Round the world from Alicante
The first weekend of activities for the start of The Ocean Race, previously known as the Round the World Yacht Race, attracted a record...
Flu jabs for all
Flu jabs will be available, on request, to the general population over the age of 18 by the Valencia region health service from Monday...
Fuel spillage causes chaos
The AP-7 motorway had to be closed for 10 hours between Dolores and Almoradí on Saturday after a petrol tanker overturned by Catral, spilling...
No phase two for now
‘Prudence’ led the Valencia government not to apply this week for phase two status of the government’s exit plan.
Regional councillor for health Ana Barceló...
City cycling simplified
Elche is making it easier to cycle around the city by releasing a map of all the BiciElx bike hire stations, cycle racks and...
Briton launches campaign to pressure UK over company law
A British resident who unwittingly bought an illegal off-plan house in Catral is calling for a UK government inquiry into why company law was...
Wet March ‘caused by climate change’
The record rainfall in March in the south east of Spain is the result of climate change, according to the head of Alicante university’s...
Waste plant deadlock broken
The waste transfer plant for the Vega Baja area in Dolores opened for a test period on Wednesday, ‘to check that all the installations...
Valencia’s big spend to prevent forest fires
A three-pronged strategy has been announced by the Valencia government to tackle the increasing threat of forest fires.
Regional president Ximo Puig said they aim...
It’s all going swimmingly
Swims in the Med are a tradition during the Christmas holidays on the Costa Blanca – sometimes to raise money for charity and sometimes...
Police app to the rescue
National Police officers helped a man who used the AlertCops application to send a message explaining that he is epileptic and was feeling in...
Heat hastens wine grape harvest
Hot weather this summer in Alicante province has brought the wine grape harvest forward by around two weeks.
This phenomenon is occurring in areas of...
Hospital patient numbers down – new cases up
The number of ‘active’ cases of coronavirus in the Valencia region has gone up after 246 new infections were reported today by the regional...
Beach count for the Costa
Electronic devices to count the number of people entering and leaving the beach have been installed at Cala Capitán, Cala Estaca and Cala Cerrada...
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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...
