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Energy savings AROUND €1.5 million has been saved by Alicante City Hall this year thanks to the Energy Savings Plan, which included changing street lights to energy-saving bulbs.
Cuts demo AN estimated 70,000 people united in Murcia to protest against budget cuts. Simultaneous protests took place in cities across Spain.
Cold streets MORE than 120 people spent the night at the homeless shelter in Calle Doctor Jimenez Díaz in Alicante last week to avoid sleeping on the streets as temperatures dropped.
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In tribute to Carla Train crash victim is honoured
TORREVIEJA has paid tribute to a local woman known for her work against gender violence, who died in the Santiago de Compostela train crash. Carla Vaquera, aged 35, died with her son in the summer disaster. Now, Torrevieja Council has dedicated a square in her honour and unveiled a steel statue of a silhouette of a woman trying to touch the moon, in the Reina de la Sal Park in Urbanisation Los Balcones. Carla’s mother Grace thanked the council and the artist for all they were doing in ‘recognising the work’ of her daughter, saying: “Many
women are alive thanks to her and her foundation.” Her daughter’s third book, which she finished the day before the accident, is to be published shortly.
The unveiling of the memorial coincided with World Day to Combat Gender Violence, which was marked by a series of events held across the region.