COSTA BLANCA SOUTH
Bonus for bees
The La Marina shopping centre in Finestrat has installed a beehive on its roof as part of its efforts to become a more sustainable...
More nurses for the health service
Regional health councillor Ana Barceló has given more information on the procedure to take on nearly 2,000 nurses for the health service in the...
Blue flag blitz – Alicante province leads the way in Spain
The Valencia region has more Blue Flags for its beaches and ports than any other region in Spain – with Alicante province top of...
Guardia Civil return to Ciudad Quesada
The Guardia Civil office in the Ciudad Quesada municipal centre in Rojales reopened on Tuesday.
Full report in Friday’s Costa Blanca News
New dog beach for this summer
The first beach for dogs on the Mar Menor is slated to open in Los Alcázares this summer, announced the town hall.
Full report in...
Plan aims to solve flooding and save farming
A regional government plan to make use of rainwater collected from Orihuela Costa and Torrevieja for irrigation has the support of Orihuela’s new local...
A load of old cobbles – spectacular historical street unearthed
Procedures to conserve a section of ancient decorated cobbled paving discovered in Elche have been initiated by city hall.
Full report in Friday’s Costa Blanca...
Stealing ‘lease’ cars – international theft racket busted
A massive National Police operation against illegal dealing in vehicles has arrested 82 people around the country, 33 of them in Alicante province.
Officers recovered...
Briton dies in wasp sting tragedy
A 67-year-old woman – reported to be British – died on Monday in Teulada-Moraira after she went into anaphylactic shock caused by a wasp...
Another visitor dies in mountain river
Another person has lost their life in the Bolulla mountain river – the fourth victim to die there in the last four weeks.
The emergency...
Mother and son arrested over shooting
It took less than 24 hours for the National Police to arrest a mother and her teenage son in connection with the killing of...
Black Friday ‘bargain’ con busted
A ‘criminal organisation’ which managed to defraud 160 people around the country via a Black Friday internet offer for electronic equipment has been ‘dismantled’,...
Valencia to get part of €10 billion investment by Volkswagen
The presentation of the project by Volkswagen to construct the ‘Gigafactory Valencia’ – enabling ‘sustainable battery production’ for electronic vehicles – was attended by...
Spying scandal hits the government
After it was revealed at the end of April that more than 60 separatist politicians and their supporters had been spied on using the...
A prickly problem
This giant cactus plant was brought during heavy rain and high winds on Wednesday in Benidorm.
Full report on the effects of the deluge in...