Cartajima hotel named inland Málaga’s best
A SIX-bedroom hotel in Cartajima offering views across the Valle del Genal has been selected as Málaga province’s inland hotel of the year. The...
Call to lift toll on the AP-7 goes to Congress
A CALL for the toll to be lifted on the AP-7 motorway when the A-7 suffers major traffic jams is set to go to...
Top websites face fines over Costa holiday rentals
THE REGIONAL tourism agency (AVT) is taking disciplinary action against eight websites that offer tourist accommodation.
According to the regional secretary for tourism, Francesc Colomer,...
Heat danger
Murcia region has been placed on red alert for heat today (Monday) meaning the temperatures represent a threat to human life.
Maximums of 45°C could...
Torrential downpours cause chaos
With more rain falling in just 48 hours than throughout the whole of 2016 along the Costa Blanca, the River Segura overflowed around Orihuela...
The Beast of Easter strikes
THE ‘Beast of Easter’ swept into the Costa Blanca over the holiday weekend with Jávea bearing the brunt of the damage resulting from the...
Anger over new delay for Nerja health centre
NERJA'S mayor has reacted angrily to news that a decision on the town’s future health centre has been delayed until next year. Regional health...
Marina Alta gets connected
A multi-million upgrade is on the cards for the N-332 through the Marina Alta, according to the ministry for transport.
A new junction for the...
€25 million to cut waiting lists for surgery
This year’s voluntary overtime plan for health workers in order to reduce waiting lists has been approved by the regional government for a sum...
Benalmádena urges motorway speed-up
BENALMÁDENA council last week passed a motion calling on the central government to speed up progress on work to remodel the town’s A7 motorway...
Giant ‘cockroach’ roamed in Murcia mountains
The fossilised footprints of a metre-long creature, ‘similar to a cockroach’, have been found in mountains in Murcia.
This new species – now long extinct...
Man killed by Safari park buffalo
A 42-YEAR-OLD bricklayer was gored and killed by a buffalo while he was working on the fencing at Safari Aitana in Penáguila on Wednesday...
‘Liar’ call over rubbish plant
By Dave Jones
"IT surpasses all levels of indecency and cynicism."
This was the assessment of mayor José Manuel Dolón over the opposition presented to the...