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Euromillions Results – 22nd January 2010

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Euromillions Results – 22nd January 2010

This weeks Euromillions numbers are: If you´re luck enough to get 3 numbers or more then you´ve won something. The prize breakdown is below.

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Building collapse, Madrid

Mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, said that the action of the fire service avoided a tragedy in the capital on Thursday night. They had been called to a building in the Bravo Murillo area of the city after residents saw cracks and heard groans from their building. They ordered the immediate evacuation of seven families [...]

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Helicopter crash – Andalucia

Emergency services sources say they received a phone alert from the Almería Airport control tower at 8,30pm on Thursday night. Flares were spotted from the area the copter is thought to have gone done after radio and radar control was lost. Four people where travelling in the ‘Helimer’ helicopter, and El Mundo reports one of [...]

BRITISH READY TO BUY PROPERTY AGAIN IN SPAIN   BUT LEGALLY!

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BRITISH READY TO BUY PROPERTY AGAIN IN SPAIN BUT LEGALLY!

News that many of the people visiting international property shows in the UK last year were still looking to move abroad, specifically Spain, indicates that while the downturn has made a difference, there are signs that things are beginning to happen a…

GOLF COURSE REVIEW – LAS COLINAS DE CAMPOAMOR

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GOLF COURSE REVIEW – LAS COLINAS DE CAMPOAMOR

For this months golf course review we are going to start off 2010 with something completely different because the course under consideration will not actually be open to the golfing public until May 2010,although it is essentially complete at this mome…

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Spanish electricity bill fears quashed

hopping cumulative increases in their electricity bills following claims by a local English newspaper have proved groundless. In Benijófar residents´ councillor Pat Taylor said their office has been ´overwhelmed´ with enquiries from worried locals and many others from neighbouring municipalities. “Half the English population has been panicking,” she said. The article that sparked the confusion [...]

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Earthquake – Canary Islands

Summary: Magnitude ML 2.6 Region CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION Date time 2010-01-21 at 21:13:30.0 UTC Location 28.11 N ; 15.86 W Depth 32 km Distances 42 km W Las palmas (pop 378,495 ; local time 21:13 2010-01-21) 20 km W Gáldar (pop 23,225 ; local time 21:13 2010-01-21) 16 km W Agaete (pop 5,459 ; [...]

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Earthquake – Galicia

Summary: Magnitude ML 3.0 Region SPAIN Galicia – Tras-os-montes Date time 2010-01-21 at 06:55:07.1 UTC Location 42.00 N ; 7.97 W Depth 15 km Distances 38 km S Ourense (pop 108,083 ; local time 07:55 2010-01-21) 45 km W Verín (pop 13,603 ; local time 06:55 2010-01-21) 3 km S Bande (pop 2,310 ; local [...]

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PENSIONS TO RUN OUT IN SPAIN BY 2022

In what appears to be a world wide trend, the Spanish state pension system looks set go into the red in 2022 unless reforms are undertaken now, according to a study released last Wednesday. The report — carried out for the Spanish association of insurers (UNESPA) and presented by former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato—particularly highlights the [...]

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Spanish PM warned over land grab

Euro-MPs have demanded the immediate repeal of notorious Spanish land laws that continue to wreck the holiday-home dreams of Britons in the Valencia region. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero, visiting the European Parliament in Strasbourg, was warned he could face a campaign to stop EU subsidies to Spain unless he intervenes to stop the [...]

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Spain gas consumption fell 10.5 pct in ’09-Sedigas

Gas consumption in import-dependent Spain in 2009 fell by 10.5 percent from the year before to 34.5 billion cubic metres due mainly to the recession, industry association Sedigas said on Wednesday. “The rise in renewable energy consumption has also been a noteworthy factor,” a Sedigas statement said. National grid operator REE (REE.MC) has estimated that [...]

CREATIVE CONCRETE COULD TRANSFORM YOUR PROPERTY

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CREATIVE CONCRETE COULD TRANSFORM YOUR PROPERTY

Creative Concrete Design prides its self on creating and installing decorative pattern imprinted concrete to the highest possible standard. It is the only local British-owned company able to concrete designs for drives, paths, patios, pool surrounds, …

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Turkey now more expensive as holiday destination than Spain

Holidymakers to Turkey face paying more for tourist items, despite being seen as a value destination outside the eurozone. While the Turkish lira has weakened by more than seven per cent against sterling in the past year, a new Post Office Worldwide Holiday Costs Barometer reveals a price hike of almost 44% for meals, drinks [...]

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European Breast Cancer Conference in Barcelona, Spain

The 7th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-7) will be held in Barcelona, Spain (Centre Convencions Internacional (CCIB – FORUM), Rambla Prim 1-17, ES-08019) from Wednesday 24 – Saturday 27 March 2010. The most exciting breast cancer conference in Europe, it is the only one that involves all the major players in breast cancer. The conference [...]

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Music chopped in Spanish salons as radio tax spells silencio

It is a simple case of chop of the pops. Hairdressers in Spain are asking their customers to take their own music when they have a haircut as they battle against demands from the music industry that they pay for putting the radio on. Signs were today hanging in the windows of salons in Barcelona [...]

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SEAT Workers in Spain Strike over Planned Job Cuts

For a second consecutive day, workers at a SEAT plant in Barcelona were on strike on over plans by the subsidiary of German auto giant Volkswagen to slash 330 jobs in Spain due to the recession. If the strike continues, work at another SEAT plant at Martorell near Barcelona will likely have to stop due [...]

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Spain plans to cut pay of air controllers

Spanish Infrastructure Minister Jose Blanco on Tuesday announced plans to cut the pay of the country´s air-traffic controllers. Some air-traffic controllers working overtime can earn as much as 900,000 euros (1.3 million dollars) annually. The average salary is around 350,000 euros – considerably higher than in France or Germany. Cutting the pay of the 2,400 [...]

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Fire in Spanish railway tunnel: 5 injured

At least five workers were injured Tuesday when the railway tunnel they were building caught fire near Oviedo in northern Spain, emergency services said. The 2.5-kilometre tunnel is to form part of a high-speed rail line linking Madrid with the region of Asturias. The lining of the tunnel caught fire for reasons which were not [...]

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Spain to send warship to Haiti

Spain is to send a military logistics support vessel with about 500 soldiers on board to help in the Haiti relief effort, the daily El Pais said Tuesday. The vessel was due to leave the southern Spanish naval base of Rota over the week-end and arrive in Haiti more than 10 days later. It could [...]

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Globespan legal action comes to court

The collapse of Globespan will be examined by a High Court judge on Tuesday. The administrators of the Edinburgh-based travel firm have raised a legal action against the company that dealt with it´s online ticket sales. Globespan collapsed in December, leaving an estimated 3,400 holidaymakers stranded in Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Egypt. However, the firm [...]