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IN 2002, the Nerja History Group was formed by former nun Dr Dorothy Price.
These awards aim to recognise and reward ef forts made by town halls to improve tourism.
NHG coordinator Christina Sinclair said: “Over the years, there have been changes; our venue from this season will be in the Auditorium of the Cul tural Centre. And with the progress of technology, most of our guest speakers now give digital presentations.
“I am pleased to say… we have encouraged more Span ish people to be our guest speakers and this forthcoming season is no exception, we have three Spanish Nationals
“Inconsolable is an understatement, isn’t it?”
“Our first meeting this sea
HISTORY BUFFS: The Nerja group visits many famous sites (above). CULTURAL OUTINGS: Members can take part in many excursions (inset).
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Over the years many peo ple have volunteered and the group has become hugely popular.Their first talk ‘From the Phoenicians to the Euro’ at tracted an amazing 46 people and the NHG was born. To cope with rising membership figures Dr Dorothy was joined by volunteer Sue Harvey and Sandra and David Duncan.
Nerja’s mayor, Jose Al berto Armijo, confirmed that: “It is great news that Nerja is among the finalists.”
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Ewalotta Berg had lost her dog on Saturday, September 10 while out in Nerja. She took to Face book to praise the couple and Local Police who helped her find her lost pooch.
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“So I grabbed his passport and drove straight to the Local Police, of course.
“After a mistake on my part in which I had rolled down the car windows… Princesa jumped out of the open window, with her pink lead hanging behind her.“A Spanish couple from Bilbao found her and drove her to the Local Police here in Nerja. I had been looking for her and just arrived home.
SAFE AND SOUND: Princesa was found by a Bilbao couple after jumping out of her owner’s car window.
She said: “A warm thank you and a huge well done to the Nerja Local Police who called me after scan ning Princesa’s chip on Saturday night.
the award would be a further boost.
giving talks to us in the English language, further validation that we must be doing some thing right! Since 2008, we have had over 6,000 people attend our meetings and our season is only October to April! For any of you interest
son, will be on Friday October 21 starting at 11.00am, doors open from 10.30.”
ed in Spanish history, you are most welcome to join us at our monthly meetings and day trip the following week. We are not historians, we are just enthusiasts of the history of this wonderful country.
NERJA: Winning
NERJA has been selected as a finalist in the ‘Town of the Year for Tourism’ Awards sponsored by lo cal Costa del Sol compa nies.The public vote will be open until Friday September 23.
The mayor added: “Our municipality is a national and internation al reference on the Costa del Sol, so winning this award for the best tourist town in Spain 2022 would be a further boost for Nerja as a des tination of tourist excel lence.”The councillor for Tourism, Gema García, showed his gratitude for selecting Nerja as one of the finalists and encour aged all residents and visitors to vote for the town.Once the voting period has closed, the awards ceremony will take place on Tuesday, September 27.To vote or for more in formation head to: pueblo.es/pueblo/nerjahttps://www.mejor /
A WOMAN in Nerja was reunited with her dog, Princesa, after a couple from Bilbao discovered her while on holiday in the town.
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The mayor of Rincon de la Victoria, Francisco Sala do (PP), has expressed his satisfaction “for hosting in our municipality a musical event of an international nature so that we can en joy as blues-loving neigh bours in the new auditori um facilities.”
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Jet suit on show
TORRE DEL MAR is holding ‘Urban Race’, a unique event in Axarquia.Theevent will take place on Sunday, September 18, with the start and finish line at the Paseo de Larios in Torre del Mar.
The deputy mayor of Torre del Mar, Jesus Perez Atencia, confirmed that: “It is a sport ing event that is already a ref erence in our municipality.
Urban race in Axarquia
The councillor for Sports, Hipolito Gomez, pointed out that: “This is an event taking place in our town which is an other tourist attraction for Torre del Mar.
The councillor confirmed: “In terms of tourism we con tinue to give content to this month of September, break ing the seasonality with events that place us as an at tractive destination in terms
In this charming setting, participants can view a va riety of artistic styles in cluding engraving, ceram
THE iconic Art Route of Frigiliana is back for the sixth consecutive year.
The event aims to bring art closer to local residents and will take place on Oc tober 7 to 9 from 11am2pm and Participants4pm-8pm.willreceive a map of the art installa tions and organisers will have an information stand.
URBAN RACE: A unique event held in Axarquia.
The international event of blues and Afro-Ameri can music will be on Fri day, September 16, at 8.00pm in the Municipal Auditorium with free ad mission until full capacity is reached.Thefestival will contin ue on Saturday, Septem ber 17, in the Torremoli nos Battery Park, where Tito Ramírez, Iñaki Moreno feat. Lito and One Pac & Fellows will perform.During the day in Torre molinos, the first Exhibi tion of Instrument Manu facturers of Malaga Expoluthiers 2022 will also beTheheld.festival will close on Sunday, September 18, at the MVA cultural centre with a performance by The New Mastersounds. It will commence at 8.30pm and invitations can be booked at mientra da.net
“It is the only regional sporting event with a stretch of 10 kilometres. That is why this weekend Torre del Mar will again be a point of refer ence in sport,” Jesus added.
THE second Malaka Fest Festival is coming to Rin con de la Victoria.
Art Route of Frigiliana
ON Saturday September 10, Velez‐Malaga’s Aerodynam ics Academy hosted a showing of its Gravity jet suit! The suit is the most advanced human‐powered jet suit of its kind in the world. The jet suit has been developed using Gravity Industries’ technology.
Set against the backdrop of ‘one of the most beauti ful villages in Spain’, a walking route takes partici pants to 24 locations where you can meet the 48 participating artists from 12 different nationali ties, working on their art.
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Events consisted of a talk by the CEO of the Aerody namics Academy, Juan Manuel Martín, followed by a presentation by the founder of Gravity Industries and test pilot, Richard Browning. Another member of Gravity Industries’ team, Fernando Mendoza‐Puccini, also gave a speech.Attendees then had the chance to ask questions to the experts in a Q&A session before an opportunity to visit the Academy’s flight simulator.
of culture, leisure or in this case sport.” All race partici pants will receive a t-shirt and finisher medal; there will also be medals and trophies for theAswinners.always, there will be a final refreshment point for all participants and an interme diate refreshment point, ocated at the roundabout of Puerto de La Caleta.
