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October 2007


Maddie taken to Morocco by paedophiles

By Dan Myers on October 30, 2007

Majority of Spaniards believe McCanns are lying after TV appeal A TOP Spanish detective agency believes Maddie McCann was kidnapped to order by a gang of paedophiles and smuggled to Morocco. The company Metodo 3 reportedly thinks Madeleine was snatched after a tip-off by an insider at their Portuguese holiday complex. The private eye team [...]


Opponents question water plans for “semi-desert” Granada

By Dan Myers on October 30, 2007

Junta backs project to drill mineral water from Sierra Nevada DESERTIFICATION, land erosion and the loss of the province’s only wetlands are just three consequences of a mineral water plan for Granada. Those are the fears after a Sevilla-based company announced plans to extract up to 31 litres or water per second from underground reserves [...]


Reclaiming the coasts

By Dan Myers on October 29, 2007

Government spends five billion euros in demolishing coastline constructions


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Under Extremeño Skies

By Dan Myers on October 29, 2007

The reputations of Pizarro and other conquistadores left a legacy for the mother of an extremeño to worry about


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Horsing around in the hills

By Dan Myers on October 29, 2007

Pale rider Jason Heppenstall does his best Clint Eastwood impression and convinces his family that he is not in fact a cowboy


Moorish mausoleum uncovered in Berja

By Dan Myers on October 29, 2007

Outrage as Junta allows housing development to go ahead despite “important” find A HOUSING development is going ahead despite it being built on the site of a 15th century Moorish mausoleum. A team of archaeologists uncovered the crypt during a preventative dig before construction work on the homes in Berja, Almería, begins. In total, 112 [...]


From squatter camp to theme park: is there no middle way for the Sacromonte?

By Dan Myers on October 29, 2007

Ten months after eviction of artists’ community, Granada City Hall announces luxury tourist development for “dangerous” caves – Lisa Tilley


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Drowning in a desert of plastic

By Dan Myers on October 29, 2007

There is a certain irony, claims Bob Maddox, that not only do the plastic greenhouses of the coast of Almería and Granada suck the land dry to stock the shelves of supermarkets, but also threaten the lives of local populations with increased risk of flooding


“Carcogenics are pumped into the atmosphere”

By Dan Myers on October 29, 2007

AS long ago as 2005 did environmentalists warn of the potential damage wrought by plasticultra. And for almost three years, regional authorities have been aware that more than 30 per cent of the plastic greenhouses – which have continued their westwards spread from the coast of Almería into Granada and Málaga – have been erected [...]


Another nail in cable car coffin

By Dan Myers on October 26, 2007

Government believes ecosystem of Sierra Nevada will be “irreversibly transformed” PLANS to build the world’s longest cable car between Granada and the Sierra Nevada National Park have taken a major setback. In a report, central Government claims the project will “irreversibly transform” the sensitive ecosystem of the protected mountain range, which is home to a [...]


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New lynx population found in Spain

By Dan Myers on October 26, 2007

Hopes for the future survival of the world’s most endangered cat species have been raised after the discovery of an unknown population of Iberian lynx.


Chains of shame

By Dan Myers on October 26, 2007

Dog left to die and then summarily burnt next to neighbour’s plot


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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Climate Change*

By Dan Myers on October 26, 2007

With the news that up to 85 per cent of Andalucia is under threat from desertification, in this simple Q&A scientist AZZAM QASRAWI explains the phenomenon of climate change


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Climate undergoes sea change

By Dan Myers on October 26, 2007

Bob Maddox assess the findings of a report claiming the oceans are not absorbing as much carbon dioxide as they once did


Saints and souls and modern day ghouls

By Dan Myers on October 25, 2007

For Theresa O’Shea, Halloween in Spain is a time for visiting departed loved ones and eating roasted chestnuts


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A lot of stress over what exactly?

September 2, 2010

Olive Press finance writer Ian Le Breton on how the vast majority of Spanish banks have passed the so-called “stress tests”


Features, Health »

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Tanning: The bare essentials

September 2, 2010

Scientists have discovered why your inside arm and bottom just do not tan, while parasols may not be giving you the protection you expect

Andalucia, Lead2, Malaga »

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Alisha’s guitarist gets career out of attic

September 2, 2010

80s guitarist Marcus Myers is back on the Spanish music scene

Andalucia, Lead »

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Negative salary

September 2, 2010

Police investigate cruel scam where (un)lucky job applicants end up in the red

Property »

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Home or away?

September 1, 2010

Seven out of ten ex-pat pensioners do not miss home, according to a survey

Andalucia, Lead2 »

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The farmers who cried wolf

September 1, 2010

A new law is being drafted to give cash to farmers whose animals are being killed by the wolves that have returned to Madrid


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Jail for pit bull owner

November 2, 2008 | Andalucia

His dogs ate a neighbour THE owner of three pit bulls that killed a man has been jailed for a year.

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Maddie hunt moves to Sevilla

January 17, 2008 | Sevilla

Private detectives are trying to trace a British DJ who fled from Praia da Luz after being accused of grooming an under-age girl for sex.

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Find Him!

May 19, 2009 | Malaga

EXCLUSIVE: Second family sues dodgy builder who owes 160,000 euros… then he does midnight flit

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The Artist’s Way

June 16, 2009 | Travel

Robberies, heroin overdoses and Spain’s best beer. John Colley has experienced a lot while sketching his way along the little-known branches of the Camino (or Way) de Santiago