National Police agents have arrested a twenty-six-year-old man as a suspect in two violent robberies, fraud, and assault after he attacked couples approaching the pedestrian accesses to Santa Bárbara Castle in Alicante using a simulated firearm. The first incident occurred when he threatened a couple with the weapon, demanding their belongings. When one victim realised the weapon was not real, he refused to comply, leading to a violent reaction from the suspect, who struck him in the head with the […]

The highly anticipated Walking Football World Nations Cup commenced in Torrevieja on Tuesday, the twenty-first of October, signalling the start of an exciting week of international competition. The tournament will feature three main categories: Women Over Forty, Men Over Seventy, and Men Over Fifty, with matches running until Friday, the twenty-fourth of October, when the finals will take place. In the Women Over Forty category, the competition opens with a league phase, featuring a thrilling match between the hosts Spain […]

La Guardia Civil has successfully dismantled a cannabis cultivation operation in the municipality of Los Montesinos. Two individuals, a fifty-five-year-old man and a forty-five-year-old woman, have been arrested on suspicion of public health offences, along with additional charges of disobedience and documentary falsification. The suspects were found with over thirteen kilograms of prepared marijuana and two hundred grams of MDMA, also known as 'crystal'. The investigation was initiated on the twenty-sixth of August as part of efforts by the Guardia […]

On Tuesday, October twenty-first, health authorities confirmed that the tap water in San Javier and Los Alcázares is safe for human consumption. This follows extensive work conducted by the Taibilla Channels Consortium, which was necessary to restore normal water conditions after mud infiltrations caused by Storm Alice. Both municipalities join San Pedro del Pinatar, where a similar declaration was made hours earlier. These neighbourhoods are supplied by the El Mirador system, the most affected section of the canal. Residents in […]

The Torrevieja City Council has set the budget for twenty twenty-six at one hundred and eighty-seven point seven million euros, as announced by Mayor Eduardo Dolón and Councillor of Economy and Finance Domingo Paredes. This budget reflects an eleven per cent increase from the current year's budget of one hundred and sixty-eight million euros. The mayor described the budget as realistic and responsible, emphasising a commitment to urban and social transformation without raising taxes. The budget allocates over eighty-three million […]

Firefighters successfully extinguished a fire on Tuesday that erupted in the electrical box of a shop located in a commercial building on República Dominicana Street in Orihuela Costa. The alarm was raised at eight twenty-eight in the morning, and after approximately two hours of intervention, firefighters concluded their operations by ten twenty-three. Thankfully, there were no injuries or personal damage reported. The smoke had filled the entire premises, prompting the Torrevieja Fire Brigade not only to extinguish the blaze but […]

The Mar Menor lagoon has initiated its first oyster reef project to address pressing pollution issues, coinciding with warnings from scientists about dangerously low oxygen levels in the water. Following Storm Alice, researchers from the Spanish Institute of Oceanography and environmental group ANSE have commenced open-sea trials to evaluate the effectiveness of native flat oysters in filtering pollutants and enhancing water quality. Approximately fifty-five thousand young oysters, bred at the Murcia Oceanographic Centre, have been strategically placed on a reef […]