The Valencian Community has registered sixty-five drowning deaths in 2025, placing it third among Spanish regions for the number of fatalities, behind Andalusia with eighty-one and the Canary Islands with seventy-five. The National Drowning Report says Spain saw four hundred and seventy-two deaths in total last year, making it the second worst year since 2015. The figures represent only one more death than the previous year but continue a concerning long-term trend. According to the report, more than half of […]

New figures from Idealista show second-hand property prices jumped across both Alicante province and the Region of Murcia in twenty twenty-five, with the portal warning that a shortage of homes is continuing to push values higher. In Alicante province, prices rose by fourteen point four per cent over the year. In Alicante city, the average reached two thousand five hundred and eight euros per square metre after a ten point seven per cent annual rise. Across the wider Valencian Community, […]

Official figures from the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy show unemployment continued to fall in both the Valencian Community and the Region of Murcia in two thousand and twenty five, with each recording its lowest year-end total since two thousand and seven and a fifth consecutive annual decline. In the Valencian Community, unemployment dropped by twenty five thousand five hundred and sixty over the year to two hundred and eighty nine thousand nine hundred and forty three. December added […]

Police in Cartagena have recovered eight pieces of gold jewellery that had been either stolen or sold without their owners’ consent. The National Police launched the investigation in early December, despite most of the incidents not being formally reported at the time. Their enquiries led them to several jewellery buy‑and‑sell shops in the city, where the items were identified and retrieved. Two women have been arrested on suspicion of theft and misappropriation. Officers say the cases involved a range of […]

The Civil Guard in the Region of Murcia has launched an investigation into a man from San Pedro del Pinatar after several protected finches were discovered inside a private home. Officers were carrying out routine duties in the area when they noticed what appeared to be goldfinches on the property. With the owner’s permission, Seprona agents entered the building to check the situation. Inside, they learned that the birds belonged to a third individual who admitted having no hunting licence […]

Heavy rain linked to Storm Francis has caused a sharp rise in the Segura’s flow along its last 30 km through the Vega Baja, leading once again to large patches of foam on the water. The increase has been particularly notable at Los Huertos, near Las Norias, where the flow reached 28 m³/s, and in Rojales, where it rose to 29 m³/s. Normally, readings at these points sit below 2 m³/s. The foam is associated with untreated wastewater entering the […]

Spanish police have arrested a forty‑eight‑year‑old man wanted by the UK in connection with an alleged fraud valued at around £180,000. Officers detained him at Alicante–Elche Airport after receiving information that he might be living in the province. A police operation was launched once investigators traced him to Orihuela Costa. According to British authorities, the suspect is accused of posing as a kitchen and bathroom installer between 2018 and 2022, using company logos without permission to gain clients’ trust. He […]

Emergency services in Murcia resumed their search on Friday for a man reported to have fallen into the River Segura on the night of 25 December. Firefighters focused on the area around the Poceros track in Alquerías, where a witness said he saw the man in the water. Despite several hours of work involving three fire service vehicles and multiple officers, the search was suspended on Friday afternoon without locating the missing person. The alert was first raised when a […]

Police in Murcia have arrested three men accused of running a significant cannabis plantation inside a home in the El Progreso neighbourhood. Investigators say the suspects were responsible for installing and maintaining the set‑up, which had been concealed within a room altered with plasterboard to mask odours and obstruct police enquiries. The house reportedly suffered constant power cuts, and officers warned there was a permanent fire risk due to illegal electricity connections. Residents are said to have raised concerns about […]