ISSUE NO. 1558
14 - 20 May 2015
AXARQUÍA - COSTA TROPICAL YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
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San Isidro festival Nerja gears up for religious festivity THE festivities begin tonight with DJs Juanjo Vergara, Victor Fernandez, Luis Roca and Fran Jimenez, and will continue tomorrow, to honour the patron saint of farmers. See Page 2
Kept in the dark Residents have had no electricity for over a year “We feel deceived and Arco Iris apartments in confused and want to Alcaucin, who are awaitfind a solution.” said ing light at the end of the See Page 3 protesting residents of the tunnel.
Expat boat drama Briton’s boat recovered after running aground Guardia Civil and Local Police were called to assist a British man as the anchor chain broke on his new craft requiring Spanish sea search and rescue services to save the day. See Page 6
On guard for a hero
Art for generosity
SPANISH Legionnaires and US sailors pay tribute to Axarquia-born Bernardo de Galvez
A nightmare journey for expat couple IVOR and Judi went through a five-year ordeal to try to save their home
By Steve Walsh A BRITISH couple who spent their life savings on a dream villa in Spain were told they had to demolish their home because the planning regulations changed after they moved in. UK Channel 5 show, Britain’s Horror Homes, highlighted the tortuous battle Captain Ivor Pringle, 61, and
his wife Judi have had to face at the hands of the Junta de Andalucia. They were told the home they purchased with their life savings in 2001 didn’t have the correct planning permission after they had been living there for eight years. Ivor told the programme: “To me it seems against human rights. People can’t knock homes down just like that.
Full story on Page 4 This is our retirement home, our life.” After 32 years’ service with the Parachute Regiment, Ivor and his wife left Basingstoke to live their dream retirement in Andalucia. They used their life savings to buy a villa in Axarquia for £165,000 and then spent an additional £150,000 doing it up by renovating the kitchen and adding Turn to Page 6 a terrace.
Adopting a pet makes you an art owner A scheme to reward you with your own personalised objet d’art should you decide to adopt an abandoned pet has been launched by Motril Health Department in See Page 8 conjunction with art schools.
Vespas set for rally Owners are welcome to join the race THE Vespa Rally of Axarquia 2015, scheduled to take off from the Paseo Maritimo of
El Faro in Torre del Mar at 10.30am on June 14. Be there or be square! See Page 10
Mountain blaze A fire broke out in La Herradura Mountains A resident and his bonfire sparked a blaze that started at around 3.30pm in the Los Corrales district on Sunday, and ended with the loss of over 30,000 metres of See Page 10 vegetation near a residential complex.