Investment needed to increase hospital capacity, say campaigners
Further analysis of official statistics from Torrevieja hospital by a pro-public healthcare campaign group has concluded that only urgent investment in the planned extension...
Benidorm Brits offer low-cost drugs by scooter
Three Britons have been arrested for operating a drug delivery service by electric scooter, serving guests of Benidorm hotels.
According to the National Police, the...
Saving the sea prairies
The marine prairie coast watch patrol has covered 35,000km along the shores of the Valencia region this year, which is more than double the...
Details given on tremor
The national geographic institute (IGN) has provided information about the earthquake which occurred this morning at 10.27, with the epicentre in the north east...
Row erupts over shopping voucher scheme
Torrevieja council has hit out at the Valencia anti-fraud office (AVAF) after questions were raised over the town’s ‘bono consumo’ shopping voucher scheme.
Mayor Eduardo...
Getting higher for cherry picking
A bear in a cherry tree – it’s not an unusual site in the Cantabrian mountains but they will have to climb to higher...
Nazi gang brought down – weapons seized
Members of a ‘paramilitary’ neo-Nazi organisation have been arrested in provinces around Spain, including Alicante.
One of the leaders had called for the setting up...
Water protest puts pressure on council
Residents demanding that the water pressure in their homes be increased gathered outside San Miguel de Salinas town hall on Wednesday.
These inhabitants of the...
Tourist home veto upheld
The Supreme Court (TS) has upheld the right of communities of residents to forbid tourist accommodation if their statutes expressly prohibit the use of...
Demand for action to stop burglaries
An unprecedented wave of burglaries in Pinar de Campoverde is making residents afraid to go out and prompting some to make their own patrols...
Massive hake haul approved
The EU fishing quotas for 2024 will see Spanish fishermen able to catch 10,971 tonnes of hake, which is the largest agreed amount of...
Airport records keep tumbling
In another record-setting month for passenger numbers at Spanish airports, Alicante-Elche broke the one million barrier for the first time in a November.
The total...
“The beginning of the end for fossil fuels”
Greenpeace España has hailed ‘the beginning of the end for fossil fuels’ with the Cop28 agreement.
In the landmark deal from Dubai, nearly 200 countries...
December temperature record broken
The highest-ever temperatures recorded on the Iberian Peninsula during the month of December were registered yesterday (Tuesday) in the provinces of Almería and Murcia,...