Tamsin Brown THE Festival of King James (Fiestas del Rei En Jaume) is the most important cultural and festive event in the mu nicipality of Calvia. It com memorates the landing of the troops of King James I of Aragon on the coast of Santa Ponça in 1229. This year is the 793rd anniver sary of the landing. The festivities officially kicked off on September 1, with an opening speech by chef Miquel Calent, a speech by the mayor, Al fonso Rodríguez, and a flo ral offering made by local associations.Thetheme of this year’s King James Awards for Pho tography and Theatre 2022 was culture and anything related to the symbols, val ues, customs, artistic ex pressions, traditions, cele brations and cultural events of the municipality. The prizegiving ceremo ny took place on August 31 in the gardens of the town hall. The photographic exhi bition of the works of the 15 finalists can be visited until September 23 in the exhibition hall of the town hall.One of the highlights of the festival will take place on September 10, when the troops of King James will disembark at the Cross of Santa Ponça. They will pa rade through the streets and prepare for the final battle between Moors and Christians, which will take place on the beach of Santa Ponça. Parades, children’s entertainment, concerts from local artists, historical tours, comedy, sporting events and the traditional medieval market are just some of the activities that are part of the packed pro gramme. The festivities will end on Sunday, September 11, with a fireworks display.
CULTURAL EVENT: Part of the Festival of King James. Calvia Town Hall
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TAKE CARE: One of the new olive trees in Manacor.
THE Manacor Town Hall has placed 25 young olive trees on various streets and in dif ferent squares in the city centre for the benefit of pedestrians and the local residents.According to the council lor for the Environment, Se bastià Llodrà, the aim was to “provide vegetation in streets and areas where it is difficult to plant trees with out having to carry out ma jorSpeakingworks.” on September 5, the mayor of Manacor, Miquel Oliver, said: “We ask the residents of the centre and all those who walk there to take care of the trees and to not damage them. Making Manacor a friendlier and greener town depends on all of us.” He al so encouraged the residents of each street to “make each olive tree their own.”
The streets with new olive trees are Carrer del Convent, Carrer del Rei, Carrer del Pare Andreu Fernández, Car rer de l’Estrella, carrer d’en Jaume II, Carrer del Capellà Pere Llull, Carrer d’en Bosch and Carrer de la Soledat and the squares are Plaça del Convent and Plaça de les Verdures.
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THE Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs of the Balearic Islands Government recommends consumers al ways check that cosmetic products they wish to pur chase are correctly labelled to ensure maximum safety. A cosmetic is any sub stance intended for direct contact with superficial parts of the body (hair, nails, skin, etc) or with the teeth and oral cavity. Functions of cosmetics include cleansing, perfuming and modifying the appear ance and the most common products are soaps, gels, shampoos, lotions, creams, perfumes and makeup.
MERCADONA re opened a supermar ket on Calle de Binia mar in Es Rafal, Palma, on September 6 following a com plete refurbishment that was done to adapt it to the com pany’s new efficient shop model. The re furbishment involved an investment of €2.3 million and has led to the creation of eight new job positions, bringing the total number of employ ees at the store to 52. Of the 49 Mer cadona stores in the Balearic Islands, 32 have implemented thisThemodel.supermarket in Es Rafal has a new ‘Ready to Eat’ sec tion, which offers readytoeat dishes served in packaging made from natural materials, such as sugar cane, card board or paper. The company has also set up a seating area with tables and chairs where cus tomers can enjoy their meals, and this is just one of a num ber of new features. These new super markets have a de sign that is complete ly different to the previous model, with large, open spaces that allow natural light to enter, as well as new colours and materials both on the exterior façade and inside the supermar ket.
The Medicines and Health Products Control Service of the Balearic Islands reminds consumers that cosmetic products are regulated both at the European and national level and must meet a series of Onerequirements.ofthem states that products must be appropri ately labelled with the name, company details, weight or volume, expiry date, recom mendations for use, batch number, product functions andCitizensingredients.have a duty to re port any unwanted effects of products so that the neces sary measures can be taken.
Tamsin CHEMOTHERAPYBrownis not ef fective for all patients with breast cancer, with 80 per cent of them not benefiting from the treatment yet still suffering from its side effects. Now, however, Juaneda Hospitales in Mallorca offers Oncotype DX, a genomic test that can predict the effective ness of chemotherapy against breast cancer for each patient in order to guide them in their decisions regarding treatment options.
LAURA GARCÍA: Patients and doctors agree on best therapy
THE Department of Sustainability and the Environment of the Consell de Mallorca, with the collaboration of the mental health association Estel de Llevant, has completed clearing and maintenance work on a total of 214.38 km of paths and roads around the island. The waste and rubbish collected were deposited at the corresponding recycling points. On September 1, the vicepresi dent of the Consell de Mallorca and coun cillor for Sustainability and the Environ ment, Aurora Ribot, said: “We all have to be aware of the impact of bad practices. It is essential to understand that when we go on excursions and generate waste, the rubbish does not go home by itself. We have to try to leave a place better than how we found it. We want people to be able to walk around Mallorca, and that is why are investing resources into keeping the paths clean and in good condition, thereby reducing the impact on nature to a minimum,” added Ribot.
A TOTAL of 90 people are hoping to win this year’s Mallorca Contemporary Photography Award. Most of the participants are from Spain, but 13.3 per cent of them come from other countries including Argentina, Belgium, France, Honduras, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portu gal, the UK and the US. These numbers mean this year’s edition of the competition has had the highest levels of participation since it was first created in 2018. The winning photographer, to be announced at a special gala to be held on December 31, will receive €8,000 and will have his or her work exhibit ed and a book published. The jury consists of four highly esteemed experts from the field of photography and contemporary visual arts. When judging the works, they will look at the level of originality, the technique, the aesthetics and how the project fits into the discourse of contemporary photography.
