Interview with Rojales mayor
ANTONIO Pérez speaks to Alex Watkins about issues in the municipality including rubbish collection, the reorganisation of Avenida de las Naciones in Ciudad Quesada...
Bonfire night ban
TOWN halls in the south of Alicante province have told residents they cannot construct bonfires on the beach for San Juan night this Saturday...
Rajoy returns to old job in Santa Pola
While the PP leadership race got underway on Tuesday, former PM Mariano Rajoy was in Santa Pola's property registration office where he returned to...
Torrevieja’s bid to beat the drought
TORREVIEJA town hall has launched a campaign to save half the water used by households in the municipality.
Full story in Friday’s Costa Blanca News...
Orihuela Costa’s tourism office shut down
NO beach bars, no sunbeds or toilet facilities at the beaches – and now no office to offer information to tourists.
This is the unprecedented...
Beach security paramount
THE LIFEGUARD service is underway in Torrevieja and will run until September 15.
Full story on the security plan for beaches in Friday’s Costa Blanca...
Forest fire concern
THE 27 municipalities making up the Vega Baja have no permanent forest fire fighting team, even though many urbanisations have been built next to...
Digging for historical treasure
THERE will be five simultaneous archaeological projects underway at three sites in Guardamar del Segura by the end of this month.
Sand dunes buried the...
Recycling boost for Torrevieja
A TOTAL of 500 new recycling containers will be installed in Torrevieja ‘in the near future’.
Deputy mayor Fanny Serrano made the announcement following a...
Keeping jellyfish out of the picture
JELLYFISH nets are being installed across the Mar Menor by San Pedro del Pinatar fishermen.
Foreign residents targeted by fraudsters
THREE people have been arrested in connection with a scam – allegedly run from a lawyer’s office in Torrevieja – targeting foreign residents who...
Stray adoption success
A TOTAL of 580 dogs and 380 cats, which were housed in Orihuela animal shelter at San Bartolomé, were adopted last year ‘thanks to...
Pension alert over Brexit
PRIVATE pension providers have warned expats in Spain that they ‘may not be able to continue paying out to overseas bank accounts after Britain...
Painkiller controversy goes to the top
CAMPAIGNERS hope powerful Spanish medicine licensing body AEMPS will act to prevent the commonly used analgesic metamizole being taken by certain expat groups because...
POPULAR NEWS
Benidorm locks-up again
To avoid residents from other regions breaking the lockdown and trying to reach holiday apartments in Benidorm this May 1 holiday weekend, local authorities...
Deep snow in Alicante province
With the north of Alicante province still on red alert for snow today (Monday), around half a metre has fallen in Banyeres de Mariola...
Brexit passport rule changes
BRITISH people travelling within the European Union should be aware passport validity rules will change after December 31 because of Brexit.
During the current transition...
