Annual low

year, 3,150 births were registered in the municipality, almost 3 per cent than in the same period of 2022.

The decrease is not very significant in itself, but these first three months of the year offer the worst records since the height of the pandemic, and come to show what was already pointed out at the end of last year: that the drop in birth rates is not temporary.

Navy fun

HUNREDS of people gathered early on Sunday morning, June 4, to take a guided tour of the Spanish Navy frigate Castilla docked in the Port of Alicante. On-board staff estimated that around 700 attended in the four hours it was open.

Elche Winners

ONCE Lottery Campaigns, the Summer Scratch, Cuponazo, Weekend and the Super ONCE coupons have added €73,000 to the province of Alicante in May. €60,000 of winnings have gone to lucky folk in Elche.

Silly TikToker

SWIMMING or bathing inside the port of Alicante or any port area is prohibited by law. A TikToker from Alicante who thought he was above the law jumped into the water to gain followers. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

Bad habits

ACCORDING to the 2022 Valencian Community Health Survey, 17.6 per cent of the adult population (over 15 years of age) declares themselves to be habitual smokers and 2.6 per cent sporadic. The data was released on World Day without Tobacco, May 31.

Adios rain

THE province of Alicante has said goodbye to an exceptional month of May due to the amount and persistence of some rains that nobody expected after five months of suffocating drought. May had the highest rainfall recorded since 1984.

Red-handed

ORIHUELA Local Police have seized 1.5 kilos of marihuana and 400 grams of hashish, as well as other cannabis-derived narcotics after infiltrating a cannabis club in Orihuela Costa. In addition, €759 in cash were seized and two people were arrested.