Brexit defeat
THE UK Parliament must vote on whether Britain can start the process of leaving the EU, the High Court ruled yesterday (Thursday).
The judgment means...
Phoney estate agent busted over holiday home scams
TWO suspected conmen have been arrested in Alicante province over a scam at holiday homes in the Mar Menor area.
Full report in tomorrow’s Costa...
Grand plan for waste management
THE 210,000 tonnes of rubbish produced each year by the 27 municipalities in the Vega Baja area are to be collected and treated in...
Gender violence tragedies
An expat has been arrested in Villajoyosa for kidnap and mistreatment of his partner is the latest incident of brutal domestic violence this week...
Best Costa employment figures since 2008
ALICANTE province currently boasts the best employment figures of the last eight years.
Thanks in great part to the historic figures registered by the tourism...
Accord to slash property tax
TORREVIEJA town hall is moving to bring in the long-awaited reduction in property tax (IBI), which would come into force on January 1, 2017.
Full report in Friday’s Costa Blanca News
Clampdown on illegal excursions
Nine local councils in the Marina Baja district have joined forces to clamp down on ‘manteros’ street vendors.
The town halls of Alfaz del Pi, Altea, Benidorm, Finestrat, La Nucía, Callosa d’en Sarrià, Polop, Relleu and Villajoyosa have drawn up a protocol to carry out inspections of businesses thought to be involved in the illegal excursions scam.
‘Home prison’ children freed
TWO children who were kept locked in properties in different parts of south Alicante province for more than seven years by their mother have...
Benidorm plans gourmet market
THE municipal Ciudadanos party at Benidorm town hall has suggested creating a 'gourmet' area in the municipal market building.
If successful, the proposal would enable...
‘Didn’t understand what they were voting on’
Dear Sir
I think if I hear 'people didn’t understand what they were voting on” I will scream. We knew, that’s why we did it.
We...
Hitchin, Herts, UK
October 24, 2016
Dear Sir/Madam,
This is part one of the Elesios Playa garages. This is a story no one seems to understand.
Over the last four...
Socialist surprise
Altea
October 24, 2016
Thanks for printing my letter last week.
I won’t even dream that my words had an effect on what happened in Calle Ferraz...
Theft, Alicante airport security check
Email
October 21, 2016
Hola
Some friends of ours had a very bad experience at Alicante airport, and apparently others have had this happen to them too....
Name and shame mindless yobs
Murcia,
October 23, 2016
After reading the article on cleaning graffiti from an ancient monument I felt the need to write. Yes, Spain has mindless yobs...
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Tony Matthews news from the Olympics
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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