Deals on wheels
YOU can find anything on the internet nowadays - even Franco’s old car.
One of the dictator’s old Cadillacs is now for sale for the bargain price of 25000 Euros. Read more
Cocaine use ‘quadruples’ in a decade
Young Britons in Spain among most likely drug users in the world
BRITAIN and Spain top the list for drug use in Europe.
While the UK comes top in amphetamines and ecstacy, both countries are neck and neck when it comes to cocaine. Read more
Lawyer ticked off for racial slur
A PUBLIC prosecutor has got off with calling a Nigerian woman “smelly” in court.
Eduardo Peña, a prosecutor in La Rioja, asked court workers to “open the windows because the black woman smells bad” as the Nigerian woman went on trial. Read more
Cockles over ham and black pudding, says Gwyneth
IT’S official, Gwyneth Paltrow is mad for Spanish food.
But the American star, who is appearing in a new documentary about Spanish food, prefers seafood to the country’s celebrated pork.
In the new series Spain… on the road again, she admits that she prefers cockles, anchovies and Manchego cheese to Pata Negra ham.
Cut advertising, cut off your head
THINKING of snipping your advertising budget?
Think again. A series of six studies conducted by analysts Meldrum & Fewsmith showed conclusively that advertising aggressively during recessions not only increases sales but increases profits. Read more
At it like rabbits
Baby boom at breeding centres brings forward Iberian lynx release
Iberian lynx cub Eco, born earlier this year at a breeding centre in Huelva, considers his dinner copyright Ex Situ
IT is the favourite food of the Iberian lynx. And it seems that that most endangered of cats has taken on one of the more lascivious habits of its main prey, the rabbit.
A population explosion has meant that the three breeding centres in Andalucía are now fully-booked following the birth of 13 lynx cubs this year.
And by the year’s end, a further eight are expected to bring the total number of lynx in captivity to 60. Read more
New manhunt launched for timeshare tout
Interpol joins search for Robbie Graham, best friend of Costa Killer Tony King
POLICE want to grill a British timeshare salesman in connection with the mystery disappearance of a Spanish teenager eight years ago. Read more
Tip of the Iceberg
Sanitas members are up in arms as one of Andalucia’s top hospitals turns them away
PRIVATE healthcare clients are up in arms after their insurance provider suddenly cut back on its service without warning. Read more
Poisoned bait leads to vulture and lynx deaths
Rare animals “deliberately killed” by farmers
TWO of the World’s rarest animals have been found dead in Granada and Jaen.
The dead bird at the time of
her release in May 2008
In separate incidents, autopsies revealed that both an Iberian lynx and a Bearded vulture died as a result of ingesting man-made poisons.
The death of the vulture, a species that has been extinct from Andalucía’s skies since 1980, is the second this year in Castril, Granada. Read more
Energy-conscious Granada and Córdoba launch Christmas illumination crackdown
THE battle against light pollution in Andalucía has taken somewhat of a seasonal turn after council authorities in Granada delayed the switching on of the annual Christmas illuminations. Read more
Kidnappers caged
Romanian and Spaniard jailed after British couple snatched at holiday home
EXCLUSIVE BY JON CLARKE IN ALICANTE
TWO violent thugs have been jailed for eight years each for the kidnap of a British couple in Spain. Read more
Amy suspects sought
Mystery British man and woman are being investigated by family
EXCLUSIVE BY PAUL O CONNELL
THE parents of missing Amy Fitzpatrick have asked police to investigate two possible suspects.
The pair - a man and a woman - both in their 40s from England were close to the 15-year-old who disappeared on New Year’s Day.
The man mysteriously left the Costa del Sol not long after the disappearance. Read more
DIRTY DIGGERS
Locals claim skulduggery as quarry scheme is passed on protected land
FURIOUS villagers have slammed the ‘cloak and dagger’ methods used to pass a new marble quarry in the Axarquia. Read more
The bells stopped ringing
One of Spain’s oldest English language newspapers, the Town Crier, folds, as well as radio station OCI
ONE of Spain’s longest-running English newspapers is dead. Read more
Were banks linked to planning scandal?
A FURTHER 18 people have been arrested over the continuing investigation into the construction of 30,000 illegal homes in Chiclana.
As well as builders, valuers and estate agents, investigators believe that various bank workers may also be involved. Read more
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