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Edition - 1147

Algarve
	ETA suspects at large in Portugal SPANISH authorities believe ETA are operating in Portugal and are looking for two suspected members of the Basque separatist organisation. An abandoned car, with Portuguese licence plates and filled with 115 kilos of explosives, detonators, timers and a bomb-making manual in the Basque language, was.....
- ETA suspects at large in Portugal
- Tighter rules for car insurance
- "News in brief"
- Bobby Robson and friends helping Algarve children
- Portugal affected by desertification
- Municipal aerodrome for Loule
- Cheaper domestic flights
- All set for the New7Wonders declaration
- The Blair Years
- Jack Petchey Foundation Awards
- Portugal’s U21 out of the Olympics
- Indoor Football Mini World Cup
- Tiago at Juventus

Costa del Sol
	Mobile phone recycling helps the environment PEOPLE in Malaga have taken 142,182 mobile phones to be recycled so far this year. There are 15 mobile phone bins in the province in Malaga city, Antequera, Campanillas, Casares, Fuengirola, Marbella and Velez Malaga. During the past week, locals could also take their old phones to the ‘Tragamovil’ .....
- Playground fun leads to death of young boy
- Stolen cars found as gang held in swoop for mass bank thefts
- Worker dies at school
- News in brief
- Missing-ear patient sues local health service
- Court finds in favour of transsexual
- Woman’s body found
- Ice cream hold-up
- Attack on businessman
- Mobile phone recycling helps the environment
- Indigenous species under threat of extinction
- Statue loses its head
- Man who butchered father cleared
- Police net huge hashish haul
- Ronda police released
- Emergency families needed
- Man in sexual abuse case walks free
- More protection needed for turtles
- Bag snatcher pretended to be police officer
- Love thy neighbour
- Laptops for Torremolinos businesses
- Gendarmes from Mauritania and Senegal train in Benalmadena
- New phone appointment service for patients
- Young man carries out daily protests

Costa Blanca
	Terra Mitica gets new boss WITH visitor numbers up from the previous two years, Terra Mitica has handed over the managerial reins to David Lladró, who has been officially named as the new president of the theme park. He takes the place of Andrés Ballester, who has faced nothing but problems during his tenure as president. Lla .....
- Coastline under attack
- Terrorist warning on the Costas
- Annual emergency plan insufficient
- Benidorm in music crisis
- Valencia F1 cash frenzy
- Search for missing captain is halted
- Toddler in pool
- The rules of the road
- Travel back to medieval times in La Nucia
- Terra Mitica gets new boss
- PSOE man elected mayor of Altea
- San Juan returns to La Nucia
- Paedophile arrests
- Images of Antipodean life
- Fun on the farm
- Still a year away
- HELP is at hand
- Benidorm stars wanted
- Promising student earns Adina Harper award
- For those who enjoy eating out
- Treasure hoax, just not funny

Costa de Almería
	Call for park action REPRESENTATIVE of the Partido Popular in Almería, Aránzazu Martin, has called for immediate action over the “historic problems” concerning the natural park Cabo de Gata-Níjar after visiting the area. He said at a meeting of the Andalucian parliament that there needs to be “a greater commitment to .....
- Terrorist warning
- Bags of drugs smuggled in fryer
- Jail sentence passed in contract killing
- Social security scam alert
- San Juan ruined by jellyfish
- House owner disturbs break-in
- Suicide attempt foiled
- Burglars caught red-handed
- Clean the mountain
- Bin burners will be caught
- Time limit on works
- Call for park action
- Popular show returns for more success
- Court orders that Albox home must be destroyed
- New British Ambassador hosts Queen’s Birthday Party

Mallorca
	Dog attack AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD boy was treated for injuries to his head, ear and neck at the Mother and Child’s Unit at Son Dureta Hospital after he was bitten by a large Rottweiler dog. The boy’s parents rushed him to hospital and fortunately his injuries were not as severe as they first seemed and he was relea .....
- Dog attack
- Trial begins over death of ex-mayor
- Good Samaritans’ car ransacked whilst trying to help dying motorist
- Thief caught
- Birds destroyed by thugs
- New British Consulate in Palma

Heart of Andalucía
	High-speed train link reaches Antequera THE ARRIVAL of the AVE high-speed train in Antequera has resulted in an increase of 20,000 travellers between Malaga city and Antequera alone. The reduction in the travelling time to Madrid by 20 minutes is cited as the main reason for this surge and it is expected that by the time the entire high-s .....
- High-speed train link reaches Antequera
- Worker dies
- Indigenous species at risk of extinction
- From Spanish National Treasure to World Wonder
- Protection needed for turtles
- Statue beheaded by local vandals
- Model planes fill the skies
- "Ronda police released"

Sport
	Henry moves to Spain ARSENAL has confirmed the transfer of its star player Thierry Henry to FC Barcelona. It is said that the London club will receive 16 million pounds (24 million euros) for the French striker. The 29-year-old Henry had said earlier that he was moving to Barcelona. He said in the French sport newspaper....
- Test results unnatural
- Hamilton fears for his privacy
- Henry moves to Spain
- Campillos football tournament
- Something new for Wimbledon
- Golf Challenge huge success

Boadicea

Rewarding efforts
DID Jemima Khan’s missing Bengal cat merit calling out two policewomen to search unsuccessfully for her? It did, of course....

Food

Smoothies: a healthy start to the day
WHEN you don’t feel like eating solid food in the morning but you do want to start off your day healthily, a smoothie might b....

Mrs. Ed

Dear Mrs Ed
I WAS browsing through your last edition and was most sorry to read of Mr Lee's continual problems with UK dustmen. I fully a....

Sidelines

Inconclusive end to an old mystery
A BOEING 747 which exploded over Lockerbie on December 21 1988 was Europe’s first large-scale terrorist attack and was caused....

Health & Beauty

Feminine men die younger
MEN with little testosterone have a higher chance of dying young. Researchers from the University of San Diego discovered tha....

Leapy Lee

A third-world health service
YET again, this week, I find myself praising the Spanish National Health Service. It never ceases to amaze me why so many ....

Special Feature

Missing Maddie: 50 days on
FOUR weeks ago, a little girl vanished in the night. On Friday June 22, balloons were released in 50 different countries to....

Astrology
		Star - Virgo Your heart is saying 'Let’s get out and have some fun'. Your head is saying 'Okay, but let's leave it until later'. Which is ....

Happened This Day
	1758 - During the French and Indian War, the British capture Fort Duquesne at what is now known as Pittsburgh. 1867 - Alfred Nobel patents dynamite. 1884 - J.B. Meyenberg receives the patent for evaporated milk. ....

Birthdays
	Norman Greenbaum - 65 - American singer/songwriter, John McVie - 62 - British bass player (Fleetwood Mac), Rich Little - 69 - Canadian comedian,
	more...