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ON Wednesday June 29, the first deputy mayor of the municipality of Velez‐ Malaga and deputy mayor of Torre del Mar, Jesús Pérez Atencia, presented the upcoming ‘42 Reasons to Fight against ALS’ chal‐ lenge, which aims to raise awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a type of motor neurone disease (MND). The event was attended by the councillor for Sports, Hipólito Gómez, and the brothers Kiko and Jorge Montoro, who are promoting the initiative. Pérez Atencia said: “This sporting event aims to raise awareness of this terrible disease and raise funds for research into finding a cure.” He encouraged peo‐ ple to participate in the race or to donate on the website www.sacalen guaela.com. The event will take place on August 6. Saca la Lengua a la ELA (‘Stick your tongue out at ALS’), which is organising the challenge, is a non‐ profit organisation based in Fernan Nuñez, Cordoba, dedicated to raising awareness of and funds for ALS. It was founded by Miguel Ángel Roldán
aImage: Saca la Lengua a la ELAImage: Nerja Town Hall
A FIGHTING CHALLENGE
Athletes participating in a recent event and raising money for Saca la Lengua.
Marín, an active and healthy physical education teacher who was diag‐ nosed with the disease at the age of 39. ALS is a fatal neurode‐ generative disease that impairs the connection be‐ tween nerves and mus‐ cles. According to data from Saca la Lengua, three people are diagnosed with ALS in Spain every day; 4,000 people suffer from the disease in Spain; 90 per cent of the cases ap‐
pear at random and 10 per cent are hereditary and the life expectancy is be‐ tween two and five years. There is currently no cure, and research is key. Atencia thanked Kiko and Jorge Montoro for their work and everything they have done through Saca la Lengua a la ELA. The Montoro brothers then expressed their grati‐ tude to the Torre del Mar Mayor’s Office, the De‐ partment of Sports, the
Velez‐Malaga Town Hall and the sponsors. They also gave a special mention to the Scouts, who will be carrying out the important task of dis‐ tributing a total of 42,000 bookmarks with the infor‐ mation about Saca la Lengua a la ELA from the beaches of Nerja to Torre del Mar. For more information about the event, visit https://www.facebook.co m/SacaLenguaELA.
Flavours of the world “TORROX does not sleep, Torrox does not stop,” said the mayor, Óscar Medina, on Monday July 4, speaking at the presen‐ tation of this year’s edi‐ tion of the Foodtrucks Xperience. He was joined by the councillor for Commerce and Development, Sandra Extremera, and the man‐
ager of Baobab Eventos, Fabián D’Angelo. Until Saturday July 10, a total of nine food trucks will stop on Avenida El Faro in Torrox Costa to of‐ fer residents the chance to travel around the world through international dishes. There will also be live music every evening. According to the mayor,
this event is “one of the nicest ones of the sum‐ mer, both because of the location itself and because you can enjoy internation‐ al cuisine with your whole family in a great atmo‐ sphere.” As well as the food trucks, there will be activi‐ ties for the whole family, a children’s area, craft stalls
and live performances from 7pm to midnight.
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ELECTED: Juan José Ruiz Joya has taken over from Trinidad Herrera as the mayor of Almuñecar.
New mayor of Almuñecar JUAN JOSÉ RUIZ JOYA (Partido Popular), who was previously the deputy mayor of La Herradura, was elected the new mayor of Almuñecar on Wednesday June 29. He was backed by Más Almuñecar, Ciu‐ dadanos and the union between Izquierda Unida and Podemos, receiving 11 of the 21 votes. Juan Carlos Be‐ navides (Convergencia Andaluza) received seven and Rocío Palacios received three. Ruiz Joya has taken over as mayor following the resignation of Trinidad Herrera, who was elected to be an Andalucian mem‐ ber of parliament in the elections of June 19.
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Ukrainians complete Spanish course THE basic Spanish course offered by Almuñecar Town Hall to 14 Ukrainians who were welcomed in the mu‐ nicipality came to an end on July 6 with the awarding of diplomas. The course had the aim of “facilitating
their social integration,” ac‐ cording to the councillor for Social Services and Equality, Maria del Carmen Reinoso. “This 100‐hour course giv‐ en by the Tropical Costa Languages Academy (TCL) was intended to allow the
participants to interact as well as possible and to feel at home. Of course, being able to communicate is fun‐ damental,” said Reinoso. The municipality of Al‐ muñecar only had around a dozen Ukrainian residents before the outbreak of the war. Since it began, there has been a significant increase in the Ukrainian population, who are of all ages and mostly women. Many of them decided to take up residence in Al‐ muñecar and La Herradura because they already had family or friends in the area.
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Nerja LGBTI Pride Day
Tamsin Brown NERJA once again joined in the celebration of International LGTBI Pride Day, which was held on Tuesday June 28. The councillor for Citizen Participation, Javier Rodríguez, and the spokespersons of the Municipal Groups of Partido Popular, Ciudadanos, Unidas Podemos and PSOE read the Institutional Declaration of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), which took place before the Carmen Soto concert. The Institutional Declaration of the FEMP highlights the work of the town halls, as the level of public administration closest to the citizens and defender of equal rights for everyone, regardless of race, sex, religion, opinion or any other condition or personal or social circumstance. Javier Rodríguez said: “The town hall renews its commitment to working towards a world of
Nerja Town Hall is committed to the values of tolerance, freedom and equality.
absolute tolerance, freedom and equality, and condemns any discrimination against LGTBI people and their fundamental rights.” Those present were then treated to a concert by the Granada-born singer Carmen Soto, who performed a repertoire of much-loved hits by Alaska, Madonna, Cher, ABBA, Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue and more.
