Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 4 - 10 September 2014 Issue 1522

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CAMPELLO wants to connect the Muchavista and Carrerlamar beach promenades. But first the town hall must get government permission to use public land at the mouth of the Rio Seco.

Mini-breaks THE Costa Blanca Tourist Board is encouraging Spanish tourists to take short holidays this month. The early return to school on September 3 has affected hotel bookings, it said.

No comeback SQUATTERS removed by Denia police from Edificio Novalia were seen returning minutes later. Locals, already exasperated by their presence, called the police who removed them for a second time.

Holy works THE church of San Juan Bautista in Callosa, built in 1578, is undergoing extensive repairs to the roof and façade.

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People power leads to Ashya reunion PEOPLE power has led to the parents of cancerstricken Ashya King being reunited with their fiveyear-old son. English prosecutors decided to drop the case against Brett and Naghmeh King after more than 160,000 people signed an online petition demanding the release of the couple, who were being held for an extradition hearing. Prosecutors were left scrambling to get in touch with the Spanish authorities to secure the couple’s release after the public outcry. The parents were finally released on Tuesday evening.

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An international hunt was launched when the boy, who suffers from a brain tumour, was taken from a UK hospital. This thrust Spain into the spotlight after his parents were arrested and prevented from visiting his hospital bedside. Ashya King was left

alone in a Malaga hospital as Brett, 51, and Naghmeh, 45, were remanded in custody on Saturday to await an extradition hearing. They were taken to Madrid to face a judge leaving Ashya all alone in hospital. It was not until Monday that Ashya’s eldest brother,

No way in for anti-eviction group MEMBERS of the PAH anti-eviction group tried to gatecrash the council meeting to approve Benidorm’s 2014 municipal budget. Twenty minutes into the council session, some PAH members attempted to enter the chamber to hear the debate. Their way was barred by a dozen Local Police officers who locked the doors to

the council chamber. The supporters from PAH Altea were refused admittance to ensure that the meeting could be held as normal, police said. Outside, Local Police officers and two patrol vehicles ringed the building but were not called on to intervene at any time.

Naveed, was allowed to visit and comfort the boy. By Tuesday his parents had not seen Ashya since their arrest. The case swept the headlines across the world as first the hunt was launched when Ashya was taken from Southampton Hospital without the consent of doctors, then he was found and his parents arrested. The search had soon focused on Spain where the family was known to have a holiday home, with Guardia Civil staking out their house near Casares on the Costa del Sol. In fact, he was found at a hostel in Benjarafe in the Axarquia, on Saturday. His parents had posted a YouTube video asking for the hunt to be called off and explaining their actions. In it, Brett said that they were not withdrawing treatment for their son, but rather wanted to seek an alternative not available in the UK. Editor says... Page 18


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