Beach bars set to return for Easter
The tender for the contract to manage beach bars and services in Orihuela has been published, after a summer without them which frustrated many...
House buyers’ deposits stolen
A worker and the manager from an estate agency in Elche have been detained for defrauding clients out of a total of €125,000, according...
Small boat captain given jail sentence
The captain of a small boat who brought eight migrants from Algeria to Alicante has accepted a two-year jail sentence.
The man, whose age was...
Windfall for dependency care
The Cabinet has approved distribution of almost €1.1 billion amongst the regional governments for dependency care.
The funding is from the EU recovery plan and...
Dung pong masked pot plantation
An investigation into complaints about bad smells from manure being stored at a business in Catral led Guardia Civil to discover a plantation of...
Sánchez returns as Spain’s leader
Pedro Sánchez has been voted in as Prime Minister following a tense and bad tempered debate in the Congress.
The Socialist party (PSOE) politician received...
‘Historic’ fishing dock to be preserved
Part of a dock dating from the 19th century has been unearthed during the works to construct the new commercial area in Torrevieja port.
It...
Head-on crash closes N-332
A head-on collision on the N-332 in Torrevieja on Wednesday afternoon led to the busy road being closed.
Local police reported that two cars and...
First step for N-332 dual carriageway work
A move has finally been made over the long-awaited project to turn the busy N-332 road in Torrevieja into a dual carriageway.
The government has...
Protest over doctor shortage
The Torrevieja hospital catchment area has below the minimum ratios of GPs, paediatricians, midwives and mental health professionals, a campaign group in favour of...
‘Reconciliation’ in Cataluña via amnesty, says the PSOE
The Socialist party (PSOE) registered the amnesty law in the Congress on Monday.
The legislation, which will now go through the Parliamentary process, affects 309...
Boy was driving dad to France
A 14-year-old boy has been caught driving a high-performance car on the motorway.
The Guardia Civil reported that the youngster’s father was in the passenger...
Giant ‘cockroach’ roamed in Murcia mountains
The fossilised footprints of a metre-long creature, ‘similar to a cockroach’, have been found in mountains in Murcia.
This new species – now long extinct...
Coast protection – but …
The Valencia region’s coast law will ‘protect the values of our coast, but it will also be sensitive to the historic and economic reality...
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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...
