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Happy Halloween 2022 !!

Video Link 1 (Monster Mash, American Bandstand. Oct. 13, 1964. Bobby “Boris” Pickett)
Video Link 2 (For Meatloaf, who we lost earlier this year. RIP)

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Did You Change Your Clocks Last Night?: The change will be on the last Sunday in October, so at 3am on 30 October we have to put the clock back one hour, to 2am.

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Public Holiday- Tuesday 1 Nov: In Spain, every 1 November is All Saints’ Day to remember Christian saints who do not have their own Saint day. This is a national public holiday.
– This year it falls on a Tuesday, so that, in principle, it could not unite with the previous weekend, and would not give rise to any bridge (long weekend). However, there are locations, spread out over the different points of Andalusia, in which on the 31st of October classrooms will remain closed.

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Phoenix Club: Our social club is fully open so do pop in for a coffee and a chat, or browse our books at 4 for €1. We also have a selection of DVDs/CDs and Jigsas at various prices.
***Trips***
November
– 4th – Trip to Gib €20pp includes €1 for the driver. Do remember that we have just 3 pick ups usually and we return from Gib at 16.30
– 17th – Wolf Park in Antequera €23pp includes guided tour and lunch at the Lakes (not included) Departs Algarrobo Lidl at 08.45
– 25th – Black Friday in the Nevada Centre, Granada €15pp – Hit the sales. Don’t fancy shopping? Why not pop in to Granada City instead. Local buses run every half hour to the city.
December
– 2nd – Trip to Gib €20pp includes €1 for the driver. Do remember that we have just 3 pick ups usually and we return from Gib at 16.30.
– 7th – Trip to Estepa with a full programme of visits to include:
World of chocolate
La Estepena – A city made of Chocolate
Mantecados Gamito – Speciality sweets and biscuits
Tourist train
Guided tour of Estepa Castle
Price TBC
– 21st – A trip to see the festive Christmas Lights in Malaga city. €10pp and first pick up at Algarrobo Lidl at 17.00
– 23rd -27th – Christmas in Hotel Las Palmeras, Fuengirola. The price is €240pp based on 2 sharing a double room. The price includes Full board hotel accommodation, coach fare and tips. Some rooms still available.
January 2023
– 04th – La Concepcion Botanical Gardens Spectacular Lights Extravaganza. Price 22€pp and includes entry to the Gardens etc Departs Algarrobo Lidl at 17.00
– 6th – Trip to Gib €20pp includes €1 for the driver. Do remember that we have just 3 pick ups usually and we return from Gib at 16.30.
– 13th – La Canada shopping in Marbella and Iceland in Fuengirola €18pp
May 2023
– May 10th – 14th 2023. 5 day trip to Jerez with a visit to the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art, a Horse Fair, Sherry Bodega, possibly Tio Pepe or Sandeman’s and a guided tour of the old town. It will be on a ½ Board basis in a 4* Hotel. If interested, send me an email and I will contact you with details in the New Year.
For further information, please contact Gail on 951067723 / 626370695 or email phoenixsocialclub@yahoo.co.uk for more information or check out our FB page.

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The BIO BEACH Restaurant:
– Sat. Nov. 5th starting at 18hrs TANGO Night! If interested, please register this coming week with Norma at norma2kk@aol.com. With Diego Ocampo: See Poster! Diego Ocampo, Argentine tango dancer/choreographer/teacher, visiting from Paris, will offer one Tango Workshop (All levels) at Bio Beach Restaurant. A Milonga will follow from 19:30 to 23hrs. The workshop will be 15euros Per Person; the Saturday Milonga social will be 5euros for the workshops’ students and 10 for others.
Visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQmoNz6d0hg & https://www.instagram.com/diego_ocampo_tango/?hl=es
– Wed. Nov. 9th at 11am: U3A Lectures Present: Book Signing with U3A Author Norma Kira Masip.
Chocolate Moon: Musings on a slice of history for people interested in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War and its effects on children. I was one of them… It is with a grateful heart that I published Chocolate Moon – A Life from Darkness to Light in July 2020. Copies of Chocolate Moon are available in Bio Beach Restaurant (20€).
So Close: Synopsis: Nadia, a dedicated and successful social worker, falls in love with Pasco, a prisoner serving life in prison for murder. Pasco convinces Nadia that he is innocent of the crime. The portrayal of the lives of these two individuals takes the reader through uncharted ethnic, cultural and social situations that eventually bring light into the convoluted story. This thrilling tale, parts of it filtered through the lens of Nadia’s best friend, Kira, is based on a true story. Copies of So Close are available in Bio Beach Restaurant (10€).
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1) For this book signing special, I’m offering both for 25€.
2) These U3A lectures are free, just order refreshments from Bio Beach. We belong to U3A, (http://www.u3aaxarquia.com/) and these social, educational, and stimulating mornings are presented in an effort to attract more members. Bio Beach Restaurant is located on the El Morche beachfront promenade (right behind the church). We look forward to seeing you there! For more info contact norma2kk@aol.com.
– Monday, Nov. 28 at 11 am at Bio Beach: The Vikings Part II. Power Point Presentation: The Norsemen Warriors.

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Autumn at Potters Bar- Nerja: JAZZ JAZZ JAZZ!!!
– The Jazz Lunch is back! The very talented Spike, Diego & Jonny as the COASTLINE DIXIELANDERS will be providing us with another fantástic afternoon of class entertainment. SUNDAY 6th at 2.00pm. Availability is límited so reservebyour table now. €15/person including a great roast Lunch. Phone Cathy on 685435767.
– And Potters Friday nights are not to be missed! Great live entertainment from 8pm, fabulous fish n’ chips and plenty of other options and a great night out guaranteed. Bookings adviseable!
– The Potters Pub Quiz! Every Tuesday 8pm. Make a night of It! Good company, good good and great fun and all for just €3/person. Bookings adviseable.
If you have never visited Potters Bar we look forward to meeting you!

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Supper Theater: Tuesday, 29 Nov. “84 Charing Cross Road”
Live Lounge, La Sala Banus €40pp
Welcome drink, sharing platter, main course & water.
Guests should arrive between 7pm to 7.30pm to dine before the show commences at 9pm
https://lasalabanus.com/live-music/live-lounge/

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BluCee Real Estate: Exciting news – the building licence for our new office in Torre del Mar has been approved. We’re just waiting for the water and electricity to be connected and then renovations can begin.
– Although the office is not open yet we have had a very busy summer, and autumn is so far just as busy. We reached our sales target for 2022 in July and we’ve nearly doubled that target already and it’s the end of September.
– We have seen an increase in Spanish and Americans buying and looking to buy. Our regular purchasers, the Danish, Belgian, Germans and Scandinavian continue to buy as well.
– We are now looking for more properties to advertise for sale.
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Great Deals From The Nerja Household Centre:
– Natural & granite occasional table with 2 drawers 50 x 30 x 53cms Price 45€
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Free: Down feathers. Not sure if they are goose or duck or a combination. Pillow case size is 80 cm x 80 cm but not included. I will put the feathers in a plastic bag for transport. Ingrid, Algarrobo-Costa
Email: udahl@gmx.de

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The price of electricity will rise by 20% this Monday and will once again be the highest in Europe: {Translation}
– The average price of electricity for regulated tariff customers linked to the wholesale market rises 20.56% this Monday compared to Sunday, to 163.51 euros per megawatt hour (MWh). With this increase, the price of electricity in Spain will be the highest in Europe for the second consecutive day.
– This Monday, the reference price for gas-fired power plants is once again above the 40 euros/MWh ceiling, specifically at 40.49 euros/MWh, which means that the so-called Iberian exception applies.
– In the auction, the average price of electricity in the wholesale market – the so-called ‘pool’ – stands at 164.07 euros/MWh on Monday.
– The cheapest time for electricity will be in the early hours of the morning, from 03.00 to 04.00 hours, with a price of 114.60 euros per megawatt hour (MWh) and the maximum price will be between 21.00 and 22.00 hours, with 250 euros/MWh.
– To this pool price is added the compensation to the gas companies that must be paid by the consumers benefiting from the measure, consumers on the regulated tariff (PVPC) or those who, despite being on the free market, have an indexed tariff, which on this occasion is slightly negative, -0.56 euros/MWH.
The highest price in Europe
– This Monday the price of electricity in Spain will be the highest in Europe for the second consecutive day, above countries such as France and Italy (144 euros) or Germany (145.2 euros).
– However, the average price since 15 June, when the Iberian derogation came into force, is significantly lower in Spain (141.93 euros) than in France (359.22 euros), Italy (396.54 euros) or Germany (312.76). Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/economia/precio-subira-lunes-volvera-alto-europa-20221030182805-nts.html

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Spanish garlic growers demand European investigation into “fraudulent” garlic: {Translation, summary}
– The delegation from Asaja’s National Garlic Sector has managed to get opened “investigations” into the “fraudulent” entry of Chinese garlic into the European Union (EU) and the import of Egyptian garlic without tariffs.
– They are concerned that “Egyptian garlic is entering” the EU “without paying any tariffs”, making a tough competitor for Spanish garlic, with a production that is already larger than that of Spain, but at a much lower selling price, because “their production costs, even including the cost of transport to Europe, are infinitely lower than ours”.
– What is happening regarding Chinese garlic is that fresh garlic, which is transported “in cold containers” at a temperature of “between -2 and minus -4 degrees centigrade”, arrives in Europe with the classification of frozen garlic, according to the applicable legislation would have to be transported “at -20 degrees”. In other words, they enter Europe as supposedly frozen garlic, which does not pay customs duty, but then “they are sold as what they are, fresh garlic”, thereby committing “tax fraud” of major proportions.
– The president of Asaja’s National Garlic Sector warned that “fresh garlic is coming in from China, but as if it were frozen”, which constitutes “a tremendous tax fraud”, as the import of fresh Chinese garlic is subject to “a quota”, which when exceeded leads to the application of “a dissuasive tariff of 1.2 euros per kilo”, while Chinese frozen garlic “has no quota or tariff”. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/eseuropa/noticia-ajeros-espanoles-logran-europa-investigue-entrada-fraudulenta-ajo-chino-apoyo-europarlamento-20221030105716.html

ANDALUCIA

The Risk of Vacant Properties- Andalusia is the region with the second highest number of squats in the second half of the year: {Translation, summary}
– In Spain, nearly 9,000 ‘squats’ were reported in properties between January and June this year, almost half of which took place in Catalonia, which was ahead of Andalusia, the community with the second highest number, with 1,276, according to the latest data provided by the Ministry of the Interior and collected by Europa Press.
– Specifically, the total number of complaints for occupation of property registered by the State Security Forces and Corps amounted to 8,857 in this period. Of these, 3,770, or 42%, took place in Catalonia, with the province of Barcelona leading the way. There, 2,838 were recorded, more than three times as many as in Madrid, with 813.
– The second community with the most reported incidents of this type in the first half of the year was Andalucia, with 1,276 (14% of the total). Of particular note were the 402 in Seville, followed by 225 in Malaga and 208 in Cadiz.
– Interior Ministry blames “the increase in this type of crime in recent years” on the “coincidence of various factors”. Specifically, it highlights two: that there is a “high number of empty properties” and also “people losing their homes due to debts or loss of employment due to the economic situation resulting from the concatenation of the Covid health crisis, the logistics and international production crisis”, aggravated by the invasion of Ukraine, and its “serious impact on the price of energy and basic foodstuffs”. Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/andalucia-segunda-region-okupaciones-segundo-semestre-20221030122824-nts.html

NERJA

Woman’s body recovered from sea on popular Nerja beach: The body of a 70-year-old woman has been recovered from the sea on Nerja’s La Burriana beach, in Malaga province, this Sunday afternoon, 30 October, according to the 112 Andalucía emergency services control room. Several witnesses alerted the coordination centre shortly at around 1.30pm after the body was discovered in an area near rocks. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/axarquia/body-sea-burriana-beach-nerja-20221030170332-nt.html

EUROPE

West says no biological weapons in Ukraine, Russia disagrees:
– The U.S. and its Western allies on Thursday dismissed Russia’s claims that banned biological weapons activities are taking place in Ukraine with American support, calling the allegation disinformation and fabrications.
– Russia’s U.N. ambassador said Moscow will pursue a U.N. investigation of its allegations that both countries are violating the convention prohibiting the use of biological weapons.
– The dispute came in the third U.N. Security Council meeting on Ukraine-related issues that Russia has called since Tuesday. This one focused on a 310-page document that Russia circulated to council members this week alleging there is “military biological” activity in Ukraine with support of the U.S. Defense Department.
– The document includes an official complaint to the council, allowed under Article VI of the 1972 biological weapons convention, and a draft resolution that would authorize the Security Council to set up a commission to address Russia’s claims.
– Ukraine does have a network of biological labs that have gotten funding and research support from the U.S. They are owned and operated by Ukraine and are part of an initiative called the Biological Threat Reduction Program that aims to reduce the likelihood of deadly outbreaks, whether natural or manmade.
– In his briefing, Russia’s Nebenzia accused the U.S. of conducting work in Ukraine with deadly pathogens – including cholera, plague, anthrax and influenza – that couldn’t be justified under the guise of public health. He said documents and evidence recovered by Russian authorities suggested a military application. Maps: US DoD, apokalypsnu.nl & weaponews.com.
Full article: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-united-nations-moscow-biological-weapons-1be19cf3a7f5459a4dfbadbc3c1dc078

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Risk of soaring food prices and global food crisis after Moscow’s decision to end grain export corridor following drone attack on its fleet:
– The United Nations, Nato, European Union and US have all urged Russia to reverse its decision to pull out of a deal that allowed Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea, amid fears of a global food crisis.
– Moscow announced it was suspending the UN-brokered arrangement in response to a dramatic attack in the early hours of Saturday by Ukrainian airborne and underwater drones on its naval base of Sevastopol in Crimea. Full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/30/un-nato-eu-and-us-demand-russia-resumes-ukrainian-grain-deal

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Swiss claim record for the world’s longest passenger train: The Rhaetian Railway train – comprising four engines and 100 carriages for a total length of 1,910 metres – travelled on the Albula/Bernina route from Preda to Alvaneu in southeast Switzerland on Saturday afternoon. The entire journey of about 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) took about an hour. Full article: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-claim-record-for-the-world-s-longest-passenger-train/48015720

SPORTS

F1 News- Max Verstappen sets F1 season wins record with 14th victory:
– Max Verstappen set the Formula One record for wins in a season Sunday at the Mexico City Grand Prix, where he scored his 14th victory to break the record shared with Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel.
– Lewis Hamilton finished second for the second consecutive week. He might have had a shot at his first win of the season but Mercedes made the wrong call on a tire change that gave Verstappen control. Perez finished third on his home track for the second consecutive year – earning deafening cheers even though a Mexican driver has yet to win at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/sports-auto-racing-mexico-city-canada-333dc19f95d959c1d57023c5adf6ed7b

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Petrol Prices – Updated daily: These are the fuel stations in Malaga province with the lowest prices. The price data for 95 and 98-octane petrol and diesel fuel is updated every day. See it here:
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Weekly Markets
Monday: Torrox Costa
Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
Wednesday: Rincon de la Victoria, Algarrobo Costa
Thursday: Velez Malaga, Torre del Mar, Frigiliana
Friday: Almunecar, Salobrena, La Herradura- Summers only
Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: Velez Malaga, Nerja Car Boot

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Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231

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Ambulance: 061
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DigameXtra No. 2395 – WEEKEND EDITION – Saturday Oct. 29th, 2022

On October 29, 2022October 29, 2022 By Naythan

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End of Daylight Savings Time 2022: The change will be on the last Sunday in October, so at 3am on 30 October we have to put the clock back one hour, to 2am.

