Food shopping aid

tronic certificate and signature.

The card can be physical or digital, to be downloaded onto a mobile phone.

It is available to all residents in the Valencia Region whose family yearly income in 2021 was less than €21,000, self­employed workers and employees who had a contract in 2022, recipients of unemployment benefits, and those who last year received the Minimum Living Income or the Valencian Inclusion Income.

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Miss Alicante

THIS year’s hopeful to win Miss Spain for Alicante Province next month is 20‐year ‐ old Lucía Candela from Javea, who was crowned in the provincial contest in February. Lucía is keen to use the platform to raise awareness about various issues such as Alzheimer’s and diversity in fashion.

Light up

DENIA Town Hall has an‐nounced plans to improve safety on the TRAM train line crossings on Avenida Joan Fuster by installing strips of LED lights on the ground to warn pedestri‐ans in case they do not no‐tice the existing signpost‐ing.

New bins

BENIDORM Council has in‐stalled three new under‐ground recycling containers for glass, two for plastics and packaging and one for paper at the Plaza de la Con‐stitución with a capacity for 3,700 litres each, improving the appearance of the square and doubling the previous total refuse capaci‐ty.

Outfall pipe repairs

WORK to repair the treated water outfall pipe on Javea’s Arenal beach will begin in May. The project has been on hold since the pipeline was damaged before last summer, causing problems for residents due to a series of leaks and faults. The re‐pairs will take several months.

Extra ferry

THE ferry service between Denia and the Balearic Is‐lands will be reinforced this summer with an extra boat offering four more journeys to and from Ibiza and two more connections with Pal‐ma de Mallorca from mid‐June, managing company Baleària announced this week.