Weed farm wheedled out
Guardia Civil have dismantled a marijuana plantation in a luxury villa in a residential area of Calpe.
All the suspected members of the gang were...
Tourism drives summer job creation
The importance of tourism for job creation was underlined by figures for June which the minister for industry, commerce and tourism called ‘extraordinary’.
Employment related...
Go slow at the ITV
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July 25
Dear Sir,
I recently had to wait two months for an appointment to take my car to the ITV station in Benidorm, then had...
Rubbish piling up inland too
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July 25
We saw the article ‘Rubbish piles up’ in the newspaper of last Friday. It is not only in Orihuela Costa but also in...
Police app to the rescue
National Police officers helped a man who used the AlertCops application to send a message explaining that he is epileptic and was feeling in...
Algar waterfalls closed to bathers
At around 14.15 on Wednesday, the local police in Callosa de Ensarriá told swimmers in the Algar waterfall bathing area to get out of...
Flights to ‘stop al foc’
The phrase in Valencian and English – ‘stop al foc’ (halt fires) – is one of the most repeated messages from the regional government...
Montgó fire fright
A forest fire which broke out on the slopes of the Montgó mountain in Denia yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon at around 16.30 was deemed to...
Inheritance tax to be slashed
New Valencia president Carlos Mazón has set the wheels in motion to effectively abolish the tax on inheritances and donations.
The first session of the...
Suspected Algeria ‘taxi boat’ chief detained
A suspect described as being the leader of a people smuggling gang which brought illegal migrants into Spain on speedboats from Algeria has been...
Dedicated followers of fashion
An exhibition of clothes from the acclaimed Alicante fashion house Hannibal Laguna is taking place at Alicante provincial palace until September 15.
Specifically, the exhibition...
Natural park ‘transition’ announced
The new Valencia government will ‘boost’ the region’s natural parks by turning them into ‘tools for environmental awareness and for fighting against rural depopulation’.
This...
Blackmailed for answering social network sex ads
Guardia Civil arrested three women and two men after a victim reported that he was being blackmailed for hiring sexual services.
Although these sexual services...
Small boat captain jailed in Alicante
The captain of a small boat who was trying to smuggle illegal migrants into Spain from Algeria has been sentenced to three years in...
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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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