Alicante to host Spain vs Albania world cup qualifier
THE RICO Pérez stadium in Alicante will host the Spain-Albania 2018 World Cup qualifier on October 6.
Two years after the national squads' last match...
Crew stranded at sea for 18 hours after boat capsizes
THREE fishermen whose boat sank off the Cabo de la Nao had to cling to the wreckage for 18 hours with only a vat...
Finding out more about prehistoric people
ARCHAEOLOGISTS are digging up the past to reveal more about the fascinating civilisations which inhabited the south Costa Blanca area before the Romans arrived.
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Mobile phone roaming charges scrapped
A EUROPEAN Commission (EC) law to abolish roaming charges for residents using mobile phones when they travel to another European country has come into...
80-year-old accused of shooting politician
FORMER San Javier Socialist party (PSOE) councillor Manuel Leal was allegedly shot dead by an 80-year-old farmer last night.
Full story in Friday’s Costa Blanca...
Brothel booze up sham
THE OWNER of an Elche brothel has been detained, along with three employees, for stealing the card of a client and charging him for...
Terror attack survivor speaks of his ordeal
SURVIVOR of the London Bridge terror attack - Alejandro Martínez from Murcia – arrived home on Monday after treatment for his injuries in the...
Bid to bring illegal holiday lets ‘into the fold’
THE REGIONAL government in Valencia is organising a conference which will look at ‘regularising’ illegal tourist apartments.
President Ximo Puig said they will bring together...
Fourth cyclist in a month killed on Oliva N-332
ANOTHER cyclist has been killed on the N-332 in Oliva (La Safor, Valencia province) almost in the same place as three triathletes lost their...
Puig backs campaign to reduce plastics in the sea
REGIONAL president Ximo Puig has praised the work carried out by the members of ecologist pressure group Greenpeace to raise awareness of contamination and...
Guardia Civil heroes save drowning man
TWO youths had to be rescued at a rocky cove in Torrevieja by Guardia Civil after they went swimming in heavy seas.
A spokesman for...
Warning over construction ‘wild west’
CONSTRUCTION work on hundreds of new properties in Orihuela Costa is being started without the compulsory building licence from the council, according to Cambiemos...
An individual’s view of Brexit
Moraira
April 29, 2017
When I voted in favour of the United Kingdom’s continued membership of the European Economic Community in 1975, I was in favour...
Bullring revamp causes controversy
A TOTAL of €403,564 will be invested in revamping the abandoned bullring in Orihuela city.
Full story in today’s Costa Blanca News (south edition).
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Back to the bike sheds in Benidorm
The infrastructure for Benidorm’s low emission zone (ZBE) is nearing completion, which includes the installation of cameras as well as advanced air quality measuring...
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