For REAL NEWS ... GET INFORMED! TODAY at San Javier Murcia Airport, Spain LOW Cost Ads! --- THE Newspaper for the COSTA CALIDA --- FREE Ad. Design Service! Home Contact Local News Worldwide Amusing Stories Classifieds Clubs/Societies Emergency & Useful Numbers Horoscope Pharmacy Rotas To the EDITOR Advertising Rates, etc. Newspaper Subscription Mail Direct to the Editor LOCAL HEADLINES    Man sets himself on fire    Two more years of recession forecast for Spain    Make up your mind Iberdrola    House prices equal to 2005    13 year old attacked    Great Deal for pensioners ... More Headlines Man sets himself on fire: The cashier of a Chinese bazaar shop located on Calle Capitanes Ripoll had a huge shock on Wednesday after a man who had just bought a lighter and some alcohol, doused himself in it and then set himself on fire. An electrician who was on the phone to his mother had to cut his conversation short after he witnessed the mentally disturbed man go up in flames. Guillermo, the electrician, threw himself onto the 50 year old man and together with the help of the cashier, managed to put the flames out that were engulfing the man's body. At 5.30 pm this mentally ill man doused himself in five bottles of alcohol and then set fire to himself; luckily Guillermo and the cashier did not hesitate and acted immediately. According to a national police officer who attended the scene "They were very lucky, a couple of seconds more and all three could have been seriously burnt." According to staff at the Rosell hospital in Cartagena, the 50-year-old man had been to the hospital earlier asking to see a psychiatrist but before he could be attended to he left the hospital. The mentally ill man was admitted to the psychiatric ward where his mental state will be assessed and treated. Back to Top  or   NEXT STORY Two more years of recession forecast for Spain: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast a fiscal deficit in Spain of 6.8% this year and 6.3% for 2013. This is more than double the government's estimate at just 3%. The IMF has also forecast a fall in GDP in Spain this year of 1.3% and 0.3% for 2013; indicating that the country is entering into another two year recession. The Bank of Spain has also forecast that the Spanish economy will shrink by 1.5% this year falling in line with the IMF predictions of what would appear to be an unavoidable recession. Back to Top  or   NEXT STORY Make up your mind Iberdrola: Iberdrola has announced that they will be returning to a bi-monthly billing system. Over two years ago Iberdrola changed its billing system from bi-monthly to monthly resulting in many people complaining as they were getting an extremely large bill one month and an extremely low estimated bill the following month. Those who would like to continue to pay monthly can do so by calling in a reading to Iberdrola even though their meters will only be read by Iberdrola every two months. The monthly billing system never really worked as Iberdrola could not afford the man power to send people out to read the meters every month, this resulted in many businesses and households getting billed an extremely low amount which is supposed to be an estimate but, in fact, was only the minimum usage. They then received a much larger bill the following month when the true reading was taken. Consumers have also had to pay a standard monthly charge twice since the monthly billing system was but in place; this caused much upset especially in the rental market when properties were left empty and the only charges the owners were previously paying were the standard charges that were given every two months. Once the billing system changed to monthly property owners were given the standard charge twice to pay; once for each month. Now that the billing system is reverting back to bi-monthly homeowners will only be charged once per two months for the standard charge. Back to Top  or   NEXT STORY House prices equal to 2005: According to the National Institute of Statistics, house prices in Spain have fallen to the levels that were seen in 2005. The Ministry of Development has said that prices have fallen by 6.8% in 2011 the largest fall since 2009 when the drop was 7.7%. According to information from the National Institute of Statistics, prices have fallen by 19% since they reached their height in 2008; this is great news for first time buyers and those looking to invest in the property market as prices are at their all-time lows and, with the onset of a new recession being announced, there is expected to be many more homes being repossessed and put up for auction. Back to Top  or   NEXT STORY 13 year old attacked: A 13-year old boy was attacked by a gang of youths in a Cartagena park. Police are appealing for witnesses after the teenager was assaulted in the park. At 9pm on Saturday, the boy and his friend were walking through the recreation ground in Cartagena next to Eroski, when they were approached from behind by about 15 youths. They asked the victim what phone he had but he did not reply. He was then hit twice on the back of his leg and back with an unknown object. He and his friend then ran home. Back to Top Great Deal for pensioners: If you aged over 65 then you can save from 4% to 18% on some 4,000 products that are for sale in Carrefour. The multi-national chain has announced the cuts on IVA for those aged over 65. The savings plan is called Plan65 and it is the first of this type of campaign in Spain. According to a Carrefour spokesman, it could result in an annual saving of €237 for the average pensioner buying things that would typically be found in most peoples' shopping baskets. Carrefour has announced that they will continue plan 65 throughout the rest of the year. For the FULL INFORMER Experience, take out a Newspaper Subscription ... you'll be amazed!