Rising prices
Dear readers,
I’m afraid I bring bad news once again in these troubled times. Many of you will have already noticed that the price of...
Summer health department reinforcements increased
The regional health service has assigned €68.8 million to hire cover for medical personnel taking summer holidays and extra staff for health centres and...
New measures to ease pressure on residents
A range of additional measures have been approved – or are about to be passed – to bring down the cost of living for...
Let sleeping dogs lie (indoors)
This week La Nucía local police posted a reminder that pets must sleep indoors at night and not be left outside on terraces and...
Heart attack code to save lives
A ‘HEART attack code’, designed to reduce the time between a patient experiencing symptoms of a heart attack and receiving treatment, is going to...
Hospital admissions for Covid-19 on the rise in Valencia region
The number of people requiring hospital treatment for Covid-19 in the Valencia region has increased over the last two weeks.
Figures from the regional health...
Sánchez meets Biden before NATO summit
PRIME Minister Pedro Sánchez held an hour-long meeting with Joe Biden on the US president’s first official visit to Spain, which was for the...
Better air – but not good enough
Residents in Spain are breathing the ‘cleanest air’ since records began back in 1990, according to a report published this week.
The findings collated by...
Homeland Security helps catch designer drug dealers
The US Department of Homeland Security’s investigative arm, the HSI office in Buffalo (New York) coordinated with the Guardia Civil in Alicante to help...
Coach hits pharmacy
A coach smashed into a pharmacy in the centre of Villajoyosa after the driver ‘lost control’ of the vehicle, according to the provincial fire...
Extra measures to contain inflation
Additional measures to compensate for soaring inflation and protect the most vulnerable, as well as further extensions of those already in force, were announced...
Bid to halt vast industrial farm
A protest against intensive farming practices in Spain was held in the small village of Noviercas in the province of Soria at the weekend,...
Armed burglary gang captured
A violent gang specialised in home invasions using firearms has been caught by police near the criminals’ base of operations in the quiet rural...
Plane pilot spots drone in Alicante airport airspace
The Guardia Civil prevented a possible ‘catastrophe’ and the closing of airspace at Alicante-Elche airport when they quickly located a person who was flying...
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Tony Matthews news from the Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics
Simone Biles along with the American team with their gold medals
Photo: @simonebiles
After three full days of competition, up to midnight on...
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