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Class acts in Adra TWO schools in Adra are to receive improvements with the Education Department spending more than €225,000, benefiting a total of 574 pupils.
New tourist office PLANS for a new tourist office and redevelopment of the surrounding area have been announced by the town hall of Roquetas de Mar. The project will cost an estimated €354,000.
Walk challenge A TOTAL of 59 walkers and three guides took part in the 33-kilometre Filabres Challenge, passing through Cantoria, Lijar and Albanchez.
Long stroll A NEW 21-kilometre walking route, El Cerecillo, has opened in Laujar.
Charity’s AGM THE San Animal Santuario will be holding its AGM at the Acuario Restaurant, San Juan de los Terreros, on January 2, at 7.30pm for 8pm. www.sananimal.org
19 - 25 DECEMBER 2013
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Food for poor stolen from church charity By Stephen Lear HEARTLESS thieves have taken the food from the mouths of the poor this Christmas. They targeted the Church of Santa Maria de Belen in the La Chanca neighbourhood of Almeria, and stole more than five tonnes of food collected by Catholic charity Caritas to bring some Christmas cheer to the poor. When members of the charity arrived at the church they discovered that thieves had stolen the food which they had been collecting for months to distribute among needy families in the area ahead of Christmas. According to accounts from the church, the thieves jumped off the roof into the yard. There they managed to force a window, get into the centre and take anything
Under Attack: Rural Chapels and Churches. they wanted. open and alerted members of It was not until nine in the Caritas. “We are very sad. They evening that some local residents stole the food Turn to Page 17 realised that the back door was
Plans for green route on track PLANS for a ‘Green Route’ along the old Guadix-Almendricos rail tracks in Huercal-Overa have been given the go-ahead. A contract to create the route for cycling and walking in the area where the train tracks, closed in September 1984, used to be, was signed by the
Assets and Urban Development Manager for the South of railway administrators, Adif, Fernando Gomez, and the mayor, Domingo Fernandez. Adif will now lease to the town an area of 292,597 square metres, which does not include existing buildings and parts of the old track
which are on urban land. The land cannot be built upon and must be used only for the purpose of the route. The town hall will now invest funds into turning the area into a route which can be used by nature lovers for hiking, cycling and riding.