Hospital admissions for Covid-19 on the rise in Valencia region
The number of people requiring hospital treatment for Covid-19 in the Valencia region has increased over the last two weeks.
Figures from the regional health...
Multinationals eye the Valencia region
Acting Valencia president Ximo Puig has revealed the possibility of unprecedented investment in the region while on the campaign trail for elections which take...
No policy to delay AstraZeneca jabs, says health authority
Answering questions from Costa Blanca News this week, the regional health authority stated that they are still aiming to give people in the 60...
Seeing the light
The first of three large, international movie-making productions planned at the Ciudad de la Luz (city of light) studios in Alicante will start filming...
Public ‘rubbish’ role demanded
Associations of residents, ecologists and unions have jointly presented objections to proposed rules for how the public participation committee of the Vega Baja waste...
Police foil bid to steal cashpoint
Thieves used a stolen lorry with a crane to demolish brick and concrete walls protecting a cash machine in Orihuela Costa last night (Wednesday).
However,...
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...
Tour of ancient city wall made ‘accessible’
Cartagena’s Punic wall interpretation centre now has an added attraction for visitors with reduced mobility, who can undertake a 3D tour of the whole...
R.I.P. Pamela Dawson-Tasker BEM
Costa Blanca News and the wider community are mourning the sad loss of a charity stalwart.
Pamela Dawson-Tasker BEM – or PDT as she was...
Couple arrested for violent muggings
A dozen violent muggings committed against elderly people in various provinces have been attributed to two suspects detained in Crevillente.
A Guardia Civil spokesman said...
Time is up for ‘pothole paradise’
Work has finally started to resurface what had become known as the most potholed street in Torrevieja – Calle Rodrigo in La Siesta urbanisation.
After...
New fines to halt virus spread
The Valencia government is set to approve a decree today (Friday) setting out a new fining regime to cover the regulations on the use...
Bid to reduce rescues ‘to the minimum’
This is going to be ‘a difficult summer’ for lifeguards, according to the Red Cross beaches coordinator for Guardamar del Segura, José Luis Hernández.
They...
‘Surprised’ in a stolen boat
The Guardia Civil reported on Wednesday that they had ‘surprised’ four people in a speed boat which had been stolen the day before from...
POPULAR NEWS
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...
