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Spain Weather: 16 March 2010

March 16th, 2010

The weather in Spain today is looking good here in Almerimar this morning, with the sun shininh, the sea still, hardly a cloud in the sky an no rain (check out the webcam if you want to see for yourself) and the general weather forecast for Spain is much the same with sun replacing the rain at last for the whole of the country, at least for a couple of days.

Spanish Meteorological Office Alerts (AMET)

Orange Alerts: none.

Yellow Alerts: none.

Snow line

North: 1800m

South: 2200m

Wind

Weak and from the East or South, with a few moderte gusts at times.

Temperatures

Highs: Santa Cruz de Tenerife 22, Almería, Cádiz, Málaga, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca 19, Granada, Santander, Valencia 18, Alicante, Madrid 17, Barcelona 14

Lows: Santa Cruz de Tenerife 15, Cádiz 10, Almería 9, Málaga 8, Barcelona 7, Alicante, Santander 6, Murcia, Valencia 4, Madrid 2, Granada, Palma de Mallorca 0.

General Forecast

Most of the country will be sunny with occassional clouds increasing in frequency by Thursday. Possibility of another bad whether front arriving on Friday and bringing some rain with it.

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Programme Details for Spectrum FM From Wednesday

March 15th, 2010

Richard has sent through a few changes to the programing schedule starting this Wednesday (17th March):

Wednesday

The Laura & Ashton Show 6-8am
Breakfast with Mark Dennison 8-10am
The Local Programme with Carmel Langdon 10-11am
Suntalk with Jon Gaunt Live from Cheltenham Festival11-3pm
The Laura & Ashton Show 3-5pm
Drive time with Paul Breen-Turner 5-8pm

Thursday

Friday

The Laura & Ashton Show 6-8am
Breakfast with Mark Dennison 8-10am
The Local Programme 10-11am
The Laura & Ashton Show 11-1pm
Suntalk with Jon Gaunt Live from Cheltenham Festival 1-5pm
Drive time with Paul Breen-Turner 5-8pm

PLEASE NOTE THAT FROM NEXT MONDAY SUN TALK GOES BACK TO 11am TILL 2pm AS PER NORMAL

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Almerimar Poker Run Winners Presented With Their Wine

March 15th, 2010

Just popped down with Sands to present the case of wine to Jan and Ingegerd that they won in the recent Almerimar Poker Run, and which was generously donated by The Reader.

The winning hand was three Aces, and their good luck cotinued on the evening as they also won a Special Lunch for two at La Plaza!

Jan Ljung and Ingegerd Erasmie receive their case of wine from Sandra Marshall as winners of the recent Almerimar Poker Run.

“We loved the event” said Ingegerd. “It was well organised, an excellent format, and a great way to meet some new people and try a few different bars in Almerimar.”

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Tags: Poker Run, Stray Cats, Wne
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El Ejido Corruption Excesses Emerging

March 15th, 2010

Folowing the decision by Judge Montserrat Pena to release part of the documented evidence in the case against Mayor Juan Encisco, the alleged ringleader Auditor Jose Aleman, and 17 others, evidence of the excesses of Jose Aleman have started to emerge including: three million euros worth of designer watches in his safe, a amazing 490,000 euro annual pay packet from El Ejido town hall, luxury court side seats at the French Open, and a chauffeur to drive him to Rome for the 2009 Champions League Final.

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Spain Weather: 15 March 2010

March 15th, 2010

The weather in Spain today is looking pretty good here in Almerimar today with signs of sunshine, but more importantly no sign of wind or rain (check out the webcam if you want to see for yourself) and the general weather forecast for Spain is for a return of the sunshine in general, with some light cloud and winds along some coastlines.

Spanish Meteorological Office Alerts (AMET)

Orange Alerts: none.

Yellow Alerts: none.

