades and beaches during the summer months when the local population is at its highest. Their contracts will last for three years or until more officers join the force via a new selection process.

Clean water VALENCIAN Community mu‐ nicipalities whose water sup‐ ply is provided by Hidraqua recycle eight times more wa‐ ter than the national average.

Hidraqua also uses energy which comes from sources that are 100 per cent renew‐ able, preventing emissions of 23.6 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere over the last year.

Pool delay TEULADA‐MORAIRA opposi‐ tion councillors complained that the town’s municipal pool would not be ready for this summer. Work should have begun in February but the contractors had aban‐ doned the project, asking for the return of the €50,000 de‐ posit paid to guarantee the completion of the project, the councillors maintained.

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Garden party success

Linda Hall PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF VALENCIA recently held its second provincial garden party.

“I am sure this will now become an annual event,” said William Turney, the Grand Lodge’s Communications officer.

“Last year was a little difficult as we were still suffering Covid restrictions, but we still managed to tempt over 50 Freemasons and their guests to come along to what was a very special event.”

This year there were no restrictions other than those of common sense, he added, and more than 100 local Freemasons and their guests attended this year’s garden party at the Los Arcos restaurant in Pedreguer.

“The idea of the garden party was that

Photo credit: Provincial Grand Lodge of Valencia

MASONIC FUNDRAISER: Four children’s charities will benefit from Pedreguer garden party.

all brought their own food which they shared, usually with their friends, on the

Better than December

THE BenidormTeDaMa (Benidorm Gives You More) shopping voucher scheme has outstripped last December’s campaign.

During the two‐week campaign ending on May 31, resi‐ dents eligible for five of the €10 vouchers ‐ each worth €20 in participating shops and businesses ‐ exchanged 181,795 of the coupons, an increase of 11,000 on the Christmas scheme ac‐ cording to Benidorm Town Hall. Thanks to the purchases made in shops and spending in cafes, bars and restaurants, lo‐ cal businesses will have received a cash injection in the region of €5 million, municipal sources said. The town hall will repay more than €1.8 million to the participating businesses who ac‐ cepted the vouchers, while consumers have spent an equal amount or, in many cases, more than that. The scheme will re‐ turn in December, Benidorm’s mayor Toni Perez announced.

U3A Calpe plays game

U3A CALPE’S recent coffee morning at the LAFMA premises was well‐attend‐ ed, with around 40 mem‐ bers meeting for coffee and cake. They also brought with them a good collection of foodstuffs, baby items and cash donations for the Red Cross. During the meet‐ ing, U3A Calpe’s president Wendy Down introduced members to Rummikub, a very popular game for all ages played in 70 different countries. Wendy has pro‐ duced a How to Play intro‐ duction for anyone wanting to know more, obtainable at the secretary@u3acalpe. org address.

Joan Bryan is setting up a new Games group for card and board games, including Rummikub. For further de‐

tails, or to join, contact Jim Standen, Groups coordina‐ tor at the groupscoordina tor@u3acalpe.com email address. U3A Calpe’s next meeting will be held on June 16 at 10.30am at the LAFMA premises as usual. It will be a General Meeting and the committee will up‐ date members regarding their areas of responsibility.

As this will be the last meeting before the sum‐ mer break, there will be re‐ freshments afterwards.

There will also be a Gen‐ eral Meeting on September 15 at 10.30am at LAFMA. Further details will follow in the August newsletter.

For more information about U3A Calpe, visit the www.u3acalpe.org web‐ site.

same table,” Mr Turney said. Entertainment was provided by the local group Match, who gave a very spirited ABBA tribute and were very well received.

A grand charity raffle with no fewer than 13 different prizes raised more than €500 which will be donated to four local children’s charities chosen by the new Provincial Grand Master, Rodney Bignall.

There were also prizes for the bestdressed ABBA costume and the bestdressed table which were won by Dennis Squirrel and the San Juan Lodge table respectively.

Anybody with an interest in becoming a Freemason should contact William Turney at the prensa@glpvalencia.com email address.

New health centre RIBERA GROUP, which provides the Marina Al‐ ta’s outsourced health‐ care, announced its in‐ tention of opening a new health centre in De‐ nia.

Dr Javier Palau, the Denia Health district’s director‐general, in‐ formed Juan Puig, who represents the regional government’s Health de‐ partment in Denia, of Ribera’s intentions on June 2.

The new centre will be located in the old La Pe‐ drera hospital, part of which is now a long‐stay centre for chronic pa‐ tients that is still run by the Generalitat.

Ribera Salud had reha‐ bilitated what was once the hospital’s outpa‐ tients’ department to provide primary health‐ care and some specialist attention, together with Family Planning, Child‐ Juvenile Mental Health and Brain Damage units, Dr Palau pointed out in his letter.

The health‐provider has set up a working group to draft an Opera‐ tional Plan for the new centre. The first step in‐ volves identifying the available resources

based on the local popu‐ lation to be covered, Dr Palau said.

The Ribera Salud direc‐ tor‐general also offered to provide the regional Health department with full details of the loca‐ tion and dimensions of publicly‐owned land that the new health centre would occupy.

The La Pedrera project was in line with Ribera Group’s commitment to improving attention for patients with an invest‐ ment that was 33 per cent above the amount agreed in the original contract with the Gener‐ alitat, Dr Palau said.

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Top award BENISSA received an Archival award for its upkeep of the town’s Old Quarter.

The award also took into account the town hall’s commitment to maintaining the munic‐ ipality’s traditions and heritage while collabo‐ rating culturally and environmentally with the Valencian Commu‐ nity.

Archival, a non‐prof‐ itmaking organisation founded 30 years ago, encourages and pro‐ motes the rehabilita‐ tion of Old Quarters throughout Spain while raising awareness via seminars, meetings, talks and round tables.

Just one town in each province receives annual Archival recog‐ nition, with Benissa taking Alicante’s award this year. Receiving the award in Valencia City, Benissa’s Culture coun‐ cillor Rosa Lucio Pino first thanked all her predecessors and Benissa’s town halls since the return to democracy in the 1970s for their contribution to Benissa’s heritage.

“At present we are working on the old Sala del Consell (Council Chamber) building, which we hope will open to the public in 2023,” she said.

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REPAIRS began to the retaining wall on Altea’s Cap Negret beach, damaged in this spring’s storms and torrential rain.

Work on the wall and the lower section of the steps down to the beach began on Thursday June 2 and is expected to take two weeks to complete, announced Altea’s mayor Jaume Llinares.

As the damage occurred within the state‐owned mar‐ itime strip, the repairs are being carried out by the coastal authority, Costas, which is attached to the central govern‐ ment’s Environment Ministry.

“We’d like to thank the Ministry for carrying out these es‐ sential repairs so that the beach can be used and enjoyed again,” Llinares said. “We also hope that this zone will now be better‐protected against future storms.”

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Peter McLaren‐Kennedy THE Portal de la Marina Shop‐ ping Centre outside Denia is hosting a blood donation drive today Thursday June 9 and Friday June 10.

The drive being held by Generalitat Valenciana Trans‐ fusion centre and the Ondara City Council follows the suc‐

Blood donation drive cessful 2021 campaign in which more than 200 people donated blood. Organisers are hoping to exceed that number this year and as an in‐ centive, donors will receive a free movie ticket. Anyone wishing to donate can do so

on those days from 10.00am to 1.30pm and 5.00pm to 8.30pm. The donation centre is on the ground floor. It is rec‐ ommended you take a mask and everyone is welcome.

To donate you have to be over the age of 18 and weigh more than 50kgs. If you are fasting, dieting, suffering or have suffered from any com‐ municable blood disease then you will not be able to do‐ nate. Anyone who has donat‐ ed in the last eight weeks will also not be eligible to donate.

For more information con‐ tact the centre on 965 766 780 or turn up on any of the days, no appointment is nec‐ essary, your blood donation will be greatly appreciated.

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Celebrating in style Linda Hall COSTA BLANCA groups and associations were not going to let the Platinum Jubilee go by without holding their own celebrations.

U3A Denia put the pomp and circumstance into their celebrations on June 3 when 100 members met for a tra‐ ditional English afternoon tea in the lovely shaded garden of an El Poblets restaurant.

Members of U3A Moraira‐ Teulada and their guests cel‐ ebrated the Platinum Jubilee on June 3 with a party in the park at Font Santa. More than 270 people attended on a beautiful sunny day,

and arrived to see the park decorated in red, white, and blue, with bunting and Union Jacks everywhere.

The Costa Blanca Anglican Chaplaincy also elebrated the marvellous achievement of the Queen’s 70 years on the throne, and her unprece‐ dented Platinum Jubilee.

The Chaplaincy’s two tea parties in the Ermita in Denia and the Norwegain Sea‐ men’s Centre in Albir enter‐ tained well over 100 sup‐ porters, each raising funds for the work of the entirely self‐supporting Chaplaincy.

The Aircrew Association Costa Blanca celebrated the

Platinum Jubilee with a very special luncheon at La Cum‐ bre restaurant on June 1.

Association members were joined by other groups, organisations and friends with a total gathering of 114 people.

Further along the Costa Blanca, the U3A Marina Baixa met to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee despite be‐ ing some 1,300 miles away from London.

On June 4, members gath‐ ered in Bill and Joan Flint’s beautiful garden to enjoy typical teatime treats that were fit for a queen, as well as cava to toast Her Majesty.

Clubs and putters MONTGO GOLF SOCIETY played their annual Three Clubs and Putter competition on Friday June 3.

Sponsored by club stalwart John Day, the competition meant that most players had to adapt to playing shots with‐ out the correct clubs in their bags.

Caz Welch emerged the winner wirh 34 points on count‐ back from Gerian van Ooijen, also with 34 points.

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John had prizes for the best Front Nine Hole and Best Back Nine Holes which went to Nigel Siddall and Geoff Willcock.

There were three Two’s from John Day, Gerian van Ooijen and Caz Welch,who took home the coveted Montgo golf balls.

The next competition is a Stableford sponsored by the Soci‐ ety.

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Restaurant closure

Peter McLaren‐Kennedy

THE town council of Javea has ordered the closure of another un‐ licensed restaurant, this time in the beauty spot Granadella Cove.

The order issued on June 4 follows the clo‐ sure of a number of restaurants on the Arenal beach previous‐ ly, also for operating without a licence.

The restaurant in question, was granted a picnic licence in 1983 which included use of the existing buildings.

However, the owners exceeded the limit of the licence by devel‐ oping the buildings further, adding a restaurant and a take‐ away.

At no time did the owners obtain ap‐ proval for the expan‐

sion of the property or the business, which means they are now required to stop oper‐ ating and to return the premises to their origi‐ nal state. The addi‐ tions to the building will now have to be demolished and the land returned to the same state it was in 39 years ago when the picnic licence was granted.

Dog friendly beaches Peter McLaren‐Kennedy WITH many towns striving to keep beaches clean and to achieve blue flag status, there are few dog‐friendly beaches, but Denia has one available throughout the summer.

The dog‐friendly beach in Denia is the only one for miles with the near‐ est all year round dog beaches being in Benissa and La Villajoyosa. The Al‐ tea beach previously open to dogs is now restricted to the winter months.

Denia’s dog beach is very central be‐ ing just outside the yacht basin break‐ water to the north of the city, a short walk from most residential areas. A small but proper dog‐friendly beach that is roughly 100m long, owners and their pets are allowed to enjoy the area without any restrictions ‐ well other than clean up after your pets and take it with you!

Dog beaches are relatively rare.

Although in high demand dog beaches are relatively rare these days, particularly over the busier summer months. Winter is however different with many of the more re‐ mote beaches allowing dogs.

Should the owners fail to take the neces‐ sary action within 10 days, the Local Police will be instructed to close and cordon off the premises.

GRANADELLA COVE: The building has been extended.

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Switch from single-use plastic bags to reusable SWAP your unwanted plastic bags for a reusable bag at Specsavers Ópticas Calpe.

On World Environment Day (June 5) Spec‐ savers Ópticas in Calpe encouraged customers to make a change and commit to using reusable bags rather than plastic bags to benefit the envi‐ ronment. They are inviting people to bring five used plastic bags into the store during the month of June to exchange them for a free reusable fabric bag. The plastic bags will then be recycled to ensure they do not go into landfill.

Store director, Chantelle Hayward, explained: “Plastic bags are a big problem for our environ‐ ment as they can end up in landfill and break down to small, toxic particles, or in our oceans, where they are responsible for killing an esti‐ mated 100,000 marine animals each year. Mak‐ ing the switch to reusable bags is an easy way to save you money and help the environment.

“This is why we’re offering these great reusable bags to Calpe residents this month.

Simply come into store with five used plastic bags to exchange and we’ll give you a fabric bag to take away. Our hope is that it will encourage people to make the switch from plastic to reusable. We will then recycle the bags on their behalf.”

Bring your used plastic bags into the store, op‐ posite Repsol on Av. Ejercitos Españoles in Calpe during the month of June to receive a reusable, fabric bag.

Find out more or book a free eye test by call‐ ing 965 835 367 or visit www.specsavers.es.

NO TOBACCO: Posters will be used to convey the message.

Anti-smoking campaign Report by Peter McLaren‐ Kennedy AN anti‐smoking campaign has been launched by the Addictive Behaviour Community Prevention Unit (UPCCA) of the Department of Addiction Prevention in the Marina Alta.

The campaign launched on May 31, the World Day without Tobac‐ co, seeks to raise awareness with‐ in schools and public buildings of the dangers of smoking. Initially the campaign will focus on Dénia, La Xara and Jesus Pobre.

Headlined ‘No tobacco, you win!’, the intention is to educate teenagers of the harmful effects

of smoking including its addictive nature. Posters and information in public buildings will be used to convey the same message to adults of all ages.

According to UPCCA, young people do have a high awareness of the dangers of smoking. How‐ ever, many still take up the habit with influence of peers including family, often the main reason people begin to smoke.

The anti‐smoking campaign hopes to reduce the numbers of smokers with roughly 8.6 million people being daily smokers in Spain as of 2020, of which approx‐ imately 3.8 million were women and about 4.9 million were men.

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No blue flag for Las Rotas Peter McLaren‐Kennedy MANY have wondered why Denia’s Las Rotas beach, a favourite with locals, has not been awarded a blue flag.

According to a report in the local press on June 5, the reason is a safety one but which the Denia Town Coun‐ cil says is non‐negotiable.

