Drug gang sniffed out
THE GUARDIA Civil’s Operation Skunk has netted an international gang which was growing cannabis on an industrial scale.
Armed officers carried out 13 raids in...
Thousands at La Nucia International Day
Thousands of residents from many countries living in La Nucia and nearby towns attended the 2017 Internacional Day today (Sunday March 12) at the...
Dog falls foul of caterpillars
Expat residents in La Montañosa urbanisation in Hondón de las Nieves have spoken to Costa Blanca News about the problems they are having with...
Residents fight back
RESIDENTS hit with massive bills after being accused by water or electricity supply companies of manipulating their meters are lodging a class action case.
They...
Saving Cala Mosca
Orihuela
March 4, 2017
At a decisive moment when the developer is determined to get the final green light to build 1,500 new houses on this...
Coming to the defence of Orpea
Campello
March 8, 2017
(Orpea is the OAP residential home where a British man allegedly killed his wife three weeks ago)
I have read and listened to...
Strike causes grief
A STRIKE by air traffic control (ATC) staff in France has caused woe once again for passengers flying between Spain and the UK.
Hundreds of...
‘Cuddle thieves’ caught
GUARDIA Civil have arrested two Romanian women (age 28 and 38) as they were about to 'cuddle'-rob an elderly expat couple in La Senieta...
In the club at last
Residents’ participation centre opened in Orihuela Costa
By Nuria Pérez
THE LIBRARY building in Calle Ciprés in Torre Zenia, Orihuela Costa has been opened to local...
Brutal gender violence attack against minor in Benidorm
A 26-year-old Bolivian man has been sentenced to eight months in prison after CCTV footage showed him brutally attacking his 17-year-old Czech girlfriend at...
Target: ship-shape for Easter
Costa towns are speeding up work to repair the damage caused by storms in January and make sure all is ship-shape for the Easter...
Lights, camera, action for ‘Benidorm 10’
FILMING of the tenth series of the ITV comedy Benidorm starts next week writer and creator Derren Litten has confirmed… “although not around the...
Theatre refit underway
WORKS have started to allow Torrevieja’s municipal theatre to reopen.
The building in Plaza de Miguel Hernández was inaugurated in 2006 without an opening licence....
High flyers
THE AIRPORT that Murcia regional government is trying to close at all costs has just won a prestigious international award.
More in Friday’s Costa Blanca...