TODAY IN SPAIN – 3 SEPTEMBER 2013

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Following yesterday´s announcement that unemployment had dropped in July, the trend continued in August, according to figures released today, although not quite matching the near 65,000 reduction of July, August saw a total of 31 people finding work, but on a more positive note, this is the first August since the year 2000 that unemployment has dropped.

The DGT traffic department released the summer road death toll for this year, with a total of 235 people losing their lives in traffic accidents in July and August, representing a decline of 10% in a summer with nearly three million fewer journeys and in which older cars, those of 10 years of age or more, were involved in 57% of all fatal accidents.

Doctors have called for parents and schools to take measures to prevent back pain affecting many scholars, after an historic problem of posture has been highlighted by a report released on Tuesday. They call for schools to provide lockers for children to keep their books, rather than carrying them in a rucksack, as well as better seating whilst in the classroom. As for parents, experts recommend weighing backpacks and ensure that the weight is never more than 10% of the weight of the child carrying it.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel García-Margallo, appeared before Congress today and appealed for “friendship” to prevail between Spain and the United Kingdom over the Gibraltar crisis, although he described the last dispute as a “major fire”. It is expected that today marked the first of many discussions of proposed resolutions.

The Minister of Justice and former mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, has said that he has “great confidence” that the English-speaking world will support Madrid´s Olympic bid “above any situation or political consideration”.

The Guardia Civil and National Police have arrested a suspected jihadist terror in Melilla, Mohammed El Bali, believed to be the head of a cell based in Nador in Morocco.

A “serious” power failure left the entire island of La Palma without electricity on Tuesday, after a problem with the power station at Los Guinchos, in the Breña Baja municipality.

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