Double or nothing
BENIDORM town hall this week relaunched its efforts to secure greater funding from the central government, following repeated and failed attempts to be declared...
Great publication
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May 4
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BREXIT
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As pensioners and expats living permanently here in Spain the thought of UK leaving the EU fills me with serious worries regarding our...
DISENFRANCHISED
Courts rule against long-term British emigrants over 15-year rule
UP to two million expats will not be able to vote in the all-important EU referendum...
Plan to tackle forest fires
The regional government’s forest fire fighting plan for summer 2020 involves more than 1,000 people from various organisations, coordinated by the Valencian security and...
Phase three ‘Valencia style’
Valencia's president Ximo Puig has spelled out the measures and freedoms that will apply during phase three of the exit plan in the region,...
TRE LOCAL comes to the rescue
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August 17
Just before FM transmission of TRE programmes across the entire Costa Calida and Costa Blanca was due to end following the decision of...
Vaccine hope for new year
Spain is preparing to vaccinate 10 million people against Covid-19 from January.
Minister for health Salvador Illa made the announcement following the report from the...
Interpol impersonator caught in naked photos sting
The National Police have arrested a man in Alicante who was pretending to be an officer of Interpol in order to publish intimate photos...
New blues and twos
A new fleet of local police vehicles was unveiled by Rojales town hall today in Ciudad Quesada urbanisation.
Full report in Friday’s Costa Blanca News...
Electricity bill shocker
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December 13, 2017
Dear Sir,
I am amazed at the high price of electricity. There is so much fraudulence going on. I have written to electricity...
Covid restrictions return
The Valencia government’s requests to limit gatherings of people to 10, and reintroduce a curfew in the municipalities worst affected by Covid-19, has been...
Drive through Covid tests by airport
A drive-through Covid-19 testing facility has been opened 10 minutes from Alicante-Elche airport.
The service has been set up by the Ribera group which manages...
Keep safe in the water
THE REGIONAL health department has issued a warning to bathers to ‘take care in the water’ in an attempt to avoid the drowning incidents...