“Due to its climate and characteristics, Torre del Mar is an ideal place to host events of this type and a real paradise for sport.”
The flight simulator is modelled to give users an experi ence of the Airbus FTD A320 and is the first in Spain to do so. At the end of the session, the audience were treated to a demonstration of the human‐powered Gravity jet suit.
ics, sculpture, photogra phy, painting, drawing, en caustic and textiles. Every taste is catered for!
For those who experi ence artistic inspiration during the event, organis
ers have scheduled activi ties for you to get more in volved! Valencian artist Is mael Fuentes will host a 10-hour intensive painting course, spread over the threeCollagedays.workshops will also be held on every day of the route by artist Alina Eliza andForSmocov.moreinformationreservations,email: ail.comrutadelartefrigiliana@gm or call: 645 818 089.
Moore on Facebook re calls: “First real memory of the Queen was the 1977 Silver Ju bilee, yet she’s been a large part of my (and most people’s) lives. Taught us decency, strength, honour and a work ethic second to none. Truly a momentous loss to not just the UK and the Commonwealth, but the world as a whole and I think that in the decades to come that this day will be regarded as the day the world became a darker and more insular world. The Queen united large parts of the world and defied all her critics and without that ‘glue’ holding and uniting us, I fear for the future . RIP Queen Elizabeth the Sec ond and Long Live the King!”
EWN reader Lois Bennett said: “I was born in Windsor so have seen her on many occasions in years gone by. I also knew some of the staff who worked at Windsor Castle too. One year I had a Xmas card which said from the staff at Windsor Castle. The Queen’s mother was very popular too. I have fond mem ories of seeing the changing of the guard numourous times and all the parades. Even as a child I would get so excit ed when I saw the Queen. She will go down in history as be ing the best Queen. RIP dear Queen and thanks for the wonderful memo ries.”Paul
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He added: “Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has undoubtedly witnessed, written and shaped many of the most relevant chapters in the history of our world during the last seven decades.“Hersense of duty, commitment and a whole life devoted to serving the people of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland set an example for all of us and will remain as a sold and valuable legacy for future generations.”
Here the Euro Weekly News has put together a tribute to commemorate the Queen and her glorious reign.
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As the late Queen will have a state funeral, the service will be broadcast on BBC One, BBC News and will be available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
Queen Elizabeth became a homeowner at just six years old
70 Glorious Years
THE Queen’s funeral will be held on Monday, September 19. The public will not be able to attend but it will be broadcast on television. Here is the schedule for the day: When is the funeral?
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The Queen’s funeral
EURO WEEKLY NEWS’ readers have been getting in touch with their touching memories of the Queen and her incredi ble 70‐year reign.
It is also expected that it will be aired across other major news channels, such as ITV and Sky News.
Did you know…
What time will the funeral be shown on TV?
Her actual birthday ‐ 21 April ‐ and her official birthday, which was held on a Saturday in June ‐ when the weather’s better.
Queen Elizabeth II had two birthdays!
The funeral will be held on Monday, September 19, 2022.
Condolences from Spain
When the people of Wales gifted her a house in the grounds of Windsor’s Royal Lodge. It was named Y Bwthyn Bach, which means ‘little cottage’.
Chief Minister of Gibraltar, said: “In grief, today I signed the book of condolence for Queen Elizabeth II. My message on behalf of us all: ‘We were your Rock, and you were ours’.” RIP Regina.
The duties will begin at 6.30am, with the service at Westminster Abbey taking place at 11am. A second, committal service will be held at St George’s Chapel in
On Thursday, September 8, Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral at the age of 96. Reigning for 70 years she was the UK’s longest‐serving monarch and was respected, loved and known throughout the world for her selfless service and dedication.
Spain’s monarch, King Felipe, said: “Deeply saddened by the sorrowful news of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Eliz abeth II, your beloved Mother.”
MESSAGES of support for Queen Elizabeth II have also been flooding in from across Spain and Gibraltar.
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Sam Fintz, who owns the Torrox Busi ness Hub with his partner Colin, saw the Queen in South Africa: “I was working in the harbour at a restaurant in 1995 and the Queen was doing a walk around and meeting people and was just a few feet away from me. I have never forgotten that moment and it is an experience that has stuck with me.”
Thank you for the memories
On a recent low‐key trip to Scotland, the Queen met some American tourists while walking. When the tourists asked if she lived locally, she mentioned that she had a house near by, and when asked if she’d ever met the Queen she simply pointed at her security guard and said, “No, but he has!”
HM Queen Elizabeth II, 1926 - 2022.
THE Posito de Vélez art gallery is hosting an exhibition by artist Beatriz Taillefer named ‘La danza del agua’, (The Dance of Water). The exhibition was opened with a ceremony on Wednesday September 7 and will be on display for a month, until Saturday October 8. The ex hibition is comprised of 17 acrylic and watercolour pieces of artwork, all reflect ing on the beauty of water.
Educated at the School of Fine Arts in the University of Sevilla, Taillefer has won national art prizes and showcased the versatility of her skills, painting street murals as well as portraits. She has worked alongside renowned artists and herself comes from a family of artists.
RINCON DE LA VICTORIA celebrates European Mobility Week from September 16 to 22. With an extensive pro gramme of free activities, the
(PP), has invited all the resi dents to join the proposed ac tivities “with the aim of con tinuing to raise awareness of how important the use of al ternative mobility is.” The mayor added: “From this
For more information and a timetable of European Mobili ty Week events in the munici pality go to: condelavictoria.eshttps://www.rin /
Local minister for Culture, Cynthia Gar cia described hosting the exhibition as an honour and referring to Taillefer’s deco rated international career. Taillefer also attended the ceremony, speaking of her artistic influences which include the
The Dance of Water on at the art gallery.
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entered into a raffle to win a bicycle valued at €400.
The mayor of Rincon de la Victoria, Francisco Salado
aim is to promote sustainable and responsible mobility in theThroughoutmunicipality.European Mo bility Week Rincon de la Vic toria will carry out free events, including a healthy route, workshops to learn to ride a bicycle, Car‐Free Day, and a school bike ride.
