A young man aged just 24 died of an apparent heart attack while playing paddle tennis in Castellon (Valencia) last week. The CICU emergency centre was alerted in mid-evening that the man appeared to have gone into cardiac arrest. Two ambulance crews attended the scene and performed CPR for around an hour but were unable to recover any vital signs. An autopsy is being carried out to confirm the cause of...
L’ALFAS del Pi is to become the first municipality in the Alicante province to prescribe exercise as an official medication. Health Councillor Marisa Cortes announced the plans this week following consultations with local health professionals. Known as the physical activity prescription project, it will be mainly aimed at those who are unwell primarily due to inactivity as well as some with problems such...
THE Safety and Sports Department in Vila Joiosa have increased controls at municipal sports facilities to crack down on illegal drug use. Sports Councillor Jose Ramon said that sports facilities were one of the places where adults and children commonly mixed and there was a danger of youngsters being exposed to drug use, either directly or indirectly. The Citizen Security Department has said that they will...
THE P.E.P.A. animal charity has issued a timely reminder about the dangers to your (furry) pets of certain insects. The processionary caterpillar is usually only found in Spain and France and is a danger to animals, people and even the pine trees they live on. They are generally around in the spring but there have been reported sightings of them in this area already. The danger is in the final stage...
THE “Guardian” newspaper back in the UK has named Valencia’s Cabanyal district as one of the ten coolest neighbourhoods in Europe. The travel writers were looking for less touristy parts of places that have a high number of visitors and highlighted the authenticity, cosmopolitan atmosphere and original architecture in the old seaside barrio. They also said that “the new shops and bars that are...
PROSECUTORS have asked for a five and half year jail sentence for a Gandia man accused of setting up a meeting between a teenager and adult male with the express intent of blackmailing the older man. The scam started on the website pasioncontactos.com where a young woman, calling herself Nerea and who said she was 18, offered to have sex with the man for cash. They arranged to meet at a Gandia address via...
OLIVA is holding a series of free concerts to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven, arguably the greatest and best known classical composer of all time. The first concert is this Thursday (20 February) and is for flute and piano at the Music Conservatory in the south of the town. Subsequent performances are on the 24 February, 2, 23, 26 and 31 March, 27 and 30 April and finally 8 and 22...
MATERNITY wards in the region have been alerted after a man disguised as a doctor attempted to snatch a new-born baby in a Valencia hospital last week. The middle-aged man was wearing a doctor’s white coat and approached the woman in the paediatric nursing room on the seventh floor of the Hospital Clinica. He said he needed to take the infant away for tests, but the mother was suspicious and pressed the...
ONE of Mexico’s biggest and fastest growing bar chains has chosen Valencia as the site for its first Spanish outlet. Cerveceria Chapultepec started in Guadalajara just four years ago and already has over 100 bars in its home country. Their selling point is a simple one – everything on sale costs the same, making it ideal for younger drinkers keeping an eye on their budget. The cost of the Valencia...
TRAFFIC in the Marina Alta has dropped by over a quarter since the motorway tolls were abolished in the area at the start of 2020, according to the latest Traffico figures. The average number of vehicles passing through the municipality of Ondara has fallen from 16,000 in January 2019 to under 12,000 last month. Hard figures are not yet available for all towns but Gata and Benissa have both reported...