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Edition - 1149

Algarve
	The Berbers are back IT’S more than 750 years since invading Moslems from North Africa left the Algarve. The force, which arrived some 500 years before, consisted of Arabs and Berber tribesmen. Based in fortifications such as the castles of Silves, Paderne and Loulé, they had a positive influence on the culture of local.....
- High risk of fire and UV in Algarve
- Less police in Algarve
- ‘It’s not too late to give her back’ – The McCanns
- IMF praises Portugal’s reforms
- Car VAT refund
- New 7 Wonders of the World
- Excess speed causes two vehicle collision
- Sun theories hot up
- Mediterranean World Music festival
- The Berbers are back
- Loule Rotary Club’s Charity Golf Tournament a huge success
- England Rugby team in the Algarve supporting the McCanns

Costa del Sol
	Kuwaiti consul meets new mayor THE Kuwaiti consul in Malaga, Khaled Al Zaabi, recently visited Benalmadena Town Hall to meet the new mayor, Javier Carnero. Kuwaiti delegations have recently been visiting towns on the Costa del Sol in order to improve relationships and strengthen ties between the countries. The Costa del Sol has .....
- Arroyo Legionnaires’ disease outbreak claims first victim
- Suicide rate above average
- Trade Unions join forces against Vialia
- Mobile alert
- Brit nabbed
- "Lion rescued from van in Pizarra"
- Bootleg network squashed
- Car criminals detained
- Service for aged uncovers abuse
- Town gets new police officers
- Cartama man still missing
- "Man drowns in reservoir"
- Rail worker seriously injured
- Fake inspectors take advantage of elderly
- Tired drivers increase risk of accidents
- Lorry with no brakes triggers serious accident in Marbella
- Crane fire causes chaos
- Pair evicted
- Demands for CCTV in historical centre of Marbella
- Free computer courses
- Better conditions for olive producers
- Contaminated counterfeit toothpaste
- Rise in passengers
- Worker threatens to jump off crane
- Bullfight posters lead to attack
- Beating for t-shirt wearer
- Golf course employee killed
- Cultural diet
- Dream home turns into a nightmare
- Sex network investigated
- Agricultural fire halts train service
- Prime Minister leads second anniversary commemoration ceremony for July 7 victims
- GMTV come to Fuengirola
- Malaga rocks with Maná
- Baby flamingos
- Kuwaiti consul meets new mayor
- Independence Day

Costa Blanca
	Happy Birthday LA NUCIA celebrated its birthday with a display of music and fireworks that lit up the night sky for over 30 minutes. The Festival of the Birth of La Nucia is celebrated every year, and the star of the show this year was the impressive display of pyrotechnics that provided a spectacle for .....
- New penalties for litterbugs
- Violence ends in death of tourist
- Campaign sees Warrior arrive in Valencia
- Assault on slumbering woman
- Guardamar gets ‘dressed’ for fiestas
- Concert safety measures
- Gay award for Alicante counciller
- Torry beaches safest in Spain claims mayor
- Free fiesta transport
- Fourth football conference kicks off
- Stereo thief identified
- Modern flamenco trends on show
- Hospital wins award
- Teulada market reopened
- Happy Birthday
- Near tragedy in Benidorm
- 'Titanic' problems
- Speeding and drink drivers could be sent to jail
- Eye tests reveal warning signs
- Deadline looms for animal shelter
- Couple snare monster
- Elite Golf Society
- Kickboxers
- Denia bull fiesta

