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The people’s paper ISSUE NO. 1874
3 - 9 June 2021
Covered in PROVINCIAL council, the Diputacion, has spent €650,000 on improvements to Formentera del Segura’s sports complex which included enclosing the multi-sports court and renewing the artificial turf on the football pitch.
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Light bills SANTA POLA Town Hall brought in specialists to devise a customised energy plan after finding it spends an extra €23,000 a year on electricity by contracting more than it consumes.
Tidy up SAN FULGENCIO Town Hall has fined 31 owners of unbuilt land this year for disregarding local by-laws requiring these to be rubbish-free and ‘safe and healthy at all times.’
Vandalised ALICANTE City’s Public Safety department is examining CCTV footage to identify the graffitiwriter who daubed a tag on the base of the emblematic fountain in the central Plaza de Los Luceros.
BEACH ASSISTANTS: Presence on region’s beaches confirmed at Generalitat’s last meeting.
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Cyclist’s challenge DISABLED cyclist Álex Roca and extreme athlete Valentí San‐ juan took on the ‘Start your impossible’ challenge to cycle 700 kilometres in a bid to promote inclusion through sport. Álex who has cerebral palsy, took on the challenge with Valentí, to cycle the 700 kms in the space of only seven days as they travelled from Barcelona to Madrid where they delivered the Olympic torch on May 31 to athletes who will take part in the Tokyo games. Speaking of the challenge Valentí commented that: “Since we can’t take the torch to Tokyo, at least we took it from the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona to the athletes in Madrid who will compete in the Games.” The two athletes feel that they made the perfect team together and travelled via tandem helping each other on the way and pushing each other to complete the challenge. Álex spoke of the challenge for his body and commented that: “For me and for my body, it’s a tough thing to do.” Álex has taken on many challenges including the Titan Desert, one of world’s toughest races and he has also com‐ pleted the Barcelona half marathon. He went on to add that: “It was hard when they told me I had herpes in my brain and that I was going to die. And now nothing is im‐ possible.”