May 2008

Where were the nurses?

By Dan Myers on May 30, 2008

Did healthy 40-year-old die in Cadiz hospital due to a lack of care?Briton told that his partner ‘might not have died’ had he stayed night with her
Exclusive by JON CLARKE and LAURA BALFOUR
MYSTERY surrounds the sudden death of a young British woman at a hospital in Cadiz.

New curse of Facebook

By Dan Myers on May 30, 2008

The new curse of Facebook sees 400 revellers trash a luxury 6.5million euro villa, steal 7000 euros of jewelry and throw the TV in the pool

Rescue drama for unlucky 13

By Dan Myers on May 20, 2008

A DRAMATIC rescue operation had to be launched during Ronda’s gruelling 101 kilometre race when a cyclist fell into a chasm.
The cyclist fell six metres into the steep gorge on a tight bend beside the River Pena in Ronda la Vieja.

Rio’n’Roo’s Ibiza revels

By Dan Myers on May 20, 2008

IT should be a quiet few days.
Wayne Rooney is to celebrate his stag weekend in Ibiza.
The England striker is bringing a dozen of the UK’s finest footballers for the bash early next month.

A CATCH 22 (or less)

By Dan Myers on May 20, 2008

As blue fin tuna catches fall dramatically calls come to boycott the trade
By Jenny Kean
IT looks like the grim predictions for Andalucia’s most ancient industry are coming true. One month into the season and catches of blue-fin tuna by the four almadrabas on the Cádiz coast were falling drastically short of last year’s figures.

“Reprehensible and intolerable”

By Dan Myers on May 13, 2008

The regional government has launched an investigation after a bulldozer was used during a bullfight at a local fiesta.

BUNKERED: Lack of licences and economy blamed by developers for halt at Los Merinos scheme

By Dan Myers on May 13, 2008

Olive Press praised for bringing controversial scheme to “international audience”

The history of Los Merinos, as told in a dozen plus stories since November 2006

By Dan Myers on May 13, 2008

IT has been a long and drawn out saga, which goes back to the re-zoning of the area of Los Merinos in 1992.
While the plans by Ronda town hall were later ratified by the Junta, restrictions on what exactly could be built on the land have always been tough.

Inspector ‘No Clues’ and the bungling investigation that shames Portugal

By Dan Myers on May 2, 2008

On May 3 it will be a year since Maddie McCann, 3, was apparently abducted from her holiday resort in the Algarve. JON CLARKE was the first UK journalist on the scene that day. Here, he analyses the catalogue of errors that hampered the investigation right from the start

The New Battle of Trafalgar

By Dan Myers on May 2, 2008

A new frontline is being drawn up along the Costa de la Luz, between developers and nature lovers who want to save one of its last unspoilt expanses. Feelings are running high on both sides of the divide and, as JON CLARKE reports, the area which was the scene of Nelson’s famous battle could be [...]

Controversy as projected windmill project comes a step nearer

By Dan Myers on May 2, 2008

PROPOSALS for Spain’s first offshore wind farm have blown one step nearer.
A trio of industry giants – Acciona, Iberdrola and Capital Energy – have now unveiled their plans to harness the wind off the Costa de la Luz.

The Petrol Thieves

By Dan Myers on May 2, 2008

Well spoken English couple could be conning expats out of thousands of euros by asking to borrow money to fill their car
BRITISH expatriates are being targeted by a pair of conmen, who ‘borrow’ money for petrol.
The well-dressed couple knock on doors with British-plated cars outside, or approach people in the street, explaining that they have [...]

Spain is foodie heaven…official

By Dan Myers on May 2, 2008

THEY might have a reputation abroad for providing cold soup and platos combinados, but the Spanish have just been voted the world’s best cooks.
Incredibly perhaps, Spain has more restaurants in the world Top Ten than even France.

La Cala cougar develops a taste for pata negra

By Dan Myers on May 2, 2008

THE La Cala cougar is clearly not scared of travelling for a meal.
The celebrated wild cat that was first spotted in La Cala a year ago has apparently turned up in Campillos.

Thorny Issue for the Roses of Grazalema

By Dan Myers on May 2, 2008

A mass civil war grave in the national park is expected to contain the remains of over a dozen women killed by fascist troops
MORE than 70 years after they were tortured and shot dead by Franco troops, the remains of at least 17 young women are to be dug up from their unmarked communal grave [...]