Spending spree approved
Torrevieja town hall has given final approval to its plan to spend €79.3 million on projects around the municipality.
The schemes include repaving and repairing...
Lad and dad drug team bust
A father and his son have been arrested for drug trafficking offences.
The investigations by Guardia Civil and Jijona local police began on March 24,...
Baby delivered in Benidorm street
A local police officer used his uniform shirt to wrap a baby girl he helped deliver at the side of a road in Benidorm.
The...
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...
Chance to spend the council’s money
Torrevieja town hall has presented its participative budget for 2022.
The council noted that all the proposals submitted by residents will be ‘made public’ and...
Alicante’s bid to save the fan mussel
Alicante university (UA) biologists are part of an international project to ‘help to save the fan mussel from extinction’, according to the education centre’s...
Best for baby
The neo-natal unit at Torrevieja hospital has restored its 24-hour open-doors policy for parents, and allocated two turns for other visitors.
Relatives or friends can...
Lynx at the ready
The first Iberian lynxes from the LynxConnect project are scheduled to be introduced in the first week of March in remote areas around Lorca.
Over...
Train fit for a king
King Felipe VI joined PM Pedro Sánchez on the inaugural voyage of the high-speed train (AVE) from Madrid to Murcia on Monday, the day...
Solar plant turned down
Permission has been denied for a large solar plant with 12,000 panels planned for rural land off the CV-905 dual carriageway close to the...
Tree plan to protect Mar Menor
A reforestation plan to minimise run-off into the Mar Menor has been presented by Murcia regional government.
The measures are designed to tackle erosion and...
Minister raises hope over vaccine
Minister for health Salvador Illa said yesterday that Spain could receive three million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in December – if it gets...
Another temperature record falls
High temperatures have been making the headlines again this week.
While 11 municipalities in the Vega Baja area of south Alicante – including Orihuela and...
Brain drain to Spain
A record number of foreigners are working in Spain – many in ‘high value’ professions.
The government reported this week that more non-Spaniards than ever...