Costa Blanca South 22 - 28 September 2022 Issue 1942

Coordination Centre (CI CU) confirmed that emer gency services were im mediately deployed to the beach after receiving a request for medical as sistance. These included

firefighters from the Provincial Consortium and two SAMU and Basic Life Support (SVB) units, complete with a team of medics.They performed ad

La Mata beach in Torrevieja.

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AS reported by the Provincial Consortium of Firefighters of the Diputa cion de Alicante, a mar ried couple drowned while bathing on Monday, September 19, at a beach in the Alicante municipali ty of TheTorrevieja.incident occurred in the La Mata district and reportedly involved a 56­year­old man and a 55­year­old woman. It is believed they became trapped by a strong cur rent in the sea and were subsequently un able to get out of the water.Several beachgoers no ticed that the couple was in difficulty and attempt ing to get back to the shoreline. Four of these brave people raced into the sea and swam out to them, eventually manag ing to pull the couple back to the beach.

“The kids play there dur ing the church’s Summer Club and it just makes the whole church campus that little bit more alive,” the church’s Maggie Dew said.

Kentish Plovers only nest if they consider that a natural space has the sufficient environ mental quality to establish themselves and raise their chicks.

THE Campoverde Church garden has always been a delightful place for the community to sit, to con template or meet friends.

The memorial benches are an essential part of the garden but local resident, Kerry Byrne, noticed that two had become very shabby and needed replac ing.“The church was, of course, delighted with Ker ry’s initiative and she set about raising the funds,” Maggy

nificent achievement and to Gordon who fitted them. And they would like to remind you of the words of Dorothy Frances Gurney:Thekiss of the sun for pardon,Thesong of the birds for mirth,One is nearer God's heart in a garden

KERRY BYRNE: Raised funds for two new benches for Campoverde Church’s garden

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Campoverdeadded. residents, friends and families donat ed more than €700, the benches arrived recently and have now been in stalled. Once they have had another coat of var nish, all the old plaques will be added to the new benches.People are also invited to have a plaque made, for the church to add to the

THE Generalitat de Valencia announced that it has awarded a sustainability prize to Almoradí on Monday September 19.

of a bike lane standing out for improving con nections. The bike path between Almoradí town centre and Daya Nueva industrial estate guaranteed Almoradí second prize in a category for towns with between 20,000 and 50,000 resi dents. The bike path project relied on coopera tion between the local police department and the council department for urban planning.

bench. “You or your loved one do not have to live in Campoverde but may have a connection with this de lightful village,” Maggie said.Ifyou would like to do so, get your plaque made and contact Maggie Dew on or ring 623016231 and she will arrange to have it fitted.The church would like to thank Kerry for her mag

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A spokesperson for Almoradí town council said that “it is important that Almoradí is con nected to other local towns in a way that guar antees safety for pedestrians”. Receiving the award is “a rpoud moment for the council and all of Almoradí”.

Than anywhere else on earth.

A TOTAL of three pairs of Kentish Plovers (Charadrius Alexandrinus) have nested on the dune in front of the Municipal Natural Park "Molino del Agua," located on the beach of La Mata deBetweenTorrevieja.them, the Kentish Plovers have had eight offspring which is great news at an en vironmental level at a local, and at both a regional and national level.

The tranquillity and the availability of food that they find both in the dunes and on the shore of the beach are essential for them.

La Mata Endagered species

Almoradí has won the sustainability prize for its environmental work in accordance with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Local work to develop sustainable urban infrastructure, efficient links between residen tial areas, industrial areas and sports facilities won the town the prize. The development sup ports the Generalitat’s goal of creating a low emissionAlmoradíeconomy.camesecond in the Generalitat’s sustainability awards with the town’s creation

Sustainable Prize for AlmoradíSitting pretty

These birds are found to be one of the most endangered species in the Valencian Commu nity, and, since 2021 they have been listed as "endangered" in the Red Book of Birds of Spain.Itspopulation has been reduced by more than 70 per cent in the last 30 years as a result of the loss of its habitat associated with the urbanization of the Levantine coast.

The Queen´s coffin was draped in the Royal Standard flag, with the imperial state crown, orb and sceptre laying on top, a symbol of the Queen´s powers which were then removed from her coffin in a gesture to signify power shifting to King FlowersCharles.adorned the coffin, in cluding Myrtle cut from a plant grown from the Queen’s wedding bouquet.TheDean of Westminster and the Archbishop of Canterbury conducted the service with speeches by the Prime Minis ter and the Secretary General of the Com monwealth. The end of the Service was marked by the Last Post and a nationwide two­minute silence. God Save the King was then played. At the end of the ser vice, the coffin was taken in procession before be

ters.The Queen was a family wom an with strong Christian faith. She raised four children in the public eye, eight grandchildren and 12 great­grandchildren. She also considered voluntary ser vice crucial and forged links with more than 500 charities and pa tronages, with whom she workedQueenclosely.Elizabeth II became woven into the fabric of British life and was a link between 2 billion people in the Common wealth. She will be remembered fondly by the public she served with grace and stoical dedica tion.

In other areas across Spain, expats took to bars and cafes to share in the momentous day.Ordinarily bustling, bars in areas with a large British presence had a noticeably som

ing taken in the state hearse to Windsor, passing her favourite pony, Emma and her corgis, Muick and Sandy. A Committal Service was held at 4pm, before a Private Burial in the evening. The Queen was laid to rest next to her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, at St George’s Chapel.

QUEEN: Was a family woman

Aged 25, the Queen Elizabeth changed expectations of a fe male monarch, becoming a ‘working Queen’. In this posi tion, she travelled across the globe, meeting heads of states and acting as a diplomat. She travelled to every corner of the

British expat and brother of football pre senter, Gary Lineker, Wayne Lineker had decked out his bar in Ibiza with Union Jacks as the service was broadcast inside. Holiday makers and local expats gathered to watch the service, drinking in silence with some wearing British themed clothing.

THE funeral held to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II’s extraordi nary service as monarch was filled with history and tradition. But what was the meaning be hind some of its most regal mo ments?

• A national bank holiday is likely to be declared to mark the corona •tion.King Charles is reportedly considering making changes to the Royal Family, possibly reducing the cost to the taxpayer and opening certain royal residences to the public.

A legacy of service Royal symbolism

Royal traditions

now?

• King Charles’ coronation is likely to be held at the start of 2023 in Westminster Abbey, where coronations have taken place for the last 900 years.

Tributes to the Queen

Another wrote: “Watching the queen's fu neral on holiday in Spain, has been memo rable beyond words. BBC coverage has been awesome. Proud to be British.”

The Royal Family previously issued a statement saying “Deeply saddened by the sorrowful news of the passing away of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, your beloved Mother, I would like to offer Your Majesty and the British people, on my behalf and on behalf of the Spanish Government and peo ple, our most heartfelt condolences.”

THE State Funeral for Queen Elizabeth II took place on Monday, September 19 at Westminster Abbey in London. Members of the international community took to social media to express their emotions and pay tribute to the monarch as the service hap pened.Expats across Europe and the world were watching the televised State Funeral on Monday with some British businesses clos ing down for the day and many British ex pats holding their own vigils. Some British owned businesses however remained open to allow people to have a drink in memory of the late Queen.

Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez al so sent his condolences, writing that the Queen “shaped history”.

What happens

• The Queen’s eldest son and lifelong heir to the throne, Charles takes over as monarch. He will rule as King Charles III, after being proclaimed King on September 11.

THE

Commonwealth, received 110 Heads of States and played an active role in British politics, working with 15 prime minis

Queen Elizabeth and King Charles

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their happiness at the atmosphere: “In Spain watching the funeral of HRH Queen Elizabeth the Second via You Tube

Rest in Peace ma’am

bre atmosphere as funeral proceedings got underway.Oneperson took to Twitter to express

Elsewhere, members of the Spanish Royal Family were in attendance of the ceremony in Westminster Abbey. King Felipe II and his wife, Queen Letizia attended the State Fu neral, along with disgraced former King Juan Carlos, who ordinarily lives in Saudi Arabia. Watchers took to Twitter to express surprise at seeing the monarch and former monarch sitting next to each other.

QUEEN ELIZABETH II ascended to the throne in 1952, in the vastly different post­Second World War period. Having vol unteered driving military vehi cles during the war, the Queen had already proven her deter mination to serve the British public.Following a groundbreaking coronation service, viewed on television for the first time for many across the globe, the Queen was well and truly on the path of a pioneering reign.

and CNN, so many others also watching on their phones/IPads, such lovely comments from non UK fellow guests”

• The national mourning period ended after the Queen’s state funeral, but the Royal Family will observe another week of mourning until Monday, September 26

• There will be changes to public life; the Bank of England will create currency bearing the King’s likeness (though currency in circulation will not be affected), the Royal Mail will start producing stamps featuring the King’s silhouette and new postboxes will be marked with the King’s insignia.

“The people of the coast have been neglected for far too long and have not been respected by the Orihuela government,” he added. “PI OC know exactly how they feel, as the founders all live

It’s official

The City Council and the Business Circle of Elche (CEDELCO) have signed a protocol of intent to study the economic impact that the temporary transfer of the Lady, Dama de Elche,

TORREVIEJA Tourist Informa tion was welcomed to the 28th Annual 50 Plus Beurs Fair in Utrecht, the Nether lands, from September 13 to 17.The fair is the world’s largest fair specifically for older people, showcasing ac tive opportunities for over 50s. This year’s event saw 545 organisations exhibit their opportunities for tourists in 4 pavilions over 5 days.The Dutch tourism market has been growing rapidly in Torrevieja over the past 5 years. The third biggest por tion of tourists to the Costa Blanca now come from the Netherlands. Tourist Infor mation Torrevieja has part nered with Dutch travel agency, PePe travel to offer tours to Dutch older people.

Older and retired people are particularly valuable to

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on the Petercoast.”pointed out that there would be an opportu nity to joining forces with local businesses, associations “and hopefully CLARO.”

PIOC aims to represent all the people of Orihuela Costa, a diverse multicultural com munity where integration and respect is key to the fu ture. “The new party will be organising Information Clin ics throughout Orihuela Cos ta in the coming months to help anyone wanting to know how to register on the Padron and more important ly, how to register to vote,” Peter“Yousaid.have a voice, you can use it at next year's election May 28th 2023.”

which is currently in the Ar chaeological Museum (MAN), would mean for theThemunicipality.Mayoradded: "This is an initiative that we con sider very interesting. It is positive and aligned with the Government's objec tives around an element as valuable, patrimonial, emotional and economical ly as it is for the Lady of Elche."Theresults are expected to be released in January 2023.

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ELCHE has commissioned a study of the economic im pact of the Dama de Elche on the Elche'stownMayor, Carlos Gonzalez, has confirmed that the main objective is "getting the Iberian bust back to be where it was found 125 years ago."

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popular months for Dutch tourists to visit Torrevieja are January, February and March to escape cold temperatures in northern Europe.

holidays. Over 50s tend to travel in couples and are in terested in culture and or ganised events, boosting the tourism industry. The most

the tourism industry since they opt to travel outside of the main tourism season as they do not depend on school holidays to organise

This local party tried for 16 years to make a difference, he explained, but unsuccess fully contested elections on two“Recentlyoccasions.PIOC offered an olive branch to CLARO to form a joint candidates,” Pe ter said. “To date, they do not agree that working to gether would be beneficial. We can only hope that CLARO will change their minds nearer the time.”

THE Party for Indepen dence Orihuela Costa (PI OC) announced that as from September 8, 2022, they are a legal political par ty.They will now be able rep resent the residents of the Orihuela Costa in next May’s municipal elections, said PI OC member Peter Houghton.

Alzheimer’s to “know that they are not alone”. Rais ing awareness about the condition can help to ob tain early diagnoses. Valera and Vives thanked AFAE for its work in areas beyond the reach of coun

"We are ensuring that new green spaces are incorporated and accessibility to the physical environment is improved and the capacities of urban drainage are taken advantage of."

SANTA POLA awards €544,000 for the works in Avenida SalamancaTowards the end of September, the works in Avenida de Salamanca should begin. This includes the urbanisation of the boulevard in its second phase between Monovar street and Obispo Bascunana Street.

Elche Alzheimer’s Event

cilAprovision.socialmedia campaign from the Spanish Alzheimer’s Association, CEAFA, will also return. Participants wear green gloves as a symbol of hope for Alzheimer’s sufferers.

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ELCHE will celebrate World Alzheimer’s Day with a special programme of events that will run from Wednesday, September, 21.

Elche Town Council an nounced the programme which will be held in con junction with the AFAE, a local organisation which works to support the fami lies of people with Alzheimer’s.LocalMinister for Social Care, Mariano Valera, and Minister for the Elderly, Puri Vives, announced the programme, which in cludes talks, a concert, ra dio and television pro grammes and an event held by activists. There will also be a special art exhibition called ‘Paint ourTheMemories’.President of the AFAE, Marisa Moreno, ex plained the importance of raising awareness about Alzheimer’s, saying it helps sufferers and fami lies of those with

The objective of this investment is to be in line with the sus tainable development objectives and the 2030 agenda.

Santa Pola City Council has decided to replace the previous approach, based on concrete and hard pavement, with a more current urban planning approach which is in line with the future challenges and objectives set for Santa Pola.

Trini Ortiz added: "The future plan for the municipality of Santa Pola is a friendlier place for pedestrians and sustainable means of transport”.

New green spaces

The Councilor for Infrastructure, Trini Ortiz, confirmed that "we are initiating a total change in the investment policy in terms of infrastructure."

up for missed events. Events will begin with a religious procession on 25th of September and will run through until a mass on 9th of Oc tober. A fun day on 30th September will fea ture a traditional dinner, a foam party, a DJ and a paella competition. Events for children will include a ‘Children’s Grand Prix’ ber 1.

