Costa Blanca News

BRITISH councillor in Alicante province Jacqui Cotterill will attend a meeting of the European Union’s Petitions Committee next week in a renewed effort to...

COSTA hotels and holiday apartments have this week welcomed the announcement by the UK government to enforce new rules in the coming weeks to...

TORREVIEJA town hall is stepping in to carry out urgent repairs needed after projects funded by national water company Acuamed were abandoned. Full story in...

TORREVIEJA’S Molina del Agua municipal park is being extended. Deputy mayor Fanny Serrano explained that more than 4.5 hectares of land is being added to...

THE POOR condition of Orihuela Costa roads is presenting a real danger to residents. A 72-year-old British pensioner suffered a fall when crossing the main...

VALENCIA president Ximo Puig is visiting China this week to sign trade deals and promote investment from Asia’s economic powerhouse. A twinning agreement is in...

TORREVIEJA’S coalition council is considering a proposal to set up a public rent-a-bike system in the municipality. Full story in Friday’s Costa Blanca News (south...

THE REGIONS of Valencia and Murcia are joining forces in an effort to force the national government to dedicate more cash and resources to...

AROUND 100 farmers who owned the land where Corvera airport has been built have still not been paid compensation for losing their fields. They have...

PILAR de la Horadada town hall is fighting to provide public access to the watchtower at Torre de la Horadada. The owner, the countess of...

THE AMBULANCE service is Orihuela Costa is failing local residents and has to be improved, say council chiefs. Health councillor Noelia Grao admitted on Wednesday...

RATS have been spotted in San Miguel de Salinas town centre streets. A rubbish container shortage is leading to the health hazard, according to opposition...

A DRONE collided with an aircraft over the coast of Elche on Sunday, fortunately not causing any damage or injury. Alicante-Elche airport reported the incident...

THE GOVERNMENT will fight to ensure that British visitors to Spain do not have to fill out a visa application after Brexit. This was the...

THIRTY-five thousand almond trees may be destroyed after the EU requested that trees infected with the Xyella Fastidiosa bacteria should be removed. The decision...

CBNews' Irena Bodnarec was one of those who saw off 'Benidorm', a turtle rescued in July which was returned to its natural habitat on...

A PATIENT fell out of a moving ambulance on the AP-7 motorway in Ondara this week, and a driver who witnessed the incident says...

FIREMEN have removed a beehive that was almost as big as a football from an Almoradí primary school. More in tomorrow’s Costa Blanca News

ELECTIONS for the citizens' district boards in Orihuela Costa have been declared void and will have to be held again. More in tomorrow’s Costa Blanca...

TWO brothers from Torrevieja have been arrested for blackmailing young girls into sending them compromising photos and videos. Full story in Friday’s Costa Blanca News