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Laura García Ferragut, the technical director of the Clini cal Analysis Laboratories of Juaneda Hospitales, said: “The increasing amount of knowl edge we have of the biology of breast cancer has led to sig nificant changes in diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. “It is important,” she added, “that women who have been recently diagnosed are aware of the existence of tools that can guide them in their treatment as individuals, since many of them will not benefit from adding chemotherapy to hormone therapy.” The test means that up to 80 per cent of breast cancer patients can avoid un necessary chemotherapy and its unpleasant side effects. To gether, patients and doctors will agree on the best therapy. ON September 6, a group of 17 young people aged between 16 and 19 ar rived in Calvia from Fin land to take part in the Erasmus+ programme. This will be the second such exchange this year, as the first one took place in April, with young peo ple from Calvia travelling to Bergolo in Italy. Since 2014, the Young People’s Service of the Calvia Town Hall has been organising cultural ex changes as part of the Erasmus+ intivitieshostsspendSeptembertheirCalviathepeoplemer,riodsandtunityandconcernscountriespeoplebetweenestablishesPlomer,Participation,deputyAccordingprogramme.tothemayorforYouthMargatheprogrammeconnectionsgroupsofyoungfromdifferentwithsimilarandinterestsprovidestheopporforthemtomeetlearntogetherforpeoffiveto10days.ThroughoutthesumtheyoungFinnishlearnedallaboutcultureandhistoryofinpreparationforvisit.Now,until13,theywilltimewiththeirandenjoytrips,acandparticipationlocalfestivals. Research station
ON September 1, the councillor for the Treasury and Public Administration of the Consell de Mallorca, Josep Lluís Colom, opened the Consell’s basic training course for firefighter drivers, which is the third step of the selec tive process for those wanting to join the Mallorca Fire Brigade. The course is compulsory and has a theoretical part and a practical part. A total of 32 students are tak ing the course. They are the ones who have obtained the highest marks in the competitive examination pro cess and they have already undergone physical tests and psychological evaluations. The main subjects of study are controlling and extinguishing fires, performing rescues, managing resources and dealing with natural and anthropic phenomena. Colom said: “With these 32 places, a large part of the vacancies that have been cre ated will be occupied, and the rest will be occupied by temporary staff. This confirms the Consell de Mallorca’s commitment to such an essential service.”
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THANKS to the Spanish gov ernment’s Investment in HighTech Equipment Plan (INVEAT), which aims to in crease overall survival rates, the Hospital Comarcal d’Inca now has a new stateoftheart CAT scanner that is very different from the old one. It has better image quality, is faster and produces less ra diation.
ON September 6, the Mediter ranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA) and the Iberostar Group jointly presented the HotelsObservatory project, an initiative that will analyse, for the first time, the effects of climate change on the beaches in the north of Mallorca. The main objective is to gener ate scientific knowledge and imple ment analytical tools to assess the risks and impacts of climate change, such as flooding or coastal erosion.Once the observatory is up and running, scheduled for the week of September 27, the physical pro cesses that affect the coastal mor phodynamics of Playa de Muro, near Alcudia, and the changes that occur there, particularly those that involve variations in sea level and waves, will be better understood. This will allow scientists to anal yse how these variables might play a part in climate changerelated scenarios such as flooding and pro pose ways of dealing with them. The observatory will be installed in the Iberostar Alcudia Park hotel in the north of the island. publishes more content both online at euroweeklynews.com and in its papers than any other English news publication in Spain.
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A NEW primary school will be built in Campos with an investment of more than €6.9 million. This important project will help to meet the demand for schooling in the municipality. The new school will have a total of 18 classrooms and large play grounds, with a capacity for 450 pupils.
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NEXT year will mark the 40th anniversary of the cre ation of the Statute of Au tonomy of the Balearic Is lands. The Balearic Islands invites all citizens, island councils, town councils, po litical parties and public and private entities to be gin organising events to be held in celebration of this momentous occasion.
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THE Balearic Islands contin ues to lead the way in the creation of jobs and the re duction of unemployment in Spain, and has a faster pace of growth than the rest of the country. Last month was the best August in history in terms of job creation in the Balearic Islands.
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THE Balearic Islands Gov ernment will create a new scientific research station in Portocolom for an amount of €1.6 million, bringing together the Is lands’ main public re search bodies in the fields of marine sciences and technology. It will also have the active participa tion of the prestigious Max Planck Society.
“Today’s students are tomorrow’s audience,” she added.Theaim of the project is to bring contemporary drama to primary and secondary school students through texts by authors from the Balearic Islands. Pupils can enjoy a range of activities, including going on guided tours of the theatre, attending perfor mances and meeting the theatre company.
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PALMA’S Teatro Principal is extending its Theatre Tutorials project, which had previously only been aimed at secondary schools, to include five primary schools during the 2022/2023 academic year. The presentation on Thursday September 1 was attended by Bel Busquets, vicepresident and execu tive councillor of Culture, Heritage and Linguistic Poli cy of the Consell de Mallorca; Amanda Fernández, di rector general of Early Childhood, Innovation and Educational Community of the Balearic Islands Gov ernment; and Josep R Cerdà, director of the Teatro Principal. “With an educational programme like this one, young people can feel part of the world of per formance, learning to express themselves and feel many emotions on the stage,” said Bel Busquets.
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ON September 6, Palma’s mu nicipal water supply and waste management company, EMAYA, presented its ‘EMAYA at School’ programme for the 202223 academic year. The educational pro gramme offers a total of 19 ac tivities, including workshops, games, visits to EMAYA’s facili ties and other activities de signed to teach children about recycling, saving water, the en vironment and keeping Palma clean. A new addition to the programme this year will be robotics activities, which were introduced on an experimen tal basis in April and have now been fully ‘EMAYAincorporated.atSchool’began in 2011 with the aim of encour aging families and citizens to take care of the environment through activities carried out at educational centres with chil dren. Last year, record levels of participation were reached, with 771 activities with 20,797 pupils from 120 schools. Palma’s schools can book the activities at www.palma educa. cat/ and the complete programme can be seen at scolaiconscienciacio/emayaalewww.emaya.es/ca/educacio/.
THE website of the Marratxi Town Hall has obtained an ‘outstanding’ rating (7.9) for transparency in the second part of a study performed by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The website im proved by almost two points since the first part of the study, published at the beginning of the year, when it obtained a rating of six. “During this time, we have made an effort to improve our levels of transparency and we will continue working to set an example to the Balearic Islands,” said Neus Serra, second deputy mayor and council lor for Transparency, Citizen De fence and Citizen Participation. In the second part of the study, only eight of the 67 municipalities in the Balearic Islands passed in terms of the transparency of their web sites (Palma, Calvia, Inca, Felanitx, Santa Eularia des Riu, Ibiza and Ma hon).The UAB study evaluates whether the websites of local coun cils comply with the Transparency Law, which requires administrations to publish everything that is of inter est to citizens, as well as information that is complete, intelligible and uptodate.
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ADRIAN PRICE, a retired teacher, recently travelled to Mallorca with his extended family for their annual holi day.They have been coming for 12 years and very much en joy their time there. Howev er, the experience was soured this year due to an incident with Goldcar Car Rental at Palma airport. Before arrival, Adrian paid for car rental in full for two weeks. He declined the offer of Goldcar’s expensive insur ance as he had already bought a policy in the UK. However, when he went to pick up the car keys on July 30, the company representa tive asked him to sign an electronic pad for €334, which would supposedly be for fuel and an insurance block on his credit card. When he later looked at his credit card statement, he saw that the €334 was actu ally for an additional two Goldcar insurance packages. He filled out a Goldcar com plaint form and has since sent several emails, but has received no satisfactory re ply.Adrian later found that there were hundreds of bad reviews of Goldcar at Mallor ca airport. Adrian wished to highlight this bad practice to get them to clean up the business and hopes for the return of the €334 that was taken under false pretences.