Professional basketball player returns
ON Thursday June 30, the mayor of Velez‐Malaga, Antonio Moreno Fer‐ rer, and the councillor for Sports, J Hipólito Gómez, visited the fourth day of the basketball camp that was being held by Academia 675, led by Berni Rodríguez. The camp, which took place at the Paco Aguilar Sports Pavilion, saw par‐
ticipation from 250 children from local basketball clubs who attended to im‐ prove their technique, socialise with others and learn about healthy lifestyle habits through play. The protagonist of the day, along with the young athletes, was the Spanish‐Brazilian international basket‐ ball player Augusto Lima. Lima com‐
peted with the UCAM Murcia basket‐ ball team last season and played as a centre with Unicaja Malaga for several years, where he also began his sport‐ ing career aged just 14. He also won the ACB League with Real Madrid and played in Velez‐Malaga in various sea‐ sons with Clínicas Rincón Axarquía, Unicaja’s subsidiary.
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NIBS EXTRA Yoga classes TORRE DEL MAR is offering free outdoor yoga and Pi‐ lates classes until September 15. The Pilates classes will take place on Playa Senior on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9am to 10am, and the yoga classes will take place on Tuesdays, Thurs‐ days and Saturdays at the same time. Mats not provid‐ ed.
Bike lane THE new bike lane that con‐ nects the entrance to the Covered Pavilion of the Sports Complex with the stretch of the bike lane that runs between the round‐ abouts of access to Burriana beach and the Capistrano residential area is now fully operational. The project had an investment of €36,457.
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Almuñecar craft market opens Tamsin Brown
ON Friday July 1, Almuñecar’s craft market on the Paseo de San Cristobal was opened in a ceremony attended by various members of the town hall, including the mayor, Juan José Ruiz Joya, the deputy mayor, Beatriz González, and the councillor for Activities, Javier García. The craft market has around 30 stalls and will be open until September 15. Javier García said: “With this street market, one of our wishes to create a unified image, avoid street vending and benefit local commerce has been fulfilled. The stalls have a surface area of six metres squared and are closed in order to avoid having to set up and dismantle them every day.” ACOS, the Almuñecar Association of Commerce, is in charge of managing the stalls, providing night-
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VARIOUS STALLS: Almuñecar’s craft market will be open until September.
time surveillance and organising activities such as live music in the area.
New Local Police Chief sworn in
ALMUÑECAR’S summer ur‐ ban transport timetable was implemented on July 1 and will be in place until Septem‐ ber 15. Changes have been made to the bus services to Velilla (Line 3B) and Taramay (Line 3C). For more informa‐ tion and to see the full timetable, visit https://ur banosalmunecar.es/.
Tourist cabins THE Nerja Town Hall has an‐ nounced that it will build 13 tourist cabins on a plot of land in the area of the Rio de la Miel. There will be a swim‐ ming pool, a parking area and an ecological vegetable garden. It will use solar pan‐ els for renewable energy.
Lifeguard services VELEZ-MALAGA has in‐ creased the number of life‐ guards on its beaches to 48, coinciding with the start of the high season. Throughout July and August, the service will be available from Mon‐ day to Sunday (10.30am to 8pm). The councillor for Beaches described the ser‐ vice as “the best the munici‐ pality has ever had.”
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SWORN IN: Juan José Medina is the new head of Almuñecar Local Police.
ON July 4, Juan José Medina was sworn in as the new head of the Almuñecar Local Police, following the re‐ tirement of Manuel Ledesma, who had been in the position for more than 20 years and who had been with the police for 37 years. Juan José Medina was sworn in by the new mayor of Almuñecar, Juan José Ruiz Joya, who wished him “all the luck in the world in his new role.” Juan José Medina has been a police officer since 2001. He is a black belt in Kenpo and an expert in self‐ defence, which has led him to give numerous semi‐ nars and workshops on women’s self‐defence in Salo‐ breña and Almuñecar. He also has extensive experience as an educator, having taught at an acade‐ my for future police officers and security guards and worked in schools, where he organised sporting events and taught the children about the Local Police.
The initiative is intended to give people a pleasant way of spending summer evenings.
Bin for organic waste introduced ON Wednesday June 29, the first deputy mayor of the munici‐ pality of Velez‐Malaga, J e s ú s P é r e z At e n c i a , and the councillor for the Environment, Anto‐ nio Ariza, spoke about the importance of cor‐ rectly using the fifth type of public waste container, for organic waste. The organic waste bin, which has a brown lid, must be imple‐ mented throughout Spain by January 2024, but many areas have already done so. Velez‐ Malaga was the first municipality in the province to implement the brown bin, doing so at the end of last year. An informative cam‐ paign was carried out between June 27 and July 1 with the aim of teaching people what can be deposited in it. Antonio Ariza said: “With this campaign, we want to make all
our residents aware of the correct use of the brown bin, as it will soon have to be intro‐ duced throughout the municipality. We would like to remind all our residents that if we do not comply with the correct use of the con‐ tainer we may receive sanctions from the Consortium and the Eu‐ ropean Economic Com‐ munity.”
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June wedding for Spangles THE Spanish Association of Barbershop Singers, of which Spangles is a found‐ ing member, was recently contacted by county coun‐ cillor Brian O’Donoghue, from County Carlow in Ire‐ land, who planned to mar‐ ry at the Hotel Perla Mari‐ na in Nerja. He wanted to surprise his bride‐to‐be, Miriam, with a serenade by a barbershop ensemble while she was getting ready. The Spanglettes was formed, with Lyn and Maggie singing bass, Carol singing baritone, Barbara singing tenor and Valerie and Linda singing lead. They travelled to Nerja and were greeted by the wedding planner, who sneaked them up to the bride’s room. Miriam heard ‘Love Me with All Your Heart’ and opened the door in total surprise. A few more songs were sung and ‘The Spanglettes’ wished the couple a long and happy life together. “We were so honoured to be included in Miriam and Brian’s special day and it was a beautiful lead‐up to our summer break,” said Valerie. To book the Spangles ladies’ chorus for an event or to find out more, visit www.spangles chorus.com or email in fo@spangleschorus.com.
