Royal audience

THANKS to the Cartagena Council, El Centro Comercial Abierto and the Spanish Confederation of Historic Centres, shoppers were able to obtain a free gift if they spent more than €25 in the shopping centre on Friday, April 28.

This was to celebrate the Day of the Historic Centres and having made they pur‐chases, large numbers of shoppers queued patiently at the prize stall set up in the Plaza del Icue.

The intention was to pro‐mote the local retail econo‐my as there is a fear that the area is seeing too many bars being opened and a to‐tal of 500 gifts, each valued at €20 were available for shoppers to claim on the day.

YOUNG student Miguel Zapata Jimenez who at‐tends the Centro Educa‐tivo San Pedro Apostol is proud to have been cho‐sen to meet King Felipe VI.

The scholar from the San Pedro del Pinatar school entered the 42nd contest What is a King to you? organised by the

Spanish Institutional Foundation (FIES) and the Orange Foundation and his image was judged the best across the Autonomous Com‐munity of Murcia so he will join other regional winners who will meet with His Majesty later in the year.

He will take with him his artwork which de‐picts the king in his role as Captain General of the three branches of the armed forces and to do this, he used a cut‐out figure game of the king which can be ‘dressed’ in the appro‐priate uniforms of the Army, Air Force and Navy.

THE prawns of the Mar Menor are playing hide and seek com‐mented one fisher‐man. They are nick‐named Houdini among the fishermen of the Mar Menor who have had trouble this week catching them. The fishermen went on to say some‐ times there is an abun‐dance of prawns and they can catch over 300,000 kilos in one day and the following week there are none to be found. One fish‐erman said the moon affects the catch saying the prawns don’t like

CARTAGENA Town Hall is receiving criticism this week for the imple‐mentation of their ‘shadow plan’.

They have located canopies along Calle del Carmen, the main shop‐ping street in Cartagena that leads down to the port. The idea itself is not being criticised as they have been asking for this street to be shaded for years but the methods

THE Ramón Gaya Museum, on Plaza Santa Catalina in Murcia, launched a new exhibition on Fri‐day, April 28 that runs until October. This exhibition brings together works from renowned artists such as Manet, Matisse, Hockney, Kitaj, Valmier, Pascin, and Rembrandt. The collector Avelino Marín who began his collection at just 16 years the light from the moon and others say it is due to the increase of algae in the Mar Menor again as prawns prefer a sandy seabed. Either way, the lack of prawns around may affect the price per kilo.

Shadow plan

used are being discussed negatively in all the bars and restaurants along the street. The sail‐like canopies stretching from side to side shading the pedestrianised street are se‐cured in place by large concrete stands and unsightly tubes connect‐ed to the sails holding them in place.

Art exhibition

of age purchased his first piece with his savings. The exhibition will also contain three paintings by Ramón Gaya, two which are unpublished. This exhibition highlights the work of Marín celebrating his passion for the conservation of art and his be‐lief that art belongs to everyone.