The Guardia Civil has recovered 35 bicycles and 18 electric scooters in Torrevieja during Operation Pandora49. A 45-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of burglary, as well as serious resistance and disobedience to officers. The investigation began in January after two high-end bicycles were reported stolen from the patio of a home in the town. Officers traced the bikes to a property in the town centre. During their enquiries, they identified a man carrying a bicycle that matched the […]

Housing construction in Alicante province closed 2025 at its highest level since 2008, with 11,011 homes started, according to official figures from the College of Technical Architecture of Alicante. That represents a 31.8% increase on 2024 and confirms steady growth throughout the year. The final quarter was decisive, with 3,119 homes started – the strongest quarterly figure since 2008. Growth accelerated from 11% in the first half of the year to 31.8% by December. COATA president Cristina Bordera said the […]

Los Alcázares will station lifeguards on two of its beaches during Holy Week for the first time, responding to rising visitor numbers outside the peak summer months. The council has confirmed that a full rescue operation will run from 28 March to 6 April, between 11am and 5pm, at Las Palmeras (Lima 3) and Manzanares (Lima 5) beaches. The team will consist of four lifeguards, a captain, a coordinator and a jet ski, with dynamic patrol routes in place. The […]

A four-year-old boy who disappeared in Murcia has been found safe and well following a police search. The child, who was dressed in a Superman costume, went missing on Wednesday morning while riding his balance bike during a family outing. When relatives realised he had vanished, they contacted Murcia’s Local Police, who immediately began a search operation. Officers carried out several patrol sweeps in the area before locating the boy alongside his bike. He was found in good health. Police […]

The Works Committee of the Torrevieja Health Department has welcomed what it describes as a more constructive atmosphere in renewed negotiations with the Valencian Health Ministry over the statutarisation of staff. The process would allow around 850 employees – including hospital and primary care staff across ten municipalities in the Vega Baja area – to join the statutory workforce of the Health Ministry. These workers were transferred from private management at the end of 2021 and are currently classified as […]

A man has been detained following a theft at the Dos Mares shopping centre in San Javier. Local Police were called shortly before 8pm on Monday after security staff at the Pull & Bear store reported they were holding a suspect. The alert was raised through the 112 emergency number. The man admitted he had used scissors to cut security tags from several T-shirts and pairs of trousers in the changing rooms. He told officers he had been accompanied by […]

The State Meteorological Agency, Aemet, has issued adverse weather warnings for Wednesday across the Region of Murcia. An orange warning is in force in the North West, where westerly winds could reach gusts of up to 90 km/h. A yellow alert has also been issued for the Altiplano, with gusts expected to reach 70 km/h. Both warnings began at midnight and remain in place until 23:59. Coastal areas are also affected. A yellow warning for coastal phenomena will come into […]

The National Police have dismantled a criminal group accused of carrying out a series of break-ins at gambling arcades across the Region of Murcia and Alicante province, including one incident in La Campaneta, near Orihuela. Investigators say the group stole more than 20,000 euros and caused significant damage to gaming machines. The inquiry began last year after officers received information about coordinated thefts in venues in Molina de Segura and Murcia. Police say the gang used the so-called “stacker” method. […]

A well-known insurance broker in San Javier has been arrested for allegedly scamming nearly a dozen expatriate clients by selling car insurance policies that were never valid. The 40-year-old woman, who ran a franchised office of a major national insurer in the Mar Menor area, is accused of taking customers’ money without properly registering their policies. Many of her clients were foreign residents who later discovered during routine police checks that they were driving without insurance. The Guardia Civil launched […]