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Alicante squatters DOZENS of young foreigners have illegally occupied a building in the Alicante neighbourhood of Benalua. Neighbours are complaining of loud music, an increase in litter and of intimidation from the squatters.
Road death A MAN, aged 45, died when he lost control of his car and ran off the road on the N-332 through Gandia. An ambulance from the emergency service SAMUR was deployed to the area to assist the man, but to no avail.
Pizzeria fire TWO people were injured in a fire at a pizzeria in Alicante. It is believed the owners of the premises, located in Bulevar del Pla, were cleaning at the time and the chemicals used caused the blaze. Residents on the first floor of the building had to be evacuated due to the intense smoke.
24 - 30 OCTOBER 2013
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The low season hits Costa Blanca hotels TWENTY-SEVEN per cent of Costa Blanca hotels, holiday apartments and camp sites will close this winter. Government cutbacks which
reduced the Imserso programme of subsidised off-season holidays for Spanish pensioners plus reduced demand from Scandinavians, many of whom
continue to winter on the Costa Blanca but now have their own holiday homes, are thought to be partly to blame. This winter 41 Benidorm hotels, 28 per cent of the total, will put up the shutters until spring. The loss of 9,826 beds doubles the figures for 2008 when the economic crisis was first felt. Many hotels will also lay off workers on temporary redundancy schemes. The move comes despite many hotels recording big rises in occupancy levels. The Valencian Community welcomed 636,000 international tourists in September, 5.9 per cent more than the same month in 2012, NEW RADIOS: Javier Burrueco, La Nucia’s police according to the national chief and Mayor Bernabé Cano government. have a direct link with Police have entered the Overall Spain received other police forces and digital era. 48.8 million foreign “Communications will visitors between January all the services required now have 100 per cent and September, a rise of during emergencies. Mayor Bernabe Cano coverage and police 4.6 per cent. Leading said La Nucia’s police response will gain in the way were British have always been in the speed and immediacy, tourists. There was a 30 a better per cent rise in Russian forefront of cutting-edge providing technology: “The Local service for residents.” visitors.
Police enter digital age LA NUCIA’s Local Police force has been equipped with new, ultra-modern radios incorporating a GPS signal. Their old analogue models have been phased out and substituted with the trunked radio system, a new type of computercontrolled two-way communication. The La Nucia force is one of the first in the province to adopt the new system which ensures clear, defined communications throughout the town. The force is now linked to COMDES, the Valencian Community’s mobile emergency and rescue services. Confidentiality is guaranteed and officers