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Going round in circles to get a PCR test

ALBERTO GÓMEZ

The battle against Covid-19 has moved to the local health centres, where doctors increasingly warn they are overstretched

A test in an Andalusian village.
A test in an Andalusian village. Salvador salas
Adama Traoré in action for Spain on Wednesday night.
Adama Traoré in action for Spain on Wednesday night. efe

A LOOK AT LA LIGA

A road less travelled

Rob Palmer

A decade ago, the national team was made up almost exclusively of Barça and Real Madrid players; now Spain's top talent is scattered all over Europe

Job done for Malaga as busy transfer window concludes

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Job done for Malaga as busy transfer window concludes
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There was time for one more signing on deadline day, winger Joaquín Muñoz, as the club successfully reduced its wage bill to comply with league regulations and rebuilt the entire squad

The Guadaiza estuary  boasts some of the  greatest biodiversity in the Marbella area.
The Guadaiza estuary boasts some of the greatest biodiversity in the Marbella area. josele

Operation Save the Otters

Héctor Barbotta

The first cleaning of the Guadaiza riverbed in a decade has exposed the need to protect the local wildlife in Marbella

THE MUSIC MAKER

Swimming against the tidy

Peter Edgerton

Peter Edgerton

Putting everything in order when you could be doing other, much more interesting things like, for example, being untidy, is surely the road to perdition

food & drink

Restaurant hell

ANDREW J. LINN

Contrary to what would seem to be logical and fair, some of the world's best eating places are suffering as much as the balti house down the road

THE BOTTOM LINE

Come on, trace me

ANA BARREALES

Tracers are supposed to be the people who go looking for close contacts of a person who has coronavirus, but it seems that we, the general public, are the ones who have to chase after them

THE EURO ZONE

Spend it wisely

Mark Nayler

Mark Nayler

One wonders whether Brussels will be happy with the proposals contained within the government's grand-sounding "Recovery, Transformation and Resilience" plan announced this week, especially as none seem to be directed at managing the fallout from Covid

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Gold: a hedge for all seasons

JEREMY BLATCH jb@ehh.gi

Gold is an insurance against central banks expanding the money supply and debasing the purchasing power of the USD and other Fiat paper currencies