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Trapiche Market: We open this Tuesday and every Tuesday from 09:30 hrs to 13:30 hrs
It is hosted at the beautiful Jardines del Trapiche venue.
Carretera Benamargosa, 0.5 Km, 29718 Velez-Malaga, follow the directions to Trapiche airport.
It’s a great place to find unique and personal gifts as well as your every day essentials.
Lots of stalls to discover, you will find old favourites, and new ones too! NOW also good quality second hand stalls.
There are stalls with vintage clothing; hand turned olive wood bowls & other items; fresh fruit & veg, pot plants, large selection of fiction and non-fiction books; handmade jewellery and more. We’re spoilt for choice! You can also support Axarquía Animal Rescue with their tombola and meet some of the animals available for adoption.
View houses in your area and discuss selling your house with BluCee Real Estate.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Please view and follow our Facebook page, it is updated weekly with photos, contact details of stall holders and items for sale and services on offer.
For more information about having a stall at the market contact Anita at: TrapicheMarketSpain @gmail.com / +34 627 877 164

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Halloween at The Circles- Nerja: Sunday 30 Oct
This weekend the concert of Eneko Alberti Blues Trio that was scheduled on Saturday will take place on Sunday at 22h30. We will join it with a Milonga and ballroom dancing animated by Miguel Ojos Negros in the afternoon at 17h and at midnight with the intervention of Dj Klass one (Belgium) to celebrate a big Halloween party. Vampires, witches, zombies and other despicable characters are welcome at The Circles. C/ Chaparil 5 Nerja

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Halloween at Bea’s Postamt- Torrox Costa: Monday Night 31 Oct. Halloween Party w/ DJ.
BLQ 80, Av Europa, Torrox Costa

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Also if you are just passing through.
First trial lesson FREE for everyone. No obligation.
From total beginners.
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For Sale: Ladder, telescopic compressed.85 m extended 3.5 m. Excellent condition, half price €65.00
Located near Canillas de Aceituno in the campo.
email: aideydessent@mac.com
or phone / WhatsApp +447811466234

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Free to a good home!: Philips wireless (rear channels) surround sound system, used but complete. Was working when disassembled 3 years ago.
Pick up in La Herradura. Nick, La Herradura
nick at keelsway dot yahoo dot co dot uk

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We are a small group of bikers looking for more like minded: We are of different types of bike, different ages and from different countries but all living in the Axarquia/Almuñécar area. What we share is having fun at ride outs once in awhile, in combination with an apetite for a good meal . If you want to try or this group would suit you, please contact via: mheerings@gmail.com
See you on the road. Maarten, Almuñécar

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Anyone for Tennis?: I’m staying in El Morche for the next month and have a tennis racket but no one to play!
Does anyone want to invite me for a game? Singles or doubles. It’s been a few years since I played, so just looking for a social game. I have a bike so somewhere in the costa area of Torrox, Algarrobo, Nerja is OK.
David, El Morche. WhatsApp or call: +44 779 2269523
idavesmith@hotmail.co.uk

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Keys Found- Torrox Costa Dog Beach: More info and contact on FB Thomas, Torrox.

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News & Articles

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SPAIN

Telefónica asks customers to change their WiFi router password after suffering a cyberattack:
– The company has confirmed to Europa Press that there has been “unauthorised access” to the router configuration data of a group of Movistar and O2 clients. Telefónica has recommended to its fixed connection customers that they change the WiFi router password in their homes after reporting a cyberattack that has not involved the theft of personal data.
– Telefónica stressed that, with the data obtained, the alleged cyber criminals could only connect to the victim’s WiFi if they happened to be near the customer’s home. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/telefonica-cyberattack-20221028180537-nt.html

MALAGA

Seven alternative Halloween events in Malaga province for a ghoulishly good time: On and around Halloween there is a great range of events to celebrate this special time of year. They include many old, typical, Andalusian customs that refuse to disappear. Alongside, are newer ones across the province inspired by those that our readers will be more familiar with. Fuente de Piedra, Casabermeja, Serranía de Ronda, Vélez-Málaga, Sayalonga Cemetery (vid), Maro and Antequera are just some of the towns that organise special activities in these coming days. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/alternative-halloween-events-20221027175405-nt.html & Video Link

EUROPE

Tens of thousands of protesters in Prague call for the purchase of Russian gas and the exit from NATO:
– Tens of thousands of people gathered in this capital Friday to demand that the current Czech government give way to an administration which would adopt a neutral foreign policy, end military support to Ukraine and resume purchases of Russian natural gas.
– “Resignation, resignation,” chanted the protesters, many of them waving Czech flags and carrying posters calling for their country to withdraw from NATO and the European Union.
– The independence day protest marked the third time since the start of last month that large numbers have taken to the streets in Prague to call for the resignation of center-right Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
– Police sources said that Friday’s turnout was smaller than the 70,000 who took part in the first demonstration on Sept. 3, but the protesters filled Wenceslas Square on the 104th anniversary of the secession of Czechoslovakia from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Full article: https://www.laprensalatina.com/anti-government-protest-draws-tens-of-thousands-to-czech-capital/

TECH

Latest Batch of Rogue Android Apps:
– Five malicious “dropper” Android apps with over 130,000 cumulative installations have been discovered on the Google Play Store distributing banking trojans like SharkBot and Vultur, which are capable of stealing financial data and performing on-device fraud.
– Targets of these (malware) droppers include 231 banking and cryptocurrency wallet apps from financial institutions in Italy, the U.K., Germany, Spain, Poland, Austria, the U.S., Australia, France, and the Netherlands.
– The list of malicious apps, four of which are still available on the digital marketplace, is below –
*Codice Fiscale 2022 (com. iataly tax code. app) – 10,000+ downloads
*File Manager Small, Lite (com. paskevicss 752. usurf) – zero downloads
*My Finances Tracker (com. all. finance. plus) – 1,000+ downloads
*Recover Audio, Images & Videos (com. umac. recover all file pro) – 100,000+ downloads
*Zetter Authenticator (com. zetter. fast checking) – 10,000+ downloads
– If you have any of these installed, uninstall it immediately. Full article: https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/these-dropper-apps-on-play-store.html

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Google Issues Urgent Chrome Browser Update to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability in Computers, Tablets & Phones:
– Google on Thursday rolled out emergency fixes to contain an actively exploited zero-day flaw in its Chrome web browser.
– Users are recommended to upgrade to version 107.0.5304.87 for macOS, Linux and Android and 107.0.5304.87/.88 for Windows to mitigate potential threats. (Open Settings Menu, click About Chrome, it will begin updating automatically)
– Users of Chromium-based browsers such as Microsoft Edge, Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi are also advised to apply the fixes as and when they become available. Full article: https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/google-issues-urgent-chrome-update-to.html

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Elon Musk takes control of Twitter and immediately fires top executives:
– Elon Musk is now the owner of Twitter. He closed the deal on Thursday afternoon in San Francisco and immediately fired the company’s top executives, CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and Chief Legal Counsel Vijaya Gadde, who will walk away with multimillion-dollar severance packages.
– The New York Stock Exchange announced it will suspend trading in Twitter shares in anticipation of the company going private under Musk. The deal brings an end to a seven-month tug of war that began when Musk, the founder and largest shareholder of Tesla and SpaceX, began buying shares in the company.
– See pic of Elon entering the Twitter Offices carrying a symbolic sink; he soon after tweeted, “Let that sink in!”
Full article: https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2022-10-28/elon-musk-takes-control-of-twitter-and-immediately-fires-top-executives.html

NATURE

Bar-tailed godwit sets world record with 13,560km continuous flight from Alaska to southern Australia in 11 days:
– Satellite tag data suggests five-month-old migratory bird did not stop during voyage which took 11 days and one hour to reach Tasmania.
– The previous record was held by an adult male of the same species that flew 13,000km (8,100 miles) last year, beating his own previous record of 12,000km the year before. Photo: Johnny Madsen/Alamy. Full article: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/27/bar-tailed-godwit-sets-world-record-with-13560km-continuous-flight-from-alaska-to-southern-australia

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Bees rolling balls around hailed as first evidence of insects at play:
– In 2017, scientists in the UK carried out research suggesting that the small brain of the bumblebee may be more sophisticated than we realize, demonstrating how they could be trained to roll balls into a hole to score a sugary reward. The team has now delved deeper into the realm of entomological cognition with a new study demonstrating how the insects play with balls even when there’s no reward involved, constituting what they say is first-of-a-kind evidence of play behavior in insects That they were doing so of their own volition suggested to the researchers that perhaps they were enjoying themselves, in the same way a dog might play with a fluffy toy or a kitten might tear apart a ball of yarn. Full article: https://newatlas.com/science/bees-rolling-balls-first-evidence-of-insect-play/ & Video Link

FINANCIAL

Elderly people’s organisations consider the 9% increase in the pension supplement to be “insufficient”: {Translation}
– The Federation of Andalusian Organisations for the Elderly (FOAM) has described as “insufficient and unacceptable” the 9% increase in the supplement to non-contributory retirement and disability pensions, social assistance from the social assistance fund (FAS) and the minimum income guarantee subsidy (SGIM), in 2023 announced by the Regional Minister for Social Inclusion, Youth, Families and Equality, Loles López, during last Thursday’s plenary session.
– The president of FOAM, Martín Durán, detailed in a press release that the 9% increase would mean “an increase of 13.39 euros per year”, that is, “1.11 euros per month”. “The supplement would go from the current 148.81 euros to 152.20 euros,” he said, stressing that “it is shameful and disgraceful to present this increase as a fabulous achievement”.
– Durán recalled that the Junta de Andalucía’s supplement “is the lowest of all the autonomous communities that have established them”. He explained that the highest is in the Basque Country with 4,811 euros per year, followed by Navarre with 2,772, while at the bottom is Aragon with 404 euros per year, Extremadura with 253 and Galicia with 220 euros.
– “From FOAM we asked the Andalusian government to increase the allowance gradually so that at the end of the legislature, the region would leave the last place it currently occupies and reach the average of the regional allowances. For them we requested that by 2023 the supplement would be 298 euros per year, which is the figure resulting from the average of the three lowest communities, except Andalusia”, explained the president of the senior citizens’ organisations, regretting that the Junta “has ignored our proposal”. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1103858/organizaciones-de-mayores-ven-insuficiente-la-subida-del-9-del-complemento-a-pensiones/

CULTURE

A loaf of bread at 17 pesetas and a cinema ticket at 200 pesetas- this is how the cost of living has changed since the PSOE’s historic victory: {Translation}
– 1982 was the year of the World Cup with Naranjito as ambassador, Spain’s entry into NATO, the inauguration of ARCO, the death of Chanquete, the introduction of the 40-hour working week, the visit of Pope John Paul II to Spain, the emergence of the Movida, the arrival of Maradona in Spain… and of course, the historic victory of Felipe González’s PSOE, which ushered in a decade and a half of socialist government and which today marks 40 years. Spain had only just begun its democratic journey six years earlier and the country embraced the socialist leader with the same enthusiasm with which it threw itself headlong into modernity.
– It was also a year that will always be remembered because fashion and hairstyles at the time were anything but conventional. A woman’s blouse cost 1,554 pesetas (9.40 euros) and a man’s jacket cost 5,630 pesetas (34 euros). It was Mecano’s debut and also the year of the shoulder pads and backcombed hair. But how much have prices changed since then?
Advertising page in an issue of ABC from 1982 ABC Archive
– If we compare the figures of the early 1980s with those of today, it is clear that Spain is not the same as before. Tourism, petrol, basic foodstuffs and leisure have shot up. Inflation has also increased, although it is true that the Minimum Interprofessional Wage (SMI) then was 28,400 pesetas/month (about 171 euros) and now, in 2022. The square metre of housing was almost 61,000 pesetas (370 euros) compared to the 1,685 euros it costs now.
– You could buy a newspaper at the newsagents for 35 pesetas a day (21 cents, when now the daily ABC is worth 1.90 euros during the week) and fill up your car for 80 pesetas a litre of super petrol, that is 0.48 cents (as of yesterday, in Spain, it is worth 1.91 euros a litre). A car which, by the way, you could buy for a total of 1,239,000 pesetas (almost 7,500 euros) in the case of the Ford Escort, named car of the year in 1982. Today, its equivalent would be an Opel Corsa from 19,000 euros.
– Smoking was also considered a much cheaper vice than it is today. 30 pesetas for a pack of Ducados (0.18 euros) and 75 pesetas for a pack of Fortuna (0.45 euros). Today, the prices in tobacconists’ shops are 4.75 and 4.85 euros a pack of the respective brands. If we go into the field of alcoholic beverages, the 70cl red bottle of the famous Scotch whisky Johnnie Walker used to cost 870 pesetas (just over 5 euros) in Pryca supermarkets (now Carrefour); today, it is over 13 euros. And if we are talking about cubatas – or ‘cubalibres’, as they were called at the time, whether rum or gin – you could have one for 100 pesetas (0.60 euros) and a beer in a bar for half that, 50 pesetas (0.30 cents).
– By the way, you could go to the cinema for 200 ‘pelas’ (1.20 euros), when now the standard price is 9.90 euros. In other words, the price has quintupled. Eating a set menu at the corner bar in your neighbourhood for only 256 pesetas (1.54 euros) and now you can’t find any restaurant for less than 10 pesetas.
– A single EMT ticket used to cost 30 pesetas (0.18 euros) and in 2022, it will vary between 1.50 and 2 euros depending on the number of stations you travel. The price of a 10-trip ticket was already 160 pesetas (0.96) in December 1982, while now the figure is more than 12 euros.
– As far as the shopping list is concerned, the difference in prices is truly abysmal. A kilo of beef used to cost 424 pesetas (2.55 euros); (2.55 euros; now about 13 in some supermarkets), a loaf of bread in the grocery store cost 17 pesetas (the equivalent of 10 cents now), two litres of La Masía brand olive oil cost 350 pesetas (2 euros), a box of María biscuits cost 112 pesetas (65 cents) and Mimosin fabric softener cost 99 pesetas (0.60 cents) for 2 litres on the supermarket shelves. Now, it costs almost 6 euros. Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/espana/barra-pan-pesetas-entrada-cine-cambiado-coste-20221028233817-nt.html