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BAD PRACTICE: Trouble with car hire at the airport.
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ON Monday September 5, the presi dent of the Government of the Balearic Islands, Francina Armengol, visited the cultural centre Casa Planas, home to the photographic archive of the work of Josep Planas. It contains more than three million photographs from 1940 onwards. During the visit, which was also at tended by the councillor for European Funds, Universities and Culture, Miquel Company, the president was shown the collection of photographs, negatives and postcards that make up the archive. It is mainly focused on the tourism boom of the Balearic Islands. As the government wishes to pro tect this cultural, artistic and historical heritage, Casa Planas is the beneficiary of a grant of almost €30,000 for the conservation of the Josep Planas pho tographic archive. Josep Planas was a leading figure in the industrial production of postcards and in aerial photography. His images were published in numerous national and international publications and gave people a glimpse of the islands.
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Tamsin Brown THE Department of Sustainability and the Environment of the Consell de Mal lorca, led by councillor Aurora Ribot, has organised a round of presentations in different towns to explain how the future Ruta dels Fars (Lighthouse Trail) will affect the municipalities through which it will pass. Town councils, hiking clubs, leisure associations, political groups and civil society in general have been invited to the meetings, the first of which will take place in Son Servera on Friday September 9. La Ruta dels Fars is a hiking trail of 285.6 km divided into 12 stages: Cala Agulla Cala Bona (24.47 km); Cala Bona Porto Cristo (13.74 km); Porto Cristo Portocolom (27.03 km); Porto colom Cala d’Or (14.55 km); Cala d’Or Cala Figuera (16.70 km); Cala FigueraColonia de Sant Jordi (33.03 km); Colo nia de Sant Jordi Cala Pi (25.04 km); Cala Pi s’Arenal (21.47 km); s’ArenalPalma (15.75 km); Palma Son Caliu (19.50 km); Son Caliu Santa Ponça (25.62 km) and Santa Ponça Port d’Andratx (17.65 km).
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THE Confederation of Busi ness Associations of the Balearic Islands (CAEB) has responded to the Govern ment Decree in relation to their energysaving meth ods.“We absolutely agree with the energy saving objectives, which must be made com patible with the business ac tivity that generates wealth and jobs,” said Carmen Planas, president of CAEB. Carmen added: “From CAEB we appeal to dialogue with companies. We strong ly support the goal of con tributing to energy savings. “By conviction, by knowl edge and by experience it is the companies that have the most knowledge of what measures to take to con tribute to the energy saving objective.”Carmencontinued: “There are countless examples of this in the Balearic Islands, in all sectors. Responsible busi ness activity can and must be combined with situations such as the ones we are ex periencing,” affirmed Car men“AsPlanas.wehave always done, we are at the disposal of the government and the other social and economic agents of the Balearic Islands to comply with the regulations and contribute to the energy saving objective.”
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A YOUNG man is in hot water with the Guardia Civil, who are taking ac tion against him, after he filed a police report to say he had been kid napped. A report from local press states that the youth was using this as an excuse after he came home late from a night out in Arenal. He told the police that he was “taken by force” and pushed into a car by four men, only to be freed later on. When he told his partner, she in sisted he contact the po lice and make a formal report. The Guardia then started a manhunt for four ‘kidnappers’, which was only called off after he was asked to return to the headquar ters, when he admitted his lie.
THE College of Registrar’s figures show that there was an increase in sales in the Balearics for July. The figure soared above June’s figures which were only 0.1 per cent. At 20 per cent, the Ca naries had a higher per centage increase accord ing to a local newspaper on Tuesday, September 7. The only other area in Spain to reach double figures was the Valen cian region with a per centage increase of 11 perFerrancent. Font, the direc tor of Pisos.com con firmed “The residential market has so far experi enced an incredible boom in 2022, but from now on the sales figures are not going to be so great.”Headded that the im pact of inflation will be reflected in a cooling of the real estate sector and transactions will become slower in the months to follow.
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THANKS to the remarkable efforts of divers and sailing club workers the sailboat, Caileen, was brought to the surface of the water on Tuesday, September 6. The 105yearold boat sank in Puerto Andratx on Mon day, September 5, a local newspaper confirmed. Containment barriers were placed around the sailboat in an effort to prevent any spillage during efforts to re floatFortunately,it. no one was aboard the boat when it sank. Caileen was undergoing paint work and was covered in a tarpaulin.Theboat retains a varied history and rumour has it that Caileen was at Dunkirk during the Second World War.For several years the boat had been anchored in front of the Villa Italia Hotel and its owner made irregular vis its.
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The number of spectators, however, was much less than in previous years. Although the Guardia Civil were present, they were not needed as this was a peaceful event and there were no problems.
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Descent of the Ox DESPITE being banned by the Balearic government, under animal protection legislation, the Fornalutx ‘correbou’ bull run still took place on Wednesday September 7. The local town hall was granted permission due to it being conducted as it used to be, over 100 years ago. A castrated bull is led to the village square, and then it is crowned with a laurel wreath. This is known as the ‘de scent of the ox’. It is then led back to where it is housed.
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Police sources said the man had been found lying unconscious in the street with serious injuries to his face. It is believed that the suspects are claiming they acted in ‘selfdefence’. MAGALUF: The attack took place in July.
The five street markets will feature arti san products, food stalls, decorations and live music to liven up the different shopping and restaurant areas.
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In the same vein the mayor, Tomeu Mulet, said, “the night markets consolidate the season and are a commitment to eco nomic, cultural and heritage revitalisation.
LandowskiGrzegorz-mapsGoogleCredit: AN elderly bather re portedly lost his life on the beach of Son Caliu, in Palmanova during the early afternoon hours of Sunday, September 4. It is believed the man was in the water swim ming when he suddenly got into difficulty for, at the time of going to print, unknown reasons. The emergency ser vices were alerted and patrols from the Guardia Civil were promptly in attendance at the location. An am bulance from the Servei d’Atencio Medica Ur gent (SAMU-061) was also deployed, complete with a medical team. Despite their best ef forts to revive the man, they were unable to save his life and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The man’s body was subsequently trans ferred to the Institute of Legal Medicine.
Balearic Islands’ government approves marine reserves expansion.
The British man is seen trying to flee, but one of the group manages to floor him be fore more men join in and launch an attack on him.
