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WORK on a memorial garden dedicated to the victims of the Covid19 pandemic in Elche has been completed.
The memorial garden will officially open to the public on Tuesday, March 14, to mark the day Spain declared a national emergency back in 2020. The garden, which is located in the Carrús area of the city was a council project to add 50,000 square metres of green space around the Old Cemetery.
The space is a new ‘green lung’ providing a lovely area for local residents to spend leisure time in, and reflect. It links a residential area with the
60 space, park and ride car park and boasts excellent features including play equipment for children, walkways and newly landscaped areas.
THE penultimate round of the CarpRUs Winter League was fished on the Canal del Progres Guardamar (Mercadona stretch). The water level on the stretch was low and dropped a further few centimetres during the match leaving the water quite shallow, but despite this, everyone caught fish.
The best weights came from the upstream end of the stretch, near the N332 road. First was Paul Burton with 6.76kg from peg 2, just pipping Richard Crawshaw
The project received an investment of nearly €1 million, funded partially by the city council and European funds.
Winter wonders
who had 6.64kg from peg 1. Both caught carp on maggot. Third, and catching his first fish in a match this year, was Roy Dainty with 3.56kg from peg 3, and fourth on peg 5 was Terry Screen with 2.62kg. Further information about the club can be found on its website www.carp rus.weebly.com or on the Facebook page CarpRUs Fishing Costa Blanca.
ELCHE’S mayor has put forward La Finca restaurant as an example of innovation in the presentation of the Sustainable Suns of the Repsol Guide.
The Repsol Guide, in support of the food service industry and as part of its constant search for innovative initiatives, has created this certification the only one of its kind in Spain specifically for the Spanish restaurant industry.
With this certification, awarded by Repsol and verified by AENOR, the Repsol Guide aims to showcase sustainable projects based on respect for the environment and
GOOD news for travellers who like to pick up a flying bargain as AlicanteElche has confirmed that it is adding 10 new air routes to its list this year thanks to lowcost airlines. These new routes are expected to bring movements of close to one million passengers to the terminal.
At the moment, the airport is connected to 24 countries and more than 100 cities around the world. Now that normality is returning, all fore