OTHER

American Music Icon Jerry Lee Lewis Is Dead at 87:
– Jerry Lee Lewis (“The Killer”), piano-bashing rock ‘n’ roll founding father, swaggering country shouter and the last surviving member of the inaugural (1986) class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has died. His death was announced on Friday (Oct. 28).
– Lewis is known for recording such rock standards as “Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “Breathless” and “High School Confidential.” Both “Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On” and “Great Balls of Fire” have been named to the Grammy Hall of Fame. Sometime collaborator Kris Kristofferson told USA Today that Jerry Lee Lewis is “one of the best American voices ever.” A 2022 inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame, Lewis is one of just 16 people to have been inducted into both the Country and Rock and Roll Halls. Photo: Karen Pulfer Focht. Full article: https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/jerry-lee-lewis-dead-obituary-7333149/ &
Video Link – A Must See for Music Lovers – An Early Master at Work! – “A Whole Lotta Shakin´Goin´On” (Complete Concert, 20mins.) England 1964. (If any reader can identify this English venue for me, with motorcycle access to the balconies, I’d appreciate it. -Ed.)

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Churches & Worship

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New Life Church:
Whether you live in Nerja or are visiting our area, we would be delighted to welcome you to New Life Church. Our meetings are characterised by uplifting songs, relevant sermons and a modern but reverent service.
During this time of uncertainty, God’s word reminds us that the Gospel shines brightest in times of darkness. We are a Bible based Church community continuing to help people find their way to God through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.
Jesus said, “I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me“
Sunday Service 11.00am
Prayer Meetings Wednesdays 11.00am
Pasaje San Miguel, Nerja ; Directions: Click Here
Email: info@nlcnerja.com
Website: https://www.nlcnerja.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nlcnerja

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El Puente Christian Fellowship – Sunday Service
El Puente Christian Fellowship is a loving, multi-national, Bible believing community of Christ, who meet each Sunday at 11 am to worship The Lord. We enjoy a time of worship with contemporary songs and traditional hymns, and a message brought to us by one of the Elders or a visiting speaker.
The church meeting hall is situated underneath Maroma Inmobiliaria Puente Don Manuel, Cruce de Periana – 29713.
Full directions and further information can be found on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/El-Puente-Christian-Fellowship-105285888299225/or please contact us by email on elpuentechristianfellowship@gmail.com. For those who cannot join us in person, we aim to stream Sunday services via the Facebook page (subject to a good internet connection!).

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St George’s Church Málaga: We are part of the Church of England in Spain covering the area from Torremolinos in the west to the outskirts of Nerja in the east and to the northern edge of Malaga province.
We have three worship centres, in Velez-Málaga, Málaga city and Salinas. Everyone is welcome to our Sunday services in English, and you can also contact us to enquire about baptisms, marriage blessings, funerals, and house blessings.
Father Louis, our Chaplain, is available for counsel and support, regardless of anyone’s beliefs or background. We aspire to be a welcoming and inclusive community, open to all people seeking faith and friendship.
If you can’t get to church, we live-stream our Sunday services on Facebook, and also gather on Zoom for an informal service on Wednesday mornings.
Sign up for our newsletter by emailing Father Louis at malagachaplain@gmail.com to receive login details, and news of other future events. We look forward to welcoming you and being of service.
Website: https://www.stgeorgeschurchmalaga.org

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Lux Mundi, Torre del Mar Church Services:
– Lux Mundi, Torre del Mar Catholic Mass in English. Every Saturday at 17.00. Tel: 952 543 334.
– St Barnabas IERE (Anglican) Torre del Mar, Morning prayer 1st Sunday, Holy Communion 2nd, 3rd and 4th at 11am. Tel: 657286284
– Danish Church Services. On Saturdays 12th & 26th of November and 10th & 24th of December.
Lux Mundi Ecumenical Centre, Torre del Mar, Avda. Moscatel 1”I”, (Jardines Viña Malága/Antigua Casa de la Viña), Torre del Mar, 29740. Tel: 952 543 334

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Informal Christian fellowship group in Torrox Pueblo:
Meeting on occasional Wednesday evenings.
For more information contact Kevin and Julie.
Email: Juliestares@hotmail.co.uk ; WhatsApp 44 7531856465

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DigameXtra No. 2395 Friday, Oct. 28th, 2022

On October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 By Naythan

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End of Daylight Savings Time 2022: The change will be on the last Sunday in October, so at 3am on 30 October we have to put the clock back one hour, to 2am.

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The Royal British Legion- Nerja: The RBL is a charitable organization that helps local charities along with the Personnel Recovery Centre and the Poppy Appeal. All are welcome to our events, and military service or association is not required.
Chairman Eddie Bowe + 34 711 052 499
Please contact Kim Bowe at Kim_bowe1@hotmail.com if you need information on the Royal British Legion.
The Royal British Legion would like to extend a big thank you to the 26 people who came to walk and to their sponsors for contributing time, energy, and resources. Sharon and Fred at the Chapel Bar also contributed to the effort by serving as the walk destination and by providing refreshments.
Upcoming Events:
Please take special note of two major upcoming events below: The Poppy Ball and our Remembrance Day Service, both in November.
Nov
– Friday 4th. Lunch at La Herradura
– Friday 11th. Poppy Ball – Get your tickets today. Please call or email Kim at +34 711 077 576 / Kim_bowe1@hotmail.com
– Sunday 13th. Remembrance Day Service, followed by lunch at Al Andalus
– Tuesday 22nd. Quiz night at Lew’s Restaurant Torrox Costa.
Dec
– Friday 2nd. Christmas Lunch at La Herradura.
– Tuesday 6th. Quiz night at Lew’s Restaurant Torrox Costa.
– Thursday 15th. Christmas lunch at Al Andalus.
Events coordinator Kim + 34 711 077 576
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Concert: Diego Valdivia Flamenco Band
Friday 28 Oct, 8pm, €12. Nerja Cultural Center, C/ Granada, Nerja.
Tel 952 523 863

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Live music & dance with Cool, Fab & Groovy:
Sunday 30 Oct, 7:30pm. At Oscars Taberna, Canillas de Albaida.
Cool, Fab & Groovy with Alexandra, German Irish dancer with Ceilidh. And guest spot from Sean Barrett from Ireland. Call 601 605 397 for your your table.
Its gonna be great fun!! Early start at 7.30pm.

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Dance Performance: Saturday, 29 October, at 19:00 at the Teatro de la Villa. The Ibérica de Danza company will perform ‘Carmen vs Carmen’, a fascinating journey into the universe of women and their freedom directed by Manuel Segovia, in Torrox.

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Concert: The Banda de Música of Nerja will give a concert in Segovia on 29th October, 12:30h, in one of the most important and emblematic points of the city, the Plaza del Azoguejo, at the foot of the famous Aqueduct. Full details, Spanish: https://www.nerja.es/la-banda-de-musica-de-nerja-ofrecera-un-concierto-en-segovia/

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Concert- ” Sea View”: Sat 29Oct, 8pm
Orchestra de Carama Mediterranea feat. Pablo Alcazar on guitar
Nerja Cultural Center, C/ Granada. €15. Tel 952 523 863

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Triana will celebrate Halloween this weekend: Triana celebrates Halloween this Saturday, 29 October, with a programme aimed at all ages and which will be held at the municipal sports courts. The activities will begin at 17.00 hours with terrifying games, entertainment for the little ones, music and dancing, and prizes will be awarded for the best individual and group costume. The day will include a non-stop bar service.
From 00.00 hours, the same space will host various musical performances by DJs such as Sau & Jvni, Antonio Lara, or Antonio Lopez, a party that will feature raffles, photocall and many surprises.

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Walking Tour in Velez-Malaga: Friday 18 Nov, 10am.
Featuring theatrical elements, local food & wine, history and more.
Tour begins from Plaza de las Carmelitas.
Book at: planesaxarquia@gmail.com

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Maroween 2022: Monday 31 Oct
Maro once again celebrates the traditional Chestnut and Sweet Potato Halloween Festival popularly known as Maroween.
Includes a variety of organised activities, there will be a passage of horrors, which will be located in the car park next to the church square, a terrifying parade with guest performers, chestnut and sweet potato tasting, trick or treat points around the town where sweets will be distributed, and several costume, photography and façade competitions.
The Town Hall has arranged a special bus service between Nerja and Maro from 17.00 to 2.00 hours. VIDEO LINK

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The Greek House– Greek Casita Restaurant & Bar, Torrox Costa:
Now Open! Located on the sea promenade, between the Safari bar and Picadero restaurants, BLQ 80 bajo. We offer you a little piece of Greece with our Greek home made specialities. You can choose meat specialties (Gyros, Souvlaki, Bifteki, Sutsukaki, Mussaka), cheese (Feta Psiti, Feta Saganaki, Hallumi), vegetables (Greek salad, Hummus, Eggplant cream, Mezze, Tzatziki) or sea fruits (prawns or octopus), all of this accompanied with our special Greek pita bread. For dessert, HOMEMADE BAKLAVA! We offer a lovely meal time in a quiet end exquisite atmosphere, accompanied with the best Greek music. See you soon! Hours: 7:00pm to close, Wednesday thru Sunday. Closed Monday & Tuesday. For reservations call telephone number 642585049. https://la-casita-griega.business.site/ We are DigameXtra sponsors, so our contact info can be found everyday in the Sponsor’s Section.

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Great Deals From The Nerja Household Centre:
– Complete bedroom set. Mirror 63 x 80cms, Headboard 151 x 107cms, Chest of drawers 99 x 42 x 78cms, Bedside tables 60 x 36.50 x 51cms. Price 90€ ( for the complete set ). contact Jackie /nerja 672170429
info at nerja household centre dot com

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For Sale: Statue. Large, 820mm high, prancing horse decorative statue. 100€ Wes, Torrox WhatsApp 658164021

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For Sale: Kymco Superdink 300 cc motor scooter, new in 2011, less than 4000 km. Scooter has been used regularly for short journeys and always garaged. Recently serviced. ITV to November 2023. Buyer pays for changeover. Price €2150 or near offer.
Contact Adrian, Caleta de Velez, on 660 576 506.
email: lamplighters1152 at outlook dot com

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For Sale: 3 seater and 2 seater navy leather recliner suite.
Extremely comfortable. Overall good condition. Slight scuffing on 2 of the arms. 4 seats recline. 240 euros. Heather, Canillas de Aceituno. Buyer to collect. Tel 628306371

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For Sale: Solid Wood Headboard. €45. 157x110cm solid wood ornate headboard. Very heavy and would require two people to lift. Could be cut to make a wonderful table or shelves but sadly my house is too small. Collection from Itrabo village (above Salobreña) exit 903 off the A7 motorway. 35 mins from Torrox area.
Rachel, Itrabo. Tel 673709963

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For Sale: OrtoPrime Shower Chair with Removable Backrest – Orthopedic Bathroom Stool. Adults and Children, Padded Armrests, Adjustable 6 Heights, Comfortable and Safe Toilet Seat. See Details & Photo Credit
Like new, only used for 2 months. Asking 25€.
Ingrid, Algarrobo Costa. Email: udahl@gmx.de

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FREE: White double divan base on wheels, comes in 2 parts for easy transport. Buyer collects. Martin or Elise. Benamocarra.
Call or write: 608394280
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ANDALUCIA

Junta Announces New Holiday and Commitment to “Redistribution of Wealth” {YIKES!}: {Translation, summary}
– The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, confirmed this Thursday in the plenary session of Parliament that 4 December will soon be recognised by the Governing Council as the Day of the Andalusian Flag, with the argument that it will be added to 28 February as the Day of Andalusia on the grounds that “we want to add without subtracting” to “commemorate both dates on the complicated path towards Autonomy and our Statute of Autonomy”.
– Later in his speech promoting Andalucia’s autonomy, he reinforced his commitment to radical socialism, “Investments are good, we live in a global world”, defended the president of the Junta, who assured that “we put limitations on those who come to speculate”, although he assured that “we are not in favour of economic intervention”, although the role of the public administration should be “to serve to redistribute wealth and protect the most vulnerable”. Source, Spanish: https://www.granadadigital.es/moreno-confirma-4-diciembre-dia-bandera-andalucia/

