viernes, 28 de octubre de 2016

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Friday, 28 October 2016   
 

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If you hear footsteps on Halloween it might be a crazy clown

CLOWNS have generally been thought of as friendly cheerful characters or at least that was the case until Stephen King wrote IT and introduced Pennywise, probably the scariest clown of all time.
Now...Read More

The future is here

INQUISITIVE youngsters in Velez-Malaga will soon have the chance to participate in robotics workshops. The workshops will be divided into three separate age groups, children between three and five, children...Read More

Minors take serious risks attempting to enter Melilla

ON October 26, officers of the Guardia Civil were on duty in the port of Melilla when they saw a youth trying to clamber down a rope in order to gain entry, but he lost his grip and fell an estimated...Read More

Festival of Flamenco raises the temperature in Marbella

FOR tourists and in many cases expatriate residents, the only real knowledge that they have of Flamenco is what they see on TV, presentations in tourist restaurants and performances at Ferias.
What many...Read More

Movember raises awareness of the dangers of Prostate Cancer

Whilst the Positively Blue charity promotes the testing of men for possible prostate cancer in La Cala de Mijas all year round, November will see the UK promoting Movember when men are encouraged to grow...Read More

Busy day for port

MALAGA Port registered its busiest day of the year (Wednesday October 26) as four huge cruise ships with capacity for more than 13,000 passengers stopped off for the day.
The largest of the four, Royal...Read More

Hacker who stole nude celebrity photos is jailed in the USA

IN A period of two years from 2012 to 2014, a hacker called Ryan Collins stole the password and user names of several hundred people, many of them film stars and singers such as Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten...Read More

Massive drug smuggling ring smashed in joint operation

IN A combined operation between the Guardia Civil and National Police, 24 people involved in the smuggling of drugs from Morocco to Spain and then on to Italy have been arrested together with the seizure...Read More

Park director accused of cutting off bison heads to cover up neglect

SPAIN has had its fair share of strange and despicable animal cruelty cases but the discovery of two headless bison at a Valencia wild life park had an aura of intrigue that transcended typical barbarity.
Police...Read More

Finnish suspect arrested in Malaga airport death case

A FINNISH man has been arrested and charged over the death of Brit Steven Allford who was found dead on a bench at Malaga airport last Friday.
Mr Allford, 51, had been sleeping rough around the area...Read More


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jueves, 27 de octubre de 2016

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Thursday, 27 October 2016   
 

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Wallonia betrays the world

FEW people had heard of Wallonia, a four million strong portion of Belgium, before its parliament almost single-handedly wrecked one of the EU’s most profitable trade deals. 
Wallonia and the...Read More

Joining the speed camera bandwagon

NOT many places have avoided the wrath of speed cameras and Alhaurin de la Torre will be the latest to fall. Councillors have decided by splashing out €92,000 on six cameras overseen by a plush...Read More

No issue with gay players say 82% of football fans

THE majority of sports fans in England, Wales, and Scotland would not have an issue with their club signing a gay player, according to a survey.
Of those polled, 82% said that they would be fine with...Read More

Looking forward to another year at Olivia’s with Elliott Wright and Sadie Stuart

NOW that the summer season has finished, Elliott Wright and his fiancée Sadie Stuart are preparing for the run up to Christmas by introducing a number of changes in the menu at Olivia’s Restaurant...Read More

Woman must pay for bulldozed home

The owner of a house in Mazarron that was demolished because it was too close to the seafront, has been ordered to pay the €13,160 costs for it to be pulled down.
The woman was ordered by the Costas...Read More

Going for a song

NOBODY wants Rita Barbera’s official cars. The woman who was Valencia City mayor for 24 years and is still a senator was recently expelled from the Partido Popular and will stand trial next month...Read More

A red rag to a bull?

THE steadily growing clamour from those opposed to that most Spanish of national sports has been halted in its tracks, at least for the time being.
Hoping for support from Spain’s young, allied...Read More

Big wheel to keep on turning in Malaga

MALAGA CITY’S ferris wheel will live to see another day... or more accurately, another year.
The administrative board of the Port Authority of Malaga has officially approved a new licence for the...Read More

Miss Gibraltar First Princess in Japan

AS a prize for being runner-up in the Miss Gibraltar 2016 competition, Joseanne Bear, the first princess has flown to Japan to take part in the Miss International Pageant Finals which take place on Thursday...Read More

Military build up on eastern flank recalls Cold War tensions

NATO is engaged in the biggest build up of coalition forces in eastern Europe since the end of the cold war, with Britain joining the fray by sending hundreds of troops to Estonia. 
The UK has also...Read More


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miércoles, 26 de octubre de 2016

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Wednesday, 26 October 2016   
 

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Passing of football legend

DESCRIBED by none other than Pele as a brother, Carlos Alberto, captain of Brazil’s brilliant World Cup-winning team of 1970, is being remembered by millions of football fans.
Known as Brazil’s...Read More

Russia withdraws request to refuel warships in Ceuta

PLANS have changed for the battle group of Russian warships that has been sailing from Russia to the Mediterranean over the last week. 
Three Russian ships were granted permission in September to refuel...Read More

Marina Alta protection

AN activist group forged in the aftermath of the wildfires that shook the Costa Blanca North over the summer has started its campaign of action.
Natura SOS Marina Alta has called for a public meeting...Read More

Half of young Spaniards believe they will have to emigrate to find work

MORE than half of young Spaniards believe they will have to leave their country to find work within the next two years, a study has revealed. ‘Youth and employment, from their point of view’...Read More

Two-headed shark found

AS if the Costa del Sol didn’t have enough problems with fears of Jaws-like beasts roaming the Mediterranean, local scientists have found a two-headed shark.
With each head possessing a mouth,...Read More

Ex-MP bemoans ID nightmare

ROSALIA MARTIN, the provincial coordinator for Izquierda Unida political party in Almeria, has spoken of a nightmare situation after publishing her payslip on the internet in 2013.
Martin, who at that...Read More

Drug gang dismantled by Guardia Civil

THE Guardia Civil announced on October 26 that it has smashed a gang involved in the shipping of drugs from Spain to the UK in trucks supposedly carrying oranges.
The operation began when a Malaga based...Read More

Demolition starts for chiringuitos in Marbella

IT has been almost two years since Marbella Town Hall issued new licences to dozens of chiringuitos in the city. Their idea was to provide owners with certain legal securities that weren’t given...Read More

Secret talk to bankers shows Theresa May was firmly against Brexit

THERESA MAY’s public ambivalence over Brexit is thought to have helped her secure the keys to Downing Street, but a leak of secret remarks she made to a group of investment bankers show that she...Read More

Essex fraudster arrested in Alicante

IN July of this year, in edition 1611 of Euro Weekly News it was reported that 38-year-old Norman Fowler had been arrested and bailed by the Guardia Civil in respect of irregularities over a gun licence...Read More


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