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By John McGregor ´Ít was Twenty Years Ago Today Sergeant Pepper Taught The Band To Play ´ Well, yes, it wasn’t twenty years ago today that The Beatles released their masterpiece, for the mathematicians it was fifty-seven years ago – in 1967. That year was an amazing time for me… Read more »

As volunteers at the Torrevieja animal shelter, we are reaching out to share some of the challenges we have been facing recently and to seek your assistance in raising awareness of our needs. We greatly value the community’s ongoing support and believe that your platform could help highlight our current… Read more »

The proliferation of tourist accommodation is an issue that is increasingly worrying the resident population, especially those in large cities. Residents of entire neighbourhoods in places like Barcelona are being forced to move to more peripheral areas in order to escape from the tourist masses. This problem, although it does… Read more »

How an owner was reunited with her glasses from the seabed Javea resident Christa Wippler lost her glasses after trying out paddle boarding this July and them falling into the sea. She assumed they were gone forever, and headed back to Specsavers Ópticas in Javea to buy a new pair,… Read more »

The issue of a second health centre for residents of Orihuela Costa was raised at last Thursday’s Plenary meeting by the PSOE who asked for an explanation of the current situation from the governing PP/Vox coalition. What we saw was that the Council and the Regional Ministry are still not… Read more »

On Friday the 9th and Saturday the 10th of August, the traditional craft market will again be held in Hondón de las Nieves, which always ends with an impressive “correfocs” (literally: fire run) that attracts people from over the whole area.  More than twenty artisans are expected who will set… Read more »

Pedro Domínguez is in charge of the Cruz Roja Expat Support Project in the Alicante Province so, particularly during the summer months, he is a very busy man. Nevertheless, he was able to meet with Jean Heald on Friday and accept a donation of 200 euro from the Levante Veterans… Read more »

Following the results of the recent water quality tests, the Orihuela Costa Council has reopened La Glea Beach to bathing. Within the framework of the Bathing Water Quality Control Programme, managed by the Regional Ministry, high levels of microbiological control parameters had been detected in the samples taken. The results… Read more »

Minister of Justice, Salomé Pradas, and the Mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, visited the plots adjacent to the Palace of Justice, where the new building will be built for the extension of the judicial headquarters. These two municipal plots are located on Avenida de las Habaneras, between the Palace of… Read more »

Following the controversial withdrawal of the subsidy to the Miguel Hernández Foundation last year by the VOX councillor for culture in Orihuela, Gonzalo Montoya, the government team has this week approved the granting of a direct nominative subsidy of 12,020 euro to the entity. The mayor, Pepe Vegara, thus fulfils… Read more »