Visitors can view the exhibition on Mondays‐ Saturdays from 10am‐2pm or 5pm‐8pm, the gallery is closed on Sun days and bank holidays.
ocean. She explained her fascination with the abstract shapes, lines and shad ows of the sea which inspire her work.
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council, we work in this line throughout the year, but these activities are very at tractive, especially for the lit tle ones.” The mayor also confirmed that all the partici pants in the activities will be
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party Sinn Fein.
On Wednesday September 14, the King led the proces sion to Westminster Hall where the Queen’s body is to be laid for four days prior to her funeral so that the public can pay their respects.
In his speech, he expressed his “feelings of profound sor row.” He went on to describe his mother as “an inspira tion and example to me and to all my family, and we owe her the most heartfelt debt any family can owe to their mothers; for her love, affection, understandingguidance,andex
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King Charles and Camilla were married in a civil ceremony in 2005, after dating previously in the early 70s.
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Behind the crown
The couple then travelled to Belfast to view an exhi bition on the Queen’s association with Northern Ire land, which involved meeting with the leading political
Many people were moved by his words, with expat Brian Thomas commenting that it was “a very moving speech.” Another Spanish resident Patricia Green also said “beautiful speech, my heart went out to him” and Sue Markham de
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King Charles’ busy schedule
FOLLOWING his recent accession to the throne, King Charles certainly has a lot of events in his calendar and re sponsibilities to carry out as England’s new monarch.
KING CHARLES is the late Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest son of four chil dren, and father to William, Prince of Wales, and Harry, Duke of Sus sex.He was born at Buckingham Palace, London on November 14, 1948, making him 73 years old now. He attended schools in London, Hamp shire and Scotland before carrying out a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge.
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Crowds gathered around Buckingham Palace.
As King, already Charles and the Queen Consort have travelled to the Houses of Parliament to receive their condolences for the passing of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II. This was the first visit on their national tour of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II.
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On Friday September 16, Charles and Camilla will visit Wales to receive another motion of con dolence at the Welsh parliament and at tend a service at Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff.
Queen Consort
Camilla reportedly has “a wicked sense of humour,” and is “great” to work for, so no doubt she’ll make an excellent Queen Consort alongside King Charles.
AS Charles becomes king following the death of his beloved mother, his faithful wife of 17 years Camilla, will stand by his side as Queen Consort.
As an observant critic of modernist architecture, Charles worked on the construction of Poundbury in Dorset, a town of low‐rise streetscapes built to hu man scale, which is home to some 4,200 people.
Next, Charles led a procession of his mother’s coffin at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, where he also attended a prayer service at St Giles Cathedral, before re turning to the place for an audience with SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon.
Following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on Thursday, September 8, 73‐year‐old Charles became the UK’s new monarch, heralding a new Carolean era. The new King had been heir apparent since the age of three, when his mother took to the throne in 1952. An ardent advocate for environmental protection during his time as the Prince of Wales, Charles III is now expected to take a more neutral stance in his new role as monarch.
the death of Queen Elizabeth II, her eldest son has become King Charles III, beginning his reign with a pre‐record ed national speech at Buckingham Palace on Friday,
Much like Queen Elizabeth reigned alongside her loving hus band Philip, Charles’ intention to work with his wife in order to serve the country was obvious in his first address, in which he declared that he will “count on the loving help of my darling wife Camilla.”
After completing his studies, Charles served his country in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy between the years 1971‐1976.
As an environmentalist, Charles has also supported organic farming and other ac tion to reduce the impact of climate change, delivering his first official speech on the issue 52 years ago in 1970.
King Charles and the Queen Consort.
Many EWN readers have expressed how Camilla’s subse quent accession is what the queen would have wanted. One commenter is Helen Winslade, who writes that “It was actu ally Her Majesty the Queen herself who stated it was her wish that Camilla become Queen Consort when Charles be comes King to thank Camilla for all her hard work and loyalty.”
As Prince of Wales, a role he took on in 1969, Charles founded the Prince’s Trust Charity in 1976, an organisation that helps young people be tween the ages of 11 and 30 get into jobs, education and training.
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press that Miss Universe is an INSPIRATION for me.
“Thank you Miss Uni verse Spain for motivating me to reach my best ver sion of myself, to achieve my goals and to prove to myself that I am capable of overcoming many fears.”
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Miss Universe Spain.
THE European Environ mental association ZERO has given a warning that Spain is drying up Por tuguese international rivers.ZERO confirm that Por tugal’s river Douro is the most affected.
ZERO then warned, “as the flows of recent weeks
In a statement, ZERO confirmed that the situa tion caused by the drought in the Tagus and all the international rivers “should lead the governments of Spain and Portugal to work to gether in planning and management of river basins.“Spain has given 2,331 cubic hectometres of wa ter since October 1 2021, when the annual amount is 3,500 cubic hectome tres, which means a shortfall of 1.169 cubic hectometres or about 33 per cent of the total due,” the statement added.
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have varied between 1.5 and 4.5 cubic hectome tres per day and the weather situation has not
changed substantially, it is obviously impossible to make up the missing vol ume of water.”
ALICIA FAUBEL, represent ing the Valencian Comu nidad, was crowned Miss Universe Spain 2022 on Sat urday, September 10 at the Los Olivos Beach Resort in Tenerife.The25‐year‐old model competed against 13 other beauties to win her national title and she will now pre pare to represent Spain at the 71st Miss Universe pageant. Last year’s winner, Sarah Loinaz from Guipuz coa relinquished her reign at the end of the event. In a post on Instagram Alicia said: “Many people have asked me why I have entered this beauty pageant. Today we had the interview with the jury and I was able to ex
A TOTAL OF 10,000 partic ipants have so far con firmed their attendance for the KH7 Nocturna del Guadalquivir, which is one of the most popular in the world.The spokesman of Eco logical Transition and Sports, David Guevara, con firmed: “This event goes above the sporting aspect to become a social phe nomenon,” Sevilla Town Hall has confirmed.
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warranted sexual atten tion and rape.
ous problem not only in Spain but in most coun tries across the world, one that the Spanish govern ment has gone to great lengths to try and bring an endButto.
