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Algarve
	A trip back in prehistory A RECREATION of the daily life of people who lived in the Algarve during the prehistoric era was staged at the Alcalar Megalithic Necropolis at Mexilhoeira Grande near Portimão. The recreation ‘One day in Prehistory’ was sponsored by Portimão Town Council. Actors from a local theatre group interp.....
- Bluetongue disease affects Algarve sheep farms
- Loule brewery to close
- World’s largest sand sculpture festival draws to a close
- Navy frigate seizes three tonnes of hashish
- Strip bar case goes to trial
- Portugal adopts eCall system
- Only one suitcase in Berlin
- Fastest progressing country in e-government
- Song, tune and story night
- The capital’s music culture
- Made in Britain
- Pirelli or Picasso
- A trip back in prehistory

Costa del Sol
	Preliminary hearing in Gary Dunne murder AT a preliminary hearing in Malaga Provincial Court, a 23-year-old Spanish man has admitted to hacking 22-year-old Liverpool builder Gary Dunne to death with a machete. The accused will probably be sentenced early next year and may well be looking at 14 years in prison. Gary’s family were hoping fo .....
- Preliminary hearing in Gary Dunne murder
- High speed train to connect Andalucian capitals
- Double murder suspect found guilty
- Childbirth choices
- Drugs haul in Cabopino
- Not enough beds
- More cases of Legionnaires’ Disease hit Benalmadena
- Girl loses battle
- Car park attendant attacked by colleagues
- Just fancy that…
- Police warn of lottery scam
- Follow-up on death of petrol station security guard
- Toxic baby infusion ordered to be withdrawn
- Strong rains cause havoc
- Man kidnapped and robbed
- Benalmadena businesses asked to show consideration
- State invests in Malaga Airport
- Butane prices rise again
- Doctor sentenced for hair removal burns
- Illegal buildings demolished
- "Just fancy that…"
- Headmaster attacked by angry relative
- Demands for legalisation of vulture feeder
- Ministry of Health wants smoke-free beaches
- Sony withdraws toy trains
- School diets lack basic foods
- “No” to noisy mopeds
- Missing parrot sighted
- Looking for love poster campaign
- Natalia Pietsch displays new series of artworks
- Marbella gets first eco-park in Andalucia
- Call for Alzheimer’s facility
- Classes towards social integration
- New vehicle for Torremolinos police
- Follow up on Holocaust denier
- Agreement assists in cancer treatment
- Huge ball disappears
- Exhibition in Fuengirola
- Puppy love
- Harley Jae Cup and Sponsored Walk
- Jaen, the world’s olive oil capital

Costa Blanca
	Benefit guide for families THE Mayor of Torrevieja has presented a new guide for parents intended to help them with finding out what benefits they are entitled to. The guide has been published with the help of Infodona. Pedro Hernández Mateo stressed the importance of the guide to all of the families in Torrevieja, since the .....
- Benefit guide for families
- TV programme 'damages Benidorm'
- German fugitive to be extradited
- Sisters’ wedding illegal
- Acid attack
- Torrevieja signposted
- Recycle bus in Alfaz
- Pilar paella
- Keeping the queen in the family
- 4x4 trials
- Crash barrier protest
- Fighting construction in Alcalali
- Car blaze
- Immigrant exhibition
- Fallas poster contest
- Pilar flower fiesta
- Ducking and diving
- Driver awareness campaign launch
- Horse and pony race
- Lawyer wants client to get drunk
- Dog show
- Coffee morning for cancer

Costa de Almería
	Plans to ban the botellón ALMERIA TOWN HALL have announced that they are looking at plans to prohibit the botellón which takes place most weekends in the province. Alternative ideas that have been proposed include simply relocating the current location of the botellón from where it currently takes place in Parque Nicolás Sal .....
- Demonstration for park's protection
- Immigration surge
- Zoo closes
- Second explosion death
- Officers arrested
- Berja goes virtual
- Body 'badly decomposed'
- Mental illness in Almeria
- Hospital improvements
- Beaches under threat
- Improvements for Antas
- Drought fears
- Donation leads to poet museum
- Book donated to libraries
- Neighbourhood Watch scheme launches in Albox
- Third world visits Berja
- Almeria enters the modern age
- Oldest man in Roquetas
- Mountain bike race
- Plans to ban the botellón
- Fiesta art competition
- Carboneras soccer centre
- Changing styles exhibition

Mallorca
	Tuberculosis case detected in Palma A CASE of tuberculosis has been reported at the Gabriel Alzamora School in Palma. The school has informed parents whose children share classes with the infected girl but not others who may have been in contact with her. The parents were told to take their children to the doctor but the school has n .....
- Tuberculosis case detected in Palma
- Police launch arson probe
- Tourist dies in balcony fall
- British tourist critical
- Robbers target Cala d’Or hotels
- Aftermath of the storms
- School rat poison scare
- Man arrested twice for abuse
- Fire in restaurant leads to evacuation
- Island car accidents
- Educational activities on offer in Palma
- Mallorca martyrs to be beatified
- Animal charity day
- New Guardia Civil headquarters
- Youth cleans up mess

Heart of Andalucía
	Hikers rescued GUARDIA CIVIL mountain teams and Antequera fire-fighters were called out to rescue two hikers who were trapped by fog in a mountainous area of Villanueva del Rosario. They called a friend who alerted emergency services and a search party was set .....
- Bumper yield for chestnut harvest
- Jury finds British man guilty of vicious double murder
- Desperate escape to an uncertain future
- Market forces lead to another rise in the price of butane gas
- Town hall investigates possible building irregularities
- Follow-up on death of security guard
- Malaga figures high in crime ratings
- Angry relative attacks teacher
- Ronda man sentenced for death threats against neighbour
- Libraries to promote reading
- Injured driver trapped in cab
- Beautiful views from Alhaurin
- CCTV cameras watch out for Ronda
- Mum classes
- Forest fire arrest
- Hikers rescued
- More delays for Coin hospital
- Young population

Sport
	Out of luck THE good fortune that seems to have been smiling down on Lewis Hamilton all season finally ran out during the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai. His attempt to clinch the world championship ended not in celebration but in a humiliating retirement. With McLaren-Mercedes team-mate Fernando Alonso finishi....
- Rugby revelations
- Out of luck
- Tense win for England over Sri Lanka
- Denia fight hard against Abelles
- Boxing clever
- Torry Tigers didn’t roar this time
- Mojacar Angling Club news
- Cortijo Grande report
- Cactus summer league results
- Rui Costa announces retirement
- Scolari ban cut to three games
- Porto's success continues
- Mourinho arrival causes former PM to walk out

Boadicea

Prince on the throne?
THE Prince of Wales wants to rehabilitate the reputation of his unfortunate ancestor, George III, and believes his great-grea....

Health & Beauty

Massage therapy - from Aromatherapy to Reiki
NOT so long ago, a massage was just a massage. It was, literally, the laying of hands on a body. A massage was the process of....

Sidelines

Promises, promises, promises
WHEN England lost Calais after 200 years in 1555, Mary Tudor said its name would be engraved forever on her heart. No-one dou....

Special Feature

IT is funny how you often use clichés peppered throughout your everyday speech without thinking about what they really mean o....

Leapy Lee

Let it be bright
‘FANNY by gaslight’ is a phrase that comes to mind. Although the announcement was fairly well covered in the media, in the Br....

Astrology
		Star - Aries Sometimes you wonder why people make promises when they find them so hard to keep. However, losing your temper with someone m ....

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
	Bo Derek - 51 - American actress/model, John Larroquette - 60 - American actor, Dougray Scott - 42 - Scottish actor,
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