Costa de Almería
	Professional dancer performs FAMOUS dancer Carmen Rubi performed at the Castle of Santa Ana in Roquetas recently. The diverse dancer, who has trained in Flamenco schools and has specialised in Spanish Dance at the Almería School of Dance, displayed her talents in the castle to a spellbound audience. The event is part of th .....
- Unsanitary and unsafe health centres
- Funerals held
- Unemployment figures drop
- Labour con-man is denounced
- Radiation search extended
- Strengthening the force
- Bin burners will be caught
- Bike trader arrested
- Níjar improving promenade
- Big rise in illegal immigrants stopped and detained off coast this week
- New bus service from Laroya
- Seven wonders announced
- Brown leads ceremony for bomb attack victims
- Calls for tougher penalties for traffic offences
- Learning to dive in Cuevas
- Consum branches into Almería
- Time limit on works
- Birthday celebrations for parks
- Language diploma awards
- Extended opening times
- Professional dancer performs
- AUAN announce Summer Sizzler
- Jazz in the streets
- Summer fun for Abrucena kids
- Music on the beach

Mallorca
	Thousands left without mobile phone service MORE than 466,000 people on the Balearic Islands were left with no mobile phone service for two hours when a problem at a Movistar station in Alicante affected the Levante and Balearic areas. The Movistar company has the most users in the Balearic Islands and most of them found themselves lost .....
- Plague of jellyfish forces Deia beach to close
- Balcony topple
- Work accident trial continues
- Bogus note network uncovered
- Thousands left without mobile phone service
- Domestic violence victim hospitalised after assault
- Police raid bar in Palma
- MatrixLloyd Charity Expedition Team Triumph
- Arabic classes in Manacor
- Joe Cocker comes to town
- Sa Taronja Jazz Club special
- Banyalbufar wedding album

Heart of Andalucía
	Agricultural fire halts train TRAINS between Ronda and Algeciras had to be cancelled for two hours after fires broke out in eight different points in the surrounding area, affecting the towns of Ronda and Arriate. The fires, which could be seen from the A-374 to Ronda, where traffic had to be partially stopped for one hour, dest .....
- Agricultural fire halts train
- "Cartama man still missing"
- Driver trapped in cab
- Lion rescued from van in Pizarra
- Phone service for elderly uncovers 53 abuse cases
- Man drowns in reservoir
- Inland tourism
- Prison call

Sport
	High five for Federer ROGER FEDERER has won his fifth straight Wimbledon title equalling Bjorn Borg’s modern-day record. The Swiss world number one claimed a stunning five-set victory over Spaniard Rafael Nadal.....
- High five for Federer
- Hamilton denied at Silverstone
- Dream showdown
- England lose series to Windies
- Barney wins in Vegas
- Five UK cyclists
- A long cue for White
- Transfer target
- Rainy race

Boadicea

By any other name
WE all know the quotation about “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” but there’s no denying that the words we use ....

Food

Exotic fruits with that silky touch on the Islands
OWING to their different geographical characteristics, Gran Canaria and the westward Islands of Tenerife, La Palma, Gomera an....

Health & Beauty

It’s crystal clear
CRYSTAL HEALING is the belief that crystals have energies and properties that are able to improve specific conditions, and re....

Leapy Lee

It´s just not the British way
ONCE again, at the time of writing, the washed-out Wimbledon factor dominates the annual British fortnight of balls and bats.....

Mrs. Ed

I QUOTE from a rival publication: “Each week in the Euro Weekly a person called Mrs Ed responds to reader’s (sic) letters wit....

Sidelines

Cheap lives that come very dear
CIVILIAN casualties caused by military operations can no longer be shrugged off as collateral damage, as they were in the pas....

Astrology
		Star - Sagittarius If you suspect that some things are not what they seem, you could be right. Repel doubts, ban anxieties and stick to facts an ....

Happened This Day
	1699 - A treaty is signed by Denmark, Russia, Saxony and Poland for the partitioning of the Swedish Empire. 1718 - English pirate Edward Teach (a.k.a. "Blackbeard") is killed during a battle off the coast of North Carolina. 1899 - The Marconi Wireless Company of America is incorporated in New Jersey. ....

Birthdays
	John Larroquette - 60 - American actor, Dr John - 67 - American pianist/singer/songwriter, Maxwell Caulfield - 46 - Scottish American actor,
	more...