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SOUTH EDITION
Issue 594
04-10 MARCH 2011
Villagers take battle to Brussels
International Veterans pay homage to the fallen
A LARGE number of international military ex-servicemen and veterans came together last Saturday in Torrevieja to celebrate International Veterans Day p11
It almost rained on our parade- lucky it didn’t WITH RAIN just a few hours before threatening to ruin the day, the first of Torrevieja’s Carnival parades went ahead as planned last Sunday afternoon p14
Tennis Elbow Joan McLellan, a physiotherapist treats tennis elbow p39
Foul but fun THE BEST thirty minutes in donkeys years for good belly-laughs has popped up on BBC 1 on a Monday. Find out more with Alex Trelinski p54
Last league game for La Vila before the King’s Cup THIS SUNDAY Spanish national rugby champions La Vila travel to Ordizia to play the final match of the 2010-2011 Division of Honour League p63
Gordon Bell with UKIP’s Marta Andreasen
by Jack Troughton VILLAGERS FIGHTING plans for massive development around their Alicante homes have enlisted the support of politicians in the European Parliament.
Residents of the small mountain village of Hondon de los Frailes fear controversial plans will be bulldozed through to expand the urban area by 600 percent and the
population by 1,000 percent. And they maintain the “insane” proposals would employ Valencia’s notorious ‘land grab’ laws – forcing home owners to give up property and pay for infrastructure costs. The Asociacion de Veci-
nos argues the General Plan – first outlined in 2005 – will not create new jobs and did not include provision for adequate water supplies. The neighbourhood association also claims people’s human rights will be further infringed by a plan for a by-
pass. It has raised more than 60 detailed objections to the plans and members have submitted over 100 personal grievances – yet residents allege the town hall has ignored concerns. Continued on page
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