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28 Feb - 6 March 2019
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ISSUE NO. 1756
Newspaper in Spain 2017 & 2018
BREXIT PLANS: Sanchez said the rights of British and Spanish citizens would be protected.
PM’s Brexit pledge Pedro Sanchez vows to protect expats’ rights By Joe Gerrard SPAIN’S prime minister has told lawmakers the government will approve measures to cover a no-deal Brexit scenario including protecting the rights of British expatriates. Pedro Sanchez said the plans also included measures to allow for co-operation between Madrid and London on administration and legal matters, as well as crime. “The goal of the plan is to
preserve the rights of Spanish and British citizens, as well as preserving a normal trade flow and safeguarding Spanish economic interests,” Sanchez said. “My main goal is to guarantee that Britain’s decision to leave the EU would have the smallest possible impact on people and businesses,” the prime minister added. Sanchez added everything that Madrid and London had agreed in regards to Gibraltar post-Brexit would also stand,
Police prevent pensioner fall FIVE policemen in Torrox have reportedly saved the life of a 79-year-old man who tried to jump from a terrace. Officers from the Local Police said they received a call from family members, who said the man, who reportedly suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, was trying to throw himself from a balcony in the family home. The family are said to have first contacted an off-duty Velez-Malaga police officer who lives nearby, before Torrox officers intervened. Police arrived and helped the man inside before leaving him with his family. According to Spanish media, minutes later, the man’s wife - who is also ill - called again saying her husband was now trying to jump from a height of around eight metres. The man was later transferred to Axarquia Regional Hospital and the Torrox Local Police headquarters praised ‘the professionalism of the officers from Torrox and Velez-Malaga.’
even if Westminster blocks British prime minister Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement. “The deal reached on Gibraltar is the best one possible. Our goals are maintaining the mobility of works and increasing environmental and police co-operation, as well as on tobacco prices,” the prime minister said. Madrid, London and Gibraltar have all agreed to work to combat tobacco smuggling regardless of whether Britain leaves the EU with or without a
deal on Friday March 29. Sanchez was speaking at the last plenary session before Spain’s Cortes Generales dissolves ahead of a snap general election on April 28.
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Julen’s parents break silence T H E p a re n t s o f t w o - y e a r- o l d J u l e n h a v e a t tended court to describe what happened the day their son fell down a 71-metre borehole in Totalan. According to Spanish media, Victoria Garcia and Jose Rosello have attended the Malaga c o u r t w h e re a n i n v e s t i g a t i o n i n t o t h e b o y ’s death is taking place to speak about the day. Jose Rosello’s cousin - who is in a relations h i p w i t h t h e l a n d ’s o w n e r, D a v i d S e r r a n o was also in court, and reportedly told the judge she had not heard her partner warn Julen’s parents about the borehole, but said Serrano was a conscientious person and it would not surprise her if he had. Vi c t o r i a G a rc i a i s s a i d t o h a v e t o l d t h e c o u r t s h e h a d h a d b e e n u n a w a re o f t h e w e l l , while Jose Rosello reportedly said David Serr a n o h a d w a r n e d h i m a b o u t t h re e p o t e n t i a l wells on the plot of land in the Sierra de Totalan where the two families were visiting for a day out. Rosello is said to have told the judge the hole had not been covered over, however. The ongoing investigation into a potential case of negligent manslaughter saw the judge ask witnesses present what they remember from the day.