The El Toro and Malgrats Islands marine reserves were created in 2004 by the Government of the Balearic Islands based on a study by the Balearic Natural History Society, Calvia Council has confirmed.TheBulletin of Informa tion for the Balearic Islands (BOIB) published the De cree for the expansion of the Marine Reserves of Mal grats and El Toro islands on Tuesday, September 6. Until now, the total area of these two marine re serves of fishing interest was 227 hectares. With the unifi cation and expansion to the tip of Cala Figuera, they will reach 2.952 hectares which is 13 times more than the current surface. This will increase the com mercial fish stocks in the southwest of Mallorca and will favour the fishing and artisanal sector and the eco nomic activities related to the observation of fish. The decree also establish es the flora and fauna ex traction activities that are al lowed, such as professional fishing of small-gear vessels registered in the corre sponding census and recre ational fishing and shellfish ing.
“We are linking July with the internation al music festival, the patron saint festivities in August, and a September full of activities, such as the night markets and the theatre festival,” he added.
According to a UK news publication, the incident occurred on July 26, with five male suspects subsequently being arrested in con nection with the brawl.
A graphic video appeared on social media platforms shortly after the event took place. The unnamed Brit can be seen bran dishing what appears to be a sticklike ob ject as he is confronted by five men. He strikes one of the men with the object which is then grabbed out of his hand by the other man.
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AS reported on Sunday, September 4, a British tourist was brutally beaten by a group of men in the resort of Magaluf.
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THE expansion of the ma rine reserves joins Malgrats and El Toro Islands in re sponse to Calvia Town Hall’s Plenary Agreement.
THE Sineu Town Hall is organising the sec ond cycle of night markets in September, with the aim of continuing to boost the mu nicipality’s local commercial sector. This event in the market calendar will take place every Friday of the month be tween 8.00pm and midnight in the old quarter of Sineu, the local council has con firmed.Thecouncillor for Commerce and Mar kets, Francisca Ramis, confirmed “we are repeating this initiative after last year’s suc cess, offering a proposal that brings quality to residents and visitors and brings life to the weekends in September.”
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“Having spent so long in lockdown, it’s a pleasure to be able to get back out and per form, so before coming to Spain, I have dates booked in London and Paris but I am so looking forward to my first gigs on the Costa Del Sol,” he confirmed.
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Omar LyeFook is a real gentleman with so much experience, talent and dedication to his music which means that his appearances this September should be in everyone’s di ary.
ONE of Britain’s top singers will be perform ing in the Costa del Sol at the end of Septem ber as Omar travels over for two special shows.Speaking to Euro Weekly News about the two gigs, Omar LyeFook MBE said that “coming to Spain is like returning home” as he has regularly performed in both Barcelona and Madrid. He’s looking forward to his appearances at Max Beach in Riviera on Friday Septem ber 23 and then at Joy’s Live in Puerto Banus on Saturday September 24 with admission to both shows being free. Although music is his first love, Omar started acting at a young age and appears in his own one man play Lovesong which he wrote and features his own music. Most recently however he had a short run in EastEnders playing Avery Baker who re united with his younger brother and then died of Throughcancer.this, he has found a new audi ence for his music and is looking forward to other acting opportunities although he will next be seen in an episode of new ITV dra maOmarRiches.comes from a talented musical family whose father was a session musician who played drums with Bob Marley and even the Rolling Stones. In addition to all this and despite being known predominantly as a soul singer, Omar says that he is excited by all types of music and incorporates reggae, roots, r’n’b and much more into his repertoire.
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If you can manage 215 steps, why not have a visit to the terraces of the Cathedral? During the one hour visit you can discover some of the most curious and unknown corners, such as the bell tower, the terraces of the flying buttresses or the passage between the two towers of the main facade. From the terraces there is a panoramic view of Palma and the sea, from an impressive new perspective. You will also enjoy being closer than ever to one of the wonders of Gothic architecture. Monday to Saturday from May 2 to Octo ber 31 various times. Info and tickets: rshttps://catedraldemallorca.org/en/visits/tou /
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Puero Portals is well worth a visit even if it is just to see how the other half live!
Place to be THIS year marks the 125th an niversary of the death of the great German composer Jo hannes Brahms (1833 1897). This festival commemorates his life with four concerts dedicat ed to four fundamental genres: symphonism, piano music, string quartet and chamber mu sic.The concerts are from September 10 to 24 in the beautiful Claustre de Sant Domingo de Pollença, a favourite destination for events. In the event of bad weather these will be held in the church of Montision de Pollença.OnSaturday September 10 the second concert, Brahms 2Music for piano, with Can Çak mur, a Turkish pianist, the first prize winner of the 10th Hamamatsu International Pi ano Competition in 2018, where he also won the Cham ber Music Prize, and the Scot tish International Piano Com petition in 2017.
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ONE of the island’s glam our spots, Puerto Portals, is the place to see and be seen during the summer months. Don’t be sur prised if you bump into a few famous faces while you are there. Set in the bay of Pal ma, 16 km from the air port, Puerto Portals is the most prestigious nautical and leisure complex of Mallorca and is often compared with Puerto Banus in Marbella. On the quayside, there are many designer bou tiques, impressive offices estate and yacht agents, plus numerous places to eat and drink, while watching the world go by.The marina has more than 600 berths and is where members of the jetset like to moor their gleaming boats.
Duo SosnowskaGarciasZuzanna Sosnowska is a Polish awardwinning cellist and Magi Garcias, an awardwinning, eclectic and active pianist born in TheMallorca.finalconcert on Saturday September 24 Brahms 4 String Quartet with the Spanish Cuar teto Quiroga. This quartet has established itself as one of the most dynamic and unique of its generation, winning interna tional acclaim from critics and audiences alike for its distinc tive personality as well as its bold and original approach to the string quartet repertoire. All concerts start at 8pm.
Carrer de Guillem Cifre de Colonya s/n Pollença (0034) 971 534011 Tickets: https://ticketib.com
ONE of the most iconic buildings in Palma is the Cathedral. If you are lucky enough to ar rive in this beautiful city by boat, it will be one of the first things you see and the view from the sea is amazing. Construction of the Cathe dral started in the 13th century and is in the Mediterranean Gothic tradition, but over the centuries, it has incorporated the cul tural forms of contemporary periods. The first historical documents relating to the building of the Cathedral date from 1230 when Bishop Pere de Morella consecrated the altar stone of the main altar. And during the reign of King James II (1276–1311), con struction of the building we know today be gan. At the start of the 20th century the archi tect Antoni Gaudí adapted the inner space of the Cathedral and the legacy of Gaudí’s work has continued throughout the 20th century.
On Saturday September 17 the third concert, Brahms 3 In tegral for cello and piano.
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THE town of Manacor can be traced back farther than much of the island, with hu mans appearing to have been inhabiting the area since around 2000 BC. In more recent times it was occupied by the Romans be fore it became home to the Moors.Manacor’s modern history starts around 1200 when it was first granted a municipal ity.For those looking to get to know Mallorca through its nature, Manacor is home to the only ‘Via Verde’ in the Balearics. The 29km ecopath begins in Manacor and offers mindblowing, changing scenery along the way.
