Phoenician find in Guardamar
A defensive ditch from Phoenician times – which may be more than 3,000 years old – has been discovered in Guardamar del Segura.
A team...
RAF airmen remembered
The seven RAF crewmen who died when their Wellington aircraft crashed into the Montgó mountainside were remembered on Saturday – 70 years after the...
Two arrested following Torrevieja chase
Two men who broke into a bar in Torrevieja – one British and the other Spanish – were spotted by an off-duty Guardia Civil...
Leaving it late with the lights
Torrevieja council announced on Monday that they have awarded the contract to put up the Christmas lights. While many other municipalities have had their...
Santa Pola tops the fish list
The regional government has published figures on fish catches – and Santa Pola came out on top in Alicante province, with a total of...
Artichoke hope after the devastation of the 2019 floods
Farmers in the Vega Baja are expecting to collect around 22,000 tonnes of artichokes in the coming harvest. This will be slightly lower than...
Caught at the border
Regional border closures are proving useful in the security forces’ fight against drug trafficking.
Patrols on main highways close the Valencia frontier with Murcia have...
AVE service for the new year
Tickets will go on sale next month for the AVE high-speed train connection between Orihuela-Elche and Madrid, according to minister for transport José Luis...
Looking after the seas
Guardia Civil divers are helping to purge the coast of so-called ‘ghost nets’ which have either been dumped or lost to the sea from...
Storm drain to reduce flooding
Workers have been laying a new storm drain at the edge of Benijófar along the CV-940 road by the cemetery.
Full report in Friday’s Costa...
Gun runners rounded up
Guardia Civil raids in various provinces, including Alicante, have disbanded a gang who were allegedly dealing firearms to organised crime.
Many of their buyers were...
Christmas rules for Valencia region announced
“We have to be mature enough to have a different Christmas.”
These were the words of regional president Ximo Puig as he set out the...
Big ‘Belén’
It’s a record! Alicante city has constructed the tallest Nativity scene (Belén in Spanish) registered by Guinness for their official records.
More in tomorrow’s Costa...
Millions awarded to fix flood damage
Investments totalling over €12 million to repair damage from the September 2019 floods have been announced by Almoradí town hall.
Full report in tomorrow’s Costa...
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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...
