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Saturday, 12 September 2015   
 

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Positive results for food inspections

SAFETY: Checks on  all food retailers. THE regional government’s Equality, Health and Social Policies delegation inspected 4,192 Almeria Province food sector establishments last year.
Throughout the year inspections evaluate possible health...Read More

A dog’s life for dangerous breeds

ALMERIA CITY is not a good place for abandoned dogs classed as potentially dangerous.
A bylaw prevents the municipal shelter from accepting them and instead they are put down, to the dismay of local...Read More

Unwanted seaweed put to good use

THE presence of posidonia oceanic - Neptune grass - is a reliable bio-indicator of goodquality coastal waters.
Almeria has some of the most extensive and best conserved underwater meadows in the Mediterranean...Read More

Sudden storm brings chaos

FURTHER storms earlier this week brought Alicante to a standstill.
Within 10 minutes of the rains falling, 23 litres per square metre of water was collected bringing the infrastructure to a standstill.
Firefighters...Read More

Counterfeit sporting goods cost €500 million a year in the EU

A NEW study by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OAMI) based in Alicante, has warned of the impact of counterfeit sporting goods.
The report said that the manufacturing of counterfeited...Read More

School bus involved in crash with car in Scotland

EIGHTEEN children were taken to hospital following a crash between a car and a double-decker bus in North Lanarkshire, Scotland but all were released without serious injury on the morning of September...Read More

Unemployment back on the increase in Spain

AUGUST saw the overall loss of 134,000 jobs in Spain and the number of unemployed people increased by 21,679, which was almost three times that of the previous year.
Overall the number of registered...Read More

America pauses to remember on the 14th anniversary of 9/11

Memorial at  Firehouse 10 next to Ground Zero New York THE world watched in horror as scenes of destruction were broadcast from New York City on September 11, 2001 and now, 14 years later, the pain of this attack is felt across the USA.
On that fateful day,...Read More

School dinner confusion reigns in Alicante

ALTHOUGH school dinners from day one of the new academic year was one of the main novelties this September, 10 per cent of Alicante Province schools will not be providing them for the first week due to...Read More

Sports discussed at meeting in Calvia

CALVIA Mayor, Alfonso Rodriguez, met with the Mallorca Head of Sports, Margalida Portells, to discuss activities to promote sports amongst children and youths.
The meeting was also attended by members...Read More

Strong rains see four dead in the Costa Tropical

THE death toll after the strong rains registered on Monday (September 7) in the Costa Tropical has reached four victims.
The fourth victim was found yesterday (September 9) at around 10am in the La Rijana...Read More

Conservative MEPs rally votes to remove reference to Gibraltar in impending EU document

Gibraltar as part  of the EU A MAJORITY of MEPs, led by Conservatives have had a section from a report on EU transport policy removed.
The report on the implementation of the Commission’s 2011 White Paper on transport, included...Read More

Another British Airways Boeing 777 in trouble, this time at London Heathrow

British Airways  Boeing 777-200 in flight A BRITISH AIRWAYS flight BA292 from Washington arrived at Heathrow this morning, September 11 and had to request a priority landing due to technical faults found mid-flight which resulted in a runway...Read More

Man arrested in case of British couple shot near Benidorm

ALTHOUGH not apparently charged as yet, a man was arrested on September 10, by Guardia Civil investigating the case of British couple David and Jean Tarsey who were both shot in the head at their house...Read More

Science comes to Calvia

THE Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the social branch of bank La Caixa have renewed an agreement to bring science to Calvia.
The town has been taking part in the Ciudad Ciencia project to...Read More

Man injured after being dragged by car in Benalmadena

Benalmadena,  Parque de la Paloma A BENALMADENA man has suffered considerable injuries after fighting to hang onto his briefcase, which a passenger of a passing car tried to grab.
The man, who lives in Benal Beach, told police officers...Read More

Waste retrieved from Torrox’ coasts

AFTER the heavy rains and strong wind registered last Monday (September 7), maintenance workers have retrieved more than 2,000 kilos of sticks from across the beaches of Torrox.
Tourism and Coasts councillor,...Read More

Gandia chikungunya case was false positive

GANDIA’S chikungunya case was a false positive, the health authorities have confirmed, meaning there is no evidence that tiger mosquitoes are spreading the illness in the region.
On July 31 the...Read More

Hunt intensifies for missing American woman on Camino de Santiago

THE hunt continues for Denise Pikka Thiem, an American pilgrim who went missing while walking the Camino de Santiago in April.
The young woman from Phoenix, Arizona, was last seen on April 5 at Santa...Read More

Go to the fair by bike

VISITORS to Murcia City are being encouraged to make use of the public bike rental scheme MUyBICI during September’s Feria de Murcia to reduce traffic congestion in the city.
Councillor Lola Sanchez...Read More

Fake female dentist arrested

A WOMAN has been arrested for working as a dental assistant and hygienist in Torrevieja without the correct qualifications.
The 47 year-old Russianborn Spanish national is believed to have been working...Read More

€1.3 million in insurance claims expected after storm

FOLLOWING heavy rainfall on Monday, September 7, already confirmed as the wettest day of the year and the wettest September day since 1997, approximately €1.3 million are expected to be paid out...Read More

Tiger mosquitoes detected in 28 towns

THE tiger mosquito has been detected in 28 municipalities within the Valencia Region.
It arrived in Alicante Province a couple of years ago but this summer its presence has spread like wildfire from...Read More

Valencia City reduces speed limit in historic centre

THE inner ring road that takes traffic through the historic centre of Valencia will now have a speed limit imposed of 30 kilometres per hour with immediate effect in a bid to calm traffic.
Mayor of Valencia...Read More

The strategy of promoting Valencia is a success

TOURIST DRAW:  Valencia’s futuristic City of Arts and Sciences (Ciudad de las Artes y Las Ciencias). THE strategy of promoting Valencia as an international destination for tourists seems to be working, once again posting record occupancy in hotels and tourist apartments, the home to the now world-famous...Read More

Parents against ‘cardboard’ classrooms

HUNDREDS of parents of students from the Las Naciones school in Velez-Malaga have carried out a demonstration to protest against the increase of prefabricated classrooms in the facilities.
A total of...Read More

Melia steps up to improve tourism in Calvia

THE mayor of Calvia, Alfonso Rodriguez, met with the President of the Melia Hotel Group, Gabriel Escarrer, to analyse the company’s development in the town.
The image of the area, especially Magaluf,...Read More

There will be a Murray in the finals of the US Open at Flushing Meadows

Jamie and Andy  Murray when doubles partners UNLIKE his high profile brother, Jamie Murray, has made it to the finals of the men’s doubles when he and his partner John Peers from Australia beat the American pair of Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey...Read More

Marbella street closed for safety

MARBELLA authorities have been forced to cut off pedestrian access to Calle Hospital Bazan after part of the roof of a 70-year-old building used in the past to house the Contemporary Spanish Etching Museum’s...Read More

Gunfire disrupts peaceful neighbourhood

THE National Police force is investigating a car theft during which shots rang out on Thursday (September 10) in San Pedro in full daylight, shocking local residents.
Shortly before 4pm residents on...Read More

 
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