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ISSUE NO. 1766
9 - 15 May 2019
Newspaper in Spain 2017 & 2018
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Expat support website launches A BRITISH Consulate and University of Birmingham website seeking to help tackle the challenges of an ageing expatriate population has expanded coverage into Almeria. Support in Spain (www.sup portinspain.info), provides useful assistance for older and vulnerable British residents. It features information on how to get extra help on a wide range of matters, including health care, disabled services and benefits, as well as a directory of local support organisations. The initiative was launched last week at well-attended networking events in Turre and Arboleas, led by Neil Hesketh of the Support in Spain project and Javier Gonzalez, Consular Officer for the British Consulate Andalucia. The British Honorary Consul in Almeria, Alejandro Guerrero, also attended the Arboleas event. Over 60 representatives from charities and voluntary groups in the Costa Almeria
USEFUL TOOL: The website provides support for older and vulnerable British residents. and Almanzora areas which provide unstinting support for British and other foreign nationals took part in the meetings, among them the Royal British Legion, MACS Cancer Support, the Spanish Red Cross, and the Lions Club. The representatives expressed great interest in the
website. The meetings also provided an opportunity to meet with a Consulate representative and to get together with colleagues from other organisations. “It is exciting to see this website expanding into Almeria after a successful start on the Costa del Sol,” British
Consul Charmaine Arbouin said ahead of the launch. “There is some incredible work carried out by so many volunteers across southern Spain to support foreign residents who are in need. As the Consulate cannot be in all areas at once, I hope that this website is a useful support tool for voluntary groups in their work and for residents as well. “We have also compiled the site in Spanish, as well as English, so that social workers, medical staff and Spanishspeaking friends can, for the first time, access information on English-speaking support available.” Charmaine continued: “Our message from the British Consulate in Andalucia to UK residents is clear: plan ahead for the future. Anyone can become vulnerable at any time and it is better to be prepared.”
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Murder trial date set THE trial of the woman accused of killing eight-year-old Gabriel Cruz w ill g e t u n d e r wa y a t th e A lmeria Provincial Court on September 9. Court President Lourdes Molina said Ana Julia Quezada’s trial by jury would last at least a week and a half.
The Public Prosecutor is seeking a sentence of reviewable permanent prison, plus a further 10 years for separate crimes of psychological injury. Gabriel went missing from Las Hortichuelas at the end of February
last year sparking a huge search involving thousands of people. Two weeks later police charged the 43year-old girlfriend of Gabriel’s father with taking the little boy’s life after finding his body in the boot of her car.
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