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Salmonella alert in hamburgers distributed throughout Andalusia except Jaén: {Translation, summary} 27/10/2022, 22:33
– The Directorate General of Public Health has learned of the presence of Salmonella in beef hamburgers of the brand ‘Harburdehesa’ with expiry date 02/12/2022.
– The withdrawal from the market affects batch 300995, pack of two units of 130 grams and pack of two units of 200 grams, of the brand ‘Burger Meat Hamburdehesa’ Heifer of the Pasture, as reported by the Board in a statement.
– In Andalusia, the product has been distributed in the provinces of Cadiz, Seville, Huelva and Malaga in Maxico, El Jamón and Cash Lepe establishments, as well as in Carrefour chain shops in all Andalusian provinces except Jaén. It has also been distributed to the Community of Madrid and the autonomous city of Ceuta, although other redistributions are not ruled out.
– People who have the specific product and batch included in this alert at home are advised to refrain from consuming them and to return them to the point of purchase where they bought them.
– In the case of having consumed this product and presenting any symptoms compatible with salmonellosis (mainly diarrhoea and/or vomiting, abdominal cramps, accompanied by fever and headache, in an average period between 12 and 72 hours after consumption), it is recommended to go to a health centre.
Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1103637/alerta-por-salmonelosis-en-unas-hamburguesas-distribuidas-en-toda-andalucia-salvo-jaen/

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Pass It, Then Read It- Juanma Moreno criticises the early entry into force of the solidarity tax, before the details have been released:
– {Congress passes another law before providing the details to officials, thus avoiding proper debate before passage. The national gov’t is now making it a habit to pass controversial laws, and leave it to the regional gov’ts who disagree to take their claims thru a lengthy court challenge process. This is exactly the same method the gov’t used to create and enforce the illegal Covid lockdown, which the courts have now overturned. All the violation fines collected must now be returned. – Ed.}
– The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, has criticised this Thursday the central government’s bringing forward to 2022 the entry into force of the solidarity tax (for assets of more than three million euros) and has warned that “it will have its appropriate response” from the Andalusian government.
– Speaking to journalists in Parliament, Moreno said that his government is waiting to know the fine print of this new tax and once they have the text, the legal services of the Junta will study it in detail and a decision will be taken as to whether or not to appeal in the courts.
– “This attack on the fiscal autonomy of Andalusia will have its appropriate response,” said the president, who criticised “the plan of permanent improvisation” that the central government has in fiscal policy.
– He indicated that the new solidarity tax is only known so far “a glimpse” and that it seems that it will be retroactive to 2022, but it is not known exactly “what it will consist of”.
– In his opinion, “what is clear is that it is an absolute attack on the fiscal autonomy of Andalusia, unfounded, unjustified and unjustifiable from all points of view and that its only objective is to invalidate the tax cuts that the Junta has made”.
Source, Spanish:
https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1102827/juanma-moreno-critica-el-adelanto-de-la-entrada-en-vigor-del-impuesto-de-solidaridad/

EUROPE

The EU agrees to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars from 2035: {Translation, summary}
– The sale of gasoline and diesel cars and vans has its days numbered in the European Union: 2035 is the deadline. This was agreed this Thursday by the negotiators of the European Parliament, the Council -the Governments of the 27- and the European Commission, who have closed the first negotiation of the EU environmental package, known as fit for 55, a strategy to reduce emissions to 55% by 2030 – with an eye on 100% by 2050.
– Thus, the co-legislators agreed on a CO2 emission reduction target of 55% for new cars and 50% for new vans by 2030 compared to 2021 levels; and a 100% CO2 emission reduction target for new cars and vans by 2035. Source, Spanish: https://www.eldiario.es/economia/ue-acuerda-prohibir-venta-coches-gasolina-diesel-partir-2035_1_9662449.html

USA

At San Francisco restaurant, pups chow on filet mignon:
– San Francisco is a foodie heaven with plenty of Michelin-starred restaurants. And San Franciscans love dogs. So it might come as no surprise that an entrepreneur has decided to combine the two passions, creating what’s believed to be the first restaurant exclusively for man’s best friend.
– Dogue, which rhymes with vogue, opened last month in the city’s trendy Mission District. For $75 dollars per pup, doggie diners get a multiple-course “bone appetite” meal featuring dishes like chicken skin waffles and filet mignon steak tartare with quail egg.
It also includes a mimosa and a baked treat for the pup’s human.
Full article: https://apnews.com/article/san-francisco-restaurants-dogs-a6c1ba368023209a1bb5afd027b76742

OTHER

Russia’s parliament passes law banning ‘LGBT propaganda’ between adults: Russia’s parliament passed a law on Thursday expanding an existing ban on promoting “LGBT propaganda” to children by banning it among people of all ages. Under the new law, passed in its first reading by the State Duma, any event or act regarded as an attempt to promote homosexuality – online, in film, or in public – could incur a fine. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/russias-parliament-passes-law-banning-lgbt-propaganda-between-adults-2022-10-27/

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DigameXtra No. 2394 Thursday, Oct. 27th, 2022

On October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 By Naythan

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For Sale: TV cabinet. 60cm wide. 50cm high. 50cm depth. 20€.
Mary. Puente Don’t Manuel. 655640862.

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SPAIN

Insiders Say Masks On Public Transport At Least Until March ’23: {Translation}
“It was agreed that the current measures would be maintained until March 2023, when the situation will be reassessed. This is the proposal that was submitted to the Public Health Commission,” explain those close to the Alerts Committee. The Ministry of Health, on the other hand, assures that “the Alerts Committee did not recommend removing the masks from transport, and did not set any definite dates in its recommendation”. This group of advisors, on the other hand, insists that it was agreed to maintain this preventive measure until March next year.
Source, Spanish: https://www.vozpopuli.com/espana/expertos-sanidad-mantener-mascarillas-transporte-publico-marzo.html

ANDALUCIA

This is how you can get up to 20,000 euros to renovate your home in Andalusia: {Translation in full} 26/10/2022, 10:42
– The deadline for submitting applications for aid to renovate houses in Andalusia began on 17 October and will end on 30 June 2023. This is the time available to owners and communities to apply for a subsidy for the refurbishment of buildings and homes approved by the Andalusian Regional Government and charged to the Ecovivienda Plan.
– The budget for this aid comes from the European Next Generation funds and has 133.5 million euros, which will benefit more than 25,000 Andalusian families.
– Not just any work or reform will be eligible for this subsidy from the Andalusian government, but it is a measure that seeks to improve the energy efficiency of homes in our community. The amount of the aid can reach around 20,000 euros.
– What kind of modifications will allow to increase the energy efficiency of homes by at least 30%, which is what is required by the Junta de Andalucía to receive this subsidy? Improving insulation in facades and roofs, installing renewable energy systems such as photovoltaic panels, solar panels for hot water, aerothermal or biomass boilers, or changing windows or lighting systems.
– In addition, if the maximum amounts are reached, the projects may include measures to improve the accessibility of the building, such as the installation of lifts. The grants are compatible with each other, as long as they do not subsidise the same object.
– The programme for the rehabilitation of buildings, whether houses or blocks of flats, will receive 74 million euros. This programme subsidises between 40, 65 and 80 percent of the work, depending on the level of savings in non-renewable energy consumption achieved. The maximum amount is 18,800 euros per dwelling, as the subsidy can be for both the community of neighbours and for each single-family house. Half of the payment of this aid will be made in advance, i.e. at the start of the work.
– The programme to improve energy efficiency in housing will have 52 million euros in subsidies that can reach up to 40% of the total cost, with a maximum of 3,000 euros. In this case, it will also be necessary to certify a primary energy consumption saving of at least 30%.
***Formalities to apply for rehabilitation aid***
– The forms to fill in to apply for some of these grants can be found in the BOJA where the plan was notified and which can be found below:
After submitting the application, the citizen will receive a communication notifying him/her that the process has begun. In principle, no documentation is required, although it is logical to have the projects studied by the time the application is made.
After this, a provisional resolution will be issued reserving the credit and then a period of ten days will be given to present the project or report and all the documentation.
Remember that the deadline for submitting applications is 30 June.
***Grants for the building book***
– In addition, the call for applications has also been opened to draw up the building book, with 2.3 million in subsidies. The maximum amount in the case of single-family dwellings and multi-family buildings of up to 20 dwellings will be 700 euros plus 60 euros per dwelling. In the case of multi-family buildings with more than 20 dwellings, it will be 1,100 euros plus 40 euros per dwelling.
– This line also includes subsidies for the drafting of refurbishment projects, with 5.2 million euros. The aid for single-family homes and buildings of up to 20 homes will be 4,000 euros plus 700 euros per home. Meanwhile, in buildings with more than 20 dwellings, it will be 12,000 euros, plus 300 per dwelling, with a maximum subsidy of 30,000 euros. Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/pueden-conseguir-20000-euros-reformar-vivienda-andalucia-20221026175630-nts.html

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Junta announces four-billion-euro SOS plan to tackle drought in Andalucía:
– Juanma Moreno, the president of the Junta de Andalucía, announced on Tuesday 25 October, that the regional government has drawn up a four-billion-euro SOS plan to generate more water resources and alleviate the drought. The money will be invested between now and 2027 on works and crucial measures to guarantee supplies.
– The president of the Andalusian government also expressed his concern that the government in Madrid had reduced investment in water-related projects in this region by 12% in next year’s Budget, and said he was waiting for an explanation. He also said the Junta is calling on the EU to be sufficiently flexible about the use of Next Generation funds so these can be used to finance crucial works.
Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/junta-announces-plan-20221025172922-nt.html

AXARQUIA

Canillas de Aceituno is celebrating the second anniversary of the hanging bridge ‘Saltillo’: {Translation}
– The bridge that is part of the attraction formed by a path that starts from the very centre of Canillas de Aceituno, in the Natural Park of the Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama, linking this town with Sedella and all this at the foot of La Maroma, the highest peak in the province of Malaga.
In these two years, ‘El Saltillo’ has become one of the highlights of the Gran Senda de Málaga, in its seventh stage. A trail that runs along new infrastructures and footbridges that take hikers to one of the three largest suspension bridges in Spain in natural spaces, 54 metres long and 70 metres above the Almanchares River, and which joins the municipalities of Canillas de Aceituno and Sedella.
Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/canillas-de-aceituno-celebra-el-ii-aniversario-del-puente-colgante-de-el-saltillo/

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MALAGA

Entire village now affected by water problems and restrictions in Periana:
– Water restrictions in the village of Periana in the Axarquía have now reached the entire village and its outlying areas. For the last five weeks around two thirds of the 3,100 registered residents have been unable to drink the tap water as the small quantity of water that remains in the Guaro well is so cloudy it is undrinkable.
– Now, as of last weekend, restrictions have reached the other third of the population. Around a thousand people who live in hamlets and outlying areas are experiencing intermittent water cuts to ensure levels in the municipal water tanks.
– The town hall has asked the residents of Baños de Vilo, La Negra, Cuesta de Carabina, Huerta de Antonio Díaz, Camino de la Huerta de Antonio Díaz, Aldea de Moya, La Muela, Cortijo Blanco and Cañizares to refill their tanks and cisterns whenever they can, as they will not be able to have water for periods of around 36 hours at a time. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/axarquia/periana-water-cuts-20221026132413-nt.html

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Malaga’s honey to have its own protected denomination of origin:
Once the go-ahead is given by the European Commission, the honey which has been produced in the province for centuries will be labelled ‘Miel de Malaga’. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/malaga-honey-20221026114014-nt.html

ALMERIA

Tributes pour in following sudden death of Pedro Sáez López (45), popular coach and Guardia Civil corporal stationed in Almeria: {Translation}
– Pedro Sáez López was a Corporal in the Guardia Civil, a lifelong sportsman who lost his life at the age of 45 due to a heart attack. He was an avid footballer and coach, a member of the coaching staff of the Juvenil B team, which competes in Segunda Andaluza. Source, Spanish: https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/6/deportes/246501/luto-en-el-futbol-almeriense

EUROPE

As If Nazis Were Not Bad Enough, Now Russia Plays The SATAN Card- Putin Appointed ‘Chief Exorcist’ as Kremlin Whips up Satanic Panic: {Newsweek}
– Russian President Vladimir Putin has been named “chief exorcist” by the head of the country’s Orthodox Church as the Kremlin seeks to redefine the goals of its invasion of Ukraine.
– Putin, when he invaded the neighboring country on February 24, used the term “denazification,” saying that was the goal of his so-called “special military operation,” but now his security council is shifting to the phrase “desatanization.” Aleksey Pavlov, assistant secretary of the security council of the Russian Federation, is now calling for the “desatanization” of Ukraine, saying that there were “hundreds of sects” in the country where citizens have abandoned Orthodox values.
– “I believe that, with the continuation of the special military operation, it becomes more and more urgent to carry out the desatanization of Ukraine,” Pavlov said, according to state-run Russian news agency Tass. “Using internet manipulation and psychotechnologies, the new regime turned Ukraine from a sovereign state to a totalitarian hypersect,” said Pavlov.
– When Putin said in September that he had annexed four territories in Ukraine following sham referendums, he accused Western nations of “outright Satanism.” “The dictatorship of the Western elites is directed against all societies, including the peoples of the Western countries themselves. This is a challenge to all,” Putin said. “This is a complete denial of humanity, the overthrow of faith and traditional values. Indeed, the suppression of freedom itself has taken on the features of a religion: outright Satanism.” Full article: https://www.newsweek.com/putin-chief-exorcist-kremlin-desatanization-ukraine-security-council-1754912

