Cash to protect coastal mountain range from fires
A total of €560,000 will be spent on preventing fires in the Sierra Helada natural park in Benidorm and Alfaz del Pí.
A host of...
Helicopter salvaged from Villajoyosa reservoir
A firefighting helicopter, which crashed into the Amadorio reservoir located between Villajoyosa and Benidorm last Thursday afternoon while carrying out a routine training exercise,...
Juvenile detained for horrific attack
A 17-year-old boy is in custody for allegedly attacking and sexually assaulting an 80-year-old woman in order to rob her at her home in...
Town hall to renovate iconic bridge
Villajoyosa council has completed the drafting of the plans for the restructuring and renovation of the old main road bridge over the River Amadorio.
Full...
Street repairs in the offing
Torrevieja town hall has at last selected a private company to repair and maintain the streets in the municipality.
Residents have been complaining for many...
Woman detained for hotel room break-ins
National Police officers in Benidorm have arrested a suspected member of an itinerant gang who have been breaking into hotel rooms since last summer,...
Pensioner refused chronic pain medication
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January 11
Further on from your article in last week's edition of Costa News (2483) ref. chronic prescription, it quoted regional vice-president Monica Oltra "health...
Ramblars waste depot
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January 10
Dear Sir,
For several weeks Jávea has been shrouded in toxic, obnoxious smoke, due to the uncontrolled burning of garden waste.
Curiously, we are not...
Torrevieja Hospital
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January 9
Dear Sir,
I remember reading in your newspaper shortly after the changeover of management from private to state run that everything had gone smoothly....
Graffiti in and around Calpe town centre
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January 7
Dear Sir,
Calpe will soon be known as the SKID-ROW coastal town on the Costa Blanca.
What is the difference between street art and vandalism?...
Loan scam gang took victims’ homes
The National Police reported they have arrested seven members of one of the most active criminal gangs specialised in real estate swindles and tax...
Montgó blaze
A forest fire has broken out on the Montgó mountain in Jávea, close to homes.
The regional emergency services said it was ‘evolving positively’.
Air support...
Villages to get their first cashpoints by April
Remote rural villages across the Valencia region will have at least one cashpoint machine in place by April, so residents no longer need to...
Counting the ibex
An ambitious project to estimate the population of the Iberian ibex in the Valencia region is now underway.
A spokesman for the regional environment department...
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Simone Biles along with the American team with their gold medals
Photo: @simonebiles
After three full days of competition, up to midnight on...
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