Tony Matthews news from the Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics
Simone Biles along with the American team with their gold medals
Photo: @simonebiles
After three full days of competition, up to midnight on...
Ciudad Quesada fiestas continue
The second weekend of celebrations in the Ciudad Quesada urbanisation fiestas in Rojales runs from Thursday, August 1 to Sunday, August 4.
One of the...
Sánchez and Starmer meet at Blenheim
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met his UK counterpart Keir Starmer at the fourth summit of the European Political Community (EPC), which Britain hosted...
Heat alerts issued
Very hot weather is due to affect large swathes of Spain in the coming days.
The whole of Alicante province is on alert for high...
Heat warnings issued
State weather agency AEMET has published heat warnings for Alicante province for Friday and Saturday.
The hottest day of the heatwave is set to be...
Extreme heat on the way
State weather agency AEMET has published a special report on ‘very high temperatures’ that are about to affect Spain.
They noted yesterday that a high...
Heat alert
State weather agency AEMET has issued a special warning for heat in Spain this week – but Alicante is set to miss the worst...
Battle to resolve ITV ‘chaos’
The threat of further strikes may have been averted but drivers are still affected by severe delays to get appointments for ITV (MOT) motor...
Organised gang of suspected muggers rounded up
Guardia Civil have arrested a gang of alleged muggers, two in San Miguel de Salinas, one in Orihuela Costa and two in San Pedro...
Green is good – border ridge walk (part 1)
If you like your ridge paths to be verdant and dramatic – and free of rocks and obstacles to allow unencumbered strides – then...
Archaeologists gear up for season of digs around Alicante
This year’s campaign of excavations by the Alicante museum of archaeology (MARQ) will be taking place at six sites around the province between August...
Beckoning bats to battle insects
More bat boxes have been installed around Rojales to help keep down the number of insects, especially mosquitoes.
Councillor Inmaculada Chazarra said they hope the...
Violent gang rounded up for armed robberies
An investigation by Guardia Civil, National Police and Catalan regional police has broken up a gang allegedly responsible for 14 violent robberies with firearms,...
Suspected church raiders arrested
Two suspects have been detained for forming part of a gang which carried out around 20 break-ins at churches in Alicante province and Murcia...
POPULAR NEWS
Benidorm locks-up again
To avoid residents from other regions breaking the lockdown and trying to reach holiday apartments in Benidorm this May 1 holiday weekend, local authorities...
Deep snow in Alicante province
With the north of Alicante province still on red alert for snow today (Monday), around half a metre has fallen in Banyeres de Mariola...
Brexit passport rule changes
BRITISH people travelling within the European Union should be aware passport validity rules will change after December 31 because of Brexit.
During the current transition...