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Disposal of Designated area bulky items
Tamsin Brown AS of June 30, the Public Safety Department of the Rincon de la Victoria Town Hall is carrying out a cam‐ paign to monitor and control the disposal of bulky items such as old furniture on the municipality’s pub‐ lic streets. According to Borja Ortiz, councillor for the Local Police, this control is “due to the increased pres‐ ence of furniture, rubble and pruning waste near the solid urban waste containers in residential areas.” The mayor of Rincon de la Victoria, Francisco Sala‐ do, has asked the public to cooperate by “not leaving rubbish bags outside the containers, as given the high summer temperatures, they can become a source of infections and bad smells, putting public health at risk.” Those who wish to dispose of bulky items should contact the recycling and waste disposal cen‐ tre (Punto Limpio) on 952 971 234 between 8am and 2pm to obtain a code that will allow them to track the disposal. Waste from gardening work can be deposit‐ ed in the organic waste containers in airtight bags when it does not exceed 500 litres per day.
ON June 30, the councillor for Safety and Transport of the Ner‐ ja Town Hall, Francisco Arce, and the councillor for Town Planning, Nieves Atencia, announced that plans for the construction of a new area for motorhomes on a plot of land located in the Pago de Rio Seco in Nerja had been approved. The designated area for mo‐ torhomes will be 7,000 square metres and there will be facili‐ ties for parking and overnight stays. Francisco Arce said: “The town hall is committed to pro‐ moting and supporting this type of private initiative which will al‐ low us to offer more to tourists, providing motorhome users with an area in suitable condi‐ tions.” Nieves Atencia added: “Pre‐
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Nerja has plans for an area where motorhomes can stay overnight.
made cabins, toilets and a recep‐ tion area will be installed, and the plot will be equipped for the parking of motorhomes.” As for services and supplies, the area will be connected to the general water supply, sewage network and electricity supply. The plot will also have road access from the N‐340 road.
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Free MUVEL concerts
THE town hall of Velez‐ Malaga, through the De‐ partment of Culture, has announced the cultural programme for ‘Thurs‐
days at MUVEL’, the well‐known cultural pro‐ gramme held at the Mu‐ seum of Velez‐Malaga (MUVEL) during July and
Heart sculpture for La Herradura LA HERRADURA now has a sculpture that is set to become the representative symbol of the town. The sculpture was made in the Moreno Brothers Workshop in Granada and can now be found next to the roundabout at the entrance to the beach of La Herradura. The sculpture was unveiled on Wednesday June 29, right after Juan José Ruiz Joya was elected as the new mayor of Almuñecar. He expressed his pride at having his first official act as mayor in his hometown of La Herradura. Miguel Moreno, who was accompanied by his brother José María, said that the idea was to make a heart that “said ‘I love you La Herradura’ but was not the same as all the other hearts that we have seen” and that “had something masculine and feminine, concave and convergent.” The heart measures 180 x 120 x 65 cm and is blue as an allegory to the waves of the sea.
August. The councillor for Cul‐ ture, Cynthia García, said: “The Department of Cul‐ ture is working to ensure that the MUVEL is the set‐ ting for some excellent concerts given by fantastic professional classical musi‐ cians.” The MUVEL programme includes ‘Barroquísimo’ on July 7, a concert featuring harpsichord, trumpets, cel‐ lo, violins and viola; the ‘Cuarteto D’amore’ on July 21, with a tenor, sopranos and baritone accompanied by a piano; the flamenco performance ‘Los cafés cantantes en Málaga’ on July 28; the wind concert ‘Braxarquía’ on August 4; the piano and oboe perfor‐ mance ‘Choro Meets Clas‐ sical’ on August 18; and a ‘Noche de cante flamen‐ co’, with flamenco singers and guitarists, on August 23. All of the musical per‐ formances will be at 8pm with free admission until full capacity is reached.
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Interview with TOWIE stars EURO WEEKLY NEWS caught up with TOWIE stars Elliott Wright and James Ar‐ gent at the recent launch of Wright’s new restaurant in Costa Blanca’s Villamartin. Speaking exclusively to Euro Weekly News, Mr Wright explained that Ed‐ uardo’s La Plaza is his trib‐ ute to his dad, who passed away last year. “This is a personal thing [opening Eduardo’s] for me to do since my father passed away last year,” he said. Elliott explained that he learned everything he knew from his father’s tutelage af‐ ter working his way up through the family business before appearing on TV. He added: “If there was anything I could do for my dad then to prolong his lega‐ cy [this was it]. This is his legacy.” Elliott’s wife Sadie provid‐ ed the support needed for her husband to realise his dream of continuing his fa‐ ther’s legacy and admitted
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James Argent, aka Arge.
that the “lead up [to the opening] had been an abso‐ lute rollercoaster. “[Elliott] worked every hour under the sun. It was extremely emotional, but he pulled it out of the bag,” Sadie exclusively told Euro Weekly News. Speaking about the restau‐ rant, Sadie said: “What we’re going for at Eduardo’s is a party vibe, with family. We don’t just want young, we don’t just want old, we want a mixture. “We watch grandfathers with their children on the dance floor and that’s what we like ‐ a true family
restaurant.” The star of the opening night at Eduardo’s was un‐ doubtedly TOWIE’s James Argent. Arge spoke exclusively to Euro Weekly News and praised his friend Elliott be‐ fore offering some insight in‐ to what he has planned for the future. “[Elliott] has done his dad proud. He’s done everyone proud,” he said about the restaurant’s opening. Speaking about his plans for the future, the fun‐loving 34‐year‐old said that he would be spending time on his passion project, The Arge Band. “I plan on doing plenty more gigs over the summer now Eduardo’s is open and obviously more at Olivia’s La Cala,” he said. “But I’m really focusing on The Arge Band. That’s what I’m putting my passion into now. I’m putting my heart and soul into it and I really love it.”
