Three people have been arrested in Elche in connection with an alleged fraud that removed €45,000 from a company account through the purchase and rapid resale of two company vehicles. Police have said both cars were transferred to other buyers within weeks and at prices well below market value, raising suspicion of a coordinated operation. Investigations have pointed to the company’s former administrator as the alleged ringleader. Officers have found falsified invoices issued in the company’s name and evidence that […]

The inaugural International Elche–Alicante Marathon has gathered 3,500 runners on Sunday along a 42-kilometre route linking Elche and Alicante. Kenya’s Kipkirui Langat has won the men’s race in 2:12:54 and Ethiopia’s Ayehu Tesfahun has taken the women’s title in 2:35:03. Organisers say 4,300 bibs were registered and runners represented more than 50 nationalities, with women making up 15 per cent of entries. The race started at the Palacio de Altamira in Elche and finished at Pier 12 in the Port […]

Pilar de la Horadada town hall has begun the demolition of the Varadero complex at Las Higuericas beach after three court rulings that have become final. The site, which opened in 2019 on a 20,000 square metre plot and operated as a nightlife venue for two summers, will be cleared apart from its perimeter fencing. The town hall has said the demolition will be financed with the concessionaire’s seized guarantee of €57,934 and that the parcel will continue to be […]

A ticket sold in Almoradí has won one of two First Category prizes in the La Primitiva draw held on Saturday 29 November 2025, yielding €706,733.41. The winning play was validated at Despacho Receptor nº 32.325, on Avenida Manuel de Torres 20. The draw produced the numbers 31, 37, 20, 36, 35 and 46, with 25 as the complementary number and 8 as the reintegro. There were no winners of the Special Category, which requires the six correct numbers plus […]

Torrevieja has hosted one of the most significant moments of its patronal festivities with the celebration of the Magna Offering of Flowers to the Purísima Concepción. More than 4,000 people formed a river of participants that processed along Calle Caballero de Rodas after assembling in Plaza de Oriente. Ninety-five local associations and representatives of international resident collectives from Romania, Poland, the United Kingdom and Hispanic America filled the streets with colour and devotion. Music has again played a central role, […]

Torrevieja’s Governing Board has awarded the contract for surveillance and access control of municipal facilities to Vigiprot SLU. The agreement carries an annual charge of €118,433 including VAT. It has a minimum term of two years with the option of two further one‑year extensions; if fully extended the contract’s value would reach €473,732 over four years. The contract will cover the market area at Parque Antonio Soria on market days, the municipal football pitches, the town hall, the census and […]

An ordinary plenary of Orihuela City Council was held yesterday for the first time in the Costa town hall at Playa Flamenca and drew a coastal protest of roughly one hundred people. Demonstrators, who complained of abandonment, inequality and poor municipal respect, collected more than one hundred and fifty signatures against a recent rise in the rubbish tax. The Party for the Independence of Orihuela Costa (PIOC) is seeking five hundred signatures to send to the European Commission by the […]

The Conselleria de Sanidad has sent an instruction to all health departments in the Valencian Community, including the ten departments in Alicante province, recommending the use of surgical masks in Generalitat-run healthcare settings in certain circumstances. The advice covers symptomatic people in shared spaces, staff attending symptomatic cases and everyone in vulnerable areas such as chemotherapy units, transplant wards, intensive care and emergency departments. Individual centres may extend measures after local risk assessment. Although the region remains at a low […]

Santa Lucía Hospital in Cartagena has returned to normal activity after a fire on Wednesday that forced the evacuation of 113 patients from four floors. No one was injured. The Emergency Department and Outpatient Clinic resumed service on Wednesday afternoon, although seven scheduled surgeries were postponed. The laboratory on the second floor of Block Five was damaged and its services were interrupted, while the ground-floor Dialysis unit avoided smoke infiltration. Investigators have discovered non-conductive polyurethane insulation within the building’s façade […]