Rape and unwanted sexual attention is a seri
SPAIN recently intro duced the ‘Only yes is yes law’ to try and deal with the many incidents of un
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who come from all over theThisworld.”years
That’s more than 1,500 reported and tried cases, with the number thought to be significantly higher.
He added: “Everyone who wants to enjoy a jour ney through Sevilla’s histo ry is invited, regardless of their athletic abilities. It will also have an important economic impact for the city thanks to the runners
The ‘Only yes is yes law’ is deadly serious with as many as 3.42 / 100,000 victims being raped annu ally according to website www.world populationre view.com
A fee of €5.50 is charged, and discounts are offered for people with reduced mobility, economic difficul ties and residents in the municipality or those over 65 years of age.
KH7 Night Run starts and finishes in the Paseo de las Delicias. The run will use the traditional route in the surroundings of the IberoAmerican Exposition of 1929.Registration is open to everyone, but is free of charge to those born after 2006. Registration is com pulsory in order to partici pate and collect the run ner’s bag.
according to the website PoliciaH50, which follows crime cases, the law has caused some con fusion and some lighter moments.A video on their Twitter page is not intend ed to make light of a seri ous problem or to offend, but rather to highlight the funnier side of the difficul ties that can arise under standing when yes is yes and no means no.
The funnier side
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The survey found 91 per cent of those with debts owe mon ey to financial institutions, with 72 per cent in debt to just one bank. Twentyeight per cent of those in debt owe mon ey to two or more entities.
Detecting diabetes earlier
FEMALE REFEREES: Demanding professional status.
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Teams Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid were amongst those set to fea ture on Saturday, Septem ber 10, in the first season of a fully professional women’s league in SpainThirty minutes after the scheduled kickoff time both teams issued state ments saying their respec tive openinground fix tures were suspended “due to the nonappear
As part of the operation, officials raided 50 houses which resulted in the arrest of 44 people of Spanish, German, Chinese and Moroccan na tionality. Authorities issues a further 19 interna tional arrest warrants and confiscated assets amounting to more than €4 million, including 23 luxuryDuringvehicles.theoperation, law enforcement officials infiltrated a drug running operation estimated to send up to 200kg of hashish and cannabis from Spain to Europe, allowing them to seize 650kg of drugs overall.
The criminal network relied on an intricate un derground banking system to move cash and launderPhysicalmoney.cash was provided directly to individu als involved by the criminal network which moved cash in vehicles with secret compartments.
A NEW report has found a way to detect diabetes ear lier and identify greater can cer risks. The report by re searchers at the Swedish University of Lund found a link between plasma pro tein and diabetes and a greater cancer mortality risk.Diabetes specialist, Dr Mariana González ex plained the protein is pre sent in much of our bodies, but high levels could indi cate diabetes.
The indicator could be used to detect diabetes in young people or people with low blood sugar levels where the condition is not as Inobvious.Andalucia there are more than 820,000 people with diabetes, according to official data from the Span ish Diabetes Federation. A further almost 300,000 are unaware that they have the condition, making more complications likely due to late diagnosis.
Striking referees
The economic situation is re flected in high debt rates among the population, with 38 per cent defaulting on debts.
At 62 per cent, the leading cause of debt in Spain was high value purchases such as a house or car.
conditions.”“The referees want to provide the best possible service to football and that necessarily means having minimum working conditions com parable to those of the ref ereeing establishment of the men’s mentcompetition,”professionalthestateadded.
The second most common cause of debt recorded was emergencies such as illness, unemployment or divorce, at 17 per Franciscocent. Álvarez, spokesperson for KRUK said they periodically conduct re search to identify why people get into debt and their obsta cles in repaying it, as well as to develop strategies to help their clients manage debt.
THE opening round of Spain’s new professional women’s football league was called off after refer ees called a strike.
ance of the referee team.”The referees and assistant referees, who had announced a strike on Thursday September 8, said the league had not addressed their concerns and they would not offici ate any topdivision fix tures “under the present working and economic
A CROSS-BORDER police effort in Spain has bro ken a huge organised crime ring.
With the effects of the pan demic and inflation hitting Spain hard, the Bank of Spain has already seen an increase of 1 per cent in applications for family credit.
Spanish experts praised the research advances into a condition which affects an estimated five million peo ple in the Dealingcountry.withthe condi tion is also becoming easier. A company from Navarra, Sendo Diabetes, has devel oped an innovative app us ing Artificial Intelligence to create advanced diet and exercise plans for people with diabetes which is thought to reduce the ef fects of diabetes.
The female referees are demanding professional status and payment in line with the men’s LaLiga.
A NEW study into debt in Spain in the postCovid era has been released by KRUK.
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It is a Polish organisation specialising in debt manage ment which conducts research in various European markets.
Spain grants aid for the production of short films on projects worth €1 million.
In animation projects, 50 per cent have
THE Ministry of Culture and Sport, through the Instituto de la Cinematografía y las Artes Audio visuales (ICAA), has granted aid for the produc tion of short films. A total of 42 projects out of 359 applicants have been awarded grants ac cording to the Spanish government on Wednesday, September 7.
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women exclusively in directing and 67 per cent in script writing. Fifty per cent have female ex ecutive producers and 100 per cent have a technical team with at least 40 per cent female representation in positions of responsibility.
Two surveys were devel oped, with one aimed at jour nalists and media professionals and one aimed at the public.
Aid for short films
Fake news surge
Of the total number of applicant projects, five were international coproductions, and one of the projects, a minority coproduction with Germany, was the beneficiary.
Of the 42 projects that have been awarded grants, 27 fall into the category of special cine matographic, cultural or social value.
Rodríguez made a statement emphasising the importance of truth in media and politics. She urged journalists and politicians to be honest with the public to avoid losing their credibility, highlighting that truth is en shrined in the Spanish constitu tion. Rodríguez used the speech to criticise her parlia mentary opponents, the PP, for disregarding the constitution.
A SURVEY conducted by news agency Servimedia, published on September 8, has found that over 60 per cent of the public and journalists believe disinformation has become more prevalent since the pan demic. Those surveyed found social media and the internet to be the biggest sources of dis information and ‘fake news’.