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THIS year celebrates 65 years of the iconic Os‐ borne bulls that stand on the hilltops of Spain. Originally the Osborne bull was used to adver‐ tised for the drinks com‐ pany. The original image was smaller and slightly different in design. The bull was designed by Manolo Prieto in 1956. In 2005 the Spanish gov‐ ernment put a protection order on the bull which is now seen as a national symbol of Spain. In 1994 a law that pro‐ hibited all roadside ad‐ vertising of alcoholic bev‐ erages came into effect and the bulls were set to be removed. But, by this time, the signs were nationally renowned and the public response resulted in the signs being retained on the condition that all ref‐ erences to the original advertisers were re‐ moved. The Court eventually
Happy birthday to the iconic Osborne bulls.
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Spanish icon’s birthday allowed the signs to re‐ main on the grounds that they have become a part of the landscape and had “aesthetic or cultural sig‐ nificance”, which turned the bulls into public do‐ main images.
Restrictions warning HOLIDAYMAKERS from the UK and elsewhere have been warned that Covid‐19 restrictions could be back in Spain this summer after the number of cases surge once again. The warning on Monday July 4 comes from Canary Is‐ lands Public Health Official, Amos Garcia Rojas who said that the reintroduction of new restrictions could not be ruled out. Speaking to a UK TV news channel, Rojas said: “The pan‐ demic is not gone. It is necessary to continue maintaining certain restrictions and care, perhaps in the obligation to wear a mask indoors if the situation does not improve.” Most restrictions have been lifted across Spain, however some regions have maintained limited requirements such as wearing masks on flights and when in medical facilities. The warning for holiday‐makers comes as the govern‐ ment in Spain asks people to take care and to continue fol‐ lowing basic health advice. That includes good hand hy‐ giene, maintaining distance when indoors and isolating when positive, failure to do so could see Spain’s Covid‐19 re‐ strictions back by summer.
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F2 driver Roy Nissany was in‐ volved in a sickening crash on Sunday, July 3, and was lucky to walk away without fatal in‐ juries. In the feature race at Silver‐ stone one car flew into the air after smashing into a sausage kerb according to the media
Driver saved by halo sources. It landed on top of Roy Nis‐ sany’s car with the halo safety system being all that prevent‐
ed a likely fatal incident. Abbie Eaton who is a British Racing Driver and Test Driver for The Grand Tour reacted to
the crash by calling for more safety features to help protect drivers. “When will people learn?” she wrote in a Tweet.
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“We need to use a safer way to control track limits. “The halo has been one of the best safety systems to be introduced, let’s move for‐ ward with track limit policing too.” "Don't wait until someone is killed."
Veteran DJ dropped
ANGER broke out among BBC Radio 2 listeners after veter‐ an presenter Steve Wright announced live on air that his popular ‘Steve Wright
In The Afternoon’ show was being axed. Fans took to social media to vent their dismay at the deci‐ sion. The 67‐year‐old leg‐
e n d a r y DJ ’ s s h o w h a s run on BBC 2 for the last 23 years, but he will now be replaced with former Radio 1 DJ, Scott Mills. Forty‐ nine‐year‐old Mills is also a veteran pre‐ senter, having spent 24 years on Radio 1. He took to Twitter to announce his move, engaging the services of pop sensa‐ tion Lewis Capaldi to make a video break‐ ing the news. Breaking the news live to his listeners, Steve Wright said: “At the beginning of this year, my friend and boss Helen Thomas, head of Radio 2, said she wanted to do something different in the afternoons. “Now, I’ve been do‐ ing this programme for 24 years at Radio 2, and so how can I possibly complain?”.
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ON June 28, the Council of the European Union gave its green light to the extension of the regulations for the EU digital Covid certificate, which has played an impor‐ tant role in facilitating the free movement of people during the pandemic. The regulations for the certificate have been pro‐ longed by one year, until June 30, 2023. This will en‐ sure that EU travellers and those from third countries connected to the system can
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Regulations extended The regulations for the EU digital Covid certificate have been extended until end of June 2023.
continue to use their Covid certificate for travel within the Union where the certifi‐ cates are required. If the health situation allows, the
regulation can also be re‐ pealed earlier. This extension also in‐ cludes the clarification that vaccination certificates should reflect all doses ad‐ ministered; the possibility of issuing a certificate of recov‐ ery following an antigen test; the expansion of the range of antigen tests authorised to qualify for a Covid‐19 cer‐ tificate; and the possibility of allowing vaccination certifi‐ cates to be issued to persons participating in clinical trials.
Presidency of EU Council ends ON Thursday June 30, the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union came to an end. The presidency of the Council rotates among the EU member states every six months. During this period, the presidency chairs meetings at every level in the Council, helping to ensure the continuity of the EU’s work. Member states holding the presidency work together closely in groups of three. The trio sets long‐term goals and prepares a common agenda determining the major issues that will
be addressed by the Council over an 18‐month period. Each of the three countries, currently France, Czechia and Sweden, prepares its own more detailed six‐month programme. The programme for the French Presidency had three ambitions: a more sovereign Eu‐ rope, a new European model for growth and a humane Europe. Baudoin Thouvenot, National Member for France at Eurojust, said: “What comes to mind about the Presidency is what always comes to me about the EU: we are stronger together.”