For more than 60 years a rocky section of the beach

has been home to a spring‐ board, a diving board that al‐ lows bathers to launch them‐ selves into the warm waters of the Mediterranean.

Given its location, the facil‐ ity is neither under the watchful eye of a lifeguard nor near rescue or first aid services, on top of which it is not the most accessible of beaches. As these are all re‐ quirements for a beach to be

awarded blue flag status, Las Rotas does not make the grade.

The council has said they are not prepared to remove the facility, which has be‐ come a feature of the area after more than 60 years of use. They say to remove the diving board would be to re‐ move some of the town’s history and they are not pre‐ pared to do so.

Aerial support for fire

FIREFIGHTERS needed aerial support to tackle a forest fire that broke out in the Alicante municipality of Alcoleja.

According to sources from the Alicante Provincial Fire‐ fighters Consortium, a fire broke out in a wooded and forest area on Saturday, June 4. It started in an area next to the Sierra de Aitana, and the intervention of aerial means was necessary to try and bring it under control. A notification was received by the emergen‐ cy services at 12.22pm, the same sources indicated, after the appearance of a large col‐ umn of white smoke.

After bringing the blaze un‐ der control, the aerial means were withdrawn, and the fire‐ fighters continued to tackle it from the ground. There was no indication of the extent of damage caused by the fire.

Several fire crews from the Co‐

centaina fire station were mo‐ bilised to the scene of the inci‐ dent. They were joined by a forestry brigade with a fire en‐

gine, an A‐55 light aircraft car‐ rying water, and an Alpha heli‐ copter in which a specialised brigade was transported.

Doctors and nurses THE excellent hospital in Denia is about to get even better with the arrival of 19 new intern doctors, specialists, and nurses, all of whom were welcomed to the hospital ranks on June 2.

This year’s new crop will see eight trainee doctors joining the family and community medicine unit, one in obstetrics and gy‐ naecology, one in paediatrics, two in internal medicine and an‐ other two in anaesthesiology and resuscitation.

On the nursing front, five trainees will be joining the depart‐ ment of health in Denia, two in family and community nursing, two in obstetrics and gynaecology and one in paediatrics.

The same day saw the completion of the training for 11 doc‐ tors who have served in the same departments, one of whom received the award for the best resident of the specialty 2018‐ 2022 in the province of Alicante.

Denia hospital currently has roughly 40 interns more than half of whom are specialising in family and community medicine. There are also two midwives currently undergoing training.

Joshua Manning A BATCH of canned tuna distributed in the Va‐ lencia Region are to be withdrawn from the market after the presence of histamine was detected, according to the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN).

The presence of histamine in canned tuna in sunflower oil was reported by the au‐ tonomous community of La Rioja which, through the Coordinated System for the Rapid Exchange of Information (SCIRI), in‐ formed the Agency of the problem found in

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Dodgy tuna the Montey and Didilo brands of one kilo with an expiry date of February 8, 2027, as report‐ ed by local press. There is no record in Spain of any reported case associated with this alert, but the Ministry of Consumer Affairs recommends people who have the products included in this alert at home do not consume them and return them to the point of pur‐ chase.

Belgian fugitive arrested ACCORDING to the National Police, a 50‐year‐old Belgian man who was wanted by the authorities of his country has been arrested in Alicante for an alleged crime of child abduction, having fled with his two‐year‐old son, of whom he did not have custody, according to the Spanish press.

The fugitive, who had problems with his ex‐wife over custody, was sup‐ posed to leave his youngest son in the nurs‐ ery at the beginning of April so his mother would pick him up. Instead, he chose to flee the country.

Belgian authorities tracked him down to Antwerp, from where he possibly took a ferry to Mallorca. After that, his whereabouts were un‐ known, and a European Arrest Warrant for Extra‐ dition was issued, as well as a missing person report for the boy. Two National Police officers noted his

Belgian‐plated car in Alicante and pulled him over.

After verifying his identity and seeing he had a valid Eu‐ ropean Arrest Warrant, he was promptly detained.

The boy was travelling in the vehicle with the father, and he has since been ad‐ mitted to the Alicante Provincial Home waiting to be returned to his mother.

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Safety and sustainability Peter McLaren‐Kennedy THE Denia City Council has opted to improve

the safety of people on its roads and to in‐ crease the use of sus‐ tainable energy sources.

The council said on June 2 that to improve the safety of people the council has opted to install new vertical

traffic signs on pedes‐ trian crossings that come with their own lighting system, mak‐ ing use of solar panels for power.

The new LED signs are said to be brighter, more visible and have a longer life, and as they are sustainable through their own power sources they are cheaper to main‐ tain.

Accompanying the new pedestrian cross‐ ing signs is a reduction

in the speed limit be‐ tween the port and Avinguda de Alicante, and between Carrer de Patricio Ferrándiz and Ronda de les Muralles.

The new 20 km/h speed limit will ac‐ cording to the council improve safety for pedestrians and cy‐ clists using the area.

That area will see in‐ creased use of cyclist lanes as the council looks to encourage the use of sustainable modes of transport.

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Tram link

THE Generalitat Valen‐ cia said it is planning a tram link after the re‐ cent call by the mayor of Denia for a train ser‐ vice to link the city with Gandia.

The rebuilding of the train line between De‐ nia and Gandia has been discussed for years without any ac‐ tion. The announce‐ ment on June 4, howev‐ er, makes it look more likely that a service will be re‐introduced.

The rail link is expect‐ ed to be operational by 2029 and will link the provinces and cities of Valencia and Alicante.

However many are sceptical that the date will be achieved with many proposals that have fallen flat over the years.

If it does go ahead the project will take around seven years to complete and will cost in excess of €250 million.

The proposed line will include between 10 and 12 stops, however, it is not known where these might be located at pre‐ sent.

A service already runs from Gandia to Valencia and the Dénia to Benidorm service is nearing completion and will open sometime lat‐ er this year.

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Macaque saved from war A PIG‐TAILED macaque used in circuses in the Ukraine for two decades, has arrived for its last few years of quality exis‐ tence at the largest re‐ covery centre for exotic species in southern Eu‐ rope, which is managed

by the AAP Primadomus foundation in Villena, Ali‐ cante.

AAP sources reported last week that Tomac, a 20 year old pig‐tailed macaque started his jour‐ ney from the devastated Ukraine to the Sierra de

Women’s Rugby 7s C O S T A B L A N C A W O M E N ’ S R U G BY S E V E N S TEAM will compete at the sixth Algarve Rugby Sevens in Portugal on Saturday June 11 and Sunday June 12.

This will be a strong Sevens competition with the Hong Kong National team, Kazakhstan Na‐ tional team (recent winners Amsterdam Sev‐ ens), Nouvelle Aquitaine from France. Sketty Hopps from UK, Belas Cascais Portugal, Ubuntu Academy and Livonia from Latvia.

Costa Blanca Women’s is an invitational team. Sending a team with players from Ali‐ cante, Sevilla and Madrid, captained by Ingrid Algar, Spanish International Sevens and 15s Visit www.algarve7s for live streaming.

Good luck to our team Costa Blanca Wom‐ en’s.

Next stop for our team will be Costa Blanca Beach Rugby at Villajoyosa on Saturday July 2.

Salinas in Villena.

The primate had been forced to perform in cir‐ cus shows for many years and when his owner died in the war and his wife fled the country, he first arrived at a local dog and cat shelter and, shortly afterwards, ended up in Villena through the Rus‐ sian foundation Forgot‐ ten Animals, which asked for help for the animal.

The journey took three days. Tomac will have to spend between nine and 12 weeks in quarantine for observation and the corresponding health checks before being in‐ cluded in a group of pig‐ tailed macaques in the enclosure so he can enjoy his old age surrounded by his peers.

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A great gift for BARC Linda Hall BARGAIN LOVING BRITS IN THE SUN star Pat Ear‐ le received a wonderful €40,000 donation for her Animal charity BARC. The money has been kindly donated by Cap‐ tain Jon Van Der Howen, a former US Marine and h i s p a r t n e r Ka t h l e e n Verigotta.

This is a gift that will be of great help for a new sanctuary for BARC (full name Busot Animal Rescue Concern) Busot, Pat said, and the dona‐ tion will go towards building and fencing the property due to open early next year.

Huge wooden pallet fire FIREFIGHTERS worked for more than seven hours to extinguish a

huge fire that broke out in the early hours of the morning on Monday, June 6, for unknown reasons in a pallet com‐ pany in Alicante, ac‐ cording to sources from the Department of Se‐ curity.

Four teams from the Fire Prevention, Fire Fighting and Rescue Ser‐ vice (SPEIS) and another four from the Provincial Consortium of Firefight‐ ers took part in the ex‐ tinguishing of the blaze.

The emergency was also attended by four patrols of the Alicante Local Police.

The emergency ser‐ vices were alerted to the fire at 3am. The in‐ cident took place at a pallet company located on the Bacarot road close to the the junction with Ocaña road.

As the pallets were wooden they fed the fire, resulting in a blaz‐ ing inferno that led to 15 lorries being re‐ moved from an adjoin‐ ing site for safety.

After more than seven hours of work on the site, the fire, which caused no personal in‐ jury, was extinguished.

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ON Thursday, June 2, the British Em‐ bassy in Madrid hosted a patriotic day of jubilee fun at the Ambas‐ sador’s residence.

Hosted by Her Majesty’s Ambas‐ sador to Spain, Hugh Elliott, and his wife Maria Antonia Elliott, the day saw British charity representatives, press, and community heroes from across Spain come out to celebrate this historic occasion among Union Jacks, bunting‐ and of course‐ a Ju‐ bilee cake.

The ambassador welcomed guests to his residence, before talking about the importance of the jubilee and Her Majesty’s reign.

He explained: “It is a testament to the respect we have for the Queen that you are all here today.

“The Queen has been on the throne through some of the most ex‐ traordinary moments of the last cen‐ tury, including the fall of the Berlin wall, and before that even the build‐ ing of the Berlin wall!

“She has also seen 14 US presidents in office, as well as British 14 prime ministers.

“She had been on the throne 13 years when I was born and I would have to work another 40 years just to match her.”

He added: “We all have our own impressions of the Queen, but for me,

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JUBILEE FUN: The British Ambassador hosted guests from across Spain.

among her many jobs, she is my boss.

“It is not difficult for me to say that she is the world’s greatest diplomat.

“She has travelled more widely than any other monarch and attend‐ ed over 21,000 official events. She has helped support millions of enduring relationships between countries.

“No one has done more to strengthen bonds of friendship, un‐

derstand and respect between na‐ tions than the Queen.”

The ambassador then revealed that as part of the jubilee celebration and The Queen’s Green Canopy scheme, British embassies around the world have been planting trees to mark Her Majesty’s remarkable reign.

He explained he and his wife had

planted a red oak at the residence as part of the celebrations.

The young tree was unveiled in front of guests by Maria Antonia.

Closing his speech, the ambas‐ sador thanked the charities and community groups across Spain who work to help expats and the local community. He also congratulated consuls Sarah‐Jane Morris, Lloyd Milen, and Charmaine Arbouin for their part in helping the British com‐ munity in Spain.

He also thanked healthcare profes‐ sionals across Spain for their work during the pandemic.

Before raising a toast to the Queen,

the national anthems of both Spain and the UK were played, with enter‐ tainer Stevie Spit singing the British version.

Michel Euesden, publisher of the Euro Weekly News, said: “It was so re‐ freshing to hear a representative of the UK so warmly congratulate the health system of Spain, a truly mar‐ velous, underrated asset of our adopt‐ ed homeland.

“We need to ensure our vulnerable and elderly obtain every assistance weaving their way through this now we are entrenched in the post Covid Brexit era.

“Our voice must be united in say‐ ing, ‘go and see the doctor. Don’t wait until it is too late. Go TODAY’.”

Lynda Woodin, of the British Benev‐ olent Fund, Marbella, also praised the event. She said: “It’s a wonderful day!

It’s so lovely to meet so many other workers from across Spain.”

Thank you from the Euro Weekly News to the ambassador for hosting the event, as well as his team for their work bringing everyone together for the day, and the brilliant Stevie Spit for donating his time to entertain guests on the day.

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Crossing the Strait Chris King THE transit of Moroccan people from Europe to North Africa, known, as Operation Crossing the Strait 2022, began on Sun‐ day, June 5.

Since 1986, the OPE has been organising round trip transit for citizens of Mo‐ roccan origin who travel from European countries to North Africa in the sum‐ mer. It represents one of the largest movements of

Yacht collision

TWO yachts sailing towards the Canary Islands sank after colliding when one went to the aid of the other on Friday, June 3.

The Calisto with its two crew members had reportedly radioed for help, with the yacht Julios responding to the call. Both yachts were sailing to Gran Canaria.

During attempts by the three crew on Julios to assist the Calisto, the two yachts collided and began sinking.

The crew managed to float a life raft, abandoning both vessels.

A merchant vessel in the area went to their aid rescu‐ ing the crew, however, they were unable to salvage the two yachts which have sunk to the bottom of the ocean.

The National Centre for Maritime Rescue, along with its colleagues from Cape Verde, notified the ship that the yachts needed assistance. The vessel had to do a U‐turn to go back and rescue the sailors, all of whom are under‐ stood to be in good health with no injuries.

people between conti‐ nents in such a short space of time.

Social and medical assis‐ tance services, reinforced by the presence of social workers on board the long‐ distance ships enabled dur‐ ing the 2021 edition of the operation, will continue to operate at the level of the Marhaba points deployed by the foundation in Mo‐ rocco and abroad.

A workforce of nearly 1,000 people will be mo‐ bilised, including Founda‐ tion teams, social workers, doctors, paramedical man‐ agers, and volunteers to listen to Moroccans living abroad, assist them and provide them with the nec‐ essary support and assis‐ tance, the same media out‐ let informed.

Authorities in Rabat also announced a series of tele‐ phone numbers for Moroc‐ cans who return to their country to spend their holi‐ days.

Anna Ellis COUPLES can now rent out Barcelona’s iconic Camp Nou Stadium for their special day after it was recently reported the club was in financial trou‐ ble and must generate an in‐ come of €500 million before June 30.

The cheapest option for smaller weddings at the ground with around 25 to 50 guests comes in at €1,600.

