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Saturday, 25 February 2017   
 

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Petition to abolish toll roads gains traction on Costa del Sol

A PETITION demanding free travel along the tolled AP7 motorway when the free A-7 grinds to a standstill is gathering pace. At the time of writing more than 800 local residents had signed the petition...Read More

Survivors of explosion in Velez-Malaga to sue

AROUND 30 people who were affected by an explosion at last year’s Velez-Malaga feria intend to launch a criminal suit against the owner of a bar.
The explosion, which injured around 90...Read More

Taxi drivers announce more strikes

TAXI driver associations have announced a series of strikes, starting with a 24-hour strike on March 6.  There are also shorter three-hour scheduled strikes for March, 13, 20, and 27 and April 3, and...Read More

No-nonsense equipment provided for Vera police

VERA Council has provided its Local Police force with electric immobiliser (or taser) guns with an aim to increasing officers’ safety when faced with dangerous situations.
Local mayor...Read More

Drugs killer surrenders after shooting

A DRUG trafficker shot dead a fellow dealer and then turned the gun on the man’s wife in front of their baby daughter.
Detectives are working on the theory the killing, in a garage in...Read More

Outbreak of bird flu discovered in Catalonia

A CONTAGIOUS outbreak of bird flu which has caused problems throughout Europe has found its way to Spain and will result in the culling of thousands of ducks and possibly other poultry.
Evidence...Read More

St Patrick’s Day dinner at the Beach House Marbella

MARCH 17 is St Patrick’s Day and the Patron Saint of Ireland who brought Christianity to the Emerald Isle and supposedly banished all of Satan’s children (snakes) is remembered in bars and...Read More

Spaniard involved in drug arrest at Gibraltar Airport

A SPANISH national was arrested by HM Customs at the Gibraltar International Airport on February 24 after security staff conducting routine checks on outbound passengers at the Central Search Facilities...Read More

Xabia draws up forest fire plan

THE CITY of Xabia has put together a series of measures to reduce the risk of forest fires.  The plan, which was revealed on Monday, also aims to reduce the risk of casualties in the event of fire. 
A...Read More

Foreign Office visitors to La Cala de Mijas discuss Brexit with invited guests

AS part of its plans to hear what expatriates around the European Union consider to be important as Britain moves forward to Brexit, the Foreign Office sent a delegation from London to meet selected groups...Read More


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Saturday, 25 February 2017   
 

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Repairing the damage in Almeria

AS promised by the Spanish government following the storms in December and January work is underway to repair damage to Almeria’s beaches.
Government delegate for Almeria, Andres Garcia...Read More

Spanish man arrested for alleged double murder of his own children in Germany

A DIVORCED 38-year-old man from Sevilla has been arrested in Vaihingen an der Enz, Germany, on suspicion of killing his two young boys.
The lifeless bodies of the children, aged 4 and 5, were...Read More

American company produces the first true transgender doll

THE Tonner Doll Company believes that it has created the world’s first transgender doll - in the image of transgender icon, teenager Jazz Jennings - which it unveiled at the recent New York Toy...Read More

How the mighty have fallen in the Bankia case

THE former Spanish Minister of the Economy and head of the International Monetary Fund Rodrigo Rato has been given a four-and-a-half year jail sentence after being found guilty of embezzlement.
Although...Read More

Music of the Night at La Sala

IF you can’t get to the West End theatres in London, then the West End will come to you on March 23 and 25 in particular when three stars of the musical stage appear at different La Sala restaurants.
In...Read More

Malaga clean-up bill could hit €10m after province hit by more storms

MALAGA city endured the most severe downpour since records began, causing damage put at €10m to the Costa del Sol capital in just a few hours.
Monitors show more than 87 litres of water...Read More

Voters lethargic as Labour lose one and win one in by-elections

MORE often than not, by-elections are caused by the death of an incumbent MP but in the case of both Copeland and Stoke, the elections were caused by Labour frontbenchers resigning to take on better jobs...Read More

Leicester City sack Premier League-winning manager Claudio Ranieri

CLAUDIO RANIERI has been sacked by Leicester City just nine months after leading the club to the Premier League title.
“The board reluctantly feels that a change of leadership, while admittedly...Read More

Spanish King’s brother-in-law not heading to prison after all

THE KING’S brother-in-law, Iñaki Urdangarin, is to remain free and will not be required to post bail while he appeals his sentence, a court has decided.
The Palma de Mallorca court’s...Read More

Rescuers seek owners for homeless pot-bellied pigs in Alicante

RACHAEL and Hannah have adopted 20 of the Vietnamese pigs that have colonised Javea’s El Saladar district.
The pigs were some time ago released from a local smallholding and bred uncontrollably. ...Read More


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