Forest Inferno under control
WHAT has become the worst forest fire in the Valencia region in six years - leaving 40 families homeless and at least 7,421 acres...
Coronavirus – Valencia region update
In the Valencia region the number of deaths of patients with the coronavirus has gone down by seven from yesterday's figure – with 31...
Grants available to combat mosquitoes
The Valencia government is stumping up €350,000 to help town halls crack down on the tiger mosquito around the region.
In recent months many municipalities...
Race yacht used to run drugs
Eight suspects have been arrested – ‘several of them Britons’ – in a sting against smugglers who were running cocaine from Caribbean islands to...
Gender violence tragedies
An expat has been arrested in Villajoyosa for kidnap and mistreatment of his partner is the latest incident of brutal domestic violence this week...
Award-winning British tourism
The importance British tourism has for the Costa Blanca in general was aknoweldged with an award on behalf of Benidorm on Monday.
British Consul Sarah-Jane...
Covid-19 hospital admissions increase
The rise in cases of Covid-19 is hitting hospitals in the Valencia region.
The number of patients being treated for coronavirus had gone up from...
May date for British tourists
British tourists could be able to travel to Spain ‘from May 20’, according to the minister for tourism Reyes Maroto.
She announced that the Spanish...
Heatwave alert
Temperatures could reach the mid 40s in Alicante province at the weekend, according to state weather agency AEMET, as the first official heatwave of...
Rain in the offing at last
After the driest start to a year for 40 years, rain is due to arrive in the south east of Spain.
Alicante university climatology lab...
Stolen car – and dog – found after agonising three days
A distraught woman who appealed to the person who stole her car to keep the vehicle but give her back her dog is now...
Services available for vulnerable people
A number of town halls in Alicante province and the Mar Menor area have launched a service to help elderly and vulnerable people with...
Regional outbreaks under control
A total of 16 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the Valencia region on Wednesday but the regional government said the flare-ups were...
More than the ‘bear’ necessities
European LIFE cash is coming into Spain to protect native animals and help to boost environmental projects.
Full report in today’s Costa Blanca News –...
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Glucose monitors now available from GPs for type two diabetes
Continuous glucose monitors can now be prescribed to patients with type two diabetes by GPs in the Valencia region.
The authorisation from the regional health...
