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Woman rescued A SWEDISH woman, aged 54, was rescued yesterday (Wednesday) after spending a night lost in the Peña Escrita natural park in Almuñecar. She was located, unharmed, by a Guardia Civil helicopter.
Quake risk THE Axarquia and Antequera areas are considered to be at high risk of earthquakes according to a seismic danger map drawn up by the Public Works Minister and the National Geographic Institute.
Fruity arrest THREE young men, aged between 21 and 24, have been arrested in VelezMalaga for allegedly stealing 400 kilos of avocados from a local farm. The detainees claimed they had been out walking their dogs when they decided to collect some of the fruit.
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Lock-in at town hall
Farmers demand compensation for storm damage FARMERS affected by severe storms in August have staged a sit-in at the town hall. They took over a third floor room at Almuñecar Council’s headquarters and refused to leave. They vowed to stay there until someone from the Junta de Andalucia regional government
answered their calls for compensation after 90 per cent of their crops were wiped out by the freak summer storms. The farmers decided to take direct action, saying they were being discriminated against by the Junta. President of the Sub-tropical Fruit Producers (Aprodate), Juan
Camacho, said they had not received any help from the Junta while farmers in El Ejido (Almeria) had been granted money to make up for the losses after their crops were affected by hail just weeks ago. Camacho, who was due to have a meeting with the agriculture representative in Granada next
week to address the matter, has stated that the sub-tropical crops are in a terrible state. “The situation is tragic and distressing for many families, who were affected by floods before the harvest season started.” Around 90 per cent of the subtropical fruit harvest in the Rio Seco, Rio Verde and Rio Jate fields was wiped out by hail and torrential rain at the end of the summer. Almuñecar Mayor Trinidad Herrera has asked both can be linked to the the national government ancient settlement. to declare the town a Fernandez believes this ‘disaster area’ after the new find could be 3,700 storms. years old, although archaeological studies to confirm this theory are still to be carried out. The inhabitants obtained slate slabs by heating the stone to high temperatures, in order to cut it to the required size, according to Fernandez. The slabs were then used to seal tombs, which were normally located next to or under dwellings, as have been previously discovered at the archaeological site in Galera (Granada).
Bronze Age quarry unearthed THE remains of a 3,700year-old stone quarry from the Bronze Age have been discovered in Sayalonga. The quarry is believed to be linked to the ancient settlement of El Espolon, found in the town in 2006. Valentin Fernandez, a history professor from Malaga University, found the remains by chance in Calle Loma. The historian found a slate formation similar to one in another quarry associated with El Espolon and, after a visual and photographic study, determined that
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QUARRY: The remains found are similar to those discovered in Galera (Granada).