THE exhibition will in clude unpublished pho tographs of the festivities of the Virgen del Pilar.

The Mayor for Benejuzar, Rosa Garcia, confirmed that "this exhibition is a collec tion of 83 years of history that accumulate the festivi ties of the Pilarica."

Virgen del Rosario Schedule

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Council announces schedule for Virgen del Rosario festivities

In total, more than 400 photographs have been col lected, some of them un published about floats, dances and photos of the Virgen del Pilar.

Benejuzar hosts

Betty Henderson

TORREVIEJA T own Council have an nounced the programme of events for the an nual Virgen del Rosario festival. The festival consists of religious events, honouring the Vir gen del Rosario, and community family fun events.Thelocal Minister for Events, Concha Sala, presented the schedule for the festival which will take place from 25th of September to 9th of October. Sala was joined by local council lor, Antonio Vidal and a representative from the church organisation Cofradía Nuestra Señora del Rosario de La Mata, María Rosa Gil, in announcing the schedule. The festival will be the first Virgen del Rosario festival without restrictions after the pandemic and event organisers hope to make

theThetown.exhibition has been made possible thanks to the collaboration of the resi dents of Benejuzar.

Rosa added: "We want to continue to promote it and to recognize the value it has for all people who come to Benejuzar."

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The Eloy García Lopez Au ditorium is hosting the exhi bition 'Memories of Pilar' 'Recuerdos Pilaricos' from September 16 until October 16.The exhibition is in hon our of the fiestas of the Vir gen del Pilar that have been and still are celebrated in

SANTA POLA Town Coun cil has launched its annual cleaning operation to prepare for the coming autumn and winter months. The cleaning programme ensures that wa ter management facilities are in good condition to handle the expected water intake of the coming season.

A POPULAR music event will return to the streets of San Pedro de Pinatar for the fifth time between September 23 to 25. The festival sees classical music flood into public spaces across the town to raise funds for local organisa

Elche Economic Aid

cious desserts was held to raise funds to support the Provincial Grand Master’s food bank charities.

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round maintenance opera tions, an intensive cleaning op eration is required every September to prepare for more rainy weather. Santa Po la has 1199 drains which face an intensive cleaning pro gramme every March and September, to bridge the gap between rainy and dry sea sons.

tions.This year’s theme will be the piano, with several per formances by acclaimed pi anists set to take place.

Elche mayor discusses the budget with council representatives

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Council employees prepare drains for winter rainfall

The raffle was well sup ported, and a large teddy bear was auctioned at the end of the afternoon.

Water System Maintenance

AllegroFestivalMusic

The festival will open with a performance of the En Clave Femenina concert on September 23, by renowned pianist, Raquel Garzás. Garzás is currently a resident performer at the Royal Conservatory of Mu sic in Madrid. Events con tinue the following day in the Condesa Villar de Fe lices park with a piano recital accompanied by so prano Carmen Muñoz, famed for her zarzuela and operaAlicanteperformances.chamber or

chestra, Virtuós Mediter rani, will also perform out side the Barón de Benifayó museum on October 24, Confitería Pedrín will cater for the

A total of €1,000 was raised for food bank chari ties. Should you have an in terest in joining Freemason ry, please email: sec@ glpvalencia.com.

Hidraqua uses digital tech niques to identify problem ar eas before cleaning.

ON Saturday, September 3, the local Freemason’s Lodge, Caledonia Lodge number 68, held a grand hog roast at the Masonic Centre, Sociedad Compas, Quesada.Theevent was well at tended by numerous Ma sons including the Provincial Grand Master, RW Bro Rod ney Bignell, and over 90 Brethren and their guests.

Entertainment for the af ternoon was provided by CarlaThisStone.event, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all, with Hog Roast rolls, numer ous summer salads and deli

The council delegation for water management, Hidraqua, will conduct a cleaning opera tion of gutters, sewers and wa ter pumping facilities prior to expected increasing rainfall from October onwards.

Thisevent.year’s edition will close with a performance of the ‘The Magic Flute’, adapted for family audi ences. The finale will be held outside the Barón de Benifayó museum on Octo ber 25.

A council representative ex plained that despite year-

As well as drains, authorities clean the sewerage network which consists of 119km of pipes. The work clears and pre vents blockages to ensure opti mal drainage times. The 27 wa ter pumping stations in the town are also being cleaned to prevent rainfall interference with water drainage and sup ply.

ing programme operated by the Generalitat Valenciana which aims to combine class room learning and qualifica tions with practical profes sional work experience. Young people aged between 16 and 29 can participate in the programme which has partnerships with local busi nesses to offer placements in a variety of industries.

Demonstrators to celebrate Pride and demand change.

As in previous editions the vouchers will be avail able at the social centre ad joining the town hall on September 24 and 25 and again on October 1 and 2. The vouchers can be spent until October 23.

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Church in Torrevieja on September 17.

STUDENTS on the T’AVALEM youth training programme led tours in the Rábita and the Fonteta on the 10th of September and in Guardamar del Segura on 17th of September. The guid ed tours are led by students on the programme and aim to give guests information about the cultural heritage, history and geography of their local area. Another two tours are scheduled to take place on 24th of September in Rábita and Fonteta and Castillo.T’AVALEM is a youth train

business, above all now that we are emerging from a dif ficult time.”

Local Heritage Tours Pride Manifesto Presented

ping workplace discrimination against LGBTQ people. Demonstrators also urged the council to create a ‘Hate Crimes Unit’, tasked with end ing hate crime. The manifesto is based on re search into discrimination against LGBTQ peo ple.Elche

Betty Henderson

“We are very pleased to be able to continue with these campaigns because they are important for small

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The town hall’s Com merce department is collab orating with ACE, the town’s shop and business owners’ association, and this year al so counts on the Diputacion provincial council, which has allocated €44,984 to the scheme.Benejuzar residents who

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The tours are free to attend but visitors are asked to regis ter their interest by email: formationil.comtasturisticasguardamar@gmavisiorbycallingTouristInat:965724488

Pride closed on Sunday night, meaning it is one of the latest yearly Pride events across Europe, at the end of the summer season.

LAMENTING the death of Queen Elizbeth II, Fr Richard Seabrook said that Her Majesty always made clear the depth of her Christian faith.“She gave us a supreme example of service and commitment to her peoples throughout the world for more than 70 years,” declared Fr Seabrook, priest of the Church of England Chaplaincy of Ss Peter and Paul in Torrevieja. The Chaplaincy commemorated the Her Majesty’s life at a special service at La Siesta

BENEJUZAR has launched the third edition of its Vale x 4 voucher scheme.

are over 18 will pay €5 for a €20 voucher, hence the ini tiative’s Vale x 4 name.

“This will put up to €60,000 in circulation,” said Benejuzar’s Commerce councillor Manuel Parra.

ALMOST 400 people took part in a march for LGBTQ rights in Elche on the evening Satur day September 17,, as part of Pride celebra tions in the Demonstratorstown. walked from Plaça dels Al geps to the Paseo de la Estación where they met with local Minister for Equality, Mariano Valera, politicians, NGO leaders and town mayor, Carlos González. There was a celebra tory atmosphere as demonstrators gathered with music, dancing, performances and food trucks.March organisers presented a manifesto of demands including equality for all in education with a ‘childhood without stereotypes or gen der roles’, acceptance and ratification of the ‘Trans law’, as well as a commitment to stop

Fr Seabrook had commented earlier, “I know how deeply people in the Torrevieja area have been affected by Her Majesty’s death and would wish to gather to remem ber and honour her long reign and life of ser vice.“Many will have met her and many more will not, but everyone feels as if they knew her. Her Majesty has been part of all our lives and most of us have known no other reign.”

Guided tours get underway

Thanksgiving and remembrance

Existing infrastructure was in a bad state of re pair, explained AGAMED’s managing director, Jorge Ballesta. Most of these waterpipes are buried far below ground in muchused areas, hindering ade quate maintenance, he ex plained.Torrevieja town hall has a 26 per cent holding in Agamed and on Septem ber 16, local mayor Eduar do Dolon, accompanied Jorge Ballesta and Agamed’s assistant man ager Gemma Cruz visited both Alta de la Casilla and Calle Apolo, where main drainage pipes are being substituted.TheCalle Apolo system has to cope with one of the town’s principal sewage networks which the town hall said was a source of leaks and spills and had been due for re newal for some years.

ON 19th of September, Elche’s Town Mayor, Carlos González announced an initiative to get school chil dren reading. Several schemes will launch simultane ously to provide free books for the region’s 25,600 chil dren.The town council is expanding the provision of schemes such as the ‘Xarxes Llibres’ programme which launched in 2015. González explained that the initia tive aims to provide the required reading for school courses for free, promoting equal opportunities in ed ucation. By eliminating the large cost of course books to parents at the start of the school year, children from every social and economic background are guaranteed the same opportunities the mayor explained.

González also announced that Elche will once again participate in the ‘Fem Escola’ initiative which provides workshops and extracurricular activities for children from lower income backgrounds.

READERS will be aware by now that we are waiting for a promised phone call from Torrevieja’s Animal Protec tion councillor, Concha Sala. This newspaper has over the past few months been contacted by volunteers at the Albergue Municipal (Mu nicipal Shelter) as well as lo cal residents, concerned at the sketchiness of food and otherThesupplies.Shelterhas more than 70 cats and kittens but was designed for probably half that number, and volunteers have revealed that what ar rives from the town hall is not nearly enough to go

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Linda Hall AGAMED, is currently making €287,228 improve ments to Torrevieja’s do mestic water supply and main drainage network. This has involved renew

ing waterpipes in north Torrevieja’s Alto de la Casilla area, which take domestic water to approx imately three­quarters of the population in the town centre.

round.Matters could neverthe less soon improve, as one of our sources revealed that two employees have been assigned to the shelter under a subsidised employmentproviding“Surelyscheme.thismeans that the Animal Protection coun cillor will soon be doing more for the Shelter?” she said.

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policies still apply to dogs weighing up to 10kg and ser vice dogs.

Nestlé Purina has issued an owners’ guide for taking dogs on the trains to accompany the project. The guide con tains top tips to ensure the comfort of pets during long journeys and to avoid travel sickness, as well as maintain ing the comfort of other pas

THE Spanish national rail network, Renfe, has an nounced a new policy allow ing larger dogs to travel on its trains. Renfe has been run ning a pilot project on the pol icy from September15 in partnership with sponsor, Nestlé Purina.

‘La Niña’ is a global weather pattern associated with cooling sea tempera tures in the Pacific Ocean, creating more extreme weather in the winter sea son.This comes amid news that drought rates accelerat ed across Spain this sum mer, including the drying

tion of worsening drought across Southern Europe and in the Horn of Africa, which will have implications for millions of people as well as global supply chains and food production.

Human cost

A spokesperson for Renfe said that dogs up to 40kg would now be allowed to travel on its network, includ ing on a selection of AVE and long distance lines in the north­east of the country. The pilot project allows one large dog per passenger, with a maximum of two large dogs in a single carriage. Regular

‘Return of La Niña’

sengers.Owners of larger dogs have welcomed the news which al lows easier transportation op tions for people travelling mid­long distances within the country.

out of marshland in UNESCO site, Doñana National Park in WMOAndalucía.scientist, Petteri Taalas, said that the recur rence of the phenomenon confirms the WMO’s projec

DOGS: Now allowed on trains

POLICE have launched an operation against a human traf ficking network in Gran Canaria operating by sending child refugees to mainland Spain under fake identities. Officers have been investigating since the head of the Puerto de la Cruz youth migration centre raised the alarm about traffick ing cases in January.

As a result of police action, a judge in La Laguna sentenced two leaders of the scheme to prison and gave criminal cau tions to seven other individuals involved in the cases.

Dog Policy on Track

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THE United Nations’ World Meteorological Or ganisation has warned about the threat of climate change to Spain following a year of scorching tempera tures.As temperatures have started to fall again with the end of summer across Spain, further extreme weather events have been happen ing, including storms. The WMO warned about a triple episode of a known weather phenomenon, ‘La Niña’, which is unprecedented. The WMO predicts a 70 per cent chance of the phe nomenon continuing for the rest of the year.

NEXT April will mark 50 years since the death of the world famous artist, Pablo Picasso. French and Spanish authorities are gearing up to mark the oc casion with an 18­month

Picasso exhibition

remain under observation in the hospital for several days. Lleó said it was too soon to know the extent of damage done by the stroke, particular ly since Pujol has only recently gained full consciousness.

style of art. Picasso spent the majority of his adult life living in France, where the other half of the com memorative project will take place. French Minister for Culture said the event would celebrate Picasso’s ‘inventive and often radi cal’ style of art.

Pujol has been under the care of Hospital de Sant Pau in Barcelona since having a stroke on Monday Septem ber 12. He underwent surgery at the hospital to remove a blood clot and is now able to eat, drink and speak again.

The 92­year­old was in oth erwise good health but will continue receiving rehabilita tive treatment throughout the coming weeks.

A range of contributors have prepared exhibitions which will run from Friday September 23 until 2024, with events scheduled to take place in galleries and public spaces across Spain andTheFrance.programme will launch with a sculpture ex hibition beginning in Madrid, before commem orative events take place across the two countries.

Catalan leader’s recovery

long schedule of events celebrating the revolution ary artist’s work and lega cy, 50 years on.

Pujol acted as president of Catalonia between 1980 and 2003 and is famed for his strong advocation for Catalan independence.

would be levied at 1.2 per cent of profits from all ener gy companies, while Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission only wants to tax 33 per cent of energy companies declaring high profits.

