- News Round-Up February

News Round-Up February

Written by Samantha Kett

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British and Spanish suspects in luxury car theft racket
THREE British men and a Spaniard have been arrested on various parts of the Costa Blanca accused of stealing top-of-the-range cars in the UK and Germany for sale in Spain.
The British suspects, aged between 30 and 44, were caught in Albir, the beach area of L'Alfàs del Pi, when they were driving in an Audi A-4 cabriolet bearing fake number plates.
The car showed up on the HPI register as hving been stolen in Kent, UK, in 2006.
Next, National Police arrested a 32-year-old Spaniard when they caught him at Alicante port driving a Volkswagen Passat.
This was said to have an engine part in it belonging to another car of the same make and model which had been stolen from Germany.
Interpol had both cars listed on its database.

Residents under demolition order storm council meeting
RESIDENTS under threat of losing their properties in the outskirts of Ontinyent accused the mayoress of 'deceit' at a council meeting last week.
The meeting ended up lasting five hours, and those present said: “You could cut the atmosphere with a knife.”
A demolition order hanging over the houses of those affected had been suspended for a year, but the year is now up and they were hoping for the moratorium to be extended.
They said mayoress Lina Insa and the councillor for town planning, Filiberto Tortosa, had 'deceived' them by saying that they would find a 'quick and fair' solution to the problem.
“What is the solution? A fine and demolition of our homes?” The residents asked at the meeting.
They also condemned the fact that their comments were 'censored' on the local television station, TVO, when they called the local government 'incompetent' and likened its promises of a 'solution' to those of the repairs to the Sant Vicent bridge and the opening of a new hospital – neither of which have come to fruition.
Finally, a further year's moratorium was given on the demoltions, whilst Insa stressed that the solution 'had to be for everyone' and 'had to be legal'.

'Snow' causes chaos on Costa Blanca roads
A RARE sighting of snow in the Marina Alta area on the last day of January not only led to residents rushing for their cameras, but also caused chaos on the roads.
But although it appeared to be snow, the white stuff was actually the result of a severe overnight hailstorm which left several inches of ice on the ground.
One woman from Dénia said her neighbour's conservatory collapsed altogether under the weight and force of the hailstones.
In Orba and Beniarbeig, two main roads into and out of the towns were blocked altogether for most of the morning.
And in Ondara, ice and hailstones on the road caused a 10-car pile-up involving 18 people on the AP-7 at around 09.30hrs.
Despite the spectacular nature of the crash, which started with a rear shunt that led to a domino effect and damage to 10 vehicles, there were no fatalities and only three people suffered minor injuries.

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