Residents evacuated in forest fire
A serious forest fire is affecting a mountainous area of inland Alicante province.
More than 100 people have been evacuated from their homes in Penaguila.
The...
Tony Matthews news from the Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics
Simone Biles along with the American team with their gold medals
Photo: @simonebiles
After three full days of competition, up to midnight on...
Calpe on fiesta footing
Calpe’s patron saint Nuestra Señora La Virgen de las Nieves fiestas get underway in earnest on Wednesday, July 31.
July 31 at 13.00: Bell ringing...
Moraira tops regional housing price list
MORAIRA continues to be the Valencian golden mile of the housing market.
Other housing hotspots in Benissa, Benitachell, Calpe, Dénia and Jávea in the Marina...
Coronavirus defuses fiesta
HEALTH authorities continue to increase measures to fight Covid-19 after the postponement of next week's Fallas fiestas was announced on Tuesday evening.
Regional president Ximo...
Left to die
Four tiny puppies, which had been bundled into a sack, were dumped in a glass recycling container during the storm on Saturday night.
Fortunately, a...
Steroid shock
National Police have arrested five people who allegedly made the employees of a beach bar in Arenales del Sol take anabolic steroids.
A woman reported...
Pain and Gloria
The torn Spanish flag and the debris at Les Basetes marina this week bares sad witness to the damage caused by Storm Gloria. Costa...
Updates for victims of crime
The Guardia Civil in Valencia region have started a pilot scheme to update victims of common crimes about any progress in their cases.
This is...
Storm warning
Today’s orange alert for storms and torrential rain now covers the whole of Alicante province.
It runs from 16.00 to 05.00 tomorrow (Wednesday).
According to state...
Shake-up for stores to reduce landfill waste
The Valencia region took part in the presentation of a new national recycling law due to come into force at the end of this...
Motorway manoeuvres
Alicante province firefighters reported this week that they have been called out to incidents on the motorways.
On Tuesday night a car caught fire on...
Battery bonus
After multinational car manufacturer Volkswagen confirmed on Wednesday that they will construct their battery Gigafactory in Sagunto in Valencia province, regional president Ximo Puig...
Hottest day
The temperature reached 44.5ºC in Orihuela city yesterday (Thursday) – the hottest day of the year so far, according to MeteOrihuela.
The good news is...