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March 2008


Government reiterates coast battle

By Dan Myers on March 30, 2008

Cádiz first to benefit from construction crackdown
THE government has announced ambitious plans to return the coast of Cádiz to its natural state.
The scheme will see 187 kilometres of Atlantic coastline freed from homes and hotels built within the past 20 years and replaced with a network of footpaths and promenades.


Suicide drama at “illegal” housing complex

By Dan Myers on March 30, 2008

Olive Press averts tragedy as man threatens to take his life
FOR John Wilson it was supposed to represent an investment. Seven off-plan apartments in a complex in the scenic mountains of Granada that – once built – he could sell on for profit. But for him, it has turned into a nightmare. The apparent loss [...]


Judge bails Malaya mastermind for one million euros

By Dan Myers on March 29, 2008

Police warn Roca will flee
THE judge investigating the web of corruption at the town hall of Marbella has granted bail to the man considered to be its mastermind.
Juan Antonio Roca, who amassed a 200-million euro fortune after allegedly awarding building licences in exchange for money, has been on remand since his arrest on March [...]


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Dangerous shores for Jaws

By Dan Myers on March 28, 2008

It is official. The Mediterranean Sea is now the most dangerous place on Earth to swim – that is, if you are a shark


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Is there soon to be no missing lynx?

By Dan Myers on March 28, 2008

Something in the air as two of the world’s most endangered feline give birth while third is expecting


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Jaen boy does good

By Dan Myers on March 28, 2008

Ayub Khan Din has just won the most prestigious British theatre award for his comedy Rafta Rafta


Britons targetted in armed raid

By Dan Myers on March 28, 2008

A BRITISH family have been attacked during an armed raid on their exclusive home.
The family were tied up and held at gunpoint during the attack in a private gated community where the Duchess of York is a regular visitor and footballer Glenn Hoddle owns a home.


Illegal builder goes to jail

By Dan Myers on March 28, 2008

A MAN who built an illegal house in Velez Malaga has been sent to prison.
The builder, who constructed the home in Almayate, has been handed a year sentence, plus a 3,600 euro fine.


Five nations without a game

By Dan Myers on March 28, 2008

Despite local villagers taking to notion of organised violence with glee, new Cortes rugby team needs some opposition
IT started as a drunken bet four years ago between a disgruntled Australian and an Englishman.


New Audi and 50,000 house bought in cash as Alhaurin mayor’s lifestyle analysed

By Dan Myers on March 28, 2008

THE mayor of Alhaurin el Grande spent over 80,000 in cash on property and a top of the range Audi in 2005, investigators have discovered.


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Not so Lanzagrotty

By Dan Myers on March 28, 2008

On a recent trip to the most northern of the Canary Islands, Lanzarote, I was amazed at the breathtaking landscape and sheer diversity of food.


Axarquia mayors in urban crackdown

By Dan Myers on March 27, 2008

THE councils of two towns in the Axarquia mountain range are at the centre of state prosecutions into planning offences.
Juan Millán, the PSOE mayor of La Viñuela, faces up to 18 months in jail for allegedly granting licences to build three homes on green-belt land.


Gaucin is cracking up

By Dan Myers on March 20, 2008

New development to blame as earth opens up to swallow the mountain town
A HUGE series of cracks is threatening to sink Gaucin into the earth.
A massive hole, the size of a tennis court, has opened up on the edge of town.


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Bin the bag

By Dan Myers on March 19, 2008

Olive Press launches campaign to consign the plastic bag to the dustbin


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Illegal hotel negotiations break down

By Dan Myers on March 17, 2008

Government fails to agree multi-million-euro compensation package with developers Azata del Sol


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