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Algarve
	TAP is second worst on mishandled baggage THE UK-based Air Transport Users Council has published a report on mishandled baggage revealing that the second worst performing AEA (Association of European Airlines) airline in 2006 was Portugal’s leading airline TAP, with and average of 21 bags missing per 1,000 passengers transported, narrowly.....
- Bribe officer in confession
- Giant Easter cake draws crowds to Guia
- WTTC launches debate on climate change
- Algarve’s Parkalgar Racing Team fifth at Donington
- Dog attacks woman in Loulé
- Friends of Cambodia appeal
- British Consulate extends hours
- TAP is second worst on mishandled baggage
- World Harmony Run in the Algarve
- OECD advises Portugal on tackling bribery
- Fado, Fatima and football - Letter from The Algarve by Frances Ruddick
- Fancy dress and five minutes of fame
- Cheese and Wine evening raises 900 euros
- St George’s Day Celebrations
- Events at Sao Bras Museum
- Direct flights from Faro to Waterford
- Hotel Garbe ongoing and forthcoming activities

Costa del Sol
	The Grand National THE world’s greatest annual steeplechase takes place at Aintree on Saturday and millions of Britons all over the world will be glued to their televisions. No other sporting event divides public opinion as much as the Grand National, with the animal rights activists on one side and the racing fratern .....
- Vialia opens to new 10,000 euro fine
- Fatal river fall
- Spring dinner for the Tories
- Young mothers use babies to help them beg in city streets
- Obese woman dies after weight-loss surgery
- SINGLE MUMS FIGURE SOARS
- Police probe death of fugitive in crash
- Mother fights over home that is no use to anyone
- Dinner and quiz to aid homeless dogs
- Aeroflot plan to fly in four times a week
- A first for Picasso enthrals Morocco
- Bag snatch teenager is found
- Blaze death
- CRIME WATCH
- Driver hid man in boot
- Banderas keen to open theatre school
- Raw sewage in full flow
- Muñoz lawyer resigns
- ONCE robber could face jail
- Malaga cleans up after Holy Week
- Spain cashes in as circulation of 500 euros notes hits new high
- Boy’s finger is saved by pioneering surgery
- 900 homes to be insulated
- Corruption probe into a top charity
- Ikea Malaga seeks employees
- Fire destroys cars in Alhaurin
- The Grand National
- Television and radio ‘sabotaged’ in Estepona
- An oasis in the heart of Malaga
- The Welsh Choir in the valley

Costa Blanca
	More success for William IN a weekend when Britain’s Lewis Hamilton again stunned the world of Formula 1, the Costa Blanca’s 16-year-old newcomer Englishman, William Zollo, from Benidoleig, continued his run of track success. Racing his 140 mph Reynard Formula Ford single-seater at Mallory Park, Leicester, on Easter Monday, .....
- Yacht Club fights for survival
- Denia Council campaigns for pets
- Bigger, better and stronger nísperos
- Desalinisation plants thrive
- La Nucía organises Barcelona outing
- Big spenders in San Vicente
- HELP Murcia Mar Menor
- Guardia Civil foil bogus policemen
- San Fulgencio parents meet mayor
- Cats poisoned on Tabarca
- Cosmopolitan Teulada
- Torry Army donate to local causes
- Sierra Helada quarry review
- Roman remains obliterated in Campello
- More success for William

Costa de Almería
	Almeria company awarded for its ‘Desert Gold’ A LOCAL Almeria energy company has been awarded a prize by the Ministry for Agriculture and Fishing in Andalucía for its hard work and contribution to the development of renewable energy and sustainable natural resources in the region. Rafael Alonso Aguilera SL have been hailed as pioneers .....
- First phase of beach work is completed
- Roquetas case goes on
- Law catches up with violent robber
- Almeria’s unemployment figures rise
- Almeria Film School launches Short Film Festival
- ARTE’s Passion
- New probe into pepper pesticides
- Football fever grips Almeria
- Cuevas, capital of youth culture
- Almeria company awarded for its ‘Desert Gold’
- New park for Garrucha
- Levante Sin Cables goes into politics
- Sexual assault in Roquetas
- Adra works are complete
- Farm worker dies
- Easter tornado causes serious damage
- Drugs arrest
- Cabo de Gata-Nijar gets new borders
- PAWS Grand National event
- Mojacar’s Rose Singers Charity Gala Event
- Suspect caught by police
- Five detained on drink driving charges
- Church of England holds Spring Fair
- Adra Petanque club
- Junta invests to repair Jairan wall
- Almeria’s roads to get makeover
- Cuevas gets an international flavour
- APSA fashion show
- Mójacar boasts a full house for Semana Santa