ON one night of the year, Pal ma gleams with a special bril liance. In mid September, the island’s artists and gallery owners gather at dusk to wel come in the art season. The Nit de l’Art is here! First started in 1997 as an initiative by Palma’s galleries to share the enthusiasm with which the season is greeted. The nuit blanche (sleepless night) is held in cities such as Paris and Toronto and is be coming a more important event in Palma each year. The old town of Palma is transformed into an enor mous openair art exhibition. Bright young talents and seasoned professionals from the artistic community take advantage of every corner to show their work to the pub lic. Bars, cafes, workshops, rooftops, facades of historic buildings, shop windows and balconies each and every space is used to exhibit their works. Joining in this celebra tion of artistic talent are Pal ma’s museums and galleries, which open their doors to the public during the night so that you can admire their collec tions. And it’s all completely free of Eachcharge.year’sevent is unique and full of surprises as the or ganisers keep the official pro gramming secret until a few days or sometimes just a few hours before its start. This way they can guarantee that the Nit de l’Art is an evening full of unexpected joy.The programme starts on Thursday September 15, and Saturday September 17 will be the grand finale of La Nit de l’Art, with the extension of gallery opening hours from 6pm to 11pm. For more info visit: ma.comhttp://www.nitdelartartpal +34 971 720 375
COLONIA DE SANT JORDI: A former fishing colony in the south east of Mallorca Image: aldorado/Shutterstock.com Visit Manacor
TAKE a saunter up to the lighthouse which is situated in the historic Capde pera village just 8km from Arta. The lighthouse stands majestic in a spectacular natural landscape with won derful views of steep cliffs and, on a clear day, views across to the island of Menor ca. The lighthouse was built at the most easterly point of Mallorca, where in 1231 King James I, ‘The Conqueror’, allegedly waited for the return of the emissaries he had sent to Menorca to demand that the Moors surrender the island. This lighthouse was taken into service in 1861. It consists of the round light house tower and several buildings adja cent to it. The views over the Mediterranean give you the impression that you are at the very end of the world.
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BY day Colonia de Sant Jordi is a former fishing colony in the south east corner of Mallorca and best explored on bikes. Bicycles, which can be hired everywhere in the area, make it possible to discover quiet, lonely beaches which are not generally reached on foot.These beautiful peace ful beaches, all sur rounded by nature re serves, are among the biggest attractions of Colonia de Sant Jordi. By night a place to dis cover is the Laos Club which is spread over threeThefloors.ground floor is a restaurant, there for you to spend time enjoying local food and especially the freshly caught fish dishes First floor is a bar which serves a full range of drinks. With a fun crowd, enthusiastic bar tending, and live DJs the bar makes for a lively vibe later in the evening. On the top floor, the chillout lounge offers the opportunity to relax on a pristine white sofa with a cocktail, and en joy the last of the evening sun.
PALMA is home to many museums and galleries and many in historic settings and beautiful old buildings. The Baluard Museu started in 2004 with different phases added over time to what we see now, the largest space for the conserva tion of contemporary art in the Balearic Islands.Oneof the key exhibitions running currently structures and defines the identity of the Museum Collection based on a line of research focused on the human body. The project focuses on the meaning of ‘person’, based on the work developed by a group of artists on the defence of fundamental rights.The exhibition, curated by Imma Pri eto, runs until January, 2023. A set of puppets and drawings made by Miró around the text by Alfred Jarry Ubu Roi, ‘Personae. Masks against barbarism’ raises why human beings have needed to create masks, in order to express themselves in different life situations. The exhibition is presented with works by many artists such as Marina Abramović, Pilar Albarracín, Karel Ap pel, Mercedes Azpilicueta, and many more.Tuesday to Saturday: from 10.00am toSunday:8.00pm.from 10.00am to 3.00pm. Plaça de la Porta de Santa Catalina, 10 Palma de Mallorca (0034) 971 908 museu@esbaluard.org200www.esbaluard.org
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YOU might not expect the idyllic village of Deia to have much of a nightlife and you would pretty much be right.But, don’t be sur prised if you fall across a bar having an im promptu party or a live musicDeiasession.isasmall town in the land,northwestmountainTramontanarangeintheoftheisjust30kmfrom theHiddencapital.away along the cobbled streets, you might find a lovely outdoor terrace over looking the main street or a taverna that stays open late if the crowd is Thereright. may be a bar which is simply an in formal café during the day, but comes alive by night.Ifthe nightlife isn’t your thing, enjoy your days wandering around this picturesque town, which is a favourite with painters, writers and tourists alike.
CLASSIC CAR CLUB: Holding its Earth, Wind & Fire Rally.
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AFTER the summer break, Mallorca’s Classic Car Club are pleased to an nounce its first monthly rally.The rally which is or ganised by Charles Nutter and Helen O’Pitt will be on Sunday September 25. The starting point will be at Festival Park at 10.30am for an 11.00am departure.Therestaurant at the end of the route is one the Club have not used before but is excited to try! It is the Restaurant El Gallo Rojo at Golf Pollen sa. The chef, Chris Gibson, will prepare some lovely food for us as we enjoy the stunning views out over the sea and mountains. The route will take you along lovely roads to Llos eta and Biniamar then to wards Lluc and onto Pol lensa, and details will be given to you on the day. If you wish to register, email info@cccmallorca. com. Mallorca’s Classic Car Club look forward to see ing everyone on the road again and hopefully meeting some new mem bers.
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IT is now 70 years since Oslo hosted the Winter Olympic Games, but it appears that Norwegians want to see the competition back as in a nationwide survey, conducted by Respons on behalf of VG, 49 per cent were in favour of bidding for the 2030 event.
THE Swedish Royal Family is reportedly not happy that it is to be given the same treatment as Queen Elizabeth with a six-part bio-pic titled Monarki about current monarch King Carl XVI Gustaf, who at 76, has settled down but was a playboy in his younger days.
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UKRAINE Wish us luck IN a press briefing before setting off for the final stage of the journey to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia power plant, Rafael Mariano Grossi, Head of the UN team said "Wish us luck” as he acknowledged that there was still fighting and shelling in the area.
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DESPITE fears that this could be another case of ‘Big Brother watching’, the Finnish Parliament is likely to approve the use of digital identification from a phone app which will be legally acceptable alongside the more traditional passport or plastic ID card
ALTHOUGH Queen Margrethe II ascended to the Danish throne on January 14, 1972 her official 50th anniversary celebrations were held back until September to ensure that they were unlikely to be affected significantly by widespread outbreaks of Covid-19 as she celebrates with the country.
ACCORDING to a trio of French MEPs, the latest downside to Brexit is the fact that the British government is allowing the discharge of raw sewage into waters such as the English Channel which are shared with France and they want the EU to take action.
