A tragic incident unfolded on Thursday when a rescue mission took place off the coast of Cartagena, Spain. A boat carrying eighteen migrants was discovered drifting approximately sixty miles from the shore. Unfortunately, one migrant was confirmed dead after falling into the sea. Emergency services were alerted by a merchant vessel that located the stricken craft. Upon reaching the scene, rescue teams, including a helicopter and a fast boat from Salvamento Marítimo, were deployed. The survivors reported that their companion […]

A police investigation in Torrevieja, conducted by the Judicial Police Team of the Guardia Civil with collaboration from the National Police of Alicante, has led to the resolution of the violent death of Christian J., a thirty-year-old Swedish national and owner of a hamburger restaurant. Christian died after spending four days in a coma due to a severe head injury sustained while trying to stop the theft of his mobile phone. He was dragged by a car occupied by the […]

This afternoon, a small vessel identified as a patera arrived at Playa de los Locos in Torrevieja. Images show the boat, which is coloured white and blue and flying an Algerian flag, making its way to the shore with several individuals on board. According to available information, as the occupants descended from the vessel, five to six of them were arrested by authorities. This incident raises questions about maritime activities in the area, reflecting ongoing issues concerning migration across the […]

The Guardia Civil, in collaboration with the Local Police of Almoradí, has detained five suspects, aged between nineteen and thirty-one, for their alleged involvement in a series of violent thefts from vehicles and commercial establishments in the area. The operation was initiated following a rise in theft reports detected on the twenty-eighth of October, prompting an investigation by the Guardia Civil’s Almoradí Investigative Unit. To tackle the escalating crime, investigators implemented a specific surveillance operation designed to identify and apprehend […]

La Guardia Civil has successfully rescued a griffon vulture located near Alicante-Elche Airport. The bird was first reported to authorities on the first of November, having been spotted in a region close to the airport infrastructure. Officers from the Nature Protection Service responded to the call, observing the vulture flying in the area. They alerted the airport control tower to prevent the bird from entering the airspace and interfering with aircraft operations. After several flights, the young vulture, which does […]

The city council of Orihuela has announced an extensive plan to renovate and repair twenty-seven children's parks across the urban area, Orihuela Costa, and surrounding districts, with a total investment of five hundred and eighty-nine thousand one hundred and twenty-one euros. Mayor Pepe Vegara and Infrastructure Councillor Víctor Valverde have highlighted that this initiative addresses long-standing requests from local families and aims to improve the safety and quality of play areas. Councillor Valverde noted the evident deterioration of playgrounds due […]

This Saturday, November fifteenth, volunteers, divers, and local groups will converge to restore wetlands and beaches at Bahía Bella. The clean-up operation is set to run from nine in the morning to two thirty in the afternoon, focusing on the Menhir del Rame natural spot, a heavily polluted area of the Mar Menor lagoon. Organisers aim to clear everything from plastic waste to larger debris from both land and sea. Leading the initiative is the Bahía Bella Residents' Association, working […]

The state-owned company Acuamed has announced plans to increase its desalinated water production at the Torrevieja plant by fifty percent from April twenty twenty-six, coinciding with the completion of expansion works. Currently, the plant produces over eighty cubic hectometres annually and is set to generate one hundred and twenty cubic hectometres. The increase aims to alleviate water shortages affecting irrigation in the Tajo-Segura area and to support the recovery of local aquifers by partially replacing groundwater extraction with desalinated water. […]

The Policía Nacional, with assistance from local officers, has arrested two minors in Cartagena related to a series of three violent robberies targeting elderly women. The incidents, which occurred last month, involved the victims being followed on foot before being attacked by assailants on scooters. The attackers snatched handbags, leading to several women suffering injuries from falls. The attacks took place in the Vía Verde del Barrio Peral and in the Barrio de los Dolores. In each incident, one scooter […]