TRAVEL NEWS

On Sale Now- Train Route 2023, through Andalusia on the Al Andalus train- everything you need to know: {Translation}
– The Tren Al Ándalus is a Renfe proposal that offers you the chance to travel around Andalusia on board a train. This means of transport will make you feel like you are in the Belle Epoque, an incomparable train, with great comfort, elegance and spaciousness. All its cars boast a great sophistication where the tradition of the area is breathed in the atmosphere. The possible travel dates have already been published and both options involve a journey of seven days and six nights in which to discover the best spots.
Departure dates
– On the Seville-Malaga route the available departure dates in 2023 are: April: 9; May: 7th and 21st; June: 4, and 18; September: 24 September; October: 8 and 22; November: 5 and 19
– On the Malaga-Seville route you can choose between:
April: 16; May: 14th and 28th; June: 11 and 25; October: 1, 15 and 29; November: 12th and 26th
– Within this train there are various travel options. Firstly, you can book the Grand Class room which includes activities such as entrance tickets to museums, monuments and shows, excursions and all meals on board the train or in restaurants outside the train. In the case of booking the Deluxe Suite, you will have everything included in the previous one and in addition, extras such as crew service and opening and closing of the bed.
– Life on board will be a luxury where you can relax and disconnect from reality for a few days. During the day there will be visits and after each dinner you will be able to enjoy an evening of entertainment with live performances and dancing.
– The train journey is also a place to relax and socialise, a journey through the best gastronomy with the best products of Andalusia, lunch and dinner on board with an exquisite buffet or in the best restaurants in the area.
– This Andalusian route includes sea, mountains, squares and streets full of charm, cathedrals, wineries and ports that will portray the history of the community step by step. If you decide to embark on this adventure, you are sure to have a unique experience, passing through places such as Seville, Cadiz, the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art in Jerez, the Alhambra in Granada, Ubeda, Baeza and Cordoba, among many others. For more information click here, you can change language in upper right corner, click the globe symbol ( https://www.renfe.com/es/en/experiences/luxury-journeys/al-andalus-andalusian-route/routes )
Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/wappissima/viajes/Ruta-Andalucia-Andalus-precios-lugares_0_1732628156.html

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Norwegian to operate 100 flights a week between the Costa del Sol and Scandinavia this winter: The Norwegian airline company has announced that it is expanding its services on the Costa del Sol and has programmed 100 flights a week between Malaga Airport and Scandinavia this winter. The airline is now offering nine routes, thanks to the addition of Sandefjord-Torp airport, south of the city of Oslo. There will also be return flights to Oslo-Gardermoen, Stavanger and Bergen as well as to Copenhagen and Gothenburg in Denmark and Helsinki in Finland. Full article:
https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/norwegian-flights-scandinavia-20221026111233-nt.html

SPORTS

Football News- Find out which Qatar World Cup group stage games you can watch for free:
– Those who are not subscribers to the Movistar platform know that they will only be able to watch the matches that are broadcast free-to-air on RTVE. The matches with already assigned contenders and which will be free to watch on all national television channels have already been announced.
– Thus, the first free-to-air match will be the opening match of the World Cup in Qatar, which will pit the host team against Ecuador on 20 November at 5pm. We will have to wait three more days to see another free-to-air match, in this case Spain’s opening match of the tournament, on 23 November at 5 p.m. against Costa Rica.
***Free-to-air matches in the group stage***
Qatar vs Ecuador, 20 November at 17.00.
Spain vs Costa Rica, 23 November at 17.00.
Portugal vs Ghana, 24 November at 17.00.
France vs Denmark, 26 November at 17.00.
Spain vs Germany, 27 November at 20.00.
England vs Wales, 29 November at 20.00.
Poland vs Argentina, 30 November at 20.00.
Croatia vs Belgium, 1 December at 16.00.
Spain vs Japan, 1 December at 20.00.
Cameroon vs Brazil, 2 December at 20.00
– It is worth remembering that Spain’s matches, all free-to-air and on RTVE, will be on 23 November against Costa Rica (17.00), 27 November against Germany (20.00) and 1 December against Japan (20.00). Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/deportes/futbol/conoce-partidos-fase-grupos-mundial-qatar-podras-20221026164625-nts.html

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Football News- FC Barcelona lost Wednesday against Bayern Munich (0-3) in the fifth round of the group stage of the Champions League: On the day they were confirmed to be playing in the Europa League for a second straight season Barcelona limped to a 3-0 home defeat against German champions Bayern Munich. Goals from Sadio Mane, Eric Choupo-Moting and Benjamin Pavard ensured that Julian Nagelsmann’s team kept up their perfect record in Europe and go to five wins from five.
– Inter Milan’s 4-0 hammering of Viktoria Plzen in the tea-time kick off meant the result in this game was immaterial for Barcelona, as they had already been consigned to the Europa League. Photo: Peter Kneffel/dpa
Full article: https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/champions-league/2021-2022/fc-barcelona-v-fc-bayern-munich-champions-league-live_sto9200853/story.shtml

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Tennis News- Carlos Alcaraz cruises into Swiss Indoors quarterfinals: Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz eased into the quarterfinals at the Swiss Indoors by beating Botic van de Zandschulp 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday. The 19-year-old Spaniard clinched the win with his only ace in a second-round match where he had 20 winners and made just nine unforced errors. Full article:
https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/34884210/carlos-alcaraz-cruises-swiss-indoors-quarterfinals

TECH

Google’s new Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence in Malaga will be launchpad for global cybersecurity strategy:
– New details about the Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence which Google plans to open in Malaga in 2023 were revealed at the company’s cybersecurity summit in Madrid on Wednesday morning. Rather than having a focus on Europe as originally thought, it will be a global hub “at the heart of the digital revolution,” Kent Walker, the head of International Affairs, explained. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/malaga-city/google-gsec-cybersecurity-hub-20221026125842-nt.html

FINANCIAL

World stocks hit five-week peak, pound up, dollar down: The U.S. dollar index fell to a five-week low as the pound touched its highest since Sept. 13, continuing its rally after Rishi Sunak became Britain’s prime minister. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/global-markets-wrapup-1-2022-10-26/

OTHER

Cult DJ Mighty Mouse (48) has died ‘suddenly’ at his Spanish home from an apparent aortic aneurysm: The 48-year-old producer, whose real name is Matthew Ward was a pioneer of the UK’s house and disco scene from the 2000s. Just two days before his sudden death, Mighty Mouse posted on social media about new music he was due to release. The DJ was also booked to play at a Halloween party in Newcastle this Saturday and Barcelona the 31st. Full article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11355889/DJ-Mighty-Mouse-dies-sleep-Spanish-villa.html & VIDEO LINK

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Phone numbers for emergencies
Emergency Svcs.: 112
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Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112

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DigameXtra No. 2393 Wednesday, Oct. 26th, 2022

On October 26, 2022October 25, 2022 By Naythan

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End of Daylight Savings Time 2022: The change will be on the last Sunday in October, so at 3am on 30 October we have to put the clock back one hour, to 2am.

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Torrox and El Morche will hold simultaneous Halloween, 31/10:
A family afternoon has been prepared, especially dedicated to the little ones, who can enjoy inflatables, craft workshops, face painting, animation, storytelling and also in both places (at different times) the show of the Estep Dance Academy, in which more than 70 residents of the municipality participate.
All families encouraged to come in costume. At his year’s festival will be “The Invisible Atom”, a theatrical show related to music and science that will be performed in both environments.
From 6pm. Plaza de la Consitiucion de Torrox & Paseo Maritimo de El Morche.

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The VI Ruta de la Tapa de Almáchar: Saturday 29Oct with six participating bars, and 12 different tapas. Noon-8pm. Tapas €1.50

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BUT YOUR LOCATION IS REQUIRED IN ANY CASE. Simply saying "for collection in Town" is NOT sufficient. Your location, and the collection location may not be the same place. If selling an item from a location different from where you reside, you must include both. 
For example: "...Buyer collects in Nerja, John/Malaga"
Why? DigameXtra covers a large area. So, for example, readers in Motril are unlikely to make recommendations, or call about most for-sale items, if they know you are located in Coin. As for including both locations in for-sale posts, the buyer needs to know where to collect the item, but they will also want to know where you are from in case there is a problem. Your cooperation is appreciated.

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Services Wanted/Offered

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Nik of all Trades- Services available for home, garden and office:
-Gardening – from weeding to landscaping, stonework (walls, paths, etc) a speciality. Transport and tools all provided by me, my time can be hired in 3 time slots of 4, 6 and 8 hours at a cost of 60€, 85€ and 110€ respectively plus any required materials at cost or fixed price quote if you prefer.
-Small construction/demolition jobs – walls, fencing, guttering, tiling etc. costs as above or fixed price quote if you prefer.
-Painting and decorating – interior or exterior, tools all supplied, materials extra at cost . costs as above or fixed price quote if you prefer.
-Evenings, weekends and holidays both Spanish and English are all included at no extra cost. I am always busy and usually require between 2 and 4 weeks notice before I can start work but I can usually carry out quotations fairly quickly.
-Check my website for examples of my work http://nik-of-all-trades.weebly.com/
Email enquiries or for more information to nikash2 at hotmail dot com or just write that email address or web address down somewhere in case you may need me in the future! I am a DigameXtra sponsor and so my contact info is available everyday in the sponsors section below as well. There is also a contact form available on the website.
References/recommendations available from the UK and Spain
Based in Competa but can travel anywhere in Digameland. Quotations are completely free.

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Items For Sale / Wanted / Rent

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Great Deals From The Nerja Household Centre:
– Aluminum Patio table with glass top with 4 matching chairs
155 x 100 x 72cms Price 95€
– 2 natural & yute chairs with new seat cushion fabric not identical price 55€ each
– Table. Vintage fabric top occasional table 61 x 61 x 43cms Price 55€
contact Jackie /nerja 672170429
Email: info at nerja household centre dot com

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For Sale: Gents Golf Clubs. Full set of Wilson DI5 Irons, woods and Odyssey putter in carry bag with all accessories (balls, tees, gloves, scoop, brolly etc). €100. For collection only. Martin in Nerja. Email: hutch4@btinternet.com or +44 7742835308

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For Sale: Large scale model aircraft. Unwanted gift in original package. Great winter project for someone with nimbler fingers than me. 30€ Ono. George, Maro. Mobile 653058825.

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For Sale: Computer monitor, SVEON make, 24 inch. Inputs for HDMI, VGA and audio. This is NOT a TV, but can be used as a display for a computer or from an outside TV source via HDMI. Price 25 euros. Ann, Caleta de Velez. Tel 608811828 or Email: lamplighters1152 at outlook dot com

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Wanted: Does anyone have a wheelchair they would like to sell? Must have large wheels and suitable for a man of around 85 kilos.
Vera, Torrox Costa, 697293698
Email: ozzybaldwin at yahoo dot co dot uk

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Correction, now w/pic- For Sale: HB Fitness Spin Exercise Bike. Immaculate, as new condition. Cost 700€. Rarely used. Will sell for 250€
For further details call or WhatsApp on 635 774 333. Sue, Competa

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Recommendations & Requests

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Regarding- Argentine Tango w/ Diego Ocampo, Nov. 4 & 5, at Bio Beach Restaurant:
Hello DigameXtra readers, especially those interested in the event above. I have explored & practised Tango Argentino for over a decade and can offer readers several links for practice, preparation and viewing. No obligation, reply before 4/11 to Tony, Nerja. Email: sjc2714@gmail.com

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Paddle Players: We are looking for people to play paddle with. We are in the beginning phase. We are 70 years old but we love paddle.
We have our own field. If interested let us know. Greetings.
Johan. Archez. tel nr 643342587
Email: wellnessfox@gmail.com

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News & Articles

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MALAGA

Date set for the first private high-speed trains to operate between Malaga and Madrid:
– Iryo’s Frecciarossa 1000 trains will offer the route from 31 March 2023 and tickets are already on sale for the inaugural and subsequent journeys. Includes stops at Antequera and Cordoba.
– The Ilsa company will be operating the new service and each train will be able to carry 460 passengers. There will be two a day in each direction but the plan is to increase this to five a day in the future.
– This is the first time Renfe has had competition from a private operator on the Madrid-Malaga route, and the Iryo tickets are cheaper. For example, if booking well in advance passengers can do the journey with Renfe for 59.35 euros one-way, while it would cost between 34.28 and 43.75 euros with Iryo. Nevertheless, at the moment there is the option of a basic fare on the new trains for 26 euros on 31 March, while Renfe is also offering a 25.45 euro ticket on its normal AVE service for the same date. Photo: J.M. Guerrero. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/malaga-city/iryo-trains-madrid-malaga-20221025094752-nt.html

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Godspell opens at Antonio Banderas’ Soho Theatre in Malaga in November: The musical Godspell will be opening at Malaga’s Soho Theatre on 3 November. This Broadway production from Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak was first performed back in 1971, but this will be a new version in Spanish. It has been produced to the same high standard as previous shows at the theatre, but there is one big difference this time: Antonio Banderas will not be on stage. Photo: ñito salas. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/malaga-city/godspell-will-open-20221025102504-nt.html

RECALLS

They withdraw a fresh mozzarella “Bocconcini de Albe” sold in Andalusia due to the presence of a toxin: {Translation, summary}
– Through the Coordinated System for the Rapid Exchange of Information (SCIRI), the AESAN received an alert notification from the health authorities of Madrid for the presence of staphylococcus toxin in fresh mozzarella from the Spanish brand “Bocconcini de Albe”.
– In particular, it concerns batch number 2910 of this product, with an expiry date of 29 October 2022.
– The health authorities warn that in the case of having consumed this type of product from the affected batch and presenting any symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pain or prostration, it is recommended to go to a health center.
– Likewise, it is recommended that people who have products affected by this alert at home refrain from consuming them and return them to the point of purchase. Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/salud/retiran-mozzarella-fresca-conocida-marca-presencia-toxina-20221025105920-nts.html

SPORTS

Tennis News- Top ranked Spanish teen sensation Alcaraz wins at first Swiss Indoors in three years: Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz rallied to beat Jack Draper 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the first round of the Swiss Indoors on Monday. The first Basel tournament since before the COVID-19 pandemic was intended to be Roger Federer’s hometown comeback on tour. But the Swiss great ended his career last month because of a persistent knee injury.
– The 19-year-old Alcaraz and 20-year-old Draper had a combined age of less than Federer’s 41 years, and both were playing for the first time at Basel where he won a record 10 titles from 2006-19. Full article: https://www.tsn.ca/tennis/top-ranked-alcaraz-wins-at-first-swiss-indoors-in-three-years-1.1867494

TECH

WhatsApp back online after 2hr global outage hits users, then iMessage goes down: iMessage appears to have stopped working for some users, just hours after rival platform WhatsApp was hit by a major outage. The problems meant users were unable to send or receive messages using the iMessage platform, which comes built into iPhones, iPads and other Apple devices. Text messages should send from within the iMessage app as usual. The issues also appeared to be affecting Apple’s FaceTime service, which provides video and audio calls, making phones appear to have broken down. (I am also hearing about cellular phone outages in a variety of locations, all over the world, on radio news; have not seen any articles supporting that yet. -Ed.) Full article link.