The higher end of the bud‐ get is a package called ‘The Grandstand Hall’, which al‐ lows seating for between 300 and 1,000 people and offers spectacular views of the pitch. This will set couples back €13,500.

In addition to the wed‐ dings, Barcelona Football Club also offers fans the chance to play on their pitch.

Until Saturday June 11, fans can pay €300 each to play at the Camp Nou for an hour. Friends and family are also able to watch for a fee of €30.

The experience guarantees at least 40 minutes of playing time, use of the changing rooms and showers as well as walking out the tunnel.

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ICONIC STADIUM: Can be booked for your special day.

Food alerts

TWO alerts were issued by Spanish health authorities on Fri‐ day, June 3, warning of products sold by Lidl and Mercadona.

In the first case, the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (Aesan) reported the presence of salmonella in the 500g packaging of minced poultry meat (Chicken‐Turkey Burger Meat) sold by the German supermarket chain Lidl.

According to Aesan, the alert was raised by the community of Aragon, through the Coordinated System for the Rapid Ex‐ change of Information (SCIRI). So far, no cases have been de‐ tected in Spain.

The affected lot is number 3369, with an expiration date of June 3, 2022.

The second of the alerts declared has to do with chia seeds in Mercadona’s Hacendado brand. This case has been report‐ ed through the Valencian company itself in a statement, due to the presence of the soy allergen not being included in the product labelling.

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SPEAKING to the Euro Weekly News at a ju‐ bilee event at his residence in Madrid on Thurs‐ day, June 2, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Spain, Hugh Elliott, explained that negotiations are ongoing over UK driving licences but that he is hopeful a resolution will be found soon.

He explained: “We’re still negotiating. I and my team are working on it every day.”

The ambassador told the EWN that as soon as an agreement is reached over the use of UK driving licences in Spain, British nationals will once again be able to drive on their UK li‐ cences.

He added that they will then be given six months to exchange their British licence for a Spanish one rather than having to take a Span‐ ish driving test.

He added that he hoped an agreement would be reached, “in weeks, rather than months.”

Speaking also about the use of UK blue dis‐ abled badges in Spain, which have not been al‐ lowed to be used since last year, the British em‐ bassy explained exclusively to the Euro Weekly News that this also formed part of ongoing ne‐ gotiations and that they hoped to have a reso‐ lution on this too.

HUGH ELLIOTT: The ambassador spoke about UK licences.

The ambassador did confirm, however, that there was no likelihood in the short term that the 90‐day rule for non‐residents would be ex‐ tended.

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OVER the last few years, com‐ missions have become an es‐ sential part of every banks’ strategy. On one hand, as a mechanism of ‘coercion’ for the customer to comply with more and more requirements.

Direct deposit of the salary or pension. Subscribing a home insurance. Using the credit cards a certain number of times per quarter. Setting up

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Claims against banks. Nullity of the cash deposit commission. Money refund. Court precedents. direct debit of a minimum of three bills. On the other hand they have been key in trying to keep customers out of the banks’ physical branches.

How? By imposing higher com‐ missions to face‐to‐face trans‐ actions. However, courts have ruled once again in favour of consumers, declaring that some of these practices are clearly abusive. In recent months, several courts have declared the cash deposit com‐ mission to be null and void. In today’s article, we explain the content of these rulings and their effects.

COMMERCIAL COURT Nº 1 OF VITORIA The cease and desist action brought by the consumer asso‐ ciation EKA/ACUV is granted.

Banco Santander is convicted to stop charging their cash de‐ posits commission of €10 to third parties. The ruling, which is final, also forces the bank to remove it from their leaflet of fees, commissions and expens‐ es.

The same court has also fully recognised a lawsuit filed

against Caixabank for the same reason. Although the ruling is not final. The court concludes that it is an abusive practice and contrary to consumer and user protection regulations.

PROVINCIAL COURT OF ÁLA‐ VA This time the sentence af‐ fects Bankinter, although an appeal can be filed. The entity is sentenced to stop charging a cash deposit commission of €2 to people who are not the holders of the account. They al‐ so impose the bank with the payment of legal costs. And fi‐ nally, they declared null and void all the charges made to date. In other words, the bank must return them to those af‐

fected by this abusive practice.

CIVIL CHAMBER OF THE SPANISH SUPREME COURT The bank (Kutxabank) also charged a cash deposit com‐ mission of €2 to third parties.

Furthermore, they also pe‐ nalised each receipt paid in cash with another €2. The Supreme Court is clear: the bank must remove this clause from its general terms and con‐ ditions. It is abusive, null and void. The court insists that ac‐ count holders already pay an account maintenance commis‐ sion. Therefore, there is no jus‐ tification for charging another commission to a third party.

WHAT NOW? For the time being, these rul‐

ings only affect the banks against which the cease and desist actions were filed. How‐ ever, it is foreseeable that the rest of the Courts will issue rul‐ ings along the same lines. In any case, we will have to wait.

Can it be useful to file a com‐ plaint before the Bank of Spain? Although its rulings are not binding, yes, it is advisable.

If you want to know more about complaints against banks, we recommend you read this article on the matter.

Also, if you think your bank is charging you an abusive com‐ mission, at White & Baos we will study your case in detail and offer you expert advice to recover your money. Contact us via our website: www.white‐baos.com.

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, it simply conveys information related to legal is‐ sues.

Carlos Baos (Lawyer) - White&Baos Tel: +34 966 426 185 • info@white-baos.com White & Baos 2022 - All Rights Reserved.

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No Meghan and Harry

HM Queen Elizabeth II was joined by several members of the Royal Family on the Bucking‐ ham Palace balcony. Tens of thousands of cheering fans joined in the Platinum Jubilee celebrations to mark the monarch’s 70‐year reign. The 96‐year‐old monarch, appeared in good spirits as she was joined by other senior royals including Prince Charles, Camilla, Prince William and Kate and their children.

Notably absent from the balcony were Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Prince An‐ drew as they are no longer working royals.

When the Queen made her appearance on the balcony there was a slightly delayed reac‐ tion from the crowds in The Mall but once she was spotted on the screens a big cheer went up and she smiled as the Household Cavalry

PALACE BALCONY: Before cheering fans.

Mounted Regiment passed the gates of Buck‐ ingham Palace.

The troopers took around five minutes to ride past and she could be seen chatting to the Duke of Kent.

The nation enjoyed a special extended four‐ day bank holiday weekend of pomp, pageantry and star‐studded festivities, in trib‐ ute to the monarch.

The UK’s heat wave plan NHS England in partnership with the UK Health Security Agency has launched a summer heat‐ wave plan and guide to help people protect themselves in event of higher than normal temperatures. The plan, which came into force on June 1, provides guidance for residents, local authorities and care agencies. Originally pub‐ lished in 2004, the plan is updated annually to take into account changes in weather, living and health conditions.

The plan is underpinned by the MetOffice’s

heatwave alert system, which is designed to provide pre‐warn residents of above‐normal temperatures. Expectations are that heat‐ waves will become more common in the UK due to global warming, which combined with the increase in energy costs is expected to put more people at risk.

Applicable from June 1 to September 15, the plan gives guidance to health and care providers on what steps to take in the event of a heatwave.

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Australia renames island

Peter McLaren‐ Kennedy THE new prime minister of Australia honoured HM Queen Elizabeth II on her platinum jubilee by renaming the capital’s Aspen Island after her.

Making the announce‐ ment on Saturday, June 4, Anthony Albanese, whose Labour party end‐ ed almost a decade of conservative government in a May 21 general elec‐ tion, described the re‐

naming as a “fitting salute” to the monarch.

At a Canberra ceremo‐ ny, he said: “Today we celebrate her long life and 70 years of service to Australia and the Com‐ monwealth, including no less than 16 visits to our shores.”

Earlier in the week, Al‐ banese joined more than 50 Commonwealth lead‐ ers in praising the queen, but he sparked a re‐ newed debate by adding

that Australia’s relation‐ ship with the monarchy had matured.

The discussion whether Australia should become a republic was re‐ignited on Tuesday when the prime minister appointed the country’s first ‘Assis‐ tant Minister for the Re‐ public’ in his ministry.

For now, Australia re‐ mains a member of the Commonwealth with Queen Elizabeth II as its head.

A disadvantage

UK retailer Boots has announced they will begin cancelling Advantage points cards if these are not used for a year, as from June 20.

Advantage cards typically lasted two years without use and had been for many a good savings scheme allowing for the purchase of the odd luxury, pre‐ sents or just to cover the cost of some much‐needed supplies.

But now if you haven’t used your card for a year you will lose it and all the ben‐

efits that go with it, including any points you might have accumulated.

For those that are regular shoppers, this is not a big deal, but many expats use the card on the trips to the UK which under Brexit could become a little less frequent.

But don’t fret, the card will only expire one year after the last time you used it and if that date will come before your next visit, then there is always the op‐ tion to use your points online.

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Chris King THE Home Office an‐ nounced on Monday, May 30, that ministers have cancelled with ‘immediate effect’ a contract that the Bor‐ der Force agency had with P&O Ferries. This action comes as a re‐ sult of the ferry compa‐

Contract cancelled ny’s sacking in March, of almost 800 workers, without notice.

There had been widespread condemna‐ tion of P&O’s sacking of 786 members of staff. The company

subsequently replaced these workers with cheaper alternatives from an agency. This led to a barrage of complaints from politi‐ cians and trade union bosses who claimed

the safety of the ferries was being put at risk.

Shortly after, the Maritime and Coast‐ guards Agency (MCA) detained various P&O ships, saying they were deemed unfit to sail.

These included boats that covered the cross‐ ings from Larne to Cairnryan, and be‐ tween Dover and Calais.

When inspectors in the Northern Irish port of Larne checked the European Causeway, they found a total of 31 failings. This included problems with lifeboat drills and fire safety procedures, caused mainly by a lack of the new crew’s familiarisa‐ tion with the vessel, and a lack of training.

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Lilibet’s day Peter McLaren‐Kennedy MEMBERS of the Royal Family wished Lilibet hap‐ py birthday, taking to Twit‐ ter to congratulate the youngster as she turned one year old on Saturday June 4.

Despite the continued strained relations within the family, warm wishes were sent by grandpar‐ ents, aunts and uncles and other members of the fam‐ ily.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, were reunited publicly with their family for the first time in two years as they attended the Jubilee thanksgiving service on Fri‐ day June 3.

Controversy was sparked with the child’s

Lilibet now one-year-old.

choice of name, which was HM Queen Elizabeth II’s nickname as a toddler after she had difficulty pro‐ nouncing her one name.

Her grandfather, King George V, called her ‘Lili‐ bet’ imitating her own at‐ tempts to say Elizabeth, a nickname that stuck and has remained with her ev‐ er since.

The family flew in from their new home in the US ahead of the celebrations, with the expectation that Lilibet would be introduced to her great‐grandmother.

Community service Anna Ellis SHAMED by the public back in April this year, West Ham footballer, Kurt Zouma, was filmed kicking his cat.

Zouma avoided jail after being sen‐ tenced to 180 hours of community ser‐ vice for pleading guilty to abusing his Bengal cat back in February, according to the British press.

The Frenchman, 27, was filmed kick‐ ing, slapping and throwing the cat in disturbing footage filmed by his broth‐ er, Dagenham and Redbridge foot‐

baller Yoan.

The video took place in his home in London and was posted on Snapchat by Yoan just moments after it happened.

Kurt admitted two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected ani‐ mal by kicking it in the abdomen and slapping it on the head at Thames Mag‐ istrates’ Court.

The judge also ordered Kurt to pay the RSPCA’s prosecution costs, which total over £8,000 and both will pay a £95 vic‐ tim surcharge.

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New visa for graduates

Peter McLaren‐Kennedy THE UK government’s new scheme to attract graduates from the world’s top 50 universities went live on Monday May 30.

The government hopes the scheme will attract the best and the brightest graduates from around the world to come live and work in the UK. Unlike previous schemes, the new visa is only open to those who gradu‐ ated within the last five years from one of the top universities in the world. These high potential individuals will not need a job offer in order to ap‐ ply, but will need to be able to sustain

themselves until they are able to find employment.

The visa, which will be open to ev‐ eryone irrespective of their nationality or where they were born, will be for an initial two‐year period for those with a bachelor’s or master’s degree and three years for those with a PhD. Applicants will need to pay £715 (€840) plus the immigration health surcharge, a fee which allows migrants to the UK to use the NHS. Graduates will be able to bring their families who will need to have mainte‐ nance funds of at least £1,270 (€1,490).

Housing market fears Anna Ellis THERE has been fears of a slowdown in house prices in the UK as mort‐ gage lending fell by more than a third in April.

Total lending for house purchases slumped to £4.1 billion, from £6.4 billion in March, as the impact of

higher interest rates kicked in according to the British press.

Bank of England data showed mortgage ap‐ provals fell to around 66,000 over the month, compared with 70,700 in March.

The number of loans granted was well be‐ neath economists’ ex‐

pectations, and below the average for the half‐ decade before the pan‐ demic.

The sharp cost of living squeeze, and the rise in UK interest rates, could now be dampening the market, with potential house buyers more ner‐ vous about taking on debt.

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TUI cancels flights in June Chris King ACCORDING to local British press, German travel operator TUI an‐ nounced on Tuesday, May 31, that hundreds of flights are being can‐ celled in June. These cuts will affect dates up to June 30, with the compa‐ ny planning to shelve around 43 weekly Manchester airport flights.

“Due to the amount of ongoing disruption in our operation at Manchester Airport, we have made the incredibly difficult de‐ cision to cancel six flights a day (43 flights a week),

from May 31 until June 30. All other airports in the UK are planned to op‐ erate as normal,” read a statement from TUI. This can only serve to create further anxiety among British holiday‐ makers who have already suffered incredible chaos at airports around the country recently.

More than 100 flights have also been cancelled

recently by British Air‐ ways, although this was a scheduled part of the company’s reduction un‐ til October. easyJet also announced plans recently to scrap more than 200 flights out of Gatwick.

The airline was hit with an IT failure which saw hundreds of flights hav‐ ing to be cancelled last minute.

Long Covid19 figures Anna Ellis AN estimated two mil‐ lion people in the UK, which represents around 3 per cent of the population, have reported experiencing long Covid‐19, official statistics showed on Wednesday June 1.

