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More cash for flights THE budget to fund half the cost of plane tickets for residents in the Balearic and Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla travelling to the mainland will be increased in 2014 by 27 per cent to â‚Ź342 million.
Gas deaths A GERMAN man, 50, and his cat were found dead in bed at his home in Andratx. Guardia Civil believe their deaths were due to a gas leak.
28 NOVEMBER - 4 DECEMBER 2013
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Retail sales rise in the Balearic Islands THE Balearics led the way for retail sales last month, with an 8.1 per cent rise on the same month in 2012. Employment in the retail sector also increased by 0.8 per cent, according to the National Institute of Statistics, meaning the islands showed some of the best results in Spain for the month, beaten only by the Canaries. At a national level, retail sales fell by 0.6 per cent in October and employment in the sector by 1.9 per cent. They had risen in September for the first time in more than three years, but now the summer season is over, small businesses have seen
sales drop. Throughout Spain, the only retailers which saw sales rise in October were large chains, and the
worst affected were those in large shopping centres, with sales down by 1.8 per cent.