Safe beaches information website launched
The Valencia government has launched a new online service which includes information designed to reduce the risk of drowning at the region’s beaches.
Councillor for...
R.I.P Benidorm legend ‘Sticky Vicky’
Tributes have been flooding in for Victoria Aragüés Gadea, aka Vicky Leyton – better known as Sticky Vicky – after it was announced that...
Ryanair cabin crew staff up the ante
Ryanair cabin crew staff in Spain have said they will strike every week until January due to the ‘refusal of the company to negotiate...
Green light for town budget
Torrevieja mayor Eduardo Dolón reported yesterday (Thursday) that the courts had turned down an appeal over the 2021 municipal budget.
He has now given the...
Government briefing on the vaccination plan
The health ministry has divided the population into 15 groups to establish a system to vaccinate the country against Covid-19.
Health minister Salvador Illa said...
Airport buggy bust
A 22-YEAR-old American has been arrested for stealing a golf cart and driving it to Alicante-Elche airport.
A National Police spokesman said the man had...
Biggest public spend in history
The arrival of billions of euros in European cash to Spain presents ‘the greatest opportunity for our country since we joined the EU’, stated...
Computer shop couple collared
A couple who run a computer shop in Torrevieja have been arrested in connection with burglaries of rural homes in Guardamar del Segura and...
Nature reserve plan revealed
THE REGIONAL government has published the declaration of the Sierra y el Cabo de Santa Pola as a municipal nature reserve.
The area is set...
ITV stations go back on strike
More strikes have been called in the ITV (MOT) motor vehicle inspection service pay dispute, which the regional government claimed to have settled in...
Armed robbery suspects rounded up
A gang of suspected armed robbers has been caught in Elche, reported the National Police.
A force spokesman stated that the two men and a...
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...
Rain run-off pollutes lagoon
The environmental conditions of the Mar Menor have worsened in recent weeks, according to the regional government.
Regional councillor for farming Antonio Luengo blamed the...
Council gives go-ahead for emergency centre contract
The procedure to contract an architect and engineering team to supervise and coordinate the building works of the emergency centre in Orihuela Costa was...
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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...
