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PLANS for a new solar energy plant in Orihuela are being disputed by the council. The town hall has presented objections to the installation of a photovoltaic plant in the Orihuela district of Torremendo, which would be very close to urban land. The department of rural development, directed by Víctor Valverde, has coordinated a presentation of appropriate objections to the plant that has been signed by the mayor of Orihuela, Pepe Vegara and was sent to the Ministry of Innovation on Tuesday, August 8.

On July 12, the Official Gazette of the Valencian government published an announcement, corresponding to a photovoltaic power plant and its infrastructure with power to install 9,990 kilowatts, located in the municipality of Orihuela, subject to environmental impact assessment.

Valverde explained that this plant is adjacent to various buildings located on the Hurchillo road, such as the Molino neighbourhood, the Virgen neighbourhood and even the cemetery.

ALICANTE Council has expanded the network of cycling routes in the old town, taking advantage of the traffic calming works that run through La Explanada and Ramón y Cajal and Eusebio Sempere avenues.

To distingush between bike lanes and the road, in addition to flower beds with shrubs, a separation area has been created made up of granite paving stones and steel posts, with widths ranging from 1.35 to about two metres. This is easily distinguishable as it is paved in a

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THE economic situation of some families in Elche is becoming worrying due to the constant increase in food, fuel and energy prices. To address this, the government is offering a subsidy of €1,200. Depending on their situation, this could double.

different pattern from the rest of the pavements and conveniently signposted.

The councillor for Infrastructures, Cristina García, explained that the pedestrianisation and traffic calming works that are being carried out are intended in a special way to “promote the use of sustainable transport, with the incorporation of a bike lane on both sides of the central boulevard of these avenues, and with connections with existing cycling routes in its surroundings.”

To support families, the government has implemented a deduction in income tax, either payable or refundable.

It is addressed at families with two or three children, one of whom has a disability. Larger families who have at least five children, can receive up to €2,400.

TORREVIEJA university hospital has incorporated phototherapy blankets to treat newborn babies.

The new blankets feature woven fibre optic technology that emits blue light for phototherapy treatment of newborns with hyperbilirubinemia and jaundice, caused by the body’s inability to remove bilirubin from the blood.

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To date, this treatment was carried out using lamps placed on the babies’ cots, limiting direct

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contact with the mother.

The head of the paediatric department of Torrevieja hospital, José Antonio Antón, explained “the blankets solve many of the inconveniences presented by current lamps and allow skin ­ to ­ skin contact with parents to be promoted despite receiving treatment, thus increasing the attachment between the mother and the newborn, and facilitating breastfeeding, with the benefits that all this entails for the newborn and the parents.”

The new devices can be used directly on the baby’s skin, without the need to