Orihuela City Council has started improving and repainting road signs around the municipality’s schools ahead of the new academic year, which begins on 9 September. The work is intended to improve visibility at school entrances and strengthen safety for pupils, families, drivers and pedestrians. The council says traffic and pedestrian numbers will rise significantly around schools when classes resume. Councillor for Citizen Security Mónica Pastor said the work is focused on areas that will soon see large numbers of children, […]

Torrevieja Council has put out to tender a €134,000 contract, including VAT, to install a new air-conditioning duct at the Palacio de los Deportes indoor pool. The work will also improve ventilation in the boiler room. The council has separately paid €14,000 for the project design through a minor contract. The urgent procurement follows the collapse of the previous metal duct on 14 May. It fell over the pool while the facility was open, affecting several lanes, although no users […]

A 61-year-old motorcyclist has died after a serious crash on the N-332 at Santa Pola, in Alicante province. The collision happened at about 2.15am on Monday, at kilometre point 85.7 of the national road. According to the Guardia Civil, the motorcyclist made an illegal overtaking manoeuvre and crossed into the opposite lane. He collided head-on with an oncoming car. The motorcyclist was then hit by a second car travelling behind the first vehicle. Three passengers in the cars suffered minor […]

Orihuela Council has banned vehicles from a roughly 250-metre stretch of Calle Mira, continuing into Calle Hita, in Orihuela Costa. The narrow road has been used as a two-way shortcut between La Zenia shopping centre and the weekly market on Avenida Nicolás de Bussy, including by traders’ lorries. Residents living beside the route have complained about the traffic and its safety risks. The road crosses a green area, is not listed as a public road in the General Plan and […]

The Guardia Civil has arrested two men, aged 34 and 53, and a 29-year-old woman over the alleged sale of drugs from two homes in Daya Vieja and Formentera del Segura, in Alicante province. The suspects face alleged offences involving public health, money laundering and membership of a criminal group. The investigation began after officers received information about a possible drug-dealing site in the Vega Baja area. Investigators identified two properties allegedly used to store and distribute drugs before carrying […]

Extreme heat has been linked to 225 deaths in the Valencian Community during August, according to estimates from the Daily Mortality Monitoring System, known as MoMo, run by Spain’s Carlos III Health Institute. Since summer began on 21 June, the system has attributed 517 deaths to high temperatures in the region. July recorded 235 heat-related deaths, 11 more than in the same month last year. August’s total was 225, which was 25 higher than in August 2025. The deadliest week […]

Historian and fine arts doctor Sergio Boj Bri has registered an application with the Generalitat to protect archaeological remains south-west of Los Náufragos beach in Torrevieja. The proposed Site of Cultural Interest would cover the coastal strip between the beach and La Veleta, alongside Desiderio Rodríguez Avenue, because of its archaeological, historical and ethnological value. The site is a former sandstone quarry measuring about 350 metres along the coast and around 20 metres wide. Part of it extends into the […]

Orihuela Council has expanded its municipal network of semiautomatic external defibrillators with seven new outdoor devices. The move is intended to strengthen the resources available for immediate action when someone suffers a cardiac arrest. Four devices are already installed and operational in La Aparecida, Entrenaranjos, Desamparados and the Playa Flamenca promenade. The council plans to install three more in Hurchillo, Arneva and Raiguero de Bonanza in the coming weeks. They will join outdoor defibrillators already located in La Matanza, Torremendo, […]

Torrevieja Council has approved further extensions to two of the three redevelopment projects under way around the port, beside the new Paseo del Mar leisure centre. The pedestrian esplanade planned for the fairground now has a completion deadline of 22 October. The promenade along the fishing quay and its surroundings is expected to be finished by 15 October. The council has accepted the contractors’ explanations for the delays and has not applied the penalties set out in the contracts. The […]