Model Railway Club

THE Marina Alta Model Railway Club was inaugurated in 2017, initially with just two layouts at their clubhouse in Teulada. The club was very fortunate at that time to receive a donation of an N Gauge layout from a lady whose late husband had started its construction. Much work has since been done on the layout, now called Smithstown, including the completion of tracklaying and wiring, fitting working colour light signals, construction of two stations, a locomotive depot and numerous buildings associated with a busy industrial

FINESTRAT has started up an organic garden project by handing over the keys to the plots to each gardener. In total there are 14 plots, located in the green area called ‘La Penya’. The price for the occupation of each plot is €50 per year, with a 50 per cent discount for retirees/pensioners, as well as people who are between jobs.

The city council has invested more than €30,000 in de­

POLICE officers in Benidorm have arrested and charged a 32­year­old woman who pretended to have been mugged to deceive her insurance company, when in fact, the incident never occurred. Her partner was using the very same mobile phone. The woman went to the police station in Benidorm to report that her bag had been snatched. She said that a stranger had pulled her backpack off