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Santa Faz Beach Walk and Barbecue
Local Freemason’s Lodge, Santa Faz, recently held their “Santa Faz Beach Walk and Barbecue” which had been scheduled for Saturday and would have been delayed into next week had it not, fortunately, been decided to postpone it by one day to Sunday 21st March 2021.
This annual charity event, held under strict observance of current health guidelines, at The International Club, El Campello, was blessed with warm, dry and thankfully wind free weather.
The huge and varied amount food, like the assembled company, was excellent. Aided and abetted by Lin (salads and jacket potatoes), Jean (cakes) and WBro Ivan (kartofel salat). Particular thanks go to Gill Hovell (President), Bro Barry Hovell SW (Treasurer) and the Committee of The International Club for all their help with the complex logistics.
Olive Press News Spain
Two family members needed hospital treatment for smoke poisoning
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A disabled man died at his Busot home during a fire that gutted the property yesterday afternoon(March 31).
The 60-year-old quadriplegic was cared for by two relatives who needed treatment for smoke inhalation.
The fire tore through the villa in the Llano Sebastian area of Busot, ten kilometres inland from the coastal town of El Campello.
Emergency services were told about the incident at 3.30 pm.
Firefighters needed three hours to extinguish the blaze, which caused the roof to collapse.
Olive Press News Spain
42-year-old air conditioning company owner used his business to pocket the difference
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A Sant Joan d’Alacant man has been arrested for running a quick loans website that conned customers into repaying far more than they expected.
The fraud netted around €20,000 with 12 victims stung around Spain including the Costa Blanca, Murcia, and Catalunya areas.
Four female associates of the fraudster were detained by the Guardia Civil in El Campello in February.
Victims were reeled in by a website offering low-cost loans.
Once they filled in some of their personal information online, they were phoned by one of the gang to get their all-important bank details.
Cold front causes Spanish greenhouse and open field vegetable prices to shoot up
The ongoing cold front in Italy has now hit Spain too. It has caused a sudden shortage in the Spanish vegetable sector. The nights are at around freezing point here in Alicante. In Almeria, it s 2-3°C at night. Then production comes to a standstill, says Thomas Bos of Thomasol. This farm supplies wholesalers, retailers, importers, and exporters. These companies buy and sell Spanish fruit and vegetables. Added to that, we had nice, clear weather until Christmas. So, everyone was harvesting early. It makes it even tougher, now that everything s stopped growing. It s not even that there s high demand. But, when there s no supply, prices get absurd. Aubergine, courgette, and cucumber prices have risen particularly high. Aubergines now cost €3/kg in Spain. That s before they re even been transported to the Netherlands. Cauliflower isn t only unaffordable; it s also unavailable. And broccoli has ris
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Record numbers of infections in the Community:
Figures released on Tuesday show 3,590 new infections and 60 deaths from covid in the previous 24 hours
In Valencian hospitals there are 1,746 people being treated for Covid-19 on wards as ICU admissions rise to 278
The Valencian Community has registered 3,590 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the current number of active cases to 18,606, which represents 12.05% of the total positives.
By province, 412 new cases have been registered in Castellón, 846 in Alicante and 2,332 in the province of Valencia.
In addition, 54 new outbreaks have been registered in Castellón, Ayora, Càlig, Utiel, Paiporta, Denia, Forcall, Vinaròs, Valencia, Llíria, Callosa de Segura, Beicarló, Cullera, La Romana, Silla, Carcaixent, Alfafar, Calp, Albalat dels Sorells , Albatera, Los Montesinos, Peñíscola, Alcoi, Tavernes Blanques, Castalla, Almàssera, Teulada, Elche, El Campello, Benaguasil and Jávea.