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Edition - 1168

Algarve
	Santa Claus is coming to town Father Christmas is on his way and this year he is making the last part of his journey to the Hotel Garbe in a traditional Algarvian fisherman’s boat. We caught up with him and his special helper, Percy Penguin, on the beach loading up his boat with presents. Percy has swum all the way from the Sout.....
- Algarve coast’s natural gas
- Suspected terrorist detained
- Driving licence renewals to have new deadlines
- Euromed migration meeting
- Portugal wins Erasmus EuroMedia prize
- Award-winning resort improves golf academy
- President visits the Algarve
- Giant snow slope in Faro
- Remembering road traffic accident victims
- George Landmann: an unlikely artist
- Santa Claus is coming to town
- Obituary: Benny Trillingsgard
- Armed forces committed to fighting illegal immigration
- A stress-free life improves recall

Costa del Sol
	Congratulations Arnold and Joy The Euro Weekly News would like to express our sincere congratulations to Arnold and Joy Lincoln, who are celebrating their sixtieth wedding anniversary on November 22. Joy, aged 78, and originally from Hampshire, tells us there was nothing romantic about the way they met, in a pub in Norfolk when s .....
- Youth killed outside Benalmadena disco
- news in brief
- Men demand money back from prostitute
- Worker dies after fall
- Follow up on Benamocarra bullying
- Prisoners take community work
- Match against poverty
- Road safety campaign
- Bus passengers injured
- Cement lorries go missing
- Nobel prize winners visit
- Pioneering genetics law
- Christmas spending
- Petrol vouchers for sober drivers
- Free bus to hospital
- Motorcyclist trapped
- Fire leads to evacuation
- Couple injured in fire
- Traffic accident inside tunnel
- Telefonica tariff changes
- Illegal villa to be demolished
- Velez Malaga and Torrox promoted in London
- Job pledge
- Taekwondo stars shine at British Open tournament
- Benefits for pensioners
- Cartama fortress restored
- Pine-processionary plague
- West-end treat
- Congratulations Arnold and Joy

Costa Blanca
	Orihuela corruption link with Torrevieja AN investigation into corruption within Orihuela Town Hall has now been widened to include officials from Torrevieja Town Hall. Members of the Guardia Civil are investigating the alleged “backhanders” after they received complaints from local residents. A number of officials have already been questi .....
- news in brief Costa Blanca
- Orihuela corruption link with Torrevieja
- Massive drugs bust
- Altea forger made 6 million euros
- Officer quizzed
- Force’s new cars recalled
- Table Top Sale
- Benidorm conmen
- French couple on trial for murder
- Stabbed in the neck
- Alicante kids attention problems
- Unfair competition
- Christmas fayre planned
- Classic cars at classic castle
- Violence against Women protest march
- Altea rain damage set to cost 1.5 million euros
- Flood compensation
- 'Young' artists on display in La Nucia
- Busy road repaired soon
- Roth filming in Alicante
- Torrevieja residents will be fined
- Els Poblets raise massive amount
- Russian Orthodox church opens in Altea
- Polop school plans
- Xmas window contest
- Benidorm Marathon
- Newlywed cash boost
- Botched breast job
- Rep still missing

Costa de Almería
	Another body discovered A BULGARIAN ship that was sailing 22 miles off the coast of Cabo de Gata alerted police when they spotted a body floating in the water. After notifying Maritime Rescue, it took police less than an hour to retrieve the body of a man whose identity is unknown. Officers have begun an investigation into .....
- ‘El Lotero’ murder suspect in custody
- Doped driver awaits sentence
- Another body discovered
- Crime family arrested
- Smugglers attempt escape
- Toxic ship ‘illegally’ in India
- Threats, kidnapping and extortion
- ER language barrier
- Police under fire from environmental department
- Almeriapedia online
- Family incensed at prisoner release
- New headquarters for Down's Association
- Gods and Heroes in Almeria
- Under a nuclear cloud
- New fishing park in Cuevas
- Roquetas shark feeding spectacle
- Feline AIDS devastates population
- Roquetas European Disney premiere
- Carrefour courses
- Bedazzled by Beijing
- Roquetas palm trees not bound for Gador
- Web students complete course
- Search still on for man missing 11 years
- Vera gunman arrested
- Tackling domestic violence
- Rescheduled Alzheimer's event
- Ejido health crisis
- Official apathy over schoolgirl bullying

