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Algarve
	Letters from Nigeria PEOPLE in the Algarve continue to receive letters in which huge rewards are offered to help in withdrawals of large amounts of money from bank accounts. The Austrian consul in the region told The Euro Weekly News he has recently had several of these letters on the Consulate’s email. The Judicial Pol.....
- Search for Maddie goes worldwide
- news in brief
- World’s largest ever chiropractic convention held in Vilamoura
- Second generation of electronic passports
- Robert Murat not associated with Portuguese Homes
- Girl abducted in Spain found in the Algarve
- Letters from Nigeria
- British tourist attacked at Vilamoura Marina
- Portuguese tax amnesty considered contrary to EC Law
- Tourism authorities advise hotels and resorts to install video surveillance
- Miracle cure in Caldas de Monchique
- New minister

Costa del Sol
	Fair hit by power cut A POWER-CUT led to Churriana fair being suspended with estimated losses of up to 100,000 euros. Malaga Town Council is filing a complaint against electric company Sevillana – Endesa for damages and losses. The problem allegedly occurred due to a fault in a transformer in Los Jazmines area which sup .....
- Hospital alert after four guards stabbed
- Hammer death
- Summer weather is set to hot up apartment rents
- Foreigners on the increase
- Fair hit by power cut
- Abducted girl, aged 11, found after police chase in Algarve
- Sports camp is planned
- Teacher hit me, says boy student
- Marbella negotiates gorilla reserve
- Thugs caught by officers in civvies
- No sex change operations
- Fatal crashes
- A no-brainer
- Flamingo ringing to start soon
- Bathing water to be quality controlled
- Safety demand as man dies
- Youth hurt as gangs clash
- Theft hits phone links
- Three teenagers are held for sex assaults
- In the pink and raising money for breast cancer
- Internet World Congress ends
- Andalucian breakfast

Costa Blanca
	National Park a dump THE Sierra Helada, the mountain that stands between Benidorm and Albir, has been declared a “dump” by a local environmental association. They say that the slopes of the mountain where quarrying work has been done, have meant that many of the hills are precarious and unsettled and that they have bec .....
- National Park a dump
- Anaesthetist remanded
- Drugs bound for Ibiza
- Vampires fined
- Market marred
- Pink Day fundraiser huge success
- Torrevieja baby-killer caught
- Torrevieja writing contest surpasses expectations
- School equipment donated by Lions
- Boy killed by tractor
- How to cast your vote
- Norwegians celebrate in Alfaz
- William wins again Victory at Silverstone
- HELP Association needs your help
- Summer camp in Spain... and it's free!
- Tributes pour in after Altea climbing death
- The Gilbert and Sullivan Society
- A great night out
- Delays at the City of Light
- Yellow fever at Terra Natura

Costa de Almería
	Architecture competition for Science Museum UP to 37 architectural studies from all of Spain have been presenting their projects and ideas for the design of the Science Museum Park in Roquetas de Mar competition. Ideas can be presented until June 20 and on June 27, the winner will be selected by the judges. .....
- New police chief is official
- Fatal accidents
- Vicar woman stabbed to death
- Not so nice place
- Opening of road
- Employer arrested for extortion
- Work accidents down, self-employment up
- Cocaine hidden in make-up and buttons
- Almeria Guardia Civil recruits new officers
- Two men held for robbery
- Spaniards are minority in many towns
- Hashish boatmen held
- Port of Almeria Immigrants Centre
- Police lose overtime pay
- Pigeon thefts
- Architecture competition for Science Museum
- Our Lady of El Rocio Whitsun wonder
- Almeria teachers go to school in Morocco
- Belly and ballroom dancing lessons on offer

Mallorca
	May tourist boom THE month of May has been the ‘best ever’ for tourism in the Calvia region of Mallorca. Local hotels, restaurants, shop owners and businesses all report a surge in activity and Palma’s Son Sant Joan airport has handled an increase in passenger numbers. Despite claims by PSOE election candidates that .....
- May tourist boom
- Palma railway station sees protest
- Shop blaze
- Balcony collapse
- Worst forest fire on island
- Man cuts his own throat
- Walker falls
- Woman rescued
- Flat fire
- Hoteliers report increase in jellyfish on the coast
- New agreement prevents chaos in tourism industry
- Hundreds support charity walk
- Mallorca cricket club meet to discuss new location

Heart of Andalucía
	Party try to reach the voters THE Partido Popluar political party in Coin, led by mayoral candidate Fernando Fernandez Tapia, has decided to print its electoral programme in English in an attempt to reach the British community living in the town and encourage them to vote in the upcoming elections. The programme was distributed .....
- Alhaurin olive tree for Princess Sofia
- Boxer Harrison held after new club brawl
- A healthy tonic
- Party try to reach the voters
- Alhaurin prepares for Jesus Day
- Delegation visits cheese factories
- Fair for youths
- Coin hosts young graffiti artists
- Snail festival in Riogordo
- Safe sunglasses essential

Sport
	Yet another title for FC Porto FC PORTO has won the Portuguese title for the 22nd time in the history of the club. The reigning champions of the Portuguese league won their match in the final round of the competition last Sunday, beating Aves 4-1. The win was enough to keep them ahead of rivals Sporting (one point) and Benfica ....
- Floyd Landis speaks out
- Yet another title for FC Porto
- China’s F1 corruption
- Romario’s 1,000th

Boadicea

Stay-at-home Harry
FAR be it from me to defend the Windsors but it’s pointless as well as myopic for the parents of soldiers in Iraq to ask why ....

Leapy Lee

On the campaign trail
WELL, the various local election machines this week kicked into overdrive. Roundabouts are gleaming, workmen are everywhere a....

Mrs. Ed

THE cat's out of the bag now! The Conservatives have just abandoned their campaign to bring back grammar schools because they....

Sidelines

Coup fallout haunts plotter
IN the third millennium not even an Old Etonian SAS officer turned mercenary can get away with planning a coup to make an Afr....

Food

A fishy tale from Catalu–a
UNUSUAL as it may seem to foreigners, the Catalan, Basque and Galician languages have official status alongside Spanish. The ....

Health & Beauty

Safe sunglasses
THESE fashion accessories are even used by some people at night, but are mainly used for protecting the eyes from ultraviolet....

Special Feature

M LAST week, I received the phone call every mother dreads: “Michel, Benjamin has been....

Astrology
		Star - Gemini The buzz in your head is not a mysterious thing. It is the sound of something quite different. Clearly, it is time to act on ....

Happened This Day
	1694 - French author and philosopher Jean Francois Voltaire is born. At age 65 he spent only three days writing "Candide." 1783 - The first successful flight is made in a hot air balloon. The pilots, Francois Pilatre de Rosier and Francois Laurent, Marquis d'Arlandes, flew for 25 minutes and 5.5 miles over Paris. 1877 - Thomas A. Edison announces the invention of his phonograph. ....

Birthdays
	Boris Becker - 40 - German Tennis player, Katherine Heigl - 29 - American actress/model, John Larroquette - 60 - American actor,
	more...