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Sunday, June 21st, 2009Spanish authorities are already preparing defences to tackle the swarms of Mauve Stinger jellyfish; bright purple invertebrates which emit a yellow glow at night, that annually plague the eastern beaches of the country.
Each summer tens of thousands of holidaymakers are forced to seek treatment for minor stings. Scientists predict that the numbers of jellyfish [...]
La línea de autobús de Gran Alacant circulará también en invierno
Sunday, November 9th, 2008
El concejal de Transportes de Santa Pola, Antonio García, aseguró ayer que estudia que la línea de autobús de Gran Alacant circule nueve meses a partir de marzo, o incluso “todo el año, y no sólo en verano”.
Del tren turístico que muchos usan a falta de otro transporte, garantizó que está “en regla”, y [...]
Is This the Return of Telmicro?
Thursday, November 6th, 2008The number of telephone calls and emails that have been received at the offices of the Round Town News has been phenomenal, with readers desperate to know who is behind this new company and whether this is the permanent return of the service or another empty gesture engineered by Telmicro Levante SL.
Residents throughout the Costa [...]
Thousands cut off as pirate TV gang scuppered
Sunday, September 28th, 2008Around 60,000 mainly British and Irish expats living in Alicante, Murcia and AlmerÃa are unable to continue enjoying their favourite TV programmes after the company supplying them was closed down in a Guardia Civil operation codenamed ‘Cimitarra’.
It is estimated that the gang netted more than half a billion euros illegally broadcasting pirate satellite channels originating [...]
New Gran Alacant school
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Parents of young children in Gran Alacant breathed a huge sigh of relief last week, and not just because the little ones were returning to school, but also because they were to be the first kids to enter the new primary school that was completed over the summer.
The unimaginatively named Colegio Number 7 has [...]
The Inauguration of the Gran Alacant Branch of The Royal British Legion
Monday, September 22nd, 2008On 2nd September, over 30 people met at Masa Square Bowling Club at Gran Alacant. David Young gave a talk about the Legion and covered the formalities involved. David said this was his last commitment as District Recruitment Officer and introduced Peggy Wyatt, who was taking over from him.
There was considerable interest and the new [...]
Postal Chaos In Los Arenales
Monday, May 12th, 2008As in so many small towns and urbanisations, the residents of Los Arenales are fed up to the teeth with the haphazard postal service supplied by Correos, which seems to have worsened since the beginning of the year.
As well as having to queue for ages at the local Correos office for correspondence which is sometimes [...]
La cancion del velero, version Gran Alacant
Monday, April 28th, 2008Embedded Video
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Quality Network: Death of the Cowboy
Saturday, April 26th, 2008t seems everyone has a story to tell about bad treatment by tradesmen. There are cowboys operating in Spain pretending to be butchers, bakers and even candlestick makers. People can only tell the cowboys from the good guys when the job is either done or fallen apart. At last, something is being done to try [...]
Spain opened up by Monarch Airlines
Friday, April 25th, 2008Monarch Airlines has announced that it is to launch a number of new services between the UK and Spain. It will begin operating the extra flights from London Gatwick later in the year.
Destinations such as Alicante and Malaga will be among the destinations which benefit from addition services, along with Murcia and the Canary [...]