21 - 27 December 2017
COSTA DEL SOL
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ISSUE NO. 1694
Unfound By Benjamin Park Twitter
A BRITISH boy remains missing a VANISHED: month after Alex Batty. an international alert was issued. Alex Batty, 11, from Oldham, vanished after flying to Malaga with his mother Melanie, who does not have parental custody of her son, at the end of September. When contacted by the Euro Weekly News, a Greater Manchester Police official 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. Anyone with any information should call police on +44 161 856 8972 or Crimestoppers anonymously on +44 800 555 111.
‘TIS THE SEASON: The giant tree as seen from above.
Happy holidays! More than 1,000 schoolchildren dressed in white to form a giant human Christmas tree. Taking place at Los Manantiales football ground in Alhaurin de la Torre, the stunning scene was captured by a drone. A 43-YEAR-OLD Serbian man has been held after investigators unearthed a huge cannabis plantation in two luxury Marbella homes. More than 1,200 plants were seized after police swooped on the uninhabited properties following a short probe. They had been tipped off by a neighbour on the Mirador de Sierra Blanca urbanisation, who
It comes after the local education department teamed up with the Las Canteras social and environmental foundation to design the initiative, which aimed to bring children together ahead of next week’s festivities.
Designer drugs complained about the strong smell and constant buzzing of extractors. No-one was seen entering or leaving either house during a stake out, leading detectives to obtain a search warrant before launching a raid dur-
ing which 66 specialised halogen light units were also confiscated. A police statement said that the ground floor of both buildings had been “completely conditioned” to house the illegal crop, with dividing walls demolished and wine cellars modified. One other person is reportedly under investigation, but has not yet been arrested.
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No white Christmas A MILD Christmas is forecast for the Costa del Sol. An official from national weather office AEMET said that while temperatures will be cool at night, there is almost no chance of heavy rainfall over the festive period. Scattered showers are expected in central and northern Spain plus the Canary Islands, but Mediterranean parts of the country - including Malaga - will bask in daytime highs of 17-
21°C. The dry conditions are being driven by the return of an antcyclonic weather system off Portugal, which is blocking the entry of Atlantic fronts.