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It added the final step to sign the international treaty ‘are now underway’ and it will be ‘very soon’. Once the deal has been published in Spain’s official bulletin (BOE), residents who hold UK licences will finally be able to get back on the roads.

Snake Eyes

A GIANT snake can see clearly now after a team of vets sorted out his eyesight issues at Benidorm’s Terra Natura.

Police said their investigation was still ‘open and ongoing’.

Movie move

A NEW Valencia Film Commission will coordinate with provincial and municipal film offices to attract big productions to the Valencian Community.

The move has been spurred on by last year’s reopening of Alicante’s Ciudad de Luz film studios.

An agreement has been signed with the Alicante complex - the largest in Europe - but it is not known where the Commission will be based and what staffing it will have.

It will be affiliated to Spain’s Film Commission and one of its functions will be to entice film and television productions into the Valencia region. It will also liaise with individual councils about location shoots happening in their areas.

also screen a video of last year’s highlights. On February 4, the theatre will host the ever-popular National Drag Queen competition with €1,500 going to the winner.

The city’s Parque de Las Naciones will be the venue the following day for the pet carnival parade from noon.

The Grand Carnival Parade is on February 12 with dozens of floats travelling through the city centre.

It will use a different route compared to previous years starting on Calle Ramon Gallud (by the cultural centre) and ending on Avenida Doctor Gregorio Marañon (close to the CEPSA service station).

The Night Parade on February 18 starts at the same spot at 6pm, and the carnival ends the next day with the National Competition of Chirigotas and Comparsas at the Municipal Theatre.

It took five people to carry Valencia, a 14-year-old Indian python weighing 29 kilos and over 3.5 metres long, into the vet surgery. There it was found that a mouth infection was causing the problem. Once he got some anaesthetic, a drain removed pus that caused the infection before he was treated with ointment and antibiotics, ahead of making a full recovery.