Santa Pola Town Council has formally approved changes to the planning conditions for the sports facilities site on Avenida de Albacete, where the municipal swimming pool is located. The decision was taken at a full council meeting and finalises a planning document that received no objections during its initial stages. The approved changes alter the internal configuration of the building, allowing it to increase from three to five storeys, as set out in the 2008 General Urban Plan, while keeping […]

Dolores Town Council has presented its twenty twenty five results from the door to door household waste collection system, showing a significant improvement in recycling and a sharp reduction in landfill waste. The scheme, fully implemented in mid twenty twenty four, aims to cut waste generation, improve management, and increase environmental awareness among residents. According to the council, more than one hundred and fifty tonnes of mixed waste were diverted from landfill in twenty twenty five alone. Since the system […]

The regional president, Fernando López Miras, has officially opened a new Local Police station in La Manga, highlighting the importance of security as an investment in quality of life, freedom and economic activity. The facility was inaugurated last Friday and is intended to strengthen policing in a busy coastal area. The station is located in the Manga Beach building at kilometre 6.5 of the Gran Vía, within the municipality of San Javier. It operates twenty four hours a day, covers […]

A woman has died in the Roda district of San Javier after being accidentally run over by her own vehicle while receiving roadside assistance. The incident happened on Friday afternoon in a residential area on Calle Carlos I, where the woman had asked for help after being unable to start her car. According to witness accounts, a recovery operator arrived with a portable jump starter and entered the vehicle to try to start it. The car was in first gear, […]

Spanish National Police have dismantled a criminal group accused of carrying out violent drug robberies, known as so-called drug rip-offs, in the Region of Murcia and the province of Alicante. Ten people have been arrested in an operation that followed months of investigation into the gang’s activities. The inquiry began in September after officers were alerted to a violent assault in an underground car park in the Murcia district of Santo Ángel. Investigators say several armed suspects attacked a victim […]

A forty-one-year-old man has died after being shot outside a home in the district of El Algar, near Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday morning, at around four o’clock, outside a duplex property in Juan XXIII Street. The regional one one two emergency coordination centre received several calls from neighbours reporting a serious incident. Witnesses said they heard a loud detonation shortly before discovering a man lying on the ground with […]

Emergency services were alerted early on Sunday morning after reports of a four-by-four vehicle on the verge of falling into the sea at Cala de la Higuera, a cliff area on the northern coastline of Torrevieja. The call was made before dawn, more than an hour before sunrise. Firefighters from the Torrevieja fire station attended and found the vehicle balanced at the edge of the cove. The car had become stuck in thick mud, which prevented it from plunging into […]

Ten migrants, including two minors, have been assisted after arriving on the coast at Benidorm by small boat early this morning. The vessel reached the shore without incident, and emergency services provided immediate help. It is the first recorded arrival of migrants to the Valencian Community in 2026. All ten people are of North African origin and were reported to be in relatively good health on arrival. They have since been transferred to the socio-health care centre at the port […]

More than eight thousand runners took part on Sunday in the thirty-fourth edition of the Santa Pola International Half Marathon, confirming its status as one of the most popular races in the Valencian Community. This year’s event introduced a new ten kilometre race, which took place ahead of the half marathon and attracted strong interest from participants. The president of the Alicante Provincial Council, Toni Pérez, attended the event and officially started the new ten kilometre race. He was joined […]