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Wait for it TOLLS on the AP-7 will be eliminated in 2019, the Ministry of Public Works has confirmed. The muchrequested move will reduce N-332 congestion on both marinas.
Brief sojourn THE Short Stay Unit at Villajoyosa Hospital has freed up beds on the wards, the Emergency Department said. It operates day and night, reducing pressure on A&E by 3 per cent.
Do-it-yourself TEULADA-MORAIRA Town Hall will once again be responsible for its own rubbish collection and street cleaning. This will be cheaper than paying for outsourced services, the mayor said.
Ruins ruined A MECHANICAL digger has destroyed fourth century Iberian remains on private land in Campello. Archaeologists reported the incident but the owners denied any involvement.
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Tributes to dead will be removed
TRIBUTES to departed loved ones at the cross on the Sierra Helada overlooking Benidorm must go. Relatives and friends have until the end of the month to take away the
notes, photographs, flowers and candles they have attached to the cross or left around its base. Anything that remains by the end of the month will be removed by
Altea photograph is an internet hit AN image of Altea’s old quarter is receiving a massive number of internet ‘likes’. Within eight days it received 6,684 ‘likes’ and was shared 1,031 times, Altea Town Hall announced. “Doctors should prescribe wandering round Altea for stress relief,” reads the caption that accompanies the photo on Turespaña’s Facebook page, ‘See Spain’. Turespaña is the official organisation responsible for marketing Spain throughout the world. “The impact of the photo reinforces the town hall’s decision to focus on promoting the town via networking sites,” said Tourism Councillor Vigela Lloret.
municipal workers and taken to the municipal store. The items can later be reclaimed from there but they will be disposed of after a ‘prudent’ interval, the town hall announced. Once the site
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has been cleared notices will warn visitors of a ban on attaching anything to the cross or leaving objects round its base. Foreign visitors and residents who have left tokens at the cross will be unaware of the town hall’s decision. “We realise that these reminders have sentimental value to many people,” admitted Deputy Mayor Gema Amor. Nevertheless, she continued, the town wanted to see the cross returned to its original state. It was never intended to fulfil the function of a funeral monument, Amor explained, but was carried up on the shoulders of local men and erected at the highest point of the Sierra Helada to watch over the town.