ISSUE NO. 1428
15 - 21 NOVEMBER 2012
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Tourism expects a cosmopolitan boost MORE Russian and Northern European tourists will holiday in Roquetas de Mar next summer. In addition, at least 5,000 British tourists are expected following agreements reached by the council with tour operators. Council officials networked at the recent World Travel Market in London, and the success of their endeavours is already being noted. So far the biggest coup is for the 5,000 Britons who will fly over with TUI. But close contacts were also made with leading Russian tour operator NT Incoming and
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Nine-year protest PARENTS have stepped up a nine-year campaign to have the Baccalaureate taught at El Alquián School near the airport with a 30-minute protest outside the premises.
Storage blaze FIRE destroyed a huge industrial warehouse on the N-340 at Vícar. None of the cars housed there was damaged.
Brutal attack TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: The castle and amphitheatre in Roquetas. Scandinavian firm Sehrs. Roquetas Tourism Councillor Ángel Mollinedo
said: “Through NT Incoming we will increase the number of Russian
‘Sham marriage gang’ exposed A GANG that allegedly organised sham marriages so the wives could claim domestic abuse state benefits has been caught. Three Moroccans have been arrested for organising the network while nine men and six women have been held for
taking part in the marriages. At least 14 sham unions are thought to have been set up by the gang. It is believed the gang recruited Moroccan women without residency papers and persuaded them to marry Moroccan men legally living in Spain.
visitors next year and with Sehrs we have also agreed to increase quite substantially the number arriving from the north of Europe.” He added: “Not only are we consolidating as a destination but we are increasing the number of tourists that come from these countries to Roquetas de Mar, which provides great expectations for next year.”
AN elderly British couple were brutally beaten at their Arboleas home by burglars when they refused to hand over their car keys.
Night tremor A NIGHT-TIME earthquake measuring two on the Richter Scale struck near Olula del Río and Fines. No damage or injuries were reported.