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British Airways and Iberia merger takes off

The new merged airline will have its tax base in Spain but its main offices in London

The much heralded merger between Iberia and British Airways is on.
Antonio Vázquez, the current President of Iberia, will also be the President of the new airline formed by the merger, and Martin Broughton has been named as Deputy President.
The new airline will have its tax base in Spain, but its main offices in London.

The boards of both airlines agreed on Thursday the details of the plan which will be see the merger before November next year.
Each company will keep its own non-economic policy rights for the first five years of the merger, and each company will manage their relationship with their staff.

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National
Maria José Carrascosa found guilty

The Spanish woman on trial in the United States as part of a custody battle has already been held in prison for three years

María José Carrascosa, the Spanish woman on trial in the United States over a custody battle for her daughter, has been found guilty as charged. She’s been held in jail for three years already and was found to be guilty on all nine charges against her, including being in contempt of court, and interfering with the custody of her daughter, after taking the child with her to Spain without the permission of her American ex husband, Peter Innes.

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National
Massive cocaine haul in Valencia

The estimated 230 kilos contained in panela sugar blocks were bound for a cocaine laboratory recently dismantled in Ciudad Real

More than 17 tons of panela sugar blocks imported from Colombia have been impounded after arriving at port in Valencia after police discovered that more than 500 of the blocks contained cocaine. The total weight of the cocaine hidden inside the panela cargo is estimated at 230 kilos, whose street value would run into the millions. The exact amount smuggled will be confirmed through laboratory analysis.

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Editorial/Opinion
National planning regulations are needed in Spain

Regional Governments have complicated and confused planning regulations across Spain

The report drawn up by the Andalucian Ombudsman and presented to the regional parliament this week in which José Chamizo calls for a ban on any more building 500 metres from the shoreline is of interest. He complains about laws not being enforced at both a local and regional level and says things are such that something dramatic has to be done.

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Basics
The Iberian Wolf (Take Two)

An Ávila photographer has risen the profile of this endangered species

No more than 2,500 Iberian wolves are believed to remain in Spain, protected south of the Duero but still legally hunted to the north of the river. But the Ávila photographer, José Luis Rodríguez, considered one of Spain’s most accomplished wildlife photographers, managed to capture one of these rare animals on film at the exact moment it leapt into the air to jump a fence.
He had been planning his perfect shot for years, even sketching out his idea on paper. He took it at the dead of night using an infra-red trap and a low shutter speed to capture the animal jumping the fence in the moonlit sky. The image won him the 2009 Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year, beating more than 43,000 entries for the coveted award.

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