Energy tax feud

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The artist, who was born in Malaga, became well known for his abstract

Picasso has become known as one of the most influential artists from the 20th century, with com mentators saying his work captured the essence of the century with its tragedy and innovation.

FORMER president of Catalo nia, Jordi Pujol, is now in a sta ble condition after suffering a stroke last week.

The PP is requesting the government to make amendments to their cur rent proposal.

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Doctor, Albert Lleó, was su pervising Pujol’s recovery and gave a statement saying that the former president would

Hospital where Pujol received care after his stroke.

European Commission announces energy price cuts

A SPOKESPERSON for the Partido Popular (PP), Cuca Gamarra, has criticised the government’s energy tax plan amid calls from the Eu ropean Commission to re duce taxes on energy due to the energy crisis and soaring cost of Gamarraliving.insisted that the president, Pedro Sánchez withdraw his energy tax proposal and adapt it to meet the European Com mission’s standard. Gamar ra said that the PSOE’s com mitment to high taxes will hit energy consumers hard this winter. She said the ad ditional government tax revenue will not serve a specificSánchez’spurpose.proposed tax

However, an MRI scan re vealed some residual damage to the left side of his brain.

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The investigation would fo cus on the PP’s recent terms of governance, including un der Mariano Rajoy. Govern ing party, the PSOE has been attempting to expand the scope of the investigation to include groups such as Cata lan independence parties. The PSOE and other parlia mentary allies are expected to vote in favour of opening theAninvestigation.investigation would be the third into recent PP gov ernments after investigations conducted into internal spy ing and police brutality in Cat alonia.Congress will also be ratify ing Finland and Sweden’s in corporation into NATO this week.

cro­state, Andorra. Spanish government leaders allegedly interfered in Andorra’s politi cal affairs along with mem bers of Catalan independence parties. A previous report, The Kitchen Report into the matter concluded that PP governments used govern ment resources and funds to cover up internal scandals.

THE Spanish Congress is to vote on whether to open an investigation into political corruption during the previ ous Partido Popular (PP) gov

work.The President brand has issued a product recall no tice for affected cheese and has withdrawn further units from being sold while an investigation is under way to find the source of the traces of metal. The President marketing team issued a statement saying they were removing the product from shelves in mul tiple countries across Europe.

ernments.Theinvestigation would look into audio clips that sup posedly indicate interference with the sovereignty of mi

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Consumers who have already bought the affected products are advised to refrain from eating them and to return them to their point of purchase as soon as possible. Customers can obtain a refund for the re called products.

The affected units are Président rulo cabra Sainte Maure in size 180g and Président queso cabra Riblaire in size 1kg with expiration dates in October. The Agen cy for Food Safety and Nutrition also issued images of the affected products on their social media pages.

President cheese recalled Corruption investigation pending

THE Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition is sued a warning on Thursday September 15 over Presi dent branded goat’s cheese after pieces of metal were discovered in several units. The health department re ceived an alert through the European Food Alert Net

tence of up to 40 years.

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As Johnny awaits trial there is now much speculation about his potential sentence as well as the future for his wife, who her self is on bail, and the impact of these far­reaching arrests on theirTheson.Euro Weekly News will continue to update on this ma jor international news story as it unfolds over the coming months.

Another man, a well­known car dealer established for more than 20 years on the Costa del Sol with a car pound in Mijas, has also been arrested.

ing the property before burst ing in on Johnny, 62, and his wife, 47, while they slept on Monday, September 12.

JOHNNY MORRISSEY, the re ported head of the notorious Kinahan clan's money launder ing operation in Spain, has been arrested in a dawn raid at his rented El Faro apartment alongside his wife Nicola after "washing" up to €350,000 A DAY.

Police claim Johnny ran the

JOHNNY MORRISSEY: Has been jailed pending trial in Malaga province.

FAMILY BUSINESS: The Morrisseys were a big part of the community

Costa cash king

Police from the US, Ireland, Holland and Spain were seen on nightcam footage surround

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the Costa del Sol during Covid and Nicola was frequently seen delivering essential supplies, in cluding food and nappies, to families in need during the pan demic.Thecouple were frequently out and about together at com munity events with their son Sean and were regular spon sors of charity fundraisers across the Costa del Sol.

operation under the name of his own Gibraltar, UK and Costa del Sol­based company, Nero Vodka.Thenews of the enormity of the allegations has sent shock waves through the internation al community in Spain. During the pandemic­ as they launched Nero Vodka­ Johnny and Nicola had become wellknown for their staunch sup port of local charities, as well as the individual help they had giv en to locals struggling during Covid.The couple´s Nero popup events were credited with help ing to revive hospitality across

Following the raid, Johnny and Nicola were marched from the property in handcuffs while police searched their belong ings and other properties, al legedly finding large amounts of cash, a machete, false­bot tomed vehicles, and docu ments they say could be impor tant to their case. Electrical devices, including phones, com puters, and TVs, were also seized.Officers say they believe Morrissey could have laun dered up to €200 million during 2020 and 2021 through his Cos ta del Sol­based operation. He now faces the risk of being ex tradited to the US, where mon ey laundering carries a sen

Following their arrest, Johnny and Nicola spent two nights in police custody before appear ing at a court in Marbella to gether on Wednesday, September 14. Nicola has since been released on police bail while Johnny is being held at Al haurin de le Torre prison pend ing trial. According to Europol, Morrissey helped run the world's largest "Hawala" laun dering gang­ using encrypted codes to move large sums of money­, facilitating and financ ing the criminal activities of the Kinahans and other gangs.

The raid­ which took place on their Son Sean´s 10th birthday­

was part of a series of 11 simul taneous Kinahan­related ar rests on the Costa del Sol, in Holland, in Heywood, Greater Manchester and Glasgow.

SPANISH politicians from across the floor wished Queen Letizia a happy 50th birthday. The Queen and for mer journalist turned 50 on Thursday, September 15 and well­wishers were eager to send their congratulations.

happy birthday, thanking her for “her dedication, her hard work and her solidarity” as she turned 50. He praised her “dedication to service and sense of duty to the country.”

The leader of the opposi tion also extended his warm wishes to the Queen. The leader of the PP, Alberto

Birthday

No more travel forms

AS of Tuesday, September 20, passengers arriving in Spain by air or sea from countries outside the European Union no longer have to present the Spain Travel Health (SpTH) con trol

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Theform.news was published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) on Monday, September 19, signed by Pilar Aparicio, Spain's Director General of Public Health.

The document was previously required to enter Spain . It contained information related to the traveller´s trip, person al identification, contact and location, and epidemiological data. It also displayed information from a vaccination certifi cate or diagnostic test.

Núñez Feijóo, wrote a mes sage on Twitter thanking the Queen for “her exemplary work and her commitment to Spain.”TheQueen received several celebratory messages on so cial media ahead of her big day. Messages included one from the Spanish Agency for Trade and Development who congratulated their distin guished ambassador, thank ing her for being a valued member of their team and representing Spanish trade and business development at every opportunity.

The president, Pedro Sánchez, wished the Queen a

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greetingsQueenLetiziaofSpaincelebratedturning50.

As stated by the health authorities, the move to scrap this document requirement is another step toward: "the nor malisation of international travel, with the least possible im pact on public Temperaturehealth".controls at all airports in the Spanish territo ries, and the mandatory requirement to wear a facemask on flights will remain in force for the time being, however.

grandmother’s coffin.

At the time of his death, Butler was reportedly on the Inca Trail charity trek to Machu Picchu in Peru, rais ing funds for Prostate Cym ru. He was 65 years of age.

BBC commentator passes

Between 1980 and 1984, Butler played at No8 and

their most respected sports commentators and broad

On Saturday, September 17, a similar vigil took place, involving the Queen’s eight grand children. They stood in silence alongside their

“Common sense has prevailed. It was a ludi crous situation given the Duke of Sussex has served his country and is a highly respected member of the armed forces with everything he has done for veterans,” a royal source told UKPrincepress.Andrew had previously been banned from wearing his military colours to any of the funeral ceremonies after Her Majesty stripped him of his honorary titles earlier this year while his legal case with Virginia Guiffre was ongoing.

ON Friday, September 16, a special vigil was held in Westminster Hall, attended by Her Majesty the Queen’s four children, during which Andrew and Harry donned their military uniforms. It was a repeat of a similar vigil that took place earlier at Edinburgh’s St Giles’ Cathe dral where King Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward all stood guard over their mother’s coffin.

was a member of the invin cible Pontypool side. He subsequently captained Wales on six occasions, winning 16 international caps in total. Such was his stature that he was called up to play in the 1986 British and Irish Lions for the tour of New Zealand.

casters.Hewas widely recog nised as being the ‘voice of rugby’. Working at the BBC he formed a sectioncolumnhooker.Moore,partnershipcommentatingwithBriantheformerEnglandHealsowroteaweeklyintheRugbyUnionof The Observer

When his playing career finally came to a close, But ler found himself being of fered a job by the BBC, where he became one of

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Princes in uniforms

Sport, while also writing for The Guardian

EDDIE BUTLER , the leg endary BBC sports com mentator and former Welsh international rugby captain, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, September 15.

Spain imposes an annual wealth tax, in addition to income and capital gains taxes, which generally hits those with worldwide assets worth over €1 million – there is a personal al lowance of €700,000 plus up to €300,000 for a resident’s main home.

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Setting up home in Spain is always a pleasure, whether you plan to live here permanently or enjoy regular visits. You may already have a check list of jobs as you settle into your new home, but it is important to include reviewing your financial planning on that list.

UK nationals also need to under stand the UK Statutory Residence Test and make sure you apply the rules

Careful and early financial planning can help you make the most of what Spain has to offer. The sooner you car ry out your tax and wealth manage ment planning, the sooner you can re lax and get on with enjoying your new life here. Cross-border wealth manage ment is a complex area, so take special ist advice to secure the best results.

Taxation in Spain

Tax residency in Spain is not just about day counting. You could be resident even if you do not live in Spain but your spouse and/or minor dependent children do, or if your centre of economic interests is here.

Pensions

You can often use compliant ar rangements to lower taxes on invest ment income, assets, pensions and es tate. Depending on your situation, you may be surprised at how much tax you can save.

The State rates range from 0.2% to 3.5%, but they can vary a little across regions.Therates and allowances for Span ish succession and gift tax depend on the beneficiary, where the de ceased and the beneficiary are resi dent, and where the assets are located. Rates, allowances and exemptions vary per region, so seek advice from a local adviser to understand how your family will be affected.

Spaincorrectly.residents are liable for Span ish income, capital gains and wealth taxes on worldwide assets and subject to Spanish succession and gift tax rules, as well as annual reporting of assets. Establish how your wealth is

affected by these taxes and what miti gation opportunities are available.

Your savings and investments

The sooner you review your sav ings and investments, the better. Make sure they are structured in the most suitable way for your new circumstances and objectives, tak ing your appetite for risk into ac count.British expatriates need to think about currency. Once you are living in Spain and spending Euros daily, keeping savings in Sterling makes your income vulnerable to exchange rate fluctuations. Look for structures that let you diversify by holding in vestments in multiple currencies, with flexibility to choose the currency of Atwithdrawals.thesame time, you want them to be structured in the most tax-effi cient way for Spain, and to meet your estate planning wishes.

Pensions are another key issue to consider. There are various options available for UK retirees, but you need to weigh them up carefully, looking at how they work for you and the Spanish tax implications. Seek personalised advice.

However, the EU succession regu lation ‘Brussels IV enables foreign na

tionals to elect for the law of their country of nationality to apply.

Setting up home in Spain? The financial essentials

Besides succession and gift tax, you also need to understand how Spanish succession law and its forced heirship regime will affect your family.

Estate planning

By Jon BlevinsPartner,Pemberton,Franks

Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning tax ation are based upon our understand ing of current taxation laws and prac tices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual is advised to seek person alised advice.

One will be held Friday, December 9, in the San Ful gencio Teatro while on Fri day, December 16, both groups will perform Christ mas music together in the evening at the main plaza in Torrevieja.Inaddition, Crescendo In ternational Choir plans at least three public concerts of its own. The first will take place at Salt Church in Los Montesinos on November 26 at Concerts6:00.PM.

In the month of December, two Crescendo and RBL con certs are planned.

to be enjoyed is the Pilot's boat palei bote "Pascual Flores" which is a 3­masted sail boat that formerly transported salt between Torrevieja and North Africa.

The Andalusian Galleon will be open to all those who want to discover what it was like and how people lived and worked on a Span ish galleon 400 years ago.

Ticket prices are €7 for adults, €4 for children and €18 for families of up to 5 people.

Crescendo International Choir

Ticket prices are €45 for adults and €25 for children.Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.velacuadra.es

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Afterwards, an exhibition will be held at the Interpretation Centre with the winning and runner­up entries.

TORREVIEJA will participate in Alicante Gastronmica which will be held from September 23 to 26Torrevieja

City Council contin ues with its firm commitment to consolidate the municipality as a benchmark in tourism.

SANTA POLA celebrates the 50th anniver sary of Club Nautico

If you are interested in join ing Crescendo, see the Crescendo website at crescendo­choir.comThechoirwouldbe delight ed to have more male singers, especially basses. The choir includes sopranos, al tos, tenors and basses.

COUNCILLOR for the Environment, Patricia Menarguez, confirmed that the first international painting competition "Palmeral de Orihuela" is to be held on October 15.

IT is a busy autumn Itinerary for Costa Blanca Crescendo International ChoirCrescendo International Choir has many concerts planned this season including several with the Royal British Legion.Thefirst one is to be held with the Royal British Legion (RBL) in Benidorm and will take place Saturday, October 15, at 7pm at the Don Pon choOnHotel.Friday, November 11, Crescendo will be performing with the RBL at the Plaza de Constitucion in Torrevieja for a Poppy Day remembrance service. The time of the event will be publicised later.

