The PSC of Lleida, with Junts, has decreed a ban on the burqa on the city's streets, which is this kind of mummification of adult women. In the photo illustrating the news from ARA we see one of these women, all in black, from top to bottom, like a chrysalis, with a boy and a girl, whose eyes are pixelated to preserve their identity. You cannot help but think that a normal life awaits the boy. For the girl, soon, the entire and eternal pixelation awaits, which will not preserve her identity, but will silence and hide her. We read that they will be fined if they wear them in the street, which in practice will mean they go out less or not at all, of course. ERC, the PSC itself, and the PP are in favor of the ban in the Congress of Deputies, but against the fine and in favor of having them participate in social activities.

They tried it in 2010 with a socialist government – back then with Àngel Ros as mayor – and it is now the PSC once again pushing for the ban on full-face veils on the streets of Lleida. It is one of the novelties incorporated into the civic ordinance that the Paeria approved this Friday, thanks to the pact between the socialists and Junts. "With the same foundation of guaranteeing social interaction in the terms usual and typical of a free and democratic society, it is prohibited to wear any piece of clothing, garment or other attire that conceals the face in public spaces," specifies Article 12. It will be considered a minor offense and will entail fines of between 400 and 750 euros, although before fining, women who wear, among others, a burqa or niqab, which has been banned in the city, will be warned.

On August 19th, workers at the Utxesa reservoir damsaw a human body floating in the water. The discovery was made in the municipality of Torres de Segre, in the Segrià region. When the Mossos d'Esquadra arrived at the scene, they confirmed it was the corpse of a woman who had been in the water for some time, days. Apparently, there were no signs of violence, but the autopsy caused a radical turn in this assumption.

“We'll see each other around here or in Barcelona”, “Before your boss left”, “No rewards for the worker”. Southern accent between a sea breeze and the cry of a seagull – I don't agree! – The blue strip of the newspaper Mediterráneo allows the red drop of Paco Navarro (“An oxymoron is to say military intelligence”) and that of a small report – a pleasant surprise – about Ramon Usall's Futbolítica : once footballers defied tyrants. Three tables, one Valencian (*Raimon: “I sing in Valencian, which is the way we have here to refer to Catalan”) and another bilingual one that acts as a transition to the last one, Castilian. In Castelló de la Plana the language is a real mess.

Five people, four of whom are minors, have been arrested since Friday following several altercations recorded this past weekend in Lleida. The city's mayor, Fèlix Larrosa, explained this Monday that the police do not rule out further arrests, and has attributed the origin of the incidents to personal conflicts between a large group of young people, mostly between 14 and 17 years old, and traders and residents of the Pakistani and Hindu communities.

It was sold as a concentrated vanilla, in liquid form, ideal for adding a few drops to coffee, accompanying some desserts, and even, now that it's summer, for combining with good ice cream. But it wasn't just any vanilla: it came directly from Mexico, the territory where this product originates and from which colonizers exported it to Europe five hundred years ago. It was twelve tons of vanilla making the same journey: leaving Jalisco and traveling on board a maritime container to France, then boarding a truck and being transported to a logistics center in Barcelona, the last stop before the final destination, an isolated farmhouse in Almenar, in El Segrià. But what were twelve tons of Mexican vanilla essence doing on a farm far from everything and with a swimming pool in a Lleida town of 3,000 inhabitants?

The Institute of Ilerdenc Studies (IEI) has incorporated this Tuesday the oldest piece in its library with the donation of the incunabulum Philosophia pauperum, printed in Lleida around the year 1485 by the typographer Enric Botel. The work, an extraordinary bibliographical rarity, becomes part of the legacy of the bibliophile Ramon Areny Batlle after his great-nephews, Maria Àngels and Àngel Boixareu Carrera, have ceded it to the institution.

Football fans in Lleida have not found peace for years. But this summer they may regain hope. For years, football in the capital of Segrià has been marked by the economic and institutional problems of the heir team of the lifelong Lleida, the club that reached the First Division on two occasions, the last one in the 90s. Since then, debts, lawsuits, disappointments, and economic failures. The last one this summer, as the team that played in Tercera RFEF could not find a buyer who agreed to pay the debts it carried and had to close shop. A chaotic end, as a foreign buyer appeared who turned out to be a scammer. A chaotic end, as a foreign buyer appeared who turned out to be a scammer. "Everything has happened to us," says journalist Juanjo Lecumberri.

A month ago, on June 3rd, the body of a woman appeared floating in the Segre River near Lleida. According to sources consulted by this newspaper, her death is being investigated as a criminal death. That is, as a homicide. After weeks trying to identify the victim, the Mossos d'Esquadra finally decided this Thursday morning to make public an image of the woman generated with artificial intelligence and to ask for citizen collaboration.

