ISSUE NO. 1543
EWN FRONT EXTRA
A new experience SCOTS belonging to San Juan Bilingue, hosted a Burns Night supper in Campello. The association, set up in 2012, promotes social relations and language practice between the British and Spanish communities.
Bottleneck LOCALS have warned that the Cova de l’Aigue watercourse on Montgo is too narrow following channelling work in 2008. Unless widened, there could be flooding in periods of heavy rain, they claimed.
Bookworms PUBLIC libraries in San Vicente, where 43 per cent of the population are subscribers, lent 130,328 items - 2.8 per inhabitant - last year, triple Spain’s national average.
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Costa Blanca back on the promotion trail in Madrid IT’S that time of the year again, because January means Fitur. The Costa Blanca’s resorts will be out in force as they are each year,
displaying every facet of what the area can provide. Benidorm has announced that this year it will be present for the
first time in Fitur’s promoting next Benidorm Pride with of duplicating the
LGTB area, September’s the intention 8,000 who
attended the event last year. Javea will feature its campaign of weekend mini-breaks costing just €55 per person while TeuladaMoraira is putting emphasis on its gastronomy, local wines and products with a cooking demonstration. Food is a perennial attraction and Denia too will draw attention to traditional local dishes as well as its beaches and toughest since the start of water sports opportunities. the cold and flu season. The Costa Blanca and However, despite the Alicante Province offer is as complaints about lack of diverse as their towns and space and staff to deal resorts and all will be with the epidemic, the present at Fitur, either regional minister for singly or in the Valencian health, Manuel Llombart, Community section. reported that the The tourism trade fair virulence of flu this year Fitur, held early each year was lower than in other in Madrid, is one of the years. biggest and most important He said that there were in the world. less severe cases in This year it will be hospitals, proving that the showcasing what 9,107 vaccination campaign and companies from 165 vaccine were working. countries have to offer and Llombart added that 95 will be visited by an per cent of the patients estimated 200,000 people, arriving at hospital had of whom 120,000 are not had the vaccination. tourism professionals.
Flu epidemic brings hospitals in the province to a standstill THE flu outbreak has led to full A&Es in hospitals across the province. The increase in cases has been highlighted particularly at Sant Joan Hospital in Alicante, where patients reported waiting times of up to 20 hours, with others left attached to drips on beds in the corridors due to the lack of space on the wards. One woman, who was accompanying her mother, said: “The staff are charming, but they cannot cope and tell us the whole hospital is full. It’s a shame that public health is in this situation.”
Cases of flu were expected to increase but hospital workers com-
mented that the beginning of the week had been one of the