Oceanogràfic blaze
Vistitors to Valencia's Oceanogràfic marine life park had to be evacuated on Tuesday due to a fire affecting decorative elements that caused a towering...
Electricity firm sales scam: Recorded calls to victims doctored
AN ELECTRICITY firm fraud involving cutting and pasting phone conversations with victims has led to customers changing companies without their knowledge or permission.
A man...
Saharawi children take their message to Valencia city council
REFUGEE Saharawi children took their message to the Mayor of Valencia and other councillors last week.
A group of around 25 boys and girls who...
Oliva beach ‘polluted’ river deltas shut to bathers
RIVER deltas joining the sea at the south end of Oliva are now off-limits to bathers after tests on the water found potentially toxic...
Botulism outbreak kills over 300 birds
A TOTAL 331 birds that lived in Valencia’s Albufera natural park have died as a result of an outbreak of avian botulism.
The outbreak of...
Investigation launched into huge forest fire
THE DEVASTATING forest fire that has burned nearly 900 hectares of land in Beneixama (Benejama) near Villena ‘was apparently started deliberately’, according to state...
Authorities reveal drug storage issue
A SIGNIFICANT increase in seized cannabis plants and marijuana drugs has caused police stations to start running out of space to store them.
Data from...
A house with 400 tarantulas
Guardia Civil officers seized over 400 tarantulas that were being kept in a house in Xilxes.
Members of the Nature Protection Service of Burriana’s Guardia...
Insulin deaths in residential home filed due to ‘lack of evidence’
NOBODY has been held accountable for the deaths of two women in a nursing home who were given insulin injections despite not being diabetic...
Alzira ITV station in total chaos
QUEUES of over seven hours and at least a three-month wait for appointments are beginning to cause complaints at Alzira's ITV station – and...
Retired footballer saved by defibrillator residents demanded
AN EX-FOOTBALLER from Ontinyent was saved from certain death on Wednesday thanks to a defibrillator fitted in the sports centre in response to public...
La Font d’En Carròs to restore Rebollet Castle
LA FONT d'En Carròs is determined not to let its castle go the same way as others in La Safor – to rack and...
Peaceful protest in Tavernes
MORE than 600 people joined in peaceful protest on Saturday (July 13) to demand freedom for the population of Western Sahara.
The event, in Tavernes...
Excess weight warning
RECENTLY released data shows that 25% of all people of legal age in Castellón province are obese.
The Valencian Endocrinology Society updated its figures recently,...
COSTA LEVANTE NEWS
Fartón face-stuffing contest breaks records
In a perfect antidote to pesky health warnings about obesity and Type II diabetes, Xàtiva's annual Fira d'Agost, or August Fair, holds a competition...