The town where it hit hardest the serious accident of a bus this Wednesday in Lleida is Aitona. Both the driver and the instructor accompanying her live in this farming town and many of the passengers in the crashed vehicle were also going to work, especially in fruit warehouses or to pick in the immense fruit fields of Baix Segrià. This midday, the town's residents approached the wife of the injured driver, Marcelo, who lost a leg in the accident and is still hospitalized at the Arnau de Vilanova Hospital, to give her encouragement. "They are a beautiful family," a neighbor summarized.

Life goes on. At the same time. At the same place. But on a different bus. Work never stops. This Thursday, at seven in the morning, Angi, José, and Oukakalong boarded the Lleida - la Granja d'Escarp bus again, as they had done on Wednesday, the day when, suddenly, the vehicle they were traveling in crashed into the wall of the Diputació de Lleida: the "most serious" accident in the city's history, as described by the mayor of the capital of Segrià, Fèlix Larrosa. Of the 44 injured, nine people remain hospitalized, three of them in the ICU. Of these, two are in critical condition and one is stable within the severity.

Ferran's boulevard in Lleida has become this Wednesday the scene of one of the most serious traffic accidents ever remembered in the city. A bus with 55 passengers, which covered the route between Lleida and La Granja d'Escarp, lost control shortly before a quarter to eight in the morning and ended up crashing against the facade of the Diputació de Lleida for reasons that are still being investigated.

When we return from a stay outside Lleida (whether longer or shorter) and we see the profile of La Seu Vella on the horizon welcoming us, we feel deep inside that very local and popular: “I’m home!” Even if it seems unbelievable, we even say it when the temperatures climb above 43 °C. Mind you: with our mouths more pursed and fans in hand. In any case, the emotional bond we have with the city’s most iconic monument is glaring. La Seu Vella is a symbol of Lleida. It is pride. It is love. Yes! All in all… do we know it well enough? And the rest of the city’s heritage?

The Generalitat Firefighters have now controlled the fire at a fruit company in Lleida that began on Monday night and which forced the inhabitants of the Vila Montcada-Ciutat Jardí neighborhood, about 1,300 people, to be confined. The fire has burned the facilities of the Arcofrut fruit cooperative, which is next to another fruit cooperative. According to the head of the Lleida Emergency Region, inspector Juan Josep Bellostas, all evacuated people have been able to return to their homes and the deployment of up to 45 crews that was set up on Monday evening is now being scaled down. In total, eight crews will remain, with the command system and a drone team, while awaiting the complete consumption of all fuel.

There are territories that are explained with words. And there are others that are better understood through the senses. Lleida is part of this second group: a land rich in contrasts, marked by the climate, the farming tradition, and a gastronomy that turns local produce into cultural heritage.Today, as travelers seek more authentic, sustainable experiences connected to the land, the lands of Lleida are reclaiming a different way of doing tourism. An invitation to slow down, discover open landscapes, share meals, and reconnect with what is ours. Because choosing Lleida is also choosing landscape, choosing flavor, and choosing quality and authenticity.

Just one month after leaving prison, the man who left the Ponent penitentiary center with a high risk of reoffending has acted again. The Guardia Urbana of Lleida arrested him this Friday afternoon for attempting to rob a supermarket in the capital of Segrià, according to sources consulted by ARA. The arrested man allegedly drew a weapon —which appears to be a replica— and left the premises without managing to take anything. The police located him an hour later in another part of Lleida.

Lleida CF has reported that it has reached an agreement with an investor that "guarantees the continuity, stability, and future growth of the club". The club, which has just been relegated to Tercera RFEF after years of struggling to avoid disappearing, has celebrated a step that "is a decisive step that opens a new stage full of enthusiasm and ambition for the entire blue family, and that must allow the viability plan to be fulfilled within the framework of the insolvency proceedings in which the club is involved".

Two weeks ago, Lleida CF announced that it had reached an agreement with an investor that guaranteed "the continuity, stability, and future growth of the club." The club, which has just been relegated to Tercera RFEF after years of struggling to survive, celebrated. On the day of the last match, the fans congratulated themselves, assuming that an inferno was ending. But everything has turned into a nightmare. The club's vice-president, Marc Torres, announced today that the investor was actually a scammer. In fact, Lleida has already filed a complaint with the Mossos d'Esquadra for fraud and document forgery against this foreign businessman who was in the city for a few weeks, met with the club, and showed documentation that suggested he would be the new owner. This has not been the case.

The CUP usually reconsiders its decisions after a failure. It did so after losing the two seats it had in Congress in the last general elections. Then, it agreed to park its participation in the general elections and, if there isn't a 180-degree turn, it will not field a list in 2027. Also in next year's municipal elections, it could make a painful decision that the rest of the parties with a presence in Parliament will undoubtedly not make: not to run in one of the four provincial capitals.