Torrevieja will be present with a stand at Alicante Gas tronmica.Theevent takes place from Friday, September 23, to Mon day, September 26, at the Ali cante Trade Fair Institution (IFA).

Siesta Church in Torrevieja.

Choir rehearsals began September 5 and will contin ue until June Rehearsals2023.take place at Rincon de Miguel Restaurant in Los Montesinos on Mon days between 5.45pm to 8pm.

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In the Paleibote you can enjoy a 3­hour day of navigation both in the morning and in the afternoon, with a maximum of 50 people.

are also planned for Saturday evening, Decem ber 10, in Benijofar as well as Saturday, December 17, at La

Patricia confirmed: "During the day the artists, who wish, can come to the BIC and capture on canvas what their eyes can"Thesee."themes of the paintings will be exclusively those re lated to the Palmeral de Orihuela, their interpretation being free."Ifyou would like to enter fill out the form on: www.palmeraldeorihuela.comThecompetitionincludes three prizes, which will be awarded on the day of the event; the first prize of €1,500, the second prize of €750 euros and the third prize of €500 euros.

50th anniversary

Orihuela Painting Competition GastronomicaTorrevieja

Within the events of the 50th anniversary of the Club Nautico, the port of Santa Pola will welcome the Galeon Andalucia which is a replica of the Spanish galleons in the 16th cen tury.Also

Crescendo International Choir

The group sings a variety of songs ranging from musicals to spirituals, from pop to clas sical, in English and Spanish.

From September 28 to October 2, Santa Po la will welcome two historic ships.

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has warned employers to re main cautious during the hir ingAprocess.recentONS report found

AS the job market in the UK evolves, a top screening firm

Many in South Africa view the removal of the diamonds as illegitimate, as do many other countries colonised by the UK.South Africa is not alone in its call with many African countries persistently fighting to recover cultural artefacts taken by colo nial powers or looted by British soldiers.

LEICESTER police have made a call for calm after unplanned protests in the city spilled over into a night of violence. On Saturday, September 17 as the police struggled to contain the groups of youths in the east of Leicester.Adispersal order was put in place allowing the police to stop and

Sterling warned that while skilled labour remains in short supply, hiring companies should remain diligent dur ing the hiring process. It stat ed that efforts to save time in the hiring process would cost firms in the long­term. Steve Smith, president of the company warned that sloppy hiring processes could cause headaches for employers who need to rehire and could even face financial difficulties if employees have to pay back wages. The firm even high lighted a case of fraudulent qualifications that saw a for mer NHS Chief Executive fired.

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A statement issued by Leicester shire Police said: "Parts of East Le icester experienced serious disor der on Saturday 17 September when large crowds formed after

What caused the protests is not clear and has not been confirmed by police although some news net works are suggesting it may be to do with friction between two groups from the Asian community following a cricket match.

Two men were arrested, one on suspicion of conspiracy to commit violent disorder and the other on suspicion of possession of a bladed article.

search as well as to ban people from specific locations for up to 48 hours. The powers also allowed po lice to return anyone under the age of 16 to their home.

CALLS are growing for the royal family, fol lowing the death of Queen Elizabeth II, to re turn the 500­carat great star of Africa or Culli nan I diamond after it was removed from South Africa by colonial authorities.

that UK job vacancies fell by 34,000 during the last quarter, but a screening and back ground check services firm, Sterling, suggested that em ployers should remain cau tious during hiring processes. The company’s report, ‘Hiring Reimagined’, found that 22 per cent of candidates consid ered dropping out during hir ing processes due to poor background checks.

Leicester protest

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With calls growing for the royal family to re turn the “stolen” great star of Africa diamond, pressure will grow upon King Charles III to make reparations or to at least return those arte facts considered important to the countries from where they were taken.

According to a report on Saturday, Septem ber 17, calls for the return of the diamond and other artefacts have intensified since the Queen’s death.

groups of young men began an un planned protest

He is the biggest name to have signed up for the next series and it is a real coup for the show,” a source told one publica tion.They continued, “Matt knows there is a mixed perception of him in the public eye and he wants to go on the show to re veal a different side to himself.”

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SEVERAL football clubs are reportedly un der investigation after going ahead with lower league matches despite a blanket ban following the death of the Queen. The investigation has sparked contro versy however, with some believing the ban went too far. Former England Interna tional Peter Crouch said: “I know it’s only a game and some things are much bigger but imagine all our games went ahead this“Blackweekend.armbands, silences observed, na tional anthem, royal band playing etc to

Mourning ban snubbed

the millions around the world watching? “Isn’t that a better send­off?” Clubs that are being investigated in clude Sheffield International FC and Byron House, whose game went ahead prompt ing the Sheffield and District Fair Play League to condemn the “disrespectful and despicableSheffieldbehaviour.”&Hallamshire County FA said in a statement: “There will be an investi gation into this matter, and these two teams will be dealt with in the strongest possible terms.”

DARES WINS’ bosses have pulled off a major coup by getting former Health Secretary Matt Hancock to sign up for the nextChannelseries. 4 chiefs will make 43­year­old Han cock the first­ever serving MP to appear on the pop ular show. The Tory MP for West Sussex will face

Massive scoop

some gruelling challenges set for him and his fellow contestants. An elite team of former British special forces operatives will be joined by ex­Navy Seals in this no­holdsbarred“Mattshow. impressed ‘Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins’ producers when he spoke to them and has now agreed to take part.

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Celebrity Interview with Duke Fakir

started out very young, without any guidance, making very little mon ey. It was nine years be fore we reached Mo town,” recalled Duke Fakir.The music legend at tributes a lot of his busi ness and work ethic to his“Myparents.father was origi nally from East India, now Bangladesh, and he used to make and play sitars on the streets of India, until he decided to move to Canada to look for factory work”.

care of as soon as the Four Tops classic “Baby I Need Your Loving” be came a hit.

called.“He said he’d think about it and the next day he gave me a cheque for 10,000 dol lars and another cheque for 2,000 dollars to cov erIttaxes.”wasafter this ex

change that Duke Fakir realised the importance of making sure the busi ness and finance side of things were covered.

Roquel Payton and Ron nie“AfterMcneir.this tour I’m planning on stepping away from the stage now that I’ve written my book, which is basi cally a recipe for our up coming musical, which I’ve always wanted to do,” stated Producer,Fakir.Paul Lam bert who is currently working on The Four Tops stage musical enti tled “I’ll Be There”, be lieves their ambitious musical has worldwide potential, rivalling mu sicals such as Jersey Boys and Mamma Mia.

“I heard a great quote which states: “He has achieved success, who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much”, and that I think summarises Duke to a tee,” concluded Lambert.

“My mother was still working so I went to Motown producer Berry Gordy and asked for an advance,” Fakir re

From left to right: Levi Stubbs, Renaldo “Obie” Benson, Duke Fakir and Lawrence Payton.

Paul Lambert and Duke Fakir.

THE outnessondon’tslearningthroughoutbusinessmanagedThefounding1935,bornningbusinesssecretsDukeNewswithanbusinessbandwasRenaldoLawrenceLeviFourAmericanworld­renownedquartetTheTopsformedbyStubbs,DukeFakir,Paytonand“Obie”Benson,notjustamusicalbutalsoaglobalandbrand.InexclusiveinterviewTheEuroWeeklyfoundingmemberFakirrevealsthetothegroup’ssuccessspan44years.Abdul“Duke”FakirDecember,26,thelastremainingmemberofFourTops,haslongthegroup’saffairsitshistory,thedo’sandofbusinessearlyinhiscareer.“Ourcustomisedbusiwascreatedmostlyofnecessity.We

“While on a boat trav elling there, he heard that a factory in Detroit would take men of any colour on the same pay scale, so he jumped straight into the Detroit river and swam to shore.”Duke Fakir made sure his mother was taken

Duke Fakir’s interest in business and finance led him to fall into the role of the group’s busi nessman.“Iwasvery interested in finance, I would have studied something like that, which I had in tended to do as I had received a scholarship for college through bas ketball, and had always considered business as a possible major, but we started singing just before that,” said Fakir.

Duke Fakir.

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Duke Fakir will be touring the US, Aus tralia, Belgium, England, Holland and other Euro pean countries later this year with The Four Tops latest line up including Lawrence Payton’s son

EXCLUSIVE

From left to right: Lawrence Payton, Renaldo “Obie” Benson, Duke Fakir and Levi Stubbs.

The politician and head of a business empire spanning chemicals, farming, food and media in dustries is standing trial over a €2 million EU sub sidy which was used to build a conference centre shortly before Babiš began a political career in 2011. Separately, Babiš has been accused of a conflict of interest by the European Commission after his business group allegedly received pref erential subsidies while he was in power.

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ment, though he is in opposition due to a coali tion forming against him. He is a potential candi date in the country’s presidential elections next year, but could face a jail term if found guilty. The trial began Monday September 12 in Prague with spectators filling the gallery to watch the highly awaited case. It will run into October.

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Former PM’s fraud case

SWEDEN’S Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson re signed following her election loss. Andersson’s Social Democrat Party conceded de feat to a right­wing bloc of par ties who won 49.8 per cent of the vote. The Social Democrat Party remains the largest in government with 30 per cent of the vote, but the right­wing coalition secured enough seats to take power. The rightwing coalition consists of farright party, the Sweden

DENIES CHARGES: Babiš is seen in court.

tion in parliament, including the Swedish Committee Against Antisemitism who highlighted the party’s previ ous ambiguity over whether Jews can be Swedish or not. The SD was created out of neo­Nazi groups in the 1980s, but has since tried to distance itself by excluding racists and taking on an ‘open Swedish ness policy’ in the ethnically di verse nation.

Democrats who will govern with the Moderates, Christian Democrats and Liberals. The coalition is yet to formalise a plan for government. Jimmie Åkesson, SD leader, said it was now time to “make Sweden good again.” The leader of the Moderates, Ulf Kristersson, is tipped to be next Prime Minis ter after finishing third. Some groups expressed concern at the SD’s increased representa

Babiš denies the charges against him, describ ing them as politically motivated. Babiš remains the leader of the largest party in Czech parlia

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Swedish PM is out

FORMER Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, is on trial, accused of a major fraud scheme.

If proved correct, French complicity in the attacks could constitute a crime against humanity.

THE UN nuclear watchdog said on Saturday, Septem ber 17 that four main power lines at Zaporizhzhia have been repaired and that it is once again supplying the plant with electricity from the Ukrainian grid.

The French government deny any wrongdoing.

Private jet smuggling

Potential disaster averted

God Save le Roi

THE organisations Egyptians Abroad for Democracy and Codepink have called for an investigation into French counter­terrorism strikes on the Egyptian bor der with Libya. Originally top­secret, Operation Sirli was conducted in 2016. It was intended to secure the 745­mile border.

Despite the UK’s exten sive list of male monarchs, the sheer length of the Queen’s reign meant that renditions of the alternative anthem have never seen modern technology.

A BIZARRE people­smuggling operation was foiled when border police intercepted longhaul flights during People­smugglersstopovers.issued migrants fake diplomatic papers for the Caribbean nation of St Kitts and Nevis. The refugees were then smuggled onto private jets from Turkey, des tined for the Caribbean, before they were in tercepted. Migrants were charged an esti mated €10,000 each by smugglers.

anthem available on Spotify. Kientz expressed his surprise at his version’s new popular ity and his sympathy for the Queen’s passing.

Several gramophone recordings of the previous version of the anthem sur vive, but are not accessible for today’s public.

sequently surrendered their fake identities to police and claimed asylum.

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The operation resulted in two private jets being seized. Police arrested five people in Rome and Brussels; three Egyptian men, an Italian man and a Tunisian woman. Two oth er suspects remain on the run.

They asked French prosecutors and the UN to in vestigate French complicity in Egyptian state crimes during the operation and allege that the original counterterrorism purpose of the operation was sub verted by Egyptian army forces, leading to civilian ca sualties.Multiple reports have established that French sol diers were aware of airstrikes used against civilians and had alerted their superiors of this information. The report states that French intelligence was mis used to target civilians.

Arnaud Kientz, a 51­yearold opera singer and teacher from Paris, recorded his ver sion by chance in 2017 when recording other national an thems including La Marseil laise. It is currently the only high quality version of the

Although the plant has been shut down, the fuel still needs to be cooled down to avoid a catastroph ic meltdown. The electricity will now be used to pump water through the core reac tors.

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The International Atomic Energy Agency watchdog said in a statement: "With the main lines now recon nected, the three backup power lines are again being held in reserve.” The IAEA remain on site overseeing the work and say the main power line is averting a po tential disaster.

Mission to Zaporizhzhya

War Crime Investigation

With ascension events getting underway, record companies are scrambling to provide a new version of the anthem.Fornow, the Frenchman remains lyrical master of the British national anthem!

The plant had to go into so-called “island mode” af ter the lines to the plant from the nearby coal-fired power station went down.

A 2017 RECORDING of ‘God Save the King’ by a French opera singer has become an unlikely internet hit.

Five separate flights were intercepted at stopovers in European airports between Oc tober and December 2020. The refugees sub

The international police operation was led by Italian officials with assistance from forces in Germany, Belgium, Austria and France.

A report by the Organised Crime Index identified St Kitts and Nevis as a potential des tination for human trafficking operations.

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THE new Swedish government is expected to comply with Turkey’s demands to allow them into the international defence bloc. The electoral success of right-wing Swedish Democrats could mean compliance with demands such as the extradition of alleged Kurdish terrorists wanted by Turkey. Sweden is the newest prospective member of NATO.