Around 1.4 million said they first had Covid‐19, or suspected they had the virus, at least 12 weeks previ‐ ously, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

It also found that 826,000 of sufferers first had coronavirus at least a year earlier,

while 376,000 said they first had it at least two years previ‐ ously.

How long it takes to recover from coron‐ avirus (Covid‐19) is dif‐ ferent for everybody.

While most people recover quickly, some people have symptoms that last weeks or months after the infec‐ tion has gone. This is sometimes called long Covid‐19.

Long Covid‐19 can affect anyone, not only those who were seri‐ ously unwell or admit‐ ted to hospital when they caught Covid‐19.

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Police immigration advice

By Anna Ellis INDIVIDUALS detained in police custody under immi‐ gration powers have a new service to access legal ad‐ vice, which started on June 1, according to the govern‐ ment website. The Immigra‐ tion Police Station Advice (IPSA) service is replacing the Immigration Telephone Advice (ITA) service.

The change is likely to mean more work for face to face immigration providers.

The new service has been brought in to continue help‐ ing individuals detained in police custody under immi‐ gration powers. This is re‐ placing the ITA contract which came to an end on May 31. Detainees will be entitled to call‐backs under the IPSA service to help them understand what may happen next, likely deten‐ tion timescales and how to access their nearest face to face immigration solicitor.

Clients will then have the option of contacting a solici‐ tor for legal advice. They may decide to do that while still in detention or following release from police custody.

If the client has special needs, such as translation services, the operator will arrange for this in advance of the call‐back.

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Ryanair issues warning Chris King RYANAIR on Tuesday, May 31, sent an email to all passengers who have flights booked with them, in an effort to assist customers and help them to avoid some of the horrendous situations at check-in and airport security that passengers have recently reported.

However, Ryanair have not been caught up in these events, and appear to have come through it unscathed, unlike TUI, British Airways, and easyJet, all of whom have had to cancel hundreds of flights. As a result, many families have suffered badly from the ensuing airport chaos.

“Please arrive at the airport three hours prior to the departure of your

Ryanair flight as we are experiencing security delays at the airport,” read the email. It added: “Please note, our boarding gates close 30 minutes prior to the departure of your flight.”

I mages posted on social media showed passengers at airports in G atwick, M anchester, and B ristol caught up in lengthy queues of up to five hours, with some even missing their flights.

T he last-minute cancellation of flights has only added to the misery of people desperate to fly abroad. easy J et recently announced they would be cutting more than 200 flights, and T U I also said it will be cancelling hundreds of flights out of Manchester in June.

Highest price increases

Anna Ellis IN May shop prices rose at the fastest rate in more than a decade. New figures reveal the pressure put on retailers who have to pass on the cost of soaring import fees and rising energy bills.

According to the British press, consumers face fur‐ ther pain in the summer from high street and online price hikes.

Fresh food prices were the most affected by rising costs, with farmers reporting the escalating price of fertiliser since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine combined with the fact they are struggling to cope with the rising cost of labour since Brexit.

HIGH STREET: Retailers are having to pass on costs.

The cost of fresh food shot up by an alarming 4.5 per cent while ambient food, such as store‐cupboard sta‐ ples, rose by 4 per cent for the month.

The British Retail Consor‐ tium (BRC) boss, Helen Dick‐ inson, confirmed that “Retail

prices edged up further as commodity, energy and transport costs continued to climb. It is likely to get worse before it gets better for con‐ sumers with prices continu‐ ing to rise and a further jump in energy costs coming in Oc‐ tober.”

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Moraira market ONE of the biggest local markets in the Costa Blan‐ ca area takes place every Friday morning in the beautiful coastal town of Moraira. Shoppers can pur‐ chase all sorts of items, in‐ cluding clothing, shoes, ac‐ cessories, rugs, linen, towels, pottery and ceram‐ ic items, kitchenware, pet supplies, toys, cosmetics and much more, all for rea‐ sonable prices.

The Moraira market is al‐ so a great place to buy fresh food products, in‐ cluding fruit and vegeta‐ bles, sweets, herbs and spices, nuts, eggs and cheese, as well as some flowers and plants. For those who get peckish while shopping, there is a stall where they can take a break to enjoy some deli‐ cious churros.

The market is held be‐ tween 8.30am and 1.30pm in Moraira’s main car park (next to the La Senieta building, now the Tourist Office). Visitors are advised to arrive early because parking spaces are limited.

Image: Norwegian Youth

International affair Tamsin Brown

FREE CONCERT: The Norwegian Vivace Youth Choir are visiting Benitachell.

Vivace youth choir Tamsin Brown THE Norwegian Vivace Youth Choir are visiting Spain and will be singing in Benitachell Church on June 26, starting at 7pm.

The choir consists of 25 singers aged between 12 and 19, who sing mainly church music and Norwegian folk tunes.

The choir regularly col‐ laborates with profes‐ sional musicians and sings in concerts and masses. In recent years

it has participated in the St Olaf Festival in the cathedral in Trondheim, and in events covered by the national NRK TV sta‐ tion.

In 2015 the choir did a concert tour of Spain and in 2018 they visited Italy. In 2016 they made a CD recording of Christ‐ mas music and in 2019 they made a recording of ‘Drømmedryss’, a spe‐ cially written mass.

During the Norwegian championship in 2019, the choir won the hon‐

orary award for ‘Out‐ standing Interpretation of a Norwegian Piece’ and in 2021 also won first prize.

Vivace is conducted by Siv Anette Lorentzen, and Bjørn Alexander Bratsberg is the choir’s regular pianist and or‐ ganist.

Tickets are not re‐ quired for this free con‐ cert, but any donations will be greatly appreciat‐ ed by the Parroquia de Santa María Magdalena in Benitachell.

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WHEN Javea Players stage their latest production this summer, Bats, it will truly be an international affair.

Members of the talented cast hail from a variety of countries including Argenti‐ na, the USA and Wales.

“I’m lucky to have such a multinational cast,” said Javea Players’ resident play‐ wright Phil Mansell, who wrote the play. “It means I have been able to rewrite the parts to represent where the actor comes from.”

As a result, Graciela Ka‐ plan plays a travelling cos‐ metics salesperson from Buenos Aires and Joel Rice is able to turn up the tempera‐ ture as a door‐to‐door evan‐ gelist from the Deep South of the US. However, Welsh actor Caroline Drewett‐ Mansell prefers to show off her skills for dialects in her portrayal of a nosy neigh‐ bour as a Brummie. It all helps to provide one of the

running jokes of the play: “You’re not from round here, are you?”

The play is a comedy set in the living room of a house in a quiet cul‐de‐sac where a couple finds their orderly lives disturbed by an infesta‐ tion of bats in the attic. The local bat exterminator is summoned, which leads the string of people who come to the door to be mistaken for him. When he finally does turn up, his work is in‐ terrupted by a birthday strippergram, and by the time he gets down to busi‐ ness, it looks like it might be too late...

Bats will be performed from June 29 to July 5 (ex‐ cluding Sunday) at the Casa de Cultura in Javea at 9pm following a tapas supper at the Bar Imperial at 7pm.

Tickets cost €19.50 and are only available online. Masks are recommended in the theatre.

For more information and to book, visit www.javea players.com.

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Javea Green Bowls Club

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The origin of instruments ON June 18 at 7pm, the Ar‐ gentinian musician and An‐ dean folklorist Pablo Nahual will be giving a family‐oriented concert ti‐ tled ‘The Origin of Instru‐ ments’ at the Casa de Cul‐ tura in Calpe. Pablo Nahual has been giving education‐ al concerts to students in Spain and Argentina for 40 years.

The aim of Nahual’s con‐ certs is to give children a taste for creativity, har‐ monic expression and imagination through artis‐ tic experiences. Education in the arts cultivates sensi‐ tivity in children, and music can even be appreciated from the prenatal stage.

Being exposed to a range of age‐appropriate musical styles has been shown to favourably influence the development of a wide range of skills including

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Pablo Nahual will be giving an educational concert in Calpe.

mathematical comprehen‐ sion, linguistic abilities and creativity.

Pablo Nahual’s concerts offer children the opportu‐ nity to experience the sounds of prehistoric man through instruments from indigenous communities so that they come to under‐ stand the origin of today’s instruments and the uni‐ versality of artistic expres‐ sion.

Entrance to the concert is free, although places are limited.

Tamsin Brown THE Javea Green Bowls Club’s Webster Drawn Aussie Pairs competition, spon‐ sored by Webster Asesores, was played on May 25 and 26 in fabulous weather and the competitors had a great couple of days. The competition has a ‘seeded’ draw, which effectively gives the less ex‐ perienced bowlers a better chance of reaching the finals.

A total of 48 members entered the competition and were split into two groups, playing five matches each. The teams that finished second then played against each other for third and fourth place, with Dick Baron and Brian Walker defeating Terry Quinton and Trefor Evans 8‐4.

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Sue Tivey and Alan Phillips were the winners of the Webster Drawn Aussie Pairs competition.

The competition final saw Richard Saun‐ ders and Annie Jones play against Sue Tivey and Alan Phillips. This match came down to the last end with Richard and An‐ nie trailing by two shots, 4‐6. The jack was moved several times and the watching

THE AKIRA Dog Sanctuary charity shop in Moraira, which sells all kinds of generously donated things in benefit of the dog shelter in Benissa, has changed its opening hours for summer. Those planning to visit to drop off donations or simply to browse for a bargain are asked to please note that the shop will be open from 10am to 1pm, closing 30 minutes earlier than it previously did.

AKIRA also has a bookstall at Moraira market every second, third and fourth Friday of the month. This month, it will be at the market on June 10, 17 and 24.

As it is getting to that time of year again, when the weather is warming up and the dogs need cooling down, AKIRA would greatly appreciate it if those who have old children’s shell sand‐ pits that they no longer need could donate them to the dog

supporters were not certain who had won until the measure of the shots was com‐ pleted and it was confirmed that Sue and Alan had won 7‐4.

Trefor Evans, the Club’s new match sec‐ retary, said he was delighted that Clive Webster could be there for the presenta‐ tion of the trophy and prizes. The presi‐ dent, Joe Schulein, thanked Trefor for the superb organisation of his first event in charge. Joe also thanked the members for staying to watch the final matches and said how pleasing it was to see Richard and Sue playing in their first finals.

Those interesting in joining the Club should visit https://www.javeagreen bowlsclub.com/ or email info@javea greenbowlsclub.com.

News from AKIRA sanctuary. They make excellent dog pools!

The shelter opening hours remain the same (9.30am ‐ 4pm) and everyone is very welcome to visit, meet the dogs, sit with them, stroke them and play with them. However, rising temper‐ atures mean there is a very real risk of heatstroke for the dogs, so for safety reasons, dog walking will now be limited to morn‐ ings, between 9am and 11am.

AKIRA can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/akiraanimalsanctuary/ and on In‐ stagram at @akiradogsanctuary.

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Calpe reopens accessible beaches

Easter in Benidorm Calpe Town Hall

Tamsin Brown C A L P E has now made the necessary prepara‐ tions that will allow people with reduced mobility to enjoy the sea. As of June 1, the two main beaches of the municipality of Calpe, La Fossa and Arenal‐Bol, have differ‐ ent bathing areas spe‐ cially equipped to meet the needs of those with mobility problems, in‐ cluding the elderly and the visually impaired.

The accessible points of the beaches are lo‐ cated on La Fossa in the Calle Llevant area and on Arenal‐Bol in the Calle Holanda area.

These areas are equipped with special amphibious chairs and crutches that can be used in and out of the water, a flexible walk‐ way and an area with

Calpe has two beaches specially equipped for people with reduced mobility.

adapted toilets and changing rooms. There are also lifeguards who can accompany the ser‐ vice users, although it is also possible to opt for the company of a trained family member if preferred.

The accessible beach‐ es are in service from Monday to Sunday, cur‐ rently from 11am to 7pm, and have reserved parking spaces in the

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immediate vicinity.

The timetable for adapted bathing will depend on the timetable of the life‐ guard service, with eight hours a day in June and September and 10 hours a day in July and August.

Users interested in using these facilities should make an ap‐ pointment by tele‐ phone on 687 255 974.

THE Espai d’Art of the town hall of Benidorm is currently showcasing the works that have been entered into the first edition of the exhibition and photography contest ‘Easter in Benidorm 2022’.

The competition was or‐ ganised by the Frax Founda‐ tion in collaboration with town hall, the Cofradía de Nuestra Señora de los Do‐ lores (Brotherhood of Our Lady of Sorrows) and the Junta de Cofradías y Her‐ mandades de Semana Santa de Benidorm (Board of Brotherhoods and Sister‐ hoods of Holy Week in Benidorm).

The exhibition was inau‐ gurated by the councillor for Culture, Jaime Jesús Pérez, on June 3 and can be visited until June 22. The exhibition is the third to be inaugurated recently, the other two be‐ ing ‘Chinese Ink and Pencils’

by Ricardo Martín at the Casa del Fester and ‘Punto y seguimos. La vida puede más’, which deals with hu‐ man trafficking.

Jaime Jesús Pérez said the exhibition “enriches the cul‐ tural heritage of the city” and encouraged the Frax Foundation “to continue with future editions of the contest to value the devo‐

tion and tradition of Holy Week in Benidorm.”

The president of the Frax Foundation, Matias Perez Such, promised more would be done to promote the event for future editions and that there would be some changes to make it bigger and better. “This is a pilot test so that in the future it will have more of an impact,” he said.

The exhibition is made up of 32 photographs taken during this year’s Easter week in Benidorm. A jury will vote and award prizes to the best images. The date is yet to be determined.

‘Artesur’ exhibition THE ‘Artesur’ exhibition at the Barbera dels Aragonés Centre of Contemporary Art in Vil‐ lajoyosa showcases the work of the experi‐ enced Uruguayan artists Febles Ceriani and Diego Alexandre Asi. The exhibition is divided into two distinct parts. The first is dedicated to Ceriani’s explo‐ ration of universal constructivism, with a se‐

ries of works on canvas that reflect humani‐ ty’s communion with the cosmos.

The second part of the exhibition is devot‐ ed to Madí art, an abstract movement creat‐ ed in the mid‐1940s that seeks to take the concepts of creation and invention to the ex‐ treme in order to free artistic creation from the limitations external to the work itself.

