Cartagena's town hall has announced that the Christmas season will be launched on December fifth at seven in the evening with a drone light show from the harbour esplanade. A total of two hundred and twenty drones and eighteen pyrodrones will form a Christmas tale in the sky, creating thirteen shapes visible from the harbour to the seafront. Mayor Noelia Arroyo says the city is at the start of its most magical time of year and promises a Christmas experience […]

Torrevieja's town hall has announced tighter controls on the patron saint celebrations. The thirty-third Paella Contest and the seventh Camisetas Contest will take place on Saturday, the sixth of December, at the Antonio Soria Park markets, as part of the La Purísima Concepción programme. The aim is to curb alcohol-fuelled excess in public spaces, particularly among under-eighteens, and to prevent the festivities from turning into a large street binge. Entry to the Paella Contest is open to residents, with a […]

Two minors stabbed each other on Torrevieja's Avenida de las Cortes Valencianas, near a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant, on Wednesday around two o’clock. The injured pupil, born in the Dominican Republic, has required surgery to remove a knife from his arm and is reported to be recovering well with no complications. The alleged attacker has been detained and handed to the Guardia Civil for custody, with the case being investigated by the Guardia Civil’s Judicial Police. Both individuals are pupils […]

Spain's National Police have detained four men in Cartagena on suspicion of drug trafficking and electricity fraud linked to several marijuana plantations uncovered in ongoing investigations. They say almost nine hundred plants were found at various growth stages. The inquiries, prompted by residents' complaints about the impact of the plantations on neighbours, led officers to multiple properties used for cultivating these illicit crops. Searches at two properties in the port city resulted in the arrests, with more than three hundred […]

Workers employed by Mazarrón’s municipal street cleaning and refuse collection service have suspended their intermittent strike after reaching a deal with the local authority on Wednesday. Delegates from ATRM and UGT represent the one hundred and six staff of Bahía de Mazarrón Ingeniería Urbana SA. The pact with the town hall, formed by UIDM and the PSOE, guarantees the subrogation of all workers into a new mixed company to be created.nnThe new firm will be the outcome of a bidding […]

Occupancy in the Valencian Community has risen across all destinations in the first half of November, outpacing seasonality and signalling a robust pre-Christmas period. In Alicante province, Benidorm and the Costa Blanca lead the way, with an eight-point rise since the start of the month. Benidorm now stands at 83.3% occupancy, two percentage points higher than last year. National and international markets remain diverse sources of visitors. The United Kingdom accounts for 46.3% of travellers, well ahead of the domestic […]

An injured griffon vulture has a second chance at Terra Natura Murcia. The bird, which has lost sight in one eye, arrived from the Santa Faz Wildlife Recovery Centre in Alicante after an injury left it unable to survive in the wild. It will join seven griffon vultures in the park’s bird enclosure, after a veterinary health check. Terra Natura Murcia works closely with wildlife recovery centres across the region. The partnership focuses on rescuing animals that cannot return to […]

Torrevieja's Centre for Tourism hosted the prize ceremony for the Second nos vamos de tapas contest this morning at ten o'clock. Alicia Arenas Mercader, director of the centre and secretary of the jury, read the results after the envelope was opened. Winners were announced for two categories: Best Traditional Tapas and Best Innovative Tapas. Traditional Tapas went to Restaurante La Mar de Bien for chipirones stuffed with seafood in American sauce with crispy leeks. The judges praised the dish for […]

Locals will honour Cloe, the fifteen-year-old killed in Orihuela Costa, on the crime’s first anniversary. The memorial is due to take place this Sunday at eleven thirty in La Florida Park, in the ER two area, and is open to all. Attendees are invited to bring a flat painted stone to form a memorial mosaic on the bench dedicated to Cloe. The event will feature the reading of the Anniversary Manifesto, designed to remember Cloe with love and to name […]