21 - 27 December 2017
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ISSUE NO. 1694
THE family of a threeyear-old girl who spent five hours trapped inside a school bus are to launch an official complaint. It comes after the child fell asleep on a seat and was left inside the vehicle, which was parked at the gates of the Maria del Mar Romera primary school in Rincon de la Victoria from 9am. But no one spotted the terrified child who soiled her clothes during the ordeal - until the driver returned at 1.30pm. The bus, which transported 25 children between the ages of t h r e e a n d 11 , w a s staffed by two monitors, with the firm providing them set to be fined. Hundreds of parents took to social media to express their disgust in the wake of the incident, with several commenting on their “concern” over security at the school after a child weeks ago “left the building at the end of the day without anyone noticing and before the parents arrived to pick him up.” The Junta de Andalucia’s education department is probing the bus company and released a statement apologising t o t h e c h i l d ’s p a r e n t s and expressing “deep regret over everything that happened.”
‘Still missing’ police confirm A BRITISH boy remains missing a month after an international alert was issued, police have confirmed. Alex Batty, 11, from Oldham, reportedly flew to Malaga with his mother Melanie, who does not have parental guardianship of her son, on Saturday, September 30. MISSING: Alex When contacted by the Euro Weekly Batty. News, a spokesperson for the Greater Manchester Police said: “I can confirm that Alex Batty is still missing and we are doing our upmost to try and locate him. “Anyone with any information should contact us immediately.” It is believed that the pair may have left the port of Malaga for Melilla, on the coast of Morocco, where Melanie Batty has previously visited. Anyone with any information should call police on +44 161 856 8972 or Crimestoppers anonymously on +44 800 555 111. Twitter
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SHOCKING: The incident took place in Rincon de la Victoria and (inset) the mutilated goat.
Left to die
Goat torture sparks manhunt By Sally Underwood Police are hunting for culprits after a baby goat was found with its legs cut off. The two-month-old animal was found by its owner mutilated on a small piece of land in Rincon de la Victoria. Francisco Javier Jimenez had bought the animal as a pet for his two children around a month ago. He told the Local Police and Guardia Civil the animals legs had been cut off, as he said: “I had to call the vet to put it down. I do not understand how there can be people who could dare to do something like that.” He is now offering a €500
reward for ‘a reliable tip’ about who could have tortured the animal. He added: “I bought the goat in Colmenar just a month ago, because my children like animals very much and we wanted to raise them as pets.” He added he has a seven-month-old pit bull terrier on the same plot which was not attacked. “I do not know if it was because of a satanic ritual or something like that, but I think it’s dis gus ting,” he said. The used car salesman said the animal’s legs had not been found, adding his children were “very upset” by the inci-
dent as the goat was “their favourite pet.” He finished, “I rented the plot about two months ago to keep a recreational fishing boat and I thought about raising a dog and the goat together,” adding, “I am willing to pay a reward, I hope that such a despicable act does not go unpunished.”
No white Christmas A MILD Christmas is forecast for the majority of Spain. An official from national weather office, AEMET said that while temperatures will be cool at night, there is almost no chance of heavy rainfall before the festive period. Scattered showers are expected in central and northern Spain plus the
Canary Islands, but Mediterranean parts of the country - including Alicante, Malaga and Almeria - will bask in daytime highs of 17-21°C. The dry conditions are being driven by the return of an anticyclonic weather system off Portugal, which is blocking the entry of Atlantic fronts.