Firefighters from the Provincial Consortium of Alicante have rescued a cyclist who was injured in a hard‑to‑reach part of Guardamar del Segura. The incident happened on Camino del Dos, where the cyclist fell while attempting to cross a water canal. Emergency services reported that the rider showed signs of a possible hip fracture. The accident was reported at 10:55, and the operation concluded at 12:55. Due to the difficult terrain, an ambulance could not access the location, making it necessary […]

Torrevieja has started 2026 with 110,500 registered inhabitants, an annual increase of 4,150 compared with the beginning of 2025. The latest municipal census confirms the city’s steady demographic growth and its position as one of the main population centres in the Valencian Community. The population is almost evenly split by gender, with 54,548 men and 55,952 women. Both Spanish and international populations have increased, although most of the growth comes from abroad. The number of Spanish residents has risen by […]

The regional health department has opened a tender to build two prefabricated modular buildings to expand services at Torrevieja University Hospital. The new structures will support the growing demand for Rehabilitation and Outpatient care, which has increased sharply in recent years. Both buildings will be assembled off site and installed on a green area beside the hospital’s west wing. Together, the units will cover around 750 square metres, with roughly 350 dedicated to Rehabilitation and nearly 400 to new Outpatient […]

A man has been left with injuries to his head and neck after a double knife attack on the terrace of a bar in the Puerto de Mazarrón. The incident occurred in the early hours of 5 January, during a warm late-summer night when the venue was busy with people enjoying drinks outdoors. According to translated reports, security cameras captured the assault. Footage shows an attacker stabbing the victim from behind before attempting a second blow, which the victim avoided […]

Torrevieja Council has confirmed that it has formally appeared before the Administrative Court in Elche following a challenge lodged by Leroy Merlin. The company is contesting the municipal licence granted for the construction of a Bauhaus store in the La Hoya sector, where major urban development is under way. Councillor Federico Alarcón said the legal action does not suspend Bauhaus’s project and does not include a request for precautionary measures. The dispute follows an earlier appeal in which Leroy Merlin […]

The Valencian Community has registered sixty-five drowning deaths in 2025, placing it third among Spanish regions for the number of fatalities, behind Andalusia with eighty-one and the Canary Islands with seventy-five. The National Drowning Report says Spain saw four hundred and seventy-two deaths in total last year, making it the second worst year since 2015. The figures represent only one more death than the previous year but continue a concerning long-term trend. According to the report, more than half of […]

New figures from Idealista show second-hand property prices jumped across both Alicante province and the Region of Murcia in twenty twenty-five, with the portal warning that a shortage of homes is continuing to push values higher. In Alicante province, prices rose by fourteen point four per cent over the year. In Alicante city, the average reached two thousand five hundred and eight euros per square metre after a ten point seven per cent annual rise. Across the wider Valencian Community, […]

Official figures from the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy show unemployment continued to fall in both the Valencian Community and the Region of Murcia in two thousand and twenty five, with each recording its lowest year-end total since two thousand and seven and a fifth consecutive annual decline. In the Valencian Community, unemployment dropped by twenty five thousand five hundred and sixty over the year to two hundred and eighty nine thousand nine hundred and forty three. December added […]

Police in Cartagena have recovered eight pieces of gold jewellery that had been either stolen or sold without their owners’ consent. The National Police launched the investigation in early December, despite most of the incidents not being formally reported at the time. Their enquiries led them to several jewellery buy‑and‑sell shops in the city, where the items were identified and retrieved. Two women have been arrested on suspicion of theft and misappropriation. Officers say the cases involved a range of […]