Orihuela City Council has announced it will hold its ordinary plenary for November at the council seat on Orihuela Costa on Thursday, 27 November. It is the first time the council has held a plenary on the coast. The mayoral decree has set the start time at 9:15 and the Party for the Independence of Orihuela Costa has called a demonstration fifteen minutes earlier to protest a rise in rubbish collection fees and service failings. The call for participation registers […]

Torrevieja council has approved a motion, supported by PP, VOX and Sueña Torrevieja and opposed by the Socialist group, that asks the Spanish Government and the Ministry for the Ecological Transition to urgently amend Law 7/2022 on waste and contaminated soil. The motion argues the law obliges municipalities to pass one hundred per cent of collection and treatment costs on to residents, regardless of local budgets. Councillors pointed to the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, which has demanded reform, […]

The town hall of Los Montesinos has signed the start-of-works record for the modernisation and improvement of services at the Levante 2 industrial estate. The project, financed by the Generalitat Valenciana through IVACE and awarded to Infraestructuras y Servicios Comino at a reduced bid of €210,000 (excluding VAT) against an initial budget of €234,388, will run across 2025 and 2026 and includes upgrades to the potable water network, lighting for a section of the cycle lane and a stormwater inlet. […]

Cartagena’s Local Police have confirmed complaints from several taxi drivers about private vehicles carrying passengers illegally near the city’s bus and Renfe stations. The reports, the force said, prompted an inquiry and monitoring of suspected vehicles. Chief commissioner Pedro Moreno has said officers have made progress in the investigation and are keeping suspected vehicles under surveillance. He has acknowledged the problem and confirmed the force has registered the complaints and is following up with targeted checks. Moreno said the aim […]

National Police in Cartagena have opened an investigation after two people were shot in the Lo Campano neighbourhood. A twenty-year-old man and a thirty-seven-year-old woman have reported they were shot after going to recover a debt. The male victim filed a complaint on 8 November saying the shooting occurred the previous night. At the station they identified a person they believe took part in the attack. According to their statements, the three had met at a gaming salon in Los […]

The Guardia Civil and Almoradí local police have arrested three men accused of illegal detention, assault and serious threats after two men were allegedly kidnapped and beaten in Almoradí, Alicante. The suspects, aged 20, 28 and 44, have been placed at the disposal of the Investigating Court number two in Orihuela, which was on duty, while inquiries continue. According to a Guardia Civil statement, the incidents occurred late on the evening of 31 October when the suspects intercepted the two […]

CGT has called strike action at Amazon's RMU1 logistics centre in Corvera, in the Region of Murcia, for 26–28 November and 16–23 December 2025. The union has said the decision responds to a “constant deterioration of working conditions” and to what it describes as a lack of willingness from management to hold meaningful talks. After a meeting held on 10 November at the Office of Mediation and Labour Arbitration (OMAL), USO and eight legally recognised worker representatives have joined CGT's […]

The council of Orihuela Costa has awarded a four-year contract for electric scooter hire to MGC Clean Energy, in a deal worth €164,800. The contract includes an annual fee of €41,200 payable to the council and has been awarded after a tender process that has taken more than ten months because of a previously reckless bid. The successful bidder has included user identification via a mobile application and will meet the local administration in the coming days to organise the […]

A 44-year-old British man has been arrested in Benidorm after officers from the Policía Nacional spotted him acting nervously in a hotel complex on Monday. Officers had no identification for the man and accompanied him to his room, where they confirmed his identity. He has been identified as a fugitive wanted by UK authorities on two counts of sexual assault and as the subject of a ten-year prison sentence. The international arrest warrant was issued on 12 November in connection […]