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Speaking of which DAVID WORBOYS NOT so long ago I went back to a bar where I had had a drink earlier that morning and asked the waiter if he had found a donkey. He looked puzzled, so I explained that I thought I had left my donkey there earlier. “Tu burro?” Of course, I had not left my donkey (burro) there, but my cap (gorra). And it’s not the first time I have failed to communicate accurately. I have only once ever wished some‐ body a Happy Bottomhole (ano) rather than a Happy New Year (año). And I re‐ call the stupefaction on the face of a su‐ permarket assistant when I asked where the firemen were. I didn’t need a fireman (bombero); I actually needed some light‐ bulbs (bombillas). Lateral thinking. Which is the odd one out? Apples, apricots, hamburgers, or‐ anges, pears. Answer below. Doctor Hogan Garland‐Jones was quite an educated man but was unable to pro‐ nounce his own name. Whether this was
due to a speech defect or an attempt to make some kind of statement was not clear to me, but he introduced himself as Hagan Garland‐Janes. Once he started to talk about raybots and gaying home he tended to alienate his audience. For en‐ tirely different reasons, Colin Powell pro‐ nounces his name incorrectly and every‐ one follows his lead. In our own language, we can distin‐ guish between very similar phrases through the senses rather than learning them or having them explained to us. In English there are subtle nuances that we observe as we listen and speak. Both at school and at home I was discouraged from saying “have you got?” (when meaning “do you have?”) and “do you want?” (instead of “would you like?”). I suspect the latter was more about social graces than accuracy of meaning. Finally, ‘apricots’ does not contain both a and e.
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STAT OF WEEK
€3.6 billion
is the amount that the FBI say so called Bulgarian Crypto Queen Ruja Ignatova stole from investors selling fake currency that she called OneCoin.
WASPI women continue fight Credit: WASPI Facebook
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Money Heist ALTHOUGH Netflix has not seen the viewer growth it wanted, there’s money in remakes and Money Heist Korea based on the Spanish blockbuster is fast becoming the next Squid Games with huge audi‐ ences across Asia and additional revenue for those who made the original.
Some justice
Inflation rises HIGHER even than the most pes‐ simistic forecast, Spanish 12‐month inflation rose to 10.2 per cent in June, the first time it has broken 10 per cent since April 1985 and is up from 8.7 per cent in May according to preliminary data from the Na‐ tional Statistics Institute (INE).
Wooing others COINCIDING with the NATO meet‐ ing in Madrid, South Korean Presi‐ dent Yoon Suk‐yeol organised a meeting with the president of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce as well as a number of CEOs of major companies to encourage increased investment in his country.
Cheaper electricity THE so‐called Iberian Mechanism has allowed savings for benefited electricity consumers of almost €250 million by the end of June since it came into force on June 15. This was announced on June 30 by Teresa Ribera, Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demo‐ graphic Challenge. She said “If we add the Iberian mechanism to the measures the government has been adopting, such as the reduc‐ tion tax, the reduction of charges and the reduction of extraordinary benefits associated with the price of gas, the bill of households covered by the PVPC rate is almost 30 per cent cheaper.”
CAMPAIGN CONTINUES: Three MPS outside the Houses of Parliament supporting WASPI.
AN estimated 3.8 million WASPI women lost up to £50,000 each due to UK pension changes. This meant that those born in the 1950s suddenly discovered that rather than retiring at 60, had to wait until they were 66. It has been confirmed by a num‐ ber of different organisations includ‐ ing the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failed to communicate State Pension age changes early enough to the women affected. Despite this and the ongoing cam‐ paign by the Women Against State
Pension Inequality (WASPI) group, the Conservative Government has simply ignored their demands for restitution. In a written reply to a request for information from Rupa Huq MP, on June 13 of this year, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Guy Opperman said “A Departmental Minister met with representatives of the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) on June 29, 2016. There are currently no plans to the meet with representatives of the group.” In the meantime, MPs from every political party in England, Scotland
and Wales have expressed support for the campaign and even a small number of Conservative MPs have also agreed that the matter needs to be addressed. Clearly its money that matters rather than the goodwill of 3.8 mil‐ lion potential voters, as the cost of refunding the withheld pensions would be in the region of £3 billion. In the meantime, the campaign continues and as a mark of respect for the work being undertaken, Chair and Finance Director Angela Mad‐ den has been named a ‘Platinum Champion’ by the Royal Voluntary Service.
Reddit moves into Spain REDDIT has moved into Spain with the purchase of MeaningCloud, a Natural Language Processing (NLP) company specialising in ex‐ tracting meaning from un‐ structured content. The technology strength‐ ens Reddit’s ML proficiencies and understanding of un‐ structured data, ultimately providing the most relevant information for redditors. Reddit is an American so‐ cial news aggregation, con‐ tent rating, and discussion website created at the start of the internet boom where registered users (commonly referred to as ‘Redditors’) submit content to the site
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MORE than 500 sub‐postmasters wrongly suspected or accused of taking money by the Post Office are to get an interim payment of around £40,000 each after it was fi‐ nally established the error was caused by faulty software.
POPULAR WEBSITE: Reddit attracts people at all levels.
such as links, text posts, im‐ ages, and videos, which are then voted up or down by other members. It was taken over by Conde Nast Publications in 2006 and since then has grown to be‐ come the ninth‐most‐visited website in the world and sixth
most‐visited website in the US, according to Semrush. Charging for advertising on its site, Reddit was last valued at more than $10 billion and as such is one of the most vis‐ ited sites for news and much more with an estimated 50 million views of more than
one billion posts each day. Having has so much suc‐ cess in English‐speaking mar‐ kets such as North America and the UK, Reddit is now looking to expand into Eu‐ rope which has its own huge potential market and access to this office in Spain will help it to grow communities with‐ in the EU. Commenting on the acquisition, Jack Hanlon, Vice President of Data said: “MeaningCloud helps strengthen Reddit’s platform by helping our community get the relevant information they are looking for even faster and we are thrilled to welcome the talented Mean‐ ingCloud team to Reddit.”
Gibraltar economy BREXIT and the pandemic have knocked the Gibraltar economy for six which meant that Chief Minister Fabian Picardo had to deliver a tough budget on June 28. With a carry‐over deficit of £55 million from 2020/2021 and Covid borrowing double what was forecast at £135 million, there is also net bor‐ rowing of £653 million. Needing to increase rev‐ enue yet protect the popula‐ tion from hardship was not easy and in essence those with the most money will be hit the hardest, whilst the minimum wage and pen‐ sions will be increased. A number of schemes im‐ plemented will only be in place for 24 months as it is believed that the economy can be put back in order al‐ though a general election must occur before that time.
