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SPAIN’S richest man Amancio Ortega is selling his biggest yacht for a cool €76million. The Spanish fashion mogul, 85 purchased the 67 metre superyacht, Drizzle, in 2012 for €95million but now wants to upgrade his fleet and purchase a new boat worth a whopping €172million. The Inditex found-
Right royal mess A RAPPER who fled Spain in 2018 after insulting the monarchy has another extradition hearing to fight off. In May 2018, performer Valtonyc, real name Josep Miquel Arenas, fled to Belgium after being given three-and-a-half years in jail. The Supreme Court upheld the 2017 verdict and sentence over a year later, prompting Valtonyc to flee Spain. Mallorca police set up a surveillance team to ensure he did not leave the island, yet he still managed to escape. Belgian courts have rejected previous extradition requests but a new hearing has now been set for December 28 in the Ghent Court of Appeal. The Sa Pobla artist was convicted of glorifying terrorism, threatening rightwing politician Jorge Campos and making defamatory comments against the Spanish royal family.
er, who has a net worth of €70 billion, wants to upsize his boat to make his Mediterranean coastline cruises even more luxurious. Lavish yacht Drizzle is now for sale on the website of the Mallor-
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A BESOTTED 72-year-old woman has been fined a mere €60 for sending sexually explicit and threatening letters to hunky Il Divo singer Carlos Marin. Besides the small fine, a Madrid judge gave the Barcelona woman, named as Rosa, a sixmonth 500 metre distancing order barring her from approaching Marin and banned her from getting in touch with him.
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The problems started in February when Rosa started phoning Il Divo’s producer, telling him that she had developed ‘a platonic love’ for Madrid-based Marin. The judge said the calls became ‘annoying, obscene and offensive’. She then started sending obscene letters directly to 53-year-old Marin, which generated a ‘certain un-
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Il Divo singer subjected to campaign of sexually explicit letters By Alex Trelinski
easiness and fear’ in him. The letters initially made explicit sexual offers and how she would ‘satisfy’ him. The lack of a reply saw the tone of the messages abruptly change as Rosa’s written advances came to nothing. Further dispatches referred to Marin as an ‘imbecile, fool, idiot, and a child prodigy’. The messages were also sent to his family and his Il Divo colleagues, as the language ramped up further to accuse the singer of being a ‘liar’ and being ‘married to
a prostitute’. The last straw was Rosa resorting to sending death threats. Marin’s lawyer, Alberto Martin, said the singer had to stop meeting fans after concerts as he feared the woman might appear and attack him. Announcing an at the new International Festival La Cala de Mijas, appeal against near Malaga. the sentence and Headliners are British group the the €60 fine, Arctic Monkeys who will be playMartin commenting their first Spanish date for ed that the judge four years at the event, which will ‘felt more sorry run from September 1 to 3, 2022. for the aggressor Also playing will be Australian than for the vicChet Faker, British bands Blostim’. soms and Hot Chip plus a lineup Il Divo is an interof Spanish artists. national hit clasTickets are on sale at calamijas. sical crossover com. singing group created in 2003.
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Top score BARCELONA captain Alexia Putellas has become the first Spain international to win the Ballon d'Or since 1960 . She was crowned the best female footballer in the world as she received the Ballon d'Or Feminin. Putellas, who was born in Mollet del Valles, is the first Spanish winner since Luis Suarez in 1960. The 27-year-old was also named Uefa's Women's Player of the Year and Midfielder of the Year and ended the 2020-21 season as the highest-scoring midfielder in Europe with 26 goals to her name. Paris San Germain superstar Lionel Messi picked up a record seventh Ballon d’Or award at the event. Putellas was one of five Barca players nominated for the award, with team-mate Jennifer Hermoso coming in second. "Honestly, it is a bit emotional. Very special. It is great to be here with all my teammates. We've lived and experienced so much together, especially last season," she said. !I would like to thank all my teammates, all my teammates throughout my career and the ones I have right now. This is an individual prize but football is a team sport.”
The eagles have landed NINE White-tailed Eagles have been donated by Norway in an effort to re-introduce the species to Spain. They are being kept in a special enclosure in Asturias as they acclimatize to their new home. As one of eight bird species on the official List of Extinct Species, they qualify for the reintroduction project, which is being managed by conservation group GREFA. Young wild birds were taken from their nests in Norway earlier this year and sent to Spain. They have been fitted with GPS trackers to monitor their movements once they are finally set free. This first phase of the scheme is set to last two years, with it being used as a test to try different reintroduction techniques. If this test phase is successful, it is planned to release 20 eagles a year for five years in a bid to build a breeding population. Norway has previously provided birds for reintroduction schemes in Scotland, as well as current projects in Ireland and the Isle of Wight.
