1 Jan, 2010 @ 20:44
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New year drunk and disorderly

THERE was a sharp rise in drunkeness and violence this New Year’s Eve in the capital of Madrid, it has been revealed.

According to the emergency services, drunkenness was up by 86 per cent and there were 43 per cent more fights than last year.

The emergency lines didn’t stop ringing from the moment the clock at Madrid’s Puerta del Sol struck twelve.

Until 9am some 3,827 calls were received – the equivalent of seven per minute or one every eight and a half seconds – an eight per cent increase on the 3,542 calls dealt with on the same night last year.

Accoring to a spokesperson from the Madrid 112 emergency services the number of calls relating to alcohol intoxication increased from 181 to 338.

The number of fights and brawls that did not result in any serious injuries or anyone needing hospital treatment increased this New Year’s Eve from 266 to 382 compared with last year.

Traffic accidents also increased from 51 to 77 for the same period last year, although there were practically no serious injuries.

Specifically, the emergency call centre received 24 calls reporting dangerous driving, compared to the 11 received over the same period last year, most of them relating to excessive speed or jumping red lights.

In Andalucia two people died from road accidents on New Year’s Eve, one a 20-year-old in Aracena, the other a 38-year-old in Cuevas de Almanzora.

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Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

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