The Five Most Important News Stories from Saturday, January 11 in Alicante

TodoAlicante's editorial team prepares a summary of the day with the five news stories that have defined the events of this Saturday, January 11.

The airport operator Aena has initiated the first steps for the future expansion of Alicante-Elche airport this Friday. This is a much-needed action for an airport that has once again broken passenger records for the second consecutive year. In 2024, it surpassed 2023 with two months to go before the end of the year and will likely reach nearly 19 million total passengers. Read the full story.

A mass of icy air is crossing the peninsula and will cause temperatures to plummet in the province of Alicante this Sunday. The Emergency Coordination Centre of the Valencian Generalitat warns of minimum temperatures of zero degrees on the Alicante coast and below zero inland. This episode will bring the harshest winter conditions next week, with the possibility of rain and snow. Read the full story.

A hunting accident occurred in the Sierra de Bernia, in Altea, where the victim had to be transferred to a hospital and remains injured, although his life is not in danger. The incident happened around noon this Saturday when a man aged between 55 and 57 accidentally shot himself in the knee after falling down a slope about three metres high, according to the Provincial Fire Consortium. Read the full story.

National Police officers have arrested two alleged perpetrators of an attempted robbery with intimidation at a supermarket in Alicante using a simulated firearm. They were located a few metres from the scene by a plainclothes police patrol with the simulated weapon still in their possession. Read the full story.

Workers from the El Campello Town Hall are finalising preparations for the marble company to begin shaping the pantheon that will house the remains of the writer Rafael Altamira and his wife Pilar Redondo Tejerina in the local cemetery. All this will be part of a monument dedicated to the humanist. Read the full story.

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