Revolut Bank MANY find Revolut a very useful way of making pay‐ ments online or using one of their debit cards, but from Ju‐ ly 1 all customers are now covered by a merger which sees them transferred to Revolut Bank. In theory there should be few changes to the way in which they operate although there are additional benefits so that funds held in current and (if applicable) demand deposit accounts will be pro‐ tected by the Deposit Guar‐ antee Scheme, up to €100,000. Based in London, although founded by Nikolay Storon‐ sky from Russia and Vlad Yat‐ senko from Ukraine, the company has some 18 mil‐ lion customers and operates out of offices in Ireland and Lithuania to combat Brexit fall out.
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% CHG. 1.091,50 152,75 2.231,8 2.840,0 1.130,00 3.376,0 1.568,0 10.606,0 545,80 509,80 2.226,0 397,40 363,50 827,60 0,612 151,74 447,40 3.674,0 2.224,00 377,45 3.464,7 441,70 183,03 2.665,0 1.626,0 614,0 79,60 1.818,0 1.667,00 2.802,5 6.404,0 5.070,0 3.495,5 271,60 362,40 2.389,0 9.000,0 8.130,0 744,80 433,50 1.747,80 1.988,5 770,00 1.574,50 531,90 106,56 1.808,00 517,40
NET VOL 162,61K 1,07M 6,01K 790,08K 336,36K 143,89K 100,21K 370,71K 315,16K 188,48K 35,50K 1,33M 726,59K 1,49M 0 10,87M 1,02M 35,93K 777,22K 10,14M 43,30K 415,53K 943,52K 163,25K 193,52K 434,84K 1,57M 181,33K 837,46K 200,23K 67,45K 33,20K 381,34K 1,32M 2,41M 218,90K 85,80K 61,77K 127,34K 7,41M 1,23M 103,50K 139,04K 172,87K 3,35M 7,43M 363,22K 544,97K
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4.325,0 1.317,50 4.233,0 65,30 208,20 1.904,5 665,00 242,90 43,16 7.545,0 789,00 154,15 1.478,00 1.062,44 220,80 5.972,0 1,89 815,80 1.870,5 587,40 1.028,00 6.202,0 2.213,00 475,70 567,00 4.879,5 86,53 0,60 628,60 1.082,00 2.650,0 728,48 966,60 2.721,0 2.179,4 1.133,00 1.408,00 10.000,0 1.655,55 1.098,50 618,40 117,00 256,05 138,65 3.778,5 1.016,00 127,60 2.485,0 823,40
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4.357,0 1.329,50 4.267,0 65,90 209,60 1.926,5 675,40 243,50 43,52 7.614,0 790,80 155,75 1.480,00 1.062,50 222,70 6.020,0 1,89 835,42 1.882,5 590,60 1.032,00 6.210,0 2.216,00 477,20 569,60 4.911,5 87,04 0,60 634,60 1.087,00 2.668,0 733,20 981,80 2.726,0 2.179,4 1.138,50 1.411,00 10.040,0 1.659,50 1.112,00 621,40 117,80 257,00 139,80 3.780,0 1.017,00 127,76 2.507,0 829,40
4.280,0 1.284,00 4.187,0 63,98 203,20 1.887,5 662,80 237,50 41,85 7.500,0 788,40 147,60 1.438,00 1.043,50 217,40 5.804,0 1,89 769,92 1.836,0 584,40 1.001,50 6.134,0 2.193,00 472,00 562,20 4.813,5 81,76 0,60 627,60 1.067,50 2.612,0 707,00 965,80 2.660,0 2.119,6 1.118,74 1.386,00 9.774,0 1.602,00 1.083,00 611,00 114,75 254,10 130,90 3.718,5 995,20 126,32 2.446,0 815,40
80,39K 145,32K 41,56K 1,74M 1,04M 39,37K 36,82K 2,00M 57,85M 71,12K 368,57K 3,99M 158,69K 1,07M 2,27M 86,00K 0 81,12K 156,34K 190,17K 955,44K 123,34K 679,20K 665,71K 422,13K 631,63K 7,52M 0 250,15K 4,16K 84,88K 538,23K 481,70K 144,77K 153,05K 78,57K 198,25K 38,74K 540,37K 147,43K 688,87K 2,97M 1,87M 2,23M 883,92K 271,12K 9,43M 153,30K 484,92K
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Euro EUR/GBP: Up from £0.84 to £0.85 EUR/USD: Down from $1.06 to $1.05 The euro broadly firmed over the past four weeks, with the single currency being buoyed as EUR investors repriced their European Central Bank (ECB) rate hike expectations. The ECB is set to raise interest rates by 25bps points in July and it has repeatedly hinted that it could pursue a 50bps hike in September. However the euro also faced some hurdles in June, most notably in the wake of the ECB’s latest interest rate decision as it failed to ease fears that its impending rate hikes cold cause fragmentation in Eurozone. Also acting as a headwind for the euro were renewed concerns over Europe’s energy security amidst a sharp drop in Russian gas exports to the continent. Going forward, the ECB’s impending rate hike could help to underpin demand for the euro over the coming month. However the threat of Russia further restricting gas exports to Europe
EURO: Faced some hurdles in June, especially in relation to interest rate hikes.
could limit the single currency’s upside potential. Pound GBP/EUR: Down from €1.17 to €1.16 GBP/USD: Down from $1.25 to $1.22 The pound struggled over the past month, with the currency facing significant pressure amidst concerns over the UK’s economic trajectory. This came on the back of underwhelming UK macroeconomic data and growing cost of living concerns, with some analysts suggesting a UK recession is now inevitable. Also dragging on Sterling sentiment has been considerable UK political un-
certainty. A no-confidence vote against Boris Johnson in addition to renewed Brexit tensions between the UK and EU spooked GBP investors. Helping the pound rebound from multi-year lows was the Bank of England’s (BoE) latest interest rate decision. While the bank only raised rates by 25bps this month, G B P investors seized on the more hawkish tone struck by the bank in its forward guidance. A key focus for GBP investors over the coming month will be any data which may shed light on UK consumer spending habits. Any drop is likely to validate fears of an economic slowdown.