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The study was carried out with the aim of investigating the effects of disinformation on society and the media. It was completed between May and June of this year. It was found that ‘damaging reputations’ was the leading motive behind disinformation. The findings of the survey were presented at a recent event in Madrid. Gov ernment spokesperson Isabel
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There has always been a revolving door with the band and his friend Wally left before the Swan Song days but Jon remained and became very friendly with Jimmy who owned the former home of so‐called magician Aleister Crowley and Jon became in terested in his writings.
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Go forward several decades and out of the blue, Jon received a call from former Pretty Things drummer
Twink (who formed the Pink Fairies) who now lives in Marrakesh but wanted to know if Jon would like to become involved in a project to record some of Crowley’s poetry, thus the band Star Sponge Vision was born.Ithas
been an eventful life for the musician who now lives in an apart ment on the Benalmadena/Fuengiro la border but he had fond memories of all the great musicians he has met.
Speaking about his time as a Pretty Thing Jon observed “If someone said go into the best sweetshop in the world, eat what you want whenever you feel the need, love it all ‐ that is how I feel about playing in possibly the best band ever!”
Pretty Things musician
JON POVEY who plays drums, har monica, keyboards and sitar has just celebrated his 80th birthday whilst battling leukaemia but neither age nor illness are slowing him down as he is just about to releases a new al bum entitled Dartford Boys which is currently mixing at a Malaga City stu dio with owner John Wood whilst he is simultaneously writing a book about his life.
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Jon, his great friend, former Pretty Things bass player Wally Waller and Phil May, the late singer with the band grew up in Bromley, Kent as did original members of the Rolling Stones and the album is almost a mu sical autobiography of his growing up in the British music industry over more than 50 years.
THE UK’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss has fulfilled her first promise in office by capping household energy bills at £2,500Announcing(€2,880).the move on Thursday, September 8, the prime minister said there was a need to provide house holds with direct and meaningful sup port.The new cap is to remain in place for two years and will save households across England, Wales and Scotland as much as £1,000 (€1,150) annually. Northern Ireland will receive similar support, however, the market oper
ers footing the projected bill of nearly £100 billion (€115 billion). That model has been criticised by Labour and oth ers.Telling members of the House of Commons, Ms Truss said: “This is the moment to be bold. We are facing a global energy crisis and there are no cost‐freeCurbingoptions.”risesin the cost of energy will it is believed, reduce the rate of in flation by as much as 5 per cent with projections prior to the cap suggesting it could reach as much as 20 per cent by the end of the year.
Sturgeon also announced an in crease in child support payments and extension of free school meals.
SCOTLAND has moved to freeze rent and rail fares with emergency laws which allow ministers to take necessary action to protect the mostAnnouncingvulnerable.the plan on Tues day, September 6, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the country did not have the power to introduce an energy bill freeze. But she said the government had the power to make other changes that would help workers and tenants get through the winter.
cient in the short to medium term. The energy crisis he said had resulted in CO2 emissions rising rather than falling, setting back plans to reduce emissions by many years.The EU Commission has made a number of moves to address the situation, how ever, there is little to suggest there will be a move away from their current goals to reduce CO2 emissions.
The amount of money put aside by the UK government and Bank of England to help energy firms manage price volatility.
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He quoted the example of fracking, for which there is a blanket ban across Europe, which he said had been suc cessfully used elsewhere in the world despite concerns over the environmental cost.
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He said: “In Europe we have opted for an ideological energy transition in which
SPAIN’S olive production is headed to be the worst in a decade due to the dry hot con ditions, with yields said to be as low as 50 per cent of a normal year. Spain is the world’s largest producer and with yields down, prices are set to rise.
THE Bank of England has said its rate‐setting monetary policy committee (MPC) would post pone its planned meeting for to day, Thursday, September 15 following the death of the Queen. The meeting will now take place on September 22.
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The European Commission has an nounced that it is to invest in new wind and solar farms as it moves to become energy self‐sufficient by 2030, with Spain taking the lead in renewables.Particularly hard hit by the war in Ukraine and the subsequent problems in obtaining Russian gas, the Commission has put in place a 10‐year plan to wean itself com pletely from Russian oil and gas. Supply from Russia has fallen to 25 per cent of Europe’s needs with Norway, North American and North African countries picking up the slack. energy plan
ates differently in the region and so a different mechanism will be intro duced to protect consumers.
Policy change
REPSOL’S CEO speaking at an energy event on Wednes day, September 7 blamed much of the energy crisis on the ideologies of European governments.JosuJonImaz said that the energy crisis would have been averted had ministers been more willing to consid er technological solutions.
FOLLOWING Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz’s call to reduce sta ple food prices, she met with Carrefour who are the first to of fer a shopping basket of fresh goods and proteins for €30.
THE Prime Minister Liz Truss has signalled she intends to change the government’s approach to economic policy by removing Tom Scholar, the most senior civil servant in the Treasury. The change comes despite warnings Scholar’s experience will be vital in the coming months.
Capping the price is the latest round of support provided by the British gov ernment with households currently re ceiving £400 (€460) in direct support.
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THE Johnson & Johnson group has reached a $300m (€204m) settlement in two class actions in Australia regarding the com pany’s pelvic mesh implants. Thousands of women world wide claimed the mesh product caused multiple complications such as pain, painful sexual in tercourse and incontinence.
THE Bank of Spain has said that property is the best investment available with returns of up to 10 per cent. In a press release it said tokenisation also allowed even the smallest investor to benefit with ‘a single click’.
Targeted support is also to be intro duced for small business, schools and hospitals, but details remain scant at the present time.
Ms Truss also followed through with her promise not to implement a wind fall tax causing many to criticise her plans, which will end up with taxpay
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we are selecting or rejecting, preventing investments in certain energy sources for ideological and not techno logical“Thereasons.consequence is that consumers pay more for en ergy and companies cannot
pay for energy and CO2 (emissions) increase. We have to rethink all this. We need all sources of energy.”
Imaz said he would like to see a broader approach be ing taken to solving Europe’s need to be energy self‐suffi
Instead the EU has said it will invest substantial sums of money into renewables including new windfarms, with the plan to be self‐suffi cient by 2030 and no longer reliant on Russia.
