Rubble mountain denounced
HUNDREDS of tonnes of builders’ rubble has been piling up for months very close to the homes of El Mirador urbanisation, according to a...
Works to prevent flooding
MORE than €1 million is being spent by water company Agamed this year on new drainage systems to prevent flooding at blackspots in Torrevieja.
Officials...
Market manoeuvres
ORIHUELA will be reviving an important period in the city’s history with a medieval market running from today Friday until Sunday.
It will be officially...
British couple death trial postponed
THE TRIAL due to start this week over the death of British couple Kenneth and Mary Hall. during a flash flood at La Cala...
Pedreguer gets drug baron’s luxury villa
A NOTORIOUS drug baron's €3-million Pedreguer mansion has been leased to the local authority for the next 15 years.
Francisco Javier Martínez Sanmillán, alias 'Franky',...
Football stadium up for grabs
ANYONE with a spare €14.7million could buy themselves a football stadium, complete with shares in its team, when it goes up for auction today,...
Rubbish transfer plans revealed
GUARDAMAR del Segura and Orihuela have been proposed as locations for rubbish transfer plants.
Household waste from all over the Vega Baja area would be...
Right to vote update
EXPAT campaigner Harry Shindler MBE has sent out a message to Britons abroad over the Conservative government’s promise to give all UK citizens the...
Family suffocate in bed due to clothing collapse
THREE members of the same family in Alicante city died when hundreds of kilos of clothing that they were storing fell on them while...
La Nucia water drinkable – Alfaz, Altea and Finestrat must wait
La Nucía town hall has issued a public notice that water is now drinkable throughout the muncipality. Meanwhile, in Altea, Alfaz del Pi and...
Schoolboy knife attack
A 17-YEAR-old schoolboy who was arrested for attacking five classmates with a knife in Villena last Friday was handed over to the prosecutor for...
Job creation joy
VALENCIA is celebrating its best employment statistics since 2009.
Regional secretary for employment, Enric Nomdedéu said the region had broken the psychological barrier of 20%...
MEPs probe Mar Menor pollution
THE ENVIRONMENTAL problems affecting the Mar Menor will be investigated by the European Union’s Petitions Committee, it was announced this week.
The move follows a...
‘Tráfico’ moves closer to you
INTERIOR minister Juan Ignacio Zoido has inaugurated the new traffic department (DGT) office in Elche, which will serve the south of Alicante province.
The facility...
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The 2024 Summer Olympics
Simone Biles along with the American team with their gold medals
Photo: @simonebiles
After three full days of competition, up to midnight on...
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