It’s a four-year job
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL and restoration works at Cartagena’s Roman amphitheatre could be completed in around four years’ time – if the council gets the €4...
Long wait for refit is over
THE SEVEN-year wait for the works to refurbish the dilapidated promenade at Punta Margalla in Torrevieja appears to be over.
An agreement was signed this...
Octogenarian arrested for brutal attack on wife
AN 85-YEAR-old man has been arrested for a horrific assault on his 78-year-old wife in Torrevieja on Saturday.
According to a spokesman for Torrevieja town...
Night in the open for lost hikers
TWO German hikers and their dog were rescued on Wednesday morning by helicopter in the area around the sheer Cabo Tiñoso cliffs to the...
Deal to manage sports courts
TORREVIEJA town hall has set aside €102,331 to ‘repair and maintain’ seven sports courts on urbanisations in the municipality.
Residents have complained the leisure zones...
Footpath to link Murcia and Orihuela Costa
A 160-kilometre-long footpath from the vast Cenajo reservoir in Murcia region to Campoamor in Orihuela Costa is being planned by Orihuela council.
Mayor Emilio Bascuñana...
Cash boost for hospital
A TOTAL of €5.9 million will be spent on renovating the surgery department of Elche general hospital.
Full story in today’s Costa Blanca News (south...
Cash boost for hospital
A TOTAL of €5.9 million will be spent on renovating the surgery department of Elche general hospital.
Full story in today’s Costa Blanca News
Accessible for all
TORREVIEJA has claimed a ‘world first’ in tourism.
Deputy mayor Fanny Serrano revealed at the FITUR fair in Madrid on Wednesday that they have adapted...
Call for action over illegal letting
AROUND 70,000 illegal tourist lets are being offered in Murcia region, according to Costa Cálida hoteliers’ association Hostetur.
Hostetur president Soledad Díaz said that she...
Mayor fumes at court ruling
THE MAYOR of Benijófar has sent a letter to residents explaining why a court judgment will cost the municipality over €1.7 million.
Luis Rodríguez of...
Building is safe, according to council architect
THE CRACKS which appeared in the walls of the Ramón de Campoamor civic centre (the library building) in Orihuela Costa and the subsidence problems...
King opens Corvera
MURCIA international airport at Corvera (RMU) was inaugurated this morning by King Felipe VI and regional president Fernando López Miras following the closure of...
Mass arrests at cockfight
A TOTAL of 185 people were arrested on Saturday at a rural property in Sangonera la Verde near Murcia city, where an illegal cockfighting...
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Animal shelter raided by police
By David Jackson
Environmental police unit Seprona together with government vets raided an animal shelter known as Kim's Animal Shelter in Gádor last week after...
Top UK musician drowns in Níjar
By Richard Torné
A top British rock musician has drowned while on holiday in Níjar.
Session guitarist Michael Casswell, 53, who played in the West End...
‘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...
