The Top Five News Stories from Sunday, 19th October in Alicante

TodoAlicante's editorial team prepares a summary of the day with the five news stories that have defined the province's current events this Sunday, 19th October.

The worst fears have been realised. The Civil Guard discovered the body of the 49-year-old Alicante resident, missing since Friday, in the waters of the Tibi reservoir this Sunday. Canine units from the Armed Institute located the body around 7 p.m., according to TodoAlicante.

Alicante experienced a historic day on Saturday centred around one of its most emblematic products: the 'coca de mollitas'. The competition held on Constitution Avenue gathered over 10,000 people to choose the best 'coca de mollitas' in the city and set a record with one measuring 108.2 metres in length, according to notarial certification.

The Alicante City Council's Governing Board approved on Tuesday the declaration of several streets in Alicante's Old Town as an Acoustically Saturated Zone (ZAS). The decision involves time restrictions for bars and nightclubs, as well as a reduction in the number of tables on terraces. The measures have once again pitted residents against business owners in the city's historic heart. Residents see their demands met, while business owners label it as "unfair" and "harmful".

Amanda and Nerea met in a hospital waiting room. Their condition as twenty-somethings placed them in an environment that felt out of place for them, surrounded by older women. "There's a girl starting today, same age, same type of cancer, everything the same," the oncologist told Nerea. Both were breast cancer patients, a disease that came too soon for them. "Initially, our diagnosis was delayed due to age. In screenings, at our age, we're not included. But this is changing; there are more young cases," Amanda explains.

The Ministry of the Interior has acknowledged "excessive force" by a National Police officer who, along with three other colleagues, restrained a young man from Elche in August 2017, pressing his neck while he was face down, handcuffed, and he died. "There is a causal link between the administrative action and the death result," it states.

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