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‘Chinese Ink and Pencils’ Tamsin Brown THE exhibition ‘Chinese Ink and Pencils’ (Tinta chi‐ na y lapiceros) by the artist Ricardo Martín Gómez was inaugurated on June 1 and will be at the exhibition hall of the Casa del Fester in

Benidorm until June 11.

Organised by the De‐ partment of Culture, the exhibition brings together some 30 works in ink and pencil by Ricardo Martín Gómez, a self‐taught artist from Valladolid who has close ties to the

city, where he has been a regular visitor for the last 50 years.

It is his fourth exhibi‐ tion and his first in Benidorm, and it show‐ cases the drawings he has done over the last two years.

AFTER five years of collaboration between the Spain Kiteboarding Association and the Oliva Town Hall, the two institutions have tak‐ en another step forward. A hugely important international event, the Wing Foil Junior World Cup, is coming to Oliva.

From June 23 to 26, the Wing Foil Junior World Cup will be held at the Pau‐Pi beach.

There will be two different categories in the competition: Surf Freestyle and Surf Slalom.

Additionally, on June 25 and 26, the Wing Foil Surf Freestyle Spanish Cup will take place. The event is backed by the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation and the Valencian Sailing Federa‐ tion and co‐organised by the Club Nàutic d’O‐ liva.

Around 50 athletes from all over the world are expected to attend the sporting event, with particularly strong participation from France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and the United States, as well as from Spain. The young Spanish champions include Nia Suardíaz, the absolute Spanish Champion in Freestyle Surf and Surf Slalom at only 15 years old; Xavier Corr, the absolute Spanish Champi‐ on in Surf Freestyle at only 16 years old and Liam Dunkerbeck, the absolute Spanish Champion in Surf Slalom.

Next year, Oliva will also be the scene of two new events that will turn it into the na‐ tional and international focal point of wing

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Wing Foil World Cup

Oliva will become a national and international focal point for wing foil.

foil, a sport that was born from a combination of kitesurfing, windsurfing and surfing fairly recently but that has grown significantly in popularity, especially in Spain, over the past two years.

The councillor for Tourism and Beaches from the Oliva Town Hall, Kino Calafat, high‐ lighted Oliva’s firm commitment to promot‐ ing sporting events as a tourism strategy, es‐ pecially when it comes to sports such as kiteboarding and windsurfing, which not only boost the economy but are also environmen‐ tally friendly.

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U3A Men’s dining Tamsin Brown THE University of the Third Age (U3A) Men’s Dining meeting was held at the Calpe Tennis Club on May 26. Around 20 people went along, mak‐ ing it one of the best‐at‐ tended gatherings of re‐ cent months.

The menu (salad or soup, lamb or beef) seemed to please every‐ body and there were no complaints about the €15 charged. It was decided that the upcoming meet‐ ing on June 30 will be held

The U3A Men’s Dining group met recently at the Calpe Tennis Club.

at the same venue. A re‐ minder will be sent to members nearer the date.

For more information about this and other groups of the U3A, visit www.u3acalpe.org.

BENITACHELL’S second edition of its Women’s Race will be held onSaturday June 11 from 5pm, after it was postponed in March due to heavy rain.

The citizens of Benitachell and the sur‐ rounding area are preparing to put on their running shoes and walk or run for equality.

The funds raised will go to Aprosdeco (As‐ sociation for the Mentally Handicapped of Denia and the Marina Alta Region), which works to provide resources to people with

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Bonfires of San Juan WITH the arrival of summer comes the long‐awaited Bonfires of San Juan (Hogueras de San Juan), a traditional festival held to celebrate Midsummer.

The celebration is popular in many countries around the world, each with its own traditions, but it is particularly special in Alicante.

From June 10 to 24, the streets and squares of the historic centre of Javea will be filled with music and colour to celebrate the Bonfires of San Juan. The extensive programme for the festival is very varied and includes parades, musi‐ cal performances, flower offerings to the patron saint and more.

The correfocs, in which people dress up as devils and set off fireworks among a crowd of spectators, who try to get as

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The Bonfires of San Juan are one of Alicante’s most important festivals.

close to them as possible, is always very popular. Perhaps the most important moment of the Bonfires of San Juan is the traditional St. John’s Eve (La Nit dels Focs), on June 23.

This magical and mysterious night has a markedly Mediterranean character and takes place in the streets of the his‐

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functional diversity to help improve their quality of life.

The registration fee of €3 includes a race bib and a t‐shirt and can be done in the mornings at www.somesport.com until to‐ day Thursday, June 9, at 8pm. The race bibs can be collected at the Tourist Office in Benitachell (C/Mercat, 1) on Friday from

6pm to 8pm and on Saturday from 10am to 1pm or from 3pm to 4.30pm.

The children will go first and will run a specific route of 700 metres. The adults will follow. Both walkers and runners will com‐ plete an almost completely flat urban route of 4.14 kilometres. Although the race is non‐competitive, the organisers will pro‐

toric centre of Javea. Its playfulness, symbolism and deep‐rooted traditions have led to the festival being declared a Fiesta of National Tourist Interest by the Generalitat Valenciana.

The night of June 23 begins with the burning of the bonfires (cremà dels focs) at the points where the gates of the old city walls used to be. People jump over the bonfires wearing gar‐ lands on their heads like crowns.

The festivities end on the night of June 24 with the burning of the bonfire and a spectacular musical fireworks dis‐ play.

To see the full programme for this not‐to‐be‐missed event, visit https://www.javea.com/programa‐de‐ hogueras/.

vide gifts for the first five people to cross the finish line.

“After a hiatus of two years due to Covid‐19, Benitachell needed to bring back this charity race, an event that com‐ bines sport with promoting solidarity be‐ tween women and supporting associa‐ tions that carry out important social work in the region,” said Víctor Bisquert, the local councillor for Equality and Gender Policies.

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All flights grounded

Peter McLaren‐Kennedy COMAIR who operates as a British Airways franchisee in Southern Africa has ground‐ ed all its flights as a liquidity crisis takes its toll.

The airline has not recov‐ ered despite strong sales af‐ ter all its planes were grounded earlier this year by the South African Civil Aviation Authority after records of its maintenance

programme were consid‐ ered to be incomplete.

The company which has yet to refund all passengers affected by the earlier grounding went on a strong sales drive offering cheaper flights just hours before the CEO Glen Orsmond ground‐ ed the flights. As a result, the company has been ac‐ cused of trying to raise capi‐ tal to keep the 79‐year‐old

company in business. Ac‐ cused of a “heist”, Orsmond has said all passengers will be given refunds, however, experts cannot see where the money will come from.

Orsmond had said several setbacks, including the pan‐ demic and the week‐long revocation of its operating licence by the Civil Aviation Authority, had severely af‐ fected its liquidity.

Elton looking frail

By Anna Ellis ELTON JOHN was due to star alongside HM Queen Elizabeth II for her Platinum Jubilee concert on Saturday June 4 in a pre‐recorded performance.

Dressed in a Gucci tracksuit and wear‐ ing a face mask, the British press claimed he appeared frail‐looking when he was pictured being pushed in a wheelchair at Leipzig Airport on Friday May 27.

Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on March 25, 1947, in the town of Pinner in Middlesex, England. He de‐

scribes himself as an only child who was overweight and wore glasses.

Sir Elton taught himself to play the pi‐ ano at the age of four and then went on to study at the London Academy of Mu‐ sic. Two weeks before graduating he quit the Music Academy to pursue a musical career.

His five decades of career have been historic and quite literally record‐break‐ ing. With over 300 million records sold, he is one of the best‐selling music artists in the world.

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Personalised caskets

By Peter McLaren‐Kennedy A TEXAS‐based artist has donated personalised hand‐painted caskets for every child murdered in the recent Uvalde School shooting.

Trey Ganem, who refused to be paid, met with the families of all 18 children and one of the two teachers killed in the massacre at Robb Ele‐ mentary School to learn more about the de‐ ceased.

Driving nearly four hours from his home town of Edna, he put together a series of unique de‐ signs that pays homage to each victim. Each one

is tailored to reflect the life and interests of each child, with some bearing sports, others super‐ heroes and others animals.

Ganem was contacted by the ‘Texas Funeral Directors’ association who offered him a con‐ tract to paint the caskets, but he refused instead taking it upon himself to buy and paint the units free of charge. Each casket costs up to $3,800 (€3,600) to make.

The artist and his 25‐year‐old son worked for 20 hours to have the hand‐painted caskets ready and delivered on Friday May 27, just days after the massacre.

Alarm bells in China

Chris King ACCORDING to local me‐ dia, researchers at the Ji‐ uquan Satellite Launch Centre in northern China have discovered a vehicle carrying a GPS jammer.

This find comes just weeks before the next lift‐off of the Shenzhou‐14 manned mission which will carry three astronauts to the Tiangong space station.

If this finding is officially confirmed, it would be the

first time China has de‐ nounced an incident of this type before a launch.

Located in Jiuquan, in the Inner Mongolian Gan‐ su province, the launch centre claimed to have detected interference sig‐ nals of unknown origin in early May. They were apparently activated repeatedly, but intermittently. Techni‐ cians reportedly spent days studying them until

they found their origin.

The device in question is believed to have been a small frequency transmit‐ ter, the type that can emit interference signals.

These generally operate in a range of less than 10 metres and can be pur‐ chased in any of the popu‐ lar e‐commerce portals of the Asian country. Unlike the United States and Canada, China has not prohibited its purchase.

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Freedom after 41 years Peter McLaren‐Kennedy JOHN HINCKLEY JR, the would‐ be assassin who tried to shoot Ronald Reagan back in 1981, has been granted his full free‐ dom by a federal judge some 41 years later.

According to a recent report, Hinckley was granted full free‐ dom on June 1, with the judge saying that he had complied with all his restrictions and posed no further risk to society.

Hinckley tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan on March 31, 1981 in a botched attempt that left the president with a punc‐ tured lung from which he later recovered. In the process he

REAGAN: Was shot back in 1981.

wounded the White House press secretary James Brady,

Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and Washington po‐ lice officer Thomas Delahanty.

Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity at a 1982 jury trial, and was put in the care of a psychiatric institution.

During the hearing in Wash‐ ington, US District Judge Paul Friedman lifted travel and inter‐ net usage restrictions against Hinckley, who has been living on his own in Williamsburg, Vir‐ ginia.

The order will take effect on June 15, after the judge has said he would grant Hinckley unconditional release in September.

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Damages awarded

Peter McLaren‐Kennedy THE jury’s verdict in the defamation case launched

by Johnny Depp and the counter‐claim by his former wife Amber Heard, has re‐ sulted in both being award‐ ed damages.

The jury ruled in favour of Johnny Depp saying that Amber Heard did defame him in her Washington Post article, which they declared was false, defamatory and said with malice.

The unanimous decision resulted in the jury awarding him $15m (€14 million) in damages, $10m (€9.3 mil‐ lion) in compensatory dam‐ ages and $5m (€4.7 million) in punitive.

A statement issued by Johnny Depp said: “Six years ago, my life, the life of my children, the lives of those closest to me, were forever changed. And six years later, the jury gave me my life back. I am truly humbled.”

The jury also found in favour of Amber Heard’s counter‐claim over Depp’s lawyer’s comments in a British newspaper, awarding her $2 million (€1.87 mil‐ lion).

A statement released by Heard said: “The disappoint‐ ment I feel today is beyond words. I’m even more disap‐ pointed with what this ver‐ dict means for other wom‐ en.”

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Travel restrictions dropped Anna Ellis MANY European countries relaxed travel restrictions throughout May. However, Italy and Germany are only

now removing restrictions, at least temporarily from June 1.

The Italian Ministry of Health announced it would

Scotland ties THE UK Government Minister for Scotland, Iain Stew‐ art, recently returned from the Nordic countries fol‐ lowing a sucessful mission to grow trade links and learn about Faroese infrastructure.

Scottish exports to both countries are worth more than £695 million (€817 million) a year alone, accord‐ ing to the UK government website.

In total, the UK and Denmark have a £12 billion (€14 billion) trading relationship (imports and ex‐ ports) and the figure is £881 million for the UK and Faroes.

Minister Stewart undertook a packed programme in Copenhagen and Tórshavn, including meeting key industry representatives and leading political figures.

The Minister also discussed sanctions against Rus‐ sia and the issue of Russian vessels in Faroese‐UK shared fishing waters.

Minister Stewart said: “Scotland plays a vital role within the United Kingdom and it was an honour to promote our interests in Denmark and the Faroe Is‐ lands to encourage greater trade links to directly benefit Scottish communities."

not be renewing the re‐ quirement which expired on May 31 for travellers to show a vaccination, recov‐ ery or test certificate upon arrival, regardless of coun‐ try of origin or departure.

Italy also scrapped the need for a Passenger Loca‐ tor Form on May 31.

Karl Lauterbach, the Ger‐ man Health Minister an‐ nounced the 3G rule to en‐ ter the country would be suspended until Septem‐ ber. The 3G rule currently demands travellers present a valid vaccination, recov‐ ery, or test certificate in or‐ der to enter the country. It will be reviewed after the summer depending on Covid infection rates.

If you are travelling to Spain you must show valid proof of one of the follow‐ ing: being fully vaccinated, a negative Covid‐19 test or having recovered from Covid‐19 in the last six months. You do not need to complete Spain’s Travel Health Control form.

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Gas field gets go-ahead Peter McLaren‐Kennedy SHELL’S North Sea Jackdaw gas field has been given the go‐ahead after it received final regula‐ tory approval.

The approval was announced on June 1 by Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.

An environmental study was submitted back in January 2020 for the development of the gas and condensate field according to NS Energy.

The ultra‐high pressure, high temperature (UH‐ PHT) reservoir will be connected to the existing Shearwater platform.

The Jackdaw platform won’t be permanent‐ ly manned but will be attended to by staff on the Shearwater.

Located nearly 275km east of Aberdeen in

the central North Sea, the well will be situated in waters more than 75m deep. The well was first identified in 2005 and is more than 5,000 metres below the seabed.

The Jackdaw gas field with its capacity of 215 million cubic feet a day will go a long way to‐ ward reducing the country’s reliance on im‐ ported gas. Once fully operational the gas field is expected to reduce imports of gas from Rus‐ sia by around 25 per cent.

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Kevin Spacey in court Anna Ellis KEVIN SPACEY faces four sex‐ ual assault charges against three men. The actor has vowed to “prove his inno‐ cence” in a British court.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it had also authorised a charge against the 62‐year‐old for engaging in sexual activity without

consent.

