Firefighters from the Vega Sur station in Torrevieja have rescued a fox after it accidentally fell into an irrigation reservoir in Los Montesinos. Emergency services received the call on Tuesday, 25 August, after the animal became trapped in the water and could not get out unaided. Firefighters found the fox exhausted and unable to climb the reservoir’s steep, slippery sides. One member of the team entered the water, reached the animal and carried it to safety. The fox was then […]

The beaches at La Glea and Aguamarina in Orihuela have reopened after new tests confirmed that water quality is within the limits set by health and environmental authorities. The beaches closed temporarily on Tuesday after samples found elevated levels of microbiological indicators. One indicator was more than twice the maximum permitted level. The closure remained in place for around 24 hours as a precaution to protect public health. Orihuela’s Coastal Council has thanked residents and visitors for their understanding and […]

Murcia’s president, Fernando López Miras, has announced that the regional government will meet in Cartagena on Thursday to discuss what he has described as a “serious situation” linked to irregular migrant arrivals. The meeting will take place in the port city. Around fifty people arrived at Cala Dentoles, in the Calblanque Regional Park within Cartagena municipality, early on Wednesday. It was the third landing involving irregular migrants in the area in a week.

Torrevieja will begin the new school year with more prefabricated classrooms to cope with continued growth in the school population, particularly in secondary education. The council had received more than 200 applications outside the normal admissions period over the summer and expects the total to reach between 250 and 260 during the first days of September. The applications cover nursery, primary and secondary education. An extension on land beside Mare Nostrum Secondary School will include about five units, toilets and […]

The Valencian Government has authorised the first large bluefin tuna fattening farm in the region, off Pilar de la Horadada. The project uses an aquaculture concession approved in 2021 for gilthead sea bream and sea bass, but the Fisheries Directorate has now approved a change to Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus. The facility will occupy 45 hectares of maritime-terrestrial public domain. Plans for 25 cages measuring 30 metres in diameter have been replaced by ten cages measuring 50 metres, with […]

Animal charity Animur estimates that Cartagena has around 10,000 feral cats, but only about 600 have been sterilised. That is barely 6% of the estimated population. Animur says cats can produce up to three generations of kittens in a single year, allowing numbers to grow faster than volunteers can manage. Spanish councils have been legally responsible for managing feral cat colonies since 2017. Cartagena created an Animal Welfare office, but Animur says it has received very limited funding, with only […]

Los Montesinos Town Council has suspended the tender for a new waste collection and street cleaning service after PreZero España appealed to the Central Administrative Court for Contractual Appeals. The company, which currently provides the waste service, has challenged the tender documents and requested their annulment. PreZero says the staffing costs published in the contract do not match the real costs of employees who would have to transfer to the future operator. It has also questioned the absence of a […]

The Guardia Civil has dismantled an alleged criminal group accused of selling drugs from five homes in San Javier and San Pedro del Pinatar, in Murcia. The operation was led by the ROCA team based in Torrevieja and uncovered an indoor cannabis plantation containing 250 plants. Officers searched the five properties and seized cocaine, heroin, hashish, cannabis and nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas. They also found €1,151 in cash, precision scales, mobile phones and other items linked to […]

The Orihuela Chamber of Commerce has backed Torrevieja Council’s request for the Spanish Government to tender and build the widening of the N-332 through the city. Chamber president Mario Martínez has described the project as urgent, necessary and important to the wider area. The chamber says congestion on the N-332 and surrounding roads affects mobility, tourism, trade, public services and economic activity throughout the year, not only during the summer. It wants councils across the Vega Baja to support the […]