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AN investigation by newspaper Trouw has discovered that some Dutch students who live abroad and owe money to student loan provider Duo are unable to renew their passports if the debt exceeds €5,000 and only if they agree a repayment plan will they be temporarily extended.
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IT’S common knowledge that German tourists love their poolside loungers, but this obsession may go back 1,400 years as an archaeological team in Bavaria has uncovered a folding chair that dates back to the 7th century and this is the latest in a number of similar finds.
BELGIUM is considered by many as the producer of some of the best chocolate worldwide but there is a current shortage as a major manufacturer had to destroy tons of chocolate due to the discovery of salmonella which closed the factory for six weeks.
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IRELAND Keep out A TEACHER has been instructed by the High Court that he may not enter the school at which he works in Co. Westmeath because he has refused to call a transitioning student ‘they’ or by a new name until a final court ruling is made.
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THE 85-year-old former Prime Minister of Italy, billionaire Silvio Berlusconi who has a penchant for young people, has taken to TikTok in order to try to woo young Italian voters as he attempts to become PM for the fifth time in upcoming elections.
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A 30-YEAR-OLD man (who has been charged by the police) kicked a ball at a low flying aircraft which was taking part in a religious ceremony in Sintra and to the surprise of the pilot it hit the wing causing slight loss of control.
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Britain is not the only country in vestigating the deal and even shareholders in the company have acted against the plan alleging that it is being pushed through in order to escape paying compensation for an ongoing lawsuit.
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TOURISM in Spain contin ues to recover with foreign visitor figures up in July, even though numbers are still less than the same month in 2019. Data supplied to the Na tional Institute of Statistics (INE) by Frontur and Egatur showed that nearly 9.1 mil lion international visitors arrived in July (92 per cent of the 2019 total) but with a spend of €11.87 billion, they spent almost much as in “This2019.is extraordinary da ta that confirms our expec tation that in 2022 we would already experience a summer like the ones be fore, despite the challenge represented by the current inflation problems,” said the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto. In July, the average ex penditure per tourist in creased from €1,209 to €1,309 and the average stay also increased slightly.
A FURTHER 62,135 workers were added to the Social Se curity employment rolls in seasonally adjusted figures for August according to a state ment by the Spanish govern ment made on September 2. This means that 20,173,277 are now registered as being employed in Spain.
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The United Kingdom continues to supply the largest number of visitors with 1.9 million tourists (88 per cent of those who came in July 2019), fol lowed by France, with more than 1.4 million (98 per cent compared to 2019) and Germany, with about 1.1 million, repre senting 88 per cent of those who arrived before the pandemic.Countries that have in creased their presence are Belgium, The Netherlands and Portugal and Ameri cans are beginning to re turn, although not in such large figures as prepan demic.Most popular destina tions in July were the Balearics, Catalonia and Va lencia although in the yeartodate Catalonia took first place, the Balearics second and the Canaries third.
Battersea Power Station ONE of London’s top land marks, until now just a dis used building, Battersea Pow er Station used to power Buckingham Palace and Hous es of Parliament before it was decommissioned in 1975, but it reopens as a shopping and tourist centre on October 14 after a total refit.
The CMA understands that Mi crosoft already has a leading gam ing console (Xbox), a leading cloud platform (Azure), and the leading PC operating system (Windows OS), all of which could be impor tant to its success in cloud gaming. It fears that it could refuse to al low its competitors to have access to the games thus making it more difficult for UK consumers to achieve best value for money when choosing a console. According to a report by the BBC, Microsoft President Brad Smith responded by saying “We’re ready to work with the CMA on next steps and address any of its concerns.” Thereisto be a second phase to the CMA enquiry and time will tell whether it will try to block the sale.
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GAMES manufacturer Activision Blizzard targeted by Microsoft but the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) fears a takeover could hurt competition and is in vestigating the deal. Microsoft which is one of the top three manufacturers of gaming consoles alongside Sony and Nin tendo is prepared to spend a stag gering £59 billion to bring the com pany under its wings. It seems an excessive sum but over the years, Activision Blizzard has developed some of the most popular games such as Candy Crush, Call of Duty and World of Warcraft and last year turned over more than £6 billion.
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ONLINE discount sustainable food supermarket Motatos has just launched in the UK af ter raising £38 million from ex isting shareholders. Founded in Sweden it takes the simple concept that it should negoti ate with large manufacturers to purchase their surplus or shortdated stock and then of fer it at discounted prices to consumers.Ifacompany has been guilty of overproduction re sulting in surplus, has product with faulty packaging, has a surplus due to seasonal trends or has product near best be fore dates, it is often prepared to supply to Motatos rather than simply throw it away which benefits everyone.
LONDONbased Neil Phillips, the cofounder and chief in vestment officer of a hedge fund was arrested in Spain on September 1. The arrest was based on a charge brought by the US government alleging conspiracy to commit com modities fraud in connection with a scheme to artificially ma nipulate the exchange rate of the US dollar and South African rand. The indictment alleges that he planned to fraudulently trigger a $20 million payment under what is known as a barri er options contract.
THE John Lewis Partnership is recruiting more than 10,000 temporary roles across the UK this Christmas to meet in creased demand over the busy festive period. As an added bonus, the group will be offer ing free meals in store to all of its staff including temporary workers at both John Lewis and Waitrose with effect from Octo ber 3 until January 6 to help with the cost of living. Andrew Murphy, Chief Operations Offi cer said: “We pride ourselves on creating a happy workplace because it’s our Partners who make the difference and it’s thanks to them that John Lewis and Waitrose are two of the UK’s bestloved brands.”
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Exchange rate FOLLOWING the huge rise in inflation in the UK and the fact that the Ggovernment was seen to be a rudderless ship, the exchange rate be tween the pound and dollar has taken a hit and at the time of writing £1 would buy either $1.16 or €1.16.
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Gender flexible SPORTING goods manufactur er Puma has teamed up with Palomo Spain opened by de signer Alejandro Gómez Palo mo in 2015 to produce a gen der flexible collection (with each piece bearing the Palo mo label) which is ideal for both street credibility and sports participation.
ANOTHER proof that tourists are back, travelling around Spain once again is the news that the Guggenheim Muse um in Bilbao is celebrating the best summer in its history af ter welcoming 449,477 visi tors between June and Au gust 2022, far exceeding prepandemic numbers.
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ON Thursday September 1, Spanish President Pedro Sánchez announced plans to tem porarily cut VAT on gas from the current 21 per cent to 5 per cent in a bid to make life more affordable during the winter. This will take effect from the beginning of October and run through until the end of De cember, although members of the opposition Partido Popular have suggested that it should be extended further. What needs to be re membered however is, that unlike the UK, a lot of gas used is the bottled variety and costs will reduce there, but although some 40 per cent of electricity is created through use of gas there will be no saving on the already re duced rate of VAT on that form of energy. MANY customers find it irritating to have to stand in long queues in some stores in order to pay for their goods. An experiment by low price Dutch retailer Hema, if successful, could see a whole new option for shops and con sumers as it trials a unique new mobile app developed by ING and European payment provider CCV. They claim it will revolutionise shopping as the app can turn any mobile phone into a payment terminal meaning that every member of staff on the shop floor will be able to easily accept card payments and send a digital receipt.
