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Since 1 October Lleida's Guardia Urbana has had a four-officer Inspection and Civility Group that can patrol in plain clothes. It has issued 17 fines, says the Paeria.
LleidaA fire in the rear cab of a Madrid-Figueres AVE cut the high-speed line during the Pilar holiday return. In Lleida it affected nine trains, according to La Mañana.
SociedadThe Arnau de Vilanova and Santa Maria hospitals will implement a joint governance framework to unify their waiting lists and manage human resources collectively.
SeguridadThe Operation Showtime network kept drugs in a Lleida storage unit. On Pilar day the Guardia Civil reviewed its year: 40 arrests and 1,414 smuggling offences in the province.
LleidaThe Paeria's housing committee agrees a new expropriation, two land readjustments and a land purchase by the Dipòsit, in a district where it is already expropriating a block with 185 owners notified.
LleidaMunicipal company EMAU approves a surface right over the plot at 20 Francesc Bordalba street for Llogueralia, part of Grup Rubau, to build 88 affordable rental flats.
PolíticaFèlix Larrosa's government will not apply inflation, widens IBI, ICIO and capital gains rebates and will refund 580,000 euros of the waste fee. The vote is on 20 October.
SeguridadThe districts of Lleida have recorded six killings in 2026 and another six in 2025, compared with between zero and three a year between 2018 and 2021, according to SEGRE's count.
LleidaThe Department of Agriculture has confirmed the reappearance of the virus in the Lleida district, with sixteen positive cases in horses, eleven of them in Almacelles, prompting the reactivation of surveillance measures.
LleidaiLERNA Lleida suffered a 91-89 defeat to Obradoiro, with Joel Soriano sinking the decisive free throws after Darius McGhee missed the final possession.
PolíticaThe Generalitat’s annual Justice Report reveals that just 7.93% of judicial rulings in Lleida were issued in Catalan in 2025, a trend attributed to citizens’ explicit request to have their cases processed in Spanish.
LleidaThe council approved on 25 September the ordinance banning face coverings in the street, with fines of up to 750 euros, but councillor Carme Valls says women will not be fined at first.
SociedadData on the use of Catalan in the judicial bodies of Catalonia reflect a continuous decline, according to official statistics.
PolíticaThe Diputació de Lleida appointed its president, Joan Talarn, as its representative in the Association of Municipalities for Independence, which lists it as a member and whose statutes require a fee.
LleidaThe Justice Councillor visits the memory spaces at Tossals and Pleta in Montgai and meets with the mayor.
PolíticaThe Oficina de Suport a la Iniciativa Cultural granted the organisation a named grant of 512,000 euros on 10 June; the official register lists 71 awards of public money to it since May 2022.
PolíticaThe regional government is promoting grants to encourage businesses located on upper floors to relocate to street level, thereby freeing up residential space in the city centre.
SeguridadLleida recorded 36 sexual assaults with penetration in the first half, compared with 16 in Tarragona and 19 in Reus, according to the Interior Ministry's Crime Report.
LleidaThe City Council of Lleida, through the EMAU, has approved the purchase of approximately 50 homes in the Mariola district to expand the stock of affordable housing, according to the Consell.
OpiniónLleida province records a 23 per cent foreign-born population, a rate that exceeds the averages of the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany.
