A woman has died in the Roda district of San Javier after being accidentally run over by her own vehicle while receiving roadside assistance. The incident happened on Friday afternoon in a residential area on Calle Carlos I, where the woman had asked for help after being unable to start her car. According to witness accounts, a recovery operator arrived with a portable jump starter and entered the vehicle to try to start it. The car was in first gear, […]

Spanish National Police have dismantled a criminal group accused of carrying out violent drug robberies, known as so-called drug rip-offs, in the Region of Murcia and the province of Alicante. Ten people have been arrested in an operation that followed months of investigation into the gang’s activities. The inquiry began in September after officers were alerted to a violent assault in an underground car park in the Murcia district of Santo Ángel. Investigators say several armed suspects attacked a victim […]

A forty-one-year-old man has died after being shot outside a home in the district of El Algar, near Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday morning, at around four o’clock, outside a duplex property in Juan XXIII Street. The regional one one two emergency coordination centre received several calls from neighbours reporting a serious incident. Witnesses said they heard a loud detonation shortly before discovering a man lying on the ground with […]

Emergency services were alerted early on Sunday morning after reports of a four-by-four vehicle on the verge of falling into the sea at Cala de la Higuera, a cliff area on the northern coastline of Torrevieja. The call was made before dawn, more than an hour before sunrise. Firefighters from the Torrevieja fire station attended and found the vehicle balanced at the edge of the cove. The car had become stuck in thick mud, which prevented it from plunging into […]

Ten migrants, including two minors, have been assisted after arriving on the coast at Benidorm by small boat early this morning. The vessel reached the shore without incident, and emergency services provided immediate help. It is the first recorded arrival of migrants to the Valencian Community in 2026. All ten people are of North African origin and were reported to be in relatively good health on arrival. They have since been transferred to the socio-health care centre at the port […]

More than eight thousand runners took part on Sunday in the thirty-fourth edition of the Santa Pola International Half Marathon, confirming its status as one of the most popular races in the Valencian Community. This year’s event introduced a new ten kilometre race, which took place ahead of the half marathon and attracted strong interest from participants. The president of the Alicante Provincial Council, Toni Pérez, attended the event and officially started the new ten kilometre race. He was joined […]

Cartagena now has a new headquarters for the Spanish Association Against Cancer, providing expanded care for cancer patients and their families across the city and the Mar Menor area. The centre is located at the junction of Carlos III and Ángel Bruna streets and serves Health Areas II and VIII. The two-storey, 630-square-metre facility opened earlier this week and offers psychological support, social and legal advice, speech therapy, physiotherapy and a specialised gym for oncology exercise programmes. Mayor Noelia Arroyo […]

The Spanish Navy has neutralised a Spanish Civil War artillery shell discovered on Albarana beach in Denia, in the province of Alicante. The operation followed the discovery of the device by Guardia Civil divers from the GEAS unit during routine underwater training exercises. After the find was reported, naval authorities activated a specialist Explosive Ordnance Disposal team from the Navy’s Mine Countermeasures Diving Unit. The team travelled to the site and prepared the shell for neutralisation using specialised explosive charges. […]

The Guardia Civil has arrested seven members of a travelling criminal gang in San Javier, in the Region of Murcia, following an investigation into a series of shop thefts. The suspects, four men and three women of Chilean nationality, are accused of stealing more than €7,000 worth of technological products from a shopping centre in Cartagena. The arrests form part of Operation Notte, which led to the seizure of €7,000 in cash, £3,000 in sterling and ten mobile phones. Officers […]