The official vehicle assigned to Torrevieja’s mayoral office has received another traffic fine, the third known sanction involving the car in the past three years. The latest offence was recorded on 6 November 2025, when the Skoda Superb was detected speeding on the A-31 motorway near Xàtiva, in the province of Valencia, where the limit is 120 kilometres per hour. The infringement is classified as minor and carries a fine of 50 euros, reduced with early payment, which has been […]

Torrevieja Council has launched its activities to mark Tree Day 2026, with a major planting and ecological regeneration programme taking place in the Natural Park of the La Mata–Torrevieja Lagoons. The initiative has been presented by councillors for Education, Environment, and Parks and Gardens, alongside representatives from the Natural Park and water company AGAMED. The programme involves nearly 1,000 pupils from 14 schools across Torrevieja, who began planting activities on Monday and will continue until Friday. Around 800 to 900 […]

Traders in Orihuela have expressed growing concern over delays in payments linked to the council’s Consumer Voucher scheme. The warning has come from ACMO, the Association of Traders of the Municipality of Orihuela, which says the local authority has yet to pay its share of the discounts offered during the campaign. According to the association, the council owes participating businesses close to 400,000 euros, representing fifty per cent of the value of vouchers already redeemed by customers. Only a small […]

Almoradí Council has carried out a wide-ranging programme to improve road safety and urban accessibility across the municipality during 2025, with work completed on more than 200 pedestrian crossings. The project has been led by the Department of Infrastructure and has included maintenance, improved markings and the creation of new crossings where a clear need has been identified. In the final phase of the programme, 96 pedestrian crossings were repainted. New crossings have also been installed in areas with heavy […]

The educational community at CEIP Playas de Orihuela, made up of families and teaching staff, has started a daily, peaceful protest to draw attention to the ongoing lack of gas and heating at the school. The problem has continued for 118 consecutive days, leaving pupils attending classes in inadequate thermal conditions during the coldest months of the year. The initiative involves taking a daily photograph with families and teachers, publicly marking each day the school remains without heating. The aim […]

The Guardia Civil in the Region of Murcia has dismantled a criminal group involved in the large-scale illegal cultivation of cannabis in the municipality of Torre Pacheco. The operation, known as Grumbu, focused on a property in the Roldán district that had been converted into a fully equipped indoor marijuana farm. During a search of the house and its outbuildings, officers seized more than 1,500 marijuana plants at various stages of growth and drying, as well as around 500 grams […]

Catral Local Police have carried out two significant interventions, resulting in the arrest of two men for separate offences. The first incident followed the activation of an alarm at a local business, alerting officers to a possible intrusion at the premises. Security cameras showed an individual inside the site, prompting officers to set up surveillance around possible exits. A short time later, the suspect was seen leaving the property and attempting to flee, abandoning several stolen items. Police recovered the […]

Three men have been arrested following a police chase after electric scooters were stolen from Zenia Boulevard shopping centre in Orihuela Costa. The incident began when on-site security staff spotted the theft and immediately alerted the Local Police, providing descriptions of the suspects and their vehicle. Officers quickly located the car as it left the La Zenia area and gave chase along the N-332. The vehicle was eventually intercepted in Campoamor. One of the occupants attempted to escape on foot, […]

A campaign group in Torrevieja has appealed to the public to back a protest over what it says is the progressive deterioration of public healthcare and the collapse of Torrevieja Hospital. The Plataforma por la Sanidad Cien por Cien Pública y de Calidad says delays in the emergency department have reached up to sixty hours before patients are admitted to hospital. The platform, supported by the nurses’ union SATSE, says these waits are up to eight times higher than the […]