SCAMS

Expats in Spain warned of ‘property scam’ as mum and son left ‘homeless’ after €320k Mijas home auctioned off for €28k: Victoria Jenkins and her son Sam were reportedly left homeless after Spanish authorities ‘secretly sold’ their two-bedroom apartment in the Costa Del Sol ‘to pay for ex’s debt’. The ‘secret’ auction, which she says was without her knowledge, saw the property go for just €28,000 to pay for debts allegedly incurred by her ex-partner, Lee Cohen, the official property owner. She claims after finally getting permission from the court to see her case file, she discovered eviction notices and letters about the sale were being sent to the wrong address.
– “All the court documents have the correct address, but the notifications were sent to one that doesn’t exist. Because it looked like I was not responding, the judge automatically ruled in their favour without me knowing about it or being given a fair hearing or chance to put my side and legal documents forward. When it looked to the judge that I was not responding he granted them the eviction and they had no problem finding me and banging on my door when it was time to kick me out. I don’t know how these people sleep at night.” Full article: https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/10/25/expats-in-spain-warned-as-mum-and-son-left-homeless-after-e320k-home-sold-for-e28k-in-property-scam/

OTHER

‘World’s dirtiest man’ dies at 94 after first bath in over 60 years:
– An Iranian loner, also popularly known as the “dirtiest man in the world” for not taking a shower for more than half a century, passed away at the age of 94. The man named Amou Haji was afraid of water and had not bathed for over 60 years. He is reported to have died on October 23 (Sunday) in the village of Dejgah in Iran’s southern province of Fars. Haji was single and avoided taking a shower in the fear of “getting sick”, according to IRNA News. However, a few months ago, he was forced by the villagers to wash for the first time.
– Haji used to live in an open brick hut and he had faced some “emotional setbacks in his youth” that made him stern about not taking a bath with water or soap. A report published in the Tehran Times also claimed that Haji would eat roadkill, smoke a pipe filled with animal excrement, and believed that cleanliness would make him ill. Some pictures on social media also show him smoking multiple cigarettes at once. Full article: https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/world-dirtiest-man-amou-haji-who-refused-to-bath-for-over-60-yrs-dies-at-94-2289432-2022-10-25

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Taxi
Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231

Phone numbers for emergencies
Emergency Svcs.: 112
National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112

Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
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DigameXtra No. 2392 Tuesday, Oct. 25th, 2022

On October 25, 2022October 25, 2022 By Naythan

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End of Daylight Savings Time 2022: The change will be on the last Sunday in October, so at 3am on 30 October we have to put the clock back one hour, to 2am.

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Concert: Saturday 29 October
Coro de la Ciudad de Almuñecar are taking part in a concert in Almuñecar, “Festival de Habaneras” at Casa de la Cultura. 8pm
For more information please contact 689111352

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Halloween 2022- Almayate: The event, scheduled for Sunday 30th from 16:00 in the afternoon, will include the typical ‘trick or treat’ activities, children’s workshops, storytelling, yinkana, urban legends, a flashmob by the group Feel The Music, a photocall, doughnuts and chocolate. All enlivened by DJ Carlos TM and a bar for the benefit of the AMPA.

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Horror Movies Halloween at Malaga Drive-In: From the 29th of October to the 3rd of November, the Autocine Málaga. Metrovacesa has prepared a line-up of six horror classics, and one you can watch with children, Saturday 29th October with fantasy classic, The Nightmare Before Christmas. The film starts at 21:30, although as usual, the venue opens several hours earlier, from 19:00 onwards. The movie posters are in Spanish, no mention about subs.
See full schedule and info at: https://autocines.com/cine-malaga/cartelera/

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For example: "...Buyer collects in Nerja, John/Malaga"
Why? DigameXtra covers a large area. So, for example, readers in Motril are unlikely to make recommendations, or call about most for-sale items, if they know you are located in Coin. As for including both locations in for-sale posts, the buyer needs to know where to collect the item, but they will also want to know where you are from in case there is a problem. Your cooperation is appreciated.

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Services Wanted/Offered

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Archgrove Services: A family run light haulage/transport company with bases in Archez, Spain and Cambridgeshire.
We are part of the ADH storage and Transportation company and as such have storage available in Competa and Peunte Don Manuel. Very reasonable rates.
We provide a one stop service for all your transport needs and pride ourselves on reliability, flexibility, good communication and a very much ‘can do’ approach. No job is too small and there is always a solution.
Our services include:
-Regular runs between UK and Spain
-Transport of personal property from full house moves to small single items
-Man & Van services
-Packing, including supply of packing materials
-UK Home shopping with UK delivery address
-Storage of property and vehicles in Spain
If we can be of service please contact Gail. We are on Facebook and always available to chat through your needs and provide a free no obligation quote if required.
UK: 0044 7846672013
Spain: 0034 951 066 093
Email: archgroveservices@gmail.com ; FB Link
Our contact info is also in the DigameXtra Sponsor’s Section everyday.

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SPW Construction Services: Professional high quality building service, fully qualified tradesmen to all trades.
Extensions, retaining walls, driveways, swimming pools, damp problems, roofs, blocked drains.
Replacement kitchens and bathrooms, Tiling and terraces. Plumbing, electrics and plastering, painting.
Architect service, building licence applications.
Handyman service now available for those smaller jobs.
NEW- Water Deposit Installations: Due to the ongoing drought and current water restrictions SPW Construction are currently offering the following service.
– Supply and installation of new above or below ground water deposits. 1000 litres up to 25000 litres. Delivered and installed, all relevant plumbing. All work warrantied.
– We can also advise you or help to organise water deliveries from local suppliers. For free consultation and estimate contact us on 622 938 440
or email: scottparkwilson AT yahoo DOT co DOT uk
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Our contact info is also in the DigameXtra Sponsor’s Section everyday.

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Ayurveda Workshops:
-Detox. Do you suffer from gastrointestinal problems, food allergies and want your improve digestion? Then find out how you help yourself and strengthen your health. 29.10.22, 11-12.30h
– Painful joints: Do you suffer from aching joints and spine? Then learn special exercises and massages that make your joints supple and strengthen. 12.11.22, 11-12.30h
Yoga Vidya Torrox Costa
Av. America 206, Bl. 88 in Torrox Costa ; Register: 644 597 353

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Items For Sale / Wanted / Rent

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For Sale: HB Fitness Spin Exercise Bike. Immaculate, as new condition. Cost 700€. Rarely used. Will sell for 250€
For further details call or WhatsApp on 635 774 333. Sue, Competa

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Wanted: Lock up, storage or garage.
Torre del mar, poniente, el faro. Rental or purchase. Send details to
ernestiznate at hotmail dot co dot uk
Or ring Ernest, Iznate. whatsapp 616812765

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Wanted: A double set of bunk beds – ideally with a steel frame.
We are happy to collect from Axarquia area
Please contact: how50n@hotmail.com
Andrew, Sayalonga

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SPAIN

DGT’s major change to communications with companies and legal entities that comes into force on 1 November: {Translation}
– From 1 November, the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) will introduce an important change in the way it issues its notifications. The change will affect companies and legal entities, so, for the time being, other drivers will be able to ignore this measure.
– Specifically, from 1 November, the DGT will stop sending notifications – fines, appointments and other formalities – on paper to legal entities. From that moment on, notifications will be sent exclusively electronically through the Electronic Road Address (Dirección Electrónica Vial, DEV). In this way, the DEV subscription data will be accessible to the administrations in charge of traffic matters, which will notify electronically on their own platforms.
– But what is the Electronic Road Address (Dirección Electrónica Vial)? It is an electronic mailbox in which individuals can register to receive the communications and notifications that the DGT has to make telematically with the same legal effects as paper notifications. In the case of legal entities, registration is compulsory, as from 1 November they will only be notified electronically.
– One of the advantages of being registered in this mailbox is that users can stop having to change their address if, for example, they change their home or town. The DGT warns that those bodies that have not yet joined the DEV will continue to send notification of fines by post.
– Notification to the DEV is complemented with an e-mail notification and, if desired, also with an SMS to the mobile phone.
*How to register*
– According to the DGT on its website, the steps to follow to register with the DEV are very simple. A valid digital certificate is required and, as mentioned above, an e-mail address and a mobile phone number where you can receive notifications of pending notifications.
– If you do not register, a valid e-mail address will be assigned ex officio, where the relevant notifications will be sent. Remember that if you do not inform the DGT of an e-mail address or mobile phone number for this purpose, you will not receive notifications of the availability of traffic fine notifications.
– All legal persons who are holders of a vehicle registration certificate (holders of vehicles in the Vehicle Register) or who are long-term lessees of a vehicle are obliged to register.
– For more information, call 060.
Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/motor/importante-cambio-sobre-multas-entra-vigor-noviembre-20221024132020-nts.html

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Spain has a backlog of 300,000 people waiting to sit their driving tests: A lack of examiners means that more than 306,000 learner drivers who have passed their theory exams in Spain are waiting for months to sit their practical tests. Full article: https://www.thelocal.es/20221024/spain-has-a-backlog-of-300000-people-waiting-to-sit-their-driving-tests/

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Spain to Accelerate & Simplify Procedures for Recognition of Foreign University Degrees & Certifications:
– The decree corresponding to the Immigration Law will officially enter into force on November 7, and the move means that foreigners from other countries will be subject to facilitated procedures when it comes to the recognition of their university degrees.
– In line with the new rules that are to become effective two weeks from now, foreigners who hold a university degree issued in their country of origin will be able to prove through a more streamlined procedure that their level of training is the same as the one required in Spain.
– In addition, the new measures will provide solutions to thousands of skilled foreigners who currently work in Spain and will guarantee eased procedures for those who wish to work in the country.
Full article: https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/spain-to-accelerate-simplify-procedures-for-recognition-of-foreign-university-degrees/

ANDALUCIA

If your mobile phone behaves strangely today, don’t panic:
– If your mobile phone starts behaving strangely today don’t worry- the Spanish Interior Ministry is testing a new nationwide emergency warning system and in the case of people in Andalucía, as well as making an alert sound and vibrating, there will be a message saying: “Esto es un mensaje de prueba del nuevo sistema español de avisos de emergencias a través de redes de telefonía móvil [112 inverso] enviado por los Servicios de Protección Civil de la Junta de Andalucía”.
– Just press Aceptar to remove the message from the screen.
Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/youre-andalucia-your-20221024094538-nt.html

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Junta rolls out fourth Covid jabs to another age group in Andalucía from today:
– Health centres across Andalucía are starting to administer the fourth anti-Covid vaccine people to aged 60 and over, with effect from today, Monday 24 October. About 110,000 people between the ages of 60 and 64 are expected to receive the vaccine in Malaga province alone, those aged from 65 upwards have already had their fourth dose.
– Appointments for this fourth jab can be made by phoning the local health centre or ringing Salud Responde (Tel: 955 54 50 60), via the Internet on the ClicSalud+ website, via the Salud Andalucía app or the Salud Responde app.
Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/people-aged-eligible-20221024092055-nt.html

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Andalusia extends the free screening for breast cancer to five new groups of age: {Translation, summary}
– The Andalusian Regional Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs, Catalina García, announced last week the extension of breast cancer screening to five new age groups: 47, 48, 49, 70 and 71, as part of the Andalusian Government’s commitment to extend these tests from the age of 40 to 75.
– The Breast Cancer Early Detection Programme consists of carrying out mammograms every two years on the entire female population between the ages of 50 and 69 living in Andalusia. In this sense, with the incorporation of these new age groups, which will be carried out during the second quarter of 2023, the target population will be between 47 and 71 years of age. Source, Spanish: https://www.granadadigital.es/andalucia-amplia-cribado-cancer-mama-cinco-nuevos-grupos-edad/

UK

Rishi Sunak to become the next UK prime minister after months of turbulence:
– Rishi Sunak will become Britain’s first prime minister of colour on Tuesday after he won the race to lead the Conservative Party, tasked with steering a deeply divided country through an economic downturn set to leave millions of people poorer. One of the wealthiest politicians in Westminster, Sunak, 42, will become the country’s youngest leader in modern times – and its third in less than two months – as he takes over during one of the most turbulent eras in British political history.
– Sunak, who will be appointed prime minister by King Charles on Tuesday, will also have to work hard to hold Britain’s dominant political party together after some accused him of treachery earlier this year when he resigned from the cabinet of former leader Boris Johnson, triggering his downfall too.
– Other Conservatives say he is too rich to understand the day-to-day economic pressures building in Britain, and worry whether he could ever win an election for a party that has been in power for 12 years. “I think this decision sinks us as a party for the next election,” one Conservative lawmaker told Reuters on condition of anonymity. Photo: Kevin Coombs. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/sunak-looks-set-become-next-uk-pm-after-johnson-quits-race-2022-10-24/

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Explained- Why the British public is not choosing its leader: Observers of British politics can be forgiven for scratching their heads in recent weeks as they watch the country reel through prime ministers without holding an election. While the opposition Labour Party is demanding an election, the governing Conservatives have just chosen another leader from within their own ranks – Rishi Sunak, the third prime minister since September. They have the right to do so because of the way Britain’s parliamentary democracy works.
Full article: https://apnews.com/article/why-is-there-no-new-election-uk-prime-minister-1d86b61c55816b97999305e5834782ce

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Nicola Sturgeon tonight demanded Rishi Sunak call an early general election: Nicola Sturgeon tonight demanded Rishi Sunak call an early general election and claimed it would be ‘unthinkable’ for the new Prime Minister to wait two years before going to the polls. Full article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11349575/Nicola-Sturgeon-demands-Rishi-Sunak-calls-early-general-election.html