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AN increasing number of small business are laying off staff accord ing to a survey by Virgin Money. Researchers found that nearly 40 per cent of small business had reduced staff levels as they struggle to contain costs. The survey, which saw more than 500 businesses in terviewed, found that small busi ness owners are having to become self‐sufficient and jacks of all trades.According
to the survey small business owners and managers are having to wear five hats, most notably finance, marketing and sales. Others are having to handle all administration and HR issues themselves adding to the stress and difficulties of running a small business.
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Calling the cost of living crisis a “humanitarian emergency” she said: “We will take immediate ac tion to protect tenants in the pri vate and social renting sectors."
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Carnival 789,6 796,6 782,2 153,71K
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Experian 2.775,0 2.780,0 2.731,0 201,36K
Salesforce Inc 162,59 163,29 158,47 5,51M
American Express 158,44 158,59 154,30 3,54M
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McDonald’s 259,52 260,74 258,21 1,98M
BT Group 142,95 144,10 140,50 18,84M
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Rightmove 633,60 634,80 623,60 323,69K
eGain -14.27%
Next 6.032,0 6.074,0 5.732,0 62,85K
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Walt Disney 115,18 115,53 113,19 9,38M
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Boeing 157,52 159,75 156,95 5,75M
Honeywell 191,70 192,01 188,81 2,90M
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Aviva 444,10 445,80 441,20 1,30M
GSK plc 1.361,83 1.368,20 1.342,80 1,52M
Mondi 1.501,50 1.508,50 1.470,00 256,68K
Nike 110,97 111,69 109,30 5,13M
Procter&Gamble 139,96 141,09 137,30 6,43M
Tui 143,45 145,40 139,75 1,17M
Intel 31,46 31,50 31,08 33,88M
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Reckitt Benckiser 6.602,0 6.612,0 6.532,0 601,63K
3M 123,10 123,29 26,10M
AstraZeneca 10.546,8 10.566,0 10.450,0 433,64K
Home Depot 299,77 302,49 298,33 2,76M
Verizon 42,24 42,32 41,47 20,04M
Shell 2.313,6 2.340,0 2.306,5 1,54M
BHP Group Ltd 2.340,50 2.351,00 2.312,00 484,99K
ITV 66,16 66,90 64,86 870,11K
Coca-Cola 62,32 62,88 61,85 11,85M
Diageo 3.826,0 3.832,0 3.784,5 307,18K
Caterpillar 189,49 189,76 187,21 2,23M
Apple 157,37 157,82 154,75 67,57M
Rentokil 560,40 562,40 551,40 1,29M
Ocado 780,40 785,60 753,00 218,16K
British American Tobacco 3.523,5 3.530,5 3.486,5 1,30M
Rio Tinto PLC 4.994,9 5.001,0 4.919,0 59,80K
Auto Trader Group Plc 664,80 667,60 657,40 373,14K
Centrica 86,16 87,88 85,22 4,48M
J&J 165,71 166,20 164,39 5,50M
St. James’s Place 1.157,00 1.163,00 1.143,00 145,38K
Antofagasta 1.228,00 1.229,50 1.207,00 1,01M
Walmart 136,84 137,50 136,13 5,37M
Samsung Electronics DRC 1.028,50 1.031,50 1.027,50 1,67K
Intertek 4.080,0 4.093,0 3.999,0 69,25K
Cisco 45,77 45,89 45,40 15,49M
CRH 3.228,0 3.252,0 3.188,0 98,40K
Bunzl 2.916,0 2.918,0 2.890,0 102,90K
Barratt Developments 427,80 430,10 415,10 1,15M
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Hikma Pharma 1.312,00 1.323,00 1.283,50 125,43K
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His statement, however, did little to reassure investors.
Royal Mail workers were due to begin a 48hour strike on Friday September 9, but was cancelled at the last minute according to the General Secretary of the Communication Workers Union, Dave Ward.
LONDONbased Beaver town Breweries, started by Logan Plant the son of Led Zepplin’s Robert Plant is just the latest UK craft brewer to be taken over by a multina tional. Heineken has bought the company, with recent sales including Camden Town and London Fields breweries.
have begun to push the UK towards a recession with consumers cutting back on spending, businesses on product and construction on building.
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Fears of a recession prompted some experts to forecast a smaller in crease, with the Euro nearing parity with the dollar. According to Chris tine Lagarde the increase was neces sary to tackle nonenergy and food related causes of inflation.
super profits. The EU executive wants to put an end to that by using that excess revenue to sub sidise the market as a whole.
WINDFARM, NETHERLANDS: Governments could skim off excess revenues.
Companies who are coming to the end of the contractual period are seeing cost rises of 800 per cent and more prompting calls for assis tance and warnings that companies could close.
European energy ministers met on Friday, September 9 to flesh out proposals to contain energy price inflation and to sup port households and businesses through a price cap.
EU says no to price cap Interest rates rise sharply
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) also suspended strikes planned for September 15 and 17.
THE US government has barred tech companies which receive federal fund ing from building ‘advanced technological’ facilities in China for the next 10 years.
The costs of these goods is expect ed to continue rising in the short
THE EU is to skim excess energy company revenues rather than impose a price cap such as the one opted for in the UK.
Costs rocket
Driving the slowdown is the rising cost of living fuelled by spiralling energy and food costs, whilst business is also being hit by supply and staff shortages and the rising cost of raw Preliminarymaterials.figures for July show inflation above 10 per cent and growth barely 0.2 per cent, half original forecasts.
The details of such a windfall
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He said: “Following the very sad news of the passing of the Queen, and out of respect for her service to the country and her family, the union has decided to call off tomorrow’s planned strike action.”
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Energy ministers are to hold another emergency meeting to agree the proposed plans to rake off excess revenue.
plan, have yet to be fleshed out but could see governments skim off excess revenues from wind, nuclear and coalfired power plants.The cost of producing these forms of energy is not affected by the Russian gas crisis, howev er, the way the energy market currently works is that all energy forms are wholesaled at the price of the most expensive form.That means producers of cheaper forms are getting paid a much higher price than normal for their energy and are raking in
NEW chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has told the Bank of England governor on Wednesday, September 7 he wants to reaffirm the bank’s independence. He said: “Independence is a cor nerstone of how we see managing the economy.”