The alleged incidents took place in London between March 2005 and August 2008 and in Gloucestershire in April 2013 and, because he is not in the country, Kevin Spacey has not been formal‐ ly charged, according to British media.

A spokesman for the

House of Cards actor said: “I appreciate the Crown Prose‐ cution Service’s statement in which it carefully reminds the media and the public I am en‐ titled to a fair trial, and until proven otherwise.”

The allegations follow a re‐ view of evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police in their investigation.

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Eurovision winners Peter McLaren‐Kennedy

THE winners of the 2022 Eurovision con‐ test, Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra, have auc‐ tioned their trophy to raise funds in the sup‐ port of the country’s army as it fights to re‐ pel Russia’s invading forces.

Auctioned on May 29, the proceeds from the sale of the crystal microphone which was sold for $900,000 (€835,000), will go to‐ wards buying drones.

The post on their Facebook said: “You guys are amazing! We appreciate each and every one of you who donated to this auc‐ tion and a special thanks to the team Whitebit who pur‐ chased the trophy for $900,000 and are now the rightful owners of our trophy.”

According to the

post, the funds will be provided to the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foun‐ dation, an organisation that helps the Ukraini‐ an Army. They will, ap‐ parently, use the funds to buy three PD‐2 un‐

manned drones.

Kalush Orchestra won the 66th Eurovi‐ sion Song Contest in the event that took place May 10 to 14 in Turin, Italy with their entry Stefania.

Wrong decision

TEXAS suffered one of the deadliest school shootings in US history on Tuesday, May 24.

The commander in charge of the shooting scene at the Robb Ele‐ mentary School took the decision that they were dealing with ‘a barricad‐ ed subject’ despite a flurry of 911 calls from children trapped in the school.

That decision, which the police have now ad‐ mitted was the wrong one, is what led to lack of action on their part and ultimately the death of the 19 young

schoolchildren and two teachers.

The timeline provided by police showed that in a four‐minute halo of bullets, Salvador Ramos murdered the schoolchildren and their teachers.

Providing more infor‐ mation, the police said that Ramos had hinted online at what was to come. On his Instagram page he had a conversa‐ tion which implied a shooting was imminent.

The police said they found 1,657 rounds and 60 magazines at the school after the atrocity.

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Partial ban on oil imports Anna Ellis EUROPEAN Council chief Charles Michel has said “the European Union has agreed on a partial ban on Russian oil imports.”

In a Tweet on Monday, May 30 he said “Agreement to ban export of Russian oil to the EU. This immediately covers more than two‐thirds of oil imports from Russia, cutting a huge source of fi‐ nancing for its war machine.”

Michel’s Tweet followed an extraordinary European Council summit, attended by EU leaders in Brussels to dis‐

Russian oil to be banned.

cuss a sixth package of sanc‐ tions against Russia, accord‐ ing to the media.

The leaders of the Euro‐ pean Council have confirmed that the EU agreed to ban 90

per cent of Russian oil im‐ ports by the end of the year.

Ursula von der Leyen, pres‐ ident of the European Com‐ mission said in a press con‐ ference, “Russian oil delivered by tankers would be banned, while an exemp‐ tion will be made for the southern segment of the Druzhba pipeline.

“The northern segment of the pipeline serves Poland and Germany ‐ who have agreed to the embargo. The southern part goes to Hun‐ gary, Slovakia and Czech Re‐ public.”

Tamagotchi-like virtual children Anna Ellis THE development of computer‐generated ba‐ bies could be ‘one of mankind’s most important technological breakthroughs’.

The overpopulation crisis could be solved within 50 years, thanks to the evolution of ‘virtu‐ al children’, according to British media.

Catriona Campbell, one of the UK’s leading au‐ thorities in artificial intelligence and a former British civil servant and diplomat said, “Comput‐ er‐generated babies that cost just £20‐a‐month

are likely to become commonplace by the early‐ 2070s,” she said.

“We’re already well on our way to creating the Tamagotchi Generation which, for all intents and purposes, will be ‘real’ to their ‘parents’.”

Catriona added: “Virtual children may seem like a giant leap from where we are now, but within 50 years technology will have advanced to such an extent that babies, which exist in the metaverse are indistinct from those in the real world.”

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Chat with your pets

THANKS to the invention of ‘Dr Dolittle machines’, scien‐ tists claim we could soon be having two‐way conversa‐ tions with our pets.

Scientists and experts from around the world have been involved in the creation of various bits of tech that can use artificial intelligence to discern what animals are say‐ ing, according to British me‐ dia.

A team from Tel Aviv Uni‐ versity, Israel, used ultrasonic

Listen to what your pet says.

frequency detectors to ‘trans‐ late’ the communicative nois‐ es of bats in one study.

Dr Yossi Yoval explained how bats emit mixed‐fre‐ quency signals that echo off

their surroundings. Bat’s brains can then pick up on these echoes and use them to create a picture in their minds like “zooming in and out with your eyes”.

Dr Yossi went on to say that this is similar to but, not explicitly, their animal “lan‐ guage”.

But, he said that with the help of artificial intelligence, humans could soon begin eavesdropping on their pet’s conversations too.

Monkeypox pandemic unlikely

By Anna Ellis ON Monday May 30, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said they did not believe the monkeypox outbreak outside of Africa would lead to a pandemic.

A WHO official said “it remains unclear whether infected people who are not displaying symptoms can transmit the disease,” according to US sources.

In May, there has been more than 300 suspected and confirmed cases of mon‐ keypox with most cases in Europe. No deaths have been reported so far.

If you get infected with monkeypox, it usually takes between five and 21 days for the first symptoms to appear.

Monkeypox can be caught from infect‐ ed rodents (such as rats, mice and squir‐ rels) in parts of west and central Africa.

Monkeypox can also spread from per‐ son to person through: touching cloth‐ ing, bedding or towels used by someone with the monkeypox rash, touching monkeypox skin blisters or scabs (includ‐ ing during sex) and the coughs or sneezes of a person with the monkeypox rash.

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Gender balance

Åland status

FOR the first time in Danish history women outnumbered men in what is often considered one of the most sexist of jobs, the police force, as 12 out of 22 of the May graduation class at Brøndby Police Academy were women.

WORRIED about the growing threat from Russia, a majority of Finns (some 58 per cent of those polled) would be happy to see a military presence on the Åland Islands, which is an autonomous, demilitarised province according to a poll undertaken by Uutissuomalainen.

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IRELAND

Going Dutch

Spud wars

WAR veteran, 102-year-old Andre Hissink lost his Dutch citizenship in 1952 when he took a job in New Zealand and has been fighting to get it back ever since. Finally on May 25 in Canada, the Dutch Ambassador made his wish come true after King Willem intervened.

ANOTHER casualty of Brexit could be the floury potatoes used in Ireland for mash, chips and oven baked potatoes as an estimated 50 per cent of seed potatoes have traditionally, (a bit like selling coals to Newcastle) been imported from Scotland, which is now a third country with restrictions.

BELGIUM

ITALY

Nationality granted

Puffing away

ACCORDING to a report by the Belgian national office for statistics Statbel, in the first two months of 2022, 8,711 people gained Belgian nationality with the largest number being from Morocco (843), Syria (630), Romania (547), Afghanistan (375), and Iraq (367).

CONTRARY to European trends, it appears that there are 800,000 more smokers in Italy than in 2019 and according to a Higher Institute of Health report released on May 31, World No-Tobacco Day, almost a quarter of the population (24.2 per cent) enjoy a smoke.

GERMANY

PORTUGAL

Fake tests

Royal residence

A 20-YEAR-OLD man from Germany created a fake Covid-19 testing centre during the height of the pandemic and made nearly €6 million from health insurance companies who reimbursed him for so called tests according to a court which found him guilty of fraud.

A REPORT in the Daily Telegraph suggests that Princess Eugenie will be sharing time between the UK and Portugal with her new husband Jack Brooksbank, who is believed to be involved in working for a company which owns the Costa Terra Golf and Ocean Club in Setubal.

FRANCE

UKRAINE

Mona Lisa pied

Scammer alert

A MAN in a wheelchair disguised as an old woman threw a piece of cake at the Mona Lisa on May 29, but as it is covered by protective glass it was unharmed. As he was removed from the building, he shouted “think of planet Earth”.

AS most of the world embraces the people of Ukraine and both governments and charities offer support to refugees and those still in the country, a number of unscrupulous scammers have crawled out from under their rocks and are asking for donations, which they will simply pocket.

NORWAY

SWEDEN

Taking off

Kurd support

HAVING emerged from bankruptcy and changing its operating name, Norwegian Air Shuttle which is Europe’s fourth largest lowcost airline, has announced that it will purchase 50 Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes now that various safety and financial problems have been resolved.

AS Sweden continues to face a Turkish boycott of proposed membership of NATO, an announcement by Swedish Ambassador to Iraq Jonas Loven that the country seeks more investment opportunities in the Kurdistan Region may irritate Turkey further as it insists that the Kurds are terrorists.

FEATURE

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT SOMETIMES I truly do thank my lucky stars I no longer reside in the UK. I am now fully aware that should I ever decide to relocate I would probably be arrested and be behind bars before I even left the airport! This week I had lunch with some very dear friends who were born and bred in London and have resided there for most of their lives. They told me they have almost ceased to socialise, particularly with younger people, because they invariably say something out of place that causes ‘offence’.

However innocuous the subject, they said it is almost impossible to know just what you can freely voice and what you can’t. One example was their wholly innocent comment on one of the contestants of Britain’s Got Talent. ‘Oh I do hope that little blind girl wins, she was so talented,’ one friend remarked kindly.

Wrong!

One of the party, hackles visibly rising remarked crossly, ‘why do you find it necessary to mention her infirmity in your reference to her?’ ‘Oh…. Er, sorry, I meant to say the little girl with the long hair, wearing the red outfit with the white shoes that sang…’ Give us a break.

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So out of tune Despite the fact that she was in fact very good, one of her highly attributable accomplishments was that she had overcome her disability and managed to get into the semi‐finals of BGT. Surely that may well be an inspiration to a whole host of visualy impaired people who would normally lack the confidence to enter a contest of this kind?

What about the Invictus Games? The people that take part in this wonderful event are actually selected because of their disabilities. They have reached these heights of competition, despite the fact they have lost a limb or suffer from some other impairment and are surely proud to have won through, regardless of their seemingly insurmountable problems. How long are we going to have to put up with these woke idiots, who appear to be slowly but surely eroding the right of free speech, and certainly common sense across the free world?

I was also interested in a recent YouGov poll, who published some figures regarding people’s conception of the percentages of minorities that reside in the UK. The findings were extraordinary. For example 1,800 people

were asked how many people in the UK were transgender. They though it was probably around 5 per cent of the population. It is actually around 0.3 per cent! When asked how many adults were white, the answer was around 65 per cent. It is in fact some 87 per cent.

Those questioned also thought that black Britons are at around 20 per cent.

They actually only make up some 3 per cent of the populace. Gay and Lesbian are at 1.3 per cent and 1.8 per cent respectively.

The Common Sense Campaign deduced quite rightly that ‘this distorted impression is created by much of the broadcasting and online media, who are so out of tune with the facts they are utterly befuddling the people as to the true character of Britain’. And so say all of us!

Keep the faith.

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FINANCE Barcelona buy out

STAT OF WEEK

€1.35 billion

is the estimated worth according to FOX Business of the permanent living members of the Rolling Stones who started their latest world tour in Madrid on June 1.

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REPORTEDLY poverty stricken, Spanish football club FC Barcelona is said by Bloomberg to put to shareholders on June 16 a proposal to sell 25 per cent of its television rights to Bank of America for €600 million. In addition, it appears likely to raise more funds through borrowing.

Mexican standoff

Jubilee holiday VARIOUS UK business leaders have written to the British government urging it to make one Jubilee Bank Holiday a permanent fixture as they believe that it will boost tourism and generate additional income for retailers and the hospitality industry.

Thanks Netflix A NEW film by Adam Sandler, Hustle was mainly filmed in Mallorca, with the subsequent financial benefit going to the island’s economy, thanks to a decision made by Netflix, as the story was originally set in China but the TV platform doesn’t operate there, hence the change.

Fashion pop-up AFTER denying a hoax tweet which said that online Chinese fashion giant Shein which now sells more garments than Inditex and H&M was pulling out of Europe, it opened a pop‐up store in Madrid to give customers a chance to try before they buy.

Minister Escriva delivered the news.

SPANISH unemployment fell below three million for first time since 2008 announced Jose Luis Escriva, Minis‐ ter for Social Security on June 2.

The reduction in May was 99,512 meaning that the number of unem‐ ployed stands at 2,922,911 with 33,000 new jobs created and is the lowest figure since November 2008 at the start of the global financial cri‐ sis.

Despite the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the energy crisis, compared to May 2021, the total number of unemployed has de‐ creased by 858,259 people (‐22.7 per cent).

The total number of contracts reg‐

istered during the month of May was 1,640,595 which represents a rise of 95,287 (6.17 per cent) over the same month last year.

More importantly, the number of new permanent contracts entered into in May was 730,427, the high‐ est figure since records started being kept.

This is particularly significant as May is the month which normally sees temporary contracts being is‐ sued, especially in the hospitality in‐ dustry, to cope with the influx of tourists during the summer season.

There were a number of tempo‐ rary contracts entered into during May, but the number is also the low‐

est since records have been kept.

Female unemployment de‐ creased in May by 47,403 women (‐2.65 per cent) and stood at 1,740,982 unemployed registered in the public employment services.

Male unemployment decreased by 52,109 men (‐4.22 per cent) and stood at 1,182,009.

Unemployment of young people under 25 years of age also fell in the month of May by 21,973 people (‐9.90 per cent) compared to the previous month.

Thanks to this sharp drop, the number of unemployed under 25 years of age fell to 199,920, the low‐ est figure ever recorded.

UK airport crisis ON June 1 UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps and Aviation Minister Robert Courts held a meeting with senior leaders from the aviation in‐ dustry, including airports, airlines and ground handling companies.

The meeting was urgently called to discuss exceptional disruption seen across UK airports, after thou‐ sands of flights were cancelled due to staff shortages at airports and airlines. During the meeting Shapps said “I also understand the resourc‐ ing strains on the aviation sector but it does not excuse poor plan‐ ning and overbooking flights that they cannot service.

