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Surviving passengers of Cordoba train crash recount incident: 'We were thrown around and suitcases fell on top of us. I was given a second chance'

Surviving passengers of Cordoba train crash recount incident: 'We were thrown around and suitcases fell on top of us. I was given a second chance'

Images posted by passengers of the train that derailed on Sunday night in Adamuz, Cordoba Province, show the magnitude of the incident. They include passengers in shock and trying to find their belongings in the affected carriages. Ambulances are transporting injured passengers. Montse Ruiz was one of the passengers in carriage 4 of the Alvia train traveling from Madrid to …

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Spain’s rail safety under scrutiny after Cordoba crash – as passengers report worrying vibrations on high-speed trains ‘for over a year’

SPAIN’S Transport Minister Oscar Puente has urged the public not to speculate about the cause of Sunday’s high-speed train crash near Adamuz in Cordoba province while investigators are working to establish what went wrong. Puente called the derailment ‘tremendously strange’, stressing that the incident happened on a straight section of line and on infrastructure that had been completely renewed in …

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Estepona offers tax relief to those who recycle and use “punto limpio”.

Tax relief for those who recycle and use the “punto limpio” in Estepona

In the past, many people will remember the days when recycling in Spain, UK, and other countries was achieved by rewarding those who returned their empty soft drink bottles to the same shop where they had purchased them. The Mayor of Estepona also seems to remember those days. Estepona Council has made a bold move to promote responsible waste management. …

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