The interest rate rise is also neces sary according to experts to deal with the flood of money that is available, with higher interest rates likely to slow down spending and borrowing.
The move announced on Septem ber 8 was expected, although some experts thought the increase might be lower as the Commission moves to halt the rise in energy prices.
Rising interest rates are good news for savers, with deposit rates having sat at zero for around a decade. The rise will, it is hoped, result in more people saving and less people bor rowing.Many economists still believe that slowing down spending and increas ing saving will go a long way in slow ing down the rate of inflation. How ever it remains to be seen whether the current hike proves that theory or whether it pushes the bloc into re cession, with much of the inflation across all sectors due to the crisis in Ukraine and the steep rise in energy costs.
INVESTORS are dumping British assets amid fears that the new government’s plans will speed up the country’s slide into reces sion. Liz Truss’ promise to cut taxes and to increase support for households, in vestors say doesn’t look af fordable and will increase government borrowing.
Brewers sold
The Bank of England has said the country will be in recession by yearend, although the effects of the Queen’s death and Prime Minis ter Liz Truss’ energy cap are still unclear.
Pound plunges
Inflation is at record levels in Eu rope and the hike represents the largest ever by the ECB, bringing to an end the socalled zero interest rate policy that the bloc had followed more nearly 11 years.
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The European Union execu tive, however, turned down the proposal suggesting instead that ways should be considered to skim off the excess revenues or profits of energy companies.
ICELAND is the latest com pany to halt expansion say ing their energy costs had risen by £20m (€20.3m).
UNIONS across the UK have suspended all strike action following the death of Queen Eliz abeth II on Thursday, September 8.
Strikes cancelled UK heading for recession
THE ECB has hiked European interest rates by a historical 0.75 per cent as it moves to combat inflation in the Eu ropean Union.
term, including imported inflation as a result of the low value of the Euro.
Concerned by microchip shortages, events in China and its cosying up to Russia has prompted the Biden ad ministration to implement the ban.
CHRISTINE LAGARDE: Increase was necessary to tackle inflation.
It is understand that fossil fuel would be required to pay a ‘soli darityRussiancontribution’.President Vladimir Putin had warned against a price cap saying that would result in their refusing to supply gas. That meant there was no consensus for a price cap.
Mick Lynch, the RMT’s General Secretary said: “RMT joins the whole nation in paying its respects to Queen Elizabeth. We express our deepest condolences to her family, friends and the SOARINGcountry.”prices
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One thing that will hopefully pre vail with the country’s growing immi grant population, is for them to final ly witness what sort of a country they have been lucky enough to find themselves in.
The British people will put up with many confrontations, but if you go too far and violence prevails, even heaven won’t help you. God save King Charles III may he and his faith ful Consort reign in peace and rela tive tranquility for many years to come.
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Keep the faith. Love leapylee23002@gmail.comLeapyexpatradioscotland.comMonandFri12pmtill4.
Personally, my age means that I re call her Coronation fairly well. Of course, we had very few televisions and at 13 years of age, school books were rather more prevalent than newspapers.Asapupil however, I do recollect being taught a song entitled ‘Let’s all be good Elizabethans’, a refrain which I do still remember, and also receiving a book on the Coronation (which I even now have in my posses sion). This of course means that I have witnessed her complete reign of 70 years, and although some of my early days were lived through a World War and saw the resignation of one monarch and the crowning of her father King George VI, it is she who has been the most prevalent in my lifetime, and I will miss her.
The suffering and trials many of you have experienced so far in previ ous lives have been examples of how not to run a caring democratic soci ety; stop attempting to bring differ ent practices into your new environ ment.Doeverything in your power to adapt and be grateful for the wel come and help you have received and are consistently receiving.
The ancient rituals and administra tion taking place at this moment should let them all know that the welcome they have received is very special. Many of the places they and their ancestors originated in, (and ran from), are in no way similar to the one they have chosen so stop trying to change it.
WELL, our wonderful Queen has now passed on. If there is a dwelling for departed souls let’s hope that the magnificent existence, we all wit nessed in her now lamented manifes tation, is somehow rewarded in the continuation of Her Majesty’s tran scendent journey of the future.
have managed to find yourselves in surroundings of peace, love and a wonderful future.
Do all you can to look forward to a wonderful future; decide to attempt to change it into the countries many of you have escaped from and you will ultimately not find yourselves victorious. Integrate, expand appro priately, and you will subsequently prosper peacefully.
Stop moaning, complaining and at tempting to recreate environments similar to those many of you experi enced in your last mode of life. You
I have never heard anything so ridiculous! Have these peo ple nothing better to do?
Thoughts?! Best wishes.
Ridiculous
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HELLO, I have to give my opin ion re ‘rear view fines’ as sug gested by the DGT.
Brian, Costitx
AS a former resident of Rhode sia (I left when it became Zim babwe!) I am mortified that Spain will even offer €1 of help to the government there!
road behind you.
So are the DGT saying all these vehicles are a danger as they do not have an internal rear view mirror thus obstruct ed rear views??
Keith
THE fight for leadership of the Conservative Party and there fore Prime Minister is over and Liz Truss emerged as the winner. She has immediately taken steps to distance herself from supporters of Rishi Sunak and now has a senior cabi net made up of her followers who previously held at best, ju niorPromisingposts. to return Britain to its position as a world leader despite the fact that she has held important ministerial posts since the May government, she sees the way forward as one of lower taxes which she believes will create more en trepreneurs and attract foreign investment.
SHAME ON YOU
We fought to prevent those people taking over a beautiful and successful country, but the Russians’ influence over Harold Wilson etc, ruined that.
The country is not worth helping until these criminals are removed from office and a proper government installed with an opposition that can oppose rather than hide under the desks in fear of terrible reprisals! Shame on you Spain for supporting a terrorist or ganisation in their total de struction of the country!
This means borrowing and spending more but for pen sioners, especially those in Spain who haven’t benefited from the energy support, the matter of the triple lock promise is looming in many minds.