A BELGIAN airline has added nearly 40 new destinations for travellers to southern Africa. The destinations are all accessible by direct flights from Air Belgium. The airline is working in partnership with South African network, Air Link which will operate Air Belgium domestic flights within South Africa and flights to neighbouring countries.

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THE news of Queen Elizabeth II’s death was received by many in Ireland with sadness. Irish leader, the Taoiseach, Micháel Martin said that Irish people had a fondness for the Queen. He described her 2011 visit as a watershed moment in the history of relations between the United Kingdom and Ireland.

THE Norwegian government has announced the closure of several embassies and a consulate from 2023. Embassies in Sri Lanka, Slovakia, Madagascar and Kosovo will close, to be replaced with different consular services, including homebased ambassadors. Some embassies will receive more staff in an effort to better address demand.

A EUROPEAN Court order will force France to reconsider the repatriation requests of two refugee women who left the country in 2014 and 2015 to join IS in Syria and Iraq. The European Court of Human Rights said that the women are entitled to human rights protections due to their French citizenship.

VODAFONE has announced the introduction of ‘network slicing’ for the first time in the Netherlands. It is the first telecoms company to allow the technique. ‘Slicing’ works by allowing enterprise customers to access Vodafone’s wider mobile network in business operations. The policy has been tested in Norway and Austria.

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THE German Interior Ministry has ordered a group of male ‘rockers’ to disband due to links with organised crime and reports of violence. Police raided United Tribuns members’ addresses in an effort to ban the 1,700-strong group. Members have previously been convicted with sexual crimes, human trafficking and attempted murder.

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PROTESTS were staged across Denmark after a body set up by the ruling Social Democrat party recommended a hijab ban in Danish schools. The group’s aim of the proposal is to prevent ‘honourrelated social control’. The report also called for Danish language classes and more comprehensive sex education in schools.

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THE Finnish President, Sauli Niinisto, has announced that the country will be making it harder for Russians to gain visas through ownership of property. Until now, property ownership has been used to approve tourist visa applications. Finnish authorities are concerned about Russian acquisition of properties with military and strategic value.

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OFFICIALS at Lviv airport have announced that the airport will be the first to resume commercial activity. The main concern in reopening is safety, with Ukrainian ministers requesting back-up security forces including from the UN to allow the airport to reopen. Wizz Air removed a stranded aircraft from the airport this week.

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A SNAP election is due to take place on September 25 due to a government political crisis which saw Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, resign. Polls are predicting a win for the centre-right coalition which contains the far-right, previously fascist Brothers of Italy party. Giorgia Meloni admires Hungary’s leader, Orbán, who opposes gay rights and immigration.

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THE Portuguese housing market is experiencing a boom as prices are driven up by wealthy American businesspeople taking advantage of the current strong position of the dollar. Prices have been soaring throughout the Algarve, hitting record sums of up to $40 million. Average prices are up to 80 per cent higher than last August.

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Gratified to see literally hundreds of folk on social media are complaining about the shortage of different British cultures on display during the public lamenting of Queen Elizabeth. Even more are beginning to voice their dis satisfaction at the dysfunctional casting in a whole host of commercials being shown on British television.

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four). I quickly thrust my head back down under the covers. After a few minutes I warily reemerged and peered once again to the bottom of the bed –the vision had disappeared.

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STRANGE to look back and realise that I have actually been a follower of spiritu alism my entire life. Well not quite all of it; the experience began to emerge when I was around four years of age.

I truly don’t know how else to describe it. Shimmering white and serene, wearing a robe with a head covering, similar to those worn in the Middle East, it simply stood, half turned toward me, without making a Utterlysound.

Mum and I had our own bed room, containing a large double bed which we shared together. One night, with Mum softly dozing beside me, I suddenly awoke. For some obscure reason I found myself slowly raising my head above the blanket, my sleepy eyes immediately focused on the ap parition standing at the bottom of my bed.

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The next day I couldn’t wait to tell Mum and the family what I had seen. Somewhat to my surprise, they all poo poo’d my experience.’ Ah, they chided amusingly; ‘you probably saw the firelight flickering, or the moonlight coming through the window.’ To my true surprise, no one believed me, and they subsequently all soon for got ­ but I never have. I still remember as if it were yesterday. Pictures of Christ, which I observed later in life, were often very similar. And so my spiritual reality materialised. It has nev er left me.Ibelieve we all experience be tween 500 and 700 lifetimes on this earth and are steered by the teachings and knowledge we have gained in pre vious manifestations. If we feel some thing is wrong or right, or we suffer from claustrophobia or a fear of being crushed into the mud by stampeding horses, they are all the result of experi ences in a past existence. Think about it

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My family, without Dad of course, who was driving a tank against Rommel at the time, had returned from our war time evacuation to my grandparents’ home, which had mirac ulously survived the bombing.

Let’s hope this false, misdirected po litical marketing becomes so obvious that something is done about it.

Interesting to also note that the Labour party’s governmental leader ship in the seventies was ultimately la beled as ‘The Dark Ages’ and at the end of their Blair/Brown era their Chancel lor left a note for his successor declar ing that there was ‘no money left’ –Just saying!

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MORE THAN 100 economists and academics have signed a letter to the creditors’ negotiating committee for Zambia asking it to write off a large portion of the country’s debt.

The company has had a pro gramme called the ‘1% for the Planet Scheme’ since the 1980s which has raised $140 billion to be donated to climate organi sations. The company’s yearly profits will now be used to combat climate change.

tempt to boost production, which would drive a demand in consumption and stimulate economies worldwide. The bank believes that current policies of reducing consumption will further stall economic growth.

NEW British Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, faces mounting pressure to deal with a plethora of economic issues. The new government last week announced a £2500 cap on annual household energy bills but faces a continued economic downturn, including projected losses from an additional public holiday for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

THE German government has seized control of Russian oil giant, Rosneft’s German subsidiary, including 3 refineries. The refineries will be placed into a trusteeship until a European partial embargo on Russian oil the end of the year. Rosneft is Germany’s largest crude oil processing facility, with capability to process 12% of the country’s oil.

CHINESE retail sales surpassed financial experts’ expectations after growing by 5.4 per cent in August against a projected growth rate of 3.5 per cent Industries experiencing growth included car and food sales. Industrial production is also up by 4.2 per cent, beating expectations of 3.8 per cent. However, the property market suffered a decline due to poor demand and extreme weather.

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18 per cent to international institu tions.The IMF approved a loan of $1.3 billion to Zambia at the start of September after it defaulted on its $17.3 billion of external debt. Zambia has been forced to slash its public spending budget including on health care which it has cut by one fifth to balance its budget. The result is poor er public health, requiring further loans to resolve.

THE owner of sportswear equipment and clothing brand, Patagonia, announced on Wenedesday, September 14 that he is giving away the com pany and its profits to fight cli mate change. The 50 year old company is worth around $3 billion.Patagonia’s billionaire own er, Yvon Chouinard, an nounced the redirecting of profits to fight the climate cri sis. Changes include the dona tion of 98 per cent of the com pany’s stocks to an NGO called Holdfast Collective which fights climate change. The remaining 2 per cent of stock will be placed in a trust to protect the company’s values.

ZAMBIA: Is facing an economic crisis

The Bank said that synchronised in terest rate increases by banks aiming to combat inflation might not be suffi cient to bring it down to the pre-pan demic rate. The Vice-President of the World Bank said that the simultaneous nature of the interest rate increases had the potential to steepen the eco nomic crisis by reducing consumption

According to one publication, The Royal Family contribute a net average of £2.5billion per year to the UK economy with the largest share of this figure attributed to the boost in tourism.

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INFLATION is hitting con sumers hard in New Zealand. Food prices in the island nation rose 8.3 per cent during the month of August, which is the biggest rise in prices in 13 years.

The objective of the latest World Bank report is to avert the risk of a global recession while bringing infla tion rates back under control. The re port looks to data from previous reces sions.

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Zambia is at the point of economic collapse after multiple crises ravaged the economy. The country’s econo my has been hit by corruption scan dals, the pandemic and high interest rates on loans. As a result, the group headed by Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs, and Jayati Ghosh Jawaharlal Nehru University have asked creditors to offer the na tion debt relief measures including a debt payment waiver until 2023.

THE pound sterling is expected to coninue its declice for the third consecutive week. The cause of the fall is low UK retail sales, amid the worsening cost of living crisis. The Pound to Euro exchange rate plummeted to just 1.1433 on Friday September 16. The decline marks a fresh 37­year low against the Dollar.

THE World Bank has issued a warn ing about a potential global recession. The financial institute issued the warn ing in response to central banks simul taneously raising interest rates to com bat spiralling inflation rates.

New Zealand’s island location and a duopoly of supermarket companies has exacerbated the food price issue in the country. August’s rise in food prices marks the highest annual increase in this indicator since the global financial crisis hit in 2009. Food staples have risen in cost, including toma toes, by 162 per cent.

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Inflation in New Zealand has reached 7.3 per cent, conforming with the global tendency of rising inflation. As in other nations, the rise is being attributed to the en ergy crisis due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, supply-chain issues and the Covid-19 pandemic.

The group of economists works on behalf of charity, Debt Justice, which has announced its report before in ternational negotiations on debt re structuring begin at the end of September. Key attendees of the fi nancial restructuring talks will be rep resentatives from Chinese, British and French governments. Fourty six per cent of Zambia’s debt is owed to private creditors, such as company BlackRock, 22 per cent, to China, 8 per cent, to other governments and

The World Bank said that much of the world was experiencing the sharpest economic downturn since the 1970s. A moderate hit to the economy could now trigger a global recession. A spokesperson for the institution said “Global growth is slowing sharply, with further slowing likely as more coun tries fall into recession”. This would have calamitous results for the economies of developing countries.

prevent creditors from profiting from economic turmoil. Indeed, large loans from private companies and the IMF extend periods of economic downturn for indebted countries by design, due to cripplingly high inter est rates. Meanwhile, creditors such as BlackRock in Zambia profit up to 110 per cent on loans from debt in terest.Several other countries including Chad and Ethiopia will ask for debt relief measures, during financial re structuring talks.

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The World Bank warns about global recession

entirely.Afurther two-point increase in inter est rates might be required to bring in flation down, but believes that this would trigger a global recession. The bank projects that this 2 per centin crease in interest rates would cause GDP growth to freeze at 0.4 per cent per capita, defined as a global reces sion.To combat a recession, the bank suggested that policymakers should at

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Associated British Foods 1.333,5 1.333,5 1.313,3 23,37K

Spirax-Sarco Engineering 10.280,0 10.291,0 10.190,0 1,37K

Ocado 650,80 653,40 632,60 452,83K

Chevron 160,62 161,70 159,58 9,64M

Rightmove 595,60 600,60 592,60 464,96K

American Express 156,13 158,79 155,90 2,37M

Berkeley 3.630,0 3.636,1 3.551,2 5,41K

Carnival 816,0 829,0 810,6 36,05K

Centrica 80,56 81,56 80,32 2,87M

Ferguson 9.876,0 9.882,0 9.768,0 3,48K

Prudential 948,00 947,80 936,00 55,11K

Admiral Group 2.261,0 2.271,0 2.211,0 326,91K

Apple 152,37 155,24 151,38 89,74M

AstraZeneca 10.400,0 10.439,1 10.174,0 16,08K

IAG 107,46 107,70 106,62 659,53K

Imperial Brands 1.923,50 1.929,00 1.900,50 267,41K Informa 554,40 554,40 546,60 11,14K InterContinental 4.710,0 4.741,9 4.656,0 18,40K Intermediate Capital 1.216,50 1.239,50 1.200,00 132,80K ººCCOMPANYOMPANY PPRICERICE((PP)) CCHANGEHANGE((PP)) % C% CHGHG. NNETET VVOLOL COMPANY CHANGE NET / % VOLUME US dollar (USD) ........................................0.9973 Japan yen (JPY) 142.95 Switzerland franc (CHF) 0.9606 Denmark kroner (DKK) 7.4359 Norway kroner (NOK) 10.225 MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR MONEY WITH US See advertouronpreviouspage 0.87612 1.14092 LONDON - FTSE 100 C LOSING P RICES S EPTEMBER 19 Units per € COMPANY PRICE CHANGE OLUME(M) NASDAQ C LOSING P RICES S EPTEMBER 19 M - MILLION DOLLARS THE ABOVE TABLE USES THE CURRENT INTERBANK EXCHANGE RATES, WHICH AREN T REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RATE WE OFFER currenciesdirect.com/la-zenia • Tel: +34 965 994 830 EWN 22 - 28 September 2022 euroweeklynews.com FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL36

J&J 165,08 166,07 164,10 7,17M

GSK plc 1.337,93 1.341,67 1.332,23 120,49K

BHP Group Ltd 2.216,50 2.225,50 2.199,50 305,93K

Vodafone Group PLC 109,86 111,52 109,08 1,33M

Abrdn 146,45 146,45 142,55 287,05K

Rhythm Pharma

Salesforce Inc 154,78 159,84 154,31 6,93M

J Sainsbury 201,00 201,70 199,85 1,54M

Taylor Wimpey 108,70 109,05 106,00 3,36M

Burberry Group 1.715,0 1.725,0 1.702,5 5,55K

HSBC 535,40 535,60 529,50 410,31K

UnitedHealth 522,91 527,98 514,14 3,05M

Lloyds Banking 48,00 48,03 47,12 26,20M

Amgen 227,66 229,01 225,86 2,17M

JPMorgan 117,87 119,38 115,75 10,72M

DCC 4.814,0 4.814,0 4.780,0 4,92K

Data Action Technologies

Nabriva Therapeutics

Walgreens Boots 34,23 35,18 33,95 10,75M

Next 5.792,0 5.814,8 5.734,0 13,72K

Fresnillo 707,00 723,00 704,20 215,94K

Antofagasta 1.128,00 1.136,50 1.116,00 33,70K

Schroders 2.576,0 2.610,0 2.560,0 60,70K

1.81M Comera Life Sciences Holdings +25.70% 20.05M Austerlitz Acquisition II Wnt +20.83% 534.87K Republic First Bancorp +20.08% 1.14M Store Capital Corp +19.90% 57.34M Better Choice +19.15% 198.57K Most Declined Shuttle Pharmaceuticals -55.65% 5.21M Ironnet -44.55% 11.77M Eloxx Pharma -40.97% 1.27M Color Star Technology Co -39.54% 159.49M Alaunos Therapeutics