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“We are doomed”- What Mancs are saying about Rishi Sunak becoming the new Prime Minister: A number of Manchester Evening News readers said the public should now be allowed to again have their say at the polls as they expressed despair and frustration at the current situation in Westminster.
– Reacting to news of his victory in the leadership race on the Manchester Evening News Twitter feed Ian Poulter said: “Another un-elected Prime Minister, what an absolute farce.” Lisamarie Secker said on the M.E.N’s Facebook page: “We are more doomed than we have ever been…” “Another multi-millionaire who understands how us ordinary people are struggling! Yeah right !!” said Alan Seaton. Lauren Mottershead said: “Is the lettuce still about?? Will it outlive 2 prime ministers??” More reactions in source article: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/we-doomed-what-mancs-saying-25342476

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GenX Radio Suffolk presenter Tim Gough dies on air at age 55:
Tim Gough, presenter for GenX Radio Suffolk, died this morning while presenting his programme. In a tweet this, GenX Radio Suffolk said: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to inform you, our dear friend and breakfast host Tim Gough passed away this morning whilst presenting his program. Full article & Photo credit: https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/bury-st-edmunds/news/tributes-flood-in-for-suffolk-radio-presenter-who-died-whils-9280739/

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Johnny Depp to tour the UK and Europe with supergroup The Hollywood Vampires, including Alice Cooper & Joe Perry (Aerosmith lead guitarist) + special guests The Tubes & Seether (UK only):
– The Hollywood Vampires are doing a tour in UK next year after the original tour dates were postponed due to the pandemic.
– Recently, Depp has been appearing as special guest at Jeff Beck concerts, and has announced that the pair have recorded an album together.
5 July – Scarborough, Open Air Theatre*
7 July – Swansea, Swansea Arena
8 July – Manchester, AO Arena
9 July – London, The O2
11 July – Birmingham, Utilita Arena
12 July – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
*Special guest Seether only
Next moving on to Europe including Germany, France and Switzerland.
– Tickets for The Hollywood Vampires UK tour 2023 go on sale on Friday 28 October at 10am. Ref: https://alicecooper.com/hollywood-vampires-announce-2023-uk-tour/ & VIDEO LINK (vid with rare view of Alice playing guitar)

EUROPE

Finger Pointing Over Ukraine- The Latest Scare Mongering Doing the Rounds in the Mainstream Media:
(This article is a typical example; similar articles are in all the major news outlets.) “West fears Russia is preparing escalation in Ukraine using ‘dirty bomb’ pretext”
– Following five months of silence, the Kremlin made two telephone calls in the space of three days to warn France, the United Kingdom and Turkey about the threat of Ukraine deploying a ‘dirty bomb’ on its own territory to then place the blame on Russia. On Sunday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu contacted his counterparts in the three countries to tell them that the Kremlin’s intelligence suggested Kyiv was planning to use such a weapon, but the response from Washington, London and Paris was that Shoigu’s assertion was a Russian bluff to justify further military escalation in the face of Ukraine’s advances on the ground in the province of Kherson, which has been under Moscow’s control since the early days of the invasion.
– “Our countries made clear that we all reject Russia’s transparently false allegations that Ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb on its own territory,” The US, the UK and France said in a joint statement. “The world would see through any attempt to use this allegation as a pretext for escalation.” Full article: https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-10-24/west-fears-russia-is-preparing-escalation-in-ukraine-using-dirty-bomb-pretext.html

ENERGY CRISIS

How you can get a gas bottle for free before 2023?: {Translation}
– The price of the butane cylinder is frozen until the end of 2022. Thus, it is foreseen that, if nothing prevents it, 2023 will be accompanied by an increase in the price of the butane cylinder, which currently has a fixed price of 19.55 euros.
– Faced with this situation, any option for consumers to make a profit on this type of element for heating water, cooking or cookers in winter is welcome. The energy company Repsol has made a free cylinder available to its customers if they request it before 2023. However, they must meet certain requirements.
– These conditions are to buy at least 10 units of the 12.5 or 12 kilos cylinders, and to do so through its website or app, and it is an offer for residents in the peninsula or the Balearic Islands until 31 December. It is true that the requirement is complex, since not many people buy that number of cylinders, but if they are purchased by several people, at least the amount of each cylinder will be a little lower.
– When the purchase of the 10 cylinders is completed, the user will receive a coupon that can be redeemed at any Repsol shop to claim their free product for a period of 3 months. Source, Spanish:
https://sevilla.abc.es/economia/puedes-conseguir-bombona-gratis-2023-20221024131554-nts.html

TRAVEL NEWS

Vueling cabin crew in Spain call for a strike action every weekend until February next year:
– The Stavla union said they will strike on Fridays, Sundays, Mondays and on public holidays until 31 January 2023 to demand a pay increase of 13.4% for this year. Full article:
– This is the latest in a series of strikes by airline staff which began in the summer. Ryanair crew began theirs early in the season and they are still taking action from Thursdays to Sundays, although it is now receiving less support. Iberia Express and easyJet also suffered from strike action in the summer. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/vueling-cabin-crew-strike-spain-20221024104619-nt.html

TECH

Keys to repairing your household appliances- where to find spare parts: {Translation, summary}
– From the beginning of 2022, the availability of repair parts and service is guaranteed for up to ten years from the date on which the product ceases to be manufactured.
– To ensure the compatibility of the spare part, the best option is to purchase an original spare part from the manufacturer and there are two ways to do this:
1. Find a Technical Assistance Service (TAS) of the brand and ask for the spare part you need using this link (Spanish). They usually ask for the serial number of the appliance and if they do not have it in stock, you will have to order it. https://www.ocu.org/consumo-familia/derechos-consumidor/consejos/servicios-asistencia-tecnica
2. Access the manufacturer’s website and if they have an online spare parts shop, you can do it directly through this channel (English/Multilingual). https://www.fersay.com/en
3. Another alternative is to look for the part in shops specialising in spare parts, which can be generic or the manufacturer’s original ones. They usually have spare parts of different brands. According to the OCU, some of these multi-brand spare parts sellers have a physical establishment through their network of franchised establishments, as is the case of Fersay.
There are other specialised shops that only sell spare parts online. Some of them are
Electrotodo, https://www.electrotodo.es/
Espares, https://www.espares.es/
Fixpart, https://fixpart.es/es
Reelec, https://reelec.es/
La Factoría del Recambio, https://www.lafactoriadelrecambio.com/
Recombios y Accesorios Online, https://www.recambiosyaccesoriosonline.es/
– When buying a spare part, you must know the model of the appliance and its reference or serial number because the numbers that appear on the spare part must coincide with those of the original part of the appliance so that there are no problems when the repair is carried out. These numbers on the type plate are usually located on inconspicuous parts and their location depends on the type of product. On washing machines and tumble dryers, these plates are usually located on the top of the door or on the back of the door. In dishwashers, they are located on the inside frame of the appliance or on the top edge of the door. In the case of refrigerators it is usually on the inside and in microwaves and ovens it is usually on the door frame or on the inside.
Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/claves-reparar-electrodomesticos-encontrar-piezas-repuesto-20221024133906-nts.html
(Readers may want to forward these spare part links to their handy-person friends. It’s not often you find all these sources listed together. -Ed.)

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Apple is raising the price of Apple Music, Apple TV+ and Apple One from today:
– If you are in an International market, you should also expect to see proportionally similar price increases go into effect beginning today. Current subscribers will receive notifications of the planned price increases 30 days prior to the service renewing at the higher price.
Apple Music
Individual: $10.99 per month (from $9.99)
Family: $16.99 per month (from $14.99)
Individual Annual: $109 per year (from $99)
Apple TV+
Monthly: $6.99 per month (from $4.99)
Annual: $69 per year (from $49.99)
Apple One
Individual: $16.95 per month (from $14.95)
Family: $22.95 per month (from $19.95)
Premier: $32.95 per month (from $29.95)
Full article: https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/24/apple-music-tv-prices-going-up/

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DigameXtra No. 2391 Monday, Oct. 24th, 2022

On October 24, 2022October 24, 2022 By Naythan

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End of Daylight Savings Time 2022: The change will be on the last Sunday in October, so at 3am on 30 October we have to put the clock back one hour, to 2am.

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Phoenix Club: Our social club is fully open so do pop in for a coffee and a chat, or browse our books at 4 for €1. We also have a selection of DVDs/CDs and Jigsaws at various prices
***Trips***
November
– 4th – Trip to Gib €20pp includes €1 for the driver. Do remember that we have just 3 pick ups usually and we return from Gib at 16.30
– 17th – Wolf Park in Antequera €23pp includes guided tour and lunch at the Lakes (not included)
– 25th – Black Friday in the Nevada Centre, Granada €15pp – Hit the sales.
December
– 2nd – Trip to Gib €20pp includes €1 for the driver. Do remember that we have just 3 pick ups usually and we return from Gib at 16.30.
– 7th – Trip to Estepa with a full programme of visits to include:
World of chocolate
La Estepena – A city made of Chocolate
Mantecados Gamito – Speciality sweets and biscuits
Tourist train
Guided tour of Estepa Castle
Price TBC
– 13th – Mrs Miggins home bake sale, orders taken now for Christmas cakes and puds, mincepies, sausage rolls, meat pies and curries.
– 14th – Cirque du Soleil on Ice in Malaga – Price €80pp includes ticket, management fee, coach fare and drivers gratuity.
– 21st – A trip to see the festive Christmas Lights in Malaga city. €10pp and first pick up at Algarrobo Lidl at 17.00
– 23rd -27th – Christmas in Hotel Las Palmeras, Fuengirola. The price is €240pp based on 2 sharing a double room. The price includes Full board hotel accommodation, coach fare and tips.
January 2023
– 04th – La Concepcion Botanical Gardens Spectacular Lights Extravaganza. Price 22€pp and includes entry to the Gardens etc
– 6th – Trip to Gib €20pp includes €1 for the driver. Do remember that we have just 3 pick ups usually and we return from Gib at 16.30.
– 13th – La Canada and Iceland in Fuengirola €18pp
For further information, please contact Gail on 951067723 / 626370695 or email phoenixsocialclub@yahoo.co.uk for more information or check out our FB page

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The BIO BEACH Restaurant U3A Lectures Present:
– Book Signing on Wed. Nov. 9th at 11am with U3A Author Norma Kira Masip.
*Chocolate Moon: Synopsis: Born during WWII in France, my tender years were far from conventional. My Catalan parents, political refugees having fled in 1939 from the Spanish Civil War, were held in a Concentration Camp in Argeles-Sur-Mer. Raised and educated in France, I pursued my higher education after I migrated to The USA in my teens. I eventually settled in the magical State of Hawaii, where I raised two sons. It is with a grateful heart that I published Chocolate Moon – A Life
from Darkness to Light in July 2020. Copies of Chocolate Moon are available in Bio Beach Restaurant (20€).
*So Close: Synopsis: Nadia, a dedicated and successful social worker, falls in love with Pasco, a prisoner serving life in prison for murder. Pasco convinces Nadia that he is innocent of the crime. The portrayal of the lives of these two individuals takes the reader through uncharted ethnic, cultural and social situations that eventually bring light into the convoluted story. This thrilling tale, parts of it filtered through the lens of Nadia’s best friend, Kira, is based on a true story. Copies of So Close are available in Bio Beach Restaurant (10€).
NOTES:
-For this book signing special, I’m offering both for 25€.
-These U3A lectures are free, just order refreshments from Bio
Beach. We belong to U3A, (http://www.u3aaxarquia.com/) and these social, educational, and stimulating mornings are presented in an effort to attract more members. Bio Beach Restaurant is located on the El Morche beachfront promenade (right behind the church). We look forward to seeing you there! For more info
contact norma2kk@aol.com
– Monday, October 24 at 11 am at Bio Beach: The Norsemen Part I. Power Point Presentation: An understanding of life as people of the north after the 8th century.
– Monday, Nov. 28 at 11 am at Bio Beach: The Vikings Part II. Power Point Presentation: The Norsemen Warriors.
– Argentine Tango w/ Diego Ocampo at Bio Beach Restaurant:
Diego Ocampo, Argentine tango dancer/choreographer/teacher, visiting from Paris, will offer two Tango Workshops (All levels) at Bio Beach Restaurant at 18hrs on Nov. 5. A Milonga will follow from 19:30 to 23hrs. The workshops will be 15euros Per Person; the Saturday Milonga social will be 5euros for the workshops’ students and 10 for others. For registration & information contact norma2kk@aol.com
Visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQmoNz6d0hg &
https://www.instagram.com/diego_ocampo_tango/?hl=es

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Beautiful Cacao & Meditation Ceremony: “Love is our medicine.”
Very welcome on the 30th of October 2022 in Galeria Luz de la Vida in Competa
“Cacao is the medicine of the heart, opening, expanding in a sweet and soft way.
“We are love” and the cacao-medicine remembers us the universal truth.”
We would love to gather, to connect with our hearts and with each other.
When we open our hearts we can charge and we can become beacons of light during these challenging times.
We start at 11:00 in the Galeria Luz de la Vida in Competa.
Cacao ceremony & meditation by Marloes Verboom (in English)
We will listen to live guitar music by Ad Jan van Gils.
Lieuwke Loth is host, the beautiful gallery space brings us inspiration and a peaceful vibe.
We would also like to make sounds together, drums, (wind)gongs, rattles, voices, bells…so you can take an instrument with you.
Address: Calle Laberinto 15 Bajo, Competa
phone-number: 0031-650408977
pre-booking per email: lieuwkeloth@hotmail.com
Limited places: 8
Entrance price/ pre-booking: 30,- euro pp
Doors open: 10:30, start 11:00 end of ceremony 13:30
fb: centroluzdelavida
www.galerialuzdelavida.com

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Halloween Punk Party/Expo – 90s Old School: Sat, 29Oct 8pm
La Nave, Cerrajeros 9, 29006 Málaga. €5 entry.
We will have the punk band par excellence of Malaga “3 de Bastos”, who are celebrating their 30th anniversary, accompanied by Mal Viaje Punk and fake5art and all this enlivened with Dj daniel quiros who celebrates his 20th anniversary as a dj and with the expo in the background where you can enjoy posters, flyers, tickets, of the 90’s in Malaga.
There will be merchandising of the bands and distributors.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1040955493068879/ & VIDEO LINK

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Great Deals From The Nerja Household Centre:
– Wardrobe. Natural wood & yute color wardrobe 113 x 53 x 174cms.
Price 225€
– Writing desk. Natural & yute. 100 x 54 x 75cms. Price 130€
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For Sale: 2 seater Oceanduo kayak. In excellent condition. €300 Ono Included removable seats, paddles and life jackets. Contact: Tom / Benajarafe Email: Benajarafe13 @ hotmail.com or whatsapp +353872238348.
Buyer to collect.

