9 Mar, 2010 @ 09:30
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Flood relief

FLOOD victims in Andalucia are set to receive more aid, the government announced last week.

Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said help from the Junta will be doubled by the national government.

Rain has cost agriculture more than one billion euros and families have been forced to abandon their homes after the devastating weather.

The latest aid proposals mean families who lost a property will receive 15,120 euros and 10,320 euros for structural repairs.

Up to 5,160 euros can be awarded for other damage, while personal belongings lost will be covered up to 2,580 euros.

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

1 Comment

  1. As a result of huge rainfall and resulting landslip,my house has cracked in two with gaps as wide as a metre.It is uninhabitable.Can anyone give me information as to the procedure to claim government help and compensation.
    Thanks for any help offered.
    June Halder

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