Every day more and more gastronomic festivals dedicated to a single food are proliferating in Madrid, be it the hamburger, pizza, grilled red meat, or rice dishes. During the upcoming weekend, the VII Edition of the Calsotada Fest will be held in Las Rozas, where the calçot becomes the star of the celebration.

Manuel Villar is the deputy mayor of Alicante and the person appointed to chair the commission that, by unanimous decision of the municipal plenary, was established to try to clarify the circumstances that led to the irregular awarding of public housing in Alicante. Yesterday, in response to questions from this newspaper, after four sessions of a commission in which only one retired official has testified, Villar admitted that it will be the ongoing judicial investigation that clarifies what happened. Because although he maintains that the government team is doing the right thing, he did not even commit his own cooperation: Villar assured that he will appear – it would be strange for the president of the commission to be absent only to not appear – because Vox has requested it, but then he stated that “it is another matter whether I will respond.”

The Minister of Education, Culture and Universities, Carmen Ortí, has asked the educational unions to return to the negotiating table and has called them to a new meeting this Thursday at 9 a.m., with the aim of moving towards an agreement for the entire Valencian educational system.

Users of the R4 line of Rodalies have suffered delays again this Wednesday. This time, the reason has been the theft of copper cable in the railway infrastructure between the towns of Sant Feliu de Llobregat and Molins de Rei. But on this occasion, although the impact on the service could not be avoided, the Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested the thieves.