Commenting on this, Sánchez said “Our country as pires to lead in areas such as cybersecurity, 6G, artificial in telligence or cloud computing, in addition to accelerating the deployment of 5G.” During the meeting, the Samsung CEO outlined the plans the company has for its development in Spain in rela tion to the ambitious strategy designed by the government to turn Spain into a key player in the medium term in the de velopment of semiconduc tors.
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ACCORDING to Tom Stain er of the Campaign for Re al Ale group (CAMRA) speaking to a UK newspa per, he believes that to keep up with increased overheads, pubs would need to charge £20 for a pint of beer but as that is not feasible, many will have to close down.
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SPAIN is becoming a very at tractive country as far as Asian tech companies are concerned with its commitment to invest in the future. It aims to become the central European Hub in the field of digitisation and development of semiconductors, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan thanks to the massive fi nancial support of the EU Therefore, on Wednesday August 31, President Pedro Sánchez, held a meeting in Madrid at La Moncloa with the CEO and Vice President of Sam sung Electronics, JongHee Han.During the meeting they dis cussed the investment oppor tunities offered by Spain in these fields as the Recovery Plan allocates some €20 billion to digital transformation, with more than €3.5 billion aimed at reinforcing the technological training of the population, an other €3.5 billion destined for the modernisation of small and medium companies (SMEs) and €3 billion for the digitisation of public administrations.
LA MONCLOA: President Sánchez in conversation with Jong-Hee Han of Samsun Electronics.
THE Coop has agreed to sell its 129strong petrol forecourt business which includes stores on these sites to Asda in a deal worth £600 million. The majority shareholders in Asda made their money from petrol stations in the UK so this acquisition is a natural fit.
THE UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that NatWest Bank breached banking rules.Ithad been forcing business cus tomers to open a business current account, which incurs fees, in order to secure a loan a practice known as ‘bundling’, the UK government con firmed on Wednesday, August 31. As such, hundreds of businesses have been charged monthly for a business account that they may not have wanted or needed. It also limit ed businesses’ choice as they were unable to hold an account with a sep arate provider, which may have bet ter met their requirements. The breach lasted for over three years, with NatWest failing to alert the CMA until January 2021. Having scrutinised the error more closely, the CMA became aware the bank had signed certain customers up for a business account when they had specifically requested to have a feefreeAdamaccount.Land,CMA Senior Director of Remedies, said: “Forcing business es to open costly current accounts to secure essential loans is unaccept able and a direct breach of our rules, which have been in place for 20 years.The bank is in the process of re funding affected customers and will offer SME customers with a business account the option of switching to a feefree loan servicing account. Although this is not the only bank to have been discovered to have done this, it is slightly embarrassing for the government which still owns 48.5 per cent of its equity, even af ter former Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen sold shares worth over £1 billion in March this year.
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THE Belgian company Bronze Property which owns cash and carry chain Makro (which has several outlets in Spain) and catering wholesaler Metro is applying for bankruptcy protection to try to safeguard its 2,000 plus staff across Europe.
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AFTER receiving an energy bill of E20 million, Richard Walker, CEO of Iceland supermarket which has franchise operations in Spain has an nounced that he is cutting back on planned opening of new stores and has approached 10 Downing Street asking for more financial assis tance for businesses struggling to keep afloat.
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SPAIN’S Ministry of Agri culture, Fisheries and Food has increased agri cultural insurance sup port by €60 million to raise the state subsidy on the total cost of the pre mium by 10 percentage points to 40 per cent as this insurance is a key agricultural policy tool.
THERE’s money in burgers as Madrid start up Goiko has proved with turnover in 2021 exceeding €103 million, an increase in turnover of some 30 per cent compared to the pre vious year and it plans to open a further 20 outlets this year taking it to 100 restaurants. £20 pint
I’ll even go as far as to stick my neck out here and suggest that the saturated reporting relating to the tragic shooting of Olivia, the nineyearold little girl, which went on for weeks and over flowed with information that the main suspect was a member of the Liverpool gangs, was purely because most of these particular criminal suspects were white. Had it been a murder committed by members of a different culture, the condensed amount of publicity would have no doubt equalled the atrocious murder of the white pensioner.
The more the media excessively encour ages different cultures (15 per cent), the greater will grow the lack of support from the majority (85 per cent) of the British public. What if PM winner Truss turns out to be akin to another Margaret Thatcher? The thought of Starmer and Rayner win ning against her really boggles the imagi nation! Nope, these vote grabbing tactics will utterly misfire and the results will once again be the usual left wing disaster. It will be interesting to observe just how far left they are ultimately prepared to go! Keep the faith Love leapylee2002@gmail.com.Leapy
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The media bosses are on a hell bent mission to get rid of the conservative government in the next election basi cally because they know they will be more powerful and secure. Their news events are at this time revelling in the chaotic mess the country finds itself in. Any attempts by the government to as sist or rectify some of the problems (most of which are national complica tions) are nullified or almost scoffed at. They are continually informing the public that the new leader will have to sort out countless problems now affect ing a beleaguered British community, and their excessive casting of minority actors in commercials and documen taries is not only misleading, but utterly prejudicial to the majority of artistic professionals. It is all a part of their plans to put a Labour government into number 10. If they can make the UK in habitants feel they are propitious par takers of a perfectly mixed culture, they believe they will obtain a victorious in flux of votes from a grateful British pub lic. In actual fact they are totally wrong. The historical citizens of the UK are not unintelligent. Vast numbers are not at all overjoyed with many of the con sequences that have transpired since they openly welcomed members of dif ferent nationalities into the population. Many have moved out of once beloved cities and into more peaceful and patri otic rural areas. However these citizens are still principal partisans of their beloved country of origin.
INTERESTING to read some of my mail of late. The piece published on our let ters page caught my attention. It was enquiring as to why there was so little media publicity, or public uproar con cerning the 87yearold pensioner who was stabbed to death on his mobility scooter? The simple reason was that the arrested perpetrator was a young black male. This would go against the whole future ambitions of the left wing media bosses, who are hell bent on convincing the British public that they are all living happily in a glorious exis tence of mixed cultures.
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That’s changing quite quickly and also best before dates on hundreds of vegetables and fruit are being re moved across the UK with the idea that the average as sistant or shopper is able to see whether something is fresh or not and can make an informed decision whether to purchase.
