The council of Orihuela Costa has awarded a four-year contract for electric scooter hire to MGC Clean Energy, in a deal worth €164,800. The contract includes an annual fee of €41,200 payable to the council and has been awarded after a tender process that has taken more than ten months because of a previously reckless bid. The successful bidder has included user identification via a mobile application and will meet the local administration in the coming days to organise the […]

A 44-year-old British man has been arrested in Benidorm after officers from the Policía Nacional spotted him acting nervously in a hotel complex on Monday. Officers had no identification for the man and accompanied him to his room, where they confirmed his identity. He has been identified as a fugitive wanted by UK authorities on two counts of sexual assault and as the subject of a ten-year prison sentence. The international arrest warrant was issued on 12 November in connection […]

The Civil Guard has developed Operation Litterbug following an investigation into alleged fraud in the management of hazardous waste in the Region of Murcia. The inquiry has been opened after a construction company complained that a Madrid‑based waste removal firm provided a certificate that appeared false. The firm's manager has been placed under investigation as the suspected author of fraud, document falsification and offences against natural resources and the environment. The case began last summer when the construction company hired […]

Torrevieja council has approved the award of five contracts for the preparation of construction projects within the Plan Vega Renhace, with a total investment of €481,870. The works aim to strengthen stormwater evacuation and improve flood protection across several parts of the municipality. The projects will modernise hydraulic infrastructure in Los Balcones, Rambla Juan Mateo, Punta de la Víbora, El Limonar and the Roentgen area. Lot 1, the Los Balcones collector, has been awarded to Vielca Ingenieros S.A. for €237,402 […]

On Saturday 22 November a ticket sold in Ciudad Quesada, in the municipality of Rojales, has won the first prize in the National Lottery Saturday draw. The winning number was 74622 with refund digit 1-2-6. The top prize of €60,000 was paid at the administration on Avenida Naciones 11. The ticket was sold to a local resident. The Lotería Nacional is drawn from printed décimos. A billete comprises ten décimos with the same number and series and each décimo is […]

Around two hundred family members, friends and neighbours have gathered in La Florida, Orihuela Costa, to mark the first anniversary of the killing of fifteen-year-old Cloe. After a minute’s silence, her aunt Amor Fenoll has called for change to Spain’s Ley del Menor, saying the crime was committed with cold planning and extreme violence and that justice must reflect that severity. The judicial investigation and the autopsy have described a brutal attack: six stab wounds, two more superficial injuries and […]

A car has caught fire after being struck from behind on the N-332 near Torrevieja on Sunday shortly after one o'clock in the afternoon. Torrevieja fire station crews have extinguished the blaze and removed the vehicle from the carriageway to allow traffic to resume. No other vehicles or people were injured, and the regional emergency centre said no ambulance was required. The N-332 is the busiest road in the Vega Baja and the incident briefly disrupted traffic until the vehicle […]

Municipalities in the Vega Baja region will face a bill of up to €31.7 million in 2026 to transport and dispose of 204,250 tonnes of household waste, an increase of €2.4 million on current budgets. That equates to about €151 per resident and will weigh on the current expenditure of 27 local councils. The shortfall has been caused by the absence of fixed treatment facilities in the region and the need to send waste to twelve different disposal plants across […]

Torrevieja has held a large public switch-on of the Patronal and Christmas 2025 lights on Saturday, 22 November, in Plaza de la Constitución in front of the church of the Immaculate Conception. The moment was marked by the Queen of the Salt, Daniela Daiana Gómez Navarro, her ladies, mayor Eduardo Dolón, deputy mayor Rosario Martínez and lighting councillor Concha Sala pressing the button amid hundreds of onlookers. The new illuminations, awarded to Iluminaciones Granja and largely installed by a local […]

The National Police in Orihuela have detained thirteen people after dismantling a criminal network involved in indoor cannabis cultivation in occupied homes and the distribution of drugs. Two of the detainees are also accused of animal cruelty. The operation followed a wave of complaints from residents about several houses in a local parish of Orihuela, where a strong smell of cannabis had been reported. Investigators from the Alicante Provincial Police's Judicial Police brigades and the Orihuela station conducted long-running surveillance, […]