Boats intercepted Sporting chance

TWO boats with 30 immigrants, including a pregnant woman with a one­and­ahalf ­ year ­ old baby, were rescued in the early hours of Sunday, July 31.

The boats were intercepted 40 miles from Alicante and near Tío Ximo cove in Benidorm.

The maritime agency took charge of transferring all the migrants to Alicante port, who received initial assistance from the Red Cross before being handed over to the National Police. One of those rescued had to be taken to the hospital for a burn, according to Red Cross sources.

The 17 occupants of the first rescued boat, of North African and sub­Saharan origin, arrived shortly before midnight at the port of Alicante.

The boat in which they were travelling was only a few meters long and was equipped with a 50­horsepower outboard motor. A rescue boat, the Salvamar Leo, set sail from its base in Alicante to proceed with its rescue.

With hardly any time to spare, the Salvamar Leo then had to leave at dawn to rescue another 13 immigrants intercepted by the Guardia Civil before they disembarked at the Tio Ximo cove in Benidorm.

THE repairs to the six blue sports courts in Torrevieja are advancing well, and may be completed within the expected period of 3 months. They should be back in use by the middle of September, the town hall said on Friday, July 28.

The six courts that are being fully repaired are located in the Placa d'Europa, the La Siesta development, the Los Altos development, Torreblanca (next to the Ciutat del Mar public school) and two in La Torreta III.

The work includes renovation of the walls and the perimeter fences, the repair and repainting of the floors, replacement of all the sports equipment (basketball hoops, goals and nets) and changing all of the lighting to led lights to achieve significant energy savings.