I FEEL I must write with disgust at the latest announcement regarding slaughter houses in Spain. It has just been passed that CCTV cameras are being installed in all slaughter houses to protect animals from cruelty whilst being slaughtered. I think they must be having a laugh! What about the cruelty to the bulls in the bull rings, just for enjoyment!!!! I rest my case. Elsie Manning Good work HI Leapy, just a very short note to say I love reading your col umn my friend, keep up the good work and don’t let the b......s grind you down All the best Tom PS enjoy your trip back to the lovely Emerald Isle
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As detailed in a different part of this week’s edition, a company in Sweden is buying up overstocked or short life goods from a range of manufacturers and offering them for sale online at reduced prices. Hopefully the day of the ‘bin diver’ is coming to an end as supermarkets are also making sure that items that might once have been thrown away are now being offered to charities and food banks.
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There’s a financial saving for the supermarket as even if they reduce the price of an item that has been on the shelves for a while, there is still some return on their investment.
DEAR Leapy How refreshing to know that I am not the only old f**t that thinks our way. We like you have left the UK, but only 15 years ago, but it was probably the best thing we have done. Living in Spain, slightly north of Alicante is a good place to be. My grandchildren are hav ing to pay over £800 a month for a room in a shared house. Our children have bought a share in a flat and have to rent the rest of it on a scheme to make it easy to buy. What a con that is! Also, saw a very good friend of mine yesterday, who is quite ill, his family have sug gested that he goes back to the UK, but he said he would rather die here. What a sad state for the old boy. Keep the faith Ted in Pinoso
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SADLY , our pets tend to age more quickly than we do, but the right care will allow them to enjoy the later stages of their lives just as much or even more than their younger years.Thanks to advances in veterinary treatments, our pets are living longer. Different animals are con sidered geriatric at differ ent times: from the age of seven for large dogs, 10 for small dogs, eight for cats and six for rabbits. Broadly speaking, our pets age in a similar way to us. They may experi ence joint pain, their teeth suffer and their nails become more brit tle. They may lose their hearing, so if they seem not to be listening to you it is probably because they have not heard you and not because their be haviour has changed. When taking care of your elderly animals, al ways seek advice from yourProvidingvet. them with food suited to their age, adapting walks to their abilities and creating a calm, safe environment are simple ways of giving them a better quality of life in their final years.
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Vinícius Junior, Real Madrid’s Brazilian for ward, received his Spanish passport, one day after the transfer market closed in Spain, according to reports on Monday, September 5.
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The suite in question had gone on sale for £2,160,420 (approx €2,506,091), and when the listing was updated, it was marked as ‘sold’, according to a London local news source. These luxury suites were put on sale by FIFA’s exclusive MATCH Hospitality sales agency long before tickets for the matches were available on general release. “Just like an aeroplane has economy, business, and first class es, we have a range of hospitality products designed for a range of clients, from the superluxurious to the casual and relaxed,” explained a spokesperson for MATCH Hospitality. They continued: “These types of hospitality products give peo ple a way to guarantee their access to the game, with additional benefits, whether they are booking a familyfriendly lounge, or hosting their VVIP guests in an exclusive suite.”
IT was reported on Thursday, September 1, that a large private VIP hospitality suite for the Qatar World Cup had been sold for the incredible figure of £2.1 million. Suite 3079 is located in the 80,000seat Lusail Stadium, where the December 18 final will be played, which is one of the 10 matches the package includes.
ONE of Real Madrid’s best players received his Spanish passport, one day after the clo sure of the transfer market.
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“So sad to hear of the passing of Earnie Shavers. Not only was he a terrific boxer he was also a terrific guy. I met him when I did a feature on him for Boxing Illustrated in 1978. Known him ever since and every moment around him was good. He’ll be missed,” wrote Showtime’s Al Bernstein.
Death of a legend
EARNIE SHAVERS, the American heavyweight boxing leg end passed away on Thursday, September 1, just one day af ter his 78th birthday. Between 1969 and 1995, Shavers com peted in 89 professional bouts, winning 74 of them, including 23 in the first round. He holds a 76.4 per cent overall knockout ratio. In his fighting career, Shavers nicknamed ‘The Acorn’ challenged twice for the heavyweight world title. One of those bouts was at Madison Square Garden against Muhammad Ali in 1977. With the WBC, WBA, and The Ring belts up for grabs, he went the full 15 rounds with the legendary champion, only to lose unanimously on points.
The club wrote: “Re al Madrid CF an nounces that our Brazilian player Vini cius Junior swore an oath of allegiance to the Spanish Constitu tion on Friday September 2, thereby acquiring Spanish na tionality from that moment onwards." As noted by football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, this is signifi cant news for the Span ish giants as they now have one nonEU spot free on the market. Romano noted that a deal for thenManch ester City striker Gabriel Jesus collapsed in June because of that issue.Jesus later joined ear ly Premier League lead ers Arsenal, who lost to Manchester United on Sunday, September 4. Great news for Real Madrid. Scores a Spanish passport
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RED BULL’S Max Ver stappen extended his lead at the top of the F1 driver’s championship to 109 points on Sun day, September 4. The reigning Dutch world champion won his 10th race from 15 this sea son. He took the che quered flag in his home Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort, in front of 105,000 Tauri’seventsbizarrecomfortablytolackedthird.tively,andraristion,theVerstappenspectators.startedraceinpoleposiwiththetwoFerofCharlesLeClercCarlosSainzrespecinsecondandUltimately,theythepaceneededdefeattheRedBull.Hehadbeenleadinguntilasequenceofunfolded.AlphaJapanesedriver
Nadal forges ahead
Rafael Nadal at the US Open.
Yuki Tsunoda pulled up in the middle of the track claiming his pit crew had not fitted one of his wheels correctly. They informed him that there was nothing wrong but he pitted and after exiting, suddenly pulled to a halt on the track again, This forced a Virtual Safety Car into play.The drivers and teams now have less than one week to prepare for the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, September 11.
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AT THE TOP: Red Bull's Max Verstappen after the Dutch Grand Prix.
RAFAEL NADAL cruised into the fourth round of the US Open in the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday, September 3, after a crushing 60 61 75 straightsets victory over Richard Gasquet. The Spaniard has now played Gasquet 18 times without loss. The second seed took two hours and 17 minutes to dispose of his French opponent. In his previous two matches against Fognini and Rinky Hijika ta, he had lost the opening sets, but Nadal was totally un playable for the first two sets of this match. His ruthless atti tude saw him produce a 78 per cent rate of firstserve points, hitting 35 winners. He also converted three of six break points in a sublime display of tennis skills. The Spanish legend will now face Frances Tiafoe, the Ameri can No22 seed, in the next round. With the 2022 Australian and French Open titles safely in the bag, Nadal can forge ahead in his quest to become the greatest men’s singles champion of all time.
Verstappen wins at home