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Mega-build on course for Benidorm
After more than two decades of delays, plans are set to be approved this week for the final version of the ‘Ensanche Levante’ development...
It’s time to protect the plover
The annual campaign to protect potential nesting sites of the endangered Kentish plover has started at La Mata in Torrevieja.
A section of the beach...
On the right path
Costa Blanca town hall have been highlighting how their coastal footpaths have received environmental distinctions.
In Calpe it is the Voramar to Calalga which has...
To the rescue in the Alicante mountains
The Alpha 1 helicopter team was kept busy over the weekend.
The mountain rescue service was required to carry out two operations at the top...
Easter processions underway
The first Easter procession in Spain took place in Cartagena – starting very early on Friday morning.
The brotherhoods which carry the two floats for...
Call for ‘equal access to water’
Valencia and Murcia want a ‘national pact for water’, which would see more of the precious resource brought from wetter areas of Spain to...
A first for 3D surgery
Torrevieja hospital has used 3D technology to help carry out oesophageal surgery for the first time.
A team of surgeons successfully gave a laparoscopic (keyhole)...
Austrian arrested
A 70-year-old Austrian man wanted in his country for offences including a fraud totalling €9 million has been caught by Guardia Civil in Teulada.
Stake-outs...
Free legal advice on offer
The free legal advice service financed by the regional government, Justiprop, is now also available in San Miguel de Salinas.
Any person, whether or not...
Big getaway starts today
The special campaign for the Easter holidays operated by the national traffic department (DGT) starts on Friday (March 22).
A total of 16.5 million road...
Bringing beaches back to best
With the authorisation of the national coast department (Costas) and the approval of Calpe council, work began this week on the regeneration of Puerto...
Getting serious over social housing
The government has signed deals with 10 regional governments to ‘reform or construct’ 3,236 social homes in 88 municipalities around the country.
In Valencia region...
Mar Menor mud trials underway
Trials to evaluate the efficacy of techniques proposed for removing mud from the shores of the Mar Menor have started at Playa Estrella de...
What happened to winter?
Residents of the Valencia region will not be surprised to learn that this past winter was characterised as ‘extremely hot’ and ‘very dry’ by...
‘Exploring the deep’ off Alicante’s coast
Marine biologists have carried out a 12-day exploration of deep-sea canyons off the coast of Alicante province.
The team from the Spanish oceanographic institute (IEO,...
Helping harriers in Torrevieja
The fight to conserve two of Alicante province’s most emblematic species, the Montagu’s and western marsh harriers, is continuing for another year thanks to...
Schoolboy’s body found in the River Segura
The body of a 14-year-old boy who went swimming in the River Segura on Tuesday morning was found by Guardia Civil divers early that...
Cracking up – counting the cost of civic centre debacle
Four year after it was forced to close due to structural damage, Orihuela town hall is now going to draw up plans to repair...
Drones to the rescue
The helipad of the ‘ecological promenade’ of the Peñón de Ifach was the scenario chosen by Calpe local police for a series of drone...
Plant saved from the precipice
A plan to restore the population of a plant called Silene hifacensis in the Valencia region has been so successful that the species is...