ALICANTE TOWN HALL TO INVESTIGATE FAIRGROUND INCIDENT

Alicante town hall has announced that it is to launch an investigation after 7 people were injured on a Spiderman ride at a mobile fairground.

A warning alarm sounded on the ride on Sunday, which resulted in the extended arms returning to their initial positions at speed, causing the injuries to those on board.

The ride met all safety standards and inspections and was fully legal and certified but has now been moved to Valencia for further examination.

PARKING RESTRICTIONS IN ORIHUELA

A new ‘Orange Zone' for parking will be implemented in Orihuela this week, where only those vehicles displaying resident permits will be permitted to park. Any other vehicle parked in the zone will be fined and risk being towed away.

The move is said to be in compensation to residents of the city who have suffered through the pedestrianisation of many of the streets. SO far, 182 permits have been readed for issue to those who have already applied under the scheme.

YOUNG OFFENDERS PUT TO WORK

The Alicante judicial service has signed an agreement with the fire consortium this week, that would see young offenders being put to work cleaning and maintaining fire stations, rather than incarceration in young offender institutions.

The plan is to force them to “make payment of benefits to the community or socio tasks aimed at facilitating the development of social competence”.

EVICTION EVADED IN TORREVIEJA

Members of a collective who set out to represent families with financial difficulties managed to prevent the eviction of an unemployed couple in Torrevieja who had not been able to pay their mortgage since 2008.

Joanna María Rendón says that she suffered an accident at work in 2007, and has been unable to find employment since. She is awaiting an interview with a medical board in February to see if she would be entitled to disability benefits.

Various groups across Spain have been involved in similar incidents before, physically blocking access to premises so as to prevent evictions being carried out.

VALENCIANO LANGUAGE COMPLAINT FROM PATIENT

A former patient at a hospital in Crevillente has filed a complaint with the department of health, after he claims to have been refused treatment due to the fact he was speaking in the native Valencian language, Valenciano.

The man also claims that hospital staff refused to deal with his request to see another doctor and that he was spoken to in a “sarcastic” manner.

The matter is now being dealt with as a potentially criminal case, as the claim is that a public service was denied on the grounds of language discrimination.

An Air Europa Embraer jet, en route from Paris to Alicante, made an emergency landing at Madrid Barajas airport on Monday, due to a fault with the aircraft´s hydraulic system.

Although it is believed that the fault was a minor one and that the aircraft could have continued to its destination without incident, the decision to land at Madrid was made as the airport would have been able to provide a quicker repair than Alicante.

The plane landed at Barajas at 14:10 and was met by the emergency services, who were on alert for the landing, but the plane was able to continue to its destination just 40 minutes later.

The first arrival of 2012 in the province of Alicante appeared at 01.06hrs precisely, after the mother and father had to interrupt their new year celebrations with their family in Denia. Baby Yeray was four days ahead of schedule.

According to a statement from Denia Hospital Yeray weighed in at 3.4 kilos. He was born to a 28 year old Portuguese mother Ana Cristina Mendez and Spanish father Jose carlos.
Both the mother and the baby are doing well.

Unions representing fire fighters in Alicante have categorically rejected plans by the municipal service managers to reduce their overtime by 50% in 2012.

Initially, the plan was to cut out all over time payments, but this was not accepted, prompting the hugely improved offer.

The move has come about after an additional 40 members of staff were recruited.

We meet on 1st Friday of every month at Captain's Table in Benimar at 13.00 to enjoy a drink and make new connections.

For more info contact Garry on 618 048 532 or check the website at www.alicantebusinessclub.org

We meet on 1st Friday of every month at Captain's Table in Benimar at 13.00 to enjoy a drink and make new connections.

For more info contact Garry on 618 048 532 or check the website at www.alicantebusinessclub.org