Please help Bandido!

This adorable fellow badly needs a loving home!

His owner tied him in his field, alone, from being a puppy. The man lived elsewhere and rarely called to see Bandido, leaving him with old food and stale crusts of bread.

And then, of course, the man died and Bandido was forgotten. Almost on death's door and by amazing fortune a neighbour called the police. So next, Bandido was put into the most horrendous kennels that made Alcatraz prison look like the Hilton.

So afraid was he that a member of staff called Borders Without Borders and pleaded for them to get him away. He was suffering badly. They did and they found him a home. An elderly lady who adored him. He followed her everywhere. He is extremely shy and nervous and it takes a week or so for him to relax but then he is a faithful shadow who longs to give the abundance of love he holds within.

All seemed well, until the old lady’s family paid their annual visit a few months later and immediately told the association to take him back.

They claimed their mother - who had loved him very much and was devastated - their food. The order is then sent to farmers getting up at the crack of dawn to prepare the locally sourced ingredients that go into a Big Mac.

McDonald’s is keen to impress the company's commitment to Spanish suppliers involved in the supply chain. And the campaign also comes with an innovative gimmick: Customers ordering before June 19 will be able to opt for a special order that arrives in six months. This is intended to mirror the time and effort spent by farmers and breeders in producing the ingredients. Customers who opt for this can then track the entire growth process of the ingredients used in their favourite meals. The aim is to cultivate appreciation of the hard work of suppliers who contribute to the company’s ‘commitment to fresh, locally sourced ingredients’.

Airports Fly High

OVER 25 million passengers used Spanish airports in May, a 3.4% increase on the previous 'record-breaking' May in 2019, with Alicante-Elche and Valencia airports recording 'best ever' figures. State airport operator Aena said the overall total was a 14.4% improvement on the same month last year, and that 102,942 million people have used Aena airports during the first five months of 2023. That's a 27.7% increase on last year and 2.3% more compared to 2019.

Alicante-Elche had one of the largest passenger percentage rises among Spain's top airports (18%) with 1.5 million passengers - 9.6 % up on a year ago - making it a record May figure. By nationality, UK arrivals again dominated Alicante with 537,255 passengers, with the Netherlands a distant second on 90,995, closely followed by Germany with 89,025. Valencia also had a record-breaking May with 885,095 passengers - a 20% rise over a year.

SPAIN welcomed a record 7.2 million international tourists in April.

The extraordinary figures were helped by 1.4 million British arrivals, some 8.7% more than in April 2022.

France and Germany come next, contributing more than one million visitors each while arrivals from the US were over 60% up on the same month last year.

Catalunya was the busiest region with 21.3% of the total, followed by the Balearics (16.3%) and the Canary Islands (16%). Spain is expected to receive between 52.3 million and 54.8 million foreign tourists between May and October, slightly up on the same period in 2019, which was a record year.

Spain's priority is now to attract travellers from distant markets such as the United States, China, South Korea and Japan.