Jail for organisers of ‘cannabis research group’
Three Gandia men who claimed to be researching the health benefits of cannabis have been jailed after magistrates considered they were also dealing.
L’Alcudia gruesome crime
A teenage girl murdered her mother and kept her body in the bath for over four months in a chilling case that has rocked...
No lockdown for Valencia, says Puig
Valencia president Ximo Puig would ask for a state of emergency declaration for parts of the region ‘if it was necessary’.
This was the Valencia...
Sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in Valencia region
A total of 772 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the Valencia region yesterday (Tuesday) evening – almost double the previous day’s total...
Covid-19 hospital cases on the rise
Several small outbreaks of coronavirus have been reported in Alicante province, as the number of cases in the Valencia region continues to increase.
On Monday...
Call for more regional police for pandemic fight
The Valencia government has called for urgent reinforcements to strengthen the regional police force, which is in the forefront of the battle against infringements...
New laws on smoking begin to bite
Alicante city local police issued fines to 25 people in one day for smoking too close to other people in public areas.
City hall reported...
Tourism trade demands ‘respect’ in Benidorm
Sunday morning saw somewhere in the region of 1,000 people turn out for the peaceful “Respect for all in the tourism sector” march in...
Prostitution ban ‘needed’ to shut down brothels
Valencia president Ximo Puig has said a change in the law is necessary to shut brothels after minister for equality Irene Montero wrote to...
Man survives shot in the head after gang attack
An apparently unprovoked mass attack in a Xàtiva house, which left a man for dead, has landed seven men in jail, according to the...
Small percentage ignore Covid-19 rules
Despite the week-on-week rise since the middle of July of active cases of coronavirus in the region, a Valencia government survey has found that...
Safety advice to prevent skin cancer
A facility called a ‘health innovation point’ has been set up at the entrance to Cala Bosque beach in La Zenia, Orihuela Costa in...
Special nightlife measures ‘for three weeks’
The special measures affecting nightlife announced by the national government on Friday to crackdown on the spread of Covid-19 will be in force for...
Isolation plan for field workers
A procedure is being brought in by the Valencia government to ‘isolate’ fruit and vegetable pickers who may have caught the coronavirus.
Seasonal agricultural workers...
