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Thursday, 01 October 2015   
 

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Hugh Jackman dances with the Fire Dragon in Hong Kong

Actor Hugh Jackman  attends Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance Festival. Award-winning actor Hugh Jackman is visiting Hong Kong during Mid-Autumn Festival to promote his latest film, “Pan”. During his stay, Jackman will visit one of the oldest neighbourhoods, Tai...Read More

Actress Taylor Re Lynn and Celebrity Friends Support AmfAR Milano 2015

Taylor Re Lynn and  Naomi Campbell Bond at amfAR Milano 2015 Taylor Re Lynn, actress and philanthropist, was in attendance at the AmfAR Milano 2015 celebrity gala to help raise funds for the organization. A long-time supporter of the charity benefit, the actress...Read More

PITA explosion workman ‘critical’

ONE of the two workmen that survived an Almeria City explosion that killed a third man is in a critical condition.
He suffered burns to 80 per cent of his body while his co-worker, whose body was 60...Read More

Spanish low-cost perfume company may face counterfeit case in France

Perfumes company  may face charges EQUIVALENZA, a Spanish company specialising in low-cost perfume, may have to appear in a French court due to allegations of selling luxury scent imitations in its stores according to sources close to...Read More

Rain and hail returns to province

HEAVY rainfall hit Valencia Province for the second time last week, depositing over 35 litres per square metre an hour in the capital. More than 15 litres per square metre fell in just 10 minutes as reported...Read More

Babies now catered for

NEWS that will be welcomed by all new mothers is Torrevieja’s announcement of the opening of two nursing rooms in the city for breastfeeding.
Councillor for Commerce, Manuela Osuna, said the project...Read More

Observatory work is to resume

HIGH SPENDING:  Tourists are spending more on the Costa Blanca than last year WORK is to commence on Alicante’s Observatory. The project must be completed by the end of the year to ensure the city does not lose a European grant of €800,000, which covers 80 per cent of...Read More

Learning about governing online in Rincon de la Victoria

WITH the beginning of its new term in office, the Rincon de la Victoria Council has become one of the first towns which, on its official website, publishes a declaration of all the income and patrimony...Read More

Terra Natura welcomes birth of a baby white-handed gibbon

THE nature and animal park Terra Natura has welcomed the birth of a baby white-handed gibbon (hylobates lar). This is the second that the female named Amy and adult male Shantou have had in captivity...Read More

Jockey Aidan Coleman allegedly punched at Southwell racecourse

POLICE have reported that they have arrested four people in connection with the assault on Jockey Aidan Coleman. The incident took place on September 29 around 5.10pm at Southwell racecourse and it has...Read More

More Volkswagen group news from Spain

SEAT announced on September 29 that it has stopped sales of all cars equipped with diesel engines at the heart of the emissions cheating scandal.
The company is currently calculating how many of the...Read More

Prisons to ban smoking commencing 2016

THE government has reported that smoking bans will be enforced in all prisons in Wales and four prisons in south-west England from next year.
Starting next month, smoking will be barred in the interior...Read More

Man accused over attempted kidnap in Motril

THE prosecutor’s office at the Granada court has requested three years and three months in jail for a man who allegedly attempted to kidnap a four year old girl in Motril.
The man is also said...Read More

Police express concern following drug delivery

BATHERS at Manilva’s Tubalita beach were shocked on Saturday (September 26) to see a group of people calmly unloading drugs, but not shocked enough to bother calling the police, a Guardia Civil...Read More

Refugee death toll at Calais keeps rising

Children and women  escorted by police at Calais port. SINCE June, 13 people have died in Calais trying to get to Britain and the latest victim was killed on the Eurotunnel tracks with his body being found in the early morning of September 30.
According...Read More

Delays at Palma Airport

RECENT Air Traffic Controllers’ strikes in Spain are causing up to 21 per cent of delays at airports in Europe, according to Eurocontrol.
They are striking to demand the cancellation of disciplinary...Read More

Prison for beating horse to death

A MAN will spend eight months in prison for beating his horse to death in Manacor in December 2012.
The events took place at Manacor racecourse, when the racehorse, named Sorky, had a bad race and he...Read More

Another walking route around the Mojacar area

RIO AGUAS: New  path follows the river. FURTHERING its commitment to nature tourism, Mojacar Council has completed a new route for walkers.
It runs from Marina de la Torre, along the River Aguas then up to Huertas de las Parras where it connects...Read More

All at sea over television programme

Actor Jesus  Castro OPINIONS are divided about Mar de Plastico set in fictional Almeria location, Campoamargo.
The Antena 3 series is set in a town dominated by a plastic sea of greenhouses and polytunnels where the stories...Read More

Tragic year for Spanish roads

AS the third quarter of the year comes to an end, the DGT traffic authority’s provisional data reveals that 2015 has so far been the worst for years on Spanish roads.
Following years in which fewer...Read More

Trial for insulting former President Bauza

Former regional  President Jose Ramon Bauza A MAN, 20, and a woman, 36, on trial for allegedly spraying insults against former regional President Jose Ramon Bauza outside his pharmacy in Marratxi deny the charges.
The events took place between...Read More

Adra watercourse excluded from Junta plans

REPAIRS:  Adra’s mayor (second left) inspects flood-damaged roads RAMBLA DE LAS CRUCES is the watercourse that caused so much havoc in Adra last month.
Torrential rain during the September 7 storms caused a flash flood, turning the town’s principal streets into...Read More

Foreign tourists spending more

HIGH SPENDING:  Tourists are spending more on the Costa Blanca than last year SPENDING by foreign tourists in the Valencia Region reached €3.97 billion so far this year up to the end of August, representing an increase of 6.6 per cent over the same period of 2014. That’s...Read More

Virgen del Carmen Cultural Centre reopens

BACK OPEN:  Authorisation has been granted to reopen cultural centre TORREVIEJA has reopened the Virgen del Carmen Cultural Centre after it was closed last month when shortcomings were reported in the building.
Following four technical inspections made in recent weeks...Read More

Tourist dies after fall at Cabo de la Nao

A woman tourist, aged 53, fell as she attempted to climb the trig at the Cabo de la Nao in Javea, Alicante, to take photographs of the famous lighthouse and the coastline. The SAMU ambulance service reached...Read More

Gibraltar FA chiefs warn fans that Portuguese police may breathalyse supporters

Scottish fans It has been reported that Scottish fans could be breathalysed when Scotland are due to face Gibraltar in Portugal. Supporters will be refused entry if they are deemed ‘too drunk.’
Scotland...Read More

Art in a natural setting at Cas Perets

A PATHWAY with sculptures which will be open to the public until the end of October has opened at the Cas Perets farmhouse in Ses Salines.
It has been created by the Cas Perets Association backed by...Read More

Graffiti art proudly displayed, not pursued

GRAFFITI:  Contestant sets to work while the public watch. HUERCAL-OVERA’S Plaza de la Constitucion became a temporary art studio during the GrafHO 2015 graffiti competition.
Eight street artists from Almeria, Murcia and the rest of Spain set to work in...Read More

David Cameron in Jamaica asked to apologise for slavery

William  Wilberforce leader of the fight against slavery AFTER attending a session of the United Nations in New York on the fight against Islamic State, David Cameron flew to Jamaica on September 29 to discuss financial assistance to Jamaica and other Caribbean...Read More

Death of two British girls in Ibiza

POLICE are investigating the death of a British teenager after she was pronounced dead in her Ibiza hotel room.
The girl named as Rebecca Maria Brock, 18, was found by a cleaner on September 28 at around...Read More

 
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