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US Dollar USD/GBP: Up from $0.79 to $0.81 USD/EUR: Up from €0.93 to €0.95 The US dollar has trended broadly higher over the past month as an increasingly dour market mood has bolstered demand for the safe-haven currency. This flight to safety comes amid growing fears that we are hurtling towards a global recession, concerns over which triggered a major equity selloff in mid-June and propelled the US dollar to new multi-year highs. A surprisingly strong US inflation print also boosted the US dollar as it bolstered expectations for an aggressive interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve. While the Fed ultimately delivered a 75bps hike, the US dollar retreated following its decision as the bank’s forward guidance proved less hawkish than expected. Looking ahead, the US dollar looks poised to extend its bullish trajectory as growing growth concerns and the prospect of another aggressive rate hike from the Fed is likely to underpin the currency. Currencies Direct have helped over 325,000 customers save on their currency transfers since 1996. Just pop into your local Currencies Direct branch or give us a call to find out more about how you can save money on your currency transfers.
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BUSINESS EXTRA Better housing THE Spanish govern‐ ment is arranging to transfer almost €1.39 billion from the Recov‐ ery, Transformation and Resilience Plan to the autonomous communi‐ ties and autonomous cities for residential re‐ habilitation and to en‐ sure that there will be an increase in the amount of affordable social housing available.
No sale AT one time Walgreen Boots Alliance (WBA), the owners of Boots (the Chemist) and the Number 7 cosmetics brand, seemed happy to sell the Nottingham based company and was reportedly prepared to accept £5 billion, but with no concrete offers has withdrawn the com‐ pany from sale.
Promoting olive oil SPAIN enlisted Queen Letizia to promote olive o i l t o N AT O w i v e s a n d companions during their visit to Madrid. The majority of Heads of State and Government who attended the NATO Conference were accom‐ panied by their partners and as is traditional, the host government had to find things to keep them occupied whilst their partners were in session. Alert to the fact that under the Trump Admin‐ istration the importation of Spanish olive oil into the USA suffered with heavy tariffs and it is only recently that these have been removed, so the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under‐ took to promote the healthy option to butter. During a breakfast visit to the Teatro Real on Thursday June 30, Queen Letizia in a red dress and her guests were given a
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GUIDED TASTING: Promoting the benefits of olive oil.
guided tasting to three extra virgin olive oils which had won prizes at the latest edition of the Fo o d o f S p a i n a w a r d s with three types, sweet green fruity, bitter green fruity, and ripe fruity. In addition, hoping to encourage vital exports to member states, the Ministry gave the 1,000 attendees at the summit a selection of award‐win‐
ning Spanish foods in‐ cluding olives, tuna and rice to take home with them. As the cost of food be‐ comes ever more expen‐ sive, it becomes increas‐ ingly important that the Spanish economy is able to benefit from higher world prices for the large volume of different food‐ stuffs that the country produces.
Crypto control TRANSFERS of crypto‐assets, also known as cryptocur‐ rencies, will now be traced and identified to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing, and other crimes, says the new legislation that was agreed upon by the EU Parliament and Council on Wednesday June 29. One el‐ ement of the agreement is that it extends the so‐called ‘travel rule’, already existing in traditional finance, to cover transfers in crypto‐assets. This rule requires that information on the source of the asset and its beneficiary travels with the transaction and is stored on both sides of the transfer. As well as possibly hindering illicit funding, it may also allow tax authorities to be able to ensure that all move‐ ments and profits are reported.
Joint declaration FOLLOWING a meeting between President Joe Biden and President Pedro Sánchez in Madrid following the NATO summit, the White House issued a joint declara‐ tion which includes the following statement on financial matters. “Spain and the United States are committed to strengthening the rules‐based multilateral trade system to ensure fair competition and legal certainty. “Both countries are committed to promoting the de‐ velopment of trade and investment, including en‐ trepreneurship, small‐ and medium‐sized businesses, and innovation as the basis for strong, sustainable, inclu‐ sive economic growth that creates quality employment in both countries and incorporates diverse and excluded groups, while ensuring adequate protection for digital economy workers.”
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT THE recent decision to accept a Sharia law ruling into a British court is yet another, highly predictable nail in the crumbling coffin of both Christianity and Western culture. Couple these decisions with the latest news that the Blackburn Labour council have given permission for a £5 million new mosque to open in the area, which no doubt will be gleaming and ready by the time of the next general election, and once again the UK can do nothing against yet another highly irresponsible and frighteningly naïve decision, (particularly when illegal sharia courts are quietly springing up all over the UK.) You can’t pick and choose which laws of an alien culture you agree with and disregard those you don’t find so acceptable. The fact is that over the years the British courts have quietly recognised and tolerated the existence of a number of Sharia laws in the United Kingdom. Once again giving appeasement to large numbers of people who are growing by the day, have no intention of integrating into Western culture and will consistently
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buck against its values and traditions. Anti‐British residents who are gradually being allowed to move even further into the realms of legal acceptance. Of course, no prizes for guessing who will be paying for all the time‐wasting and highly expensive court cases that will almost certainly be rearing their controversial head in the not too distant future! (Particularly if Labour wins the next election!) Yep, you’ve guessed it. Well, all I can say is on the tax payer expenses be it. Let’s hope that at the next UK balloting a party emerges that has a degree of common sense and is not petrified of ‘upsetting’ or ‘offending’ someone or another. But don’t hold yer breath. I don’t know about you, but I am heartily sick of this entire ‘touchy’ ‘feely’ syndrome that seems to have crept into British sport. Even cricket, which used to be such a wonderful ‘stiff upper lip’ non‐demonstrative occasion, now sees batsmen scurrying up to each other like children and ‘fisting’ after a particularly good shot. Doubles at tennis is another
example of this ridiculous habit. In fact, along with beach volleyball and badminton players, these partners still fist each other when they actually lose a point! All this, along with those utterly ridiculous orgasmic grunts of the tennis brigade just about sums up the attitude of a whole lot of our modern self‐promoting competitors. Ah well, let’s all hope Nadal clears the board at Wimbledon. (After all, he only lives up my road!) But far more especially, I would like to take this opportunity to give a multitude of thanks this week for the ol’ boys literally hundreds of birthday wishes. Bless you all. Made me feel really special. Keep those letters coming. I may not answer them all, but believe me I do read every one. Keep the faith, Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com expatradioscotland.com. Mon. Friday. 1pm till 4.
