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Elche woman threatens to set fire to her son to avoid eviction

The family in the Carrús area of the town had failed to keep up with their mortgage payments.
The duty judge in Elche yesterday attended to the request of the Prosecutors’ Office and ordered a woman to prison. She is accused of threatening to set her four year old son on fire as a way [...]

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Pontevedra man stangles his wife in front of the children

The 49 year old alleged aggressor will appear in court on Monday.
A 49 year old man, named with the initials J.T.N. has been arrested in Pontevedra after allegedly strangling his 42 year old wife in the presence of their six children. It was one of the children who alerted the police.
Friends and neighbours of [...]

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Good news for the Alicante AVE high speed train

A new interchange centre for the high speed service will not need an environment study to be carried out.
The decision by the Ministry of the Environment that an environmental study is not needed for the new AVE high speed train interchange centre which is needed to be built at La Encina, means that the [...]

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Spain Business Brief - Wednesday December 17 2008

The European Parliament rejects a 65 hour working week.
The European Parliament has today rejected the directive to limit the working week across the continent to 65 hours a week. Spain was among those to oppose the idea.
Now a period of talks between the Commission, Parliament and the individual governments begins, and if no agreement [...]

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New Town Hall corruption case in San Javier and Fuente Álamo in Murcia

Three architects and their wives have been arrested in an operation carried out by the Guardia Civil.

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British man stabbed during shooting incident near Tarragona

It’s thought the shooting, which involved four people, was linked to drug trafficking.
A British person has been injured in a shooting incident in L’Ametlla de Mar in Tarragona today, in which a German man has died. The 33 year old German was shot in the thorax and abdomen and suffered a heart attack.
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Penélope Cruz gets yet another nomination

The Spanish actress has been nominated by the United States Actors’ Union for her supporting role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
Penélope Cruz has been nominated for yet another Best Supporting Actress award in the United States for her role in the Woody Allen film ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’.
This time the nomination comes from the United States [...]

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Attempted murder in Fuengirola sex shop

Details of the attack which took place on Tuesday, have just been released by the Guardia Civil.
A male worker in a sex shop in Fuengirola was stabbed in the neck by a customer on Tuesday.
The 38 year old man, J.A.B.A. accused of the aggression handed himself into the Guardia Civil at their barracks in [...]

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Patient left for 13 hours in Hosptial Emergency Ward

The man died from a haemorrhage, and now a full investigation is underway.
A full investigation has been opened into the death of a patient in the Virgen del Rocio hospital in Sevilla following reports that the man died after being left in a wheelchair in the emergency department for 13 hours waiting for a [...]

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Hearing for ex Mayor of Bigastro postponed

José Joaquín Moya is suffering poor health and has been admitted to the prison hospital in Fontcalent.
The instruction judge in court three in Orihuela has decided to postpone the declaration of the ex Mayor of Bigastro, José Joaquín Moya, which was set for today because of his state of health. However she refused to [...]