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14 FRIDAY 30TH AUGUST 2019 www.weekender.news Local&WhatsOn Benidorm the centrally situated Hotel Vorarmar, followed by the infamous Black Party, hosted by the fantastic Barcelona based clubbers Supermartxe, which takes place in the open air Julio Iglesias Auditorium. Saturday September 7th is undoubtedly the highlight of the week, beginning at 17.00h, with the famous parade, featuring colourful floats and outrageous costumes, which attracts hordes of sightseers, who line the whole route from Mcdonald’s at the Rincon de Loix end of levante Beach all the way through to the Julio Iglesias Auditorium. Following the parade, the entertainment begins with a T Dance, Mariquita Pop and a Main Stage concert featuring Stevie Spit and his New Jersey Boys and tribute shows from artists including Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Madonna and Little Mix. The final Pride event is on Sunday at 20.00h, back in the Oscar Esplai Auditorium, with the Superman v Supermartxe Closing Party. Organisers are confident this year’s Benidorm pride will surpass previous festivals, whilst maintaining the strong community spirit, which brings back visitors year after year eager to sample it’s unique atmosphere. Benidorm’s Pea Men war COUNCILLORS in Benidorm, have, earlier this week, unanimously voted through a motion, urging the Congress of Deputies to bring into force a law making street gambling scams, known as ‘Triles’ a criminal act. The gambling game, is operated by gangs of men and women, who set up makeshift tables made from cardboard, on which they place three plastic cups, with a pea under one of them, before encouraging passers-by to place a bet to guess the whereabouts of the pea and win double their money. Unwitting pedestrians are drawn in by watching other participants appear to guess correctly and win money, however these winners are also part of the gang, used to lure in potential victims. Generations of British tourists have witnessed this game operated by the so called ‘pea men’, ever since it arrived on the streets of Benidorm in the 1970’s. Hundreds of them have fallen victim to the scam, which draws large crowds and allows other members of the gang to pickpocket the spectators who gather to watch. A recent incident, involving a young British holidaymaker violently attacked by members of a ‘Trilero’ gang, after he tried to warn other spectators that the game was a scam, prompted Benidorm Mayor, Toni Perez to push for legislation to make the game a criminal act. During the assault, which occurred last week and was recorded and uploaded onto Youtube by a friend, the victim Nathan Smith, 23, was attacked by a group of six or seven members of a ‘Pea Men’ gang, brandishing metal poles and bats, with which he was beaten to the ground and left with a bleeding wound to the back of his head. Speaking to The Sun newspaper, the victim said, “I got hit quite badly on the back of my head.” “I was scared for my life, I didn’t know if I was going to come out alive. I got battered and covered in blood. My friend came out of it black and blue, he had a black ear and two black eyes.” The young Brit revealed he had been in the resort two months previously and witnessed an old woman fall victim to the scam and was determined not to see a reoccurrence. Current legislation, leaves Police powerless to arrest the gangs, as although street gambling is considered a crime, the ‘Pea Men’ claim they are playing a game of chance, and therefore the person placing the bet is actually breaking the law. Benidorm councillor for security, Lorenzo Martinez, speaking to the Spanish press said, “We know that the National Police Corps is already carrying out identification of the people who have participated in this very unfortunate event. From the City of Benidorm we want to strongly condemn this brutal aggression produced on public roads,” He explained that the gangs are routinely moved on and on many occasions arrests have been made, but the courts are “tied hand and foot since the ‘trileros’ declare themselves insolvent and return to the street.” Speaking after last Mondays council meeting, Mayor Perez said, the activity, “damages the image of the city of Benidorm and Tourism in general.” The young Brit received a blow to the back of his head
Facebook: @The<strong>Weekender</strong>Spain FRIDAY 30TH AUGUST 2019 15 Alfas,Albir,Altea Local&Lifestyle Altea launches Land bank project by Andy Mansell ALTEA town hall has launched an ambitious project to inject new life into abandoned rural plots, that currently account for twenty percent of the municipalities total land. Almost three and a half million square metres of land in Altea is classed as abandoned, much of which is orange groves, left with fruit rotting on trees, because the price paid by supermarkets cannot support the owners. Earlier this week, Town Councillor for Urban Planning and Environment, José Orozco, launched the ‘Land Bank’ project, which aims to, “reduce the large number of existing abandoned plots and address some of the problems that this entails, causing environmental and socio-economic problems such as fire risk, pest proliferation, soil erosion, landscape degradation and loss of land value, among others.” With the help of the Department of Environment and advicefrom the Buscatierras Rural Dynamism Agency, Orozco explained that the town hall expects the project to, “regenerate the rural agricultural environment, whilst, creating wealth and jobs and minimising degrading images of our landscape.” Jaume Albors, representing Buscatierras, said that the fundamental task of the agency “is to put in contact and mediate between people who have abandoned land and those who would like to cultivate them.” The ‘Land Bank’ plan aims to, “reduce the high number of 1,271 abandoned plots in Altea, with the hope of easing the environmental problems at the moment, such as the Xilella plague and fires”. Said Albors. Interested parties, either those with abandoned plots, or anyone wishing to cultivate them, have the opportunity to find out more at meeting to held at the Altea Casa De Cultura, at 19.00h on Friday September 13th. Representatives will also be present at the town’s Eco Fair, in October. Twenty percent of land in Altea is classed as abandoned
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