VAT on gas to be slashed
THE GOVERNMENT is set to reduce IVA (VAT) on gas from 21% to 5%, starting in October.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told national radio station...
City set for seafront facelift
More than €7.7 million is being invested to transform the seafront in Alicante.
Town planning councillor Adrián Santos said this encompasses ‘one of the strategic...
Perilous police pursuit
A hair-raising National Police chase through the streets of Elda concluded with the fleeing car suspended on a crash barrier, two suspects in custody...
Crackdown on fly tippers
Alfaz del Pi town hall is to step up the monitoring of illegal dumping of waste and hit the culprits with fines of up...
Mind the gap
A YOUNG woman needed help from the fire brigade when she became stuck in a security fence leading to Alicante university from San Vicente.
They...
‘Use the land to stop fires’, campaign
The regional government is launching the ‘Producto Stop al Foc’ (stop fires product) campaign in an attempt to reduce the threat of wildfires in...
Seven found dead at sea
The Guardia Civil are investigating after seven dead bodies were recovered from the sea off Alicante and Murcia provinces.
A boat carrying migrants from Algeria...
‘Prudence’ call due to high bull-run death toll
An emergency meeting was called following the seventh death of a bull run participant in the Valencia region this summer – but no move...
Surgical infections ‘more than halved’
A programme to reduce infections from surgery, led by Elche general hospital, has cut incidences of these by more than half, according to the...
Energy market shake-up to bring down bills
The EU is poised to take action over soaring energy costs as the wholesale price of electricity hits one of the highest levels of...
Not wasting ‘waste water’
Jávea is the latest Costa Blanca town hall to bid to reuse more of its waste water – by recycling the precious resource for...
Campaign over needle spiking launched
Torrevieja town hall has launched an awareness campaign following the recent increase in the number of young people who are being injected with drugs...
Forest fire ‘extinguished’
The devastating fire which took hold in the Alicante mountains on August 12 was finally classed as completely extinguished 15 days later at 20.30...
Jávea seeks help to restore Granadella castle
Jávea town hall will apply for funding for restoring what is left of the 18th-century castle overlooking its picturesque Granadella bay.
They plan to use...
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Simone Biles along with the American team with their gold medals
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