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Reporting restrictions have been placed on the death of a 5 year old boy in Andalucia.

A German woman could face charges of negligent homicide after her son was discovered dead last week.The child died from heatstroke and dehydration.This caused multiple organ failure and death.

The woman was on holiday with her son and they were seen fishing fishing at a reservoir prior to the incident.

The mother reported her son missing and was herself in a disorientated and bruised state when she did this.She has been released with the charges still outstanding.

The body of the boy was found next to two rucksacks and an empty bottle of water.The rucksacks were adult and child sized.

Could this be a tragic accident or is it possible that it was negligence on the part of the mother.

The Teulada( Costa Blanca) Charity Shop made the headlines last year when it cut its links with the Red Cross in the town.They did this because the ambulance service provided by the Cruz Roja was cut to weekends only.

Now the Charity Shop in Teulada has announced an initial donation of 25,000 euros towards a new community transport service which is being set up by the Town Hall and the Civil Protection.This money will purchase a second vehicle.

The service is designed for disabled people,the temporarily disabled and people aged over 65 who are dependent on others to get from A to B.It will take them to such places as medical centres,the town hall or the post office.The service will benefit the residents of both Teulada and Moraira.

The support of the Charity Shop will be ongoing and they will be liasing with social services and the Civil Protection.The service will be available between 10am and 2pm Mondays to Thursdays and users have to make an appointment to be picked up and taken home again.People must be registered on the Padron and they must fulfil the qualifications given.

Marta Acosta was one of two Spanish girls who died in the crush which happened in Duisburg,germany last weekend.The Murcia student came from Fuente Alamo and her parents were originally from the small Murcian town.

Marta was born near Valencia but all of the close family still live in Murcia.Prayers and masses are being said in churches in Murcia and Cofrentes near Valencia.

Later the family moved to Tarragona.Marta was studying at the University of Munster as a language student.She was visiting the music festival with a friend.The accident took place when too many people were walking through a tunnel and something caused them to panic,crushing hundreds and killing 20.

Marta was discovered still alive under the bridge but died later in hospital.

Specsavers in Calpe on the Costa Blanca has been asking people to bring in their old glasses for many months now.

Hundreds of pairs have been collected and they have started a journey to help people with sight problems in third world countries.

Specsavers are supporting the International Lions Sightfirst Campaign which was first launched in 1990 to help the rise in blindness around the world.

The President of Calpe and Benissa Lions visited the Specsaver shop in Calpe to pick up more than 500 pairs of old specs for recycling.

Members of the public donated the specs and then they are taken to a factory in Alicante where they are cleaned and sorted before being taken on this occasion,to Africa.

The Lions have estimated that around the world there are some 50 million blind people and that 80% of this blindness is reversible.The President of the Lions has stated just how grateful they are to Specsavers for being a point of contact for donations.

Benitaxell on the Costa Blanca was the scene of what could have developed into a serious accident last week.A young bull escaped from a pen where it was being kept for the bull running later in the day.

The police  believe that the bull pen was left open deliberately.The bull was free in the streets of Benitaxell for 3 hours in total.Two teenage girls were slightly injured when they tried to escape from the animal as it ran towards the Taraula urbanisation,where it was finally cornered and recaptured.

There is always huge security when dealing with the animals in the town.The gate to the pens is checked and rechecked by responsible people.However it is now known who might have left the gate unlocked and the Guardia Civil are investigating the case.

To get the young animal back into a truck they actually got its mother to come to the area where it was holed up.Does anyone ever really understand just how frightened these animals become in these circumstances.It is amazing that more people are not hurt or even killed because of this so called “entertainment”.