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Founded to address a gap in local social support services, Help at Home has grown from a small volunteer-led initiative into an established community charity providing practical assistance, equipment hire and social support across the Orihuela Costa. Last week it held an event at it’s Orihuela Costa Drop In Centre to celebrate it’s 15yj anniversary.

Healthcare pressure in San Miguel de Salinas has reached critical levels, with consultations at the town’s health centre rising by 66% in a single year, according to figures released by the municipality’s public healthcare platform, which stated that the town is being asked to cope with modern healthcare demand using resources that have barely changed in more than 25 years despite the population increasing threefold.

These stories and more in Monday’s edition of The Leader Newspaper.