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Credit: Lynn McCabe

WITH a continuing shortage of skilled construction workers and an estimated 100,000 jobs available in the hospitality industry, Spain is said to be in negotiation with the USA to accept a number of illegal migrants from Mexico who are currently being detained in America.

Huge queues at Gatwick Airport at half term.

“The companies who have seen the most disruption need to learn from those who ran services smoothly.”

He added “We have been crystal clear, run services properly and ac‐ cording to schedule or provide

swift, appropriate compensation.

“We do not want to see a repeat of this over the summer ‐ the first post‐Covid‐19 summer season ‐ and will be meeting again in the coming weeks to understand the progress that is being made.”

Whilst the somewhat belated de‐ cision to hold this meeting will be welcomed if the industry manages to resolve the problems of delay and cancellations, this will be scant comfort for those passengers who have had their holidays disrupted and have been left out of pocket or in some cases stuck at airports for days.

Caixa Bank

H AV I N G r e s c u e d B a n k i a from closure following an investment of €22.4 bil‐ lion, the current Spanish government was instru‐ mental in the sale of the majority of its shares to Caixa in 2021 for €4.3 bil‐ lion.

The government re‐ tained a stake of just over 16 per cent in what was to become Spain’s largest bank by value and gave an undertaking to sell the balance of shares by the end of 2023.

According to financial newspaper Expansion on June 3, the Minister of Fi‐ nance, Nadia Calviño has made it clear that she wishes to continue to hold the entire investment in Caixa Bank and intends to extend the deadline for sale for a further two years.

Tax fraud IN the 2018 budget, then Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond called for a crack‐down on electronic sales suppression (ESS).

ESS is a process by which businesses can manipulate electronic sales records, ei‐ ther during or after the point of sale, which hides or reduces the value of indi‐ vidual transactions in order to lower the recorded turnover of the business and corresponding tax lia‐ bilities.

Since June 1, 2022, legis‐ lation has been in place which now allows HMRC to target and raid premises be‐ lieved to be either using or selling ESS systems with a maximum fine of £50,000 if the suspect is found guilty.

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CHANGE(P) 1.264,50 198,55 2.253,0 3.995,5 1.550,00 4.393,0 1.736,0 10.495,9 592,40 488,10 2.215,0 433,90 391,50 799,00 0,612 172,66 515,60 4.354,0 2.697,00 444,50 3.550,3 528,40 187,90 2.854,0 1.742,0 1.019,0 85,14 1.765,0 1.813,50 3.331,5 7.104,0 5.752,0 3.713,5 312,50 514,60 2.637,0 9.698,0 9.498,0 792,00 540,30 1.728,00 2.257,0 855,40 1.684,00 536,10 129,94 1.809,00 556,00 4.967,5

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1.580,50 4.584,0 70,84 228,70 2.074,0 761,00 258,00 45,09 7.206,0 772,80 137,15 1.535,50 1.128,00 228,70 6.440,0 1,89 917,40 2.219,0 639,00 1.024,00 6.176,0 2.221,00 490,00 590,20 5.876,0 89,16 0,60 657,80 1.324,50 0,0453 2.906,0 796,15 1.084,00 2.863,0 2.374,0 1.257,50 1.567,50 10.590,0 1.791,50 1.249,50 625,20 131,05 259,70 187,55 3.705,0 1.040,00 124,22 2.659,0 928,00

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GDP THE Bank of Spain has indi‐ cated its belief that a po‐ tential halt of energy im‐ ports from Russia will have a short‐term negative im‐ pact by seeing a decline in gross domestic product (GDP) for the European Union as a whole of up to 4.2 per cent.

Overseas aid BRITAIN continues to offer overseas aid to developing countries and around £1 bil‐ lion a year is channelled through the World Bank’s International Development Association which according to a new report from the In‐ dependent Commission for Aid Impact ‘provides good value for money’.

Tax paid DESPITE continued ru‐ mours that South Ameri‐ can singer Shakira could be prosecuted and sent to prison for tax evasion, the TV channel of Spanish fi‐ nancial newspaper Expan‐ sion claims that she has ac‐ tually settled with the Treasury paying €14.5 mil‐ lion which they maintained she owed.

UK housing market HOUSE prices in the UK have posted a 10th succes‐ sive monthly increase in May to keep annual price growth in double‐figures according to the latest Na‐ tionwide house price in‐ dex. May saw a slight slow‐ ing in the rate of annual house price growth to 11.2 per cent, from 12.1 in April but prices effectively rose by 0.9 per cent month‐on‐ month, after taking ac‐ count of seasonal effects.

As lenders become more picky as to whom they grant mortgages to, as the cost of living rises dramati‐ cally, the heady days of ris‐ ing prices may however soon come to a halt.

Frasers Group expands UK FRASERS GROUP has snatched Missguided Limited from Adminis‐ tration after paying £20 million to acquire cer‐ tain intellectual proper‐ ty of the company and its subsidiaries.

This means that Frasers, set up by for‐ mer Newcastle United Football Club Mike Ash‐ ley will be able to run the online retailer as a standalone operation within the group and appeal directly to young buyers looking for reasonably priced ‘fast fashion’.

Frasers were quick off the mark as the compa‐ ny only went into Ad‐ ministration on Mon‐ day May 30 after the company was issued with a winding‐up peti‐ tion by clothing suppli‐ ers who are owed mil‐ lions of pounds and the deal was announced on Wednesday June 1.

Having purchased in‐ tellectual property

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STANDALONE: Missguided will be separate from House of Fraser stores.

rights rather than tak‐ ing over the companies completely means that Frasers Group are not left with ‘dead stock’ nor are they responsi‐ ble for the outstanding debts and administra‐ tors Teneo will have eight weeks to manage the operation before handing it over to Frasers.

Some 80 staff had re‐ portedly already been

made redundant and it seems likely that the balance will move to work for Frasers who also own House of Fras‐ er and JD Sports.

After announcing the deal, Michael Murray, Chief Executive of Frasers Group said: “We are delighted to secure a long‐term fu‐ ture for Missguided, which will benefit from the strength and scale

of FG’s platform and our operational excel‐ lence.

“Missguided’s digital‐ first approach to the latest trends in wom‐ en’s fashion will bring additional expertise to the wider Frasers Group.”

As consumers become more aware of the en‐ vironmental effects of cheap clothing Miss‐ guided had struggled.

Iberia airline is taking off IBERIA, part of the IAG Group, is the airline that has seen the great‐ est increase in brand value world‐ wide in 2022, with a growth of 37.6 per cent.

That is an increase of €211 mil‐ lion compared to 2021, according to the latest Brand Finance report, which analysed the 50 most valu‐ able and strongest airline sector brands in the world.

The study highlighted that the Spanish airline Iberia has achieved this growth by adapting quickly to the disruption of Covid‐19.

In addition, it is also creating a new strategic partnership with both Cepsa and Repsol with the aim of decarbonising air travel and offering sustainable fuel for air travel.

In the global ranking, Iberia is in 31st place, having climbed three positions this year, while Vueling (also owned by IAG), the other Spanish brand in the ranking, is in

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June 1, first long-haul flight using Spanish produced biofuel.

last place, increasing its value by 0.6 per cent after its fall in 2021.

There are only three brands in the ranking that have already re‐ covered the value they had before the pandemic. Iberia is one of the exceptions, increasing its value by 3 per cent, along with Singapore

Airlines and Indigo, which are up 11 per cent and 8 per cent, respec‐ tively.

Vueling, meanwhile, although already reporting upward results, has some way to go, as it still has a brand value 31.5 per cent lower than what it had in 2020.

NEWS

Fishing quotas A PAIR of reports from two Non‐Governmental Organi‐ sations, Blue Marine Founda‐ tion and OceanMind have re‐ vealed evidence of unauthorised fishing on the part of EU vessels in the wa‐ ters of several developing In‐ dian Ocean coastal states.

The reports particularly highlight fishing activity for tuna on the part of Spanish and French‐owned vessels in the waters of Somalia and In‐ dia with no evidence of ac‐ cess agreements authorising the fishing.

They also conclude that there have been small amounts of reported catch in the Chagos Archipelago ma‐ rine protected area and in Mozambique’s exclusive eco‐ nomic zone where no vessels flagged to any EU country could have been authorised to fish and it is alleged that beacons identifying vessels have been switched off.

Nigeria woos Spain SPAIN welcomed the Presi‐ dent of Nigeria to Madrid in the first official visit of a Nigerian Head of State in 17 years on Tuesday May 31.

After meeting King Felipe VI, President Muhammadu Buhari went on to discuss a number of matters of mutu‐ al interest with President Pedro Sánchez as Nigeria is a supplier of liquid gas to Spain and is being courted by the European Union.

After giving a speech at the headquarters of the World Tourism Organisa‐ tion he invited Spanish in‐ vestors to take advantage of Nigeria’s tax‐ free envi‐ ronment to market their services to its 200 million in‐ habitants at a Spanish Chamber of Commerce the following day.

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Save on summer beauty SUMMER is practically here, which means plenty of time spent showing off skin on the beach. Every‐ one wants to look their best during the hottest months of the year, but there is no reason for this to mean splashing out on expensive beauty products.

Save those pennies for your holidays!

Fake tan Fake tan is much safer than sunbathing or sunbeds, but one tiny bot‐ tle can cost a lot of money.

You can make your own fake tan at home cheaply and easily using black tea.

Simply boil around 15 black tea bags in half a litre of water and apply it to your body for a quick, easy and safe tan.

Exfoliation When it gets hotter, you might start to notice that unpleasant feeling of sweat

You can save a lot of money on summer beauty products if you make them at home.

mixed with make‐up. This can block pores and cause acne, so always wash your face properly in the morn‐ ing and evening. Exfoliation is also essential. To make your own exfoliating scrub, mix some coconut oil and sugar (salt works too but is more abrasive). You can add some drops of essen‐ tial oil.

Conditioner You probably know that

feeling of tangled hair after a day spent at the beach.

The sun, sand and salt can all wreak havoc on your hair. You might want to use conditioner every day, but this is not cheap and may be harsh. Try an apple cider vinegar rinse in‐ stead. Mix four table‐ spoons of vinegar with a cup of water, leave on for a few minutes, detangle and rinse for a natural shine.

HEALTH & BEAUTY

By Clinica Britannia

Suffer red and itchy skin?

ATOPIC DERMATITIS or eczema is a condition that causes your skin to be‐ come red and itchy, devel‐ oping at any age. Atopic dermatitis is a chronic condition, tending to flare periodically, often accom‐ panied by asthma or hay fever.

No cure has been found for atopic dermatitis, but treatments and self‐care measures can relieve itch‐ ing and prevent new out‐ breaks. For example, it helps to avoid harsh soaps, moisturise your skin regularly, and apply medicated creams or oint‐ ments.

Symptoms vary widely from person to person and include: •Dry Itching skin, which may be severe, especially at night.

ATOPIC DERMATITIS: Try out self-care measures.

•Red to brownish‐grey patches, especially on the hands, feet, ankles, wrists, neck, upper chest, eyelids, inside the bend of the el‐ bows and knees, and in in‐ fants, the face and scalp.

•Small, raised bumps, which may leak fluid and crust over when scratched.

•Thickened, cracked, scaly skin.

•Raw, sensitive, swollen skin from scratching.

When to see a doctor •Is so uncomfortable that the condition is af‐ fecting sleep and daily ac‐ tivities.

•Has a skin infection such as red streaks, pus, yellow scabs.

•Continues to experi‐ ence symptoms despite trying home remedies.

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Summer make-up storage AS high temperatures can damage make‐up, storing it properly during the sum‐ mer is essential. Everything from lipstick to eyeshadow can become soft and melt when exposed to humidi‐ ty, heat or sunlight. Store your cosmetics correctly to make them last longer and to look even better!

Foundation To ensure a smooth ap‐ plication of foundation, keep it at a temperature between five and 25 de‐ grees Celsius. Stifling heat can cause the components of foundation to start to separate, especially if it is oil‐based.

Lipstick Never leave your lipstick in a hot area. It can melt, break and become a breeding ground for bacte‐ ria. Take a good look at your lipstick before apply‐ ing it. If it smells bad or looks odd in any way, throw it away.

Eyeshadow Both eyeliner and cream

COSMETICS: Store correctly to make them last longer.

eye shadows can be kept in the refrigerator. Heat can make eyeshadow be‐ come sticky and difficult to apply. The same goes for eyeliner, which will glide on more easily after being in the fridge.

Mascara Mascara can quickly dry out and become unusable.

You should throw it away after six months, because using it for longer could cause irritation if bacteria

grows inside. Unlike other cosmetic products, mas‐ cara works better if it is a bit more liquid. It can be kept somewhere warm, but not in direct sunlight.

Cream cosmetics Creams should be stored between five and 25 de‐ grees Celsius. Any lower and the cream may solidi‐ fy, and any higher and it will become runny. Read the instructions for storage of your creams carefully.

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By Clinica Britannia

What causes Herpes’ infections and outbreaks?

HERPES SIMPLEX type 1 (HSV‐1) is a virus typically appearing as a blister on or around affected areas such as the mouth, genitals, or rectum. The blisters break, leaving tender sores and transmission is mostly spread through kissing or sharing objects such as toothbrushes or cutlery.

Herpes Simplex type 2 (HSV‐2) is a sexu‐ ally transmitted viral infection, which often produces painful sores, usually in the geni‐ tal area. Once infected, an individual may carry the virus and be subject to recurrent bouts of infection. but it’s important to know that both HSV‐1 and HSV‐2 can be spread even if sores are not present.

For many people who suffer with out‐ breaks of herpes, they can go through peri‐ ods of the virus lying dormant, with attacks being brought on easily by the following conditions: • General illness (from mild illnesses to serious conditions).

HERPES: Recurring bouts can occur.

• Fatigue.

• Physical or emotional stress.

• Immunosuppression due to AIDS or treatment of chemotherapy or steroids.

• Trauma to the affected area, including sexual activity.

• Menstruation.

Although there is no known cure for her‐ pes, treatment prescribed by a General Practitioner can help to relieve the symp‐ toms and decrease the pain related to an outbreak and shorten the healing time.

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Top tips for sunscreen Tamsin Brown IF you want to make the most of the long days and warm weather of the summer by spending a lot of time outdoors, you need to be extra careful.

