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Hold the front page
EURO WEEKLY NEWS is thrilled to announce that our newspaper and website will feature in a TV programme to be filmed in Benidorm.
Hold the Front Page is a programme following two of the UK’s favourite comedians, Josh Widdicombe and Nish Kumar, as they embark on a journey as trainee local journalists attempting to get a story on the front page. Now they are coming to Spain for their training.
Josh and Nick are coming to Benidorm to receive editorial tasks from managing director Michel Euesden, who is the driving force behind Spain's biggest free English language newspaper group. They will then be accompanied on a sales drive to see what they can achieve in the world of fastpaced journalism.
Exploring some incredible regions through their local papers, the series is a warm celebration of the world of local journalism besides the people and communities the papers serve.
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The series is broadcast on Sky Max, a flagship channel in the UK and Ireland, and can be enjoyed on demand on Now TV too.
Series one of the Sky Original show was watched nearly two million times.
Josh and Nish also have a strong and engaged social following of their own on Instagram and Twitter, through which they promote the programme to their combined audience of
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Shop til you drop Regional runners
ALDI adds more shopping choices to La Canada as it opens a new supermarket.
With the new opening, the supermarket chain now has eight stores in the province and 95 in Andalusia.
This confirms Andalusia as the autonomous community with the most ALDI in the country.
Located on Calle Níjar, 287, in La Canada, the new establishment has a shopping area of 1,200 square metres.
Alba Roig, head of ALDI Expansion in the area, confirmed: “We are very happy to be able to open the third ALDI store in the capital. The province of Almería and Andalusia are and will continue to be strategic areas for us. It is where we want to continue growing in the future, generating stable employment.”
“In fact, just a year ago we opened our second store in the city, located on Avenida del Mediterráneo, (corner with Avenida Sierra Alhamilla).”
She added: "Our objective with this new supermarket is to bring a new convenient, simple and complete shopping option to the residents of Almería, with an assortment of nearly 2,000 quality products at the lowest possible price, 86 per cent of their own brand.”
Nine Los Bandidos runners took on the ninth race in the Circuito de Carreras Populares Diputación de Almeria 2023 in Garrucha on Saturday August 5. The 8.5k, two lap race went through the town and along the port, on a slightly cooler evening than previous races. There was lots of support along the course from the busy bars and restaurants! The winner finished in 28:49, with the first lady in 33:35. 252 runners crossed the finish line. Trophies were awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in each age group as well as to the overall winners. All competitors received a drinks bottle.
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Clean street
THE Mayoress of Almeria, María del Mar Vázquez, met cleaners working on the night shift for additional cleaning reinforcement on Thursday, August 3. Extra cleaning services have been deployed throughout the city, in the areas with the greatest influx of tourism, such as the areas around the Cathedral, the Paseo de Almería, and El Zapillo for the next two months.
Gerry Diamond participated in the noncompetitive 4.25k run and Lesley Davidge won a voucher for a massage in the raffle.
Los Bandidos was set up in June 2018 with a small group running the 5k Mojácar Paseo, and now has road cycling, sea swimming and triathlon groups. All ages, nationalities and speeds are welcome, whether permanent residents or holiday makers. They are currently collecting nonperishable food and toiletries for the Red Cross Food Bank. For more information go to the Facebook page. The group look forward to seeing you soon.
Antonio Urdiales accompanied the Mayoress on her meeting with Entorno Urbano, the company contracted for reinforcement services until 2024. The services include washing the streets, sweeping and more cleaners dispatched to hightraffic areas of the city. Additionally, 150 more litter bins will also be installed in these areas over the coming weeks.
The city has introduced 17 cleaning teams, up to 11 streetwashing machinery, and six manual sweeping labourers.
MOJACAR council has announced the reopening of three newlyrenovated children’s playgrounds at Marina de la Torre, El Palmeral and Cueva del Lobo.
Safety is at the heart of these renovations. Play equipment have been restructured to ensure the safety of even the smallest children, and new interactive equipment has been added. The surface of the playground has been completely covered with bright and colourful vulcanized rubber, and a more secure fence has been erected around each of the play areas.
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