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Residency appointments extended to new points

Appointments to acquire the TIE foreign residents’ identification card are now available at more offices in Alicante province. The British Embassy confirmed that the Spanish...

Slow rise in Covid infections in Valencia region

The slow rise in cases of Covid-19 in the Valencia region is continuing. On Wednesday the regional health department reported that there were 3,993 active...

Record week for Covid vaccines

A total of four million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been delivered to Spain this week. Minister for health Carolina Darias said this increase in...

Travelling turtles tracked

Turtles fitted with transmitters – released from the Murcia coast – have travelled all around the Mediterranean Sea, demonstrating that conservation of the marine...

Council moves on €5.9 million rubbish contract

Jávea town hall has ‘provisionally’ awarded the eight-year contract for rubbish collection and street cleaning – worth an annual €5.9 million. Improvements are expected for...

Getting the health service ‘back to normal’

Health centres are aiming to hold 80% of primary care appointments for their patients in person in May, depending on the level of demand,...

Beauty clinic’s dirty secret discovered

A couple who ran a beauty clinic in Elda have been arrested for filming their patients while they were undergoing treatment naked. A National Police...

Extension to opening hours brings bar cheer

Bar and restaurant owners – and their customers – were celebrating this week after closing time was pushed back to 22.00 following the regional...

Mediation system to ease pressure on courts

New regional regulations establish how mediation can be used as an alternative method of conflict resolution to the courts. Regional vice-president Mónica Oltra said it...

Lightning strikes Benidorm high-rise

The provincial fire brigade confirmed today (Monday) that they were called out at midnight to attend to a fire caused by a lightning strike...

‘Prolific’ itinerant gang busted

An attempt to steal a cash machine from a street in Orihuela Costa has led, over two years later, to the arrests of six...

Keep taking the tablets

April 22 Email   A world of closed libraries is not the best place for an avid reader. The locked doors of bookshops didn't help. Browsing in...

Vaccine rollout concerns

April 17 Email Playa Flamenca I have been reading in many reports on the Vaccine roll out in the Valencia region and have a very very serious...

Neurosurgery unit for Denia hospital

A neurosurgery unit has now opened at Denia hospital, which means patients will no longer have to travel out of their catchment area for...

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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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