Excessive exposure to the sun’s rays can cause skin damage and lead to pre‐ mature ageing.

Follow these steps to take care of your skin in the sun: 1. Choose the right sun protection factor for your skin type. Lighter skins need a much higher SPF, as do children and preg‐ nant women. When in doubt, go for a higher SPF. 2. Apply the sun‐ screen 15 to 20 minutes before exposure so that your skin has time to ab‐ sorb it properly.

3. It is advisable to use one sunscreen for your body and another one for your face. Facial

sunscreens are made with gentler ingredients.

However, there is no problem if you only have one.

4. Apply the cream to all parts of your face, in‐ cluding the ears and eye‐ lids. The nose usually re‐ quires extra protection as it tends to burn more than the rest of the face.

5. On the body, pay special attention to sensitive areas such as the chest and shoulders, which are constantly exposed to the sun. The back of the neck and the feet are also

often neglected.

6. Your skin might not burn evenly. Many peo‐ ple find that the arms, chest and stomach burn faster than the legs, so you may want to buy sunscreens with different SPFs for different areas to get a more even tan.

7. Enjoy the summer!

Correctly applied sunscreen prevents painful sunburn and premature ageing.

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EW YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION Letters should be emailed to yoursay@euroweeklynews.com or make your comments on our website: euroweeklynews.com Views expressed and opinions given are not necessarily those of the EWN publishers. No responsibility is accepted for accuracy of information, errors, omissions or statements.

FAKE PASSPORTS I wanted to comment on your article about the peo‐ ple who were given fake vaccine passports. They didn’t feel special or above the law as was stat‐ ed in the article, they did‐ n’t buy the BS the main‐ stream media and big pharma and dirty politi‐ cians were dishing out.

They cared about their health and the danger these vaccines can cause. I fully support them.

These clot shots do not work and have caused thousands of deaths and injuries worldwide. Now that’s a story mainstream media should be sinking their teeth into.

It doesn’t take rocket science to make you think that if a person connected to the vaccines didn’t want one… that speaks volumes.

Nina Heller

Totally unfair Regarding your article featuring Martin Lewis and the Tory waste of space.

From what I can gather the fact we live in Spain and have no property in the UK means we are unlikely to re‐ ceive any help from the gov‐ ernment as opposed to pen‐ sioners living in the UK. This is totally unfair as we all know the crisis at the moment is a global one and despite inflation rates we have been honoured with a 3 per cent rise the same as pensioners in the UK. What are we second class citizens? At the end of the day we have worked and paid into the system the same as everyone else we should be treated equally.

Regards Ron

VACCINE PASSPORTS: People care about their health.

OUR VIEW GOD SAVE THE QUEEN SO much has happened in the 70 years since Princess Elizabeth discovered whilst in Kenya in February 1952 that her father King George VI had died and that she was now to lead a new Elizabethan age.

As the headline read then, ‘she went to bed a Princess and woke a Queen’ and it is clear that she has devoted herself to that role ever since.

It’s remarkable that with all the political upheaval, civil wars, revolutions and financial disasters that Her Majesty has managed to remain so popular even though her family, much in keeping with previous Royal Families, have managed to lie, cheat and divorce around her.

She is now a frail old woman who was obviously not well enough to cope with the four days of celebration, although she did her best to appear before the crowds who flocked to Buckingham Palace to celebrate with her.

Assuming she lives another year, it could happen again as 2023 will be the 70th Anniversary of the Coronation which took place on June 2, 1953 although whether she will be inviting Paddington Bear to tea again must be a moot point.

Like it or not, Royal events such as this are popular throughout the world, good for business and diverting public opinion from political scandals for a while and generally give the majority of people in the UK a warm feeling.

British citizens resident in Spain found plenty of opportunity to celebrate with get togethers, although none were as ‘posh’ as that held at the British Embassy for deserving members of the British community from across Spain.

In the words of English poet Henry Carey, “God Save the Queen”.

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Stylish Scandinavian designed heaters OVER many years Neater Heaters have be‐ come the first choice of many expats living in Spain.

Behind our stylish Scandinavian designs are a modern state‐of‐the‐art convector heater that can match any on the market for economy and efficiency, and beats all the se‐ rious competition hands down on price.

The real secret of these heaters is the com‐ puter‐age technology in the form of extruded aluminium in the construction of the heating element. This material and the design creates a huge surface area for heat transfer, which means more air can be heated for less cost.

Neater Heaters use convection principles and are designed so that the electricity you put into the heater is converted to heat as cheaply as possible. When you turn on the heater the element warms up rapidly and heats the air around it, this air rises and draws more cold air into the heater. Because the el‐ ement is extremely efficient and is designed to have a huge surface area a large quantity of air is heated very quickly. If your room has

Find out which model is best suited to your lifestyle.

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However, a few years ago we went one stage further and added the Turkish made Vi‐ go heater. This heater shares the design tech‐ nology and ethos of the current Neater Heaters, but it has two differences: The Vigo comes with a carrying handle, wall bracket, and feet included in the price; The larger Vigo models take up less wall space and go up to 2.5kw. They also have a digital display that in‐ dicates the reduced wattage that the heater regulates once the room has reached the de‐ sired temperature, thus saving more money through reduced running costs.

NEATER HEATER DISTRIBUTORS: COSTA BLANCA NORTH MORAIRA: S&W, The Tool Bar. Tel. 965 745 805 - ALTEA: Leo’s Superstore. Tel. 965 844 848 Heaters also available for purchase at our online shop with free home delivery. WWW.NEATERHEATER.ES or Tel. 634 312 171 (WhatsApp available)

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Your own phone assistant for the price of your coffee

RUNNING a business can be lots of things; exhilarating, exciting and ultimately profitable. But one of the things that pretty much all business owners will agree can be one of the hardest bits of running their own company is the admin side of things.

From finding the time to answer every business call when you’re al‐ ready in the middle of a busy work day to catering to the different lan‐ guages your business enquiries come in from, the actual admin of your business can sometimes take as much time and effort as the work you do.

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BUSINESSES & AUTONOMOS: Can now have their own virtual assistant.

The concept UrPhone is an app which can provide all the benefits of a tradi‐ tional in‐office phone system; just much more cheaply and easily.

Its quick and easy system has so‐ lutions for both businesses and au‐ tonomos.

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This can make keeping on top of all the new work that comes your way harder.

UrPhone has a solution for this.

Simply using its app, autonomos can create their own business phone line from their normal mo‐ bile phone, without the need for a new sim card.

This allows you to create a new phone number with a whole vari‐ ety of national dialling codes, from UK to German and Swedish. Not only does this make your business more appealing to multiple nation‐ alities, it also allows you to have a separate ring tone on your phone for calls expressly to your business line, meaning you always know when you are receiving a business call.

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They offer interactive call trans‐ fers ‐ allowing you to see who in your network is free to take a call before you pass it through ‐ as well as professional hold messages, out of hours messages, and even mes‐ sages in multiple languages allow‐ ing callers to be directed to some‐ one who speaks their own language.

Its system also allows voicemail messages to be automatically sent to your email in a downloadable format, making them easier to lis‐ ten to wherever you are, as well as to share them with colleagues.

Beyond that, for companies with colleagues across multiple loca‐ tions, UrPhone is integrated with Microsoft Teams, allowing you to instantly start a team meeting whenever needed with the highest audio quality.

Help! We’re reliving the 1970s NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS

Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

Add to all that inflation, a falling Pound, a government past its sell‐by‐ date and pitch invasions at football sta‐ diums. This is straight out of that de‐ pressing decade ‐ and I’m getting out my tie‐dyed tops and bell‐bottom jeans...

Compared with today, the 90s was a golden age. A ‘free’ decade be‐ tween the end of the Cold War and September 11.

But Anneka again? Just shows the intellectual poverty of the broadcast media. They haven’t a single original idea to make new programmes or dramas that anyone wants to watch...

DO you feel like you’re living in the 1990s? Tory sleaze, economic turmoil, war in Europe ‐ even An‐ neka Rice (remember her?) is back with a new run of Challenge Anneka.

Or rather, the 1970s?

That it’s getting more like the 70s every day. Inter‐ views with union leaders with six figure salaries be‐ ginning to flex their mus‐ cles. Threats of strikes in a vital part of the national infrastructure. Demands for a much larger percent‐ Nora Johnson’s critical‐ age rise than any other ly acclaimed psychologi‐ Nora’s latest thriller. worker could contem‐ cal crime thrillers plate. The attitude that it’s all the gov‐ (www.nora‐johnson.net) all available ernment’s fault. The intransigence that online including eBooks (€0.99;£0.99), ending out‐of‐date practices and the in‐ Apple Books, paperbacks, audiobooks troduction of technology are totally off at Amazon etc. Profits to Cudeca cancer the agenda. charity.

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AS the weather heats up, we have some super simple and healthy treats for your furry friend that can be made at home!

Dog‐friendly fruit cocktail This fido‐friendly fruit cocktail is an easy picnic treat for your pup.

Ingredients 1/3 cup pineapple 1/3 cup melon 1/3 cup berries ‐ our

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Summer dog snacks favourite trio: strawberries, raspberries and blueberries.

Method Prep the pineapple, remove the skin and dice into small pieces.

Prep the watermelon, re‐

move the rind and seeds, and dice into small pieces.

Mix them altogether and you’re done!

Banana and peanut butter pup pops A classic combination!

Ingredients 3 tbsps peanut butter (xylitol free) If peanuts are an allergy

concern, replace with xylitol free cashew butter.

2 well‐ripened bananas

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2 tbsps coconut oil Method Combine all ingredients and mash the mixture until smooth.

Pour into your mould tray and pop in the freezer and leave for at least three to four hours Serve!

Protect your cat AS the rays of the sun be‐ come stronger and climate change is causing increasing heatwaves, it is important to keep your cat protected from sunburn ‐ something that could cause damage for life.

Sarah Elliott, Central Vet‐ erinary Officer for Cats Pro‐ tection, said: “White and pale‐coloured cats don’t have a pigment called melanin in their skin, which is what protects humans

from sunlight. This can leave them vulnerable to sun dam‐ age ‐ usually around the ears. Over time, the damage caused by the sun’s ultravio‐ let rays can increase the risk of developing skin damage and cancer.”

“Cats with unpigmented noses or ears are also much more susceptible to sun damage and require addi‐ tional sun protection.”

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There have been great advances in veterinary medicine and surgery, especially in the field of cancer treatment. Early diagnosis is essential. The checkup that is carried out on your pet every year should be more exhaustive from six years of age.

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cat protected from the dam‐ aging rays of the sun? Cats Protection’s top sun safety tips are: Keep pet cats indoors when the sun is at its hottest, typically between 12am and 5pm in Spain.

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Club 55 Classic Cars in Moraira Win 2022 European Travel & Hospitality Award

WHILE globally we have endured the toughest period the travel industry has ever faced, THA endeavour to recognise those who deserve praise and to pro‐ mote the hard work of tenacious travel and hospitality businesses. Recipients of Travel & Hospitality awards in 2022 were scrupulously selected based on the aggregation of reviews from multi‐ ple third‐party sources.

Selected by a panel of experts who analyse submission material, review customer feedback and compare the fa‐ cilities of each entrant. Our winners are those who can demonstrate their uniqueness, quality of services and fa‐ cilities and exceptional levels of cus‐ tomer care across a number of cate‐ gories.

In this extraordinary year of the awards over 22,000 nominations were

CLASSIC CARS: Club 55 has a unique presence on the Costa Blanca.

received for this year’s programme, and the standard of entries was incredibly high. The judging panel had great diffi‐ culty in narrowing down the entries but the winners reflect the very best in travel and hospitality standards. The team at Travel & Hospitality Awards,

said: “We were overwhelmed by the quality of entries this year.“ The Club 55 Classic Cars business only started in June last year so to receive this award is great recognition of the success and multiple positive client re‐ views they have received on both Trip‐

Advisor (Rated 5 from 5) and Goggle Review (rated 4.9 from 5).

Club 55 with its unique presence on the Costa Blanca offer a wide range of services for people interested in classic cars, the primary activity is offering guid‐ ed car tours, from two hours to a full day experience, along the stunning Marina Alta coastline or inland through the beautiful mountainous countryside on our doorstep. Clients can choose from a selection of beautiful motoring icons, in‐ cluding a 1965 Ford Mustang Convert‐ ible, a Porsche 550 Spyder Replica, a RAM V8 Cobra, a Triumph TR3A, an MGA and a VW Beetle Convertible.

Club 55 also sell classic cars, provide premium car storage facilities, offer technical services, valet services, have a large members lounge bar and terrace and organise many events each month.

For more information go to www.club55classiccars.com or follow them on Facebook.

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Which autonomies have the most speed cameras in Spain?

ACCORDING to a study by the Radar Observato‐ ry in Spain, where all the data on the different types of public speed cameras and sources of municipal jurisdiction information are collect‐ ed, the number of speed cameras increased in Spain by 4 per cent from January 2021 to January 2022. This represents a total of 2,640 speed cameras, but is a situa‐ tion that can vary signif‐ icantly before the arrival of summer, and the tax desire of some adminis‐ trations. In fact, an in‐ crease of 10 per cent is anticipated during the year.

Catalonia, Andalucia, and Castilla y Leon are the three autonomous communities with the highest number of speed cameras according to the Radar Observatory in Spain. These commu‐ nities have 660, 337, and 319 speed cameras respectively.

This number repre‐ sents more than half of the total number of radars in the country.

Madrid with 203, and the Basque Country with 202 complete the ‘top 5’ of the regions with the highest number of de‐ vices.

They are followed by G a l i c i a ( 1 6 8 ) , C o m u‐ nidad Valenciana (156), Castilla La Mancha (118), and Aragon (108) as the Autonomous Communities with more than 100 radars.

Fo l l o w i n g t h e s e a r e the Communities of As‐ turias (70), the Balearic Islands (58), the Canary Islands (56), Extremadu‐ ra (55), and Navarra (55).

As well as the radar devices to control speed, there are now laws that seek to ‘con‐ tain’ speeds on Spanish roads and highways. The new Traffic Law, which came into force on March 21, was brought in with the DGT objec‐

tive to reduce road acci‐ dents and preserve road safety.

Among other things, it includes sanctions of six licence points for using

a mobile phone at the wheel, and four points for not using a seat belt, or exceeding the estab‐ lished speed limit when overtaking.

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