Bulls in court
Legal loopholes means Dénia's Bous a la Mar organisers should face €4.8m fine every summer, says an animal action team
ANIMAL protection group PACMA has...
Three Kings delight Costa kids
The Three Kings (Wise Men) paraded through all Costa towns last night (Tuesday) loaded with presents for children and goodies for everyone.
Thousands of people...
Hitman’s extradition holds up cheated wife murder case
A MURDER trial against a Swiss woman who hired three hitmen to kill her husband's lover has been put back due to delays in...
Spain is winning war against road deaths
THE NUMBER of people killed during 2015 in road traffic accidents in the Valencia region fell by 11% on the previous year, according to...
New lease of life for abandoned hotel
BENIDORM town hall has received notification of the basic project to build a four star hotel on the site of the abandoned and burnt...
Public transport fares frozen
THE regional government in Valencia has decided to freeze the cost of public transport in 2016, in order to promote its better use by...
Prescription charges axed
FULL details of the regional government’s plan to scrap copayment for prescription charges for pensioners and the disabled from January 1 were announced on...
All so innocent
ANYBODY visiting Ibi on Monday could be forgiven for thinking the whole town had been afflicted by some kind of mass insanity as oddly...
Bankia sets new cash point charge
Bankia announced this week that it is levying a charge of €0,98 on anybody that uses its cash point machines if their credit or...
Conservatory hits wrong note
Multi-million-euro music teaching facility has a number of deficiencies
By Dave Jones
JUST when residents may have thought the scandals surrounding Torrevieja’s public buildings had run...
Benidorm main street to undergo revamp
The council has announced that its 2016 budget will be presented at the next full council meeting during the first week of January.
Mayor Toni...
Airport access upgrade approved
The public works ministry in Madrid has approved the project to upgrade the N-338 which links the N-332 with the main Alicante ring road...
Rocking for charity
A BOXING Day rock festival will bring some of the top local and national bands and solo artists Gandia to raise money for children...
Keeping watch over Cofrentes
THE ongoing threat of jihadi terrorism in the Valencia region has triggered the creation of a special Guardia Civil detachment at Cofrentes nuclear power...
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...
