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EWN FRONT EXTRA
Street birth A WOMAN gave birth in an Elche street after waiting for an ambulance to arrive. It was the 33-year-old’s third child. Both arrived at Hospital Vinalopo safe and well.
Good start JANUARY saw a total of 35,259 foreign visitors to the Murcia Region; 7.9 per cent more than the same month last year, a positive start for this year’s tourism hopes.
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Passport theft alert By Gemma Quinn BRITONS arriving at Alicante airport are being warned to be extra vigilant at car hire collection points. The British Consulate has issued the alert due to the fact that one out of every five British passports stolen in Alicante Province is taken at the airport, and most of them from vehicles. A further one out of every five stolen British passports is taken from vehicles on the road or in car parks.
The high level of passport thefts from vehicles is now the focus of a new drive by the Consulate and police. The British Consulate met car hire companies and the National Police (pictured) to discuss ways to reduce the number of British nationals who fall victim to passport theft when they collect their hire cars. The Consulate has asked car hire companies to remove stickers from cars as this makes them an obvious target for thieves. Hire companies said they will also warn customers to be extra wary when loading and unloading cars, to make sure personal belongings are not visible and to ignore any attempts to distract
them whilst driving. The police urged car hire companies to publicise the
902 102 112 number for tourists to report a crime in English if they do fall victim.