Costa Blanca South

SAN Fulgencio has a new coalition council thanks to a pact between the Socialist party (PSOE) and Ciudadanos, who together have a majority having...

JELLYFISH nets are being installed across the Mar Menor by San Pedro del Pinatar fishermen.

Four companies (construction and farming) have appealed to the courts against the regional government decree awarding protection status to the Sierra Escalona area. Full story...

MORE than 100 residents attended Tuesday evening’s meeting on the controversial gypsum prospecting and open-cast mine plan for San Miguel de Salinas. Residents were told...

THE REGIONAL government has approved the plan which was presented last year to improve the bus services which link towns and villages in the...

THE REGIONAL leadership of the Ciudadanos party (Cs) has indicated they may be ready to support a no confidence motion in Torrevieja to bring...

FUNDING to draw up plans for the widening of the busy CV-95 Torrevieja-Orihuela road will be included in next year’s regional government budget, according...

GUARDIA Civil are investigating the death of a woman who was found semi-naked near the front door of her apartment block in Torrevieja on...

An injured loggerhead turtle has been saved thanks to the eagle eyes of a beachgoer at Playa Flamenca in Orihuela Costa. The turtle was floating...

THE GRAPE harvest has started in La Mata’s vineyards. It is traditionally the first of the year in Spain. More in Friday’s Costa Blanca News

The footbridge over the N-332 linking Torre de la Horadada to Pilar de la Horadada will be inaugurated on Sunday morning, according to the...

TWO new shelters for feral cats have been installed in Torre de la Horadada this week by the local department for animal welfare. Local residents...

THE PARTIAL collapse of one of Orihuela’s most emblematic historic monuments – the Taifal defence tower which forms part of the castle on the...

THE FIRST excavation campaign at the Cabezo del Molino in Rojales has made an unprecedented archaeological discovery for the province. Organised by the Alicante archaeology...