ISSUE NO. 1556
30 April - 6 May 2015
COSTA BLANCA SOUTH
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Patients to get health care choice People will be able to select their surgeon A new decree due to come into force soon means people in the Valencia Community will be able to select specialist treatment Turn to Page 3 from any hospital.
Parents protest
A helping hand By Gemma Quinn ALICANTE has allocated €10,000 of funds through the Red Cross
for immediate emergency care to those affected by the earthquake in Nepal. The quake, registering 7.8 on the
Richter Scale, struck near Kathmandu and the latest figures put the death toll at more than 4,400 peoTurn to Page 8 ple.
Battling the beetle TORREVIEJA has taken action to prevent a plague of the Tomicus beetle from destroying its pine trees. Traps placed in park areas
of Lo Albentosa and Molino del Agua have caught 872 beetles. The town reports that so far no public woodland has been destroyed by the plague.
Controversy rages over continuous teaching hours in Alicante schools Alicante Province classes straight education chiefs through until a have backtracked 2pm home-time. from a plan to Now parents change the school who supported the day, scrapping the change are up in long lunch period arms. to instead have Turn to Page 15