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IT’S UTTER RUBBISH WHAT utter rubbish this loopy Lee talks when he says a Labour government would create chaos. Could the chaos that has been created by the Tory party get any worse? According to Lee the chaos in the UK is all down to the Labour Party despite not being in power for 14 years. The most lying and corrupt PM in history presides over a party up to its eyeballs in sleaze and corruption. Added to this the Met Police now are currently under investigation, why? What sort of collusion have they had with Johnson for none of these underhand deals being investigated even going back to when he was mayor of London? The conser‐ vatives have been kicked out of Spain, Portugal and Ger‐ many, and they look like get‐ ting kicked out of France. In reply to Jess T, why would you want Lee to take over from Johnson when Lee thinks he is the bees knees along with his other hero Trump. Ramon Osborne Los Alcázares.
Overcharged I AM digusted at the way I have been treated by Voda‐ fone, as a client for many years in April I was charged more than double, on my bill. I had to change my tarifa because they said, my old one has finished, so I did, only to find on my next bill they over double charged me. I have been trying to reclaim without any luck, just excuses. I advise anyone thinking of using Vodafone forget it. PS I do not wish my name published.
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from a visiting couple com‐ plaining about the 180 days per year they can stay in Spain. Will someone please write an article explaining clearly this rule is not made by Spain but is
a Schengen rule, they could not stay for more than 90 days out of 180 in France, Italy, Ger‐ many, Belgium or ANY Euro‐ pean country. I would refer anyone want‐ ing more info on the matter to check out Brexpats in Spain In‐ ternational on Facebook. So please don’t blame Spain. If you want to get the rule changed, apply to the rel‐ evant dept. in Brussels. They run the show and make the rules. Best regards, Lynn Hopkins.
OUR VIEW OUTDOOR POWER TOOLS THE whole world is resonating to the call to phase out diesel and petrol vehicles and replace with electric, even though no-one seems to have worked out how all of those Madrileños who have second homes in Marbella will be able to make the journey on one charge! There are all kinds of support available both financially and with the installation of public charging stations in order to try to persuade everyone to go electric despite the fact that batteries will start to lose power slowly and last little more than 10 years with replacement costs anything up to €20,000 depending on the vehicle. Here in Spain (and possibly other countries) there is a huge use of petrol driven leaf blowers, lawn mowers, hedge trimmers and the like which not only use the ‘demon’ fuel but are incredibly noisy and put out fumes. One may argue that one gardener can’t be that bad for the environment, but if you take into account the number of machines being used on a daily basis and the disturbance to a peaceful environment, then surely they could all be replaced by electric powered versions. Admittedly the electric leaf blowers aren’t as powerful as the petrol driven ones, but a lot of the time the use of a leaf blower is completely pointless as it randomly moves leaves around, but also disturbs a lot of dirt and dust. In the UK, pressure group Challenge 2025 is urging the government to stop the sale of outdoor power tools that cause harm to the environment, suggesting that some tools cause more damage than cars. Now is the time for Spain to use some of its EU Recovery money to do the same.
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Lots still happening THE season may be over but there is still lots happening in walking football. After a recent league meet‐ ing in Velez‐Malaga, it was agreed that next season the league would be split by age group. The categories will be 50+ and 60+. It was thought that by doing this, it would give all players regardless of age the chance to compete to the best of
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their ability. Our sponsorship with Hidromaster has now come to an end, and we thank them for their excellent support last season. This means that we now seek a new league sponsor for next year, if your business would like to be involved in walking football and gain the benefit of our
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sport of having a su‐ perb profile on social media and in the press, please contact us on Facebook via walkingfooty.com. There are games coming up later this week and early next week with Boca se‐ niors travelling the short distance to play
Aston Viñuela by the lake. Also Benahavis host two games against M a l a g a W FC u p i n t h e mountains. Many clubs are con‐ tinuing to train and you are welcome at them all. For a full list of clubs in your area visit walk‐ ingfooty.com. If you would like to start a club in your area, help and support is at hand, contact us via our Facebook page. Also the clubs are currently offering a free session supported by the Euro Weekly News via the first ses‐ sion free coupon, which you can print off or cut out and take with you to the ses‐ sion.
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Sainz F1 first Credit: Twitter@Carlossainz55
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Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz
SPAIN’S Carlos Sainz made personal history on Sunday, July 3, as he won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was the Ferrari driver’s first ever chequered flag in F1, in a race marred by a spectacular, but frightening, crash involv‐ ing the Alfa Romeo of Zhou Guanyu on lap one. When the race finally restarted, Sainz was on pole, but he twice lost the front po‐ sition, first to current world champion, Max Verstappen, and then to Charles LeClerc in the other Ferrari.
A Safety Car appearing in the later stages of the race handed the Spaniard his op‐ portunity. He regained the lead and stayed there until crossing the line for his debut win. Lewis Hamilton had started from sixth, but after some amazing driving and battles with Red Bull’s Sergio Perez over the last 10 laps the Brit settled for third on the podi‐ um behind the Mexican. Next up for the F1 calendar is the Austrian GP on Sunday, July 10.
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