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Increase in fighting at Orihuela Costa High School

Fights at Playa Flamenca Secondary School or its vicinity are constantly recorded. “Everything is as bad as ever,” says one mother. The difference is that Pandora’s box was opened four months ago, following the murder of Cloe, 15, allegedly by her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend. Both young women attended the only secondary school in Orihuela Costa. She was in her fourth year of compulsory secondary education, and he was doing vocational training during the afternoon shift after dropping out of his first year of high school. Now, she says, there is a daily police presence, and parents are making complaints.

The films all follow a similar pattern: guys and girls fighting while being cheered on by the crowd. In many situations, the confrontations begin within the school and then spread to the street, or they are pre-planned and a “get-together” is organised to observe and record them in real time.

Expulsions of implicated students have occurred in recent days, but the prevalent perception is that no decisive action or measures to solve the situation are being implemented.

Local police sources confirm that they have escalated. Although cops have been working on this issue with the juvenile unit for over a year and have increased police presence, the same sources admit that it is a difficult problem to fix. Meanwhile, the centre’s management declined to comment.

After Cloe’s suspected killer sliced her throat in an alley in La Florida, the Parents’ Association stated that the school, which has roughly 1,000 kids, had been a true “breeding ground for crime” for years.

They described it as a pressure cooker, with no lack of fights, assaults, harassment, abuse, alcohol-related comas, narcotics, truancy, and firearms. In fact, at the start of the school year, a 12-year-old girl was brutally beaten and hospitalised, prompting a meeting at the Coastal Emergency Centre between the IES and the two coastal schools, the councillors for Education, Coastal, and Citizen Security, the Local Police (with their gender-based violence and truancy units), and the Civil Guard.

It was also discovered that certain people near the school give out little amounts of narcotics for free in order to “hook” young people and subsequently “recruit” them to conduct criminal crimes such as stealing cell phones or other products and trafficking in substances. In this setting, and once inside the “network,” many of them are equipped with knives and switchblades for protection.

The imprisoned minor’s surroundings were tied to a group that committed petty crimes such as theft and squatting. He frequented “the Chinaman’s house,” along with other young people who went there to do drugs and party. This unfinished residential complex has become a hotspot of disturbances in recent years, as reported by neighbours whose properties are across the street or only a few steps away.

This is one of the terraced houses on Calle Nutria that has been abandoned for more than a decade, about 500 metres from where the Guardia Civil believes the young man burnt his clothes and the knife in a semi-ruined warehouse next to a water tank on Morral Street, very close to the alley where Cloe received a cut on her neck that killed her shortly after in Torrevieja Hospital.

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Consum announces the opening of new stores in Aldaia, Alaquàs, Sueca, Xàtiva, Massanassa and Torrevieja

Consum expands its operations in the Valencian Community and announces the opening of additional stores in six towns throughout Valencia. The Valencian cooperative’s comprehensive network of supermarkets in the region is further enhanced by these new openings.

New Consum stores are scheduled to open in Valencia in 2025

The following are the new stores that Consum will establish in the towns of Valencia:

Alaquàs

Aldaia

Massanassa

Sueca

Xàtiva

Torrevieja (Alicante)

Three of the stores that were acquired from Kuups last year have enabled the establishment of some of these new supermarkets. These have already been assigned an estimated opening date:

Massanassa (C/ Medi Ambient), which is scheduled to commence operations at the conclusion of May.
Alaquàs (Av. Blasco Ibáñez) and Aldaia (Av. Miguel Hernández) will launch under the Consum brand in the middle of the year.
Consum intends to maintain its pace of establishing 53 new supermarkets in 2025, including 18 of its own stores and 35 Charter stores, as well as to execute 31 renovations and expansions.

In 2024, Consum achieved revenues of €4,707.03 million, a 7.3% increase, and profits of €108.7 million, a 7.5% increase from the previous year. These figures substantiate the business model advocated by the Valencian cooperative, which is founded on price competitiveness, a diverse selection of leading brands without sacrificing the quality of its own brand, and a steadfast dedication to ensuring customer savings through discounts and gift vouchers. More than €62.2 million has been allocated to this initiative.

Antonio Rodríguez Lázaro, the CEO of Consum, stated that “these results are indicative of the dedication of our entire team, the confidence of our customers, and our capacity to adjust to change while maintaining our commitment to sustainability and innovation.”

It maintained its sixth position in the national classification of distribution companies by surface area throughout the year, increasing its market share by 0.1% to 4.7% of the national market. Nielsen reports that its market share by sales in its area of influence is 13.45%.

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The El Raso, Guardamar celebrates with a Tapas Route and concerts between May 15th and 17th

The programme for the third edition of the Guardamar del Segura City Council’s festivities has been unveiled in collaboration with the residents’ association of the El Raso Urbanisation, an area that is home to a significant number of international residents.

Between May 15th and 17th, the El Raso Urbanisation will commemorate its festivities with a Tapas Route and concerts. The festivities will take place on Thursday, May 15th and Friday, May 16th, and will feature an International Tapas Route featuring twelve establishments, which is two more than the previous year. María Venerdi, the Councillor for Festivals, has announced that participants will be able to experience tapas and a drink for 3.50 euros. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to participate in a drawing for a variety of rewards and vote for their preferred tapa on the “Tapaporte.” Last year’s edition saw the sale of over 7,000 tapas, as emphasised by the local organisers.

José Luis Sáez, the mayor of Guardamar, has emphasised the significance of “neighbourhoods becoming increasingly integrated into the dynamics of the municipality,” and he has noted that this event has “consolidated itself and become a great gastronomic celebration for the municipality.”

The city council will also offer a transport service that will travel to all participating venues in order to simplify the process of travelling.

Auditorio del Campo will host a grand celebration on Saturday, May 17th, commencing at 6 p.m. The event will feature a variety of musical groups, including the Costa Blanca Singers, who will serve as the opening act.

The charitable nature of these festivities has been emphasised by the Guardamar councillor for Festivals. The El Raso festival committee has sold T-shirts for the Tapas Route at a price of 10 euros. The proceeds of these sales, in addition to those from the bar service on the 17th, will be donated entirely to charitable causes, including the ‘El Milagro de Ver’ Foundation, which is dedicated to enhancing eye health in developing countries, and to those impacted by DANA in Valencia.

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Elche joins the national protests for Palestine on May 10th

Tomorrow, Saturday May 10th, the Elche Palestine Solidarity Committee has scheduled a demonstration in accordance with the national mobilisations under the slogan “Move for Palestine.” The march will commence at 7:00 p.m., and the rally will be held at the Chimeneas de L’Algeps in Elche at 6:30 p.m.

The initiative aims to denounce the situation in Gaza and Palestine as a whole, and to encourage citizens to demonstrate their solidarity and demand genuine action to halt the violence. The Elche Palestine Solidarity Committee extends an invitation to all individuals, irrespective of their gender or age, to participate in this collective demonstration.

As part of a coordinated campaign to increase awareness of the situation in Palestine and demand an end to the violence and occupation, this mobilisation is one of a series of demonstrations that have been organised in various cities throughout Spain.