Plaques pay homage to POWs

Rojales has become the only municipality in the Vega Baja area to have put up plaques on the town hall which pay homage to...

Turtle returns – supermum back in Denia

A turtle which laid 80 eggs at Playa de la Marineta Cassiana on June 18 has returned to the same beach in Denia to...

Crackdown on fly tippers

Alfaz del Pi town hall is to step up the monitoring of illegal dumping of waste and hit the culprits with fines of up...

Counterfeit clothing raids reap results

A police sweep of shops in Benidorm and the street market in Moraira resulted in almost 3,500 counterfeit designer items being seized, and the...

Controversial Costa housing project approved

The modified project for the urban development of Cala Mosca in Orihuela Costa was approved by the local government committee (JGL) on Tuesday, effectively...

Valencia formally requests phase two status

The Valencia regional government has formally requested its three provinces (Alicante, Valencia and Castellón) are allowed to enter phase two of the lockdown exit...

More cheap high-speed trains to Madrid

Low fare high-speed train (AVE) company Ouigo will start offering services between Alicante and Madrid from the second quarter of this year. Director general Hélène...

Private option to clear waiting lists

A measure to allow patients to choose to be operated on immediately in private hospitals has been approved by the Valencia government. A spokesman for...

Costa Blanca towns among Spain’s most expensive

Altea and Jávea are among the municipalities with the most expensive housing in Spain, with average prices of €961,000 and €850,000 respectively, according to...

Oktoberfest is back

After missing a year in 2020, everyone’s favourite beer festival is back. La Nucia is hosting this year’s Oktoberfest Beer Festival – a 13-day event...

Two die in beauty spot accident

Two members a guided adventure tour party were killed when they suffered an accident in a ravine in Bolulla and were swept away by...

Tárbena wildfire ‘stabilised’

The wildfire which has been burning out of control in the mountains of Alicante province was finally classified as ‘stabilised’ last night (Tuesday) at...

Action plan over rising boar numbers

Rapidly increasing populations of wild boar in different parts of the Valencia region are causing traffic accidents, ruining farmers' crops and having an impact...

Build your own health centre

By Alex Watkins According to an interview with the mayor of Orihuela, the town hall appears to have offered to pay for a second health...

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