Lucky escape for young canyoning aficionado
A 12-year-old girl fell from a height of five metres while she was ‘canyoning’ in the Sierra de Orihuela on Sunday afternoon.
The provincial fire...
Bird rescue
The provincial fire brigade reported on Sunday that there had been a ‘happy ending’ for a bird of prey which became trapped in the...
Passengers hit by airport strike action
Long queues formed as passengers tried to access the departure area security-check zone at Alicante-Elche airport at the weekend.
The CCOO union noted that the...
International travellers take advantage of new vaccine service
The new international vaccination centre at Torrevieja hospital has attended to around 100 travellers during its first two months.
The service was launched on July...
Toilet trouble
Residents have expressed their frustration that the public toilets at the beaches in Orihuela Costa were closed by the council last weekend even though...
Organic operation – bins to separate waste
A new ‘door-to-door’ service to collect organic waste from restaurants, bars and hotels has been launched in Torrevieja.
Councillor for rubbish and street cleaning María...
Airport strike set to go ahead
Private security staff at Alicante-Elche airport are set to go ahead with strike action – starting tomorrow (Friday).
Employees from Ilunion Seguridad will be staging...
Breakthrough for high-speed rail
A vital section of standard (international) gauge railway – which will cut journey times between Alicante and Valencia and Castellón by half an hour...
Fines for fly-tippers
Elche council is waging war on fly tipping of rubbish, garden cuttings or furniture outside of containers on streets and other areas by levying...
Delivery backlog denounced
More than 60,000 letters, parcels and notifications are waiting to be delivered in Alicante province due to a shortage of Post Office (Correos) personnel,...
Alicante – the stronghold for ‘Brexpats’
Out of the more than 208,000 Britons in Spain who have obtained the TIE card accrediting their entitlement to most of the rights enjoyed...
Millions provided to repair problem promenade
Yet another repair job is underway on the beachfront walkway in La Mata – this one costing €3.9 million.
Year after year, the promenade is...
UK smuggling suspect nabbed in Benidorm
A 65-year-old Vietnamese man, wanted by Interpol for human trafficking and accused of smuggling 13 people into the UK, has been arrested by the...
Heading home – firefighters took part in Libya rescue mission
Alicante firefighters lamented that they have not been able to find any survivors of the Libya flooding disaster.
“We have given it everything during interminably...
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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...
