Lights and action Walk for Life

and remains in constant touch with each other to ensure they administer to the needs of their client base in a quick and conscientious manner.

All of the people the charity help are dealt with in the strictest of confidence. Walk for Life has a data protection policy in line with current legislation.

To volunteer email: claire.walk4life@gmail. com or telephone (+34) 644 602 249.

If you require help email: irenewalk4life @icloud.com or telephone (+34) 643 638 177.

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US promise

PEDRO SANCHEZ , President of the Spanish government, met with Joe Biden, his American counterpart, on May 11, with three blocks of issues among which was the removal of soil contaminated by radiation in the Almeria nucleus of Cuevas del Almanzora.

Golden Draw

MAYOR of Adra, Manuel Cortes, is immersed in the Red Cross campaign Golden Draw which will be held on July 30. The draw will distribute more than €7 million in prizes. Cortes thanked the Red Cross for “its important work to help the most vulnerable in the municipality.”

The wait

‘ LA ESPERA ’, by Galician filmmaker Pedro Diaz, has won the Fuente de Oro Award for Best National Short Film at the fourth Festival de Cine Nacional de Berja. The film, a candidate for the Goya Awards, tells a story about old age, isolation, the technological gap, fears and traumas.

€1 more

THE government is set to raise the price of access by car to the natural beaches located west of the district of San Jose and between Genoveses and Cala Carbón, all located within the Natural Park of Cabo de Gata­Níjar to €6.

Disability day

SOME 17,000 people in Almeria, mostly women, suffer from fibromyalgia. On World Day for the Disability, May 12, sufferers of the disease demanded the government now offer a 33 per cent disability recognition.

A milestone

ROQUETAS handball team won the Silver Division of Honour and will now fight for a place in the Guerreras Iberdrola League, the highest category of Spanish women’s handball.

ALMERIA has confirmed its commitment to being a friendly city particularly when it comes to the elderly and children.

The city council has unanimously approved the adhesion and incorporation of the Almeria capital to the World Network of AgeFriendly Cities and Communities, and to UNICEF for the renewal of the recognition of Almeria as a Child­Friendly City.

The plan is one with which the council intends to “provide better living conditions for the elderly in Almeria, making them known and asserting their rights through coordination and municipal management,” explained the spokesperson for the Government Team, Ana Martinez Labella.

The project will consist of eight areas that comprise the urban and social environment that influence people’s health and quality of life: outdoor spaces and buildings; transportation and communication; living place; respect and social inclusion; social participation; communication and information; employment and citizen participation and community support for so­