ARE THEY?

Lisa’s family believe Woods may have returned to Spain, where he has many friends and connections on the Costa del Sol.

On leaving court in 2020, Lisa’s brother Craig said: “We are still hoping for information, but at this moment, the judge is not bringing any charges.

“But it’s an ongoing case and if anybody knows anything, they should act on it.

“It’s still very difficult for the family, everybody feels it.”

A £100,000 reward is still being offered by Lisa’s family for information on her whereabouts.

Amy Fitzpatrick

Amy, who would have celebrated her 31st birthday last month, vanished from Mijas Costa on New Year’s Day, 2008. She had been babysitting. Her aunt received a phone call in 2014 from an anonymous source who said Amy was buried at the former Hippodrome racecourse in Mijas. However, as the Olive Press recently reported, Spanish police have yet to investigate or excavate the site. She was just 15 when she disappeared on the short walk home to Riviera del Sol. The Dublin teen was living in Spain at the time with her mum Audrey Fitzpatrick, her stepfather Dave Mahon and her brother Dean. No trace of Amy has ever been found. The family faced further tragedy when Dean was stabbed to death by his stepfather Mahon in 2013. Mahon was later convicted of manslaughter and jailed. He and Audrey remain together despite the tragedy.

Levi Davis

The case of Levi Davis has dominated headlines since he first went missing on October 29, 2022. However, a new development has sparked fresh hopes the 24-year-old could be found alive.

A close friend of Levi’s told a private investigator hired by the family that a text sent to Levi on December 15 had been opened and read recently. The friend had written to say, ’Please come home. I love you. And miss you xx’. And beneath the message an acknowledgement had appeared to show the text had been read.

Levi had been staying in Ibiza but travelled to Barcelona with just €40 and no change of clothes. He was picked up on CCTV leaving the Old Irish Pub near Barcelona’s La Rambla about 10pm on October 29, a few hours after arriving on the boat.

Levi’s mother, Julie, received information from an alleged eyewitness that her son had ‘been sighted’ at Placa de Sant Agusti looking ‘lost and confused’ on November 14.

So far, only his passport has been found, which Mossos D’Esquadra agents discovered near the city’s port.

John Leach

John Leach, who was 65 at the time and appeared in 1990s BBC TV series Eldorado, has not been seen since leaving his home in La Cala de Mijas in 2012.

He was last seen walking alongside the A-7 next to El Sheriff bar sometime between 12.30pm and 1pm on August 21.

It is believed he may have decided to go to a wake being held in El Chaparral golf at a bar called The Hut at 4pm as he had called a few friends the day before to see if they were going.

He was carrying €10 in cash and his mobile phone but failed to answer calls made by his daughter Jessica, who was visiting Spain when he disappeared. Jessica said at the time.: “He likes his daily routine and always sticks to it so this is not normal behaviour for him.

of appreciation before sitting down to a gala dinner.

“I am so happy it went so well. It was nerve wracking leading up to it. We didn’t have long to prepare for the event, just a few days of practice. I had to learn how to march in step as I have never been in the military. In the end the adrenaline saw us through,” he explains.

“But we all helped each other and worked as a unit. Everyone looked after their colleagues’ backs. If you had a shirt not tucked in, or a tie askew, a friendly tap on the shoulder would be given, and everything would be sorted out.”

And to cap off the longest - and possibly best - day of his life, Matt, who has lived for 13 years in Spain, previously working for the Costa del Sol News and Spectrum Radio, managed to reacquaint himself with some decent English beer.

“We were not allowed a drink in the days leading up to the coronation, but after the gala dinner it was straight down the pub.

“It was a great day to be British, and a great day to drink British beer!”

“Me and my mum are sick with worry and just hope he is found safe and returned home soon,” added Jessica. But 11 years on, nothing more has been heard about John, who was a well known and popular figure around La Cala..

He was wearing a grey polo shirt with beige or white three-quarter-length trousers and brown shoes. If you have information on any of these cases the Olive Press on 951 273 575 or email newsdesk@ theolivepress.es

Massive ‘water battery’ project will help Canaries become self-sufficient

THE Canary Islands want to fully decarbonise their economy by 2040 - 10 years before the rest of the European Union.

A big step towards that is the Salto de Chira ‘pumped hydro’ project on Gran Canaria utilising the existing Chira and Soria dams and which should come on line in four years time.

A giant water battery will be created with the help of €400 million invested by the government in the first energy storage scheme which will serve all of the Canary Islands. Water will be pumped from the Soria dam up to the Chira dam during periods when demand for energy is low.

When demand rises, water will be sent down from Chira to Soria via a tunnel over a set of turbines, thus creating energy. The concept of ‘pumped hy-