Mallorca
	Celebrity resident joins ‘down under’ team MALLORCA resident, Lynne Franks, has left the comfort of her Deia home for the Australian jungle as a contestant on the TV show ‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’. Public relations queen Lynne has lived in Mallorca for several years and has divided her time between the island and her career in the .....
- TRADERS SEEK WINTER BOOST
- FESTIVAL SET FOR MAJOR CHANGES
- Taxis call for increase
- Police launch drink drive crackdown
- Festive fair is launched
- Balearics on song for 12,000 euros
- Shoppers beware
- Railway expansion near
- More parking at airport
- Celebrity resident joins ‘down under’ team
- Internet-savvy holidaymakers
- Store’s festive fashion bonanza
- TRADERS CELEBRATE SUMMER SUCCESS

Heart of Andalucía
	The Junta invests in Ronda THE Junta de Andalucia is planning to invest 9.5 million euros in improving road infrastructures from the Ronda Mountains to cities including Antequera and Sevilla as well as the Costa del Sol. In addition, 13.5 million euros will be invested in the new regional hospital in Ronda as well as 500,000 .....
- The Junta invests in Ronda
- Drug network uncovered
- Police prevent suicide
- news in brief Heart
- Farmhouse restored to former glory
- Traffic lights to improve safety
- Guadalhorce Hospital well behind
- Allocation of subsidised housing
- New well
- Reforestation failure
- Cartama fortress to be renovated
- Better waste disposal planned
- Go ahead for solar farms
- Driving school subventions
- New crematorium in Antequera
- Bringing back the train to Coin
- Olive season ‘medium-high’

Sport
	Earthrace in Vilamoura THE revolutionary New Zealand biodiesel powerboat ‘Earthrace’ visited the Algarve last weekend. The Earthrace came to Vilamoura as part of its European promotional tour before the attempt, set for March 2008, to set a new speed record for a powerboat to circumnavigate the globe running on 100 per ce....
- Federer wins Masters Cup
- Force India will reveal their 2008 line-up in Monaco
- Maguire thrilled with tough victory
- Earthrace in Vilamoura
- David Seaman Safe Hands Charity Golf Classic
- Referees and sports chairmen caught red handed
- Mojacar Angling Club
- Cortijo Grande Report
- Boxers golf society

Boadicea

Queen’s play for Kate
TENACIOUS Kate Middleton kept quiet, kept her powder dry and kept on hoping after being dumped by Prince William. The strateg....

Leapy Lee

Lee on South Africa
Well, the old boy’s eyes were certainly opened this week. Having been lucky enough to obtain two number one records in South ....

Sidelines

A right royal request in Chile
On November 10, during the closing speeches of the Ibero-American summit in Chile, the Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez descr....

Mrs. Ed

I am always amused when I read letters condemning Leapy Lee. Their authors are like fish dangling on a hook. In other words, ....

Food

Belgium - nation of gourmands
Belgium has been defined as a nation of gourmands rather than gourmets which literally means big cuisine rather than fine cui....

Health & Beauty

Mother Nature’s remedies for winter ills
With the recent unpredictable weather and the nights drawing in, there is no doubt autumn is upon us and with it the usual ro....

Astrology
		Star - Virgo With so much energy around you, it will be hard to concentrate on business matters. Finances, however, do require your attent ....

Happened This Day
	1615 - French King Louis XIII marries Ann of Austria. They are both 14 years old. 1859 - Charles Darwin, a British naturalist, publishes "On the Origin of Species." 1871 - The National Rifle Association is incorporated in the US. ....

Birthdays
	Rich Little - 69 - Canadian comedian, Dougray Scott - 42 - Scottish actor, Bruce Hornsby - 53 - American singer,
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