Mercedes González, the director general of the Guardia Civil, will visit the Torre Pacheco barracks on Tuesday to congratulate officers on their efforts in a recent operation that led to several arrests. The disturbances in Torre Pacheco began in mid-July following a violent attack by three individuals against an elderly man, who sustained various injuries. The Guardia Civil has identified approximately three hundred individuals associated with these disturbances. Last week, […]

Over the weekend, the Local Police in San Javier seized a large quantity of contraband goods from a vehicle with British registration. Officers discovered six hundred and thirty-one packets of tobacco and one hundred and eighty-two electronic cigarettes lacking proper documentation and sanitary control. The incident involved four Romanian nationals, two men and two women, who were found concealing the illicit materials. The police initiated the stop after noticing the […]

Guardamar del Segura in Alicante has implemented a ban on pyrotechnics during the Moros y Cristianos fiesta, aligning with new animal welfare legislation. The restriction was put in place for the Christian Entrance and Moorish Entrance parades, which took place on twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh of July respectively. Both parades started at eight in the evening, half an hour earlier than in previous years, to help prevent the events from running […]

The Reggaeton Beach Festival has wrapped up its third edition in Torrevieja, attracting more than twenty-four thousand attendees to the revitalised Parque Antonio Soria. Held on the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh of July, festival-goers enjoyed an incredible line-up featuring popular artists such as Bryant Myers, Justin Quiles, and Sech, all while surrounded by a completely transformed venue. The redeveloped Parque Antonio Soria showcased the new Super Stage, which featured large screens, […]

Mayor Pedro Javier Sánchez of San Pedro del Pinatar recently visited the ongoing construction of the new Sala 112 at the Integrated Security Centre. This upgrade represents a significant enhancement to local emergency services, as the new facility will double the available space, allowing for improved coordination and response to emergencies. The local council has allocated over sixty-six thousand euros for these renovations, which include civil works and the installation […]

On Sunday, emergency services in Murcia were called to Terra Natura park after a seventy-six-year-old woman went into cardiac arrest. At approximately seven twelve in the evening, a security guard reported that the woman was unresponsive. Two doctors, along with lifeguards and a police officer, quickly intervened, performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation and using a defibrillator. Despite these immediate efforts, local and national police units, alongside two ambulances from the Emergency Management […]

José Antonio Rovira, the Education Minister of the Valencia Region, held an important meeting with Torrevieja's mayor, Eduardo Dolón, and local education councillor, Ricardo Recuero. This meeting took place in the Town Hall's Plenary Hall and included representatives from Parent Associations of local schools. The discussions focused on the immediate and future educational needs of Torrevieja’s community. During the meeting, Minister Rovira announced several key initiatives reflecting the Valencian Government's […]

The Ayuntamiento of Torrevieja has initiated the demolition of a derelict municipal building located at the intersection of Calle Maldonado and its namesake thoroughfare. This project is being carried out under a smaller works contract with a base budget of over forty thousand euros and is expected to be completed within two months. Domingo Paredes, the councillor for Heritage, has highlighted that the structure posed not only a public safety […]

The Mar Menor is facing significant contamination concerns linked to heavy metals from historical mining activities in the Sierra Minera region of Cartagena and La Unión. These activities flourished from the late nineteenth century into the twentieth century. Several watercourses originating from this area have deposited contaminated sediments into the southern basin of the lagoon, which include harmful elements such as lead, mercury, arsenic, copper, zinc, and silver. Recent years […]