Snow line

North: 1600m

South: 2000m

Wind

Generally from the North and moderate

Temperatures

Highs: Santa Cruz de Tenerife 23, Cádiz, Málaga 18, Palma de Mallorca 17, Alicante, Almería, Murcia, Valencia 16, Granada 14, Barcelona, Madrid 13

Lows: Santa Cruz de Tenerife 18, Cádiz 8, Almería, Barcelona 5, Málaga, Valencia 4, Alicante 3, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca 2, Madrid 0, Granada -2

General Forecast

Should remain sunny, dry and with little wind for the next 2 to 3 days.

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Exchange Rates: 15 March 2010

March 15th, 2010

Todays market analysis and exchange rates from Currencies Direct

Exchange Rates

AUDEUR AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR – EURO 0.6651
AUDGBP AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR – STERLING POUND 0.6041
AUDUSD AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR – US DOLLAR 0.9211
CADUSD CANADIAN DOLLAR – US DOLLAR 0.9403
EURMUR EURO – MAURITIUS RUPEE 41.3200
EURUSD EURO – US DOLLAR 1.3740
EURZAR EURO – SOUTH AFRICAN RAND 10.1887
GBPAED STERLING POUND – UAE DIRHAM 5.5673
GBPAUD STERLING POUND – AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR 1.6543
GBPBGN STERLING POUND – BULGARIAN LEV 2.1530
GBPCAD STERLING POUND – CANADIAN DOLLAR 1.5404
GBPCHF STERLING POUND – SWISS FRANC 1.6030
GBPCZK STERLING POUND – CZECH KORUNA 28.0160
GBPDKK STERLING POUND – DANISH KRONE 8.1926
GBPEUR STERLING POUND – EURO 1.1010
GBPHKD STERLING POUND – HONG KONG DOLLAR 11.7400
GBPHUF STERLING POUND – HUNGARY FORINT 292.0400
GBPILS STERLING POUND – NEW ISRAELI SHEKEL 5.6162
GBPINR STERLING POUND – INDIAN RUPEE 68.9320
GBPJPY STERLING POUND – JAPANESE YEN 137.2010
GBPKWD STERLING POUND – KUWAITI DINAR 0.4371
GBPMAD STERLING POUND – MOROCCAN DIRHAM 12.2450
GBPMUR STERLING POUND – MAURITIUS RUPEE 44.2780
GBPNOK STERLING POUND – NORWEGIAN KRONE 8.8215
GBPNZD STERLING POUND – NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 2.1509
GBPOMR STERLING POUND – OMANI RIAL 0.6403
GBPPLN STERLING POUND – POLISH ZLOTY 4.2811
GBPRON STERLING POUND – ROMANIAN NEW LEI 4.4905
GBPSAR STERLING POUND – SAUDI ARABIA RIYAL 5.6728
GBPSEK STERLING POUND – SWEDISH KRONA 10.7034
GBPSGD STERLING POUND – SINGAPORE DOLLAR 2.1131
GBPSKK STERLING POUND – SLOVAK KORUNA 30.5820
GBPTHB STERLING POUND – THAI BAHT 49.2180
GBPTRY STERLING POUND – TURKISH NEW LIRA 2.3990
GBPUSD STERLING POUND – US DOLLAR 1.5132
GBPZAR STERLING POUND – SOUTH AFRICAN RAND 11.2177
USDMUR US DOLLAR – MAURITIUS RUPEE 31.8680

Daily Market Analysis

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Ankara Wins Adverts

March 13th, 2010

On Friday David Jackson, Owner & Editor of The Reader, popped into Cafe Bar Ankara to present Ray with their advertising prize for selling the most tickets in the recent Almerimar Poker Run.

Cafe Bar Ankara won a free advert in The Reader to promote an event in their bar and also won an advert on this site that will run for the rest of the year. The advert on the Almerimar Life site, like all other adverts, entitles the advertiser to preferential advertising rates with The Reader.

Congrats to all at Cafe Bar Ankara and thanks once again to The Reader.

