School transport to Azorín School in Catral is set to return by Friday or, at the latest, Monday, after around twenty affected families demanded a solution at the start of the academic year. Mayor Joaquín Lucas Ferrández has contacted Generalitat president Juanfran Pérez Llorca, despite school transport being a regional responsibility. The mayor said the president had responded positively and committed to restoring a service that has operated for several decades. The regional education department cancelled the route because fewer […]

Torrevieja lifeguards have rescued a German man after his competition sailing boat was left drifting during Wednesday’s storm. An orange weather warning for heavy rain and strong winds was in force when a resident of Ferrís contacted the emergency services shortly after 5pm. Lifeguards reached the boat by personal watercraft and found the man, who is almost 60, in serious difficulty. He had been struggling for around two hours after the boat’s mast broke. The lifeguards could not bring the […]

Torrevieja’s council has definitively approved its 2025 general accounts at an extraordinary plenary meeting. The accounts include the council and its two autonomous bodies, the Municipal Habaneras Board and the Joaquín Chapaprieta Municipal Institute of Culture. They show an adjusted budget result of €10.15 million and total treasury funds of €45.36 million, including about €19.6 million available for general spending. Economy and Finance Councillor Domingo Paredes said the figures demonstrate financial stability, liquidity and stronger controls. The consolidated balance sheet […]

Gran Alacant, in Santa Pola, has produced one of the winning Euromillions tickets from the draw held on Tuesday 8 September. A ticket validated at Reception Office number 32,700, in the Gran Alacant Shopping Centre on Finlandia Street, has won a second-category prize of €194,608.68 for matching five numbers and one star. Three tickets won in this category, with two validated in Spain. The other Spanish ticket was sold in Carbajosa de la Sagrada, Salamanca. The winning numbers were 13, […]

A judge in Benidorm has ordered a man to remain in provisional custody without bail while he is investigated over alleged repeated sexual assaults against his partner. The woman has also reported alleged abuse, threats, harassment and breaches of a restraining order preventing him from approaching her. The alleged offences took place during July and August. The complaint includes allegations of vaginal, anal and oral sexual assaults, as well as an incident in which the man allegedly hit the woman […]

Four men have been arrested in Orihuela Costa after a man was allegedly held and assaulted inside a premises. Police were alerted at about 8pm on Monday that a man was being kept inside and threatened. The caller also warned that those involved might be carrying firearms. Local Police and Civil Guard officers attended the scene. Some officers secured the area while others entered the premises because of the risk to the man’s safety. They found the victim with visible […]

The homeless encampment outside Cartagena’s Cartagonova Stadium has ended after Cartagena City Council intervened last week to clear the site. During an appearance by Jesús Giménez Gallo, spokesperson and secretary general of MC, a man who said he was one of those affected by the council operation went to the city council’s administrative offices in San Miguel Street. He went there intending to file a complaint.

Torrevieja Council’s governing team has approved the environmental and strategic report for a proposed 11-storey, 36-metre hotel in La Veleta. The decision rejects all 15 objections submitted by residents, interested parties and property owners. The site is at the junction of Mar del Coral and Mar del Norte, a few metres from the coast. Developer Grupo Insara wants to change the land use from residential to hotel, with a minimum three-star classification. Before final approval, the promoter must submit a […]