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Monday, 03 August 2015      Euro Weekly News - Alerts Five injured as tree branch takes roof off London bus FIVE people have been hurt after the roof was ripped from a double-decker tourist bus in London in a collision with a tree. The bus, run by Golden Tours, was travelling along Woburn Place in picturesque...Read More Popular library celebrates birthday in Alhaurin el Grande MORE than 50,000 visitors have been to Alhaurin el Grande’s public library over the last five years to borrow books, use the computers, study, visit exhibitions and attend events or courses. Since...Read More Fuengirola introduces spot checks to keep town clean FUENGIROLA Council has thought up a spot-check system to ensure cleaning services are working properly. Checks will be carried out at any time of day or night in any area of the town by four people,...Read More Protests over the poor conditions of Torrox Court WORKERS at the Torrox Court have been holding protests repeatedly for a month complaining they can no longer work at facilities in ruins, they claimed.  Malaga’s Lawyers College Dean, Francisco...Read More Council reminders on coping with the heat THE Health department in Motril has issued a series of recommendations to local residents and visitors to help them cope with the heat. Health councillor David Martin said that particular care needs...Read More No dumping, by order in Huercal-Overa OWNERS of vacant lots in Huercal-Overa have just a couple of days to tidy them up. Some have not done this for years and a municipal edict dated July 8 gave owners one month to comply.  If they...Read More Going dotty over addresses BY the end of June, there were 209,713 email addresses with the .es domain in Andalucia. Exactly 13,644 corresponded to Almeria province – 6.5 per cent of the region’s total.  Sevilla...Read More Woman killed by ex-boyfriend A MAN, 38, has been remanded in prison for allegedly killing his ex-girlfriend, 33, in the Sant Jordi district of Palma in the early hours of Friday (July 31). He was questioned by a judge at Son Espases...Read More Crowdfunding raises €10,000 for Dutchman imprisoned in Spain LEGAL foundation PrisonLaw has raised €10,000 through crowdfunding to pay for legal aid for a man who has spent 11 years in jail for two rapes he claims he did not commit.  Romano Liberto van...Read More Moroccan man dies during journey to Spain in suitcase A 27-YEAR-OLD Moroccan man died after suffocating when his brother tried to smuggle him into Spain in a suitcase in the trunk of a car, according to the AP news agency. The car was travelling in a ferry...Read More Gib boat and Spanish customs involved in shoreline incident THE Gibraltar government reported an incursion into their territorial water over the weekend by a Spanish state vessel, which travelled in up to the shoreline of an area designated for swimmers, causing...Read More President of French bullfighting association gored at bullfight THE president of the French Bullfighting Association, Dominique Perron, was gored whilst watching a bullfighting festival in Bayonne in the south west of France on Sunday August 2. The bull leapt out...Read More Almeria City trees reduced to splinters RESIDENTS in the Plaza de Toros district complained that Almeria City Council has hacked down their trees. “We have been getting calls from people who are scandalised at the way the trees have...Read More Foul play ruled out in missing Almeria man’s death MANUEL GARCIA PUGA, aged 88, was found dead three days after disappearing from his Almeria City home. He was discovered only 15 minutes away on wasteland between Camino de La Goleta and Vega de Aca. ...Read More Update: Teenage victim of Jerusalem Gay Pride march stabbing dies SHIRA BANKI, 16, has died in hospital after being stabbed at a Gay Pride march on Thursday July 30 in Jerusalem. Doctors were unable to save the teenager due to the severity of her wounds, sustained during...Read More Salobreña Castle re-opens SALOBREÑA Castle, one of the town’s main icons and tourist attractions, has once again opened to the public after a 15-month break for renovation work. Although various tasks continue, including...Read More Block of flats collapses in Madrid neighbourhood RESIDENTS of a block of flats in the Carabanchel district of Madrid were awoken at 4am on Monday morning (August 3) as giant cracks appeared in their building. Emergency services were alerted and evacuated...Read More English landlords must evict tenants without right to live in UK LANDLORDS in England should evict tenants who are refused the right to live in the UK, says a new government plan on migration. In the case of an asylum claims failing, property owners will be able to...Read More Summer robberies spark concern in Jesus Pobre A SPATE of robberies in the Jesus Pobre area has scared residents and led to the Guardia Civil alerting people to be vigilant. There were four break-ins during the night of Saturday August 1 in the...Read More Scientists solve case of mysterious animals found on shoreline BATHERS were shocked and confused following the discovery of a strange creature washed up on the beach of La Mata, Costa Blanca, but now, a biologist has confirmed the remains belong to a bluefin tuna. Following...Read More Quarter of Spain’s unemployed out of work for four years or more ALMOST one in four people out of work in Spain are now long-term unemployed. While recent trends have shown encouraging drops in the country’s unemployment rate, more than 23 per cent of those still...Read More Alicante calls for banks to collaborate with social housing MORE than 300 terminally ill people and destitute families are currently on the waiting list of the Municipal Housing Board of Alicante for social rent.  The city said this was four times more than...Read More Heat stroke claims another victim as man of 46 dies near Valencia A MAN of 46 is the fourth victim of heatstroke in the Valencia Region. He was treated in a health clinic near Valencia after he fainted but medical staff were unable to save his life. A woman of 83 died...Read More Pedreguer firm wins commission battle against BBVA A DENIA judge has overturned an appeal made by the BBVA bank concerning a commission of €20,510 that was charged to a firm in Pedreguer, setting a precedent for other companies to refuse to pay such...Read More Palma attracts royalty and celebrities CROWN Princess Mary of Denmark has been spotted in the streets of Palma.  She was seen shopping alone in the city, and it is not known if her husband, Crown Prince Frederik, and their four children,...Read More Malaga police track down clumsy suspect A MAN has been arrested in Malaga suspected of trapping another man inside a bar bathroom and threatening him with a knife before stealing €1,000 in cash the victim was carrying. Investigators tracked...Read More Malaga emergency service warns of water dangers THE Malaga provincial emergency services coordination centre has reported dealing with 38 accidents in which victims almost drowned over June and July, almost twice as many as the same two months last...Read More Lockout could bring lockup as police find cannabis farm FOLLOWING a disagreement with her partner, a woman returned home to find the locks changed. Unable to get into their property on the Nijar-Retamar road, she called the Policia Nacional who sent a patrol...Read More Port of Motril sees big leap in ferry passenger numbers MORE than 100,000 people have travelled through Motril Port during the Operacion Paso del Estrecho, a major transport operation which begun back in June 15. The operation refers to traditional summer...Read More Four drown in attempt to swim to Spain FOUR migrants drowned while attempting to swim from northern Morocco to Ceuta, the Spanish enclave that borders the country in North Africa, and were trying to gain access to Spain by swimming around...Read More   www.euroweeklynews.com | Facebook | Twitter

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