Race against clock to repair Costa refuse trucks
“We are facing a critical situation and a serious attack on health and hygiene,” say residents, as rotting rubbish piles up
The contract to repair...
Airports back to best
The airports serving Alicante province and Murcia region are seeing a return to passenger numbers which are similar to those recorded in 2019 –...
Former Catalan president detained in Germany
ANOTHER turbulent week in Cataluña’s politics has ended with the arrest of former leader Carles Puigdemont in Germany. Earlier, a failed attempt to elect...
Helicopter drug trafficking gang busted
AN INTERNATIONAL drug trafficking gang that used specially adapted helicopters able to carry loads of up to 900 kilos to transport drugs between Morocco...
Air traffic controllers and pilots can stick to Spanish
THE government has agreed to allow airline pilots and air traffic controllers to communicate in Spanish. An EU directive requiring use of English at...
Fire at the beach
Two firefighting aircraft helped to extinguish a blaze that broke out in pine trees behind Playa del Carabasí in Elche on Wednesday evening.
Around 1,000...
Police swoop on fake goods at Benidorm market
National Police have raided what they described as a ‘well-known market’ in Benidorm.
During the swoop officers seized 1,777 articles deemed to be counterfeit.
These included...
Luxury properties were home to drug farms
Houses in exclusive urbanisations in Calpe were found to be concealing three indoor marijuana plantations, reported the Guardia Civil.
Officers seized a total of 1,000...
Protected animals ‘stuffed’ in Alicante
AN EIGHT-month investigation by the Guardia Civil in Alicante province into the illegal trade of animals has led to the seizure of more than...
‘Mirador’ fall man rescued
The fire service was called to carry out a complicated rescue mission in the early hours of Saturday morning at Benidorm’s Mirador vantage point...
Press power halts pollution
RAW SEWAGE gushing out of Monte Pego into the Marjal 'miraculously' stopped after the issue made headlines, says the urbanisation's residents' association.
Residents evacuated in Jávea wildfire
A total of 120 people were evacuated from their homes in Jávea yesterday evening (Tuesday) when a wildfire broke out in a wooded area...
Unparalleled necropolis unearthed
A Byzantine burial site being excavated in Rojales has turned out to be the largest discovered so far in the Iberian Peninsula.
Located at the...
New law to prevent housing abuses
A decree law to crack down on abuses in the housing sector has been passed by the Valencia government.
The aim is to give local...