Anglo American 2.763,5 2.774,0 2.716,0 782,32K

EasyJet 350,86 355,00 347,20 325,73K

Nike 105,50 108,14 104,83 6,57M

ZW +37.40% 7.31M +27.27% 5.16M +25.71% -37.76% 40.45M -28.89% 1.42M -25.97% 2.10M -25.04% 4.18M -24.50% 3.49K -24.44% -22.62%

Secoo Holding

Tui 137,85 138,95 134,75 1,36M

St. James’s Place 1.102,00 1.102,00 1.078,00 10,71K

Home Depot 271,54 278,01 270,54 3,88M

Cisco 43,29 43,87 43,09 17,99M

Sage 716,20 718,00 710,80 789,19K

Scottish Mortgage 833,53 836,60 826,80 530,19K

Melrose Industries 110,00 110,91 108,70 1,03M

Goldman Sachs 331,62 335,28 327,59 1,47M

Caterpillar 182,49 186,54 181,68 1,92M

United Utilities 1.024,50 1.026,50 1.019,00 250,13K

Intel 28,84 29,41 28,71 39,51M

Diageo 3.768,5 3.768,5 3.721,1 20,22K

Walt Disney 110,77 114,41 110,71 9,58M

AMTD Digital

Land Securities 597,40 598,80 587,96 101,50K

Avenue Therapeutics

Halma 2.001,0 2.023,0 1.987,5 271,04K

National Grid 1.032,00 1.036,00 1.027,42 117,28K

Standard Chartered 611,00 611,00 602,34 64,12K

Intertek 3.908,0 3.952,0 3.887,0 51,82K

BP 458,50 460,54 454,25 564,63K

Glencore 486,98 491,95 480,26 2,10M

Legal & General 262,00 262,30 258,10 2,43M

DS Smith 271,40 272,40 265,90 1,55M

Samsung Electronics DRC 1.006,50 1.007,00 1.002,50 3,40K

Unilever 3.970,0 3.990,5 3.956,0 29,07K

Hargreaves Lansdown 855,60 856,60 838,20 26,44K

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Coca Cola HBC AG 1.940,0 1.937,5 1.921,2 12,92K

Barclays 172,94 173,08 170,82 16,26M

ITV 64,10 64,22 62,70 2,31M

London Stock Exchange 7.796,0 7.808,0 7.720,0 7,84K

Shell 2.318,5 2.340,5 2.312,0 99,82K

Norilskiy Nikel ADR 9,10 9,10 9,10 0

Dow 46,91 47,76 46,69 6,52M

B&M European Value Retail 340,00 342,60 336,00 788,21K

Bunzl 2.750,0 2.741,5 2.729,0 4,27K

Verizon 41,03 41,27 40,71 22,69M

Rosneft DRC 0,20 0,20 0,20 0

Johnson Matthey 1.968,0 1.970,9 1.948,0 0,61K

Whitbread 2.639,0 2.671,0 2.623,0 121,85K

British American Tobacco 3.457,5 3.472,5 3.416,5 603,11K

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Meggitt 798,00 798,00 798,00 0

Rentokil 518,80 520,40 515,40 1,00M

Smith & Nephew 1.061,50 1.062,50 1.048,50 612,47K

Rio Tinto PLC 4.709,5 4.720,5 4.655,5 48,71K

BT Group 140,50 141,10 139,50 3,65M

Segro 877,20 877,20 860,40 38,51K

Neurobo Pharmaceuticals

Experian 2.671,0 2.679,6 2.647,0 16,68K

Merck&Co 86,75 87,43 86,20 6,75M

3I Group 1.127,50 1.129,00 1.112,50 329,95K

Phoenix 608,80 609,40 604,00 257,53K

Most +85.60% 112.49M +47.21% 8.17M +40.65% 4.15M

SSE 1.749,00 1.750,78 1.721,18 43,21K

Honeywell 176,86 179,99 176,20 3,40M

Barratt Developments 431,40 433,00 419,60 1,54M

Visa A 195,37 200,31 194,53 6,08M

BAE Systems 771,00 773,80 765,00 152,42K

WPP 772,80 772,80 757,06 104,46K

Procter&Gamble 137,44 138,89 136,64 5,31M

Reckitt Benckiser 6.290,0 6.363,0 6.286,4 13,03K

Aveva 3.040,0 3.033,0 2.997,3 6,62K

Tesco 231,50 233,20 230,00 3,85M

CRH 3.061,0 3.061,5 3.014,0 234,13K

Rolls-Royce Holdings 76,04 76,06 74,89 2,83M

Severn Trent 2.629,0 2.640,0 2.620,0 87,87K

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Walmart 133,47 135,15 132,97 6,71M

Coca-Cola 59,53 60,40 59,36 11,22M

IBM 125,49 127,46 124,90 5,13M

Croda Intl 6.530,0 6.540,0 6.448,0 7,82K

Compass 1.917,50 1.922,50 1.901,00 801,29K

The Travelers 164,16 165,46 162,27 1,27M

McDonald’s 253,47 255,23 252,49 2,28M

Persimmon 1.450,0 1.456,0 1.429,0 1,07M

7.40M Esports Entertainment

Microsoft 245,38 251,40 244,02 31,31M

Hikma Pharma 1.268,00 1.271,50 1.223,50 180,89K

Smiths Group 1.522,00 1.523,50 1.503,00 141,16K

Flutter Entertainment 10.490,0 10.510,0 10.300,0 56,85K

Mondi 1.463,00 1.464,50 1.440,50 26,44K

NatWest Group 274,10 275,30 271,90 4,77M

British Land Company 405,00 405,00 394,80 73,91K

Relx 2.245,00 2.248,74 2.224,54 12,52K

Auto Trader Group Plc 618,00 621,20 616,00 49,38K

Aviva 442,90 443,30 438,20 1,39M

3M 116,42 118,74 3,61M

Ashtead Group 4.306,0 4.308,0 4.245,0 228,27K

BANCO Sabadell (SAB) is re portedly not interested in selling UK subsidiary TSB, ac cording to the Spanish bank's top executives, fol lowing a news article about a possible Sabadellbid.CEO César González­Bueno affirmed that although pleased with initiatives to buy it, they had no intention of selling.

SANTANDER Bank allegedly hired a law firm over the summer to investigate the visit of a group of bank em ployees to a strip club in Lon don after a day of meetings to find out whether younger workers were pressured to attend.

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FORMER goalkeeper Iker Casillas is set to be the new brand ambassador of XTB (X­Trade Brokers), joining a line of international figures including coach José Mour Casillas'inho. campaign launches on September 20 on online media and then on TV from October 3.

BIRDLIFE, ECOS, T&E and WWF have left BEUC, an EU Sustainable Finance Plat form, formed by a group of experts from public and pri vate bodies, academia and the business world that ad vises the European Commis sion on all its projects in this area. The organisation is made up of 45 consumer or ganisations from 32 coun tries.

Royal Estate admission income sat at £49.9M (€56.9M) in 2019­20 but this is only part of the royal family’s contribution, according to one report on Monday, September 19.In a year, sales made at the gift shops from the royal collection made £19.98M (€22.8M).

riod.The Royal Family confirmed that the Monarchy has sometimes been described as an expensive institu tion, with Royal finances shrouded in confusion and secrecy.

DESPITE the horrendous floods, Pakistan's Finance Minister, Miftah Ismail, confirmed he will not deviate from his obliga tions.On Sunday, September 18, the Finance Minister told press: “The path to stability was narrow, given the challenging envi ronment, and it has become narrower still.”

Pakistan will 'absolutely not' default on debt

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The minister also said that the Federal government had es tablished a commission tasked to slow down the growth of gasTheprices.German government has already recommended citi zens try to reduce the consumption of electricity, water and gas during winter.

THE Finance Minister for Germany explained that he was still looking at ways to ensure gas prices remained affordable for the people in his country.

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The Finance Minister added: “Yes, there has been a substan tial loss to the very poorest people and their lives will never be made whole again."

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The average royal upkeep per an num costs UK taxpayers around £500M (€570M), but Brand Finance estimates that the monarchy con tributes £2.5 billion (€2.8 billion) to the British economy in the same pe

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TRAVELLERS from all over the world head to the United Kingdom every year purely to see royal land marks, attend royal events and visit historical sites.

“But if we continue to take prudent decisions – and we will – then we’re not going to default. Absolutely not.”

rate of euros to dollars has also been falling 0.4 per cent eachTheday.bank said that reces sion was likely due to "unfa vorable developments in the gas market", due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent closing down of the Nord Stream gas pipeline. Gas shortages are disrupting German in dustrial production, despite industry leaders’ attempts

SPANISH energy company Repsol has abandoned the bid for Italian energy compa ny PLT Energia, valued at €1 billion. PLT Energia is dedi cated to the gas.thebiomassofconstructiondevelopment,andoperationwind,photovoltaicandplants,aswellassaleofelectricityand

The royal landmarks and the roy als themselves bring in an enor mous amount of wealth for UK tourism but does it cost the UK tax payer more for the royals' upkeep?

He added that he was still awaiting recommendations from a group of experts.

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The House of Windsor is estimat ed to earn hundreds of millions for the British economy every year, with Frogmore House and Windsor Castle selling approximately

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THE German national Bundesbank announced that it expects the German economy to shrink during the fourth financial quarter. Bundesbank declared that an economic recession was increasingly likely in Eu rope’s largest economy.

On Monday, September 19, the German stock mar ket index, DAX 30 lost al most 1 per cent during trad ing hours. The exchange

to end dependence on Rus sian gas. Bundesbank sug gested that rationing could be avoided, but companies need to reduce production. Bundesbank expects to in flation to continue soaring, reaching double digits in 2023.Bundesbank’s projection accords with forecasts by other German economists from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

ing that public money is spent as wisely and efficiently as possible, and to making Royal finances as transparent and comprehensible as possible.Itwillbe interesting to see if the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II will have an impact on this income.

In reality, they say, the Royal Household is committed to ensur

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When asked about a cap on gas prices, Christian Linder said: "We have developed this commission, but proposals within the federal government are also being considered further, so it has not been completely outsourced."

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"But in terms of servicing our external and local debt, and being micro­ macro­economically stable, those things are un derThecontrol.”devastating floods have killed more than 1500 people, have affected 33 million Pakistanis and created billions of pounds worth of damage.

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For goodness sake, they are adults who are continuing into further education.Welcome to the real world where as we ma ture we are confronted with often dreadful ex periences and so need to develop an ability to cope. Are students to be wet nursed throughout life?It’s just one long Groundhog Day of April Fool’s headlines isn’t it? Who runs these universi ties?

shown in your Title Deeds, (Escritura de Compraventa). Smaller communities usual ly incur higher charges as there are fewer homes to split the fees with. An average community charge is approximately €400 a year.

REPORTS that Manch ester Metropolitan Uni versity issued trigger warnings over ‘graphic’ miracles ­ ‘ghoulish’ tales of a mummified hand said to have divine heal ing powers explored in its history module ­ is noth ingNextnew.they’ll be putting a warning for these snowflakes on Tom and Jerry! Maybe the hand could perform another miracle and insert a brain into the empty heads of these numpties, staff and students alike. Are medi cal students given trigger warnings about graphic and upsetting (real life) scenes?

Not all properties are built within a “community”. Do not confuse this payment with the Suma (Council Tax).

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Funny how students can be upset about events over 1,000 years ago, yet be unfazed about the horrors going on today. Don’t they read the news?

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And before they even start, prospec tive students should be warned that spending three years and £27,000 on a potentially worthless university educa tion may be very upsetting indeed.

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Thesefees.fees are usually split into four payments a year. The amount payable is divided amongst all properties within the community. The larger the proper ty/plot, the higher the fee. Each property owns a percentage of the community. The percentage will be

Buying a property in Spain that benefits from shared communal areas such as swimming pools, gardens, entrances, garages, etc. will be subject to com munity

Rules and fees of individual com munities can vary. Some will in clude exterior painting of the prop erties in their fees whereas others will set up a separate painting fund as and when needed.

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lifestyle ­ whether you frequent loud places such as bars and concerts, or if you simply wish to hear better in oneon­one conversations and small groups with some background noise.

Your arthritis symptoms, such as pain, stiffness, and fa tigue, may come and go and you may have good days and bad days. Try to modify your activity to stay as active as possible without making your symptoms worse.

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Of the 26 countries included in the data, Spain ranked in last place, with the highest num ber of internet searches for how to sleep better at night.

What to do if I am sad to be happy again?Wemust accept all the energies, thoughts and emotions that arise in our mind... To accept means to give a space and respect to this emotion... to understand it because it affects you. Because at this moment it is part of you“We need to be grateful for this emotion, so we can let it go.” (And it’s amazing how quickly it goes away).

