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Tuesday, 15 September 2015   
 

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‘Water and Health’: Swimming in Albox

PREGNANT women, babies, seniors and just plain swimming enthusiasts: everyone is welcome as Albox’s indoor pool resumes its activities. 
The facilities from the ‘Water and Health’ centre opened...Read More

Better conditions for those in the agricultural sector of the Valencian Community

FIELD SUPPORT:  Money to fund projects to help and assist migrant agricultural workers THE council has allocated €350,000 to get better working conditions for immigrants in the agricultural sector.
The plan is to offer aid amounting to €350,000 to finance projects to improve agricultural...Read More

Devon’s turn to experience bad rain last weekend

Tunnel on the  Dawlish to Teignmouth line. AN Arriva Cross Country engine broke down after its electrics failed between Dawlish and Teignmouth, Devon at about 9.30pm on Sunday September 13.
Passengers had to abandon the train after huge waves...Read More

Tourist rescued from the fishermen’s cove

A young German man was rescued by emergency services from the isolated cove Cala Llebeig, known locally as the fishermen’s cove, located on the rugged coast of the Poble Nou de Benitatxell, Alicante....Read More

Malaga's Materno Infantil hospital receives new equipment

NEW equipment is to considerably improve the attention provided to children born with heart defects at Malaga’s Materno Infantil children’s hospital.
The new equipment at the Haemodynamics Unit will...Read More

September weather reduces fire risk in Almeria

FOREST FIRE: A  constant threat each summer HEAVY rain and falling temperatures have greatly reduced the risk of fire in Almeria.
The province has been on alert practically throughout the summer, with tinder-dry countryside and daytime temperatures...Read More

Deputy Mayor of Rojales pledges support for horse rescue centre

FIRST VISIT:  Deputy Mayor Imna Chazarra with co-founder Sue Weeding (right) THE Deputy Mayor of Rojales, Imna Chazarra, has praised the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre for its tireless work saving abused and neglected horses, ponies and donkeys, after visiting for the first time.
During...Read More

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

OAMI OFFICE:  Report estimates counterfeit sporting goods costs EU economy €500m 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

Big love for Gay Pride in Benidorm

THERE were more than 10,000 spectators and participants parading through the streets of Benidorm at the recent Gay Pride event held on September 12.
The colourful event saw more than 20 floats with over...Read More

Gibraltar Football Association still needs to build new stadium

Europa Point now  unlikely to be site of new football stadium WHEN the Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) was granted admission to UEFA, it was made clear that the existing Victoria Stadium did not meet international standards, nor could it host enough spectators.
At...Read More

England and Wales ban on smoking in cars carrying under 18-year olds starts October 1

No more smoking in  car with children JUST over two weeks before a total ban on adults smoking in cars carrying children under the age of 18, a major educational campaign will be run on billboards and with newspaper advertising.
The law...Read More

International fashion coming to Puerto Banus

A NEW luxury shopping centre is to be built in Puerto Banus, Spanish company Baraka has announced.
The company has bought a 3,500 square metre plot of land opposite El Corte Ingles and will be building...Read More

Valencia to give €350,000 to Syrian refugees

THE Generalitat Valenciana has given an initial contribution of €350,000 to the UN for the benefit of Syrian refugees stranded in the country.
The announcement was made by the Minister of transparency,...Read More

Girl, 9, dies in boating accident in Mallorca

sa Rapita A GIRL, nine, died at sa Rapita after falling from the motorboat on which she was travelling with her parents and hitting her head on the propeller.
The girl, who was on holiday from Burgos with her...Read More

Elderly man dies in car accident in Torrox

Torrox A 92-YEAR-OLD man died after being carried underneath his daughter’s car while he was stepping into the vehicle.
Authorities reported that the accident took place in Calle Neptuno (Torrox). The woman...Read More

Two waiters facing prison sentence after brawl in Salobreña

THE prosecution office of the Granada court has requested three years and six months in prison for two waiters who were involved in a brawl in Salobreña.
The events took place in July 2013 in a restaurant...Read More

No parking in Palma for World Car Free Day

TUESDAY is World Car Free Day, and Palma City Hall has announced that parking in the streets of the old part of the city will be banned.
The Mobility Department is celebrating events which start on Wednesday...Read More

Ex-policeman arrested for armed robbery in Palma

THREE people have been remanded in prison without bail accused of an armed robbery in La Porciuncula, Palma, in late July.
They allegedly stole a car at gunpoint and took almost €300,000.
One of them...Read More

Cyclist killed crossing toll road in Llucmajor

A CYCLIST in his thirties died in a collision with a 4x4 vehicle on the Llevant toll motorway.
He reportedly cycled across the three lanes heading to Llucmajor but was hit by the vehicle when crossing...Read More

Couple rescued from fire in Arboleas

AN 81-YEAR-OLD man and his 62-year-old wife were rescued after a fire started in their property located in Arboleas.
Upon their arrival, the fire brigades of Zurgena and Albanchez were told by neighbours...Read More

Two people died in accidents in Malaga Province at the weekend

TWO people died in two separate accidents in the area at the weekend.
First thing on Saturday morning (September 12), a 20-year-old man was killed and another two passengers injured when their car fell...Read More

Malaga airport has registered its best August ever

MALAGA-Costa del Sol airport has registered its best month of August ever with more than 1.7 million passengers registered, AENA airport authority has announced.
The airport was particularly popular...Read More

Thousands apply for temporary jobs in Malaga

MORE than 11,000 people have applied for 817 temporary part-time jobs Malaga City announced as part of a regional government employment scheme.
This year the council hopes to get through the selection...Read More

Speeding driver arrested thanks to video

A MALAGA City driver has been arrested for an offence against road safety after a video was posted on the internet showing him doing more than double the speed limit.
The National Police force began...Read More

Tourists accidentally shot by Egyptian security forces

TWELVE people have died and another 10 have been injured in Egypt in accidental gunfire.
The Egyptian Interior Ministry reported that police and army members were chasing militants in the western desert...Read More

Diamonds aren’t always a girl’s best friend

A CHINESE woman believed to have stolen a six-carat diamond worth $300,000 (€265,000) has been arrested in Thailand and had the stone surgically removed on September 12.
She was seen on a security...Read More

Body found and man arrested in hunt for missing pilgrim

A BODY has been found and a 39-year-old man arrested for his alleged involvement in the suspected death of American pilgrim Denise Pikka Thiem, who went missing while walking the Camino de Santiago...Read More

Minor train crash in Bilbao sees 26 injured

AT least 26 people have been injured in a Renfe train crash in Bilbao (Basque Country).
Sources from the company in charge explained that the events took place today (September 14) at around 8.15am....Read More

It may be a cliché but ‘PC gone mad’ as council classes pink anti-breast cancer t-shirts as sexist

One of hundreds of  past ´races for life’ EVERY year, thousands of women in Spain take part in the Carrera de la Mujer which is run by women to raise money for breast cancer awareness, but the council in A Coruña has declared that the t-shirts...Read More

€12,000 bike retrieved by police

NATIONAL POLICE has retrieved a bicycle priced at €12,000 which was stolen from the Orica Greenedge cycling team in Malaga during the Spanish Cycling Tour.
A statement released by the National Police...Read More

 
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