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Maiden flight THE first flight between Almeria and Madrid operated by Air Europa took off on Monday.
Church funds THE provincial government has awarded €64,300 to Albanchez to help towards restoring the town’s church.
Czech mates THE Costa de Almeria tourist board is in Prague this weekend to take part in the 23rd edition of the Holiday World fair.
Sports day MORE than 150 athletes took part in the second Marathon Mountain Bike Race and First Trail run in Arboleas at the weekend.
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‘Flying’ football dog becomes world star GOOFY, the dog that was allegedly thrown from the stands during a football match in Olula del Rio has turned into a world star. Media in countries all round the world from the UK to Honduras have picked up on the surreal event, reported in last week’s Euro Weekly News, when a fan allegedly tried to throw the pooch, who was the pet of another spectator, at the referee. Goofy was reported to be hurt during the incident in which he fell between two and three metres, but has now been given a clean bill of health. Clemente Domene is the fan alleged to be responsible. He faces charges of alleged animal abuse and violent behaviour at a sporting event. Upset by the impact that this incident has had at national and international level, the fan of the Comarca del
Marmol Club said the dog’s ‘flight’ was the result of an accident and that under no circumstances was it intentional. “We were in the stands all the time playing with the dog,” he said. When the referee went to the visitors bench to ask several players to leave the field, Clemente approached the railings to see what was happening.
“People started screaming and the dog got scared and jumped out of my arms,” claimed the 48-year-old from Macael. Nevertheless, Clemente
wanted to apologise to the club, the referee, the fans and everyone who had been offended by what happened during the Regional Preferente League match.
Alboran Sea drugs haul TWELVE tonnes of hashish have been seized aboard a Turkish ship in the Alboran Sea. An operation codenamed ‘Bosporus’, carried out by Spanish customs officers and their French counterparts discovered the drugs on board the ship, Berk Kaptan. The operation has resulted in the arrest of four Turkish nationals aboard the vessel. It was the sixth interception of ships carrying large quantities of hashish on the trade route between Spain, Italy and France. Other drugs’ hauls have been between 15 and 30 tonnes.