Benidorm set for sunset marathon
BENIDORM will host the combined half marathon and 10k run on Saturday, March 3, with a start time of 18.30.
With just two weeks before...
UK clamps down on bogus hotel sickness claims
COSTA hotels and holiday apartments have this week welcomed the announcement by the UK government to enforce new rules in the coming weeks to...
Ban for bee-harming pesticides
THE EUROPEAN Union vote to prohibit three widely used insecticides from all fields due to the serious danger they pose to bees has been...
Free prescriptions for single parents
Single parent families in the Valencia region will no longer have to pay for their prescriptions, announced regional president Ximo Puig.
Full story in Friday’s...
Corbyn anti-Semite?
Co. Down (N. Ireland)
August 3
Yeah, like I heard somewhere that Corbyn spoke at a CND rally in London in the 1980s and one of...
Firefighters from around the province fight factory blaze
Fire crews worked through the night to extinguish a blaze which broke out at an abandoned tyre factory in Elche on Saturday afternoon.
They reported...
Coin forgers face charges
FIVE people have been arrested for forging €2 coins in Elche and Alicante, revealed the National Police.
During the police operation, officers recovered more than...
Searching for the graves
Archaeological digs at the site of the Alabatera concentration camp from the Civil War are aiming to confirm the testimonies of witnesses that thousands...
Homeowners sitting targets
Email
August 4
Recurrent break-ins by known and unknown burglars have become a constant nightmare to residents in the Hondón Valley with the Guardia Civil indifferent...
Sympathy over Julen
January 26
Rome
Dear Editor,
All affected by the tragedy of little Julen are in our thoughts and prayers.
Spain, please pray the Litany of Saint Joseph every...
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...
Shopping till complaint
Email
March 10
Dear Sir,
Last week shopping at Lidl supermarket in Benissa, I was detained by the management for a full till check because the cashier...
Hospital rescue plan
REGIONAL health authorities have started the ball rolling to 'buy back' the privatised Marina Alta district medical service.
Over the past seven years, Dénia hospital...
Answering Mr Whiteside
Website comment
February 13, 2017
A rather toxic letter Mr Whiteside that is very one sided, I seem to have witnessed nastiness from leavers as well,...