Watching over Jávea
Jávea town hall is carrying out a special fire prevention plan during Easter.
The volunteer Protección Civil force is in charge, with daily shifts from...
‘Using’ the Ukraine
A gang has been busted in Torrevieja for offering fake documents to citizens of other countries so they could pretend to be from Ukraine...
Best March for job creation
Alicante province posted record employment figures for March, with 10,346 more people in work.
The advent of a bumper Easter for tourism has been one...
Holiday rental scam conned over 100 victims
A holiday home rental scam has been uncovered by the Guardia Civil, who have cleared up 128 frauds and made 29 arrests in simultaneous...
€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...
British and Irish citizens among drug shipment suspects
A court has jailed two men and two women, one of them British and another Irish, who had been arrested in Torrevieja and Rojales...
Prison for British husband
A Briton accused of stabbing his wife to death at their home in Orihuela Costa on Sunday has been remanded in custody by a...
Algar alert
The ‘dire situation’ of the lower stretch of the River Algar – a natural area of great environmental value which is included in the...
Waste separation success hailed
Benitachell door-to-door selective waste collection scheme – launched on March 1 on a pilot basis in three of the municipality’s urbanisations – is working...
Food aid for residents in the Valencia region
Households in the Valencia region with income of less than €21,000 a year will be able to claim a €90 food card.
Regional president Ximo...
Long-running inheritance scam rumbled by the Guardia Civil
A Guardia Civil operation dubbed ‘black hand’ has rounded up suspects for appropriating the estates of 22 elderly people who died in Alicante, including...
Airport reinforcements arrive
The number of Guardia Civil posted to Alicante-Elche airport has been increased by over 30%, with 34 new officers presented by the government.
They will...
Husband under arrest over wife’s death
A 64-year-old British woman has been stabbed to death at her home in Orihuela Costa.
Her 69-year-old husband has been arrested in connection with the...
No beach bars for Easter
The beach bars in Orihuela Costa will not be open for Easter, because the administrative procedures to award a new contract to manage them...
POPULAR NEWS
Benidorm locks-up again
To avoid residents from other regions breaking the lockdown and trying to reach holiday apartments in Benidorm this May 1 holiday weekend, local authorities...
Deep snow in Alicante province
With the north of Alicante province still on red alert for snow today (Monday), around half a metre has fallen in Banyeres de Mariola...
Brexit passport rule changes
BRITISH people travelling within the European Union should be aware passport validity rules will change after December 31 because of Brexit.
During the current transition...
