Treading water
Former Valencia city mayoress Rita Barberá is in the eye of the storm on a national scale, as the noose of the ‘Operación Taula’...
Police shortage
Peñíscola will have to make do with around a third less police officers than in 2018.
Until 2017 the law allowed towns to recruit police...
Dad accused of killing young son
The town hall of Sueca has declared three days of official mourning after an 11-year-old boy was killed, allegedly by his own father.
The 47-year-old...
Gender violence figures released
OVER 5,000 women have been victims of gender violence in the Valencia region in the first three months of 2017, figures released earlier this...
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...
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...
Human trafficking network dismantled in Sagunto
By Shelley Liddell
GUARDIA CIVIL officers in Moncada, collaborating with Belgian Police and Europol, have busted a criminal organisation dedicated to trafficking with people.
They would...
Sun, sand and smelly water in Alcossebre
SWIMMING in Alcossebre's Las Arenas beach has been banned for over a week due to contaminted seawater.
The red flag, which prohibits beach goers from...
Frozen to death
TWO mountain ramblers died while out walking in the Tinença de Benifassà area in Castellón at the weekend.
The two women, aged 40 and 53,...
Jávea brings private prosecution over cyclists’ deaths
JÁVEA local authority will bring a private prosecution against the drunk- and drug-fuelled driver who killed three cyclists from TriLlebeig triathlon club and left...
Large fines lie in wait for pimps and sex clients
The regional government has urged town halls to implement a new bylaw that they have drafted allowing for fines of up to €3,000 to...
Plan to deal with ‘hotter’ summer
The Valencia government is predicting a summer which is ‘hotter than the seasonal average’ – and has published a plan to deal with health...
Partially open for business
The ‘slow, prudent and progressive’ opening of the regional economy starts today (Monday).
Valencia’s president Ximo Puig said this would be done in stages so...
COSTA LEVANTE
Plan to cut smoking to just 5% of the population by...
The government has given a detailed analysis of their ‘integral plan’ to reduce smoking – but has still not yet revealed which additional public...
