The Expatriate Ostomates of Spain is a group of people who raise money to help those who have had ostomy surgery and who now reside in Spain .

The registered charity held a fund raising garden party in Moraira last week . The charity actually started in Javea 11 years ago . It is a totally voluntary organisation and its membership is growing across Spain .

They provide a Helpline and also a Newsletter for those who require them .

More than 40 people attented the charity event and were provided with a lunch and other entertainments .

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William Mark served with Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar and afterwards he settled in Malaga and became the British Consul to the Kingdom of Granada . He was able to persuade the Governor to donate a piece of land which became the English Cemetery in 1829.

A sixth generation decendent of William Mark recently visited the cemetery from his home in New Zealand .

The memory of their ancestor and what he achieved is still very much alive in his decendents who now live in South Africa , New Zealand and the Uk .

One of their proud possessions is a journal that he kept when he was in the Royal Navy with Horatio Nelson .

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The results are better than everyone expected and tourism on the Costa Blanca has not fallen , although it is not as good as in 2007.

There seems to be some confusion in Benidorm when the mayor says that tourism has gone down by 5% and the regional tourism chief says that it has gone up by 4%.

The British are still the most prolific visitors with a 12 % rise in numbers . Alicante airport has seen a 7% increase over the same period last year .

Recently the Benidorm tourist board have done some promotional work in Holland and Belgium and this has also paid off with an increased number of visitors from these countries .

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Gata de Gorgos , El Verger and Moraira will have bus services which have been partially funded by the regional government .

There will be two systems in Moraira and Teulada . In winter a bus will leave the station in Teulada and travel to Moraira, on to El Portet and then out along the Moraira / Calpe road .

Another will connect a variety of urbanisations to both town centres . In the summer the services will happen every 30 minutes .

Other towns will benefit if this scheme works well .The 300,000 euros from the Valencian government will buy the buses , build two terminals and also a number of bus stops .

Hopefully it will stop the use of cars and be a more convenient method of travel for everyone .

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The council will use the donated water for other purposes in the town . They will use it for watering public gardens , washing streets etc

The pool will be emptied free of charge and kept in one of the two deposits owned by the cleaning company .

This will be the third year that the council in Benidorm has run this scheme .

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Calpe and Benissa Lions Club put on a puppet show for children in Calpe last week .

It all started with the traditional Punch and Judy , baby , policeman , crocodile and all .

Then it went on to Old McDonald and all of his farm animals .

The children were plied with sweets and during the second half joined in with all the animal noises .

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Residents of Les Deveses in Denia are meeting with the mayor to discuss the regeneration of their part of the town .

They complain that money has been spent on the northern end of the town while they are being left to decay . Their beaches need improvements as do the the roads surrounding the area .

They want the roads to be resurfaced , better street lighting and upgrading of the beach .

The mayor has sought a meeting with the coastal authorities to try and resolve the matter .

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A British couple , who lived in Alameda , had a very serious domestic row last which ended in both parties being injured .

Neighbours were disturbed in the early hours to discover that the couple were fighting with knives .

The woman was helped by the neighbours , who called the police .

Both the woman and her partner were treated in hospital . Local people said that they were new to the area and were regarded locally as being a little ” strange “.

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An accident in Moraira ,  involving a middle aged man driving a motorbike  and a motor car , resulted in the man dying at the scene .

Paramedics were called to the scene but failed to resucitate him . The driver of the car was unhurt .The accident happened in Cami de Fanadix during the afternoon .

Another road accident happened the same day in Altea , when a man was seriously injured in a road accident . The man was riding a cycle which was in collision with a car on the N332 . The man suffered multiple injuries and was taken to hospital in Villajoyosa .

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The problems between the residents of Alicante’s Juan XXIII zone and the growing number of Romanian gypsies living in the area seem to be on the increase .

Residents took to the streets last week in protest about what they regard as antisocial behaviour on the part of the Romanians .

Earlier in the month they barricaded the streets in an attempt to draw attention to the issues . This time they took to the streets and some shouted racist remarks .

Police prevented direct contact with the Romanians but the situation is very volatile .

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