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It’s back to the drawing board By Emily Chettle Last week, April 28, EWN reported on Mr and Mrs Prior’s ongoing battle with the authorities over the demolition of their newly built luxury home in Vera. In the latest twist, the town hall has decided to appeal the ruling which saw the Priors win a partial claim after the traumatic demolition back in 2008. Eight years after the property was razed to the ground by the authorities, the Priors have been locked, head-on, in ongoing legal battles against the town hall and the Junta de Andalucia regional government in a bid to reclaim the money and emotional damages lost to them. Due to the fact the couple, both aged 72, had been given all of the correct paperwork to go ahead and build their dream home, it would seem to an outsider a clear cut case. Back when the property was first built, the town hall, in a series of private planning meetings, deemed the land the property was built on to be protected and not suitable for building.
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Safety first on the roads TWENTY-THREE people died on the roads of Almeria Province in 2015, many on smaller roads, leading the government and the traffic authorities to announce new measures to make them safer which are due to be put into place by this summer. See page 5
Happy birthday A MEMBER of Mojacar’s gym for the elderly classes celebrated her 91st birthday with classmates with cakes and drinks after their regular exercise session. Expat Edna Thirlaway has lived locally for more than 12 years. See page 6
Taking to the road MOJACAR is just one of the towns in the province which will be taking part in the Costa de Almeria 2016 road show, a promotional campaign set to travel the country and attract visitors. See page 16
Communing with nature A GROUP of disabled people who attend the El Saliente day centre in Albox spent a day on a After issuing the Priors with what seemed like the proper planning consent, the truth only came to light when the bulldozers arrived on that fateful winter morning. The devastating flattening of the couple’s retirement home followed, leaving all of their hard-earned savings lying in rubble before their feet. Helen Prior told EWN that nothing has been said to them and they have had no communication whatsoever from the town hall. She continued: “We
are absolutely cheesed off. The appeal itself could take another five years to conclude.” The Priors feel the Junta de Andalucia is to blame for all of
the troubles caused over the years and not the town hall. She said: “We have been victimised whilst the Junta has not gained anything from it whatsoever.”
farm last week. They had the chance to ride horses and interact See page 58 with animals.
Culture and stone ALBOX teenagers took part in a Stonid, Culture and Stone project open day in Macael last week where they were introduced to the more technical aspects of the stone and marble sector and encouraged to conSee page 62 tinue studying the sector for the future.