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Thursday, 15 October 2015   
 

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Ongoing review of NHS shows cause for concern

Busy A&E  department. ACCORDING to the ongoing Care Quality Commission review which started in April 2014 and will run until April 2016, nearly three-quarters of British hospitals visited so far appeared to have safety problems.
In...Read More

Estepona prepares to award car park contract

NINETEEN different companies have presented quotes to build an underground car park in Estepona’s historical centre, the council has reported.
The car park, which will be built under Plaza Antonia...Read More

Peggy Skipwith, 100th birthday celebration

Local Javea resident, Peggy Skipwith, has celebrated her 100th birthday at the Javea Golf Club, where she is still a participating member.
A remarkable woman, Peggy was born in 1915 in India and was...Read More

Dangerous gang arrested, Murcia group trafficked drugs from Africa to Spain

DRUGS BUST:  Criminal gang dedicated to drug trafficking is arrested. TEN people have been arrested in Murcia and one in Almeria, for allegedly belonging to a criminal organisation and for crimes against public health, drug trafficking, robbery and illegal possession of...Read More

Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey ‘critically ill’ in the UK

Pauline  Cafferkey. THE Royal Free Hospital in London said on Wednesday October 14 that Nurse Pauline Cafferkey’s condition has deteriorated and she is now critical.
Ms Cafferkey, 39, from South Lanarkshire in Scotland...Read More

Fresh air and doing a good thing for all!

Rotary International Marbella-Guadalmina is holding a charity mountain walk on Saturday October 17. 
Come and join the Rotary Club for a great day and help to raise funds for the homeless in Marbella...Read More

Spanish Minister for Agriculture visits Axarquia fruit facility

ISABEL GARCIA TEJERINA, the Spanish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, visited Velez-Malaga on Tuesday (October 13) and offered her support to local farmers fighting for irrigation solutions.
The...Read More

Closer collaboration for Almeria's police forces

MEETING:  Andres  Garcia Lorca, Maria Vazquez and Adolfo Castaño flanked by officers. THE National Police and Local Police forces in Almeria City agreed to collaborate more closely and speed up procedures.
The national government’s Almeria sub-delegate Andres Garcia Lorca recently...Read More

Costa Blanca hotels close down for winter

The Costa Blanca approaches the winter season and with it comes the closure of many of the province’s hotels and restaurants. Many establishments will close during the winter period, which effectively...Read More

Spanish Ministry of Defence to build €55 million drone research site in Galicia

New research  facility due for Spain. GALICIA in the north west of Spain is about to get a new facility worth €55 million dedicated to drone research and overseen by the Spanish Ministry of Defence and the regional Galician government.
The...Read More

Unemployment in UK is at lowest rate in seven years

A report on the UK Labour Market released on Wednesday October 14 shows the unemployment rate in Britain at 5.4 per cent which represents a seven year low.
The report by the Office for National Statistics...Read More

€500 fine for Costa del Sol mobility scooter driver

A DISABLED woman from Fuengirola intends to lodge complaints regarding a surprise €500 fine she was given in August for driving her mobility scooter the wrong way down a one-way street in Benahavis.
Ana...Read More

Cruise numbers improve in Alicante

ACCORDING to data from the state ports, Alicante port has received 87 per cent more cruise visitors than for the same period in 2014, a total of 35,247 visitors compared to 18,838 passengers in 2014,...Read More

High-risk season ends with relatively few fires reported

FIREFIGHTERS: Will  begin preventive work in preparation for next year now the high-risk season is over. THE highest-risk season for forest fires officially ends in Malaga Province on Thursday, October 15 and in spite of intense heat it appears to have been the best year since 2010.
Between January 1 and...Read More

Machine being developed to detect oil and dumping at sea

THE University of Alicante (UA) is working on a machine that detects in real time the presence of pollutants on the surface of the sea, such as oil.
The research and development project has public and...Read More

Game of Thrones in, graffiti out

La Alcazaba,  Almeria. EL CHORRILLO in Sierra Alhamilla (Pechina), Tabernas, Sorbas, Carboneras and La Alcazaba.  The names are familiar but when the sixth season of Game of Thrones is aired, these locations will be entirely...Read More

More doctors and teachers for Andalucia

Maria Jesus  Montero. REGIONAL councillor for the Treasury and Public Administration of Andalucia, Maria Jesus Montero announced an intention to increase the overall regional budget by 3 per cent to just over €30 billion...Read More

Spanish Socialists demand Prime Minister explain alleged budget to parliament

Pedro Sanchez,  Socialist Party in Spain. PEDRO SANCHEZ, leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party has demanded that Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy appear before parliament to explain why the European Commission asked Spain to make adjustments...Read More

Motril joins UN equality goals

TO mark the International Day of the Girl Child on Sunday (October 11) Motril pledged to follow the United Nations’ goals on the matter and continue to do everything possible to promote equality.
This...Read More

Palomares pronouncement expected soon

1966 INCIDENT:   Another Palomares bomb found at sea. A SOLUTION for Palomares could be announced on Monday when the US Secretary of State John Kerry visits Madrid. Around 50,000 cubic metres of soil was contaminated after two US aircraft collided over...Read More

Severe weather in the Alicante province

THE province has experienced another episode of extreme heavy downpours with over 83 litres of rain per square metre recorded in the coastal town of Moraira, Alicante and a drop of 10 degrees in temperature...Read More

Torremolinos pub owner and waitress arrested

NATIONAL POLICE in Torremolinos have broken up one of the area’s most active drug sales points and arrested a pub owner and a waitress.
Investigations began after the force was tipped off that...Read More

Spanish Archbishop speaks on refugees

THE controversial Archbishop of Valencia, Antonio Cañizares, made a number of significant comments about refugees on the morning of October 14, according to Spanish news agencies.
He is reported to...Read More

Prime Minister Rajoy ‘confident’ budget targets will be met

PM Rajoy has  defended his government’s forecasts AFTER an EU warning last week that the public deficit targets in Spain´s 2016 budget were unrealistic the Spanish Prime Minister defended his government´s position on Tuesday October 13.
Opponents...Read More

Russia and the US to hold new air safety talks after ‘near miss’ in Syria

US Secretary of  Defence, Ash Carter. The US and Russia are going to hold new talks on air safety after planes from either side came too close to each other on Saturday October 14.
The aircraft were only 10 to 20 miles away from each other...Read More

Calamijas training hotel staff announce strike

N DANGER:  Calamijas hotel’s 25 workers are facing redundancy. CALAMIJAS hotel workers have announced a strike for October 23-24 to try and defend their jobs.
The 25 workers at the hotel, the only part of the CIOMijas leisure industry training centre still functioning,...Read More

German tourist killed in collision on the Llucmajor motorway

A GERMAN tourist, identified as Alexander L, aged 23, died after being hit by a car on the Llucmajor motorway (MA-19). 
The car was travelling at speed, although within the speed limit, and the driver,...Read More

Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo wins a record fourth Golden Boot award

Ronaldo wins his  fourth Golden boot for Spanish club Real Madrid. TOP of all goal scorers in European domestic leagues last season, Cristiano Ronaldo accepted his fourth Golden Boot in Madrid on Tuesday October 13.
The Portuguese striker scored 48 goals in 35 Spanish...Read More

73 per cent of stopped Altea drivers test positive for drugs

ALTEA have uncovered a serious drug-driving problem. Implementation of drug controls operated by the local police in the municipality has highlighted the issue.
In the last two months, 73 per cent of...Read More

New generation of malware targeted by international law enforcement

Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) is actively supporting the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in their activities aimed at bringing down Dridex banking...Read More

 
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