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Flood aid boost A NEW €350 million aid package for households and workers affected by last October’s Valencia flood disaster will be distributed automatically by mid-October. Regional president Carlos Mazon said the extra money is down to a ‘deep and permanent self-evaluation’ on how to optimise the response to the October 29 floods. Nearly 40,000 households affected by the floods who have already got €6,000 in aid, will get an extra €3,000 without having to apply. The 87,000 owners of damaged vehicles will receive up to €2,500 extraabove money already handed out. Mazon said that ‘more than 5,000 self-employed workers who were forced to continue paying contributions despite not being able to work’ will receive up to €3,000 each.
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Some 12,000 workers who were affected by temporary redundancy plans and who have already received aid will get a supplement of €360. The president criticised the national government which ‘has only delivered 30% of the promised aid’. “It is not the citizens who have to ask for help, but that the administration already knows that they need help and has to provide it,” Mazon stated. He said his government over the last 10 months has made ‘the largest deployment of material and human resources in its history’. “We have invested €1.15 billion to rebuild infrastructures and help those affected without receiving a single euro in non-refundable funds from the Government. “It is urgent to get the rest of the aid from the Government that has taken too long to arrive,” added Mazon.
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Bad influence €100,000 reward to help locate British toddler ‘kidnapped’ from Marbella by Russian ‘influencer’ mother A MISSING British toddler may have been snatched in Marbella and taken to Thailand by his mother, a Russian ‘relationship influencer’. Oliver Pugh, 3, has not been seen since July 4, when he vanished from the Costa del Sol resort. His father, Matthew Pugh, 36, who has sole custody, eventually reported him missing a month later. After a desperate global search, it appears Anastasiia Chikina may have fled to Thailand to avoid losing custody of Oliver, who carries a British passport. Recent photos uploaded to her social media appear to place her at Bangkok’s upmarket Iconsiam shopping centre, rather than in Russia as originally feared by Spanish police. The images show the 32-year-old social butterfly and her 15-yearold sister at various locations including passing a luxury Cartier store. Armchair detectives managed to match escalators, benches and general background scenery to confirm the Bangkok location. The breakthrough has given new hope to Oliver’s father, a former CEO of a UK-based web hosting company, from Bedford. Thai authorities are much more cooperative in extradition cases than Russia, which notoriously never extradites its own citizens. In an emotional appeal this week, Pugh pleaded directly with his ex-partner for his son’s safe return.
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VANISHED: Oliver (left), influencer Anastasiia and (inset) father Mathew
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“Oliver needs and deserves to have both parents in his life. “By taking him away from his father, his friends, and everything familiar, the only one who is truly hurting is him.” He described Oliver as a ‘bright and active boy’ who loves cars, aeroplanes and ‘playing in the water’. Chikina finally broke her silence at the weekend in a post to her 140,000 followers. Her cryptic missive justifying her actions, started: “We have a difficult conversation to have. Talk about how scary it is when the system is against the child. “We have time, not much, but we have it, to understand the truth.” She continued: “The truth won’t be pleasant for everyone; it often stays behind closed doors, but here it comes out.” Oliver’s father is now offering €100,000 for information about his son’s whereabouts. Chikina was banned from leaving Spain by a Marbella court and ordered to surrender Oliver’s passport - however she claimed she had lost it. Crucially, the Olive Press understands, she fled just as she was about to lose a bitter custody battle. A Spanish court has since ruled his father should have full custody with supervised visits only from his mother. The influencer, though, had already
vanished along with other family she was going to lose custody,” insistmembers, including her own mother ed Pugh. Email newsdesk@theoliveAngela Nikolenko. press.es if you know the family. Their Marbella home was later found Opinion Page 6 completely empty, and calls to Chiki n a ’ s phone stopped connecting entirely. “Anastasiia ran YOUR REAL ESTATE AGENCY FOR BENISSA, CALPE, MORAIRA off with Oliver when she 966 112 428 · areacostablanca.com realised
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