Bulls in court
Legal loopholes means Dénia's Bous a la Mar organisers should face €4.8m fine every summer, says an animal action team
ANIMAL protection group PACMA has...
Three Kings delight Costa kids
The Three Kings (Wise Men) paraded through all Costa towns last night (Tuesday) loaded with presents for children and goodies for everyone.
Thousands of people...
Lemon lifters have their collars felt
By Nuria Pérez
A HUGE haul of stolen lemons was seized at Almoradí farm on Monday.
More in Friday’s Costa Blanca News (south edition).
Hitman’s extradition holds up cheated wife murder case
A MURDER trial against a Swiss woman who hired three hitmen to kill her husband's lover has been put back due to delays in...
Spain is winning war against road deaths
THE NUMBER of people killed during 2015 in road traffic accidents in the Valencia region fell by 11% on the previous year, according to...
New lease of life for abandoned hotel
BENIDORM town hall has received notification of the basic project to build a four star hotel on the site of the abandoned and burnt...
Mayor ‘free for all’
By Dave Jones
TORREVIEJA mayor José Manuel Dolón gave a press conference this week to explain which charities and NGOs he has donated his expenses...
Ombudsman’s anger over cancer drug delay
By Nuria Pérez
THE VALENCIA region Ombudsman, José Cholbi has asked the health authorities to guarantee that cancer patients get the medicines they are prescribed...
Benitez sacked
Rafael Benitez has been sacked as manager of Real Madrid FC after yet another dissapointing league match performance yesterday (Sunday).
The former Liverpool boss was...
Bid to ‘save’ the Mar Menor
By Nuria Pérez
A COMMITTEE has been set up to manage and coordinate the ambitious ITI Mar Menor project to save the threatened lagoon and...
Warm winter forecast
By Dave Jones
IT’S going to be a warm one.
The forecast by state weather agency AEMET for the next three months gives a 55% probability...
Ghost tourism agency wound up
By Dave Jones
“IT was set up in 2007 but it has never had a budget, never had any staff and has never done anything....
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December 18, 2015
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Winter Fuel Allowance
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December 26, 2015
Dear Sir,
I write to express my total agreement with the comments of Linda Garfield in last week’s letters re. Winter Fuel Allowance.
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