ECIS is the parking contractor who took on the underground carparks in Javea´s Old Town.The company constructed the carparks in return for the contract to run them.

The scheme didn´t work out as nobody uses them and consequently ECIS has not made any money.Now they are seeking compensation of 22 million euros from the council.

The company maintains that it is entitled to tax payers money as occupancy of the carparks has fallen below 85%.In reality both carparks only reached 17% and 22% respectively over their first year in operation.

The town hall had calculated on a 1.8 million euro underperformance payment,not this whopping amount.In fact the council has already won a type of judicial review which goes in favour of the tax payer.

They viewed the whole scheme as anything but a commercial enterprise.In fact many believe that ECIS has done little to to make the carparks work commercially.

Other similar carparking seems to work in other towns and maybe ECIS needs to learn from other towns and just get it to be a profitable scheme.

Some think that the company is bluffing  and that the company has little on its side to force the issue.Time will tell.

A British man in San Miguel de Salinas ( inland from Orihuela Costa) has been arrested by the police because of his appalling behaviour.

To add insult to injury he resisted arrest!He is accused of criminal damafge,disorderly conduct and issuing threats.

Officers were called to an address in El Galen.When the police arrived they discovered the 26 year old brandishing an iron chair and threatening to kill everyone inside.He also banged on the front door and the windows.

The officers requested him to stop but he just legged it through fences of adjoining properties.However he returned with an iron bar and continued to damage a door and a window.

He threatened and attempted to injure officers by throwing a chair in their direction.Eventually the police overwhelmed him and arrested him.He has been denounced by the home owner who will now claim damages from him.

A British man in San Miguel de Salinas ( inland from Orihuela Costa) has been arrested by the police because of his appalling behaviour.

To add insult to injury he resisted arrest!He is accused of criminal damafge,disorderly conduct and issuing threats.

Officers were called to an address in El Galen.When the police arrived they discovered the 26 year old brandishing an iron chair and threatening to kill everyone inside.He also banged on the front door and the windows.

The officers requested him to stop but he just legged it through fences of adjoining properties.However he returned with an iron bar and continued to damage a door and a window.

He threatened and attempted to injure officers by throwing a chair in their direction.Eventually the police overwhelmed him and arrested him.He has been denounced by the home owner who will now claim damages from him.

Torrevieja Natural History Museum will benefit eventually from what is thought to have been a tragic accident.

The head of a baby sperm whale was discovered floating in the sea off Torrevieja.It is thought that the marine mammal was the victim of a propeller from a large boat which had sliced the head off.

The remains of the animal were removed from the sea and taken to the Natural History Museum where the head was buried in a marked grave.The reason for this is to allow all of the flesh on the head to decay.Eventually only the bones will be left.The head will then be prepared and presented as an exhibit for the museum.

Last June a full size specimen was washed up onto a Torrevieja beach .This took a great deal more effort to remove to the museum,where it was examined.

Hundreds of people eventually turned up on the beach to watch the municipal workers remove the head.

Belgian police have arrested,together with the Spanish Guardia Civil,an ETA suspect.The effort was a joint one and the suspect is Luis Maria Zengotitabengoa Fernandez.

The arrest took place in the Belgian town of Ostend in the early hours of the morning.

A European arrest warrant had been issued by the Spanish National Court for the 29 year old Fernandez who comes from Durango ( Biscay).

The alleged involvement of this man with ETA revolves around the transport of explosives for the illegal group.The materials were transported to Portugal earlier this year.

He had an involvement with a property in Portugal where 1500 kilos of materials for the manufacture of explosives were stored.

Fernandez appears on a Guardia Civil list of “Most Wanted” men in ETA.It is alleged that he supported the outlawed group.

During 2010 67 people have been arrested because of their alleged involvement with the terrorist organisation.Many have been arrested with the help of foreign police forces.