Lockdown – fines and fracas
Although the vast majority of residents are adhering to the state of emergency lockdown, people have been caught surfing, swimming and jogging by the...
Local airports on standby
Airports around Spain are adapting their services and facilities to the sharp fall in flights due to the Covid-19 health crisis, according to state-run...
Cry for help to save 120 horses
March 13
Dear Sir or Madam,
The Easy Horse Rescue Centre in Rojales has had a diabolical run of bad luck, and the charity is on...
Censorship
Hillsborough, Co. Down, N. Ireland,
April 12
I can't post a video of David Icke to Facebook, but I can watch a beheading video from some...
Move to the ‘new normality’
A group of experts will advise the Valencia regional government over the future ‘transition phase’ in which strict state of emergency confinement measures are...
How will bar owners survive?
Website comment
March 30
How will the bar owners survive this shutdown. I hope the government are helping them. The Costa may find itself all shuttered...
Harrased by local police…again
Villajoyosa
April 9
I was stopped by a policeman again yesterday (the same one as before) on my walk to Mercadona and my bank. He asked...
Regarding ‘over-reacting’ letter
Email
April 13
Dear Mr. Editor,
I refer to the letter from Louis Shawcross which appeared in the ‘Letters’ page on April 10, 2020 concerning Covid-19 under...
Feeding feral cats during lockdown
San Juan
April 13
Dear Sirs,
I am referring to an article published in the Costa Blanca News North Edition of April 10-16 April 2020 - Page...
Year-long recovery for hotels
Nuria Montes, general secretary of HOSBEC, the hoteliers association, is proposing that the tourism sector – specifically hotel and accommodation companies in Benidorm are...
Anger after controversial painkiller becomes Covid-19 treatment
Painkiller metamizole - frequently known in Spain as the brand Nolotil - has become a frequently used weapon in the coronavirus battle despite the...
Hot weather inhibits the virus
Coronovirus infections increase during colder weather, according to a study carried out by state weather agency AEMET and Madrid’s Carlos III university hospital.
In a...
Coronavirus – Valencia region update
Encouraging figures on the coronavirus outbreak in the Valencia region were published today (Thursday) by the health department.
The number of people being treated for...
Coronavirus – Valencia region update
Councillor for health Ana Barceló noted that 291 more people have recovered from the disease – up by 25 from the 266 reported yesterday.
The...
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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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