A person who understands his emo tions will decide more quickly for hap piness...Feeling happy is an emotional deci

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IN a culture that has tradition ally structured its day around a nap in the middle of it, it’s no wonder that sleep would be a matter of concern for many people in WhetherSpain.you can function on six hours of sleep or less, or you look forward to a lie in, people often underestimate the importance of sleep to our overallWithhealth.thisin mind, research was carried out to find out which countries get the best night’s sleep on average.

The UK came in about midplace, with some 29,000 searches a month.

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Turkey came in first for the best night’s sleep, with only 5,700 internet searches for sleep solutions. It also had an insomnia score of three (out of 100), which was 94 less than Spain and 40 less than the UK.

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SOMETIMES we feel sad, even if we don’t know how to define this sad ness... and this makes us even sadder. But what many people don’t know is that being sad is also a way of releas ing energies that no longer belong to us...When we go through changes in our life it is normal to feel sad, because we have let go of a part of us...

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It would have been sensible to each have just one channel totally dedicated to the death of the Queen and allowed the public to make up their minds if they wanted to watch any thing else instead of filming a 12 hour queue and talking to randoms about why they made the journey. Once the first person answered more or less every answer would be the same. .

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Also, after a couple of days, I was question ing the necessity to totally disrupt every TV sta tion’s schedule. Of course, things needed to be respectful but BBC has many channels - BBC1, 2, 3, and 4, News and Parliament plus the red button. ITV also have loads, C4 too.

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It was obvious that the whole of the world media would be covering the event. I’m not sure how the rest of the world covered it be cause I only watched the UK coverage. For the first couple of days I watched a lot of it and it was all very respectful and many famous and really well known people who had known her wereUnfortunatelyinterviewed.after that it became a bit less interesting and seemed that the media was just padding out hours and hours of coverage and asking people to send in their thoughts and if they had ever met her and what happened when they did.

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AS a 73-year-old I have only really known one monarch, Queen Elizabeth. 70 years is a very long time. In my opinion she was utterly bril liant and it really made me sad when it was an nounced she had died. I will miss her.

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Then there’s the whole Harry and Megan nonsense where 'experts' were just saying what they wanted about them by saying things like the Queen wouldn’t have liked this or the new King had done that without having to veri fy any of it is- lazy journalism in my opinion.

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They sent camera crews all over the country to interview these people and, of course, nearly all these people were not used to speaking to the media and, to be honest, just mumbled their way through the interviews.

Then there were the collectors of Royal memorabilia who had houses full of the stuff and just the fact they had all these cups, saucers, hats, scarves and tons of other things they shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near a mi crophone or camera.

However, in reality Russia shares land borders with 14 countries and only five of them are NATO members, ac counting for just one sixteenth of Russia s border.

Putin’s previous electoral record for president makes for a somewhat eyebrow-raising read, starting with a credible 53.4 per cent of the vote share in 2000, rising to a much higher 76.69 per cent in the 2018 presidential

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AS RUSSIA reportedly gears up to back an express refer endum into annexing sections of Ukraine, the world waits to see if Russia’s president is finally capable of holding a clean, unbiased election.

As someone who will be 70 in February next year, the same amount of time she was on the throne, I feel ratherAlsohumble.watching her coffin on TV leaving Buckingham Palace for the journey to Westminster Hall at precise ly 2.22 the date of my birth day made me feel even more humble having served her majesty for 38 years as a paramedic in the NHS.

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ed with the politically bi ased article by David War boys titled "The Sad legacy for the Uk".

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Next came the claims that he is “liberating” Ukraine from neo-Nazism- despite the country´s leader being Jewish himself. The Russian leader has also claimed that NATO has forced his hand by encircling Russia and taking on new members from bordering countries.

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Among Putin’s many claims since embarking on his aggression towards UK Ukraine came his argument that he was simply repositioning troops as he amassed sol diers on the Ukraine border.

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History tells us that propaganda can be a powerfuland dangerous weapon- if used in the wrong hands. It re mains to be seen whether those Putin is seeking to influ ence will be persuaded by the latest trophy in his arse nal.

HOW sad is the sudden death of our Queen.

argue Putin has been pushed into support ing a referendum by NATO, the majority view in the west is that this continues to be another in a never-ending list of PR manouevres by the Kremlin.

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what they are. They add unique character. They are convenient. And they offer excellent produce from known suppliers. The joy of shopping locally means that independent businesses can support the local communi ty. You may find something a euro or two cheaper on line but have you consid ered where your money is actually going?

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

UPG always has special offers for customers with a higher volume of shipments and, when it comes to questions or queries about offers and prices, the staff will be happy to advise! Connecting people

Open Monday to Friday from 9.30am until 5pm, the staff at UPG, lo cated in the Centro Comercial Filton at Avenida Asuncion 5­7 in Torrevieja, will be happy to assist you in English, Spanish or Swedish. You can also find out more information on their web site (offered in English, German and Spanish) or by calling them on +34 688 793 648.

The friendly and experienced staff at UPG will prepare all of the necessary documents required for customs for sending parcels to non­EU countries, always in consultation with the customer. Since Brexit, they have seen

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With UPG, customers can send parcels weighing up to 31kg to anywhere in the world as well as the option of UPG Direct Ser vice, where customers can get their post sent to the shop. Customers can also rent mailbox es in the shop and store their parcels for peri ods of time, for example, if they are going on holiday for a while or visiting family back home ­ so you will never miss the postman again!Inaddition to accepting letters, parcels and registered mail, UPG also offer scanning and

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Based in Torrevieja and only the second post office in the area, partner and shop own er Joachim Myhr has built up the business and a great reputation over many years. Due to there being so many expats in Torrevieja and the surrounding areas, UPG gives more access to much­needed postal, printing, pack aging and shipping services at a much lower cost than bigger companies.

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If it takes a few days before you see any birds, don’t be discouraged. Once the birds discover the food and convince themselves it is not a trap, they will visit regu larly.Atthis time of year, put out food and water on a regular basis. In severe weather, feed twice daily if you can: in the morning and in the early after noon.Birds require high­ener gy, high­fat foods during

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A BIRD table will be at its most popular and valu able when natural food is in short supply, usually between October and April.Natural food supply is usually lowest in winter and spring, so this is when the garden birds will reap the most bene fits from your table. How ever, food shortages can occur at any time.

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If you enjoy watching birds, consider providing more varied feeding sta tions to attract more species.Unfortunately, tidier gardens and the changes in farming methods have reduced the natural food supply of species such as finches, buntings and sparrows.Providing sunflower seeds will help them. They are eagerly taken and unlikely to be harm ful if given to young in the nest.

the cold winter weather to maintain their fat re serves to survive the frosty nights. Use only good quality food and scraps.Always adjust the quan tity given to the demand, and never allow uneaten foods to accumulate around the feeders. Once you establish a feeding routine, try not to change it as the birds will become used to it and time their visits to your garden ac cordingly.

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Thetoday.firstknown garden gnomes were produced in Germany and made out of clay.Gnomes first appeared in gardens in England in the 1840s, and from there, their popularity began to takeUnfortunately,off. the world wars wiped out most gar den gnome production in Germany and beginning in the 1960s, the plastic gnomes we know today came on the scene.

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Gnomes have even earned themselves a place in the Guinness Book of

The gnome was part of an amusement park that no longer exists. It is cur rently standing on the grounds of a petrol station.

Where Do Air Source Heat Pumps Work Best?

Heat pumps are a form of renewable energy technology which take the warmth from the air outside (even when it’s quite cold) and uses it to heat the home.

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The largest garden gnome measures 7.91 me tres tall and was created by Ron Hale in Canada. It was built in 1998 but was measured for the record on August 19, 2009.

The history of gnomes being used in gardens is longer than you might think.The tradition originated in the 1800s, and those original garden gnomes are far different from the plas tic or plaster gnomes we know

The first is an Air­ToWater system which heats water which is then circulated around the home via radiators or an underfloor heating sys tem. They can also be used to heat water in a storage tank for the bath room or kitchen.

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GARDEN gnomes seem to be like Marmite, people tend to love them or not!

The second is an Air­toAir system which typically uses fans to circulate warm air around the home and cannot be used to heat

A well­insulated home with high standards of airtightness is preferable to get the most out of your air source heat pump. This

Be aware that air source heat pumps, therefore, aren’t for every home. A tech survey by a qualified assessor is essential be fore installation as it could have a detrimental effect on your electric bills if your house isn’t correctly insulated.

Usingwater.various pieces of technology heat pumps absorb the warmth in the

air outside and release this heat into air or wa ter, which is then dis tributed around the home.They can do this even when the temperature outside is very low.

gories at Guinness World Records. Ann Atkin from the UK is now surrounded by her army of 2,010 gnomes and pixies and has created the biggest collec tion.The gnome devotee went on to break her own record, and at the last count, her collection stands at 2,042. All of her garden ornaments live in a 1.6­hectare (four­acre) beechwood ‘Gnome Re serve’ that is visited by 25,000 people every year.

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The staff at Dirty and Happy are genuine animal lovers who treat all of the pets like their own, so you can have the complete peace of mind that your pet will be very well­cared for, happy and safe in the hands of experts.

more than 20 years of experience in train ing dogs so that you can begin to enjoy walks and playing with other dogs!

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They also have rest rooms as well as spaces for puppies and small dogs, meaning

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If you have more than one pet that you would like to be cared for by Dirty and Hap

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ARE you looking for a canine residence for your furry best friend or a doggy daycare service where your pet will be well­cared for while you do your chores or go to work? Or perhaps you need some help with train ing your dog or socialising a new puppy? Look no further than Dirty and Happy ­ the best daycare, boarding and training compa ny in

Dirty and Happy offer basic training in in dividual sessions or in groups reduced for quick learning, as well as training classes for puppies that are expertly and specifically designed to train through fun games, tricks and exercises that are designed for rapid learning. Get your first session free so that the team can get to know your pet, evalu ate the problem and propose the best solu tion in each individual case! No matter how old your dog is, Dirty and Happy has a train ing course for them.

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At the hotel, they have spacious single or double rooms with sunny outdoor and in door areas for relaxation and large parks for dogs to play together, as well as separate areas for small dogs and puppies. Dirty and Happy provides comfortable accommoda tion specially designed for cats, rabbits and other pets in modern facilities where they will feel comfortable and safe.

BecauseAlicante!we love our pets so much, many of us find it difficult to find a trusted and reputable place where we feel comfortable to leave them while we are busy or on holi day, but at Dirty and Happy, your dog won’t want to come home!

your pet will have fun while being cared for in the best way possible. With over 30,000 square metres for animals, distributed in playgrounds, training tracks and buildings designed to make them feel comfortable, your pet will have the best time while you can get on with your chores, shopping, ap pointments or work.

Take advantage of Dirty and Happy’s 15 per cent discount on three­month dog training courses, so that you and your pet can feel confident and build a trusting rela tionship with your furry best friend.

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enhance the beauty of yourEvenproperty.ifyouare not mak ing any efforts, a water fountain can attract lots of chirping birds, butterflies, animals, and greenery around it.

The sight of bees, birds and butterflies playing, drinking, and bathing in the water will bring you closer to nature and take your mind to a more re laxed state.

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The best thing about outdoor water fountains is that they offer a perfect serene ambience. You can add to their beauty by simply putting in some new plants and fish.

stressed body and mind. Science has proven the movement of natural wa ter releases negative Ions that aid the body and mind in Anotherhealing.plus is that a water fountain can offset any unwanted noise such a s traffic noise or the neighbours having a par ty!With an addition of a water fountain in your garden, you can actually

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HAVE you considered a water fountain taking pride of place in your gar den?Surprisingly inexpensive to run, a small fountain generally uses between 10 and 15 watts of electricity.

This is a pretty small amount of electricity, and it’s easy to find a fountain that uses such little pow er. Even better, source a solar­powered water fountain to save on your electricWaterbill.fountains use very little water. Most of the water is recycled through the fountain and you only really lose any through evaporation.

SOOTHING SOUND: Relax with a water fountain.

In La Guardia, the summers are short, hot, and mostly clear; the winters are very cold and partly cloudy. It tends to stay quite dry all year round.

DO you fancy camping in a beachfront location on the Costa de Trasmiera?

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For travels further afield, Camping Derby Loredo is a smart pick, as the site is located under half an hour’s drive from central Santander and its ferrySantanderport. officially be came a city in 1755, thanks to the king Ferdi nand 6th. In 1833 the Spanish territorial reform gave Cantabria an admin istrative centre for the first time in its history, and in 1983 the Spanish ‘province’ of Santander became the Autonomous

The campsite is perfect for those with reduced mo bility as it is completely flat and has many shady areas thanks to the variety of tree species.

Camping Santa Tecla

IN the northwest region of Spain lies Galicia along the Atlantic coastline. It’s one of the top seafood regions in Spain and borders both the Cantabrian Sea and the AtlanticCampingOcean.Santa Tecla is located in A Guarda which is one of the most important touristic areas in Galicia due to its archaeological and landscape relevance.

Santa Tecla campsite is located on the slopes of the Monte Santa Tecla, right in the estuary of the Mino river, which is a natural area protected by Natura 2000.The mouth of the river forms a delta and is consid ered one of the most important wetlands on the Iberian Peninsula, with the confluence of both ecosys tems, fluvial and maritime.

Famous for its lobsters the town has some of the best sea food restaurants in Spain.

The campsite has direct access to the beach via a private path and also of fers its own surf school with classes and equip mentLoredohire.is located to the east of the bay of San tander in the municipality of Ribamontan al Mar, some six kilometres from the municipal capital, Car riazo.The excellent natural environment that the mu nicipality enjoys has made it an important tourist attraction, al though agricultural activi ties have not been com pletelyLoredoabandoned.andSomo are the two towns with the highest number of tourist establishments.

BEAUTIFUL AREA: Cliffs off the Santander Coast.

