Torrevieja Council has received a €206,000 grant from the Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness (Ivace), funded by the European Regional Development Fund (Feder), to develop a new 3,700-metre cycle network across the town. The route will run from Avenida Delfina Viudes, starting at Ronda Ricardo Lafuente Aguado, to the junction with Avenida Monge y Bielsa near the Sports City. It will continue along Avenida de la Mancha and Calle Gabriela Mistral, reaching the area around Colegio Ciudad del Mar. Plans […]

Residents and holidaymakers in La Manga were left concerned on Wednesday morning, 8 July, after dozens of dead fish were spotted floating near the shoreline of the Mar Menor. The discovery, close to kilometre 12 near Playa Mistral and the Paquebote restaurant, prompted fears of another environmental incident in the lagoon. Given the Mar Menor’s troubled recent history, images of dead fish quickly raised alarm among locals. However, the Regional Ministry responsible for monitoring the lagoon sent an environmental officer […]

Emergency services have been tackling two wildfires that broke out simultaneously yesterday afternoon near the AP-7 motorway in the municipalities of San Javier and San Pedro del Pinatar, in the Region of Murcia. The first alert was received shortly before 5pm, when the 1-1-2 Emergency Coordination Centre began handling more than 100 calls reporting flames along the motorway between kilometres 778 and 779, near the Los Sáez and El Mirador exits. What began as a single burning tree spread to […]

Torrevieja Council has awarded the €10,370,583 contract to develop the long-awaited Alto de la Casilla urban park, transforming a 37,000 square metre site that has stood semi-abandoned for more than two decades. The project has been awarded to the joint venture Abala Infraestructuras–Orthem Servicios y Actuaciones Ambientales, which achieved the highest technical and economic score in a competitive process involving 13 bidders. Work is expected to begin in August and will last eight months from the signing of the official […]

The La Mata and Torrelamata Neighbours’ Association has submitted a formal letter to the Valencian regional government setting out five proposals to improve Line 6 of the suburban bus service. The route connects La Mata with Torrevieja University Hospital and is widely used by hospital staff, patients and residents. One of the main requests is to bring forward the first bus of the day so that workers and patients can arrive at the hospital before 8am. The association says the […]

Alicante province is facing an orange heat warning on Wednesday, with maximum temperatures of 40 degrees expected along the northern and southern coast. Inland areas of the Vega Baja and the northern Marina Alta could exceed 42 degrees, while the rest of the interior remains on yellow alert with highs of around 39 degrees. The State Meteorological Agency, Aemet, has confirmed that the second heatwave of the summer in the Valencian Community began on Monday and will continue until Thursday. […]

Eight people were injured on Tuesday evening after a collision involving a car and a Cartagena urban transport bus operated by Alsa. The crash happened at 6.54pm on Ramón y Cajal Street, near the Cuatro Santos neighbourhood, popularly known as Las Cuatrocientas. Emergency services were called to the scene shortly after the incident was reported. According to initial reports, the car failed to stop at a junction, forcing the bus driver to take evasive action. The bus was unable to […]

Firefighters in Valencia have responded to 25 vegetation and forest fires across the province between 9am and 8pm on Tuesday, as a heatwave continues to raise the risk of wildfires. The Provincial Fire Consortium said many of the incidents involved scrubland, farmland and vacant plots with vegetation. Two fires were sparked by lightning strikes during afternoon storms in inland areas, affecting La Yesa and Chera. The blaze in Chera has now been extinguished, while crews remain at La Yesa, where […]

A fire in the early hours of Tuesday has caused significant material damage at a meat warehouse in Santa Pola, according to the Alicante Provincial Fire Consortium. The alarm was raised at 2.59am at an industrial unit on Calle Marmolistas, in the In-Dos Industrial Estate. The fire started in the cold storage area, generating a large amount of smoke and causing extensive damage inside the building. Part of the roof collapsed during the incident. Firefighters worked through the night to […]