Brexit vote
December 27, 2015
Els Poblets,
Dear Sir,
Is it going to be possible for ex pats who have been here many years to vote in the Referendum...
Fine fight
Email
December 22, 2015
Dear Editor
A few weeks ago I received by recorded delivery a letter from Agencia Tributaria a letter which was in Spanish, but...
Park progress
By Dave Jones
ANIMAL lovers have been flocking to La Mata-Torrevieja natural park during 2015 to see the plethora of birdlife on view.
More in this...
Public transport fares frozen
THE regional government in Valencia has decided to freeze the cost of public transport in 2016, in order to promote its better use by...
Prescription charges axed
FULL details of the regional government’s plan to scrap copayment for prescription charges for pensioners and the disabled from January 1 were announced on...
All so innocent
ANYBODY visiting Ibi on Monday could be forgiven for thinking the whole town had been afflicted by some kind of mass insanity as oddly...
Bankia sets new cash point charge
Bankia announced this week that it is levying a charge of €0,98 on anybody that uses its cash point machines if their credit or...
Conservatory hits wrong note
Multi-million-euro music teaching facility has a number of deficiencies
By Dave Jones
JUST when residents may have thought the scandals surrounding Torrevieja’s public buildings had run...
Benidorm main street to undergo revamp
The council has announced that its 2016 budget will be presented at the next full council meeting during the first week of January.
Mayor Toni...
Airport access upgrade approved
The public works ministry in Madrid has approved the project to upgrade the N-338 which links the N-332 with the main Alicante ring road...
Bond’s world
December 21, 2015
Hi Anita,
Over the years, it always worries me, when opening the pages of my Costa Blanca News at Bond's World, what malady...
Cruelty ‘heritage’
Valencia
November 18, 2015
Sir,
With regard to S.Townsend's letter, he states that he 'would never presume to tell the Spanish people what their culture and heritage...
Winter fuel allowance
Email
December 19, 2015
I notice that we have missed out on receiving the winter allowance this year, because Spain is never cold! Why?
Because we deserted...
Notable monthly quotables of 2015
Benidorm
December 19, 2015
Dear editor,
January-"We have just been hit at the heart of our liberty." Anne Hidalgo, Paris mayor, after the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
February-"No one...
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Tony Matthews news from the Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics
Simone Biles along with the American team with their gold medals
Photo: @simonebiles
After three full days of competition, up to midnight on...
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