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EXCLUSIVE: Our man at the Coronation, See page 6

Early prevention

SUMMER forest fire plans for the Murcia region were enacted earlier than normal on Monday due to a rise in rural blazes.

Water death

A BATHER drowned at Playa Flamenca on the Orihuela Costa last Thursday with a 70-year-old man unable to be revived by paramedics.

Good use

THE arrivals terminal of the former San Javier airport is being transformed into a Mar Menor endangered maritime species habitat with aquariums filled with rescued species from the near-by lagoon.

Tourist boost

SAN PEDRO del Pinatar has received over €3 million of EU money to boost sustainable tourism including revamping the Lo Pagan esplanade and increasing cycle lanes.

CHARGES against a former porn star have been shelved in a bizarre case in which he was accused of manslaughter after a man died at his house during a ‘toad venom ritual’. The incident took place in July 2019, at a house in Enguera when a photographer named Jose Luis Abad passed away after inhaling the venom of the reptile to create a hallucinogenic effect.