Winter Fuel Allowance
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December 26, 2015
Dear Sir,
I write to express my total agreement with the comments of Linda Garfield in last week’s letters re. Winter Fuel Allowance.
I...
‘Positive’ talks in Valencia
By Dave Jones
THE LEADERS of Costa Blanca-based pressure group Abusos Urbanísticos No (AUN) have held a landmark meeting with the Valencia regional government.
AUN president...
Fire fall tragedy
AN 83-YEAR-old woman plunged from the eighth floor of an old people’s home in Alicante city on Sunday evening.
A National Police spokesman told state...
Thomas Cook attempts to stave off collapse
Tour operator Thomas Cook has confirmed it is seeking £200 million in extra funding as it attempts to prevent a collapse.
The Civil Aviation Authority...
Call for caution over ETA disarmament
Government officials are calling for caution following the news that Basque terrorist group ETA is preparing a disarmament announcement for April 8 according to...
The end of the toll
Motorway concessionary company Aumar started a process on Wednesday to make 140 workers redundant.
State news agency EFE noted that this is due to the...
Marijuana on the menu
A popular Costa Blanca restaurant disguised a ‘gigantic marijuana crop’ and fronted an international and highly profitable drug ring, Guardia Civil said this week.
The...
Grants for buying bikes
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June30
You reported on a scheme to help Valencia’s residents to get a new bike or scooter on a voucher scheme, cannot find anything further...
Northern Costa on Portuguese Man O’ War alert
RED FLAGS have been hoisted and public warnings issued by councils in the northern Costa Blanca after potentially lethal Portuguese man o' war were...
Highway robbers reeled in
Members of a gang suspected of carrying out at least 39 robberies at service and rest areas along the A-7 motorway have been arrested...
Park blaze drama
THE FIRE which broke out in La Mata-Torrevieja natural park yesterday, close to La Siesta urbanisation, is being investigated by authorities.
Full story in Friday’s...
Experts identify sunken British ship off Dénia
A SKELETON of a sunken ship found last summer off Dénia's shores has turned out to be the remains of the British vessel Parthenon...
Climate change emergency vow
The Valencia government has outlined a number of policies to ‘speed up’ the action it is taking to combat climate change.
Regional vice-president Mónica Oltra...
The new United Kingdom
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June 28
Our Prime Minister, Boris has pledged billions to get Britain going again. Everything from hospitals to hospitality, pot holes to people power. As...
COSTA BLANCA NEWS
Motorway blaze
A fire broke out in the trailer of an HGV on the A-7 in Elche causing the partial closure of the motorway in the...