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Total agreement
After over 55 years driving cars , HGVs, motorhomes etc many of which have no possi bility of any rear view from an internal driving mirror, as long as the vehicle has a suitable wing or door mirrors, you have sufficient rear view to see the
The percentage increase that pensioners can expect to re ceive in April of next year will, in theory, be based on UK in flation and should reflect the standing of this September’s Consumer Price Index which is expected to be in excess of 10 per Problemcent.is of course that it was exceptionally suspended last year in order to help Britain recover some of its pandem ic spend and it is suggested that Liz Truss’s economic advi sors are convinced that she simply can’t afford to allow it to be reinstated now to benefit pensioners in 2023/24.
So, with the WASPI women still receiving no compensa tion from the lack of advance notice of the increase in pen sion age from the Department and Works and Pensions as confirmed by the Ombudsman and now the threat of no triple lock safety, it rather looks as if the so-called levellingup policy is going to miss a significant percentage of the population.
We have been proven right by the way the two successive Zimbabwean governments since 1981 have destroyed practically everything by milking the system financially, putting unqualified relatives and friends in places of high office and ‘switching off’ the infrastructure that maintained hospitals, schools, transport, power, wa ter etc. The current president, the ‘Crocodile’ Manangagwa, like Mugabe, goes nowhere without armed guards and takes expensive flights.
WELL done Leapy!! Totally agree with all you say about the media and its bias.
It’s about time motorists now stood firm and made firm objections to some of the idi otic money making rules that are spoiling the joys of motor ing.
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A more serious approach is urgently required in Number Ten.
Many other European countries have ex perienced serious challenges in some of these areas. Brexit has helped nobody; we’ve all suffered Covid, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, withdrawal of gas supplies and, most recently, the raw evidence of climate
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DID you catch the re cent news about the UK shopper with autism who was suing Sainsbury’s over ban ning his assistance cat from accompanying him in its Decadesstores?agowhen a pal started work in su permarket retail, a few customers mainly with sight and anxiety issues struggled to shop, so staff would help them to cope and get around. Reassured and distracted from the rest of the shoppers, they always left with a smile, happy they had somebody they could talk to. What happened to humantohuman contact?Supermarkets, due to staff hiring and other costs, are unfortunately
NOW is not the ideal time for any aspiration to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The new incumbent should reflect on the state of the nation they are inheriting from the disastrous legacy of Boris Johnson. So, good luck, Liz.
know that politicians in general cannot be trusted, as most of them place personal sur vival ahead of honesty with the electorate. But from their leader’s lies about everything from Brexit to ‘Partygate’ to his incompe tence over the Covid Care Homes scandal and abandonment of duties once he was fi nally disgraced, everything suggests that they will lose the next election. But we still have them for two more years.
However, as for the cat in ques tion, it may be well trained but the issue is where you draw the line. If someone brought an assistance python into a store, re gardless of training, I’d be out of there in a shot and some may feel the same about otherAndpets.it’d take more than an ‘emotional support’ animal to calm me down on any Boeing 737 Max flight. And should anyone ev er sit next to me with an ‘emotional support’ spider, they’ll quickly find out who needs the most emotional support...
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has now reached £2.35 tril lion. Apart from this, how are things now? Well, where do we start?
When Labour lost the General Election in 2010, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury un der Gordon Brown’s government left a cheeky note for his new Coalition successor: “Dear Chief Secretary. There is no money left in the Treasury; good luck.” At the end of that administration, national debt stood at £777Nationalbillion.debt
Clowns may have a kind of charisma but what we desperately need is a strong, deci sive and honest leader. Will Keir Starmer be that person?
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change. But the UK is suffering the worst, de spite Germany’s huge problems with gas supply and the forest fires in southern Eu rope.There is no sign of a strong leader. The Conservative candidates were an enthusias tic but immature young man and an opti mistic but vacillating woman. She will head the government until Keir Starmer wins the nextTheelection.Conservatives are in disarray. We
increasingly disconnecting them selves from their communities.
So, in theory, we are faced with a battle between ideologies. Despite the collapse of the NHS, with so much chaos in the private sector, especially energy and water suppliers, nationalisation needs to be seriously consid ered in some areas. This is no longer a battle between classes or between capitalism and socialism. It’s a battle for survival.
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Although the player has impressed since starting life on the Costa Blanca, Elche are currently second bottom of the table, with just one point out of five LaLiga games played and 13 goalsAfterconceded.startinghis new side’s first game on the bench, Colla do has started the following four.
As Boca Seniors enters its first season in the Costa del Sol League, we at walkingfooty. com are extremely grateful for this act of generosity which will not only benefit walking foot ball teams, but also all the play ers of all ages of Competa
ELCHE FC will be able to play summer signing Alex Collado against FC Barcelona at the Nou Camp on Saturday, Septem berBarcelona’s17. on‐loan midfielder Alex Collado will be able to play for LaLiga side Elche against his parent club as his loan deal does not include a clause that permits it.
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the game eventually ended in a 7‐2 defeat for the Competa team.It’sa long season and Boca will definitely be competitive once it starts. Other Axarquia teams Torrox Tornedoes, As ton Viñuela and Nerja UTD continue their preparation for the new campaign and all are actively seeking new mem bers.Contact walkingfooty.com on Facebook for details.
Boca Seniors continued preparations for the new Euro Weekly News walking football league last week, with a game against fellow new team Mala ga el Cañadon. Boca started strongly taking the lead, but
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JOS KOEMEESTER is pictured below, he is a member of Boca Seniors Competa walking foot ball club, a lifelong supporter of Feyenoord in The Netherlands and Jos has a heart condition.
He wears a device on his wrist which gives him informa tion about the condition of his heart and whether he should be taking part in physical activi ty. In spite of his medical is sues, Jos is committed to play ing walking football with Competa as often as he can.
Collado OK to play
However, he was subbed off at half‐time during Elche’s 4‐1 loss to Athletic Bilbao on Sunday, September 11.
Jos handing over the defibrillator to the club.
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from heart conditions.
Football Club and spectators and officials alike.
Jos owns an IT company, and to mark 25 years in busi ness he has kindly provided a defibrillator for the club, as he is more aware than anyone of the importance of immediate first aid in contributing to the survival of those who suffer
ALEX COLLADO: Good news for Elche football club.
