Weekender Alicante North Issue 119

Alex Trelinski’s
Back In Britain
IN THE
MILLIONS
CUTE OTTER
RESCUE
I’M sucker for a nice animal tale, so I bring you news
of a baby otter being rescued after being found wandering
in a busy Aberdeenshire street.
The Scottish SPCA said the “tiny” otter was spotted in
Inverurie by a member of the public on Monday.
The organisation said the otter and its mother may
have become separated after flooding.
Scottish SPCA inspector Amanda Watson said: “A brave
member of the public picked up a male otter early on Monday
morning on a busy street, quite near the river.
“The pup is now in the care of our National Wildlife Rescue
Centre. He will stay with us until he is a year old as
that’s how long otters stay with their mothers in the wild.”
She added: “It was the most adorable encounter I’ve had
on a Monday morning in a long time.”
STRANGE PRIORITY
A builder and a shop worker have been
named as the winners of a £105m EuroMillions
jackpot.
Steve Thomson, 42, and his wife Lenka,
41, from West Sussex, were the sixth jackpot
prize winners in the UK this year, operator
Camelot said.
Their ticket won £105,100,701.90 on 19 November,
the 25th anniversary of the National
Lottery’s first draw.
Mr Thomson said when he realised he had
won that he felt he was “on the verge of having a
heart attack”.
I suspect that he will have multiple coronaries
as many friends will suddenly start crawling out
of the woodwork.
I just cannot understand why any lottery jackpot
winner wants publicity over their success,
unless they just fancy a moment in the limelight
and a bit of showing off.
ESSEX Police is investigating
claims that an officer ordered a
driver to remove a “B******* to
Brexit” sign from his car.
Peter Cook says he was a passenger
in the Mini Cooper – which
had the anti-Brexit message emblazoned
across it – when it was pulled
over on the M25 near Brentwood on
Sunday afternoon.
Footage posted on Twitter purportedly
shows the officer standing
next to the vehicle as a man
– believed to be the driver –
crouches down to remove some of
the lettering.
Mr Cook told Sky News that he
is pursuing a complaint against the
police and wants a “full and frank
unreserved apology” over the incident.
He is considering requesting a
donation to a charity which equates
to the cost of the removed lettering.
In the video, Mr Cook is heard
describing the officer as “very aggressive”
and claims the officer told
him he could not even say the word
“b*******” because “ladies may be
present, even though they’re not”.
MAKING
A MINT
THE UK’s largest ever coin has been
released and it is big enough to serve
your dinner on. Royal Mint has today
unveiled its five kilo record-breaking
coin, worth at least £5,000.
Made from alloy 999 Au Fine Gold, the
impressive coin has a diameter of 175mm,
and one of them has already been bought
for an undisclosed amount.
It is part of a new ‘Great Engravers’
series, that celebrates artists who have
worked on British coinage and begins with
Royal Academician William Wyon’s Una
And The Lion design.
Wyon was the chief engraver at the Royal
Mint from 1828 until his death in 1851 and
was most famous for his coin and medal
portraits of Queen Victoria. He is also
well-known for his design of Una And The
Lion, considered by collectors as one of the
world’s most beautiful coins.
A SIMPLE IDEA
THERE have been times down the
years when you were never quite
sure whether you should give
up your seat on a bus for somebody
who you reckon might need
it more.
I was actually told a couple of times
by elderly travellers that I was insulting
their capabilities of standing,
so I started not to bother, and made
me feel mean.
So I like the idea from Nottingham
where bus and tram users will be offered
“happy to move for you” badges
to let disabled and elderly people
know they can request their seat.
The move has been welcomed by
disability campaigners who said it
would help, but added it was “sad”
the initiative was needed.
A Nottingham council spokeswoman
said disabled people, especially
those with invisible disabilities, had
reported receiving very negative responses
when they asked people on
public transport to give up their seats.
This nice idea I hope will work and
spread across Britain.