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For Sale, 2 items:
– DIMPLEX electric fan heater 2 speeds. With log effect and opening door, size 50x60x28. Perfect condition 60 euros. Buyer collects.
– TEAK fire surround, painted white, needs re painting. Size 152×90. 50 euros. Buyer collects.
Stuart, Algarrobo Pueblo, 665190121

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For Sale, 3 items: Second hand and in very good conditions
– Extensible wooden (Tinted Beech Wood) dining table, Banak Importa brand. Meas;1.40m(0.8m)LX0.90mWX0.78mH. Price €190
– Wooden TV furniture in tinted Beech Wood. Glass doors with shelves in each corner. in the middle four small drawers.
Meas:1.60m LX 0.55m W, 0.60m H. Price €290
– Full set of woman ski equipment, ski boots size ( 38-42), ski paddle and ski poles. Size M, Woman of 1.54. – 1.76mts tall. Price €290
Steeve, Benajarafe (Velez Malaga). Whatsapp/phone: +34695776978
Mail: steevearg@gmail.com

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Wanted: Parking place. I would like to purchase a secure and dry parking place for my Honda Civic Hybrid in the Playa Peñoncillo area. I will be leaving the Axarquia for six months on November 14th. Alicia, Torrox Costa. Tel. +34613696384
Email: aliciabaylaurel@gmail.com

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SPAIN

The price of electricity rises on Monday to 109.78 euros/MWh: {Translation, summary} 23/10/2022 14:59
– The average price of electricity for regulated tariff customers linked to the wholesale market will rise this Monday to 109.78 euros, which represents an increase of 50.71% compared to this Sunday, although it will be the sixth lowest price in the month of October.
– This will be the fifth consecutive day in which the so-called Iberian exception, in force since mid-June, has not been applied, as the reference price for gas plants stands at 36.43 euros/MWh, below the ceiling of 40 euros/MWh.
– The maximum price will be between 20.00 and 21.00 hours, at 180.01 euros/MWh, while the minimum price for the day, 77.60 euros/MWh, will be between 4.00 and 5.00 hours.
– Added to this pool price is the compensation to gas companies that must be paid by consumers who benefit from the measure, consumers on the regulated tariff (PVPC) or those who, despite being on the free market, have an indexed tariff, which on this occasion for this Monday will once again be zero. Source, Spanish:
https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1098708/el-precio-de-la-luz-repunta-este-lunes-hasta-los-10978-eurosmwh/

MALAGA

Private health care now has more than 40% of the hospital beds of Malaga: {Translation, summary}
– Private health care now has more than 40% of the hospital beds of Malaga.
– Twenty years ago, there was no Vithas Xanit International Hospital, nor CHIP, nor Quirónsalud Málaga. The first was inaugurated in December 2005; the Complejo Hospitalario Integral Privado (CHIP) opened in September 2009 (although its origin, the clinic La Encarnación, had already existed for almost four decades) and the third, in October of the same year. And since then they have not stopped growing. For its part, the HLA El Ángel Hospital has undergone a complete renovation of its building and technology. In addition, at the beginning of last October, the entry of another business group in the sector was announced: HM, which with CHIP, the Del Pilar and Gálvez clinics and the Santa Elena Hospital, brings together 200 beds and 400 doctors.
– According to the National Catalogue of Hospitals, as of 31 December 2021, the province had 4,723 beds installed. Of these, 2,774 – 59% – belong to the public health system and 1,949 – 41% – to the private sector. But this part of the pie is even bigger because there are data that are not yet included in the list drawn up by the Ministry of Health.
– During these two decades, while the Andalusian Regional Government kept repeating promises of a third public hospital that never came, the private health sector was concretising one project after another, consolidating its position as the most important in the autonomous community. Now, it seems that the third public hospital in the capital is finally on its way, as the project has already been awarded. In addition, the Pascual Hospital – which was private and is currently closed – is expected to open in the first half of 2023 as a public hospital, to be like an “extension” of the Regional Hospital, with 200 beds.
– The current picture of private healthcare portrays a thriving sector that accounts for almost half of the hospital beds in Malaga and is backed by strong business groups, such as Vithas, Quirón or HM Hospitales. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/sanidad-privada-camas-hospital-Malaga_0_1731127665.html

UK

Boris Johnson drops out of race to be next UK prime minister:
– Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Sunday he will not run to lead the Conservative Party, ending a short-lived, high-profile attempt to return to the prime minister’s job he was ousted from little more than three months ago.
– His withdrawal leaves former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak the strong favorite to become Britain’s next prime minister — the third this year — at a time of political turmoil and severe economic challenges. He could win the contest as soon as Monday.
– Late Sunday he said he had amassed the backing of 102 colleagues, more than the threshold of 100 needed to make a ballot of lawmakers on Monday. But he was far behind Sunak in support, and said he had concluded that “you can’t govern effectively unless you have a united party in Parliament.” Full article: https://apnews.com/article/british-politics-boris-johnson-rishi-sunak-london-europe-e5a15fc45b3a2212f6f59a6c61439163

EUROPE

Ukraine Outlaws Socialist Party + 11 More, Over Alleged Pro-Russian Ties:
– The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) this Sunday banned the Socialist Party of Ukraine (PSU), now a marginal force but has long been the country’s fourth most important party, due to its alleged propaganda.
– Along with the PSS, the Ukrainian authorities outlawed eleven other political formations, such as the Opposition Bloc, Socialists, Justice and Development, Ours, the State, the Volodymyr Saldo Bloc, the Left Opposition, the Shariah Party, the Union of Left Forces, the Opposition Platform “For Life” and the Progressive socialist party of Ukraine. English summary article: https://eprimefeed.com/latest-news/ukraine-outlaws-socialist-party-over-alleged-pro-russian-ties/210061/
Full original article, Spanish: https://www.eldiario.es/internacional/ucrania-ilegaliza-partido-socialista-supuestos-vinculos-prorrusos_1_9647936.html

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Climate activists attack the art world again – throw mashed potatoes at Monet work in Germany:
– Claude Monet has become the latest artist to be the focus of food-related climate protests, after members of a German environmental group threw mashed potatoes over one of his paintings in a Potsdam museum on Sunday.
– Nine days after Just Stop Oil emptied tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London, two activists from Letzte Generation (Last Generation) entered the Museum Barberini and doused Monet’s Les Meules (Haystacks) with potato before glueing their hands to the wall.
– The protesters said the stunt was designed as a wake-up call in the face of a climate catastrophe. “People are starving, people are freezing, people are dying,” one of the activists said in a video of the incident tweeted by Letzte Generation. Full article: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/23/climate-activists-mashed-potato-monet-potsdam-germany

USA

US Army’s 101st Airborne Division has been deployed to Europe for the first time since World War II, just 3 miles from Ukraine border:
– The roughly 4,700 soldiers from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, are about three miles away from Romania’s border with Ukraine, conducting joint ground and air assault exercises with Romanian forces.
– The Army’s 101st Airborne Division, which boasts the “Screaming Eagles” moniker, has been deployed to Europe for the first time since World War II, practicing with live tank and artillery rounds not far from the Black Sea, across which Russia has taken territory from Ukraine, including Crimea, at a forward operating site on NATO’s eastern flank, according to CBS News.
– Col. Edwin Matthaidess, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, told the news outlet these troops are the closest U.S. unit to the fighting in Ukraine. Full article: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/us-military-forces-prepared-cross-into-ukraine

ENERGY CRISIS

Where are the best deals on Electricity now:
***Repsol Tarifa Largo Plazo***
According to the OCU, the Repsol Tarifa ‘Largo Plazo’ can only be found via this link ( https://www.repsol.es/particulares/hogar/luz-y-gas/tarifas/tarifa-precio-fijo-largo-plazo/?_ga=2.3639664.1786282385.1661166160-916625165.1636463966 ), because the offer is actually hidden on the Repsol website. And for good reason, too. The Repsol tariff is among the best offers the market in terms of price per kWh consumed, although the power for off-peak time is a little more than some of the other offers on the list.
The tariff is non-permanent, with a fixed price rate for 3 years.
kWh Prices
Price per kWh consumed: €0.17/kWh.
Peak hours: €29.90 per kW.
Off-peak hours: €29.90 per kW.
***Iberdrola Online Plan***
The Iberdrola Online Plan, which you can find here, is only available until September 30th, so be sure to take advantage of it as soon as possible.
Using Iberdrola’s online tool, you can select a kW rate and it will give you price estimates for the different values. If you’re environmentally minded, Iberdrola’s Online Plan claims to use 100 percent green electricity, so you can enjoy renewable energy and reduce your CO2 emissions.
There’s also 14 hours of savings during the night up until mid-morning.
This plan is only for customers who take out the contract online, as the name suggests, and features entirely electronic billing.
kWh Prices
Price per kWh consumed: €0.159353 + metered gas cost (in August €0.161529 /kWh).
Price per kW contracted during peak hours (fixed term): €30.66747.
Price per kW contracted during off-peak hours (fixed term): €4.104338.
Note the prices will be revised in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on January 1st.
***Octopus Energy***
Octopus Energy tariffs are not permanent and is all done online, which allows you the flexibility to move around again in the future if you come across a better offer. Octopus offer two fixed prices:
Octopus 3: price per kWh consumed during peak hours is 0.254 €/kWh; at flat time 0.209 €/kWh; and at off-peak hours 0.185 €/kWh.
Octopus Relax: price per kWh consumed of 0.212 €/kWh.
kWh Prices (both Octopus tariffs)
Peak hours (fixed term): €32.85.
Off-peak hours (fixed term): €6.57.
***Iberdrola Special Plan***
The Iberdrola Special Plan offers a 15 percent discount during the first year, and its kWh prices for both on and off-peak are competitive with other cheaper tariffs.
kWh Prices
Price per kWh consumed: €0.178662 (minus the 15 percent extra discount) but plus a gas metering cost (which in August was €0.161529/kWh.)
Peak hours (fixed term): €30.52381
Off-peak hours (fixed term): €3.512901
***Endesa ‘One Luz’ Tariff***
Endesa is currently offering the ‘One Luz’ tariff, which offers a 10 percent discount on consumption and an additional 10 percent reduction throughout the first year.
kWh Prices
Price per kWh consumed: €0.189 (plus the 10 percent +10 percent discount) + the metered gas cost (which in August was €0.161529/KWh).
Peak hours (fixed term): €33.86.
Off-peak hours (fixed term): €7.9973
***Total Energies***
Another interesting option is Total Energies, who offer entirely personalised pricing plans. Basically, Total Energies want to attract your business by outdoing your current rate. In order to receive a quote and see how it stacks up against your current provider, you simply upload a copy of your current bill to the website and Total Energies make an offer, often bettering your current rate.
If they make an offer, Total Energies promise a discount lasting for 4 years, although the price on which the discount is fixed is only valid for 12 months.
Source, paywall: https://www.thelocal.es/20220923/the-cheapest-rates-spains-electricity-companies-dont-want-you-to-know-about/

SPORTS

F1 News- Verstappen wins U.S. GP as Red Bull take constructors’ crown: Max Verstappen fought back from a calamitous pitstop to win the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin on Sunday as his Red Bull team took the Formula One constructors’ title a day after the death of billionaire owner Dietrich Mateschitz.
– The title, clinched with three races to spare, ended an eight-year streak by Mercedes whose seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton scented a first victory of the year but ended up second at the Circuit of the Americas.
– Red Bull’s Sergio Perez was fourth with Russell, who secured a bonus point for fastest lap, fifth and Lando Norris sixth for McLaren. Double world champion Fernando Alonso was seventh for Renault-owned Alpine despite a collision with future Aston Martin team mate Lance Stroll that brought out the safety car for the second time.
Full article: https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/verstappen-wins-us-gp-red-bull-take-constructors-crown-2022-10-23/

OTHER

Tiny $10K electric off-roader rambles like a mini Jeep with big bed:
– The Kilow La Bagnole looks part mini pickup truck, part UTV and part shrunken Jeep CJ. It zips silently across rugged terrain via an exceptionally modest 16-kW powertrain that proves more than ample thanks to the skinny-wheeler’s tiny size and sub-1,000-lb weight. The lil’ La Bagnole carries two people and up to 650 L of gear or cargo on an off-road adventure of their choosing.
– La Bagnole comes powered by a pair of rear-mounted brushless motors that team for up to 21 hp (16 kW). That doesn’t exactly sound like the makings of a thrill ride, but given the vessel’s sub-772-lb (350-kg) weight, it’s able to achieve speeds of roughly 50 mph (80 km/h). Kilow lists acceleration time for 0 to 40 km/h (25 mph) at four seconds, though many drivers will be best-served laying off the accelerator in order to conserve range, which maxes out between 43 and 87 miles (70 and 140 km).
– Kilow is offering La Bagnole for pre-order in two variations: an L6e version with limited 28-mph (45-km/h) top speed that does not require a license and a 50-mph (80-km/h) L7e variant that will require a license to drive legally. Prices start at €9,990 (approx. US$9,975), and the company plans to begin deliveries in early 2023. Full article & more pics: https://newatlas.com/automotive/tiny-kilow-bagnole-electric-off-roader/

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