Mallorca
	Chocolate eggs bring Easter joy for children MORE than 100 chocolate Easter eggs were delivered to under privileged children in Mallorca thanks to the staff at the Bookworm bookshop in Palma Nova. Customers to the shop donated to an Easter Appeal for the Allen Graham Charity and the eggs were taken to five different children’s homes by volunte .....
- Hotels battle for business with 19-euro-a-day offers
- Three Chinese ‘racketeers’ are held in extortion probe
- Town hall donates lorry
- Police move in as dogs are moved from centre
- Tourist charged with attempting to kill sister in hotel with pillow
- Royal family attend Palma Easter mass
- Minister fights plan over lobster catches
- Coastal towns more popular
- 200,000 euros help on way
- Man is held on rape charge
- Driver killed
- Time running out for would-be voters
- Flood victims receive emergency grants
- Sponsored walk for the disabled
- Candidate’s plans to help the deaf
- Chocolate eggs bring Easter joy for children

Heart of Andalucía
	Almogia residents bid for roles in Easter processions THE town of Almogia has a tradition going back to the 1940s in which local people take part in an auction to play the part of Mary Magdalene and other biblical characters in the Easter processions. It is believed that this year, the winner of the auction paid more than 6,000 euros to play the part. .....
- School for firefighters gets Ardales headquarters
- Drug Baron gets 30 years
- Almogia residents bid for roles in Easter processions
- Coin map becomes town monument
- "The Grand National"

Sport
	Chief Lancashire groundsman visits Almeria PETER MARRON, Chief Groundsman at Lancashire County Cricket Club since 1983, visited the Desert Springs Resort and Golf Club to advise on the presentation of the resort’s new cricket wicket. Desert Springs in Almeria is located on a plateau above the Mediterranean, that is precisely the driest and ....
- Chief Lancashire groundsman visits Almeria
- Cortijo Grande golf report
- Mojacar Angling Club news
- First ever mixed netball event held in Spain
- Elche Rugby Club
- Benitachell Bowls Club
- Hamilton’s rise in F1 continues
- I’m innocent
- Cambridge victory
- British Davis Cup team dominates the Dutch

Boadicea

Protected species
THE Prince of Wales has been wailing, as is his wont, about public incomprehension over his passion for organic farming and....

Health & Beauty

Insomnia explained
INSOMNIA is the inability to sleep for a reasonable amount of time to maintain adequate restfulness.
People with the conditio....

Sidelines

The lure of Kazakhstan
THANKS to the British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, aka the treacherously ingenuous Borat, most people have now heard of Kazakh....

Mrs. Ed

I HOPE you can help my husband and me. We have read your articles regarding Residencia. It does not mention what you should....

Leapy Lee

Making ‘Commons’ sense
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with a reader, who observed in a recent missive to Mrs Ed that I had become decidedly grumpy over the....

Food

Arroz con leche recipe
RICE PUDDING is found in nearly every corner of the world. Recipes can greatly vary even within a single country. The popular....

Astrology
		Star - Aquarius An item or plan that you have often shown an interest in might now be afoot. Enlisting the help of someone close brings your ....

Happened This Day
	1620 - Peregrine White is born aboard the Mayflower in Massachusetts Bay. White is the first child to be born of English parents in present-day New England. 1818 - Simon Bolivar formally declares Venezuela independent of Spain. 1873 - Budapest is formed when the rival cities of Buda and Pest are united to form the capital of Hungary. ....

Birthdays
	Goldie Hawn - 62 - American actress/director/producer, Clem Burke - 52 - American drummer (Blondie), Sean Young - 48 - American actress,
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