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Tags: Advertisers, Adverts, Ankara, The Reader
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Mosquito Spraying Monday

March 12th, 2010

Heard earlier today that the Police have told a number of bars and restaurants that on Monday there will be a blitz spraying of the nature reserve to try and sort out the Mosquito problem.

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Exchange Rates: 12 March 2010

March 12th, 2010

Todays market analysis and exchange rates from Currencies Direct

Exchange Rates

AUDEUR AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR – EURO 0.6687
AUDGBP AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR – STERLING POUND 0.6074
AUDUSD AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR – US DOLLAR 0.9211
CADUSD CANADIAN DOLLAR – US DOLLAR 0.9403
EURMUR EURO – MAURITIUS RUPEE 41.3200
EURUSD EURO – US DOLLAR 1.3713
EURZAR EURO – SOUTH AFRICAN RAND 10.1245
GBPAED STERLING POUND – UAE DIRHAM 5.5275
GBPAUD STERLING POUND – AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR 1.6449
GBPBGN STERLING POUND – BULGARIAN LEV 2.1521
GBPCAD STERLING POUND – CANADIAN DOLLAR 1.5431
GBPCHF STERLING POUND – SWISS FRANC 1.6085
GBPCZK STERLING POUND – CZECH KORUNA 27.9510
GBPDKK STERLING POUND – DANISH KRONE 8.1792
GBPEUR STERLING POUND – EURO 1.1006
GBPHKD STERLING POUND – HONG KONG DOLLAR 11.7060
GBPHUF STERLING POUND – HUNGARY FORINT 292.3200
GBPILS STERLING POUND – NEW ISRAELI SHEKEL 5.6082
GBPINR STERLING POUND – INDIAN RUPEE 68.5980
GBPJPY STERLING POUND – JAPANESE YEN 136.7300
GBPKWD STERLING POUND – KUWAITI DINAR 0.4371
GBPMAD STERLING POUND – MOROCCAN DIRHAM 12.1930
GBPMUR STERLING POUND – MAURITIUS RUPEE 44.5130
GBPNOK STERLING POUND – NORWEGIAN KRONE 8.8142
GBPNZD STERLING POUND – NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 2.1501
GBPOMR STERLING POUND – OMANI RIAL 0.6403
GBPPLN STERLING POUND – POLISH ZLOTY 4.2788
GBPRON STERLING POUND – ROMANIAN NEW LEI 4.4887
GBPSAR STERLING POUND – SAUDI ARABIA RIYAL 5.6460
GBPSEK STERLING POUND – SWEDISH KRONA 10.6781
GBPSGD STERLING POUND – SINGAPORE DOLLAR 2.1067
GBPSKK STERLING POUND – SLOVAK KORUNA 30.5820
GBPTHB STERLING POUND – THAI BAHT 49.1530
GBPTRY STERLING POUND – TURKISH NEW LIRA 2.3990
GBPUSD STERLING POUND – US DOLLAR 1.5094
GBPZAR STERLING POUND – SOUTH AFRICAN RAND 11.1371
USDMUR US DOLLAR – MAURITIUS RUPEE 31.8680

Daily Market Analysis

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Spain Weather: 12 March 2010

March 12th, 2010

The weather today in Almerimar is dry so far but overcast. There is however no wind and the air temperature this morning is warmer, unlike other parts of Spain, where rain and snow is still expected but the overall weather conditions are continuing to improve.

Spanish Meteorological Office Alerts (AMET)

Orange Alerts: none.

Yellow Alerts: none.

Snow line

North: 200m – 600m

South: 1200m – 1500m

Wind

Generally weak to moderate in the North.

Temperatures

Highs: Santa Cruz de Tenerife 24, Málaga 17, Cádiz 16, Almería 15, Granada, Murcia 14, Alicante, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia 12, Madrid 9

Lows: Santa Cruz de Tenerife 17, Cádiz 10, Almería 9, Málaga 8, Alicante, Barcelona, Murcia 5, Granada, Valencia 4, Madrid 0, Palma de Mallorca -1

General Forecast