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The people’s paper Issue No. 1886
26 Aug - 1 Sept 2021
On tap WATER consumption soared to a daily 27 million litres in Denia in August, compared with 11 million litres during the winter months, and similar to amounts used prior to the pandemic, revealed water company Aqualia.
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Stay away SPECTATORS were banned from the Balcon de Alicante climb on the seventh stage of the Vuelta a España cycle race, not because of social distancing but to reduce the fire risk in the tinder area.
Private land JAVEA Town Hall put up signs along rural roads and paths in the Pla area, asking the public not to help themselves to fruit and vegetables or walk across the plots of unfenced agricultural land.
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HELEN DAVIS: Fundraising for several years for those in need.
Hot stuff ALICANTE Province has experienced 71 ‘tropical nights’ between June 1 August 18, when the minimum temperature did fall below 22 degrees, twice as many as those registered in 2020, according to Alicante University’s Climatology Laboratory.
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Imserso impasse solved IT looks as though pensioners will, after all, enjoy state‐sub‐ sidised holidays on the Costa Blanca this winter. Spain’s Institute for Senior Citizens and Social Services (Imser‐ so) has now agreed that hoteliers should receive a daily rate of €25 per person instead of the original €21. The future concessionary companies that will carry out the programme on behalf of Imserso have been asked to take the increase into account. Despite falling short of the hoped‐for €27, they will accept this so long as the concessionaries do not impose other conditions, announced Nuria Montes, secretary general of hoteliers’ associ‐ ation, Hosbec. “But we shall still be operating at a loss,” Montes warned. When the Imserso specifications were announced, Hosbec complained to the Contract Appeals Tribunal, bringing the pro‐ gramme to a temporary halt until the conditions were declared within the law. The association had also presented a costing study prepared by the Alicante University which found that to break even, ho‐ tels should receive between €27 and €33 per person per day. “Without a doubt, it’s going to be cheaper for Imserso tourists to spend the winter in a hotel instead of at home for what they will save on electricity bills alone,” Montes said.