ARE you in north Costa Blanca and just passing through?Ifyou are looking for a caravan plot just for a night Castalla has the perfect spot!From the A­7 take exit, 468/469 (depending on di rection) follow the CV­815 to Castalla. Once there, fol low signs to the Sports Cen tre (Centro Deportivo).

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region of Cantabria. The city was a favourite summer resort for King Alfonso 13th which brought about a boom in architecture and the de velopment of Santander as a beach resort still popularToday,today.Santander is a charming, modern city with a rich cultural and historic heritage and sea side elegance. One of the most beautiful cities in Spain and a privileged destination for a holiday at the beach.

A Guarda has been designated a European Destina tion of Excellence (EDEN) by the European Commis sion.Its economic activities range from farm smallhold ings through to rabbit breeding and free range poul try.Fishing has layed an important role in the munici pality over the centuries, and although most of the fleet is engaged in deep sea fishing there are also coastal fishing boats to be seen.

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Park for the night

Camping Derby Loredo in Cantabria offers views of blue waters and a qui et sandy beach over a kilometre long.

Camping Derby Loredo

Open all year round and a two­minute walk to the centre you can find a laun derette, shops and a petrol station.

The spaces just outside the Sports Centre are not the most exciting but for on ly €3 a night (including wa ter and electrical facilities) you can’t complain.

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I have lived in Spain for nearly 15 years and tend to spend most of my time between Marbella and Gibraltar since moving two years ago from Ali cante. It is safe to say that I saw more of Spain as a tourist from the UK than I do now as a resident, so this weekend I set off to become an incidental tourist of one of the most beautiful countries in the world.

I LOVE a good cathedral as much as the next sweaty tourist. Show me an am phitheatre and I am on cloud nine. Af ter a spectacular breakfast at Nellie Gs here in Benavista, armed only with a mobile phone and a sense of optimism, I set off for Ronda. Beautiful, full of charm and history and the most in credible vistas (what on earth pos sessed those ancient folk to build an aqueduct in a gorge a billion miles deep? Breathtaking views but good ness imagine forgetting your spanner). It was a very humid day so the going was tough. Tourists in Ronda work for their vistas as did the poor sods who built the Tajo.

The next day I set off for Cadiz, the home of the armada before its igno

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Ronda was lovely and calm, a few tourists but no jostling or spoiled views so well worth the visit. I bought a love ly blue tile (I do love a blue tile) from a Grandma and grandson set up, was charged the earth for using my bank card, and returned wearily home down windingly terrifying mountain roads.

BEAUTIFUL RONDA: Well worth a visit.

I paid for the entrance to the cathe dral and was suitably underwhelmed. It possesses an incredible exterior with a large sandstone dome, unlike most of

That done and ticked off I went to the Roman amphitheatre, blessedly free and a real find. Those Romans cer tainly knew how to build a theatre. Cadiz is a stunning city, busy (difficult to find a parking space) but vibrant and lively, but not really a day trip kind of place.So,where to next? As my return to work looms above my head like a dis approving matriarch, probably closer to home, Benahavis, the Roman spa in Guadalmina perhaps? Or back to Nellie Gs and a quick drink at The Victoria andSoundsAlbert.good to me.

The incidental tourist

minious defeat by Drake’s fire ships. The port is huge and spectacular, the turquoise sea framing the outskirts of the city. Another hot and humid day and spent slinking around the shadows due to sunburn from the previous day.

Spain’s more Gothic places of worship, it’s constructed of two different coloured stone and nestles like a fat al bino toad on the edge of the coast. In terior wise it is surprisingly and disap pointingly bland (sorry!).

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“It even incorporates a dog lead as if it were a real dog,” he added. It has been said that Robot Dogs and Pets represent the future of companion robots as you can adopt a robot dog or pet and enjoy the benefits of a pet, without any of the incon veniences. Studies have shown that having robotic or lifelike pets can reduce symptoms of anxiety, stress, sadness, really to help provide companionship and combat loneliness.

Rabbits can be wonder ful indoor house pets. They are affectionate, nat urally clean, and can also be house­trained to use a cat

there is the option of locking security panels and heavyduty aluminium frames pro viding peace of mind.

Software and artificial intelli gence can be changed so that the dog can be adapted to whatever mission it is put to.

The cost of treating arthritis in dogs depends on all of these variables, and the dog too. Treating arthritis in larger dogs is more expensive than for smaller ones. There are quite a lot of different approaches that may be taken to treat OA, and your vet will discuss the best options for your own dog.

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In the case of bad weath er, a pet door also helps guarantee that your pet out side will safely get back in theThehouse.invention of the cat flap is commonly attributed to Sir Isaac Newton. He is said to have come up with the idea of the cat flap after

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PET RABBITS: Form close bonds with their owners.

Theyflap! are very social creatures and with gentle handling, they are general ly quite tame and playful. Because they are such so cial creatures it is ideal to keep more than one rabbit to meet their social needs.

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Treating canine arthritis

Robot dogs

Pet rabbits must be fed a high­fibre diet to help maintain their body and teeth health. Rabbits' teeth are constantly grow ing and need to be contin ually worn down by eat

OSTEOARTHRITIS (OA) is one of the most common health conditions faced by dogs. However, It is a condition that can not be cured or reversed, and can present in different ways with varying degrees of severity.

It also reduces unwanted behaviour such as barking when left outside and scratching on doors.

The guide dog project is be ing developed in partnership with the University of Alicante (UA). They have now devel oped a system so that the cam eras are able to read the visual signals of traffic lights identify ing if they are red, amber or green.

It also identifies pedestrian crossings and other road signs, as well as a car approaching at high speed. “A blind person can indicate an address and the robot dog will take you to the site safely,” explained the own er of Bumerania Robotics.

The cost of treating arthritis in any given dog depends on which treatments are used, and also the needs of the dog it self. According to UK insurers, the cost of on­going mainte nance and monitoring of the condition will range from a basic level of 50p a day per 10kg to intense support and monitoring of £2­3 a day per 10kg and in severe cases it can reach £3,000 per year. The need to medicate the dog daily for practically its entire life entails a high cost in addition to having potential side

Daily exercise outside of their cage also is a neces sity. Rabbits like to chew so lots of safe chew toys are advised.

The ultimate cost of treating arthritis in dogs therefore de pends in large part on what type of treatment is recommend ed. The most common and widely used OA treatments in dogs are: Painkillers, anti­inflammatory medications, supple ments for the joints, weight managpment, physiotherapy and some cases surgery.

Earlyeffects.diagnosis and some surgeries can greatly improve the quality of life of the dog affected by OA. Elbow dysplasia and hip dysplasia are the main causes of OA in the elbow and hips, respectively. If diagnosed early, surgeries can be per formed that significantly improve the patient's quality of life.

Sir Isaac Newton’s cat flap was said to have been a sim ple hole in the door but in the last decade flaps have come on in leaps and bounds.With so many products on the market, where do you begin Microchiplooking?catflaps work with all common microchips and can be fitted in any win dow, wall, or door, and is great for preventing stray

ROBOT dogs are designed to be used for military missions, although they are not too far away from being put to use as guide dogs for blind people.

his cat kept opening the door to his darkened labora tory and letting in light.

The robot dog created by Spain’s Bumerania Robotics has 14 built­in cameras and is capa ble of climbing stairs.

They often form close bonds with their owners and like to be around them. Some rab bits are okay with being picked up, but much prefer to keep their feet firmly on theRabbitsground.are generally quiet pets, and their care is fairly straightforward with daily feedings and regular cleanings.

They generally live for five to eight years depend ing on environmenttheir and breed, but they can live for as long as 12 years. Rabbits need to eat small amounts frequently. Approximately 30 feeds, of 2g to 8g of food, each day

Rabbits often get along with other household pets including well­man nered dogs and cats!

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EARLIER this year I sampled the then new Genesis G70 saloon, closely followed by the GV80 SUV. The GV80 has the same styling cues as the sleek saloon models but just in larger, bolder form. Gen esis is the luxury arm of Hyundai which in turn, of course, owns Kia. Hyundai has managed to successfully build separation between Hyundai and Kia but with Genesis it’s a luxury brand and is a distinctly separate brand.With more than a touch of the Bentleyesque about Gen esis styling they have the abili ty to immediately make you feel that you are in something rather upmarket and special. There is a real feeling of quali ty in everything you can see and touch with some splendid

Performance: 0-100 kmh (62 mph) 7.7 seconds

Economy: 10.8l/100km (26.1mpg) Combined

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for a Bentley. Praise indeed! For a manufacturer to es tablish itself in the premium sector, when they are known for vehicles of a lower price point, it is far from easy as his tory has shown. I think Gene sis stands a real chance of be ing with us for the long term. The GV80 may not rewrite the automotive rule book but it’s got style, presence and enough creature comforts for continent crossing relaxation.

ROAD TEST

Depending on what you’re driving it’s not unusual for people to engage you in con versation, but it’s rare when you’re asked what the car is because it’s so new. It also draws the eye because it has an impressive look and stance and as mentioned earlier some people did mistake it

driving Emissions:(WLTP)241 g/km (WLTP)

Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in oth er markets.

The luxury arm of Hyundai.

Model: Genesis GV80

detail touches from quilted stitched seating to slim linear airThevents.GV80 range is priced from €67,237/£58,320 and there are three trim levels and power from a 2.5­litre tur bocharged petrol four­cylin der that develops 300 bhp and mated to an eight­speed automatic transmission and all­wheel­drive. Multi­seat op

Engine: 2.5-litre, 4-cylinder turbocharged petrol de veloping 300 bhp

tions are avail able between five and seven seats. On the road it’s a quiet and refined performer with more than sufficient pull when required. It’s no Range Rover Sport so don’t expect agile handling, that said for such a large machine it is sur prisinglyStandardaccomplished.equipment levels are good with a basic spread

comfort

there is plenty of leg and headroom in both front and rear with extremely comfort able, multi­adjustable seats.

Genesis presence and

Facts at a Glance

that encompasses such items as LED lighting, intelligent cruise control, power ad justable steering wheel, navi gation with premium sound system and connection for Apple Car Play and Android Auto, auto dimming mirrors and a host of other items in cluding comprehensive safety technology. As you might ex pect with such a large vehicle

Gears: 8-Speed automatic

GV80 - style,

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Audi and Lufthansa joint venture

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This means Doss is taking over the position from Herbert Diess, who resigned from the Su pervisory Board on August 31. Peter Mosch will remain Deputy Chairman. Doss will also become a Member and Chairman of the Presiding Com mittee as well as the Mediation Committee.

As the former CEO of a digi tal subsidiary of Audi, Bettina Bernhardt has many years of experience in the potential for digital business.

AT the Audi AG Supervisory Board meeting, which took place on Thursday, September 15, at the Hungarian production site in Gyor, Man fred Doss was unanimously elected as the new Chairman of the Audi AG Supervisory Board.

Manfred Doss, an experienced legal expert, is taking over as head of Audi AG’s Supervisory Board. After studying law and completing his doctorate in Mainz, Germany, he began his ca

and are intended to accelerate the digital transformation of both Audi AG and the mobility industry.Thesoftware development specialists at amplimind con centrate on agile individual de velopment, integrating, and operating strategic applica tions, and consulting services in the fields of IT security and cloud platform development.

InAffairs.May2013,

Doss became Head of Legal and General Representative of Porsche Auto mobil Holding SE in Stuttgart, Germany. Since January 2016, he has been the Management Board Member for Legal and Integrity there. He also became Head of Legal Affairs at Volk swagen AG in Wolfsburg, Germany, in January 2016, before being appointed as the Member of the Board of Management for Integrity and Legal Affairs of Volkswagen AG in February 2022.

reer in the legal department of MG technolo gies AG (today GEA AG). In 2005, he joined RWE AG as Head of Corporate Legal and Corpo rate

New Audi AG Chairman

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tainable technologies and methods, such as green IT and green coding.

COMPANY LAUNCH: The amplimind team.

AS announced by the Audi Media Centre on Tuesday, September 13, Lufthansa In dustry Solutions, an IT service provider and subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, and Audi, have announced the launch of their joint venture under the nameThe‘amplimind’.companywas founded in July after the official permits were granted. Operations will commence at the end of 2022

If playing again doesn’t appeal possibly you could become a referee. Refer ees are a vital part of games and training is giv en to familiarise with the

Walking Football is an excellent form of exercise and offers the chance to see if you still have the skills from your younger days. Generally played by Over 50`s it is open to men and women of all nation alities. All clubs have some Spanish speaking mem bers.Running is not allowed nor is close physical con tact! All clubs have at least one session weekly where

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Most clubs organise so cial activities too and help raise money for charities.

The Red Lions of Fortuna WFC.

If you think you would like to try playing and/or refereeing (you can play and be a referee too) con tact cbwfl@gmail.com for furtherKeepinformation.upwithall the Walking Football news in

rules and prepare referees to officiate in League and Cup matches.

Costa Blanca clubs pay their respects

A Walking Football Session.

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you can enjoy a game and several clubs play in the Costa Blanca Walking Football League where you can play a more com petitive game.

as giving individuals exer cise and companionship.

the Euro Weekly News. Make sure you get YOUR copy."And that`s it for this week. Hope you have a good week and as always Many Thanks to ALL at the Euro Weekly News for your continuing and valu able support for walking football.

WITH their first League game against League Champions Portobello Campoverde on Septem ber 28, the "Lions" played their final preparation friendly against Mazarron on Monday, September 19, in a "Murcia Derby". Unfortunately this article was submitted on Monday therefore not possible to give the result or a match report. It will appear in next weeks edition.

After sessions or games players normally retire to the bar for a refreshment and a bit of banter. Walk ing football is fun as well