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Villa la Manga news team reports…The Spanish tax office has published some interesting (well quite interesting) figures about earnings in the La Manga area. Here are the highlights of the report. There are 630,538 wage slaves, with 187,000 earning less than €600 a month. Top dogs earning €10,000 a month number a staggering 2,800. Sexism is alive and well, with men earning 41% a month more than women. Bottom of the heap are foreign workers who earn just over half the monthly wages earned by locals.

Villa La Manga’s favourite airline is in the headlines for all the right reasons. In a year that has seen bankruptcies and stranded passengers, Monarch has managed to increase its passenger numbers. The airline carried 3.9m passengers in 2008, an increase of nearly 7% over the previous year. While it’s difficult to claim green credentials, the news that the average aircraft was 82% full is also encouraging.  Monarch operates scheduled flights to Murcia and Alicante, flying from Birmingham, London Gatwick, Luton and Manchester airports.