Gas bottle price hike
The price of a bottle of butane gas will go up by 5% tomorrow (Tuesday).
The new price approved by the Minsitry of Industry is...
Missing Briton found
Missing British holidaymaker Robert Dixon has been found after getting disorientated and falling some seven metres down a cliff face at the Tio Ximo...
Accessible homes on the way
VALENCIA city hall and the region’s branch of disabled people’s association COCEMFE will jointly build 11 accessible homes.
Vice-Mayoress and Urbanism councillor Sandra Gómez met...
Light at the end of the tunnel
Spain has recorded its lowest number of deaths of patients suffering coronavirus in nearly two weeks.
The total of 637 is the lowest since March...
Spain reports nearly 2,000 fewer deaths
Spain has revised the total of deaths of patients with Covid-19.
According to government coronavirus spokesman Fernando Simón, the figure is 26,834 and not the...
Top minister to visit Costa Blanca News
ACTING foreign minister José Manuel García-Margallo will visit Costa Blanca News next week.
The veteran politician will be shown around the newspaper’s headquarters in Finestrat.
He...
Dolphin born through artificial insemination
For the first time in Spain, a baby Tursiops truncatus dolphin was born through artificial insemination techniques.
The event took place on July 20 in...
Central animal shelter for Ribera Alta ‘cannot find a site’
RIBERA Alta councillors want to set up a district-wide animal sanctuary with a no-kill policy and which actively promotes adoptions – but have nowhere...
Jávea footballer jailed for match-fixing
Veteran midfielder Xavi Torres is fighting to clear his name after being found guilty of corruption and accepting illicit payments in a top flight...
Hottest day
The temperature reached 44.5ºC in Orihuela city yesterday (Thursday) – the hottest day of the year so far, according to MeteOrihuela.
The good news is...
Freeze hurts crops
LAST week's sudden freezing temperatures have inflicted losses of up to 80% on crops in La Ribera district (Valencia province).
Summer seasonal fruit, and mainly...
Bid to cut waiting lists
OPERATING theatres in public hospitals in the Valencia region will open on Saturdays to reduce waiting lists.
Regional councillor for health Carmen Montón said this...
Farmer finds stolen orange trees in neighbouring field
A FURIOUS farmer whose orange saplings were stolen within a fortnight of buying them has seen them planted in a neighbouring field.
The brazen thieves...
Local airports on standby
Airports around Spain are adapting their services and facilities to the sharp fall in flights due to the Covid-19 health crisis, according to state-run...
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...
