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MALLORCA
Search on POLICE are searching for three people who set fire to a Renault Laguna parked in Son Forteza, Palma, on Christmas Eve, totally destroying the vehicle.
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NEWS DESK COSTA DE ALMERÍA
Charity donation ALMERIA company Briseis has donated 10,000 hygiene products to the Red Cross and Caritas. Items include hand gel and deodorant.
Smoke inhalation
Junta grant
A MAN, 69, had to be treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in his home in Palma. He was taken to a local clinic.
THE Hotel Almirez in Laujar Andarax has been given €14,000 by the Junta to create a library and photo exhibition to promote the Alpujarra-Sierra Nevada region.
Burning robe
Zumba display
A WOMAN was taken to Son Espases Hospital with severe burns to her back after her dressing gown accidentally caught fire when she was in the kitchen of her home in Palma.
MORE than 100 pupils from HuercalAlmeria took part in a display of Zumba, Batuka and aerobics in front of a large crowd at the town’s sport hall.
Master stroke
Strong winds STRONG winds tore off the railings of a top floor apartment of Coll d’en Rebassa, Palma, which fell on the pavement below. No-one was injured.
Tram running THE tram route between Soller and the port is once again operating after service was suspended for two weeks to carry out renovation works.
AXARQUIA
Man arrested A YOUNG man, aged 21, has been arrested in Motril for allegedly stealing from at least 15 cars. National Police have recovered a GPS unit, sunglasses, mobile phones and six passbooks.
Drugs found GUARDIA CIVIL found 200 kilograms of hashish hidden in two false compartments in a car coming from Al Hoceima (Morocco) at a checkpoint at Motril port.
Car crash FOUR people, three women and a man aged between 26 and 37, were taken to the Santa Ana Hospital in Motril after the two cars they were travelling in crashed on the N340 road in Salobreña.
Beach cleaning NEARLY 20 tonnes of waste were removed from Almuñecar and La Herradura beaches by the local cleaning services after they were affected by heavy rains and strong winds.
Not paying WORKERS from the Home Help service
ILLEGAL LIVING: The shacks and caravans were located in El Chaparral.
Shanty town is dismantled MIJAS Local Police have dismantled a shanty town in El Chaparral where 15 people, mostly Eastern Europeans, were living. There were shacks, caravans and illegal constructions in the area, where the inhabitants stored scrap metal and rubbish. The Coordinator for Safety and Emergencies from Mijas Town Hall, Francisco Montilla, said that the settlement, which was on private property, was “a huge worry” for the council. The council has taken action against the owner of the property, in an operation led by Local Police coordinator, Francisco Cabello, and he could face fines of up to €30,000 as well as criminal proceedings. The Mayor, Angel Nozal, created a service to detect and eradicate illegal housing which has led to this shanty town being dismantled, as well as the closure of illegal rural accommodation and the detection of apartments in which numerous people were living. for impaired people in Motril have accused the town council of not paying November wages as well as their Christmas bonuses.
COSTA DEL SOL
Four injured FOUR people were injured after the vehicle in which they were travelling left the A-7 motorway at kilometre 214 in Mijas.
THIRTEEN-year-old Manuel Martos of the H2O swimming club in El Ejido has broken the Spanish record in the 200 metres backstroke. The record was broken at the Andalucian Swimming championships in Cadiz.
New signing UD ALMERIA have signed defender Mane from Maccabi de Tel Aviv of Israel.
COSTA BLANCA NORTH
Full house BENIDORM hotels had 95 per cent occupancy over the recent holidays. This demonstrated that good results do not depend on special offers, the Hosbec hoteliers’ association claimed.
Ghost town A 2,000-HOME development halted in 2008 will not restart in the near future, Pego Council predicted.
Popular again AN estimated 15,208 French tourists visited Alicante City last summer, the highest number for 20 years. Of those, 12,751 visited the tourist offices for information.
Billboard war
Coffee Queen
Mutual attack
A 21-YEAR-OLD woman from Cartama will represent Spain in the Coffee Queen International Beauty Competition which will be held in Colombia next weekend.
TWO people, aged 55 and 60, were injured in San Pedro Alcantara after stabbing each other. One of them has been remanded in prison.
SAN VICENTE Town Hall detected 54 illegal hoardings in the last two years, removing 34 illegal hoardings and ordering the removal of another 14. Only six owners legalised their hoardings.
Tree down
Multilingual
A LARGE tree fell onto the A-92 motorway in Antequera due to strong winds and rain, closing the road to traffic for 20 minutes until firemen removed it.
BARS and restaurants in Gandia Playa are translating their menus into five languages to attract customers. They will now appear in English, French, German, Italian and Russian.
Charity angels ON Christmas Eve, the Malaga Angels of the Night charity handed out almost 50,000 kilos of food to needy local residents.