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Viewpoint opens
A new viewpoint which overlooks the Roman theatre in the city of Málaga was re-opened last month following a € 55,000 renovation project . The mirador by the northwest wall of the Alcazaba was completed in 2010 , but then abandoned and vandalised . It can be accessed from calles Cilla and Mundo Nuevo and is open daily between 10.00am and 5.00pm .
Egg eaters
A Granada man has eaten 18 fried eggs in five minutes to win the first International Fried Egg Eaters Contest held in Órgiva . Antonio Reche and the women ’ s winner , local girl Julia Domínguez who got through 13 in the same time , were each awarded a ham for their efforts . More than 20 entrants took part in the event last month .
Hero officer
An off-duty National Police officer is being praised for saving the life of a motorist following a road accident in Churriana de la Vega , south of Granada . The driver ’ s ankle was severed in the incident and the wound was bleeding profusely until the rescuer applied a tourniquet to staunch the flow . Two days later , the officer and victim , who is recovering , were reunited in hospital .
Domestic violence
Police in Barcelona have arrested the former husband of a 66-year-old woman who was found fatally injured last month . Neighbours alerted the authorities after they heard screams and fighting coming from her house in the town of Rubí , 20 kilometres north-west of the capital . The victim was attended by emergency crews but died later .
Animal cruelty
A 19-year-old Almería farm worker has been sentenced to 15 months in jail after he was filmed jumping into a pig-pen and flattening dozens of young piglets . He and the camera operator have already each paid the farmer € 4,470 in compensation . While 10 of the animals were killed outright from being crushed , another 60 either died later or had to be put down .
Fake notes
Two people have been detained on Ibiza suspected of distributing fake € 50 notes and drugs trafficking . Police were alerted by complaints of counterfeit notes and the pair were caught giving cash to a third party to buy them a guitar . Three properties were searched , yielding € 2,000 in fake € 50 notes , € 24,000 in cash , plus quantities of cocaine and heroin ready for sale .
Málaga victims of “ massive fraud ”
Around 30 unemployed people who arrived at Málaga ’ s bus station in early September expecting to be transported to France for seasonal work on the grape harvest were left bitterly disappointed . The focus of their frustration was a suspected 40-year-old fraudster who has finally been detained on Tenerife .
Around 200 people across Andalucía are thought to have been scammed , plus others in Madrid , Murcia , Valencia and elsewhere , in what the National Police described as a “ massive fraud .”
It all began with a series of advertisements in the classified ad website Milanuncios seeking people to work for nine weeks picking grapes in France . It offered a wage of € 87.84 for a nine hour day , six day week , with accommodation and meals included . The applicants from Málaga were
Docking the tail of a dog , cutting its ears or vocal chords , and a wide range of other practices related to animals will become illegal across Spain on February 1 , 2018 . Last month ’ s Official State Bulletin confirmed that Madrid has finally ratified the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals which was adopted in Strasburg in November 1987 .
Ratification was first requested in 2007 by the then Environment Minister Cristina Narbona but it took until last spring to complete the debate , with the Partido Popular insisting on an exception for tail-docking in dogs which are bred for hunting . The country ’ s regional governments and individual town halls now have to ensure that their own local legislation on animal care meets the new national parameters .
Any surgical interventions will have to be authorised by a vet for medical reasons or to prevent reproduction , while modifying the appearance of an animal for non-curative purposes will be illegal . The new rules also cover ending the lives of suffering animals advised that all they had to pay for was € 85 to cover their transportation to France , a sum which they were asked to pay into a Caixa bank account .
The remaining details were arranged via Whatsapp messages , and victims from across Andalucía duly arrived at Málaga bus station on the appointed day . When no transport arrived , they were first told to wait , after which the fraudster was unable to be contacted . They then contacted the National Police who advised them to make formal complaints .
The suspect now detained was born in Jaén , where the largest number of victims was recorded , and previously lived in Antequera . He is thought to have defrauded € 85 from hundreds of people , totalling over € 16,000 , which police say he cleared out of his bank account on a daily basis .
New pet laws in February
and require pet training to be carried out by those with appropriate knowledge .
Giving a pet animal as a prize is totally outlawed , while children under 16 years can only be given a pet with the express permission of the parents . Regulations covering breeding for profit , collecting abandoned animals and general maintenance conditions are also included .
The government says it was necessary to establish uniform animal protection at the state level , although the National Animal Defence Association described the legislation as “ minimum uniform criteria .”
Mayor questioned
The mayor of Vélez-Málaga has been ordered to appear in court to answer questions about the recruitment of the son of a former manager of the municipal housing company . The opposition PP claim the appointment was a “ reward ” for help given to the socialist leader Antonio Moreno Ferrer . The say it was made , “ without any selection procedure .”
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